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"**All's Fair in Oven War**"
"All's Fair in Oven War"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 16; Episode 2
Directed by	Mark Kirkland
Written by	Matt Selman
Production code	FABF20
Original air date	November 14, 2004
Guest appearances
	James Caan as himself; Thomas Pynchon as himself; Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel;
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Couch gag	The couch is seen outside in a clearing and mounted on a catapult. The Simpson family sits down and get launched over a mountain range.
Commentary	Matt Groening; Al Jean; Matt Selman; Ian Maxtone-Graham; Tim Long; Michael Price; Mike Scully; Joel H. Cohen; Mike B. Anderson
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"All's Fair in Oven War" is the second episode of the sixteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 14, 2004.^[2] In the episode, Marge gets her kitchen remodeled and the dishes she makes inside it get rave reviews. The suggestion of Ned Flanders leads her to enter a cooking contest. However, Marge realizes the competition is harder than it seems. Meanwhile, Bart finds Homer's vintage Playdude magazines and decides to adopt the lifestyle he sees within the articles.

Matt Selman wrote the episode, and Mark Kirkland served as director. Thomas Pynchon and James Caan guest starred as themselves.^{[citation needed]} The episode features cultural references to songs such as "Separate Ways", "Boplicity", and "Take Five", as well as references to the film The Godfather and various fictional food mascots. The episode received positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Discovering that the house next to theirs is up for sale, Homer and Marge marvel at its extensive kitchen. Marge asks Homer to hire a contractor to upgrade their kitchen, but Homer decides to save money by doing the job himself. His ineptitude leads Marge to hire a contractor; the upgrade ultimately takes two years and costs the family $100,000. The first dish that Marge cooks in the completed kitchen earns rave reviews from many Springfieldians, as well as author Thomas Pynchon.

While shopping at the Kwik-E-Mart, Marge learns that the Ovenfresh company is sponsoring a baking contest in which the grand prize winner will become Auntie Ovenfresh, the company's spokeswoman. Encouraged by Ned Flanders, she enters her recipe for a dessert styled as hot dogs and is accepted. During the competition, she is constantly mocked by the other contestants, and her dish is later sabotaged and burnt. Marge is able to get her entry into the judging room just before it closes, though Agnes Skinner fails to get her dish into the room. Angered by the behaviour of her competitors, Marge secretly taints their dishes with Maggie's ear medicine to ruin the taste. Lisa sees Marge cheat and confronts her, but Marge defends herself by saying that the others bullied her into it.

Marge reaches the finals, competing against Brandine Spuckler, whose dish was not tainted because Marge dismissed it as garbage. Marge changes her mind over cheating again in the final after finding a note from Lisa, and admits her wrongdoing, restoring Lisa's faith in her. Brandine becomes the new Auntie Ovenfresh and leaves her husband Cletus for James Caan. Cletus' friends ambush Caan at a tollbooth and shoot him repeatedly, reminiscent of the death of Sonny Corleone, Caan's character in the film The Godfather. He survives the shooting and angrily says that he will fly instead of drive the next time he needs to travel.^[3]^[4]

Meanwhile, Homer finds his old stash of Playdude magazines while trying to remodel the kitchen, but throws them away after Marge cuts out all the nude pictures. Bart and Milhouse find the magazines in the trash and, after reading them, decide to remodel their treehouse and adopt the lifestyle espoused in the articles. They develop an interest in luxurious living and jazz music and begin speaking in sexual innuendos without understanding their meaning, and the treehouse quickly becomes a popular hangout similar to the Playboy Club. Learning that Bart has read the magazines, Homer has a talk with him about sex. Horrified at what he learns, Bart quickly spreads the word to the other children of Springfield, unsettling them as well and bringing their Playdude fascination to an end.

Production

The episode was written Matt Selman, his eleventh writing credit for The Simpsons. The episode was the first season sixteen episode that Mark Kirkland directed.

Reclusive novelist Thomas Pynchon guest stars as himself in the episode, wearing a paper bag over his head.^[5] His role is reprised from the season 15 episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife". According to executive producer Al Jean, Pynchon helped write the jokes for his appearances.^[6] James Caan also guest stars in the episode, first seen in Bart's treehouse. He is then shown dating Brandine Spuckler, and he is later shot by hillbillies at a toll booth. Thomas Pynchon offers insight on Marge’s cooking. Pynchon contributes his own jokes—including a pun he made on his best-known work, The Frying Of Latke 49.^[7] Pynchon refused to call Homer a "fat-ass" as he did not want to speak ill of him.^[8]

In the original version of this episode, after Homer tells Marge that she is the "best chef in the house", Marge grumbles, "Eh, BFD", which stands for "big, fucking deal". On Sunday night FOX repeats, the "F" in "BFD" is muted out. The original line can be heard in syndicated and UK reruns. The syndicated version also credits Russi Taylor, who was not credited in the original version of the episode.^[9] The Godfather parody was cut short in the UK version, and several sexual references from Bart's "playdude" plot were removed. The show in the UK is broadcast at six and needed to be appropriate for children.^[10]

Cultural references

The episode's title is a play on the saying "All's fair in love and war", a proverb found in John Lyly's 16th-century book Euphues^[11] that is commonly used to justify cheating. The episode features three different songs. The song "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey is played in the background during Homer's fantasy of him living next to himself.^[12] "Boplicity" by Miles Davis is listened to by Bart and Milhouse,^[12] and "Take Five" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is played in the background at Bart's treehouse.^[12] The episode's final scene, showing James Caan being ambushed by hillbillies at a toll booth, is a parody of a scene in the film The Godfather when Sonny Corleone, portrayed by Caan, is shot and killed at a toll booth.^[3]^[13] Marge suggesting that the pope has been letting things slide lately, is a reference to the sex abuse scandal of the early 2000s.^[14]

Reception

In its original American broadcast, "All's Fair in Oven War" garnered roughly 11.64 million viewers.^[15] The episode received a 6.4 Nielsen rating.^[16]

The episode has garnered positive reviews from critics. Eric Messinger of Springfield Weekly gave the episode a positive review. He gave the episode a B−, stating the Marge segment "needed a bit more fine-tuning". However, he praised the Bart segment, stating that it saved the episode, and that Bart not seeing nudity in the Playdude magazines worked well in every joke, and the segment was almost reminiscent to the season three episode "Bart the Murderer". He also praised the James Caan guest appearance, stating it "worked quite well, especially with the Godfather ending pay-off."^[17] In 2012, New York magazine named "All Fair's in Oven War" as one of the ten best later Simpsons episodes.^[18] Pip Ellwood-Hughes of Entertainment Focus considered the episode a highlight of the season.^[19] Chris Morgan of Cinema Sentries praised the episode and commented "It is, arguably, the best episode to air after the turn of the millennium, and, in fact, is one of the top episodes of the show, period."^[20] A review of the season 16 DVD on alternativeaddiction.com listed it as one of "some incredibly fun episode ideas".^[21] On Rolling Stone's top 150 Simpsons episodes they placed "All's Fair in Oven War" at #89.^[22]

References

^ "Production Code". www.lardlad.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "All's Fair in Oven War". The Simpsons.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Simpsons World Commentary". Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
^ "S16 E02 – All's Fair in Oven War". PUZZLED PAGAN PRESENTS. November 23, 2016. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
^ Glenn, Joshua (October 19, 2003). "Pynchon and Homer". Boston.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
^ Sell, Otto. "Pynchon Index". www.ottosell.de. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
^ Vago, Mike (September 2, 2014). "Thomas Pynchon edited his own Simpsons dialogue". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
^ "Read Thomas Pynchon's Handwritten Edits to His Simpsons Script". thomaspynchon.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
^ Garvey, Matt (June 23, 2008). "Simpsons Syndication Cuts Guide Season Sixteen". The Simpsons Archive. Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
^ "The Simpsons UK Cuts, Season 16 — Simpsons Crazy". www.simpsoncrazy.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
^ Titelman, Gregory Y. "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings", Random House, N.Y., 1996.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Music from The Simpsons S16E02". Tunefind. Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
^ Loughrey, Clarisse (February 11, 2016). "The Simpsons' film parodies seen side-by-side with their references". The Independent. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
^ Pinsky, Mark I. (2007). The Gospel According to the Simpsons: Bigger and Possibly Even Better! Edition with a New Afterword Exploring South Park, Family Guy, and Other Animated TV Shows. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-664-23160-6. Retrieved August 7, 2018. simpsons pope letting a lot of things slide.
^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. November 16, 2004. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
^ "TV Listings". www.tvtango.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
^ "Springfield Weekly – Season 16 Reviews". Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (February 10, 2012). "Nine Latter-Day Simpsons Episodes That Match Up to the Early Classics". New York. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (December 15, 2013). "The Simpsons: Season 16 DVD review – Entertainment Focus". Entertainment Focus. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
^ Morgan, Chris (December 5, 2013). "The Simpsons Season 16 Blu-ray Review: It Delivers What It Promises – Cinema Sentries". Cinema Sentries. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
^ "Review of The Simpsons: The Complete Sixteenth Season". alternativeaddiction.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
^ Dionne, Zach; Fear, David; Greene, Andy; Grow, Kory; Newman, Jason; Weingarten, Christopher R. (August 21, 2014). "Springfield of Dreams: 150 Best 'Simpsons' Episodes". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

External links

"All's Fair in Oven War" at The Simpsons.com
"All's Fair in Oven War episode capsule". The Simpsons Archive.
"All's Fair in Oven War" at IMDb

[1] "Production Code". www.lardlad.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

[officialsite-2] "All's Fair in Oven War". The Simpsons.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.

[com-3] "Simpsons World Commentary". Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

[4] "S16 E02 – All's Fair in Oven War". PUZZLED PAGAN PRESENTS. November 23, 2016. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

[5] Glenn, Joshua (October 19, 2003). "Pynchon and Homer". Boston.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.

[6] Sell, Otto. "Pynchon Index". www.ottosell.de. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2009.

[7] Vago, Mike (September 2, 2014). "Thomas Pynchon edited his own Simpsons dialogue". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

[8] "Read Thomas Pynchon's Handwritten Edits to His Simpsons Script". thomaspynchon.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

[9] Garvey, Matt (June 23, 2008). "Simpsons Syndication Cuts Guide Season Sixteen". The Simpsons Archive. Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2009.

[10] "The Simpsons UK Cuts, Season 16 — Simpsons Crazy". www.simpsoncrazy.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

[11] Titelman, Gregory Y. "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings", Random House, N.Y., 1996.

[juke-12] "Music from The Simpsons S16E02". Tunefind. Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2018.

[13] Loughrey, Clarisse (February 11, 2016). "The Simpsons' film parodies seen side-by-side with their references". The Independent. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

[14] Pinsky, Mark I. (2007). The Gospel According to the Simpsons: Bigger and Possibly Even Better! Edition with a New Afterword Exploring South Park, Family Guy, and Other Animated TV Shows. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-664-23160-6. Retrieved August 7, 2018. simpsons pope letting a lot of things slide.

[15] "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. November 16, 2004. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2011.

[16] "TV Listings". www.tvtango.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.

[17] "Springfield Weekly – Season 16 Reviews". Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2017.

[vulture-18] Seitz, Matt Zoller (February 10, 2012). "Nine Latter-Day Simpsons Episodes That Match Up to the Early Classics". New York. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2012.

[19] Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (December 15, 2013). "The Simpsons: Season 16 DVD review – Entertainment Focus". Entertainment Focus. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

[20] Morgan, Chris (December 5, 2013). "The Simpsons Season 16 Blu-ray Review: It Delivers What It Promises – Cinema Sentries". Cinema Sentries. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

[21] "Review of The Simpsons: The Complete Sixteenth Season". alternativeaddiction.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

[22] Dionne, Zach; Fear, David; Greene, Andy; Grow, Kory; Newman, Jason; Weingarten, Christopher R. (August 21, 2014). "Springfield of Dreams: 150 Best 'Simpsons' Episodes". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

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-"'''All's Fair in Oven War'''" is the second episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> [[The Simpsons (season 16)|sixteenth season]]. It originally aired on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]] in the United States on November 14, 2004.<ref name="officialsite">{{cite web | url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-2 | title=All's Fair in Oven War | work=The Simpsons.com | access-date=2009-06-16| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090614072704/http://www.thesimpsons.com/| archive-date= June 14, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> In the episode, [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] gets her kitchen remodeled and the dishes she makes inside it get rave reviews. The suggestion of [[Ned Flanders]] leads her to enter a cooking contest. However, Marge realizes the competition is harder than it seems. Meanwhile, Bart finds Homer's vintage ''Playdude'' magazines and decides to adopt the lifestyle he sees within the articles.
+"'''All's Fair in Oven War'''" is the second episode of the [[The Simpsons season 16|sixteenth season]] of the American animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally aired on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]] in the United States on November 14, 2004.<ref name="officialsite">{{cite web | url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-16_episode-2 | title=All's Fair in Oven War | work=The Simpsons.com | access-date=2009-06-16| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090614072704/http://www.thesimpsons.com/| archive-date= June 14, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> In the episode, [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] gets her kitchen remodeled and the dishes she makes inside it get rave reviews. The suggestion of [[Ned Flanders]] leads her to enter a cooking contest. However, Marge realizes the competition is harder than it seems. Meanwhile, Bart finds Homer's vintage ''Playdude'' magazines and decides to adopt the lifestyle he sees within the articles.
-[[Matt Selman]] wrote the episode, and [[Mark Kirkland]] served as director. [[Thomas Pynchon]] and [[James Caan]] guest starred as themselves.{{cn|date=April 2021}} The episode features cultural references to songs such as "[[Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)|Separate Ways]]", "[[Boplicity]]", and "[[Take Five]]", as well as references to the film ''[[The Godfather]]'' and various fictional food mascots. The episode received positive reviews from critics.
+[[Matt Selman]] wrote the episode, and [[Mark Kirkland]] served as director. [[Thomas Pynchon]] and [[James Caan]] guest starred as themselves.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} The episode features cultural references to songs such as "[[Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)|Separate Ways]]", "[[Boplicity]]", and "[[Take Five]]", as well as references to the film ''[[The Godfather]]'' and various fictional food mascots. The episode received positive reviews from critics.
 == Plot ==
-Marge and Homer discover the house next to them is up for sale, and marvel at the extensive kitchen inside the house. After realizing the poor quality of her own kitchen, she asks Homer to hire a [[General contractor|contractor]]. Not wanting to pay the price of hiring one, he decides to remodel it himself. While remodeling the kitchen, Homer unearths his old collection of [[Playboy|''Playdude'']] magazines. After Marge sees them, he innocently tells her he kept them only for the articles, and she decides to make sure by cutting out all the nudes from the magazines. After this, Homer decides that they are now of no use, and throws them away, only for them to be found by [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Milhouse van Houten|Milhouse]]. After reading the 1970s magazines, they are inspired to renovate their treehouse. After Homer's attempts of remodeling the kitchen fail, Marge finally decides to hire a contractor herself.
+Discovering that the house next to theirs is up for sale, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] marvel at its extensive kitchen. Marge asks Homer to hire a [[general contractor|contractor]] to upgrade their kitchen, but Homer decides to save money by doing the job himself. His ineptitude leads Marge to hire a contractor; the upgrade ultimately takes two years and costs the family $100,000. The first dish that Marge cooks in the completed kitchen earns rave reviews from many [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfieldians]], as well as author [[Thomas Pynchon]].
+While shopping at the [[Kwik-E-Mart]], Marge learns that the Ovenfresh company is sponsoring a baking contest in which the grand prize winner will become Auntie Ovenfresh, the company's [[spokesperson|spokeswoman]]. Encouraged by [[Ned Flanders]], she enters her recipe for a dessert styled as [[hot dog]]s and is accepted. During the competition, she is constantly mocked by the other contestants, and her dish is later sabotaged and burnt. Marge is able to get her entry into the judging room just before it closes, though [[Agnes Skinner]] fails to get her dish into the room. Angered by the behaviour of her competitors, Marge secretly taints their dishes with [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie's]] ear medicine to ruin the taste. [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] sees Marge cheat and confronts her, but Marge defends herself by saying that the others bullied her into it.
-Despite the contractor assuring that the renovation will be done in three weeks, it takes two years of renovation. Marge's kitchen is finally remodelled, for the price of $100,000. She then cooks her first dish in the kitchen, which gets rave reviews from many [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfieldians]], as well as author Thomas Pynchon. At the [[Kwik-E-Mart]], Marge encounters an advertisement for the Ovenfresh bake-off, in which the grand prize is being Ovenfresh's [[Spokesperson|spokeswoman]], "Auntie Ovenfresh". Under Ned Flanders's advice, she decides to enter the bake-off with her "dessert [[hot dog|dogs]]" and she wins, beating [[Ralph Wiggum|Ralph]]'s "Grilled crayon sandwich." At the bake-off, most of the competitors cheat by ruining Marge's dessert dogs on purpose while insulting her, so while alone in the judging room, Marge retaliates by tainting all of the competitors' entries with [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]]'s ear medicine. This was witnessed by [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], who then loses her faith in her as a result.
-Meanwhile, [[Chief Wiggum]] and other concerned parents talk to Homer about Bart spreading ''Playdude'' to the other children. Realizing that Bart has got the magazines he threw away, Homer decides to have a talk with him about [[Sexual reproduction|sex]]. After the talk, a horrified Bart quickly spreads the talk to Milhouse and the other children, horrifying them as well. Meanwhile, Lisa confronts Marge for cheating, but she defends her actions by stating that the competitors pushed her into doing so with their antics. At the bake-off finals against [[Brandine Spuckler]], Marge considers cheating again, but then discovers a note from Lisa and admits to her foul play, restoring Lisa's faith in her. Not long afterwards, the new Auntie Ovenfresh flour bag with Brandine on it comes out and her husband, [[Cletus Spuckler|Cletus]] mentions that she has left him for James Caan. In response, Cletus's friends ambush Caan at a toll booth and gun him down in a scene reminiscent of the death of [[Sonny Corleone]], Caan's character in the film ''The Godfather''. He survives and complains about the scene.<ref name="com" /><ref>{{cite web |title=S16 E02 – All's Fair in Oven War |url=https://puzzledpagan.com/2016/11/23/s16-e02-alls-fair-in-oven-war/ |website=PUZZLED PAGAN PRESENTS |access-date=7 August 2018 |date=23 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221002122/https://puzzledpagan.com/2016/11/23/s16-e02-alls-fair-in-oven-war/ |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+Marge reaches the finals, competing against [[Brandine Spuckler]], whose dish was not tainted because Marge dismissed it as garbage. Marge changes her mind over cheating again in the final after finding a note from Lisa, and admits her wrongdoing, restoring Lisa's faith in her. Brandine becomes the new Auntie Ovenfresh and leaves her husband [[Cletus Spuckler|Cletus]] for [[James Caan]]. Cletus' friends ambush Caan at a tollbooth and shoot him repeatedly, reminiscent of the death of [[Sonny Corleone]], Caan's character in the film ''[[The Godfather]]''. He survives the shooting and angrily says that he will fly instead of drive the next time he needs to travel.<ref name="com" /><ref>{{cite web |title=S16 E02 – All's Fair in Oven War |url=https://puzzledpagan.com/2016/11/23/s16-e02-alls-fair-in-oven-war/ |website=PUZZLED PAGAN PRESENTS |access-date=7 August 2018 |date=23 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221002122/https://puzzledpagan.com/2016/11/23/s16-e02-alls-fair-in-oven-war/ |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+Meanwhile, Homer finds his old stash of ''[[Playboy|Playdude]]'' magazines while trying to remodel the kitchen, but throws them away after Marge cuts out all the nude pictures. [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]] find the magazines in the trash and, after reading them, decide to remodel their treehouse and adopt the lifestyle espoused in the articles. They develop an interest in luxurious living and jazz music and begin speaking in sexual innuendos without understanding their meaning, and the treehouse quickly becomes a popular hangout similar to the [[Playboy Club]]. Learning that Bart has read the magazines, Homer has a talk with him about [[sexual reproduction|sex]]. Horrified at what he learns, Bart quickly spreads the word to the other children of Springfield, unsettling them as well and bringing their ''Playdude'' fascination to an end.
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 The episode was written Matt Selman, his eleventh writing credit for ''The Simpsons''. The episode was the first season sixteen episode that Mark Kirkland directed.
-Reclusive novelist Thomas Pynchon guest stars as himself in the episode, wearing a paper bag over his head.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/10/19/pynchon_and_homer|title=Pynchon and Homer|first=Joshua|last=Glenn|publisher=Boston.com|date=October 19, 2003|access-date=June 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620073943/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/10/19/pynchon_and_homer/|archive-date=June 20, 2009|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His role is reprised from the [[The Simpsons (season 15)|season 15]] episode "[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]". According to executive producer [[Al Jean]], Pynchon helped write the jokes for his appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ottosell.de/pynchon/|title=Pynchon Index|first=Otto|last=Sell|website=www.ottosell.de|access-date=July 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726063743/http://www.ottosell.de/pynchon/|archive-date=July 26, 2009|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> James Caan also guest stars in the episode, first seen in Bart's treehouse. He is then shown dating Brandine Spuckler, and he is later shot by hillbillies at a toll booth. Thomas Pynchon offers insight on Marge’s cooking. Pynchon contributes his own jokes—including a pun he made on his best-known work, ''The Frying Of Latke 49''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vago |first1=Mike |title=Thomas Pynchon edited his own Simpsons dialogue |url=https://news.avclub.com/thomas-pynchon-edited-his-own-simpsons-dialogue-1798271749 |publisher=The AV Club |access-date=7 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913154637/http://news.avclub.com/thomas-pynchon-edited-his-own-simpsons-dialogue-1798271749 |archive-date=September 13, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Pynchon refused to call Homer a "fat-ass" as he did not want to speak ill of him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Read Thomas Pynchon's Handwritten Edits to His Simpsons Script |url=https://thomaspynchon.com/read-thomas-pynchons-handwritten-edits-to-his-simpsons-script/ |website=thomaspynchon.com |access-date=August 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104011844/http://thomaspynchon.com/read-thomas-pynchons-handwritten-edits-to-his-simpsons-script/ |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+Reclusive novelist Thomas Pynchon guest stars as himself in the episode, wearing a paper bag over his head.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/10/19/pynchon_and_homer|title=Pynchon and Homer|first=Joshua|last=Glenn|publisher=[[Boston.com]]|date=October 19, 2003|access-date=June 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620073943/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/10/19/pynchon_and_homer/|archive-date=June 20, 2009|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His role is reprised from the [[The Simpsons season 15|season 15]] episode "[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]". According to executive producer [[Al Jean]], Pynchon helped write the jokes for his appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ottosell.de/pynchon/|title=Pynchon Index|first=Otto|last=Sell|website=www.ottosell.de|access-date=July 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726063743/http://www.ottosell.de/pynchon/|archive-date=July 26, 2009|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> James Caan also guest stars in the episode, first seen in Bart's treehouse. He is then shown dating Brandine Spuckler, and he is later shot by hillbillies at a toll booth. Thomas Pynchon offers insight on Marge’s cooking. Pynchon contributes his own jokes—including a pun he made on his best-known work, ''The Frying Of Latke 49''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vago |first1=Mike |title=Thomas Pynchon edited his own Simpsons dialogue |date=September 2, 2014 |url=https://www.avclub.com/thomas-pynchon-edited-his-own-simpsons-dialogue-1798271749 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=7 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913154637/http://news.avclub.com/thomas-pynchon-edited-his-own-simpsons-dialogue-1798271749 |archive-date=September 13, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Pynchon refused to call Homer a "fat-ass" as he did not want to speak ill of him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Read Thomas Pynchon's Handwritten Edits to His Simpsons Script |url=https://thomaspynchon.com/read-thomas-pynchons-handwritten-edits-to-his-simpsons-script/ |website=thomaspynchon.com |access-date=August 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104011844/http://thomaspynchon.com/read-thomas-pynchons-handwritten-edits-to-his-simpsons-script/ |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
 In the original version of this episode, after Homer tells Marge that she is the "best chef in the house", Marge grumbles, "Eh, BFD", which stands for "big, fucking deal". On Sunday night FOX repeats, the "F" in "BFD" is muted out. The original line can be heard in syndicated and UK reruns. The syndicated version also credits [[Russi Taylor]], who was not credited in the original version of the episode.<ref>{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Garvey |url=http://snpp.com/episodes/scg-16.txt |title=Simpsons Syndication Cuts Guide Season Sixteen |publisher=The Simpsons Archive |date=June 23, 2008 |access-date=2009-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627015015/http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-16.txt |archive-date=June 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The ''Godfather'' parody was cut short in the UK version, and several sexual references from Bart's "playdude" plot were removed. The show in the UK is broadcast at six and needed to be appropriate for children.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Simpsons UK Cuts, Season 16 — Simpsons Crazy |url=http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/ukcuts/16 |website=www.simpsoncrazy.com |access-date=7 August 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706200911/http://simpsoncrazy.com/ukcuts/16 |archive-date=July 6, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
 == Cultural references ==
-The episode's title is a play on the saying "All's fair in love and war", a proverb found in [[John Lyly]]'s 16th-century book ''[[Euphues (1578)|Euphues]]''<ref>Titelman, Gregory Y.  "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings", Random House, N.Y., 1996.</ref> that is commonly used to justify cheating. The episode features three different songs. The song "[[Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)]]" by [[Journey (band)|Journey]] is played in the background during Homer's fantasy of him living next to himself.<ref name="juke">{{cite web |title=Music from The Simpsons S16E02 |url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/the-simpsons/season-16/34833 |website=Tunefind |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> "[[Boplicity]]" by [[Miles Davis]] is listened to by Bart and Milhouse,<ref name="juke" /> and "[[Take Five]]" by [[The Dave Brubeck Quartet]] is played in the background at Bart's treehouse.<ref name="juke" /> The episode's final scene, showing James Caan being ambushed by hillbillies at a toll booth, is a parody of a scene in the film ''The Godfather'' when Sonny Corleone, portrayed by Caan, is shot and killed at a toll booth. The scene was also parodied in the episode "[[Mr. Plow]]", in which Bart gets pelted by snowballs by Nelson and his gang of bullies.<ref name="com">{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonsworld.com/video/257840195722|title=Simpsons World Commentary|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124203752/http://www.simpsonsworld.com/video/257840195722|archive-date=January 24, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-simpsons-film-parodies-seen-side-by-side-with-their-references-a6867666.html |title=The Simpsons' film parodies seen side-by-side with their references |last=Loughrey |first=Clarisse |website=[[The Independent]] |date=February 11, 2016 |access-date=January 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116182814/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-simpsons-film-parodies-seen-side-by-side-with-their-references-a6867666.html |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Marge suggesting that the pope has been letting things slide lately, is a reference to the [[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases|sex abuse scandal]] of the early 2000s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pinsky |first1=Mark I. |title=The Gospel According to the Simpsons: Bigger and Possibly Even Better! Edition with a New Afterword Exploring South Park, Family Guy, and Other Animated TV Shows |date=2007 |publisher=Westminster John Knox Press |isbn=978-0-664-23160-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/gospelaccordingt0000pins |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/gospelaccordingt0000pins/page/130 130] |quote=simpsons pope letting a lot of things slide. |access-date=August 7, 2018 |language=en |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+The episode's title is a play on the saying "All's fair in love and war", a proverb found in [[John Lyly]]'s 16th-century book ''[[Euphues (1578)|Euphues]]''<ref>Titelman, Gregory Y.  "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings", Random House, N.Y., 1996.</ref> that is commonly used to justify cheating. The episode features three different songs. The song "[[Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)]]" by [[Journey (band)|Journey]] is played in the background during Homer's fantasy of him living next to himself.<ref name="juke">{{cite web |title=Music from The Simpsons S16E02 |url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/the-simpsons/season-16/34833 |website=Tunefind |access-date=23 July 2018 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918121756/https://www.tunefind.com/show/the-simpsons/season-16/34833 |url-status=live }}</ref> "[[Boplicity]]" by [[Miles Davis]] is listened to by Bart and Milhouse,<ref name="juke" /> and "[[Take Five]]" by [[The Dave Brubeck Quartet]] is played in the background at Bart's treehouse.<ref name="juke" /> The episode's final scene, showing James Caan being ambushed by hillbillies at a toll booth, is a parody of a scene in the film ''The Godfather'' when Sonny Corleone, portrayed by Caan, is shot and killed at a toll booth.<ref name="com">{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonsworld.com/video/257840195722|title=Simpsons World Commentary|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124203752/http://www.simpsonsworld.com/video/257840195722|archive-date=January 24, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-simpsons-film-parodies-seen-side-by-side-with-their-references-a6867666.html |title=The Simpsons' film parodies seen side-by-side with their references |last=Loughrey |first=Clarisse |website=[[The Independent]] |date=February 11, 2016 |access-date=January 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116182814/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-simpsons-film-parodies-seen-side-by-side-with-their-references-a6867666.html |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Marge suggesting that the pope has been letting things slide lately, is a reference to the [[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases|sex abuse scandal]] of the early 2000s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pinsky |first1=Mark I. |title=The Gospel According to the Simpsons: Bigger and Possibly Even Better! Edition with a New Afterword Exploring South Park, Family Guy, and Other Animated TV Shows |date=2007 |publisher=[[Westminster John Knox Press]] |isbn=978-0-664-23160-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/gospelaccordingt0000pins |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/gospelaccordingt0000pins/page/130 130] |quote=simpsons pope letting a lot of things slide. |access-date=August 7, 2018 |language=en |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
 == Reception ==
-In its original American broadcast, "All's Fair in Oven War" garnered roughly 11.64 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Medianet |date=November 16, 2004 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111604_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010224559/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111604_05 |archive-date=October 10, 2014 }}</ref> The episode received a 6.4 Neilsen rating.<ref>{{cite web |title=TV Listings |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings?filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bmonth%5D=11&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bday%5D=14&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Byear%5D=2004&commit.x=14&commit.y=22 |website=www.tvtango.com |access-date=23 July 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724002309/http://www.tvtango.com/listings?filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bmonth%5D=11&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bday%5D=14&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Byear%5D=2004&commit.x=14&commit.y=22 |archive-date=July 24, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+In its original American broadcast, "All's Fair in Oven War" garnered roughly 11.64 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Medianet |date=November 16, 2004 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111604_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010224559/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111604_05 |archive-date=October 10, 2014 }}</ref> The episode received a 6.4 Nielsen rating.<ref>{{cite web |title=TV Listings |url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings?filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bmonth%5D=11&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bday%5D=14&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Byear%5D=2004&commit.x=14&commit.y=22 |website=www.tvtango.com |access-date=23 July 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724002309/http://www.tvtango.com/listings?filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bmonth%5D=11&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Bday%5D=14&filters%5Bdate%5D%5Byear%5D=2004&commit.x=14&commit.y=22 |archive-date=July 24, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
-The episode has garnered positive reviews from critics. Eric Messinger of ''Springfield Weekly'' gave the episode a positive review. He gave the episode a B-, stating the Marge segment "needed a bit more fine-tuning". However, he praised the Bart segment, stating that it saved the episode, and that Bart not seeing nudity in the ''Playdude'' magazines worked well in every joke, and the segment was almost reminiscent to the [[The Simpsons (season 3)|season three]] episode "[[Bart the Murderer]]". He also praised the James Caan guest appearance, stating it "worked quite well, especially with the ''Godfather'' ending pay-off."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.duffgardens.net/index.php?go=reviews/16#b|title=Springfield Weekly – Season 16 Reviews|access-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317022509/http://www.duffgardens.net/index.php?go=reviews%2F16#b|archive-date=March 17, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine named "All Fair's in Oven War" as one of the ten best later ''Simpsons'' episodes.<ref name=vulture>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/02/nine-simpsons-episodes-as-good-as-early-classics.html#photo=1x00006|title=Nine Latter-Day Simpsons Episodes That Match Up to the Early Classics|date=February 10, 2012|access-date=February 11, 2012|last=Seitz|first=Matt Zoller|publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214082436/http://www.vulture.com/2012/02/nine-simpsons-episodes-as-good-as-early-classics.html#photo=1x00006|archive-date=February 14, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Ellwood Hughes of ''Entertainment Focus'' considered the episode a highlight of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.entertainment-focus.com/tv-section/tv-reviews/the-simpsons-season-16-dvd-review/|title=The Simpsons: Season 16 DVD review – Entertainment Focus|website=Entertainment Focus|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724002446/https://www.entertainment-focus.com/tv-section/tv-reviews/the-simpsons-season-16-dvd-review/|archive-date=July 24, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Chris Morgan of ''Cinema Sentries'' praised the episode and commented "It is, arguably, the best episode to air after the turn of the millennium, and, in fact, is one of the top episodes of the show, period."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinemasentries.com/review/the-simpsons-season-16-blu-ray-review-it-delivers-what-it-promises/|title=The Simpsons Season 16 Blu-ray Review: It Delivers What It Promises – Cinema Sentries|website=cinemasentries.com|access-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210709/http://cinemasentries.com/review/the-simpsons-season-16-blu-ray-review-it-delivers-what-it-promises/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A review of the season 16 DVD on ''alternativeaddiction.com'' listed it as one of "some incredibly fun episode ideas".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://alternativeaddiction.com/TVReview/23|title=Review of The Simpsons: The Complete Sixteenth Season|website=alternativeaddiction.com|access-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419022809/http://alternativeaddiction.com/TVReview/23|archive-date=April 19, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s top 150 ''Simpsons'' episodes they placed "All's Fair in Oven War" at #89.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/springfield-of-dreams-the-150-best-simpsons-episodes-20140821?page=7|title=Springfield of Dreams: 150 Best 'Simpsons' Episodes|website=Rolling Stone|access-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421210347/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/springfield-of-dreams-the-150-best-simpsons-episodes-20140821?page=7|archive-date=April 21, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
+The episode has garnered positive reviews from critics. Eric Messinger of ''Springfield Weekly'' gave the episode a positive review. He gave the episode a B−, stating the Marge segment "needed a bit more fine-tuning". However, he praised the Bart segment, stating that it saved the episode, and that Bart not seeing nudity in the ''Playdude'' magazines worked well in every joke, and the segment was almost reminiscent to the [[The Simpsons season 3|season three]] episode "[[Bart the Murderer]]". He also praised the James Caan guest appearance, stating it "worked quite well, especially with the ''Godfather'' ending pay-off."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.duffgardens.net/index.php?go=reviews/16#b|title=Springfield Weekly – Season 16 Reviews|access-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317022509/http://www.duffgardens.net/index.php?go=reviews%2F16#b|archive-date=March 17, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine named "All Fair's in Oven War" as one of the ten best later ''Simpsons'' episodes.<ref name=vulture>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/02/nine-simpsons-episodes-as-good-as-early-classics.html#photo=1x00006|title=Nine Latter-Day Simpsons Episodes That Match Up to the Early Classics|date=February 10, 2012|access-date=February 11, 2012|last=Seitz|first=Matt Zoller|author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz|publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214082436/http://www.vulture.com/2012/02/nine-simpsons-episodes-as-good-as-early-classics.html#photo=1x00006|archive-date=February 14, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Pip Ellwood-Hughes of ''Entertainment Focus'' considered the episode a highlight of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Pip|last=Ellwood-Hughes|url=http://www.entertainment-focus.com/tv-section/tv-reviews/the-simpsons-season-16-dvd-review/|title=The Simpsons: Season 16 DVD review – Entertainment Focus|website=Entertainment Focus|date=December 15, 2013 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724002446/https://www.entertainment-focus.com/tv-section/tv-reviews/the-simpsons-season-16-dvd-review/|archive-date=July 24, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Chris Morgan of ''Cinema Sentries'' praised the episode and commented "It is, arguably, the best episode to air after the turn of the millennium, and, in fact, is one of the top episodes of the show, period."<ref>{{Cite web|first=Chris|last=Morgan|date=December 5, 2013 |url=http://cinemasentries.com/review/the-simpsons-season-16-blu-ray-review-it-delivers-what-it-promises/|title=The Simpsons Season 16 Blu-ray Review: It Delivers What It Promises – Cinema Sentries|website=Cinema Sentries|access-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210709/http://cinemasentries.com/review/the-simpsons-season-16-blu-ray-review-it-delivers-what-it-promises/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A review of the season 16 DVD on ''alternativeaddiction.com'' listed it as one of "some incredibly fun episode ideas".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://alternativeaddiction.com/TVReview/23|title=Review of The Simpsons: The Complete Sixteenth Season|website=alternativeaddiction.com|access-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419022809/http://alternativeaddiction.com/TVReview/23|archive-date=April 19, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s top 150 ''Simpsons'' episodes they placed "All's Fair in Oven War" at #89.<ref>{{Cite magazine|first1=Zach|last1=Dionne|first2=David|last2=Fear|first3=Andy|last3=Greene|first4=Kory|last4=Grow|first5=Jason|last5=Newman|first6=Christopher R.|last6= Weingarten|date=August 21, 2014|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/springfield-of-dreams-the-150-best-simpsons-episodes-20140821?page=7|title=Springfield of Dreams: 150 Best 'Simpsons' Episodes|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421210347/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/springfield-of-dreams-the-150-best-simpsons-episodes-20140821?page=7|archive-date=April 21, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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 {{The Simpsons episodes|16}}
-[[Category:The Simpsons (season 16) episodes]]
+[[Category:The Simpsons season 16 episodes]]
 [[Category:2004 American television episodes]]
 [[Category:Thomas Pynchon]]
+[[Category:Television episodes written by Matt Selman]]

v t e The Simpsons episodes
Seasons 1–20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Season 21–present 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Season 16	"Treehouse of Horror XV" "All's Fair in Oven War" "Sleeping with the Enemy" "She Used to Be My Girl" "Fat Man and Little Boy" "Midnight Rx" "Mommie Beerest" "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" "Pranksta Rap" "There's Something About Marrying" "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister" "Goo Goo Gai Pan" "Mobile Homer" "The Seven-Beer Snitch" "Future-Drama" "Don't Fear the Roofer" "The Heartbroke Kid" "A Star Is Torn" "Thank God, It's Doomsday" "Home Away from Homer" "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star"
Themed episodes	Treehouse of Horror list
See also	The Simpsons episode guides "The Simpsons Guy"
Category