Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"

"Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'" is the 15th episode from the 10th season of The Simpsons. It was written by David M. Stern and directed by Mark Kirkland.

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 Cultural references
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Homer gets a Canyonero sport utility vehicle (or "SUV"), but learns the model he bought is the F-series, intended for women. He gives the vehicle to Marge, but when she uses it, she develops road rage. On a busy day racing around town, Marge is arrested and ordered to go to take a defensive driving course. However, she accidentally drives the SUV into the prison and loses her driving privileges. Later, the police need to recruit her to use the SUV to stop a bunch of raging rhinos who left the Zoo when Homer accidentally caused them to go berserk and escape while he was visiting the zoo with Bart and Lisa. Marge agrees to help when she sees her family in danger on the news report and succeeds in rounding up all the rhinos. When she learns that there is one missing, she sees Homer being carried off by the rhino (his belt is caught on the rhino's horn). She chases the raging rhino to a construction site and deliberately crashes the SUV. It bursts into flames and the beast instinctively tries to stamp out the blaze, it is then caught and returned to the zoo. She credits her success to Stone Phillips and the whole family praises NBC. During the end credits, Homer praises FOX at gunpoint and he is shot when he praises CBS.

[edit] Trivia

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The Canyonero was first seen in the episode "The Last Temptation of Krust", and it is also a driveable car in the games The Simpsons Road Rage and The Simpsons Hit and Run.
In the scene where the Canyonero's headlights reveal the inside of the kitchen from the driveway, Bart is wearing a turkey. In the next scene, though, he is seen wearing his usual outfit.
The people running from the rhinos at the zoo are then-executive producer Mike Scully, his wife Julie Thacker, and their five daughters.
The episode contains the first, last and only appearance of Curtis E. Bear, the Courtesy Bear.

[edit] Cultural references

At the Springfield Elementary School talent show:
- Who's On First? – Superintendent Chalmers and Principal Skinner botch the famous comedy routine of Abbott and Costello.
- Fame – The teachers sing "Not Gonna Teach Forever" to the tune of the Irene Cara song, which was the theme to the film and TV series.
- Fever - Mrs. Krabappel sings this song, dancing naked with pink balloons all over her body and popping them one by one (the balloon suit striptease scene was also done in an episode of the live-action sitcom Mork and Mindy)
Dateline NBC – The scene where Marge's SUV rolls over and the gas tank explodes, and her remarks afterward, refers to an ill-fated 1992 "Dateline NBC" investigative report about the gas tank crashworthiness of 1973-1991 Chevrolet and GMC full-sized pickup trucks.
Peanuts - When a ranger at the zoo tries to shoot a rhinoceros with a tranquilizer dart, the dart bounces off the rhino's skin, then off Homer's rear, and hits a sloth. The sloth dances like Snoopy for a few seconds before passing out.
Screaming Yellow Zonkers – The episode title is a play on the popcorn snack (as well as a double-entendre, given the pigmentation of people in the world of the Simpsons and the fact that Marge is driving the Canyonero).
Sport utility vehicles – The episode lampoons the then recent SUV craze, and increases in road rage. Also spoofed are vehicles marketed toward female demographics, whether a specific model (e.g., the Dodge LaFemme of the mid-1950s) or a model package (the Fashion Accessory Group offered on the 1978 Ford Mustang).
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom – The name of the zoo, Wild Animal Kingdom, is inspired by the 1960s nature series.
The Gods Must Be Crazy – The "fact" that a rhino will instinctively try to put out a fire stems from this movie.
Jumanji - Homer believes saying "Jumanji" will get rid of the rhinos.
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning - The scene where Homer is in a portable toilet and the rhino's horn rips through nearly stabbing him is a parody of a scene from Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - When the zoo ranger loads a rifle with a poison dart and attempts to shoot down a Rhino with it is a parody of how the rangers on the island try to shoot down the dinosaurs with poison darts in the film.