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| − | "[[A Tale of Two Springfields]]" is the second episode from season twelve of the animated TV series The Simpsons. The title is a spoof of Charles Dickens' classic book, A Tale of Two Cities. The episode guest star's The Who as themselves.
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| + | "'''In Marge We Trust'''" is the twenty-second episode of [[Season 8|broadcast season 8]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the one hundred seventy-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on April 27, [[1997]]. The episode was written by [[Donick Cary]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Sab Shimono]] as [[Mr. Sparkle]], the [[Japanese businessman]], and the announcer, [[Gedde Watanabe]] as the [[factory foreman]], [[factory worker]], [[Japanese tourist]], and {{ap|reporter|In Marge We Trust}}, and [[Frank Welker]] as the baboons. |
| − | While feeding [[Santa's Little Helper]], [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] finds a badger in his doghouse. Bart and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] try to get rid of it themselves, but are unsuccessful. After [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] suggests they blow up the doghouse with dynamite, Lisa tells them to call animal control. When Homer calls them, he gets a tri-tone and a recording indicating that he did not enter the correct area code. [[Marge Simpson | Marge]] informs him that the phone company ran out of numbers, so they had to split [[Springfield]] into two area codes. One half keeps the old 636 and the Simpsons' half get the new 939. He is outraged that they changed the code so suddenly (even though [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] say that they had weeks of advance warnings, including two weeks at area code camp). While at a town meeting, with Homer wearing a suicide belt, [[Lindsey Naegle]] shows a film (starring talking telephone [[Phony McRing-Ring]]) that attempts to convince the audience two area codes are better. The whole town agrees with it. However, Homer stands up, reminding them how terrible it was and points out that the original 636 code was kept by the rich side of town. When Homer fails to blow himself up, he leads a rebellion of the poor and goes off to form a new town.
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| − | Homer names the town with the new 939 code "New Springfield", while the half of the town with 636 is now called "Olde Springfield". Homer is appointed mayor of New Springfield but shows disrespect for the office by using his sash as a napkin. Rivalry quickly ensues between the two towns. When Olde Springfield insults the inefficiency of his half of town, Homer cuts power to Olde Springfield. Olde Springfield retaliates by hijacking a beer truck and dumping its contents in the river. Homer and New Springfield strike back by cutting off the river into Olde Springfield; however this causes its inhabitants to find gold in the river and buy the Evian bottled water factory. Homer decides to build a giant wall right through town, just like Berlin. When he tells his citizens they do not have enough supplies to get past tomorrow and that a wave of disease will kill the weak (afterwards, they'll be forced to eat certain breeds of dogs), everyone except the Simpsons leave.
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| − | Now the mayor of a empty town, Homer boasts to himself that The Who is coming to their town, when they are actually performing in Olde Springfield. Together, he and Bart are able to get them to perform in New Springfield. When Olde Springfield is waiting for the band, they find them in New Springfield and prepare to riot. Just before a major conflict, The Who suggests they get speed-dial to solve their rivalry. They also agree to play if Springfield tears down the wall, which Pete Townshend (voiced by his brother, Paul Townshend) ends up destroying by playing the famous outro to "Won't Get Fooled Again".
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| − | [[Wikisimpsons:Previous Featured episode|More featured episodes]] [[Wikisimpsons:Featured episode|Vote for Featured episode]] | + | [[Marge]] volunteers as an over-the-phone counselor for the church, and the congregation starts turning to Marge more than [[Reverend Lovejoy]]. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] goes on a quest to find out why his likeness is the logo for a Japanese detergent company. |
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"In Marge We Trust" is the twenty-second episode of broadcast season 8 of The Simpsons and the one hundred seventy-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on April 27, 1997. The episode was written by Donick Cary and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It guest stars Sab Shimono as Mr. Sparkle, the Japanese businessman, and the announcer, Gedde Watanabe as the factory foreman, factory worker, Japanese tourist, and reporter, and Frank Welker as the baboons.
Marge volunteers as an over-the-phone counselor for the church, and the congregation starts turning to Marge more than Reverend Lovejoy. Meanwhile, Homer goes on a quest to find out why his likeness is the logo for a Japanese detergent company.
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