Insane Clown Poppy - Revision history

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|During a book fair, [[Krusty]] finds out he has a daughter, [[Sophie]], from a one-night stand with a {{ap|Erin|soldier|female soldier}} who fought in the Gulf War. However, Krusty loses her trust after gambling away her violin to [[Fat Tony]], prompting [[Homer]] and Krusty to retrieve it.}}
+{{Synopsis|During a book fair, [[Krusty]] finds out he has a daughter, [[Sophie]], from a one-night stand with a {{ap|Erin|soldier|female soldier}} who fought in the Gulf War. However, Krusty loses her trust after gambling away her violin to [[Fat Tony]], prompting [[Homer]] and Krusty to retrieve it.}}
 == Plot ==

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-"'''Insane Clown Poppy'''" is the third episode of [[season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred fifty-first episode overall. It originally aired on November 12, [[2000]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and [[Don Payne]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Drew Barrymore]] as [[Sophie]], [[Stephen King]] as {{Ch|Stephen King|himself}}, [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]], [[Jay Mohr]] as [[Christopher Walken]], [[Amy Tan]] as {{Ch|Amy Tan|herself}}, and [[John Updike]] as {{Ch|John Updike|himself}}.
+"'''Insane Clown Poppy'''" is the third episode of [[Season 12|broadcast season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred fifty-first episode overall. It originally aired on November 12, [[2000]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and [[Don Payne]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Drew Barrymore]] as [[Sophie]], [[Stephen King]] as {{Ch|Stephen King|himself}}, [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]], [[Jay Mohr]] as [[Christopher Walken]], [[Amy Tan]] as {{Ch|Amy Tan|herself}}, and [[John Updike]] as {{Ch|John Updike|himself}}.
 == Synopsis ==

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|During a book fair, [[Krusty]] finds out he has a daughter, [[Sophie]], from a one-night stand with a {{ap|Erin|soldier|female soldier}} who fought in the [[Gulf War]]. However, Krusty loses her trust after gambling away her violin to [[Fat Tony]], prompting [[Homer]] and Krusty to retrieve it.}}
+{{Desc|During a book fair, [[Krusty]] finds out he has a daughter, [[Sophie]], from a one-night stand with a {{ap|Erin|soldier|female soldier}} who fought in the Gulf War. However, Krusty loses her trust after gambling away her violin to [[Fat Tony]], prompting [[Homer]] and Krusty to retrieve it.}}
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 |season=12
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 |airdate= November 12, [[2000]]
 |blackboard= "I will not surprise the incontinent"
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-"'''Insane Clown Poppy'''" is the third episode of [[season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred fifty-first episode overall. It originally aired on November 12, [[2000]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and [[Don Payne]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Drew Barrymore]] as [[Sophie]], [[Stephen King]] as {{Ch|Stephen King|himself}}, [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]], [[Jay Mohr]] as [[Christopher Walken]], [[Amy Tan]] as {{Ch|Amy Tan|herself}} and [[John Updike]] as {{Ch|John Updike|himself}}.
+"'''Insane Clown Poppy'''" is the third episode of [[season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred fifty-first episode overall. It originally aired on November 12, [[2000]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and [[Don Payne]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Drew Barrymore]] as [[Sophie]], [[Stephen King]] as {{Ch|Stephen King|himself}}, [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]], [[Jay Mohr]] as [[Christopher Walken]], [[Amy Tan]] as {{Ch|Amy Tan|herself}}, and [[John Updike]] as {{Ch|John Updike|himself}}.
 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|During an outdoor book fair, [[Krusty]] finds out he has a daughter (from a one-night stand with a female soldier who fought in the Gulf War), but loses her trust after gambling away her violin to Fat Tony, prompting [[Homer]] and Krusty to retrieve it.}}
+{{Desc|During a book fair, [[Krusty]] finds out he has a daughter, [[Sophie]], from a one-night stand with a {{ap|Erin|soldier|female soldier}} who fought in the [[Gulf War]]. However, Krusty loses her trust after gambling away her violin to [[Fat Tony]], prompting [[Homer]] and Krusty to retrieve it.}}
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 |couchgag= Spoof of ''[[The Matrix]]''
 |guests= [[Drew Barrymore]] as [[Sophie]]<br>[[Stephen King]] as {{Ch|Stephen King|himself}}<br>[[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]]<br>[[Jay Mohr]] as [[Christopher Walken]]<br>[[Amy Tan]] as {{Ch|Amy Tan|herself}}<br>[[John Updike]] as {{Ch|John Updike|himself}}
-|showrunner=[[Mike Scully]]
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 |writer= [[John Frink]]<br>[[Don Payne]]
 |director= [[Bob Anderson]]

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 The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and [[Don Payne]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. Drew Barrymore, [[Stephen King]], [[Jay Mohr]], [[Amy Tan]] and [[John Updike]] guest star. [[Joe Mantegna]] reprised his role as [[Fat Tony]]. Originally, Homer was the one who was surprised to have a long-lost daughter, but this was changed to Krusty, to try and keep the episode canon and not to far from reality.
-===Deleted Scenes===
+=== Deleted scenes ===
 There are two deleted scenes from this episode, which can be seen on the [[The Complete Twelfth Season]] DVD.
 #Bart and the author of the "For Dummies" books where Bart tricks the author into thinking he is a bank and gives the man potato chips as money.

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 |number= 251
 |prodcode= BABF17
 |airdate= November 12, [[2000]]
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 |couchgag= Spoof of ''[[The Matrix]]''
 |guests= [[Drew Barrymore]] as [[Sophie]]<br>[[Stephen King]] as {{ch|Stephen King|himself}}<br>[[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]]<br>[[Jay Mohr]] as [[Christopher Walken]]<br>[[Amy Tan]] as {{ch|Amy Tan|herself}}<br>[[John Updike]] as {{ch|John Updike|himself}}
 |writer= [[John Frink]]<br>[[Don Payne]]
 |director= [[Bob Anderson]]
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-"'''Insane Clown Poppy'''" is the third episode of [[season 12]].
+"'''Insane Clown Poppy'''" is the third episode of [[season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two-hundred and fifty-first episode overall. It originally aired on November 12, [[2000]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and [[Don Payne]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Drew Barrymore]] as [[Sophie]], [[Stephen King]] as {{ch|Stephen King|himself}}, [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]], [[Jay Mohr]] as [[Christopher Walken]], [[Amy Tan]] as {{ch|Amy Tan|herself}} and [[John Updike]] as {{ch|John Updike|himself}}.
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 The episode received negative reviews from critics. DVD Movie Guide gave the episode a negative review saying "After two pretty good shows, season 12 encounters mediocrity with "Poppy". At no point does the program become poor, but it just lacks many real laughs. Outside of some amusing book fair cameos, this one fails to deliver much zing, and it tends to drag" One of the many complaints of the episodes was that the plot and comedy relied too much on the guest stars to take the episode, instead of having an ''actual'' plot.
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 [[Category:Krusty the Clown episodes]]
 [[Category:Crime-themed episodes]]
 [[Category:Episodes written by John Frink]]
 [[Category:Episodes written by Don Payne]]