This Little Wiggy

] Affleck was also praised for his ability to create three new elaborate settings in the episode: the science museum, the Springfield penitentiary, and the large toy store.

The episode originally did not involve Lisa helping Ralph and Bart to brainstorm an idea to alert the penitentiary. The original scene, which Greaney cites as one of his favorite scenes in the show, despite never actually being in the show, involved Bart, Ralph, and Homer trying to make a plan to save Mayor Quimby.

Cultural references

The name of the episode is a play on "This Little Piggy". Bart and Ralph visit the toy store "J. R. R. Toykins", a play on the name of the author J. R. R. Tolkien. When the rocket lands in Mr. Burns's pocket, he says: "Smithers, There's a rocket in my pocket". This is a reference to Dr. Seuss's book "There's a Wocket in My Pocket".

Reception

The authors of the book "I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide" - Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood - enjoyed the episode, calling it "Marvellous fun as Bart comes to realize there's more to Ralph, or at least his daddy, than he realised."

The episode featured one of Dan Greaney's and Matt Selman's favorite scenes in the series, where the family is exiting the museum and Homer is trying to tell them about his day at the museum. Dan praised Neil Affleck's direction in the scene, and described Homer's actions by saying, " [He's] this over excited kid who's got a story to tell and he's out of breath and ahead of himself, and nobody even cares."

References

External links

* [http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/0918.htm "This Little Wiggy"] at The Simpsons.com
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* [http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/this-little-wiggy/episode/1481/summary.html "This Little Wiggy"] at TV.com
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779677/ "This Little Wiggy"] at the Internet Movie Database