Pygmoelian

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"Pygmoelian"
Episode no.	242
Prod. code	BABF12
Orig. Airdate	February 27, 2000
Show Runner(s)	Mike Scully
Writer(s)	Larry Doyle
Director	Mark Kirkland
Chalkboard	"Dodgeball stops at the gym door."
Couch gag	The family, running into the living room, is surprised to see that Matt Groening has written his name on the carpet. Marge washes the name off, but Groening comes in again and writes it back down.
SNPP capsule
Season 11 September 26, 1999 – May 21, 2000
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"Pygmoelian" is the sixteenth episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons. It aired on February 27, 2000.

1 Synopsis
2 Trivia
3 Goofs
4 Cultural reference
5 Quotes
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The family goes to a festival sponsored by Duff Beer and sees Moe Szyslak enter a "Beer-tender" competition. His face is pictured for the Duff calendar, but his picture is blocked out with stickers, because his face is ugly. Realizing how ugly he is, Lenny and Carl suggest that Moe get plastic surgery. He reluctantly agrees. After his surgery, Moe has a very handsome face. In response, he confronts Duffman and the producers of a soap opera, It Never Ends, saying he never got the part of the character Dr. Tad Winslow. Incidentally, the actor who plays Dr. Tad Winslow demands he get a raise in his salary, but it is rejected by the producers. In response, Moe tells the producer his story, and he becomes the new Dr. Tad Winslow.

The soap opera goes well, until Moe learns from top-secret future plot lines that his character will be killed off. On the air, Homer and Moe reveal the plot lines. The producers angrily tell Moe that his character was only supposed to die in a dream. They then fire him. As he walks off the set, a set piece falls on his new face, which is destroyed (actually, Moe gets back his original mug after the accident). Things go back to normal when Moe returns to his tavern.

Meanwhile, while Moe is acting, Bart and Lisa discover that Maggie's balloon is gone in the wind. They go after it until it ends up in a gay Republican coalition's office, and they see the pink elephant from the balloon as their mascot.

[edit] Trivia

Carl's last name is revealed to be Carlson in this episode.
There is a character who takes Moe's picture for the Duff calendar, introduced by Duffman as "Duff's Vice President in charge of calendars and fake IDs, Phil Angelides." Phil Angelides is the name of the California State Treasurer, who is the 2006 Democratic Nominee for Governor of California. When asked about the episode, the real-life Angelides acknowledged Simpsons creator Matt Groening as "a friend" and said "By the way, that made me very popular among my three daughters. It raised my hip status among all my daughters and their friends."^[1] ^[2]

[edit] Goofs

When Homer and Moe are revealing the storylines, they are being taped, not broadcasted live, so in reality, the plan shouldn't have worked.

When the Simpsons leave the house they're in their pajamas. But once they get to the Duff Beer festival they're in their regular clothes.

[edit] Cultural reference

The episode title references George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
The gay Republican coalition is probably a parody of the Log Cabin Republicans.

[edit] Quotes

Moe: I've been called ugly, pug-ugly, fugly, pug-fugly, but never ugly-ugly.
Moe: Am I really that ugly?
Carl: Moe, it's all relative. Is Lenny really that dumb? Is Barney that drunk? Is Homer really that lazy, bald, and fat?
Moe: Oh, God! It's worse than I thought!
(Moe, Lenny, Barney, and Homer all begin crying)
Carl (looking right at the camera): See this is why I don't talk much.
Duffman: That brown patch could use a little H20...Oh yeah!
(Moe, with his new face, drives up to Duffman's house.)
Moe: Let's see how you like a sticker on your face!
(Moe plants a large sticker on Duffman's face.)
Duffman: Duffman...can't breathe. Oh no!
Snake's son: (taking Lisa's bike) Look Daddy! I'm stealing, I'm stealing!
Snake (crying in happiness): That's my little dude.
Homer: Moe, the new Duff calendars are here, the ones with your picture!
Moe: Alright! Move over liquor license!
Lenny: Hey Moe, this license expired in 1973, and it's only good in Rhode Island...and it's signed by you.
Moe: Yeah, I've been meaning to get that updated for this state and...real.
Homer (using the tap himself): Hey, this isn't as complicated as Moe made it seem.
(the tap breaks off and begins shooting beer into Homer's mouth. After trying to stop it, he becomes drunk and keeps drinking it)
Titania: You said if I slept with you I wouldn't have to touch the drunk.
Duffman: Duffman says a lot of things. Oh yeah!
Moe: OK, I get it. I ain't pleasant too look at.
Lenny: Or listen to.
Carl: Or be with.
Bart Look at her! It must be great to be a baby and be so easily amused.
Lisa: Yeah, I wish I could be entertained by two cents worth of rubber shaped like some colorful animal. Dancing and twirling.(temporarily hypnotized by the balloon) Dancing and twirling..
Lisa: (reading a sticker) A gay president for 2084?
Gay man: We're realistic.
Gay man: We need a symbol for our campaign. Something that says we're gay and Republican.
A pink balloon in the shape of an elephant flies through the window
Gay man: A little bit on the nose, don't you think?