Line #18 Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E16TheGreatestStoryEverDohed


1	Ned Flanders offers to take Homer and his family to Israel in hopes to save his soul, but he gets more than he bargained for when Homer gets lost in the desert and the resulting dehydration makes him believe he is the Messiah.
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3	!!This episode contains examples of:
4	* ArtisticLicence: In real life, non-Muslims are not allowed at the Dome of the Rock.
5	* BadassIsraeli: Bart learns [[ActionGirl Dorit]] was trained in Israeli sport of Krav Maga... [[GroinAttack the hard way]].
6	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Ned learns this after his attempts to get Homer to be more religious lead to Homer deluding himself into believing he is the Messiah.
7	* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
8	** When Homer tries to quench his thirst by drinking from the Dead Sea, he finds it far too salty to do so. He tries to fix this problem by ''[[TooDumbToLive adding even more salt]]'' from his pocket.
9	** Earlier, when Ned Flanders blasts Homer for sleeping in the tomb:
10	--->'''Ned:''' This is the tomb of the most famous man who ever ''lived''!\
11	'''Homer:''' WesternAnimation/PorkyPig?!\
12	'''Ned:''' [[SuddenlyShouting PORKY PIG'S NOT A MAN; HE'S A PIG, AND HE'S NOT EVEN A REAL PIG!]]\
13	'''Homer:''' But he is buried here, right?
14	* CrossingTheDesert: Homer crosses the desert alone, thinking that Ned Flanders went there.
15	* EastwardEndeavor: Ned basically invokes this by taking Homer to Israel so he can save his soul. With Homer being Homer, it backfires spectacularly.
16	* EgocentricallyReligious: Jakob the tour guide is pretty condescending and disrespectful towards other religions.
17	* {{Forgiveness}}: Following Ned's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, Homer goes out in the desert in an attempt to find his friend. After coming down with Jerusalem Syndrome, he delivers a speech at the Dome of the Rock that moves Ned to the point of reconciling with him.
18	* GlobalIgnorance: Tour guide Jacob claims "Israel is the safest country in the world."
19	* GroinAttack: Bart is kicked in the groin by Dorit after vandalizing a sacred wall. Lisa later does the same to take his airplane seat.
20	--->'''Dorit:''' No groin, no Krav Maga.
21	* HypocriticalHumour: Dr. Hibbert gets worried about the outbreak of Jerusalem Syndrome (where you think you're the messiah)… and then declares this a job for the messiah.
22	* JewsLoveToArgue: Jakob is shown to be pushy and abrasive, though he justifies it with his final interaction he has with Marge when they finally track down Homer at the Dome of the Rock:
23	-->'''Jakob:''' Before you go in, you fill out comment card. ''(Marge fills out survey card)'' Okay. Uh, eh, don't forget the back!
24	-->'''Marge:''' You people are so pushy.
25	-->'''Jakob:''' What, Israeli people are pushy? How about you experience a couple of genocides and see how laid-back you are? We were purged from Spain! Throw out of there! They allow everybody in Spain! But for us, Jews, no flamenco, get out! ''([[TranquilFury An annoyed Marge starts walking away without saying a word]])'' I'm pushy? Please. You stay there, surrounded by your great enemy, Canada! Try Syria for two months, then we'll see who's pushy!
26	* MadnessMantra:
27	-->'''Homer, to the tune of Lawrence Of Arabia:''' "Thirsty, I am so thirsty, and hungry and horny, but mostly just thirsty..."
28	* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting:
29	-->'''Homer''': "Ned, I'm an American tourist. I'm just here to see some sights, try goofy new food and spread some shekels with my Carolina Panthers credit card."
30	* NationalStereotypes: [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Israel is mostly shown as a country full of Jewish people]]. Jakob the tour guide is portrayed as being [[JewsLoveToArgue pushy, arrogant and into haggling]]. He also references a lot of Jewish products like falafels. He and Dorit are both military skilled. Only near the end we see some native Christians and Muslims. Specific references to Israel are Masada, Mount Zion, King David's Tomb, the Armenian quarter, the Wailing Wall, the Israeli combat sport Krav Maga, the Ark of the Convenant, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Dome of the Rock. Homer also plays the classic culturally ignorant American tourist who makes no attempt to learn anything about the country he's in.
31	* PersonaNonGrata: When Ned hits his limit with Homer, he is kicked out of the Church of Holy Sepulchre and banned for life because he broke Homer's camera by thrashing it against the wall. Homer might have been sleeping on top of the tomb, but Ned for all appearances was actively trying to wreck the place.
32	* PrayerOfMalice: When the tour group is at the Wailing Wall, Bart finds Homer's prayer ("Don't let Marge find out the hotel leaves chocolates on the pillows at night") and reads it aloud, causing Homer to strangle him. While being strangled he hastily scribbles out his own prayer, which Homer stops to read:
33	-->'''Homer:''' "Give my dad another heart attack"?! ''(resumes strangling)''
34	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "Homer Simpson, you are not...worth...saving."
35	* RageBreakingPoint: Ned when he sees Homer resting on Jesus' tomb and thinking WesternAnimation/PorkyPig is buried there.
36	* RightForTheWrongReasons: After Homer escapes through the window from the hospital with his Jerusalem syndrome, Lisa surmises he fled to Dome of the Rock, a religious site that welcomes many religions where one can give a speech. The problem is, Homer didn't flee. He was still near the window standing outside on the edge and overheard her pointing the place out, so he decides to head there.
37	* ShoutOut:
38	** When The Simpsons arrive in Israel they see a man playing a fiddle on a rooftop. This is a reference to ''Film/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.
39	** The movie Ned sees is a Jewish parody of ''Film/Transformers2007'', with two warring {{Religious Robot}}s setting some time aside to read Hebrew scripture.
40	** The music during Homer's desert crossing is from Maurice Jarré 's soundtrack to ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''.
41	** Characters from ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' appear during Homer's hallucination.
42	* SpecialGuest: Creator/SachaBaronCohen as Jacob the tour guide.
43	* ThirstyDesert: While trying to find Flanders in the desert, Homer experiences dehydration, which is made more severe when he drinks from the Dead Sea (and ''adds salt to it'' after complaining that it's too salty).
44	* TruthInTelevision: Jerusalem Syndrome (deluding yourself into thinking you're the Messiah) is a real delusion. All licensed Israeli tour guides are trained to look for the symptoms and know which hospital to call to seek help.
45	-->'''Bart:''' Have you ever noticed that Dad always gets the diseases they write about in the in-flight magazine?

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