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| Episode of the series The Simpsons | |
|---|---|
| title | Don't forget-margin |
| Original title | Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| length | approx. 22 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| classification | Season 19, episode 9 409th episode overall ( list ) |
| First broadcast | December 16, 2007 on FOX |
| German-language first broadcast |
December 1, 2008 on ProSieben |
| Rod | |
| Director | Chuck Sheetz |
| script | J. Stewart Burns |
| music | Alf Clausen |
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Forget-Marge-Not is an episode of the 2007 animated series The Simpsons , which won the 2008 Emmy Award for Best Cartoon Show of the Year . The episode with the original title Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind is the ninth episode of the 19th season and thus the 409th episode of the Simpsons.
action
After what appeared to be a night of partying, Homer wakes up in the snow. When he comes home at 6 a.m., his family has disappeared. Since he can no longer remember the events of the previous evening, he looks for clues from acquaintances. He learns that Chief Wiggum has been called to the Simpsons' house for disturbance of the peace and notices there that Marge has a black eye. Homer suspects that he has hit his wife and therefore wanted to forget the memories of the evening by taking a special cocktail “Forget it Surprise” from Moe .
Homer travels into his memories through the invention of Professor Frink . He catches Marge on the sofa with Duffman and fears an affair. So he desperately wants to throw himself off a bridge and kill himself, but he changes his mind. Patty and Selma then push him down and Homer looks back at his entire life again. It becomes clear that Marge and Duff-Man had only planned a surprise party for Homer the previous evening. In order not to spoil his wife's surprise, he drank the forget-cocktail.
Fortunately, Homer had previously feared a misinterpretation of what had happened and had Lenny put up a bouncy castle on the party ship. He actually ends up on this and the party is a complete success.
Allusions
The episode title Vergiss-Marge- nicht and the plot refer to the US film Forget Mine Not! (Original title: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ), which is also about erasing unpleasant memories. However, at the end of both the Simpsons episode and the film, the memories are restored and the lovers find each other again.
At the beginning of the episode there is an allusion to the saber-toothed rat Scrat from the movie Ice Age trying to pluck an acorn from a tree.
Homer's memories of his previous life shortly before his supposed death are portrayed like Noah Kalina in his video Everyday , for which Kalina photographed himself every day for six years. Since Kalina's video was particularly successful on YouTube , Homer's memory is also shown as a YouTube video.
The ending of the episode parodies the ending of the movie The Game with Michael Douglas .
reception
Audience ratings
The US premiere on December 16, 2007 saw 10.15 million viewers on FOX . The market share was 12 percent. In Germany, 2.27 million viewers followed the premiere on ProSieben on December 1, 2008. That corresponded to a market share of around seven percent; in the target group of 14 to 49 year olds, the figure was a good 15 percent.
criticism
The episode mostly received good reviews and praise from viewers. Robert Canning from Internet service IGN Entertainment praised the episode as "smart, funny and visually enchanting". Overall, he rated the episode with 8.8 out of 10 points.
music
The piece in which Homer falls from the bridge and relives his memories is Everyday by Carly Comando.
While Homer gets drunk in Moes Bar, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns Aquarium runs out of Carnival of the Animals.
Awards
At the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards , the Simpsons episode Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind won the Best Cartoon Show (less than an hour) category against the other nominated episodes from the Creature Comforts America series (episode Don't Choke To Death, Please ), King of the Hill ( Death Picks Cotton ), Robot Chicken ( Robot Chicken: Star Wars ) and SpongeBob SquarePants ( Inmates of Summer / Two Faces of Squidward ).
Web links
- Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry to forget-margin-not at simpsonspedia.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ quotenmeter.de: Quota check: "The Simpsons" (season 19)
- ^ "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind ('Vergiss-Marge-nicht')" , Sir Donnerbold's Bagatellen blog from December 1, 2008
- ↑ “ Smart, funny and visually engaging, this episode was an absolute pleasure to watch. ”, IGN on December 17, 2007