# Simpsons/Apocalypse Now

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**Created:** [December 5, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-apocalypse-now/706385 "2014-12-05T06:18:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-apocalypse-now/706385/1 "2014-12-05T06:18:48Z")

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I’m having Simpsons Wiki trouble. In which episode does Homer recap the mirror scene near the opening of _Apocalypse Now_? I’ll continue searching, but I do get distracted by Canyonero and Spider Pig.

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-apocalypse-now/706385/2 "2014-12-05T07:32:21Z")

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Is it one of these?

> **[Apocalypse Now](https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Apocalypse_Now)**
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> Apocalypse Now is a 1979 film by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel "Heart Of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. It has been referenced in The Simpsons numerous times.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-apocalypse-now/706385/3 "2014-12-06T06:13:17Z")

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Not as far as I can tell without pulling up plot summaries. Searches for simpsons + the end or + the doors don’t yield it, either, but I’m sure I’ve seen it, and my partner remembers me showing the two scenes for comparison.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-apocalypse-now/706385/4 "2014-12-06T06:31:18Z")

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_The End_ was in at least 3 episodes\* The first is the episode where he bowls a 300 and gets depressed when his 15 minutes ends. Also in _Smoke on the Daughter_. But I suspect the most relevant is in [_Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Kiss,_Bang_Bangalore) where he becomes the Kurtz of outsourcing. I don’t remember the mirror part though.

\*Have they used other songs (besides the theme music!) more than once? I think maybe _At Seventeen_ 3x?

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-apocalypse-now/706385/5 "2014-12-06T06:46:09Z")

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\*Thelurkinghorror! Thelurkinghorror! \*

IRC, _Smoke on the Daughter_ has Bart rising out of the water Willard-style. I’ll need to watch\* Kiss Kiss\* again, but it’s season 17 and I thought I’d watched it on disk some time ago (17 just came out this year). Could be wrong about that.