• The Simpsons Wrestling Homer Vs Willie Jones

The Simpsons Wrestling is really nothing like a traditional wrestling match other than the 3-count pin to finish the round. Like other aspects of The Simpsons, this game is totally wacky and promises to be a lot of fun for fans of TV show.

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May 17, 2006  Compared with traditional wrestling titles, The Simpsons Wrestling is light on features. There are three single-player championships to earn, 10 arenas to participate in, and only 12 playable characters. Apu, Barney, Krusty, Willie, Homer, Lisa, Bart, and Marge are available from the start, while Bumblebee Man. ROPE MANOEUVRES: Square will charge at the enemy with a rake. Use triangle and Willie will use another charge attack. Circle will make Willie dive head first and spin his rake at the opponent. AERIAL ATTACKS: Square will be a stomp attack. Use Triangle and Willie will use his rake as a pogo-stick. Circle is the full body-slam. Apr 07, 2001  The answer comes quick, and he makes a short call to his secretary, and they organize a quick meeting with a producer, who sheepishly agrees to handle the project. Simpsons plus wrestling equals easy cash. It'll be great, Homer will throw Willy, Marge will do something with her hair. Apr 13, 2001 the Simpson's are the best on t.v. But i can't believe they could release such a bad game. I realise that this was made back in 2001 but back then they still had better graphics than this. They don't look like they are fighting, they look like they're having a cat fight. The game play is terrible and the special moves aren't so special as they don't have much affect on your opponent. Meanwhile, Homer buys a dumbbell from a strongman and, after lifting a pinball machine with one arm, Moe gets Homer involved in competitive arm wrestling. The Simpsons make their way to Paradise Pier, a Coney Island-like place with old carnival rides. They are shocked to realize that the pier is being torn down. You are now reading a guide to The Simpsons Wrestling, my 27th guide for a Simpsons game. It's been 2 years and I gotta say this is still as enjoyable as the day I started. If you've read a FAQ for a fighting or wrestling game then you can probably navigate your way through this one. But as always, I'll include a Simpsons twist here 'n there.

'Girly Edition' is the twenty-first episode in the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 19, 1998. In the episode, Lisa and Bart Simpson must co-anchor a new news program, though when Bart is seen as a more successful news anchor, Lisa becomes jealous and seeks revenge. Meanwhile, in the subplot, Homer Simpson gets a monkey helper because of his laziness.

'Girly Edition' was the first episode written by Larry Doyle and was directed by Mark Kirkland.^[2] Much of the subplot was inspired by the film Monkey Shines.

Critics gave the episode positive reviews and it is also one of Yeardley Smith's favorite episodes of the series.

Plot[edit]

After Groundskeeper Willie takes away Bart's skateboard for destroying his leaf pile, Bart fills up Willie's shack with creamed corn as he is sleeping, destroying it. As Willie is taken away for medical attention, he swears revenge on Bart. Meanwhile, Krusty the Clown's show comes under criticism by the Federal Communications Commission for not being educational enough for children. The Channel 6 executive proposes that Krusty cut ten minutes from his three-hour show to make room for a kids' news program, Kidz News, where children deliver and report news items. Lisa is recruited as a news anchor along with other Springfield Elementary School children. Bart is not chosen at first, but is made sportscaster after he complains to Marge.

Lisa is deemed to be boring by the channel's staff, though they are impressed by Bart's performance. Bart is then promoted to be the co-anchor, which leads to jealousy from Lisa. After Bart hears Lisa talking behind his back, he seeks advice from Kent Brockman, who teaches him about the power of human interest stories. Bart becomes successful after creating a segment called 'Bart's People', which Lisa disapproves of due to its sappy, emotionally manipulative content. Out of jealousy, Lisa attempts to copy it, but is twice hampered by the Crazy Cat Lady. She eventually sends a letter acting as an immigrant who lives in a landfill who pleads to be on Bart's People, causing Bart to rush to the landfill for a live broadcast. However, he learns that the immigrant is Groundskeeper Willie, wanting revenge on Bart. Feeling guilty after seeing Willie attack Bart on camera, Lisa arrives and saves him by using similar techniques he used in his stories to stir up Willie's emotions. The siblings then decide to make a good educational news program, only to have Kidz News cancelled before their next show.

In the subplot, Homer obtains a monkey helper named Mojo after learning Apu has gotten one. Eventually, Mojo becomes tired, weak, and overfed from eating junk food and drinking beer with Homer. Marge forces Homer to return the monkey.

Production[edit]

'Girly Edition' was the first episode Larry Doyle wrote for the show. He conceived both the main plot and the subplot.^[3] The subplot about Mojo was inspired by the film Monkey Shines; show runnerMike Scully asked the staff to consult the film for reference when they were making the episode. The animators also studied the behavior of monkeys from other resources, looking at their movements and how they interact with humans.^[4]Eric Stefani, a former animator for the show who had left and now was part of the band No Doubt, was called back by episode director Mark Kirkland to animate the scenes with Homer and Mojo. This was the final work Stefani did for The Simpsons.^[4] At the end of the episode, an incapacitated Mojo is only able to type 'Pray for Mojo' into a computer; this line was written by George Meyer, who cited it as his favorite personal contribution to The Simpsons.^[5] Recurring character the Crazy Cat Lady was introduced in this episode.^[3]

Analysis[edit]

In his book Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality, Jonathan Gray analyses a scene from the episode in which it is announced that Kidz News has been replaced by the children's cartoon The Mattel and Mars Bar Quick Energy Chocobot Hour (a reference to the Mattel toys and the Mars chocolate bar). He says this mocks 'how many children's programs have become little more than the ad to the merchandise'.^[6] Gray also writes that The Simpsons 'illustrates how the ad as genre has itself already invaded many, if not all, genres. Ads and marketing do not limit themselves to the space between programs; rather, they are themselves textual invaders, and part of The Simpsons' parodic attack on ads involves revealing their hiding places in other texts.'^[6]

A real-life journalist named Reid, who Gray interviewed for his book, states that 'Girly Edition' mirrors well how some journalists actually work. She said the episode shows 'the ludicrous nature of, you know, what we do in a lot of things. The kids news with Bart and Lisa: I mean, you see them do really stupid stories about the news, and 'news you can use,' and 'how to get rid of your sheets when you wet them.' I mean, people really do stories like that.'^[6] Steven Keslowitz writes in his book The World According to the Simpsons that the episode showcases the fact that 'the viewing of attractive newscasters and the use of persuasive tones of voice often do have an impact on the minds of many intelligent members of American society.'^[7]

Reception[edit]

The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 19, 1998.^[2] It finished 26th in the ratings for the week of April 13–19, 1998, with a Nielsen rating of 8.7, translating to around 8.5 million viewing households.^[8] The episode was the third highest rated show on Fox that week, following The X-Files and King of the Hill.

'Girly Edition' was well received by critics.

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, thought well of the episode, calling it 'a great episode, full of more than the normal quota of good jokes', adding, 'best of all is Lisa's revenge on Bart, and the mad cat-lady who goes around chucking her cats at people.'^[1]

Ryan Keefer of DVD Verdict gave the episode a B rating and stated that he enjoyed the subplot with Mojo more than the main plot.^[9]

Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide commented that 'Girly Edition' takes 'a clever concept and turns into something more than expected as it digs into the usual Bart/Lisa rivalry. I’m not quite sure why Bart reacts so sadly to Lisa’s comments about his stupidity when 'Lisa the Simpson' just delved into the dumbness of the male Simpsons. There’s enough to like here to make the episode fun, though.'^[10]

This episode is one of Yeardley Smith's favorite episodes. She says, 'I don't actually remember a lot of the episodes because they all blend in together for me, and I don't have a really good memory anyway, but I do remember this one and thinking that it was terrific.'^[11]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abMartyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). 'Girly Edition'. BBC. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
2. ^ ^abGimple, Scott (1999). The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ..Continued. Harper Collins Publishers. p. 37. ISBN0-06-098763-4.
3. ^ ^abMike Scully (2006). The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode 'Girly Edition' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
4. ^ ^abMark Kirkland (2006). The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode 'Girly Edition' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
5. ^'George Meyer'. The Believer. September 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
6. ^ ^abcGray, Jonathan (2006). Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality. Taylor & Francis. pp. 84, 136. ISBN978-0-415-36202-3.
7. ^Keslowitz, Steven (2006). The World According to the Simpsons: What Our Favorite TV Family Says about Life, Love, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut. Sourcebooks. p. 134. ISBN978-1-4022-0655-9.
8. ^'How they rate'. St. Petersburg Times. 1988-04-28. p. 14. Retrieved on April 20, 2008.
9. ^Keefer, Ryan (2007-01-22). 'The Simpsons: The Complete Ninth Season'. DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
10. ^Jacobson, Colin (2007-01-13). 'The Simpsons: The Complete Ninth Season (1997)'. DVD Movie Guide. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
11. ^Smith, Yeardley (2006). The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode 'Girly Edition' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.

External links[edit]

• 'Girly Edition' at The Simpsons.com
• 'Girly Edition episode capsule'. The Simpsons Archive.
• 'Girly Edition' at TV.com
• 'Girly Edition' on IMDb

Dr. William MacDougal, better known as Groundskeeper Willie, is a recurring character on The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He is the head groundskeeper at Springfield Elementary School. Willie is almost feral in nature and is immensely proud of his Scottish origin. He is easily identifiable by his red hair and beard, as well as his aggressive temperament and thick, stereotypical Scottish accent.

The Simpsons Wrestling Homer Vs Willie Jones

Role in The Simpsons[edit]

Groundskeeper Willie is the janitor at Springfield Elementary School and lives in a shack on the school premises. He is a Scotsman with an aggressive temper. Willie is an uncouth and unpleasant character, though is essentially harmless. His personality is depicted as being incompetent, drunken, slow-witted, and quick to anger for little or no reason. Willie has shown antipathy to both his employer, Principal Skinner, and Bart Simpson, who frequently plays practical jokes on him. In Treehouse of Horror VI he plotted revenge on the students of Springfield Elementary after getting burned to death by their parents.

Due to the deliberately inaccurate continuity of the series, he has claimed to be from various parts of Scotland during the series, most recently Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands in the 2012 episode 'The Daughter Also Rises'. This settled the previous continuity problem in which Willie had been stated to be a supporter of Aberdeen F.C, and to have lived in Glasgow. In early episodes, Willie's father was said to be dead. However, his parents were later introduced in 'Monty Can't Buy Me Love', and lived near Loch Ness; which is near Inverness. In 'The Girl Who Slept Too Little', it is revealed that he has a cousin, 'Grave Digger Billy'.

Willie plays a supporting role in most of his episodes, but he was a main character in the episode 'My Fair Laddy', where Lisa Simpson introduced him to high culture as a science project.

Willie has a troubled, if distant relationship with his parents. In the episode 'My Fair Laddy', Willie recalls his birth and how his abusive father told him he would never amount to anything in life and would be lucky if he grew up to be 'garbage'.

On two occasions, Willie frames Bart for pulling pranks that Bart would normally pull. In 'The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star', he unleashes a giant pie of rats on the Springfield Elementary medieval festival to get revenge for being cast as the village idiot and his cruel treatment. Skinner is quick to blame Bart and expels him. Willie is never shown being found out as the culprit, but it can be assumed that he is eventually found out after Bart is enrolled in Catholic school and earns his way back into Springfield Elementary. In 'Dark Knight Court', Willie causes hundreds of eggs to be splattered at the Springfield Easter celebration out of inbred hatred for the holiday. Bart is put on trial for the incident, only to be acquitted when Willie is caught and turned in by Lisa and Mr. Burns (as Fruit Batman).

Character[edit]

Groundskeeper Willie's first appearance was in the season two episode 'Principal Charming', first broadcast on February 14, 1991. Originally, the character was written as simply being an angry janitor; his Scottish accent was added during a recording session. Dan Castellaneta, who voices several other characters including Homer Simpson, was assigned to do the voice. Castellaneta did not know what voice to use and Sam Simon, who was directing at the time, told Castellaneta to use an accent. He first tried a Spaniard's voice, which Simon felt was too clichéd. He then tried a 'big dumb Swede', which was also rejected. For his third attempt, he used the voice of an angry Scotsman, which was considered to be more appropriate and was used in the episode.^[1][2] Originally thought by the directors to be a one-off appearance, Willie has since become a recurring character.^[3]Matt Groening later revealed that the character was based partially on Angus Crock, a kilt-wearing chef from the sketch comedy show Second City Television, who was portrayed by Dave Thomas^[4] and Jimmy Finlayson, the moustachioed Scottish actor who appeared in 33 Laurel and Hardy films.^[5]

A recurring joke, which was first shown in 'Radio Bart', is that Groundskeeper Willie appears to have a beer belly, but whenever he takes off his shirt, he is very muscular.^[6] One of Groundskeeper Willie's trademarks is a gruffly-spoken insulting retort, which take the writers a long time to come up with, although they do not consider them that funny.^[7]

Cultural impact[edit]

Groundskeeper Willie's description of the French as 'cheese-eating surrender monkeys'^[8] from the episode 'Round Springfield' has become widely used, particularly in the run-up to the war in Iraq.^[9] The newspaper New York Post used the phrase 'Surrender Monkeys' as the headline for its December 7, 2006 front page, referring to the Iraq Study Group and its recommendation that U.S. soldiers be withdrawn from Iraq by early-2008.^[10] The line was 'most likely' written by Ken Keeler.^[11] The phrase 'Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys' has also been used by Jeremy Clarkson and Anthony Bourdain.

In 2009, Willie was added to the 'Famous Glaswegians' webpage of Glasgow City Council, based on his line in 'Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious'. A spokesman for Aberdeen F.C. disputed Glasgow's claim to the character, citing the episodes 'Scuse Me While I Miss The Sky' and 'The Dad Who Knew Too Little'.^[12][13] In Season 23 Episode 13 'The Daughter Also Rises', first aired in 2012, it was finally stated that Groundskeeper Willie is from Kirkwall in Orkney, therefore ending this dispute.^[14]

In September 2014, Groundskeeper Willie featured in an official video in which he endorsed a vote for Scottish independence in an upcoming Scottish referendum, and put himself forward to lead a potentially independent Scotland while standing in front of the St. Andrew's Cross with a tattoo on his chest that read: 'Aye or Die!'.^[15] Following the result of the referendum where the Scottish electorate voted to remain as part of the UK, the producers released an image of Willie now standing in front of a Union Jack flag, looking depressed with his 'Aye or Die!' tattoo replaced with a picture of the Queen and empty bottles of whisky with a newspaper featuring Former UK Prime MinisterGordon Brown, who was widely credited with giving the 'No' campaign a last-minute boost.^[16]

Reception[edit]

In 2006, Groundskeeper Willie was named the fourth-best peripheral character in the history of the show by IGN,^[17] who said 'high-points for the character were being trained to be civilized, wrestling a wolf that was let loose in the school and becoming a substitute for the French language teacher – 'Bon jourrr! You cheese-eating surrender monkeys!' IGN also named 'My Fair Laddy', the only episode which centres around Willie, the best episode of the seventeenth season.^[18] Jim Slotek of Sun Media called Willie the ninth-best Simpsons supporting character, and also made a Top Ten quotes list, which included Willie's quote 'Och, back to the loch wi' ye, Nessie', from 'Selma's Choice'.^[19]The Times reported in late-2005 that 'he is the most instantly recognisable Scot in the world: better known than Billy Connolly or Ewan McGregor, even Sean Connery.' The same article quotes Simpsons creator Matt Groening as saying 'We wanted to create a school janitor that was filled with rage, sort of our tribute to angry janitors all over the world'.^[20]

Merchandising[edit]

Three Groundskeeper Willie action figures were created by Playmates Toys for the World of Springfield series: Willie depicted in his usual appearance, released in 2001 in wave 4;^[21] 'Ripped Willie', released in 2002 as part of wave 8;^[22] and 'Kilted Willie', released in 2003 in wave 14.^[23]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Reiss, Mike (2002). The Simpsons season 2 videocassette commentary for the episode 'Principal Charming' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
2. ^Reiss, Mike; Klickstein, Mathew (2018). Springfield confidential: jokes, secrets, and outright lies from a lifetime writing for the Simpsons. New York City: Dey Street Books. p. 104. ISBN978-0062748034.
3. ^Kirkland, Mark (2002). The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode 'Principal Charming' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
4. ^Horne, Marc (July 21, 2007). 'Groening lifts toilet lid on the real-life Groundskeeper Willie'. Scotland on Sunday. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
5. ^Simon, Jeremy (February 11, 1994). 'Wisdom from The Simpsons' 'D'ohh' boy'. The Daily Northwestern.
6. ^Weinstein, Josh (2003). The Simpsons season 3 DVD commentary for the episode 'Jean, Al' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
7. ^Weinstein, Josh (2004). The Simpsons season 5 DVD commentary for the episode 'Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badassss song' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
8. ^Sound recording of Groundskeeper Willie's lineAbout: Political humour. Retrieved on December 27, 2006
9. ^Wimps, weasels and monkeys – the US media view of 'perfidious France'The Guardian. Retrieved on December 27, 2006
10. ^Lathem, Niles (December 7, 2006). 'Iraq 'Appease' Squeeze on W.'New York Post. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
11. ^Mentioned in The Simpsons Season 6 DVD Commentary for the episode 'Round Springfield'.
12. ^'Famous Glaswegians'. Glasgow City Council. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
13. ^Horne, Marc (May 24, 2009). 'Civic war centres on Simpsons star'. Scotland on Sunday. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
14. ^'Groundskeeper Willie finally reveals his Orcadian roots'. The Scotsman. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
15. ^Gye, Hugo (13 September 2014). 'Groundskeeper Willie says Yes: Scottish Simpsons character 'comes out for independence' in joke campaign video'. Daily Mail. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
16. ^'The Simpsons Groundskeeper Willie gutted after Scots 'No' vote'. 2014-09-20.
17. ^Eric Goldman; Dan Iverson; Brian Zoromski (2006-09-06). 'Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters'. IGN. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
18. ^Goldman, Eric; Dan Iverson, Brian Zoromski (2006-09-08). 'The Simpsons: 17 Seasons, 17 Episodes'. IGN. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
19. ^Slotek, Jim. ''Simpsons' makes jump to big screen'. Sun Media. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
20. ^Turpin, Adrian (October 23, 2005). 'The strange world of Oor grown-up Wullie'. London: The Times. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
21. ^'Series 4'. The Simpsons Action Figure Information Station. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
22. ^'Series 8'. The Simpsons Action Figure Information Station. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
23. ^'Series 14'. The Simpsons Action Figure Information Station. Retrieved 2008-11-04.