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Synopsis

Discovering unusual long distance phone charges to Brazil, The Simpsons go to Rio de Janeiro in search of a missing Brazilian orphan boy that Lisa had been secretly sponsoring. They soon find him, and discover that he is a dancer for a children's show. Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro Government  - Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area  - City 1,260 km²  (486. ... Orphans, by Thomas Kennington An orphan (from the Greek ορφανός) is a person (typically a child), who has lost both parents, often through death. ...

Meanwhile, Homer is kidnapped and taken to the Amazon. Ultimately, is exchanged for ransom at the cable cars on Sugarloaf Mountain in a parody of the James Bond film Moonraker. Map of the Amazon rainforest ecoregions as delineated by the WWF. Yellow line encloses the Amazon rainforest. ... Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Moonraker is a 1979 James Bond film starring Roger Moore, based on the book by Ian Fleming. ...

Trivia

• The song playing just as Homer and Bart are strolling down the beach is the 1939 tune "Aquarela do Brasil" (usually just known as "Brazil," around the world), previously featured prominently in the film Brazil.

Aquarela do Brasil (Watercolor of Brazil, also known in the English-speaking countries simply as Brazil) is one of the most noted Brazilian patriotic songs, written by Ary Barroso one pluvious night in 1939. ...

Cultural references

• The blonde host of the risque children's variety show Teleboobies (itself a play on Teletubbies) is a reference to Brazilian entertainer Xuxa. The host appears in another episode ("Marge Be Not Proud") wherein she stars in a Krusty the Clown special, and is attributed the name "Xoxchitla".
• A sign seen on top of an all-you-can-eat meat-on-swords restaurant, called Churrascaria ("steak house") in Portuguese, mistakenly used in the plural, Churrascarias.
• The saying Aeroporto International de Galeão is a misspelled reference to Rio's international airport, Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport (also known as Aeroporto Internacional do Galeão)
• Homer and Bart sing the Chiquita Banana song, butchering the lyrics with, "I'm Chiquita Banana, and I'm here to say, I will eat this Toblerone and I will not pay!"
• The title "Blame it on Lisa" is a reference to the movie Blame it on Rio.
• The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon that opens the show has a parody of A Trip to the Moon.
• After Itchy drives Scratchy's head into the moon, he drops several dollar bills onto Scratchy's carcass referencing Rodney Dangerfield's character in Caddyshack.
• At one point Homer says "Don't you know the boys from Brazil are little Hitlers? I saw it in a movie whose name I can't remember." This is a reference to the film The Boys From Brazil, which revolves around Josef Mengele raising clones of Adolf Hitler.
• The book Lisa is reading on the plane, titled "Who wants to be a Brazillionaire?", is a reference to the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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Reaction in Brazil

Even before the episode was aired in Brazil, Rio's secretary of tourism protested on how the city was portrayed (monkeys everywhere, rampant street crime, slums, kidnappings). Producer James L. Brooks apologized, and said that if needed, Homer would like to invite Brazil's then-president Fernando Henrique Cardoso to Celebrity Boxing. James L. Brooks James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American producer, writer, and film director. ... Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born June 18, 1931) was the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil for two terms from January 1, 1995 to January 1, 2003. ... Celebrity Boxing was a 2002 Fox show pitting washed up former celebrities against each other in a boxing match. ...

The writers made a running gag of the situation: The running gag is a popular hallmark of comic and serious forms of entertainment. ...

• Homer's references "the monkey problem getting worse" in Rio in "The Regina Monologues".
• Krusty the Klown's revelation in "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" that immigration officials are constantly hounding him because his monkey sidekick, Mr. Teeny, is from Brazil. Krusty comments, "His uncle was the Head Monkey on the Bureau of Tourism."
• In Season 18's "The Wife Aquatic", Lisa mentions that Barnacle Bay is "the most disgusting" place the family has been. Bart asks about Brazil and Lisa replies "After Brazil".
• In the DVD audio commentary for A Streetcar Named Marge, Al Jean joked that, now after they've made fun of New Orleans and Brazil, they can no longer celebrate Mardi Gras.

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External links

• Episode summary at TV.com
• "Blame It on Lisa" episode capsule at The Simpsons Archive

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