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I'm with Cupid
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| "I'm With Cupid" | |
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| Episode no. | 217 |
| Prod. code | AABF11 |
| Orig. Airdate | February 14, 1999 |
| Show Runner(s) | Mike Scully |
| Writer(s) | Dan Greaney |
| Director(s) | Bob Anderson |
| Chalkboard | "Hillbillies are people too." |
| Couch gag | Salon-style hair dryers switch the family's hairstyles. |
| Guest star(s) | Jan Hooks as Manjula Elton John as himself |
| SNPP capsule | |
| Season 10 August 23, 1998 – May 16, 1999 |
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"I'm With Cupid" is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons' tenth season. The episode aired on February 14, 1999.
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Apu and his new wife, Manjula, go to the Simpson's house for dinner. However, Apu and Manjula get in a fight, after Marge mentions to Manjula that Apu doesn't really need to be as much of a workaholic. There's a week before Valentine's Day, and Apu tells Homer that he is disappointed that Manjula doesn't love him, until Homer assures him that Manjula will not leave him before Valentine's Day, and Apu agrees. Apu decides to shower Manjula with many romantic surprises to regain her love. However, although many of Apu's surprises succeed in fixing his marriage, they ruin other people's relationships, as the rest of Springfield's women become disenchanted, as they are envious towards all the attention Manjula is receiving and they realize that their men are nothing more than cheapskates. At Moe's Tavern, several men in Springfield try to find ways to avoid having Apu and Manjula reconcile to save their relationships and marriages.
During Valentine's Day, Homer, Chief Wiggum, Dr. Hibbert, Moe, and Ned Flanders (who is later thrown out of the group for suggesting that they should use their time to be more romantic to their wives rather than to try to sabotage Apu) investigate what Apu is doing so they can stop it. They go around town following him to the airport. But when they see Elton John at the airport, they think that he supposedly came to Springfield to perform a concert for Apu and Manjula at his insistence. However, Apu's actual plan is that he arranged for a skywriter to write "I (heart) U MANJULA". During the trouble that ensues, Homer jumps on the plane during takeoff to try to stop the skywriter from spraying the message. When Homer destroys the plane's canister in mid-air it only sprayed part of the message, which the other women think is for them. However, Marge remains unconvinced until the plane flies by and Homer drops out of it covered with roses after the plane flew out of control through a thorny rose patch, apparently giving Homer a collapsed lung. Nonetheless, Elton John is able to perform a concert for Apu and Manjula, and their marriage is saved.
- The episode title is a spoof of a funny T-shirt saying "I'm with stupid", with an arrow pointing to the next guy.
- There is an episode of King of the Hill by the same name.
- Apu says "My humble message of love has become a Valentine's Day Massacre
- The episode ends in a heart-shaped iris, à la Love, American Style.
- Apu owns "concert against Bangladesh", featuring the song "You Make Me Feel So Young" by Frank Sinatra; the album's name is a reference to George Harrison's Concert for Bangla Desh.
- Chief Wiggum reads Truly Tasteless Jokes to Sarah to get her in the mood.
- Apu taught a parrot to sing I Love the Nightlife with clever new lyrics. Marge was impressed although she hates the song, Homer does as well.
- "I'm with Cupid" episode capsule at The Simpsons Archive
- "I'm with Cupid" at the Internet Movie Database