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"Eight Misbehavin'" is the seventh episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons. It aired on November 21, 1999. The episode's story is loosely based on those of the McCaughey septuplets and Dionne quintuplets. The title is a parody of the famous song "Ain't Misbehavin'"

Synopsis

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The family visits Shøp, a Swedish furniture store chain, and when they eat there, they meet Apu and Manjula. They say that they would like to have a baby. They eventually do, and Manjula gives birth to octuplets because the Simpsons slipped her fertility drugs. It makes headlines across Springfield, with local companies giving the Nahasapeemapetilons free products. However, their feat is eclipsed when a family in Shelbyville give birth to nine babies (All of the gifts given to the Nahasapeemapetilons were instantly revoked upon the hearing of the Shelbyville birth). After the feat is made, Apu and Manjula have to deal with raising eight kids all at once.

Later, Apu is met by the owner of the Springfield Zoo, a man named Larry Kidkill. Kidkill offers to put Apu's children in a nursery. Although Apu is not open to the idea at first, he caves in and reluctantly accepts. The children are the stars of a show at the zoo named "Octopia", but Apu is not impressed and he wants to liberate his children from the zoo's owner, but he won't let them because they are under contract. Apu talks with Homer, and he suggests that they, with Butch Patrick's help, perform at the zoo through a new contract.

Trivia

• At a lunch counter at SHØP, Homer's meal comes with a spinning fork gizmo made out of Lego that looks like a swastika when he spins it.
• When Apu says "How do you get cradle rash when you sleep in a suitcase?", people with closed captioning activated on their televisions read "How do you get cradle rash when you sleep in a turkey pan?"
• The names of the babies are Poonam, Sashi, Pria, Uma, Anoop, Sandeep, Nabendu, and Gheet (who resembles Apu's brother, Sanjay).
• Two of Apu's pet names for Manjula are "Curry Face" and "Chutney Butt".

Cultural references

• The mega-store SHØP is a parody of real-life furniture shop STØR.

Quotes

• Manjula: Oh, Maggie, aren't you cute with your little bow. (picks her up, and does a little baby-talk)
  Marge: Maggie loves baby talk.
  Manjula: That was Hindi.

• Manjula: Apu, it's 4 a.m.! You're late for work!
  Apu: Oh. I just had the most wonderful dream where I died.
  Manjula: Oh, no you don't! Not until they are out of college.
  Apu: Listen, I'll die when I want to.

• Apu: Butch, can I ask you something? If your mother was a vampire and your father was a Frankenstein, how come you were a werewolf?
  Butch Patrick: Wow. I never thought of that. That doesn't make sense, does it? But, what does make sense is putting your kids in the care of Mr. Kidkill, here.
• (Apu and Manjula are dressed as high school students and are sitting in Apu's car on top of a hill. Homer hands them both scripts)
  Homer: I assure you, this plan is guaranteed to end in pregnancy.
  Apu: Homer, was it really necessary to cut off the roof of my car?
  Homer: Bup, bup, bup. That's an Apu question. You're Greg. And, go!
  Apu (reading from script): Well, Amy, it sure is beautiful up here. (shot of Homer mouthing Apu's lines) Why don't we go all the way?
  Manjula (reading from script): But Greg, my dad will kill me and you have that scholarship to Ivy League State.
  Apu: Listen up, baby. Tomorrow, I am shipping out to...Vietnam? (to Homer) Wait, I thought I was going to Ivy League State.
  Homer: My mistake! Stay in the moment!
  Manjula: Just don't forget me on your...dinosaur digging-up trip.
  (they begin making out)
  Homer: And that's my cue to exit.
  (Homer throws his jacket over his shoulder and leaves. Shortly afterwards, he is raising his head to get a glimpse of what Apu and Manjula are doing)
  Apu: Homer!
  Homer: I just wanted to invite you to the wrap party! And that's my cue to exit. (leaves and they continue making out)
• Apu and Manjula (looking at a pregnancy test): Baby! Baby! Pirate? (Manjula groans)
  Apu (looking at box): Wait a minute! Pirates are wild!
  Manjula: We are pregnant!
  (they embrace and Homer raises his head outside the window)
  Apu (seeing Homer): Oh, get lost!
• Marge: Oh look at all these clever pencil holders.
  Lisa Ooh, I wanna get the crünk.
  Marge (groaning): You don't want to get something that overshadows the pencils. How about this Pöpli?
  Lisa: Mom, no. Everyone makes fun of the Pöpli kids. Even I do. (low, to herself) I just hate them so much.

• Manjula: Are you sure you want a child, Apu?
  Apu: You know, I do. There comes a time in every man's life when he asks the question, "who will float my corpse down the Ganges?"

• Homer: Yes, I will have the polpenlügen, and don't skimp on the doodlemünch.

• Ned Flanders: Hey hey, mornin', Apu. How are the little blessings?
  Apu: Oh, they are a ravenous swarm of locusts just eating and screaming and grabbing and poking and pulling and drooling and two have cradle rash. How do you get cradle rash when you sleep in a suitcase!
  Flanders: They can be a handful...of joy!
  Apu: Shut up!
  Flanders: They'll fill your life with...
  Apu: Shut up!
  Flanders: (quickly) Can't put a price on a miracle.
  Apu: I can't believe you don't shut up.

• Allen: You put it together yourself. All you need is me — Allen Wrench.
  Homer (giggles): He's named after what he is.
  Bart (knocking on the wrench): Cool costume.
  Allen (turns away from the rest of the family to face Bart, and begins talking in a robotic tone): It's not a costume. They found me inside a meteor.
  Marge: Excuse me, where are your hamper lids?
  Allen (friendly): Hamper lids? Uh, third floor. (turns to Bart again)(robotic) Help! I need tungsten to live! (raises arms) Tungsten! (Bart screams and runs off)

• Homer: Nice bean bag. (Homer sits and is suddenly pulled under) (within bean bag) Hey, there's someone else in here.
  Captain Horatio McCallister (within bean bag): Yarr, she swallowed me whole.

• Marge: Now I know you got your hands full, so I baked you some banana bread
  Apu: Our problems are now solved, we have banana bread!

• Marge: Maybe you should hire a nanny.
  Apu: And what will I pay her with? Banana bread?

External links

• "Eight Misbehavin' episode capsule". The Simpsons Archive.
• "Eight Misbehavin'" at IMDb

• Simpsons episodes: Season 11