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"'''Pokey Mom'''" is the tenth episode of the Simpsons twelfth season.
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"'''Pokey Mom'''" is the tenth episode of [[Season 12|broadcast season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred fifty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on January 14, [[2001]]. The episode was written by [[Tom Martin]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Michael Keaton]] as [[Jack Crowley]], [[Charles Napier]] as [[The Warden]], [[Robert Schimmel]] as the [[prisoner]], and [[Bruce Vilanch]] as {{Ch|Bruce Vilanch|himself}}.
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== Synopsis ==
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{{Synopsis|[[Marge]] feels sympathy for [[Jack Crowley|an inmate]] she meets at a prison rodeo and vouches for him at his parole hearing to try to assist his reentry into the real world. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] starts his own chiropractic business.}}
  
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[[Marge]] feels sympathy for an inmate she meets at a prison rodeo, vouches for him at his parole hearing and tries to assist his reentry into the real world. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] starts his own chiropractic office.
 
 
== Plot ==
 
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After [[Marge]] forces the whole family to visit the [[wikipedia:Apron|Apron]] Expo (which, ironically, everyone enjoys except her), they decide to go to a prison [[wikipedia:Rodeo|rodeo]]. There Marge meets a prisoner named [[Jack Crowley]], and believes he could be a great artist after witnessing some of his work. Marge decides to start an art class at the prison, then gets Jack out on parole under her custody. Jack needs a job, and she find there is a [[wikipedia:Mural|mural]]-painting job going at [[Springfield Elementary School]]. Jack paints a captivating mural, which everyone loves, apart from [[Principal Skinner]] - He thinks the image of a shapely female warrior riding a [[wikipedia:Puma|Puma]] doesn't have any place at the school. Taking his advice, Jack changes the picture into a childish and colourful image, and everyone hates it. Skinner once more admonishes him for making such a horrible painting, refusing to admit that any fault belongs to him. Jack goes mad, setting fire to the picture (revealing the first one underneath) and Skinner's car. He lies to Marge, saying that he did not burn down the picture, but is soon found out and returned to jail, disappointing her.
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After [[Marge]] forces the whole family to visit the Apron Expo (which, ironically, everyone enjoys except her), they decide to go to a prison rodeo. There Marge meets a prisoner named [[Jack Crowley]], and believes he could be a great artist after witnessing some of his work. Marge decides to start an art class at the prison, then gets Jack out on parole under her custody. Jack needs a job, and she find there is a mural-painting job going at [[Springfield Elementary School]]. Jack paints a captivating mural, which everyone loves, apart from [[Principal Skinner]] - He thinks the image of a shapely female warrior riding a Puma doesn't have any place at the school. Taking his advice, Jack changes the picture into a childish and colorful image, and everyone hates it. Skinner once more admonishes him for making such a horrible painting, refusing to admit that any fault belongs to him. Jack goes mad, setting fire to the picture (revealing the first one underneath) and Skinner's car. He lies to Marge, saying that he did not burn down the picture, but is soon found out and returned to jail, disappointing her.
  
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Meanwhile, [[Homer]] has been suffering from a back injury he picked up at the prison rodeo, and goes to see a [[wikipedia:Chiropractic|Chiropractor]]. The chiropractor says he cannot fix his back, which may have something to do with Homer blatantly refusing to do the exercises to go with the therapy. Homer falls over a battered garbage can... and his back is cured. He realises that its dents line up perfectly with the [[wikipedia:Vertebra|vertabrae]] of the human spine. He starts up his own business fixing people's backs, and names his creation "Dr. Homer's Miracle Spine-o-Cylinder". It becomes a huge success, but then other chiropractors (who are losing money from Homer's one session treatments) catch up with him, destroying his garbage can.
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Meanwhile, [[Homer]] has been suffering from a back injury he picked up at the prison rodeo, and goes to see a Chiropractor. The chiropractor says he cannot fix his back, which may have something to do with Homer blatantly refusing to do the exercises to go with the therapy. Homer falls over a battered garbage can... and his back is cured. He realizes that its dents line up perfectly with the vertebrae of the human spine. He starts up his own business fixing people's backs, and names his creation "[[Dr. Homer's Miracle Spine-O-Cylinder]]". It becomes a huge success, but then other chiropractors (who are losing money from Homer's one session treatments) catch up with him, destroying his garbage can.
  
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== In other languages ==
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Season 12 Episode
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"Pokey Mom"
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"Pokey Mom"
Pokey Mom.png
Episode Information
Episode number: 258
Season number: S12 E10
Production code: CABF05
Original airdate: January 14, 2001
Chalkboard gag: "I will not "let the dogs out""
Couch gag: The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. The wall turns around to reveal a mad scientist who has Ned Flanders chained to the wall. The scientist cackles maniacally as Ned whimpers and struggles against the chains.
Guest star(s): Michael Keaton as Jack Crowley
Charles Napier as The Warden
Robert Schimmel as the prisoner
Bruce Vilanch as himself
Showrunner: Mike Scully
Written by: Tom Martin
Directed by: Bob Anderson
DVD features

"Pokey Mom" is the tenth episode of broadcast season 12 of The Simpsons and the two hundred fifty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on January 14, 2001. The episode was written by Tom Martin and directed by Bob Anderson. It guest stars Michael Keaton as Jack Crowley, Charles Napier as The Warden, Robert Schimmel as the prisoner, and Bruce Vilanch as himself.

Synopsis[edit]

Marge feels sympathy for an inmate she meets at a prison rodeo and vouches for him at his parole hearing to try to assist his reentry into the real world. Meanwhile, Homer starts his own chiropractic business.

Plot[edit]

After Marge forces the whole family to visit the Apron Expo (which, ironically, everyone enjoys except her), they decide to go to a prison rodeo. There Marge meets a prisoner named Jack Crowley, and believes he could be a great artist after witnessing some of his work. Marge decides to start an art class at the prison, then gets Jack out on parole under her custody. Jack needs a job, and she find there is a mural-painting job going at Springfield Elementary School. Jack paints a captivating mural, which everyone loves, apart from Principal Skinner - He thinks the image of a shapely female warrior riding a Puma doesn't have any place at the school. Taking his advice, Jack changes the picture into a childish and colorful image, and everyone hates it. Skinner once more admonishes him for making such a horrible painting, refusing to admit that any fault belongs to him. Jack goes mad, setting fire to the picture (revealing the first one underneath) and Skinner's car. He lies to Marge, saying that he did not burn down the picture, but is soon found out and returned to jail, disappointing her.

Meanwhile, Homer has been suffering from a back injury he picked up at the prison rodeo, and goes to see a Chiropractor. The chiropractor says he cannot fix his back, which may have something to do with Homer blatantly refusing to do the exercises to go with the therapy. Homer falls over a battered garbage can... and his back is cured. He realizes that its dents line up perfectly with the vertebrae of the human spine. He starts up his own business fixing people's backs, and names his creation "Dr. Homer's Miracle Spine-O-Cylinder". It becomes a huge success, but then other chiropractors (who are losing money from Homer's one session treatments) catch up with him, destroying his garbage can.

In other languages[edit]

Language Name Translation
Germany.png Deutsch "Jack und der Rückgratzylinder" Jack and the Spine-O-Cylinder
Spain flag.png Español "Chiromami" Hotmama
Hispanic America.gif Español "Pokemamá" Pokemom
France.png Français "L'Orgueil du puma" The Pride of the Puma
Flag of Quebec.svg.png Français "Marge et ses prisonniers (La Marge du Bagne)" Marge and her prisoners (The Marge of the Penal Colony)
Italy Flag.png Italiano "Fidarsi è bene, non fidarsi è meglio" Trust is good, not trusting is better
Flag of Japan.png 日本語 "塀の中の懲りないアーティスト" The Unrepentant Artist Behind Bars


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Season 12 Episodes
Treehouse of Horror XI • A Tale of Two Springfields • Insane Clown Poppy • Lisa the Tree Hugger • Homer vs. Dignity • The Computer Wore Menace Shoes • The Great Money Caper • Skinner's Sense of Snow • HOMЯ • Pokey Mom • Worst Episode Ever • Tennis the Menace • Day of the Jackanapes • New Kids on the Blecch • Hungry, Hungry Homer • Bye, Bye, Nerdie • Simpson Safari • Trilogy of Error • I'm Goin' to Praiseland • Children of a Lesser Clod • Simpsons Tall Tales
Production season CABF Episodes
Lisa the Tree Hugger • The Computer Wore Menace Shoes • The Great Money Caper • Homer vs. Dignity • Pokey Mom • Skinner's Sense of Snow • Tennis the Menace • Worst Episode Ever • Hungry, Hungry Homer • Day of the Jackanapes • Bye, Bye, Nerdie • New Kids on the Blecch • Simpson Safari • Trilogy of Error • I'm Goin' to Praiseland • Children of a Lesser Clod • Simpsons Tall Tales • A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love • Treehouse of Horror XI • Homer the Moe • The Blunder Years • The Parent Rap