Pygmoelian
| "Pygmoelian" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
Moe (right), after plastic surgery, plays Dr. Tad Winslow on a soap opera thanks to his new handsome face
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| Episode no. | 242 |
| Directed by | Mark Kirkland |
| Written by | Larry Doyle |
| Showrunner(s) | Mike Scully |
| Production code | BABF12 |
| Original air date | February 27, 2000 |
| Chalkboard gag | "Dodgeball stops at the gym door". |
| Couch gag | The Simpsons sit down as normal. Marge notices the name “Matt Groening” written on the carpet, gets up, and wipes the name off. Matt Groening then comes in and rewrites his name on the floor. |
| Commentary |
Mike Scully George Meyer Larry Doyle Matt Selman Carolyn Omine Mark Kirkland |
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Season 11 episodes
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"Pygmoelian" is the sixteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 27, 2000. In the episode, after getting his face censored out on the Duff Beer calendar for not being photogenic, Moe Szyslak gets plastic surgery and becomes the star of a popular soap opera.
After being tricked into evacuating the house by Homer, who had set off the fire alarm early in the morning, the family goes to a festival sponsored by Duff Beer. While there, they see Moe Szyslak enter a "Beer-tender" competition. Moe wins the contest during the "Toss Your Drunk" challenge and gets his photo taken for a calendar, only to have it censored out with stickers. Realizing this is because of how ugly he is, Lenny and Carl suggest that Moe gets plastic surgery. He agrees, but is reluctant while there. After his surgery, Moe has a very handsome face. Vindicated, he confronts old adversaries, including the producers of a soap opera, It Never Ends, complaining that he never got the part of the character Dr. Tad Winslow because of his ugliness. Incidentally, the actor who plays Dr. Tad Winslow demands he get a raise in his salary, but is fired by the producers. Instead, they make Moe the new Dr. Tad Winslow.
Meanwhile, while Moe is acting, Bart and Lisa discover that Maggie's Duff Days elephant balloon has blown away in the wind. They go after it until it ends up in a gay Republican coalition's office where the members are discussing what their mascot should be, one member dismisses the pink elephant as being too "on the nose". They then give Lisa a bumper sticker telling her to vote for "A Gay President in 2084", to which they say "we're realistic" when Lisa appears puzzled.
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