# The Simpsons - 4/25 That weird animation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215 "2004-04-27T03:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/1 "2004-04-27T03:00:20Z")
That little thing they did in the middle, with the stylish animation as Homer & Marge were fleeing Bart & Lisa. Was that from something? It looked very 60s, mod, Austin Powers-ish. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/2 "2004-04-27T03:02:27Z")
It was a parody of the opening credits of Catch Me if You Can (hence the title of the episode). ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/3 "2004-04-27T04:33:57Z")
Did anybody else notice that the episode seemed bawdier or more risque than usual. At one point, Marge referred to having a “triple X throwdown” with Homer. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/4 "2004-04-27T04:37:55Z")
Nothing more? I’ve never seen CMiYC, but I have to say kudos for copying it. It was something (stylistically, if nothing else) that I haven’t seen before on the show. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/5 "2004-04-27T04:38:48Z")
Was I the only one that noticed Maggie disapeared after her initial appearance? ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/6 "2004-04-27T04:47:19Z")
I was wondering what happened to Maggie too. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/7 "2004-04-27T06:15:52Z")
I also noticed we didn’t see Maggie after she was knocked into the catbox. I thought at the very end when Bart and Lisa say that everything in the story’s been settled, they’d cut to Maggie sitting in an empty house wondering where everyone was. But, instead, we got Ned and Rod Flanders opening up their credit card bills and being shocked at all the unexpected expenses Homer and Bart ran up. Grandpa’s subplot with the elderly Cuban gay man was also left up in the air. I don’t know if it was sloppy writing or just a way to deliberately irritate some of the more obsessive Simpsons fans. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/8 "2004-04-27T12:04:02Z")
Maggie was inconvienent to the plot of this episode, so she was symbolicly discarded–i.e. thrown into the cat box. ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/9 "2004-04-27T17:57:48Z")
well I have to say that I loved the parody of CMiYC, didn’t like the film much, but thought that was excellent. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/10 "2004-04-27T18:40:58Z")
I just want to note that you get more of that same style of animation on the menus for the DVD of **Catch Me if You Can**. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/11 "2004-04-27T19:15:29Z")
I didn’t even think about Maggie but I too was wondering what happened to Grandpa. Maybe he and the Cuban gentleman are becoming better “friends” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/12 "2004-04-27T19:23:36Z")
> [@aaslatten](#): > > Did anybody else notice that the episode seemed bawdier or more risque than usual. At one point, Marge referred to having a “triple X throwdown” with Homer. Now all she has to do is dial 1-900-MIXALOT and kick them nasty thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/13 "2004-04-27T21:11:55Z")
Having answered my OP, I thought one of the funniest bits was when the newlywed couple say how they’re looking forward to having kids Marge & Homer both laugh hysterically! And when the couple says, “No, really, we are”, Homer & Marge just laugh even harder! ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/14 "2004-04-27T23:38:47Z")
Let’s not forget Homer referring to Chocolate Star Wars (the first two words are the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/15 "2004-04-28T00:34:36Z")
> [@jehovah68](#): > > Let’s not forget Homer referring to Chocolate Star Wars (the first two words are the joke. I have to admit, I hadn’t noticed that at all. And, actually, it doesn’t make the line any funnier (though I suppose if you were giggling hysterically at the Abe subplot, this might tickle you). I just thought the combination was another amusing display of Homer’s childishness, like hamburger earmuffs, mmmHEY, glavin. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-4-25-that-weird-animation/242215/16 "2004-04-28T00:57:14Z")
I hadn’t noticed that either.