History Recap / TheSimpsonsS13E15BlameItOnLisa

-->'''Homer:''' Where are you taking me?
-->'''Kidnapper #2:''' Shut up... and take that stupid bag off your head.
-->'''Homer:''' No. It smells like cinnamon.

--->'''Kidnapper #2:''' If your family wants to see you alive again, they would be wise to pay.
--->'''Homer:''' Oh, I don't know, they've been seeing me alive for free for a long time.

--> '''Homer''': Boy, did you make a prank call to Brazil?\\
'''Bart''': No sir, I didn't.\\
'''Homer''': [[https://frinkiac.com/video/S13E15/7oB6JmiI2oglegmDAynIW_w1Zr8=.gif CHOKE ON YOUR LIES!!!]]

''(Marge and Lisa walk away)''\\

-->'''Bart:''' ''I'm Chiquita Banana and I'm here to say!''
-->'''Homer:''' ''I will eat this Toblerone and I will not pay!''

-->'''Marge''': Homey, what are you going to do?
-->'''Bart''': ''([[GoodLuckGesture crossing his fingers]])'' [[GenreSavvy Crazy scheme, crazy scheme, crazy scheme...]]
-->'''Homer''': Get me tools and beer!
-->'''Bart''': YES!

* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: Averted; while several references are made to Brazilian NationalStereotypes, at one point they also mention the fact that it's one of the few non-Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America. Bart gets told by Marge that their main language is Portuguese, which makes Bart learning Spanish rather useless.

* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: Averted; while several references are made to Brazilian NationalStereotypes, at one point they also mention the fact that it's one of the few non-Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America.

-->'''Kidnapper #2: If your family wants to see you alive again, they would be wise to pay.
-->'''Homer:''' Oh, I don't know, they've been seeing me alive for free for a long time.

** Homer's kidnappers tell him they've sent his family their ransom note, saying "If your family wants to see you alive again, they would be wise to pay.", to which Homer says "Oh, I don't know, they've been seeing me alive for free for a long time.".

* {{Fanservice}}: Xoxchitla (a parody of Brazilian entertainer Xuxa) and her children's television programme, "Teleboobies". She wears skimpy outfits and is the source of many GagBoobs.

* StockholmSyndrome: Homer bonds with his kidnappers, who develop LimaSyndrome towards him, even compiling a scrapbook.

* TuttiFruttiHat: The hotel room's amenities include a "fruit hat," which Bart puts on. Then Homer opens the minibar to find its contents arranged into a similar hat, which he puts on.

-->'''Bart''': Crazy scheme, crazy scheme, crazy scheme...

The country was visited again in the episode "You Don't Have To Live Like A Referee" (2014).

* SeldomSeenSpecies: At one point, Marge and the kids come across (live) coatimundis being sold at a stand.

-->"When the Simpsons came to Rio, they encountered grinding poverty, rat-infested slums, pickpockets, kidnappers, and wild monkeys. There are ''no wild monkeys'' in Rio."

* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: Several references are made to Brazilian NationalStereotypes: soccer, sweet drinks, the favelas, bikini bottoms, Copacabana Beach, the Amazon, the Christ the Redeemer statue, the fact that it's one of the few non-Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, the conga, the Lambada, the samba, spider monkeys, the anaconda, the Carnival of Rio, entertainer Xuxa, ''Literature/TheBoysFromBrazil'', ''Film/BlameItOnRio'', the song "Aquarela do Brazil", the more open sexuality compared to other countries and the cable car over Sugarloaf Mountain.

-->'''Lisa:''' It's kind of a mystery, yes. But if you look at the clues, you should be able to figure it out.

* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: Several references are made to Brazilian NationalStereotypes: soccer, sweet drinks, the favelas, bikini bottoms, Copacabana Beach, the Amazone, the Christ of Rio statue, the fact that it's one of the few Portuguese speaking countries in Latin America, the conga, the Lambada, the samba, spider monkeys, the anaconda, the Carnival of Rio, entertainer Xuxa, ''Literature/TheBoysFromBrazil'', ''Film/BlameItOnRio'', the song "Aquarela do Brazil", the more open sexuality compared to other countries and the cable car over Sugarcoat Mountain.

* ContunityNod: Bart mentions that after the trip to Brazil, he'll have visited every continent. Bart went to Europe [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E11TheCrepesOfWrath as a foreign exchange student]] and the rest of the family went there when [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E11TheBartWantsWhatItWants Lisa lost her balloon.]] The family has also been to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E23ThirtyMinutesOverTokyo Asia]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E16BartVsAustralia Australia]], and [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E17SimpsonSafari Africa]]. The family will eventually visit Antarctica [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E19ATotallyFunThingBartWillNeverDoAgain under less than ideal circumstances.]]

* ShownTheirWork: For all of their flaws on Brazilian culture and life, the writers ''did'' get one thing right: Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, not Spanish (in fact, Brazil is one of four South American countries in which Spanish is not the main language. The others are Guyana[[note]]whose official language is English, though Spanish, Portuguese, and a lot of indigenous languages are recognized and spoken, and Guyanese Creole is considered the country's national language[[/note]], Suriname[[note]]whose official language is Dutch[[/note]] and French Guiana[[note]]whose official language is French, obviously[[/note]]). The episode also acknowledges Rio has some vast urban forests instead of making the kidnappers go to TheAmazon.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The kidnappers take Homer from Rio de Janeiro to the Amazon's Rainforest and back to Rio for the ransom during the same day, ''before sunset''. Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon Rainforest are more than 4200km (roughly 2600m) apart, which means that those travels would take several days in real life. It would've made more sense for the kidnappers to keep Homer in captivity around Rio, specially in some favelas where the police hardly enters.

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Renaldo said he had the money to help the Simpsons because he didn't have parents to take it from him, like so many child stars in America do.

* ShownTheirWork: For all of their flaws on Brazilian culture and life, the writers ''did'' get one thing right: Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, not Spanish (in fact, Brazil is one of four South American countries in which Spanish is not the main language. The others are Guyana[[note]]whose official language is English, though Spanish, Portuguese, and a lot of indigenous languages are recognized and spoken, and Guyanese Creole is considered the country's national language[[/note]], Suriname[[note]]whose official language is Dutch[[/note]] and French Guiana[[note]]whose official language is French, obviously[[/note]]).

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The kidnappers take Homer from Rio to the Amazon Rainforest and back to Rio again in a single day, ''before sunset''. As Rio de Janeiro is located on Brazil's southeast, while the rainforest is on the north, in real life those travels would take several days.

-->"When the Simpsons came to Rio, they encountered grinding poverty, rat-infested slums, pickpockets, kidnappers, and [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys wild monkeys]]. There are ''no wild monkeys'' in Rio."

* TakeThat: There's a joke aimed at [[StageMom Stage Parents]]. Ronaldo has a job on "Teleboobies" that gives him an ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount, which he uses to pay for Homer's $50,000 ransom out of gratitude towards Lisa. When asked if he can really afford it...