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Plot

The Simpson's dog, Santa's Little Helper, seems to be getting a little too frisky for the family's comfort, and all attempts to tire him out fail. Santa's Little Helper runs off with the family in pursuit. They follow him to the dog-track and find him pursuing a female greyhound racer, named She's the Fastest. The two quickly fall in love and the dog's owner gives her to the family, noting that once a dog falls in love, they lose their "racing spirit". Santas Little Helper or once known as Santos L. Halper (voiced by Frank Welker or Dan Castellaneta) is the Simpson familys pet dog. ... This article is about the breed of dog. ...

Santa's Little Helper and his "girlfriend" share various romantic experiences and one day, to the surprise of the family, she gives birth to 25 puppies. The puppies are named Rover, Fido, Rex, Spot, Rover II, Fido II, Rex II, Cleo, Dave, Jay, Paul, Branford, Dave II, Jay II, Paul II, Branford II, Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy, Donner, Blitzen, Grumpy II, King, Queenie, Prince, and The Puppy Formerly Known As Prince. (Note that there are actually 26 names). Prince changed his stage name into an unpronounceable symbol in 1993, but took up the name Prince again in 1999. ...

The puppies seem to be very cute and cuddly, but are also very troublesome to the entire family: savaging all of Bart's socks, stealing Homer's snacks, and (apparently) soiling the floor nonstop. Homer and Marge decide to find new homes for the puppies, much to the dismay of Bart and Lisa. They convince Marge to give the puppies one more chance. At the end of a near-perfect dinner party, the puppies pop out of the turkey, horrifying and disgusting the guests. Homer Simpson is also a character in the book and film The Day of the Locust. ... Marjorie Marge Simpson (née Bouvier) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Julie Kavner. ... For the comic book series of the same name, see Bart Simpson comics. ... Lisa Marie Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Yeardley Smith; Lisa is the only character Smith voices on a regular basis. ...

The next day, the family sets out to find homes for the puppies. However, the puppies do not like to be separated. Marge wonders how they will find someone who is able to care for 25 puppies, when Mr. Burns arrives and offers to let them live in his mansion. The family question his motives, but as they do so Burns and Smithers steal the dogs (when the family's back is turned). Mr. ... Waylon Smithers, Jr. ...

Bart and Lisa manage to track the puppies to Burns's mansion where they spy on him through a window. He seems to be treating the puppies well, giving them a bath as Bart and Lisa arrive. He even picks a puppy who can stand on his hind legs as his favorite, a feat which somehow reminds him of actor Rory Calhoun, and names him "Little Monty". Just as Bart and Lisa think they might have been wrong about Burns, he walks into the next room, loads a gun and sings a musical number, "See My Vest", while demonstrating his wardrobe of fur-featuring clothing to Smithers. He prepares to kill the puppies to make a tuxedo out of them. Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown Durgin on August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was born in Los Angeles, California. ... Be Our Guest is the tenth volume of Disney Sing Along Songs featuring songs from the oscar winning film Beauty and the Beast The songs include: Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast) A Spoonfull of Sugar (Mary Poppins ) Bella Notte (Lady and the Tramp) Heffalumps and Woozles (Winnie the... Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and U.S. President Ronald Reagan wearing black tie with wives in Quebec, Canada, March 18, 1985. ...

Bart and Lisa sneak in the window and attempt to escape with the puppies down the laundry chute by tossing Bart's socks down and letting the puppies follow (it should be noted that while Bart slides down barefoot and at first when he's walking he's barefoot, but suddenly when he puts Burns' socks along the line, he's wearing shoes, if not socks). However, Burns is waiting for them at the bottom. As Burns is about to kill the dogs, Bart grabs Little Monty from Burns's hands and places him with the other pups, hoping that Burns will not kill the dogs if he can not tell which is Little Monty. However, Burns tells the puppy to stand up and he does. As Burns bends down to pick up Little Monty, Bart sees Mr. Burns's socks on a clothesline. As he reels the socks above the dogs, they see the socks and all of them stand up. Burns can not tell which is Little Monty, so he prepares to shoot them all. However, the standing dogs are too cute for him to kill. He also renounces killing Bart and Lisa as they are standing on their hind legs "like a couple of little Rory Calhouns". Emotionally touched, he resigns himself never again to wear fur or to kill another animal, at least one that can do an amusing trick. He buys them all and raises them as racing dogs. Later, it is learned that the 25 greyhounds all became world class champions, each earning him millions of dollars in winnings. The episode ends with Marge reacting to a shadow of what looks like Homer hanging himself over the loss of the dogs, but Homer is actually batting a light bulb in the basement until it smacks him in the head and breaks. Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown Durgin on August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was born in Los Angeles, California. ...

Deleted Scene

The scene where Santa's Little Helper is "mating" with She's The Fastest was originally supposed to be shown in full, but the networks complained. On all Fox network broadcasts, the scene was replaced with a frozen shot of the Simpson family in the stands reacting to it. All other broadcasts in North America (including syndication and the DVD version), however, reframe the original scene to only have Santa's Little Helper shown from the shoulders up as he's mounting She's The Fastest for a few seconds, in such a way that someone could barely tell he'd caught her (except that the background stops moving). Apparently, some TV broadcasts in New Zealand have shown the full scene (which was originally an animatic that was never put to animation until after the episode was broadcast, according to the DVD commentary). North American redirects here. ...

Cultural references

The overarching plot of this episode, as well as its title, was inspired by the Disney animated film 101 Dalmatians which also deals with a large quantity of puppies which are kidnapped.^[2][1] On the DVD commentary, Matt Groening says that the film helped inspire the show, especially the scene in which the puppies watch TV. This helped inspire the idea of cartoon characters watching TV, which in turn lead to Itchy and Scratchy, Krusty the Clown, and Kent Brockman. Mr. Burns plays the role of Cruella De Vil in this episode. Like Cruella, Mr. Burns steals the puppy just like in the movie, 101 Dalmatians in a similar way. Unlike Cruella, Mr. Burns wanted to make a tuxedo out of the puppies. Disney redirects here. ... This article is about the 1961 film. ... Matthew Abram Groening is an American cartoonist (Life in Hell) and the Emmy Award-winning creator of the animated series, The Simpsons and Futurama. ... The Itchy & Scratchy Show is a show-within-a-show of The Simpsons which usually appears as a segment of the fictional Krusty the Klown TV show, watched regularly by Bart and Lisa Simpson and other characters on the animated series. ... Krusty redirects here. ... Kenton Kent Brockman, (nee Brockelstein), is a recurring fictional character from the animated TV series The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer. ... Not to be confused with Cruella de Ville, a short-lived 1980s post-punk band. ... This article is about the 1961 film. ... Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and U.S. President Ronald Reagan wearing black tie with wives in Quebec, Canada, March 18, 1985. ...

Besides 101 Dalmatians, less prominent references to Disney animated films are made throughout the episode. The song "See My Vest" sung by Montgomery Burns is a parody of "Be Our Guest" sung by Jerry Orbach in the film Beauty and the Beast. The song is sung entirely by Burns except for one line ("Kill two for matching clogs") which is sung by a female maid. The maid has often been mistaken for a human representation of Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast; however, she is actually a parody of Nanny from 101 Dalmatians. The scene in which Santa's Little Helper courts She's the Fastest parodies Lady and the Tramp; the two wander behind Luigi's restaurant and are presented with a plate of spaghetti (which, in The Simpsons, falls on to the floor). The dogs unknowingly slurp two ends of the same strand, as in Lady and the Tramp.^[2] As a short joke the dog named "Prince" and "The Puppy Formerly Known As Prince" are a reference to Prince, who was also referred to as "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince". ̪ For other people named Mr. ... Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor best known for his starring role as wisecracking Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and for his musical theater roles. ... Beauty and the Beast is an American animated film, the 30th animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation . ... Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney, and originally released to theaters on June 16, 1955 by Buena Vista Distribution. ... For other uses, see Prince (disambiguation). ...

There is a scene where the greyhounds watch television, similar to the dalmatians of 101 Dalmatians. Instead of watching What's my Crime?, the greyhounds are watching the short-lived Fox television show Models, Inc..^[2] The clerk performing a human/canine mind-meld is a reference to the Vulcan mind-meld in Star Trek.^[2] Models, Inc. ... The Forge of Vulcan, by Diego Velázquez. ... This article is about the entire Star Trek franchise. ...

The Family Guy episode "Screwed the Pooch" has a similar scene at the dog track. Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... This article is about the Family Guy episode. ...

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