Bart Gets an Elephant (31 Mar. 1994)

After winning a phone-in competition Bart has a choice of prize of either $10,000 or an elephant, he chooses the latter, naming him Stampy. The Simpsons are in chaos after Stampy wrecks the... See full summary »

Director:

Jim Reardon

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator), James L. Brooks (developed by),

Stars:

Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Pyle / Bill Clinton / Marty / Grampa / Santa's Little Helper / Man with Glass Pane #1 / Barney Gumble (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Child #2 (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Moe Szyslak / Mr. Cleanser / Chief Wiggum / Snake / DJ 3000 / Arboretum Employee / Cletus / Kirk Van Houten / Potential Elephant Buyer / Widelife Preserve Representative (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Gomer / Bill / Principal Skinner / Jasper / Kent Brockman / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Mr. Blackheart / Ned Flanders / Man with Glass Pane #2 / Peanut Factory Employee (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Child #1 / Luanne Van Houten (voice)
Maggie Roswell	...	KBBL Boss Maude Flanders / Child #3 / Mother / Helen Lovejoy / Maude Flanders / Tar Pit Information Speaker (voice)

Storyline

After winning a phone-in competition Bart has a choice of prize of either $10,000 or an elephant, he chooses the latter, naming him Stampy. The Simpsons are in chaos after Stampy wrecks the house and eats all the food. They have no alternative, Stampy must go to an animal refuge.

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Plot Keywords:

elephant | taser | 2d animation | animal in title | tar pits | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 March 1994 (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?

Trivia

First appearance of Cletus.

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Quotes

Homer Simpson: I just have two questions: "How much?" and "Give it to me".

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Connections

Spoofs The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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Soundtracks

"Take This Job and Shove It"
(uncredited)
Written by David Allan Coe

User Reviews

Bart Gets an Elephant gets a C

The fifth season comes right between the two greatest seasons of the series, the fourth and sixth, and yet I'd say season 5 is one of the weaker classic seasons (but still classic- there are a few great episodes like Treehouse of Horror IV, Rosebud and Cape Feare). Bart Gets an Elephant is probably the weakest episode of this season.

Its storyline, about Bart winning an African elephant in a radio contest, isn't very realistic or relatable. It has a few even crazier jokes, for example, having the dog talk and Patty and Selma taken by a tornado. With these kinds of episodes, though, having a writer like John Swartzwelder (the author of this episode) is a good idea, because he can at least make them funny. Indeed, Bart Gets an Elephant scores some laughs with Homer's dubious reasoning about ivory supply and demand, a character answering a question as to whether he's an ivory dealer, a d'oh-deer joke, Barney lighting a cigarette. These jokes save the episode from being outright bad- but most jokes fall flat, some of them seeming lazy, making this episode a low point in the classic years.