The Great Money Caper 1768949 223770559 2008-07-05T18:42:19Z 68.37.167.39 /* Cultural references */ added FPS info {{Infobox Simpsons episode | episode_name = The Great Money Caper | image = [[Image:Cabf03.jpg|200px]] | episode_no = 255 | prod_code = CABF03 | airdate = [[December 10]], [[2000]] | show runner = [[Mike Scully]] | writer = [[Carolyn Omine]] | director = [[Michael Polcino]] | blackboard = "The nurse is not dealing" | couch_gag = The Simpsons swim to the couch in deep-sea diving gear. The camera zooms out to reveal that the living room is in a fish bowl. | guest_star = [[Edward Norton]] as Devon Bradley | season = 12 }} "'''The Great Money Caper'''" is the seventh episode of the [[List of The Simpsons episodes#Season 12 (2000-2001)|twelfth season]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It aired on [[December 10]], [[2000]]. ==Plot== The family goes to a magic themed restaurant. Once there, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] becomes so fascinated with magic that he wants a magic set. Unfortunately, a [[sturgeon]] falls from the sky onto the family car's hood, which is severely damaged. [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and Bart start their magic show as a way to make money, but the act becomes a failure, and he leaves Bart to do the rest of the act on his own. Bart is left out on the street, and people such as a [[Michael Jackson]] look-a-like begin giving him money so he can get a lift on public transportation. As Homer drives home, he sees Bart in a taxi, and when he gets home he sees him eating a steak dinner. The two find that they can make a lot of money [[Confidence trick|grifting]], and start their grifting business, with help from [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa]]. The grifting business is destroyed when Homer and Bart are arrested, and scam their way out of the problem by using [[Groundskeeper Willie]] as the scapegoat. It is not long, however, before the citizens of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]] reveal themselves to have actually staged this trial to teach Homer and Bart a lesson, and before Lisa can say why, Otto says that the citizens should go surfing, and they do. ==Production== Some scenes which have been removed after the original broadcast of the episode: *When the Simpsons are watching a live broadcast of the arrest of Groundskeeper Willie, the scene originally ended with Homer suggesting to his family that "we all go to sleep with some Chloroform", at which point he pours some onto a rag and sniffs it. *Homer, again, tries to put himself to sleep with chloroform in court, but realizes his bottle of chloroform is actually a can of [[Mountain Dew]]. ==Cultural references== *The title is a spoof on the movie ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]''. *The plot is similar to the [[1973 in film|1973 film]] ''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]''. This reference is indicated when Homer and Bart attempt to fool [[Ned Flanders]] with a presumably false Bible from the recently deceased Maude Flanders, Flanders begins to realize it is a scam and says "Wait a minute, this sounds an awful lot like that movie [[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]!" *Grandpa's line about being able to afford a "young, crazy stripper wife" now that he's "won" the Publisher's Clearinghouse check is a reference to [[Anna Nicole Smith]] (who started out as a stripper) and her marriage to [[J. Howard Marshall]]. *Early in the episode, Homer is the victim of a [[confidence trick|Football Picks Scam]] called "Dr. Pigskin". *Homer's amazement as to why the entire town had nothing better to do than pull off a scam is obviously{{Fact|date=February 2008}} the writer's jab at the preposterousness of the "Cheers" episode in which the entire city of Boston joined in with Gary's Old Town Tavern to pull a prank on Sam. *Grandpa explains that the con they attempt at the old folks' home was from ''The Sting II'' "so ''nobody'' knows about it!" ==External links== {{wikiquote|The_Simpsons#The_Great_Money_Caper_.5B12.07.5D|"The Great Money Caper"}} {{Portal|The Simpsons|Simpsons tv icon.svg}} *{{snpp capsule|CABF03}} *{{imdb episode|id=0701241|episode=The Great Money Caper}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Great Money Caper, The}} [[Category:The Simpsons episodes, season 12]] [[Category:2000 television episodes]] [[es:The Great Money Caper]]