The Simpsons episode
"Simpsons Tall Tales"
Episode no.	268
Prod. code	CABF17
Orig. Airdate	May 20, 2001
Show Runner(s)	Mike Scully
Writer(s)	John Frink & Don Payne Bob Bendetson Matt Selman
Director(s)	Bob Anderson
Chalkboard	"I should not be twenty-one by now"
Couch gag	The family waits for a subway car on Evergreen Terrace, and boards the car.
SNPP capsule
Season 12 November 1, 2000 – May 20, 2001
Treehouse of Horror XI A Tale of Two Springfields Insane Clown Poppy Lisa the Tree Hugger Homer vs. Dignity The Computer Wore Menace Shoes The Great Money Caper Skinner's Sense of Snow HOMR Pokey Mom Worst Episode Ever Tennis the Menace Day of the Jackanapes New Kids on the Blecch Hungry, Hungry Homer Bye Bye Nerdie Simpson Safari Trilogy of Error I'm Goin' to Praiseland Children of a Lesser Clod Simpsons Tall Tales
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Synopsis

After the Simpsons win a trip to Delaware, Homer is asked to pay a $5 airport tax for his flight, but he does not want to pay the tax. The family jumps onto a freight train and meets a singing, although clearly weird, hobo who tells them three tall tales. They are as follows: Official language(s) None Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Area  Ranked 49th  - Total 2,491 sq mi (6,452 km²)  - Width 30 miles (48 km)  - Length 100 miles (161 km)  - % water 21. ... Homer Jay Simpson (born May 12, 1955) is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... An electric container freight train Freight wagons filled with limestone await unloading, at sidings in Rugby, England An SP freight train west of Chicago in 1992. ... A performance artist dressed as a hobo Hobo is a term that refers to a subculture of wandering homeless people, particularly those who make a habit of hopping freight trains. ... Tall Tale, also known as Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill is a 1995 family Western movie starring Patrick Swayze, Nick Stahl, Oliver Platt, Roger Aaron Brown, Scott Glenn, Catherine OHara, and Jared Harris. ...

Paul Bunyan

Homer plays Paul Bunyan in this story (he also fights with a Japanese movie monster in a godzilla-like fashion). Paul is a great burden on local townspeople, as he crushes their houses and consumes all their food. Eventually, the townspeople drug him and drag him out of their town. Out of loneliness, he carves a block of stone from the mountains into a a blue ox that he calls Babe, which becomes alive after being struck by lightning. However when a meteor is soon to hit the town, the townspeople call Paul back to help them. Paul obliges and throws the meteor towards Chicago, starting the Great Fire there. Paul and Babe in Bemidji, Minnesota Paul Bunyan is a mythical lumberjack in tall tales, originating either with an American newspaperman or with French Canadians. ... Double lightning. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Artists rendering of the fire, by John R Chapin, originally printed in Harpers Weekly The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday October 8 to early Tuesday October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying about 4 square miles in Chicago, Illinois. ...

After the hobo has told this story, he asks them for a sponge bath as compensation. Disgusted, Homer is forced to oblige, as nobody else will do so, but the hobo does not mind anyone seeing his nakedness.

Connie Appleseed

The hobo's second tall tale is loosly based on the legend of Johnny Appleseed, except Lisa portrays him, and her name is adapted to "Connie Appleseed." Connie is part of a wagon train, and all of the travellers shoot and eat buffalo. Connie is against the practice because "If you aren't careful, you'll wipe the species off the face of the earth." She is worried that no one is eating a renewable source of food and finds some apples for the pioneers to eat, but they reject them. Eventually, she changes her last name to "Appleseed", and leaves her family to journey across America and plant apple seeds wherever she goes. Meanwhile, the Simpsons change their surname to "Bufflekill" and they succeed in killing all the buffalo. Just as they are about to cannibalize Homer, Connie returns and offers them apples. They like them, and Homer is spared. Image from Howes Historical Collection Johnny Appleseed, born John Chapman (September 26, 1774–March 18, 1847), was an American pioneer nurseryman, and missionary for the Church of the New Jerusalem, founded by Emanuel Swedenborg. ... Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional character on the animated television series The Simpsons, and is voiced by Yeardley Smith. ... Binomial name Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... This article is about consuming ones own species. ...

Tom and Huck

Though it is not actually a tall tale (Lisa points this out before the story begins), the hobo tells this tale based on Mark Twain's story about Tom Sawyer, whom Bart portrays, and Huckleberry Finn, which Nelson has the role of. Huck is caught holding hands with Becky (Lisa) and is forced to marry her. He dodges this marriage and goes on the run with Tom, leaving Missouri for Missoura. However, there are chased by townspeople(led by Becky's father(Homer)) and their families. Tom and Huck are later caught and unceremoniously hung. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. ... Tom Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ... Bartholomew Jo-Jo Bart Simpson (born April 1 according to the Bart Book) is a main character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Nancy Cartwright. ... Huckleberry Finn is the protagonist of Mark Twains famous book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ... Nelson Muntz (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) is a character from The Simpsons. ... Forced marriage is a term used in the Occident to describe traditional arranged marriages in which one or more of the parties (usually the woman) is married without his/her consent or against his/her will. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

The family arrives in Delaware and disembarks the train, but the hobo reminds them that they owe him two more sponge baths as compensation. Homer promises to catch up with them in an hour and volunteers to stay behind to do the dirty work.

Trivia

• The premise of the episode, and the verbatim line, "I can't believe it, we won another contest!" said by Marge, refers to the season Eleven episode Behind the Laughter. At the finale of that episode, Homer (on the TV show-within-the-show) enters announcing, "The Simpsons are going to Delaware!"... and Homer the producer of the show comments "This'll be the last season."
• Paul Bunyan and Babe fought Rodan, according to the hobo.
• In the tale "Connie Appleseed", when Connie/Lisa finds the group, Moe is seen taking an apple from Lisa, but in the end Moe is under Homer's clothes, eating him.

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Quotes

• (This dialogue was first heard "behind the scenes" in "Behind the Laughter".)
  Marge: I can't believe it! We won another contest!
  Homer: The Simpsons are going to Delaware!
  Lisa: I want to see Wilmington!
  Bart: I want to visit a screen door factory!
• Homer: Oh boy buffalo testicles!
• Hobo: I'm not a stabbin' hobo, I'm a singin' hobo! (sings) Nothin' beats the hobo life / Stabbin' folks with my hobo knife! / I gouge them...

• Hobo: You know, I do 400 sit-ups a day.
  Homer: Oh, it shows! I was gonna say something, but I thought it might sound, you know...weird.
  Hobo: Oh, not at all. I like it when people say nice things about my body.
  Homer: And it's important to feel good about yourself. Okay, spread your toes. Ow...do you know how much glass is in here?

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Paul Bunyan

• Moe (after feeding Homer/Paul Bunyan): Okay, let's get started on lunch. Hey, where's Lenny?
  Lenny (inside Homer/Paul): Carl? Moe? (camera cuts to Lenny inside Homer/Paul's stomach) Can anybody hear me?
  Willie: I think I found a way out. It's not pretty, but it'll do.

• Frink: Oh God! That meteor is headed straight for us! With the fire and the impact and the 100% chance of PAIN! Pain in the glavin!!!!

• Homer/Paul: Oh, I get it! When I'm crushing and killing you, you don't like me, but when I can save your lives, suddenly, I'm Mr. Popular.
  Lenny: Yeah, that's pretty much it.
  Homer/Paul:Woo-hoo! I'm Mr. Popular!

• Homer/Paul Bunyan (preparing to knock a meteor "right out of the park"): Come on, right across the plain, show me what ya got! This one's for the little crippled boy...that I crippled.

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Connie Appleseed

• Lisa/Connie: Listen to me! If you continue this slaughter, you will wipe out the buffalo.
  Dr. Hibbert: Wipe out an entire species? That's impossible! (everyone laughs, including three buffalo)

• Lisa/Connie Appleseed (carrying several apples): Papa! Look what I found!
  Homer: Oh boy! Buffalo testicles! (starts chomping on them enthusiastically)
  Lisa/Connie Appleseed : No, they're apples!
  Homer: Eww! (starts spitting them out, disgusted.)

• Homer: I haven't had buffalo in six hours. Marge, how about whipping up some buffalo sausage, huevos buffaleros, and some fresh-squeezed buffal OJ.
  Marge: The buffalo are gone. I think you shot them all.
  Homer: Oh God, Connie was right! We wiped out the entire species! What have I done?! What have I done?!
  Bart: Calm down, Pa. There's two left.
  (two buffaloes are seen chewing the grass, they are shot)
  Homer: (putting down shotgun)What have I done? What have I done?!

• Lisa/Connie Appleseed: Stop, everybody! I've got apples! Delicious, nutritious apples! And, there's enough for everyone.
  Sideshow Mel (takes a bite): Sweet! It's like a hootenanny in my mouth!
  Skinner: We're saved!
  Ned: It's a miracle!
  Carl: Hooray for Connie Bufflekill!
  Moe (emerging from inside Homer's coat with a forkload of flesh): What? So now we're not eating Homer?

• Hobo: And thanks to that little girl, today you can find apples in everything that's good: Apple wine, apple whiskey, apple schnapps, apple martinis, uh, Snapple with vodka in it, apple nail polish remover...
  Lisa: Don't forget apple sauce.
  Hobo: Yeah...I suppose you could grind some pills into it.

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Tom and Huck

• Nelson/Huck: I'm considerable hungry. We got any food left?
  Bart/Tom: (checks his sack) Hmm, looks like we're out of cornpone, fatback, hardtack, fatpone, corntack...
  Nelson/Huck: Any tackback?
  Bart/Tom: Tackback?
  Nelson/Huck: I mean, fattack.
  Bart/Tom: Plumb out.

• Apu: One jug of whiskey, three plugs of tobaccy, and extra strength opium. That will be two cents boys.
  Bart/Tom: Two cents?!!?!
  Apu: If you think my prices are high, go across the street! (points to a 99 cent store selling expensive things such as pianos and chandeliers)

• Bart/Tom: Dang, he put the lard pone on top of the egg pone.

• (Bart/Tom and Nelson/Huck go down rapids like an amusement park ride. At a dock, photos of various people going down the ride are being sold)
  Man at photo stand: Mr. Silas, this young lady's flashing her privates. (The woman is exposing her ankles)
  Silas: Well, I'll dispose of this. (takes the photo, then tucks it into his jacket) (salaciously) All for Silas, all for Silas!

• Krusty: Well, I see President Fillmore's in the news again. Glug, glug, glug!

• Nelson/Huck: Man, those derringer bullets are weak!
  Bart/Tom: Powerful weak.

(The Simpsons are leaving the boxcar) Cornbread or Johnny cake is a generic name for any number of quick breads (a bread leavened chemically, rather than by yeast) containing cornmeal. ... The Fatback Band (later, Fatback) were a 1970s and 80s American funk band. ... Hardtack (also hard tack) is a simple type of cracker or biscuit, made from flour, water, and salt. ... Whisky (or whiskey) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. ... Species Nicotiana acuminata Nicotiana alata Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana benthamiana Nicotiana clevelandii Nicotiana excelsior Nicotiana forgetiana Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glutinosa Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana longiflora Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana paniculata Nicotiana plumbagifolia Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana repanda Nicotiana rustica Nicotianasuaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana tomentosa Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005... Opium, or opïum is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ... Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. ...

• Hobo: Hey, I told you three stories. (holds up three fingers).
  Homer: (Looks at his family, none will volunteer) Ohhhhhh, I'll meet you in Wilmington.
  Hobo: (undressed) Close the door. (pause) You know, I do 300 sit-ups a day.
  Homer: (starts scrubbing) Oh, it shows!

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External links

• "Simpsons Tall Tales" episode capsule at The Simpsons Archive
• "Simpsons Tall Tales" at the Internet Movie Database