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“Gump Roast” is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons’ thirteenth season, the second of four episodes written by Simpsons voice actor Dan Castellaneta and his wife Deb Lacusta, and (so far) the last clip show episode of The Simpsons. The episode aired on April 21, 2002.
Plot
Homer is on a park bench holding a box of chocolates à la Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, telling a story that Chief Wiggum isn’t interested in, but he builds interest when Homer uses flashbacks (clips from previous episodes) to help him tell the story (but not before Chief Wiggum tells Homer that it's illegal in Springfield to impersonate a famous movie character, leading to the arrest of Moe dressed as Austin Powers and Dr. Hibbert dressed as Darth Vader).
The family then arrives to take him to the Friars’ Club, where Homer is roasted by Krusty the Clown and other prominent citizens of Springfield. Among those roasting him are Bart and Lisa, Grampa and Agnes Skinner, and, Reverend Lovejoy and Ned Flanders in a Smothers Brothers-like act where Lovejoy makes fun of homer's breath, and even Mr. Burns who tries to warn the people of Springfield of Homer's incompetence which, much to his dismay, they think is a joke. The roasters utilize more clips from previous episodes.
Soon, Kang and Kodos arrive at the roast and declare that humans are stupid, as demonstrated by more clips (via a brain probing of Homer). However, when they probe Maggie's mind (via more clips), they at first demonstrate what looks like crying with joy. However, they later reveal that they were "regurgitating" from their eyes. Just as they announce destruction of the Earth, Maggie's mind reveals more clips that show Kang and Kodos something on Earth that makes it worth sparing: celebrities. However, they agree to spare the Earth if everyone agrees to give them a place in the People's Choice Awards.
The episode ends with a song, “They’ll Never Stop the Simpsons”, sung by Dan Castellaneta. The song, a parody of the Billy Joel hit "We Didn't Start the Fire", recounts additional past plots, possible future (and ridiculous) plots, and an apology for airing this episode as a clip show.
| Episode | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Homer the Heretic | 4 | Homer dreams of being in the womb. |
| 10 | In a flashback, Homer tells how he and Grampa were never close, but still loved each other. | |
| The Way We Was | 2 | Homer tells how he met Marge in high school. |
| Take My Wife, Sleaze | 11 | Homer and Marge dance at Greasers Cafe. |
| Natural Born Kissers | 9 | Homer and Marge hide at a miniature golf course. |
| Bart Gets an Elephant | 5 | Homer tells how Bart got an elephant. |
| The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson | 9 | Homer drives the car on the street of New York, with the boot stll on his car. |
| Faith Off | 11 | Homer recklessly drives the car, with the bucket still glued to his head. |
| Dumbbell Indemnity | 9 | Homer tries escaping his stolen car by rolling out, only to roll over a rock, back in the car, and he drives off a cliff. |
| Grift of the Magi | 11 | Bart and Lisa do Christmas caroling to distract families while Homer steals their gifts. |
| Brush With Greatness | 2 | Bart and Lisa repeatedly ask Homer to take them to Mt. Splashmore. |
| Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo | 10 | The family gets seizures from watching Batting Seizure Robots. |
| Montage sequence | 10-12 | Past scenes of Homer singing. |
| Homer to the Max | 10 | The crowd watches Homer as he's working, waiting for him to do something stupid. |
| Mountain of Madness | 8 | A meltdown at the nuclear power plant. |
| Little Big Mom | 11 | Homer fails at skiing. |
| When You Dish Upon a Star | 10 | Homer goes parasailing. |
| Mom and Pop Art | 10 | Homer fails at building his BBQ pit. |
| Montage sequence | 3-13 | Homer strangling Bart. |
| Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily | 7 | Maggie almost chooses the Flanders family just before Marge comes over. |
| Lisa's First Word | 4 | Maggie says her first word, "Daddy". |
| Montage sequence | 9-12 | Scenes of guest stars that have previously appeared on the show. |
In later episodes
One of the crazy future plots for The Simpsons shows Patty and Selma getting married to Grampa Simpson. Patty would (almost) get married (albeit to a man impersonating a woman) in the season 16 episode, "There's Something About Marrying" while Selma would marry Grampa Simpson in the season 18 episode, "Rome-old and Juli-eh".
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