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When Animals Attack! is a series of television specials that aired on Fox in the mid-1990s in the USA. The specials are compilations of video clips showing various animals attacking humans. The series has been referenced and parodied several times in The Simpsons media.

References

Television episodes

Picture	Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
	9	195	"Lisa the Simpson"	Bart, Homer and Lisa watch a TV show called When Buildings Collapse. True to its title, the program shows video clips of buildings collapsing.
After the last building collapse clip, Homer changes the channel and finds a show called When Surgery Goes Wrong.
	10	219	"Make Room for Lisa"	In an attempt to cheer up Lisa, Homer turns on the TV and changes the channel to When Animals Attack Magicians. In the program, a man tells an ape to pick a card and then screams when the ape attacks him. Lisa is disgusted and says, "That's awful!" Homer quickly contradicts her, saying, "Awful entertaining!"
	13	287	"I Am Furious (Yellow)"	While Homer is watching TV, he sees a teaser ad for When Dinosaurs Get Drunk.

Comic stories

Comic issue	Story name	Reference
Bart Simpson #1	Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind	Just before Kang and Kodos abduct Bart, Homer and Bart are watching When Cartoon Animals Attack Other Cartoon Animals.
Simpsons Comics #41	Bart Simpson and the Krusty Brand Fun Factory	When Grampa is attacked by a group of cyborg monkeys, he says, "You don't scare me. I've seen When Animals Attack thirty-seven times."
Simpsons Comics #42	The Homer Show	When the FOX network executives meet to discuss building a reality show around Homer, the boss says they can't rely on viewers sending in random videotapes. A junior exec protests that's how they already do all their shows and cites When Pets Go Postal and World's Zaniest Police Chases as examples.
Simpsons Comics #53	Around Town with Ned Flanders	Chief Wiggum is featured in a FOX television special titled When Good Snacks Go Bad, a parody of When Animals Attack!.

Video games

Picture	Game	Reference
	The Simpsons Game	The second level, Bartman Begins, takes place inside the Springfield Natural History Museum. A banner on the wall in one of the exhibits reads "When Herbivores Attack!"

External links

When Animals Attack! at Wikipedia

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