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"**The Wife Aquatic**"
"The Wife Aquatic"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 18; Episode 10
Directed by	Lance Kramer
Written by	Kevin Curran
Production code	JABF03
Original air date	January 7, 2007
Guest appearances
	Sab Shimono as The Master Sushi Chef; Maurice LaMarche as Billy the fisherman
Episode features
Couch gag	The couch and the Simpsons are pinned onto a bulletin board.
Commentary	Al Jean; Kevin Curran; Tim Long; Bill Odenkirk; Tom Gammill; David Silverman; Dan Castellaneta; Lance Kramer
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"The Wife Aquatic" is the tenth episode of the eighteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 7, 2007. 13.9 million viewers watched this episode, making it the highest rated of seasons 17–20.

Plot

In this episode, which parodies somewhat the film "The Perfect Storm", Marge pines for the excitement she had in her youth after watching Patty and Selma's old home movies of a trip to Barnacle Bay in New England during a town-wide outdoor movie night. Moved by his wife's depression, Homer organizes a surprise trip to the island. However, on the family's arrival, Marge's hopes to relive her youth are dashed as Barnacle Bay has been devastated by overfishing of the Yum Yum Fish, the island's main attraction. Homer refuses to let Marge down and fixes the boardwalk and celebrates with a large fireworks show. The plan backfires and he accidentally starts a fire and the boardwalk burns down. In order to repay the townsfolk, Homer joins a fishing crew and sets out to rediscover the Yum Yum Fish.

Homer mistakenly beer batters and deep fries the fishing hooks, attracting a large haul of Yum Yum Fish. However, their celebrations are short-lived as Homer and the crew become trapped in a storm. Searching for a means of escape, they discover Bart has stowed away and removed the lifeboat in order to hide. The ship sinks and Marge and the rest of Barnacle Bay believe all hands to have been lost at sea. Homer, Bart, and the crew interrupt a memorial service in their honor, and Homer explains that they were rescued by the Japanese fishing boat Iruka Koroshi Maru (Dolphin Killer).^[1] The townsfolk plan to recommence fishing, but Lisa warns them about the dangers of overfishing and how it brought their town to financial ruin. Agreeing with her, the townsfolk decide to go into logging instead, and clear-cut the island's trees, which are scheduled to be sent to a paper mill to be made into issues of Hustler and Barely Legal magazine.

Reception

This was the highest rated episode since season 16's Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass, which aired right after Super Bowl XXXIX. Barring that, the ratings were last this high in 2004, with "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" which had 16 million viewers. ^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ Lytle, J Mark. "Simpsons get in sly dig at Japanese fishing practices". Retrieved 2008-10-28.

External links

"The Wife Aquatic" at IMDb

[1] Lytle, J Mark. "Simpsons get in sly dig at Japanese fishing practices". Retrieved 2008-10-28.

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 In this episode, which parodies somewhat the film "The Perfect Storm", [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] pines for the excitement she had in her youth after watching Patty and Selma's old home movies of a trip to Barnacle Bay in [[New England]] during a town-wide outdoor movie night. Moved by his wife's depression, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] organizes a surprise trip to the island. However, on the family's arrival, Marge's hopes to relive her youth are dashed as Barnacle Bay has been devastated by [[overfishing]] of the Yum Yum Fish, the island's main attraction. Homer refuses to let Marge down and fixes the boardwalk and celebrates with a large fireworks show. The plan backfires and he accidentally starts a fire and the boardwalk burns down. In order to repay the townsfolk, Homer joins a fishing crew and sets out to rediscover the Yum Yum Fish.
-Homer mistakenly [[Batter (cooking)|beer batters]] and [[Deep frying|deep fries]] the fishing hooks, attracting a large haul of Yum Yum Fish. However, their celebrations are short-lived as Homer and the crew become trapped in a storm. Searching for a means of escape, they discover [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] has stowed away and removed the [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]] in order to hide. The ship sinks and Marge and the rest of Barnacle Bay believe that all is lost. Much to everyone's relief, Homer, Bart and the rest of the crew manage to survive and are rescued by a [[Japan]]ese fishing boat called "Iruka Koroshi [[Japanese ship-naming conventions|Maru]]" (''Dolphin Killer'').<ref>{{cite web
+Homer mistakenly [[Batter (cooking)|beer batters]] and [[Deep frying|deep fries]] the fishing hooks, attracting a large haul of Yum Yum Fish. However, their celebrations are short-lived as Homer and the crew become trapped in a storm. Searching for a means of escape, they discover [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] has stowed away and removed the [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]] in order to hide. The ship sinks and Marge and the rest of Barnacle Bay believe all hands to have been lost at sea. Homer, Bart, and the crew interrupt a memorial service in their honor, and Homer explains that they were rescued by the [[Japan]]ese fishing boat ''Iruka Koroshi [[Japanese ship-naming conventions|Maru]]'' (''Dolphin Killer'').<ref>{{cite web
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-  | accessdate = 2008-10-28 }}</ref> The townsfolk plan to recommence fishing, but [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] warns them about the dangers of overfishing and how it brought their town to financial ruin. Agreeing with her, the townsfolk decide to go into [[logging]] instead, and [[Clearcutting|clear cut]] the island's [[tree]]s, which are planned to be sent to a paper mill to be made into issues of ''[[Hustler (magazine)|Hustler]]'' and ''[[Barely Legal (magazine)|Barely Legal]]'' magazine.
+  | accessdate = 2008-10-28 }}</ref> The townsfolk plan to recommence fishing, but [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] warns them about the dangers of overfishing and how it brought their town to financial ruin. Agreeing with her, the townsfolk decide to go into [[logging]] instead, and [[Clearcutting|clear-cut]] the island's [[tree]]s, which are scheduled to be sent to a paper mill to be made into issues of ''[[Hustler (magazine)|Hustler]]'' and ''[[Barely Legal (magazine)|Barely Legal]]'' magazine.
 ==Reception==

v t e The Simpsons episodes
Seasons 1–20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Season 21–present 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Season 18	"The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" "Jazzy and the Pussycats" "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" "Treehouse of Horror XVII" "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" "Moe'N'a Lisa" "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" "The Haw-Hawed Couple" "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" "The Wife Aquatic" "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" "Little Big Girl" "Springfield Up" "Yokel Chords" "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh" "Homerazzi" "Marge Gamer" "The Boys of Bummer" "Crook and Ladder" "Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!" "24 Minutes" "You Kent Always Say What You Want"
Themed episodes	Treehouse of Horror list
See also	The Simpsons episode guides "The Simpsons Guy"
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