Tennis the Menace - Revision history

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|Instead of buying a casket for [[Abraham Simpson|his father]], [[Homer]] uses the money to build a tennis court instead. [[Springfield]] wants to use the court for a tennis tournament, which all of the family members enter. But when teams are divided, the family gets competitive with each other and recruits professional tennis players to play in their places.}}
+{{Synopsis|Instead of buying a casket for [[Abraham Simpson|his father]], [[Homer]] uses the money to build a tennis court instead. [[Springfield]] wants to use the court for a tennis tournament, which all of the family members enter. But when teams are divided, the family gets competitive with each other and recruits professional tennis players to play in their places.}}
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-"'''Tennis the Menace'''" is the twelfth episode of [[season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two-hundred and sixtieth episode overall. It originally aired on February 11, [[2001]]. The episode was written by [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] and directed by [[Jen Kamerman]]. It guest stars [[Andre Agassi]] as {{Ch|Andre Agassi|himself}}, [[Pete Sampras]] as {{Ch|Pete Sampras|himself}}, [[Serena Williams]] as {{Ch|Serena Williams|herself}}, and [[Venus Williams]] as {{Ch|Venus Williams|herself}}.
+"'''Tennis the Menace'''" is the twelfth episode of [[Season 12|broadcast season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two-hundred and sixtieth episode overall. It originally aired on February 11, [[2001]]. The episode was written by [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] and directed by [[Jen Kamerman]]. It guest stars [[Andre Agassi]] as {{Ch|Andre Agassi|himself}}, [[Pete Sampras]] as {{Ch|Pete Sampras|himself}}, [[Serena Williams]] as {{Ch|Serena Williams|herself}}, and [[Venus Williams]] as {{Ch|Venus Williams|herself}}.
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 == Production ==
-The episode was written by [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] and directed by [[Jen Kamerman]]. This is the second episode (after season seven's "[[Radioactive Man]]" to be animated with digital ink and paint (which would not be used permanently until [[season 14]]'s "[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]" and "[[The Great Louse Detective]]").
+The episode was written by [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] and directed by [[Jen Kamerman]]. This is the second episode (after season seven's "[[Radioactive Man]]" to be animated with digital ink and paint (which would not be used permanently until [[Season 14|broadcast season 14]]'s "[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]" and "[[The Great Louse Detective]]").
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 |couchgag=The living room floor is frozen over. The Simpsons ice skate to the couch. When [[Homer]] sits down, his side falls through the ice.
-|guests= [[Andre Agassi]] as {{Ch|Andre Agassi|himself}}<br>[[Pete Sampras]] as {{Ch|Pete Sampras|himself}}<br>[[Venus Williams]] as {{Ch|Venus Williams|herself}}<br>[[Serena Williams]] as {{Ch|Serena Williams|herself}}
+|guests= [[Andre Agassi]] as {{Ch|Andre Agassi|himself}}<br>[[Pete Sampras]] as {{Ch|Pete Sampras|himself}}<br>[[Serena Williams]] as {{Ch|Serena Williams|herself}}<br>[[Venus Williams]] as {{Ch|Venus Williams|herself}}
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-"'''Tennis the Menace'''" is the twelfth episode of [[season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two-hundred and sixtieth episode overall. It originally aired on February 11, [[2001]]. The episode was written by [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] and directed by [[Jen Kamerman]]. It guest stars [[Andre Agassi]] as {{Ch|Andre Agassi|himself}}, [[Pete Sampras]] as {{Ch|Pete Sampras|himself}}, [[Venus Williams]] as {{Ch|Venus Williams|herself}} and [[Serena Williams]] as {{Ch|Serena Williams|herself}}.
+"'''Tennis the Menace'''" is the twelfth episode of [[season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two-hundred and sixtieth episode overall. It originally aired on February 11, [[2001]]. The episode was written by [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] and directed by [[Jen Kamerman]]. It guest stars [[Andre Agassi]] as {{Ch|Andre Agassi|himself}}, [[Pete Sampras]] as {{Ch|Pete Sampras|himself}}, [[Serena Williams]] as {{Ch|Serena Williams|herself}}, and [[Venus Williams]] as {{Ch|Venus Williams|herself}}.
 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|Instead of buying a casket for his father, [[Homer]] uses the money to build a tennis court instead. [[Springfield]] wants to use the court for a tennis tournament, which all of the family members enter. But when teams are divided, the family gets competitive with each other, and they recruit professional tennis players to play in their places.}}
+{{Desc|Instead of buying a casket for [[Abraham Simpson|his father]], [[Homer]] uses the money to build a tennis court instead. [[Springfield]] wants to use the court for a tennis tournament, which all of the family members enter. But when teams are divided, the family gets competitive with each other and recruits professional tennis players to play in their places.}}
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 == Plot ==
-The [[Springfield Retirement Castle]] holds a talent show, which the Simpsons attend. [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa]] wins the show after signing a bad version of "{{W2|What's New Pussycat?|song}}". His prize is a free autopsy, so the Simpsons go to a funeral salesman. While there, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] realizes that a certain kind of cemetery monument uses the same amount of cement as a tennis court, and so Homer decides to get the house a tennis court, even though Homer mistook tennis for foxy boxing and, as it is, The Simpsons can hardly afford their own house.
+The [[Springfield Retirement Castle]] holds a talent show, which the Simpsons attend. [[Grampa]] wins the show after signing a bad version of "{{W2|What's New Pussycat?|song}}". His prize is a free autopsy, so the Simpsons go to a funeral salesman. While there, [[Homer]] realizes that a certain kind of cemetery monument uses the same amount of cement as a tennis court, and so Homer decides to get the house a tennis court, even though Homer mistook tennis for foxy boxing and, as it is, The Simpsons can hardly afford their own house.
-The court is very popular with Montelimar residents, and yet, these residents mock Homer and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] for losing all the time due to Homer's absent-mindedness. ([[Lou]] calls them the "L.A. Clippers of backyard tennis"). Homer tries to please Marge by entering [[Krusty]]'s celebrity tournament, the "[[Krusty Kharity Klassic]]". Homer is a hopeless tennis player, so Marge "dumps" him and enters with [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] as her new partner. Homer is outraged that he was abandoned for a ten year old. He has a nightmare where Bart and Marge are married and he is a wall trophy, after being shot at a guillotine factory. Homer enters the tournament with [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] as his partner.
+The court is very popular with Montelimar residents, and yet, these residents mock Homer and [[Marge]] for losing all the time due to Homer's absent-mindedness. ([[Lou]] calls them the "L.A. Clippers of backyard tennis"). Homer tries to please Marge by entering [[Krusty]]'s celebrity tournament, the "[[Krusty Kharity Klassic]]". Homer is a hopeless tennis player, so Marge "dumps" him and enters with [[Bart]] as her new partner. Homer is outraged that he was abandoned for a ten year old. He has a nightmare where Bart and Marge are married and he is a wall trophy, after being shot at a guillotine factory. Homer enters the tournament with [[Lisa]] as his partner.
 The tournament takes place and in the stands are leading tennis pros {{Ch|Andre Agassi}}, {{Ch|Pete Sampras}} and {{Ch|Venus Williams|Venus}} and {{Ch|Serena Williams}}. At the tournament, Homer dumps Lisa for Venus. In response, Marge replaces Bart with Serena as her partner. Ultimately, Serena and Venus replace Marge and Homer with Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, respectively. This forces the family to go back to the bench and resume their normal places in the family; as they enjoy the exhibition of top-class tennis, they agree that it is better to watch things than to do things. Homer offers to buy the family dinner with money he took from Pete Sampras' wallet. Pete Sampras makes him put it back but Homer takes some of it back while he isn't looking.