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"'''The Day the Earth Stood Cool'''"<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=pau003587403&Search_Code=REGS&PID=H2EpfoA4tQrikaX5_rWC8IXeWHuM&SEQ=20120113160532&CNT=25&HIST=1 United States Copyright Office]</ref> (also known as "'''The Day the Earth Stayed Cool'''"<ref name="TV Line">[http://www.tvline.com/2012/01/the-simpsons-fred-armisen-and-carrie-brownstein-portlandia/ TV Line]</ref>) is an episode of [[season 24]]. It was set to air on December 2, 2012<ref name="consequenceofsound">[http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/08/the-decemberists-to-appear-on-the-simpsons/ The Decemberists to appear on The Simpsons]</ref>, but was then moved to December 9, 2012.<ref name="futon critic"></ref>
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"'''The Day the Earth Stood Cool'''" is the seventh episode of [[season 24]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the five-hundred and fifteenth episode overall. It originally aired on December 9, [[2012]]. The episode was written by [[Matt Selman]] and directed by [[Matthew Faughnan]]. It guest stars [[Fred Armisen]] as [[Terrence]], [[Carrie Brownstein]] as {{ap|Emily|The Day the Earth Stood Cool}}, [[Patton Oswalt]] as [[T-Rex]] and [[Colin Meloy]] as {{Ch|Colin Meloy|himself}}.
  
 
== Synopsis ==
 
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[[Homer]] befriends [[Terrence]] (Fred Armisen) and [[Emily]] (Carrie Brownstein), new neighbors from Portland. Homer becomes like Terrence because he wants a younger, hipper image. When [[Bart]] gets into a fight with Terrance and Emily's son [[T-Rex]] (Patton Oswalt), the friendship becomes strained and Terrence, angry at the Simpsons, calls his friends from Portland, and Springfield is soon full with 'cool' people. Meanwhile, [[Marge]] feels uncomfortable around Emily and her friends when they are breastfeeding, and she is feeding Maggie from the bottle.
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{{Desc|[[Homer]] befriends [[Terrence]] (Fred Armisen) and {{ap|Emily|The Day the Earth Stood Cool}} (Carrie Brownstein), new neighbors from Portland. Homer becomes like Terrence because he wants a younger, hipper image. When [[Bart]] gets into a fight with Terrance and Emily's son [[T-Rex]] (Patton Oswalt), the friendship becomes strained and Terrence, angry at the Simpsons, calls his friends from Portland, and Springfield is soon full with 'cool' people. Meanwhile, [[Marge]] feels uncomfortable around Emily and her friends when they are breastfeeding, and she is feeding Maggie from the bottle.}}
  
 
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[[Homer]] is visiting the playground with [[Bart]] where he is called "grandfather" which annoys him. At work, Homer sees that his colleagues are eating [[Devil Donuts]] but they are out; he calls to the police and they start looking for the vendor that sells those donuts. They find the vendor, who has ran out of donuts for the day. The owner [[Terrence]], let Homer taste a new variety he is creating, and he likes it. They start talking and it appears that Terrence is a dad, which Homer finds surprising since Terrence is cool and he's not anymore. Terrence tells Homer that you can't stop living just because you have children. Terrence says his family is from [[Portland]], and they're looking for a new place to move in. Homer says that his neighbor's house is for sale. Terrence decides to buy it and he renovates the house.
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Bart is in the park when he tramples on other kids' feet walking over the top of the monkey bars. Homer begins to yell at Bart, wanting to swear at him, until he spots a woman tying her shoes - prompting Homer to yell "You might fall!" instead. The woman says that Bart is a cute little rascal. Homer wonders if the woman is flirting with him. The woman makes a compliment about how she can see where he gets his looks from, and Homer realizes she is flirting with him. Before Homer can 'let her down easy', the woman says that Bart is lucky to get a trip to the park - with his grandpa. Homer yells "Grandpa?" and suddenly runs out of breath. The woman calls for help, and then Homer explains to the woman that he is Bart's father, while he talks about how he can't believe he let the woman hit on him. Homer sits down on a bench, and ducks come up to him. Homer tells the ducks to beat it, and they do after Homer raises his arms while telling them he's sexy.
 
  
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At the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer arrives in the break room where he finds his colleagues with new donuts - covered in 'crazy' toppings. One of the 'crazy' donuts is a [[Russian Nesting Donut]]. Homer goes over to the box where the donuts are from, but he looks inside the box to find that it is empty. Homer demands that he knows where the donuts came from, and Lenny said that the [[Sexual harassment seminar speaker|man who does the sexual harassment seminars]] brought them in. Homer interupts a seminar, and asks the speaker where he got the donuts from. The speaker tells him that he got them from a 'man with a card'. Homer rings the police, telling them he would like to report a missing donut cart. [[Chief Wiggum]] asks [[Lou]] to go lower in the helicopter, but they can't because of power lines. Wiggum orders Lou to go lower, and they do, maneuvering the helicopter between the power lines. Homer begins to see part of the logo for the donut cart, but doesn't understand it until he gets to the hooves of the Devil in the logo. Down at the [[Devil Donuts]] donut cart, the cart owner tells Wiggum and Homer that he's out of donuts, because he only makes one batch a day. Wiggum orders the cart owner to make more, or he's going to shoot. Wiggum then walks off with Lou, saying "What have I become?" Homer sulks on the kerb, and the cart owner tells Homer that he can try a new donut still in testing - a donut made entirely out of cake. Homer shakes hands with the cart owner, who tells Homer that he's [[Terrence]].  
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The Simpson family visit Terrence and his family to welcome them to the neighborhood. Lisa loves how the family lives, while Bart think they are boring and goes home. [[Marge]] talks with the mother, {{ap|Emily|The Day the Earth Stood Cool}}, and when she starts breastfeeding her baby, [[Corduroy]], Marge becomes uncomfortable, since she is not breastfeeding [[Maggie]]. Marge is about to tell Homer that she does not like the family, when she is shocked to discover that Terrence has shaved Homer. Terrance and Lisa continue to hang out with their new neighbors, Marge thinks they should cool down with their new friends, for they not live the same lifestyle. Homer replies that they are cool which he is not, and Marge tries to comfort him by saying that he is cool and always has been. Homer and the kids are with Terrance and his son at several events, having fun. Marge does not like how the kids and Homer have changed since they met their new neighbors. T-Rex, Terrence & Emily' son, has his birthday and, to fit in at the party, Marge pretends that she is breastfeeding Maggie, but when the other mothers find out the truth, they try to breastfeed Maggie themselves, but Marge refuses to let them. T-Rex opens his presents and he mocks Homer's gift, which made Bart angry and they start fighting. As a result, Terrence & his family end their association with Simpsons, leading to Homer missing his new friends. Ned Flanders tries to unite the two neighbors but fails, instead the new neighbors call their friends from Portland and they move in and take over Springfield.
  
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Later, Terrence and Homer are sat in deck chairs, and Homer tells Terrence that he's heard of people come being from Portland - where Terrence has come from. Homer has in fact NOT heard of people being from Portland. Terrence said that Portland became too 'played out'. Homer is shocked when Terrence says he has kids, because Terrence is so cool. He tells Homer that he and his family are living in a motor home, looking for somewhere to move into. Homer tells Terrence that [[740 Evergreen Terrace|the house next to his]] has been on sale forever. After looking around the house, Terrence tells Homer that he and Emily, his wife, have dreamed of restoring an architectural masterpiece. Terrence thanks Homer for turning them on, and he tells Homer that he's a cool guy. Homer is extremely happy, and asks Terrence if he can man hug him. Terrence says "Sure", and Homer attempts to man hug Terrence, but he doesn't know how to man hug.
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Homer and Marge do not like what has happened to their city, as the "cool" atmosphere is now all over town. T-Rex and Bart become friends again and T-Rex watches TV with Bart and forgets to turn over the family's compost, causing their home to catch fire. Homer and Marge visit Terrence and Emily at a festival, hoping to get them to be nicer to them. During the discussion, they smell the smoke from the house, and call the fire department, who have lost their horses and can not put out the fire. They trying using the hose, but the water has run out. The Simpson family breaks through the fire with the infant formula and manage to extinguish it. Emily thanks Marge, since her milk saved their home. Marge acknowledges that she feels a little ashamed that she didn't breastfeed any of her kids (except Lisa, for nine months). Lisa says that [[The New York Times]] did an expose claiming Springfield [[USA]]'s as the country's coolest city. This causes all the families from Portland to leave Springfield; Lisa is sad and tells them she will find them again.
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[[Mr. Burns]] and an old man talk about how they made electricity in the past. They panned atoms in a lake and cleaved them by hand. They are stirred and blown by hand, before the power ends up in barrels that are connected into the house. Burns and the man then begin digging on a mountain.
  
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An [[The Simpsons: Tapped Out content updates#The seventh content update|update]] was released on ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'' to tie-in with the episode, which referred to this episode as airing December 2, 2012 (not directly). The update was later re-released, and when it was, it referred to the episode as airing December 9, 2012 (not directly), the correct date.
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The episode is also known as "The Day the Earth Stayed Cool".<ref name="TV Line">[http://www.tvline.com/2012/01/the-simpsons-fred-armisen-and-carrie-brownstein-portlandia/ TV Line]</ref>
  
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On December 10, 2012, the storyboard, the animatic and the full color images of three scenes from the episode were posted on [http://pinterest.com/thesimpsonsfox/the-day-the-earth-stood-cool/ Pinterest]. A few images also showed Emily's original design.
 
On December 10, 2012, the storyboard, the animatic and the full color images of three scenes from the episode were posted on [http://pinterest.com/thesimpsonsfox/the-day-the-earth-stood-cool/ Pinterest]. A few images also showed Emily's original design.
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Latest revision as of 07:49, September 1, 2024

Season 24 Episode
← 514 "A Tree Grows in Springfield"
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"The Day the Earth Stood Cool"
"To Cur, with Love" 516 →
For the quest in The Simpsons: Tapped Out, see The Day The Earth Stood Cool (Tapped Out quest).
"The Day the Earth Stood Cool"
The Day the Earth Stood Cool promo 4.png
Episode Information
Episode number: 515
Season number: S24 E7
Production code: PABF20
Original airdate: December 9, 2012
Guest star(s): Fred Armisen as Terrence
Carrie Brownstein as Emily
Patton Oswalt as T-Rex
Colin Meloy as himself
Showrunner: Matt Selman
Written by: Matt Selman
Directed by: Matthew Faughnan


"The Day the Earth Stood Cool" is the seventh episode of season 24 of The Simpsons and the five-hundred and fifteenth episode overall. It originally aired on December 9, 2012. The episode was written by Matt Selman and directed by Matthew Faughnan. It guest stars Fred Armisen as Terrence, Carrie Brownstein as Emily, Patton Oswalt as T-Rex and Colin Meloy as himself.

Synopsis[edit]

"Homer befriends Terrence (Fred Armisen) and Emily (Carrie Brownstein), new neighbors from Portland. Homer becomes like Terrence because he wants a younger, hipper image. When Bart gets into a fight with Terrance and Emily's son T-Rex (Patton Oswalt), the friendship becomes strained and Terrence, angry at the Simpsons, calls his friends from Portland, and Springfield is soon full with 'cool' people. Meanwhile, Marge feels uncomfortable around Emily and her friends when they are breastfeeding, and she is feeding Maggie from the bottle."


Plot[edit]

Homer is visiting the playground with Bart where he is called "grandfather" which annoys him. At work, Homer sees that his colleagues are eating Devil Donuts but they are out; he calls to the police and they start looking for the vendor that sells those donuts. They find the vendor, who has ran out of donuts for the day. The owner Terrence, let Homer taste a new variety he is creating, and he likes it. They start talking and it appears that Terrence is a dad, which Homer finds surprising since Terrence is cool and he's not anymore. Terrence tells Homer that you can't stop living just because you have children. Terrence says his family is from Portland, and they're looking for a new place to move in. Homer says that his neighbor's house is for sale. Terrence decides to buy it and he renovates the house.

The Simpson family visit Terrence and his family to welcome them to the neighborhood. Lisa loves how the family lives, while Bart think they are boring and goes home. Marge talks with the mother, Emily, and when she starts breastfeeding her baby, Corduroy, Marge becomes uncomfortable, since she is not breastfeeding Maggie. Marge is about to tell Homer that she does not like the family, when she is shocked to discover that Terrence has shaved Homer. Terrance and Lisa continue to hang out with their new neighbors, Marge thinks they should cool down with their new friends, for they not live the same lifestyle. Homer replies that they are cool which he is not, and Marge tries to comfort him by saying that he is cool and always has been. Homer and the kids are with Terrance and his son at several events, having fun. Marge does not like how the kids and Homer have changed since they met their new neighbors. T-Rex, Terrence & Emily' son, has his birthday and, to fit in at the party, Marge pretends that she is breastfeeding Maggie, but when the other mothers find out the truth, they try to breastfeed Maggie themselves, but Marge refuses to let them. T-Rex opens his presents and he mocks Homer's gift, which made Bart angry and they start fighting. As a result, Terrence & his family end their association with Simpsons, leading to Homer missing his new friends. Ned Flanders tries to unite the two neighbors but fails, instead the new neighbors call their friends from Portland and they move in and take over Springfield.

Homer and Marge do not like what has happened to their city, as the "cool" atmosphere is now all over town. T-Rex and Bart become friends again and T-Rex watches TV with Bart and forgets to turn over the family's compost, causing their home to catch fire. Homer and Marge visit Terrence and Emily at a festival, hoping to get them to be nicer to them. During the discussion, they smell the smoke from the house, and call the fire department, who have lost their horses and can not put out the fire. They trying using the hose, but the water has run out. The Simpson family breaks through the fire with the infant formula and manage to extinguish it. Emily thanks Marge, since her milk saved their home. Marge acknowledges that she feels a little ashamed that she didn't breastfeed any of her kids (except Lisa, for nine months). Lisa says that The New York Times did an expose claiming Springfield USA's as the country's coolest city. This causes all the families from Portland to leave Springfield; Lisa is sad and tells them she will find them again.  

A Brief Message About Artisanal Nuclear Power[edit]

Mr. Burns and an old man talk about how they made electricity in the past. They panned atoms in a lake and cleaved them by hand. They are stirred and blown by hand, before the power ends up in barrels that are connected into the house. Burns and the man then begin digging on a mountain.

Production[edit]

The episode is also known as "The Day the Earth Stayed Cool".[1]

On December 10, 2012, the storyboard, the animatic and the full color images of three scenes from the episode were posted on Pinterest. A few images also showed Emily's original design.

  • Script for the Episode

International airdates[edit]

Country Date Channel Note
Hispanic America.gif Latin America May 5, 2013 Fox Latin America
800px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png United Kingdom April 28, 2013; 6pm Sky1 Gathered 925,000 viewers
Spain flag.png Spain December 27, 2014 Antena 3

Promotional images[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ TV Line


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