Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore (15 Feb. 2004)

Milhouse moves to Capital City, and therefore Lisa and Bart become best friends.

Director:

Matthew Nastuk

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator), James L. Brooks (developer),

Stars:

Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hank Azaria	...	Apu Nahasapeemapetilon / Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Comic Book Guy / Kirk Van Houten (voice)
Nick Bakay	...	Salem Saberhagen (voice)
William Daniels	...	K.I.T.T. (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten / Rod Flanders / Jimbo Jones (voice)
John Higgins	...	Ashley Hilltop (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Agnes Skinner / Dolph (voice)
Maggie Roswell	...	Luann Van Houten / Helen Lovejoy / Miss Hoover (voice)
Isabel Sanford	...	Herself (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Mr. Burns / Ned Flanders / Principal Skinner / Waylon Smithers / Kent Brockman / Reverend Lovejoy (voice)
Dick Tufeld	...	Rambler-Crane Series Robot (voice)
Marcia Wallace	...	Edna Krabappel (voice)

Storyline

Milhouse's mother gets a job in Capitol City and takes Milhouse with her. Bart feels really bad about this and tries to find a new best friend. When Ralph doesn't fit the bill he and Lisa become best friends. It's weird but satisfying to both of them. Homer, who's at Moe's, realizes he hasn't got an anniversary gift for Marge yet. When he's outside (and totally drunk) he sits on the sidewalk and a woman gives him some money. He starts dancing and more people give him money. This gives Homer an idea to raise the money needed to buy Marge beautiful gifts.

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Plot Keywords:

wetting pants | eating cat | reference to coca cola | reference to pepsi | eating of cat | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 February 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Gracie Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Bart Simpson: Did your imaginary friend try to kill you?
Milhouse Van Houten: No, Walter's been cool.

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Connections

References Ironside (1967)

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Soundtracks

"The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid"
(uncredited)
Written by James Thornton
Performed by Dan Castellaneta

User Reviews

Just another good episode from the greatest post-classic season

I have mixed feelings about this episode. While it's not magnificently excellent, it is in no way awful. It's just....pretty good. I just think for the most part, it could've been made better, and it really needed that extra something for dealing with such a difficult, tender subject like what they dealt with here.

This episode was quite an emotional, heartwarming, feel-good episode. Bart losing his best friend in the world, and then making best friends with his sister. Then Milhouse returns, leaving Lisa feeling sad. But Bart didn't forget their relationship. I found that rather pleasing.

Now the ending was a bit of a letdown. It was leading on to a climax of a mainly emotional episode, but then this silly, unfunny scene came along and ruined the feeling and vibe this episode seemed to be giving out in the first place. It's not the absolute worst ending of an episode I've ever seen, but it just REALLY did not need to be included.