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By Aldo

Yes, it's me. Last time we met, I was venting frustration over the final WCW Monday Nitro episode under the Time Warner era. I think I even went as far as to not wanting to cover WCW again should they return, if my memory serves correct.

But, this article isn't about WCW, or the WWF for that matter.

This page does have to do with wrestling, but it's more about consumer protection. Allow me to explain.

Let's say you're walking down the street and you end up meeting me by chance. I tell you that a new wrestling game is coming out for the Sony Playstation, and if you had to pick between that and WCW Nitro, you'd want to pick Nitro. Naturally, your reaction is to laugh and call me a blithering idiot.

Well, a new wrestling game has come out by Fox Interactive, and it's called Simpsons Wrestling. If you couldn't tell by the title, it's professional wrestling, Simpsons style. And guess what? If you had a choice between this and WCW Nitro, you would probably be better off with Nitro!

Okay, if you haven't played Nitro (or its bastard offspring, WCW Thunder), let's just say that as a wrestling game, it makes a great drink coaster. Everyone has the same moves and animation, the game slows down with more than two people on the screen and you can literally win matches in less than a minute. So, why am I saying that Simpsons Wrestling is worse than Nitro? Read on.

(Note: ratings for each category are done using the DDT Digest Spice scale, with DUD being the low score and five Spices being the highest.)

GAMEPLAY

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You get to select from Springfield's finest, with several hidden characters that have to be unlocked. The matches are one-on-one, with no tag team option. You do get to select how many falls you must win to take the match, though.

After some loading time, you finally get to play. You'll note that not only do you have a life bar, but a stamina bar as well. I'll explain this in a bit.

Anyway, time to wreck havoc on your foe! Unfortunately, your character cannot do much in terms of wreaking havoc. You get a ground attack, which differs per character. For instance, Homer can punch, while Groundskeeper Willie swings a mean rake. There is a special move that can be done with the 'O' button, but you must have full stamina or you can't pull it off. Again, this differs per character. So, if you're Barney Gumble you'll belch at your enemy, leaving a cloud which does damage. Krusty The Clown swings a mean mallet, but is hard to control while doing so. Oh yeah, you lose stamina when you punch as well, so after about ten or so swings, you're blown up like The Warrior and have to not attack in order to raise your stamina. Maybe if they gave the characters Blow Away or something..

In addition to the above, you can grapple your opponent, but the only thing you can do is whip him to the ropes. No headlocks, takedowns, suplexes, etc. And it's not like you can throw a dropkick or a clothesline on the rebound. Another drawback is that even though you're inside a ring, you can't climb the turnbuckle for an aerial attack. You can jump from the mat, but all you can do is bounce over and over on your opponent's head. No planchas or hurricaranas here, not even a flying axehandle.

So, your moveset is limited to four or five moves, or to be more accurate, less moves than Lex Luger has in his arsenal. But, that's okay because I'll just go outside, grab a chair, and.. no wait. You can't exit the ring. And you can't grab foreign objects, so you're limited to what your character possesses, and even then the damage output is the same. Thus, that rake of Willie's does no more damage than an attack from Bart.

There are also random power-ups that will increase your speed, stamina or life. Furthermore, you can collect items that spell out the word 'TAUNT.' Once this is fully spelled, you basically throw the script out the window and no-sell your opponent's moves for a short period. Oh, I'm sorry, I meant you become invunlerable. :-)

What it boils down to is that you have to basically punch your opponent enough times to bring his/her life bar down to nothing. Then you cover your opponent for the pin. But, there are two problems here:

1. Like most wrestling games, there are no visible referees. In Simpsons Wrestling, this is alleviated by having the pinning wrestler count the fall. Why the characters count normally instead of giving themselves the ol' fast-count is beyond me.
2. The characters in Simpsons Wrestling fall down one way — on their stomach! You can't turn them on their back, so despite the fact that your opponent is laying face down, you can still cover for the pin. Folks, there was a REASON why Reverend Slick would tell Kamala to turn his opponent's body over after splashing his back in 1993.

And there within lies the problem. There is absolutely NO strategy to this game whatsoever. You run up to your opponent and punch away, and when you get low on life, you stay back, hope for a life power-up and attack with your special move when there's an opening. Vince Russo's WCW had more wrestling than this pile of garbage in a box. Yes, this is supposed to be a parody on wrestling games, but there's no wrestling to speak of! None! And the brawling is not only horribly done, but almost non-existant, as well!

GRAPHICS

Graphics is a mixed bag, really. On one hand, the graphics are not very sharp, and other wrestling titles such as WWF Smackdown!2 look much better. But, we're trying to recreate The Simpsons here, so in that aspect the graphics are good. The backgrounds are okay, but not fully three-dimensional. The characters are well done, though, and they look almost exactly like the TV show. Each character gets their own background, so if you're fighting on Krusty's turf you're in a circus tent, and you fight Apu in front of the Kwik-E-Mart. However, there are no moving objects, and the people in the crowd are drawn two-dimensionally, so they look like cardboard fold-outs.

SOUND

Much like Flair vs. Steamboat being the only good thing about WrestleWar '89, the sounds are the only thing worthwhile about this title. While the background music is rather generic, and the effects bland, the voice acting is superb here. The people who do the voices for the TV show supply the voices for the game, as well. So, when Lisa speaks, you're hearing Yeardley Smith, not some cheap imitation. There are supposedly 250 different phrases supplied by all the characters put together, and some of the phrases are specific towards certain characters. Because of this, you may hear the same phrase mentioned twice within five minutes, though. Kent Brockman (the news anchor) does some light commentary, but it is nowhere near as in-depth as WWF Warzone.

WRAP-UP

Usually, whenever you see a video game based on a license from pop culture, you can be assured of total crap. (See any THQ game prior to their wrestling games for PSX and Nintendo 64 for the precedent.) Well, Simpsons Wrestling delivers this and more. Easily one of the worst games I ever played, with no gameplay or strategy whatsoever. You can tell by the lack of moves and the not-so-great graphics that this title was an obvious rush job by Fox Interactive to cash in on the Simpsons brand name while it lasts. It's a shame, too, because had the developers taken some time to outfit each character with different moves and changed the game engine to allow out of ring fighting with goofy weapons, we could have had a winner on our hands. Sadly, Simpsons Wrestling is just a weiner.

Don't bother with this game unless you eat, breathe and shit Simpsons. Even then, stick to renting this drivel.

OVERALL RATING:

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The Good: Voice acting.

The Bad: Everything else.

The Ugly: Had I bought this title instead of renting it with a friend, I'd be out another $40.

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'The Old Man and the Lisa'
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 21
Directed by	Mark Kirkland[1]
Written by	John Swartzwelder[1]
Production code	4F17
Original air date	April 20, 1997[2]
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Couch gag	The Simpsons' couch becomes a giant Whac-A-Mole game, with Homer getting hit.[1]
Commentary	Matt Groening Josh Weinstein Dan Castellaneta Yeardley Smith Mark Kirkland David X. Cohen George Meyer
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'The Old Man and the Lisa' is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons' eighth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 20, 1997.^[2] In the episode, Mr. Burns goes bankrupt and asks Lisa to help him get rich again. She agrees on the condition that he change his evil ways. They earn money by recycling cans and soon Burns has enough money to start his own recycling plant. Lisa is aghast when she learns the plant makes a slurry from liquefied sea creatures. When Burns sells the plant to a company which makes fish sticks, he offers Lisa 10 percent of his profits, but she declines for ethical reasons.

The episode was directed by Mark Kirkland and written by John Swartzwelder. The writing staff had thought about an episode in which Mr. Burns would lose his money and would have to interact with the outside world. In DVD commentary, the writers explained that while Mr. Burns tried to change, he 'couldn't help being himself'.^[3] Professional wrestler Bret Hart made a cameo as himself, animated in his pink wrestling outfit. 'The Old Man and the Lisa' contains cultural references to the television series That Girl and the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It was positively received by critics and won the Environmental Media Award for 'TV Episodic Comedy'.

Plot[edit]

Lisa collects recyclables to earn money for the Junior Achievers Club school trip to Albany. Mr. Burns speaks to the club at Springfield Elementary School, scoffing when Lisa suggests his nuclear power plant start a recycling program. When Burns boasts that he would not be filthy rich if he listened to nature lovers like her, Lisa counters that his net worth is only half what he claims. When pressed, Smithers reluctantly tells Burns he has even considerably less money than that.

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Burns soon realizes he is nearly broke because his sycophantic advisers tell him only what he wants to hear. He is oblivious to the 1929 stock market crash, neglecting to check his stock ticker since September 1929. He aggressively invests in blue chip stocks, but makes bad investments and goes bankrupt. The bank forecloses on the plant — putting Lenny in charge — and sells his mansion to pro wrestler Bret Hart.^[1]

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Burns moves in with Smithers and insists on doing his grocery shopping. At the supermarket he is confused by the difference between ketchup and catsup, so the grocer commits him to the Springfield Retirement Castle. He sees Lisa again at the nursing home and begs her to help rebuild his empire. She agrees to help him earn money by recycling after he promises to change his evil ways.

Burns grabs every can he finds, eventually earning enough money to open his own recycling plant. He gives Lisa a tour of the plant, showing her the Burns Omni-Net — millions of six-pack holders fastened together to catch fish and sea creatures to make Li'l Lisa's Patented Animal Slurry. Lisa, a vegetarian and animal rights supporter, realizes he has not changed; when he tries to be good, he is even more evil. Lisa runs through the streets, trying to stop seemingly brainwashed citizens from recycling.

Later Burns tells Lisa that he has sold the recycling plant to a fish stick company for US$120 million, 10 percent of which is hers. Lisa refuses the money and rips up the check. This causes Homer to have four simultaneous heart attacks. At the hospital, Lisa apologizes to her dad for forfeiting the money. When he tells her that $12,000 would have been a godsend, Lisa tells him 10 percent of $120 million is actually $12 million. The hospital's public address system announces a code blue, indicating Homer has suffered cardiac arrest.^[4][5][6]

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Production[edit]

The episode was based on a story idea pitched by David X. Cohen,^[7] although it was written by John Swartzwelder, who had written many of the Simpsons episodes that have environmental themes.^[3] This habit led to him being called the 'conscience of the staff'^[8] despite being a 'self declared anti-environmentalist.'^[9] It was because of this that he was given such episodes, because the staff felt that he would give them just the right amount of sarcasm.^[7] In the original script for the episode, he described the recycling center as 'a couple of hippies surrounded by garbage'.^[8] Two alternate original titles for the episode were Cohen's 'Lisa and Burns' and Swartzwelder's 'Burns Goes Broke'.^[7]

The writers had wanted an episode where Burns becomes bankrupt and shows what Burns would be like as a person in the real world.^[3] The idea with the recycling plant was that Burns did not have any sort of evil plan, he just could not help being himself.^[3] Burns really was trying to change and this was reflected in the end when he tried to give Lisa her share of the profits, with Lisa refusing.^[10] Burns was drawn without his trademark scowl for this episode.^[10] The staff joked about this being a suitable series finale, due to the episode ending with Homer suffering from another heart attack after Lisa tells Homer what 10% of Burns' $120,000,000 ('��')check really is.^[9]

Professional wrestlerBret Hart guest starred in the episode as himself, and he was very insistent that he be shown wearing his pink wrestling outfit.^[10] He explained that 'It's so cool to be part of a show that makes people laugh really, really hard.'^[11] The media, aware that the animated Hart would want to purchase Mr. Burns' home, mistakenly anticipated that 'Bret offers to wrestle him [Mr. Burns] for the place.'^[12] In a 2009 interview with the A.V. Club's Dave Hofer, Hart explained that the reason why his animated counterpart sounds nothing like him was that initially, he was brought in to voice a generic wrestler. When Mark Kirkland realised how famous Hart actually was, he told Hart that if the artwork had not been started yet, he would be drawn in as himself.^[13] Later, Hart moved on to do voice work on the animated television series Jacob Two-Two. The press noted that at that time Hart was 'no stranger to cartoon-land,' having been 'immortalized' by 'The Old Man and the Lisa'.^[14]

Cultural references[edit]

Mr. Burns's walk through the supermarket was based on a false rumor that George H. W. Bush visited a store and was confused by the scanner and, in the original draft for the episode, Burns met Bush while shopping there.^[3] When bidding farewell to the hippie, Mr. Burns says 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', a reference to the Pink Floyd song of the same name. The hippie responds by saying that Burns needs to stop living in the past. The voice of the hippie is based on the character played by Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now.^[15] 'Achy Breaky Heart', a song by Billy Ray Cyrus, is played at the old folks' home.^[1] The scene where Mr. Burns chases Lisa through the town is a spoof of the opening to the television series That Girl.^[3] The scene where Lisa runs through the streets proclaiming recycling as evil, spoofs the finales of Soylent Green and the original version of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.^[6]

Reception[edit]

In its original broadcast, 'The Old Man and the Lisa' finished 38th in ratings for the week of April 14–20, 1997, with a Nielsen rating of 8.3, equivalent to approximately 8.1 million viewing households. It was tied along with King of the Hill as the third highest-rated show on the Fox network that week, following The X-files and Melrose Place.^[16]

'The Old Man and the Lisa' received the 1997 Environmental Media Award in the 'TV Episodic Comedy' category.^[17][18]

Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, called it 'An odd episode with a not-too-unexpected outcome. The best bits are undoubtedly Burns learning his way around a supermarket and Lisa's realisation of what Burns has been up to.'^[1]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdef'The Old Man and the Lisa'. BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
2. ^ ^abc'The Old Man and the Lisa'. The Simpsons.com. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
3. ^ ^abcdefWeinstein, Josh (2006). The Simpsons season 8 DVD commentary for the episode 'The Old Man and the Lisa' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
4. ^Haig, Scott (2006-06-08). 'The Mystery of the Double Cardiac Arrest'. Time. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
5. ^Martyn, Warren; Adrian Wood (2000). I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide. Virgin Books. ISBN0-7535-0495-2.
6. ^ ^abGroening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia (eds.). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. p. 236. ISBN978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN98141857. OCLC37796735. OL433519M..
7. ^ ^abcCohen, David X. (2006). The Simpsons season 8 DVD commentary for the episode 'The Old Man and the Lisa' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
8. ^ ^abMeyer, George (2006). The Simpsons season 8 DVD commentary for the episode 'The Old Man and the Lisa' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
9. ^ ^abGroening, Matt (2006). The Simpsons season 8 DVD commentary for the episode 'The Old Man and the Lisa' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
10. ^ ^abcKirkland, Mark (2006). The Simpsons season 8 DVD commentary for the episode 'The Old Man and the Lisa' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
11. ^Cam Hutchinson, 'Doran Johnson given brushoff again,' Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: April 19, 1997, p. B.4.
12. ^James Muretich, 'Worth Watching,' Calgary Herald, August 31, 1998, p. B.8.
13. ^Hofer, Dave (September 19, 2009). 'Bret 'The Hitman' Hart sounds off on wrestling's bad rap'. The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
14. ^Heath McCoy, 'Former wrestler Bret Hart to play the Hooded Fang,' National Post, August 28, 2003, p. AL.5.
15. ^Castellaneta, Dan (2006). The Simpsons season 8 DVD commentary for the episode 'The Old Man and the Lisa' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
16. ^Associated Press (April 24, 1997). 'NBC lands on top of a hill of reruns'. Sun-Sentinel. p. 4E.
17. ^Harris, Dana (1997-11-04). 'EMA honors for Home, Travolta'. The Hollywood Reporter.
18. ^Martinez, Judy (1997-09-30). 'Environmental Media Award Nominations In; Home Improvement Singled Out'. City News Service.

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