The Squirt and the Whale

"The Squirt and the Whale"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	460
Directed by	Mark Kirkland
Written by	Matt Warburton
Showrunner(s)	Al Jean
Production code	MABF14
Original air date	April 25, 2010
Chalkboard gag	"South Park—we'd stand beside you if we weren't so scared" Some stations aired: "Je ne suis pas Français" ("I am not French")
Couch gag	The family chases the couch throughout the pages of The Springfield Shopper. The couch reunites with them after seeing an advertisement about itself in the classifieds section.
Season 21 episodes September 27, 2009 – May 23, 2010 "Homer the Whopper" "Bart Gets a 'Z'" "The Great Wife Hope" "Treehouse of Horror XX" "The Devil Wears Nada" "Pranks and Greens" "Rednecks and Broomsticks" "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?" "Thursdays with Abie" "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" "Million Dollar Maybe" "Boy Meets Curl" "The Color Yellow" "Postcards from the Wedge" "Stealing First Base" "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" "American History X-cellent" "Chief of Hearts" "The Squirt and the Whale" "To Surveil with Love" "Moe Letter Blues" "The Bob Next Door" "Judge Me Tender"
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"South Park—we'd stand beside you if we weren't so scared"

"The Squirt and the Whale" is the nineteenth episode of The Simpsons twenty-first season. The 460th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 25, 2010. In the episode, the Simpson family attempt to save a beached whale that washed up onshore, only for it to die.

The episode was written by Matt Warburton and directed by Mark Kirkland. The episode features references to William Shatner and fellow animated show, South Park, and its controversy of the depiction of Muhammad in the-then two recent episode, "200" and "201". "The Squirt and the Whale" received positive reviews from critics with IGN naming it and "The Bob Next Door" the best episodes of the season and got a 2.8/8 in the 18-49 demographic riding 1-tenth from the previous week's episode, "Chief of Hearts" according to the Nielsen Media Research.

When Homer is outraged by the family's high electricity bill, they attend an alternate energy expo and purchase a wind turbine. At first the turbine produces an excess of electricity, so Homer decides the family will live off the grid. They soon discover that they have no electricity when there is no wind. Homer tries to power the turbine with fans plugged into Ned Flanders' house, but Ned angrily disconnects them. One evening Bart is manually turning the turbine so Lisa can watch House, and when he prays for wind, a severe storm blows through town. The next morning Lisa and Bart bike through town to survey the damage and discover a beached blue whale.

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