Dumbbell Indemnity
| "Dumbbell Indemnity" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
Moe and Renee at the police moonlight ball
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| Episode no. | 194 |
| Directed by | Dominic Polcino |
| Written by | Ron Hauge |
| Showrunner(s) | Mike Scully |
| Production code | 5F12 |
| Original air date | March 1, 1998 |
| Chalkboard gag | "Silly string is not a nasal spray" |
| Couch gag | The Simpsons sit on the couch, and hydraulic presses crush them into a cube. |
| Commentary |
Matt Groening Mike Scully George Meyer Ron Hauge Ian Maxtone-Graham Dominic Polcino |
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Helen Hunt as Renee |
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Season 9 episodes
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Helen Hunt as Renee
"Dumbbell Indemnity" is the sixteenth 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 March 1, 1998. It was written by Ron Hauge and directed by Dominic Polcino. The episode sees Moe trying to keep his new girlfriend by using a large amount of money, but when it runs out, he decides to commit insurance fraud. Homer helps him, but is caught and sent to jail, and attempts to take revenge on Moe when he does not bail him out. Helen Hunt makes a guest appearance as Moe's girlfriend, Renee. The episode contains several cultural references and was generally well received.
At Moe's Tavern, Homer notices that Moe is depressed because he cannot get a date. Homer decides to take Moe out to meet a woman. The trip to a disco proves to be unsuccessful, but on their way home, a flower vendor named Renee starts a conversation with Moe, and he ends up asking her out.
Moe and Renee seem to form a strong relationship, but Moe is insecure about his hold on her and he feels he must spend large amounts of money so she will stay with him. Upon maxing out his credit card, Moe comes up with a scheme to commit insurance fraud by having Homer steal his car and park it on train tracks so it would be destroyed. The night the scheme is supposed to take place, Moe and Renee attend a police charity event aboard a yacht; the event's attendance by all the officers in town ensures Homer will not get caught perpetrating the scheme, and gives Moe an alibi so that no one will suspect he was behind the act. Homer botches the plan by stopping to watch a drive-in movie, while the train they were counting on to destroy Moe's car passes by. Deciding all is not lost, Homer drives the car over a cliff — but his attempt to exit the car before it sinks into the water below fails. The car ends up sinking just near the yacht where the police charity event is taking place, and when Homer swims to the surface, he is arrested.
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