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"Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
Episode no.	309
Prod. code	EABF13
Orig. Airdate	April 27, 2003
Writer(s)	Ian Maxtone-Graham
Director(s)	Chris Clements
Chalkboard	None.
Couch gag	The family mimes sitting on a couch in the living room.
Guest star(s)	Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Luke Stetson, Andy Serkis as Cleanie, and David Byrne
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Season 14 November 3, 2002 – May 18, 2003
Treehouse of Horror XIII How I Spent My Strummer Vacation Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade Large Marge Helter Shelter The Great Louse Detective Special Edna The Dad Who Knew Too Little Strong Arms of the Ma Pray Anything Barting Over I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can A Star is Born-Again Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington C.E. D'oh 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky Three Gays of the Condo Dude, Where's My Ranch? Old Yeller Belly Brake My Wife, Please Bart of War Moe Baby Blues
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"Dude, Where's My Ranch?" is the eighteenth episode of The Simpsons' fourteenth season. The episode aired on April 27, 2003.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Trivia 3 Cultural references 4 Song:

When the family does Christmas carols, they sing songs, until they reach the Pasty-Faced Lawyer's house. He tells the family that they cannot sing Christmas carols, unless they pay a royalty. In response, Homer makes the lyrics for his own Christmas carol. Later, Ned Flanders comes in and tries to help Homer, until Homer kicks him out. Homer finds new inspiration in an anti-Flanders song, "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders." He plays the song at Moe's, and when David Byrne comes in, he likes the song so much, that he wants to produce and record the song. "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" becomes so popular that even William Shatner does a cover of it. This leads to mass publicity, which annoys the Simpsons, who want to avoid it. They find a brochure for a dude ranch, the Lazy I Ranch, and go there.

The family arrives at the Lazy I Ranch, owned by the Rich Texan, who tells Lisa that the ranch was built on cruelty to animals and oppression of indigenous people, which annoys her. It makes her want to leave, until she meets a cowhand, named Luke Stetson, who shares her views on the ranch.The Family meet a man called cookie who Shows them round & sets out some dinner, Homer and Bart also have their own adventure when they meet a tribe of Native Americans who want a dam removed so they can reclaim their land. They are confronted by beavers, but manage to battle them back, destroy the dam, and reclaim the Native Americans' land. Meanwhile, Lisa thinks that Luke is off-limits, because she overhears him on the phone, promising a first dance to a girl, named Clara. When Lisa encounters her, she tricks her into going the wrong way. At the dance, Lisa finds out that Clara is Luke's sister. It's up to Lisa, Bart, and some surprising heroes—beavers—to save Clara. It was a success, although Lisa was disappointed that the beavers' natural habit (the dam) is destroyed. However, when Lisa comes clean, Luke is offended and they separate,Meanwhile Homer asks Marge what has happed since They went into the Car Marge Points To a Grave to give an example That Cookie had died The previous Night . As the Simpsons return to Springfield, they hear a self-deprecating cover version of the Andrea True Connection song "More, More, More", (entitled "Moe, Moe, Moe"), on the radio, sung by Moe and produced by David Byrne (who Moe kidnaps earlier in the episode), and turn around to spend another week at the ranch.

• When the Simpson family is told that they must pay royalties in order to sing Christmas carols, Marge protests that they belong to everyone, "like grapes at the grocery store," a reference to the episode "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment", where Lisa guilts Marge into charging herself for eating two grapes from a bunch she did not intend to buy.
• In Homer's song, "Everyone hates Ned Flanders" is never spelled completely or correctly.
• This episode is included on the Simpsons Christmas 2 DVD, in spite of the fact that the main plot has nothing to do with Christmas.
• When the blue-haired lawyer "Good King Wencelas" is free, Homer says it is not good then leaves humming it.

• This episode's title is a reference to the movie Dude, Where's My Car? and the term dude ranch.
• The character of Cleanie was styled after the The Lord of the Rings character Gollum, from his appearance to the way he said "My preciousss.... Gollum!". Andy Serkis, who provided the voice of Cleanie, played the character of Gollum in the The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
• The main theme music from the 60's westerm film "The Magnificent Seven is prominently used as background music in this episode.

Everybody in the U.S.a., Hates their stupid neighbor, He's Flanders and he's really, really lame, Flanders Tried to wreck my song, his views on birth control are wrong, I hate his guts and Flanders is his name. F-L-A-N-R-D-S, He's the Man that I hate best, I'd like to see his house go up in flames. F-L-A, His Name is Ned, D-R-S, that's a stupid name, he's worse than Frankenstein or Doctor No, you can't upset him even slightly, he just smiles and nods politely, then goes home and worships nightly, his leftorium is an Emporium of woe! F-L-A, Don't yell at ned, D-R-S. His wife is dead, we find out Ned is totally in red, red, red, Springfield sings to Homer's joyous loathing, filling clubs with angry valentinos, You don't have to move your feet, just hate Flanders to the disco beat, he's your perky peppy nightmare neighborino! If you despise polite left-handers than I doubt you'll like Ned Flanders or his creepy little offspring Rid and Todd, F-L-A, his name is Ned, D-R-S, He is so white bread, that smiling moustached geek who walks with GGGGOOOOOODDDDD!