History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E16BartVsAustralia

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: When the Parliament House in Canberra is first shown, a sign shown says "Parliament-haus der Austria", with "al" scrawled in. Not only is "der" wrong - that's a masculine term and countries are referred to with feminine ones - but the two countries' names in German are different enough to not be confused: Austria is "Österreich" and Australia is "Australien".

* ArgentinaIsNaziLand: Bart unknowingly phones an old-age UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler in an unknown South-American country (implied to be a Spanish-speaking one[[note]]the only South American countries that don't have Spanish as a language are Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, The Falkland Islands and Suriname[[/note]] -- and possibly Argentina -- as a bicyclist passes and says, "Buenas noches, mein Führer").

** Bart mistakes the "Rand [=McNally=]" logo on his globe for a country, causing Lisa to mock him: "In fact, in Rand [=McNally=], they wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people!"

** Lisa playing the didgeridoo at a store: In Aboriginal culture, girls and women can't play the didgeridoo (but they can dance to it) as it's considered taboo for anyone but men and boys to do so. This sparked quite a bit of controversy, and it did not help that Lisa is a white (well, okay, mustard-yellow) American girl with no connection to that culture.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Many Australian viewers thought the accents depicted in the episode sounded more like Cockney or South African accents.

** Lisa playing the didgeridoo at a store: In Aboriginal culture, girls and women can't play the digeridoo (but they can dance to it) as it's considered taboo for anyone but men and boys to do so. This sparked quite a bit of controversy, and it did not help that Lisa is a white (well, okay, mustard-yellow) American girl with no connection to that culture.

* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: The fence of the American embassy "made with pride in the U.S.A." malfunctions half way, and the anti-Coriolis Effect machine is absurdly AwesomeButImpractical monster that nearly takes up an entire bathroom, and was installed solely to prevent homesickness.

* OurFounder: A statue of an Australian convict who looks like Snake Jailbird can be seen, a surprisingly subtle joke about Australia originally being settled as a British penal colony.

%%* ThoseWackyNazis: "Buenas noches, mein Fuehrer!"

** The Australian showing Bart a spoon rather than a knife is a reference to ''Film/CrocodileDundee'', where the knife welding robber change his tune when he saw Dundee's large Bowie knife. Dundee already appeared earlier in this episode during the slideshow the American representative displayed.

* ArtisticLicensePolitics: Thought the idea of a member of parliament working on a farm and the prime minister swimming naked were RuleOfFunny, the Australian prime minister at the time of this episode was called Paul Keating and not "Andy".

** Bart's joke: "I hear a dingo eating your baby" references a real life event, the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain at Uluru, Australia in 1980. The mother claimed she was snatched by a dingo but was convicted of murder, until 6 years later where new evidence was found that exonerated her. ''Film/EvilAngels'', also known as ''A Cry in the Dark'' is a widely known film regarding the incident.

-->'''Lisa:''' I'm amazed you were able to write so legibly on your own butt!

** Later, Homer mispronounces Uruguay as "U R Gay" ([[HilariousInHindsight coincidentally, Uruguay would later be the first country in South America to legalize homosexual unions]]).

* FlushingToiletScreamingShower: While Homer is showering, Bart keeps flushing the toilet, causing him to scream because of the changing temperatures.

--->'''Lisa:''' I'm amazed you were able to write so legibly on your own butt!

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: This episode (as is the show as a whole) is beloved in Australia, to the point where a petition to change the national currency to "Dollarydoos" got nearly 70,000 signatures.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: The American bullfrog Bart takes along to Australia (and eventually becomes an invasive species there).

* HarsherInHindsight: Bart taunts Bruno Drundridge by saying "hey, I think I hear a dingo eating your baby!" which is a reference to the disappearance of an Australian infant, Azaria Chamberlain, in 1980, with her remains having never been found. Her parents, Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, claimed she had been snatched from a tent the family was in at Uluru, Northern Territory. The authorities did not believe the parents, and convicted Lindy of murder and Michael of being an accessory after the fact, sentencing Lindy to life imprisonment. However, in 1988, after Azaria's jacket was found near a dingo's den, all convictions against the Chamberlains were overturned and Lindy, who had been sentenced to life, was released and paid a settlement for false imprisonment. In 2012, a coroner ruled that Azaria Chamberlain had, in fact, been killed by a dingo. ''The Simpsons'' would make a similar joke in the tenth season episode, [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA Lisa Gets an [="A"=]]].

* KangarooPouchRide: Deconstructed for once in Western animation -- Bart and Homer try to get away by stuffing themselves in the pouches of two kangaroos, only to find that it's full of mucus and womb slime. Bart and Homer even comment that it's not like in the cartoons.

Episode - 2F13\\
First Aired - 2/19/1995

** Ironically, the episode is beloved in Australia (as is the show as a whole)

* ArgentinaIsNaziLand: Bart unknowingly phones an old-age UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler in an unknown South-American country (implied to be a Spanish-speaking one [[note]]the only South American countries that don't have Spanish as a language are Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, The Falkland Islands and Suriname[[/note]] -- and possibly Argentina -- as a bicyclist passes and says, "Buenas noches, mein Führer").
* ArtisticLicenseBiology:

* AssInAmbassador: U.S. Ambassador Evan Conover.[[note]] Actually just an official from the US State Department, Avril Ward is the Ambassador in the episode.[[/note]] In order to appease Australia, he offers nothing but DisproportionateRetribution for Bart's actions -- the fact that the "public apology" option would include Bart getting his ass kicked was something he "helpfully" decided not to mention in order to make the Simpsons accept it.

* EmbarrassingSlide: One slide in the projector is the US government's plan B for Cuba (which involves assassinating Castro), which [[EatTheEvidence the diplomat quickly takes out and swallows]] with the words: "Oops! Let's pretend we didn't see that, did we?"

* PapaWolf: Homer... As far as keeping Bart from getting booted.
* PopularityPolynomial: In-universe example, when discussing the brief Australia craze in the US, a movie theater shows the marquee "Yahoo Serious Festival".

** When the Simpsons leave the embassy by helicopter, it's a direct shout-out to a famous photo of South Vietnamese fleeing to the US embassy by helicopter to leave Vietnam after the Communist takeover in 1975.