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[edit] sheep/goat

at the start of the plot summary Lisa is being chased by a "bighorn sheep", however when the story is returned to it is a goat, is this an error in the writing of the plot or in the continuity of the story. Having not seen the episode I can't comment either way, but if it is a continuity issue then perhaps mentioning that in the article is in order? flagitious 03:53, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] End credits

Was the song in the end credits also from Good, Bad and the Ugly?70.104.165.167 03:12, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

  • No, none of the music was. The music during the standoff sounded similar, but it wasn't the actual theme. -- MisterHand 02:57, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Do you happen to know what it was? (added my tildes to the first Q since I'm now 'participating')70.104.165.167 03:12, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scavenger hunt guy?

  • Who was the guy who ran the scavenger hunt? He looked familar, I think he's from another show (Dudley Dooright maybe)? -- MisterHand 02:57, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Never-Ending Story"

The title is a take-off from 1984 Wolfgang Petersen film, The Neverending Story.

Did someone explain the title like this on purpose? It would be better to say:

'The title is a take-off from the 1979 Michael Ende book, The Neverending Story.

[edit] quotes

i do believe that i read somewhere in the wikipedia policies that you can have quotes, but not to many, cause its basically writing part of the script out. i think this page has waaaaayyy to many quotes... ill look up the policy and see what it says.... -Xornok 20:53, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Song while they're being chased by the ram

what is it?

[edit] stalactite...or stalagmite?

not having actually seen this episode I don't know what is true, but it seems highly unlikely that Burns was hiding behind a stalactite, which hangs from the ceiling of a cave. A stalagmite seems much more likely as it is a build up on the ground.--Puckeater8 18:17, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

It really is a stalactite, if memory serves. He's just that skinny. Caswin 00:55, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misalignments with Events Timeline

I think this section should be removed, quite simply because it doesn't make sense and is most likely, completely wrong.

Mr Burns could easily appear as he is known in normal continuity, as the relationship between Moe and Mrs Krabapple happens before the start of the school year, whereas Mr Burns steals the gold and gives it to the Rich Texan shortly before the events of the episode (Homer witnesses Rich Texan hiding the gold and it's reasonable to assume that Burns gives the gold immediately to Rich Texan to regain his possessions). Implying the he hasn't lost everything for very long.

So, unless I've been mistaken about how everything worked in the episode (ie, the events with Mr Burns being poor happening some significant time after the events of Moe's letter), I'm going to remove the section. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 121.208.21.98 (talk) 05:22, 1 January 2007 (UTC).


[edit] ninth Emmy award for The Simpsons

The article says that this episode won the ninth Emmy Award for The Simpsons. Which other eight episodes have won this award? --Soylentyellow 21:34, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mexican Standoff

Is there actually any proof that the Mexican standoff is some form of homage to the one at the end of the Good the Bad and the Ugly? If you do, please reference it when you put it back, right now I deleting it as original research and opinion. Every mexican standoff in film is not a homage to the others. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.137.207.191 (talk) 14:47, 15 March 2008 (UTC) Actually, the comment that the plot is similar to other classic examples of a story within a story is also going to get deleted. First, its a classic and somewhat common literary style, linking to two specific ones is unlogical, what specifically do those have to do with this. Furthermore, "story within a story within a story" is not similar to "the plot of Scheherazade's Tale of One Thousands and One Nights and The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki", as I recall, Scheherazade simply told a story, she didn't tell a story about someone telling a story, Ali Baba doesn't sit down and tell the 40 thieves about Aladdin. Just because this is about the Simpsons and your fanboys doesn't mean you have to create a poorly consructed article, nor does this being about a cartoon mean that it doesn't have to follow rules for quality, everything in the encyclopedia should be treated as valuable information that others who know nothing about it should be able to understand without being coloured or tainted by the writers opinions or feelings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.137.207.191 (talk) 15:01, 15 March 2008 (UTC)