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| You can really tell the Simpsons are in Africa in this shot. |
Homer unwittingly sparks a bagboy strike at the supermarket. As Springfield townsfolk are super inept at most things, they find themselves unable to shop without a bag boy to bag their groceries, and the Simpsons are no exception. With their house rapidly running out of food, the dog desperately locates an old lunch box of Homer's in the attic which contains really old animal crackers. Homer eats some despite their age, but while doing so stumbles upon a golden giraffe, which indicates that the family would win a trip to Africa. Homer checks up on the offer at the animal cracker company, which now makes household poisons, and in one way or another gets his family the tickets to Africa.
The Simpsons go to what is currently called "Pepsi Presents: New Zanzibar" also known as Tanzania under their new ruler Muntu. They meet up with a tour guide, Kitenge, and with his help the family experiences the sights and sounds of the area, including shooing off what appears to be a group of poachers. They stop at a tribal village and dance non-stop, where Homer accidentally riles up a hippo. As Kitenge distracts it, the family escapes via the river though they become separated from the guide and float towards a waterfall, which they survive well enough.
The family finds a monkey, and follows it to a Chimp Refuge operated by a Dr. Bushwell. Bushwell supposedly spends all of her time studying and living among the chimps. After a short amount of time, the same group of poachers appear to grab the chimps off the refuge. The Simpsons agree to help Bushwell defend the refuge, but the poachers find their way in. Lisa struggles with one, but learns that the 'poacher' is actually a member of Greenpeace, and the Bushwell has actually been running a hidden diamond mining operation using the chimps as slaves. Desperate for an out, an increasingly insane Bushwell attempts to bribe everyone with her hoards of diamonds and, apparently, it works, as the Simpsons return home with plenty of diamonds in tow. The family flies back home, learning that Kitenge has become the new ruler of Pepsi Presents: New Zanzibar, with Muntu having become a flight attendant.
Quick Review
This episode has a few hits and misses as far as jokes go, and there wasn't really anything remarkable or memorable about the episode either though I will admit that the chimp mining operation to close the episode was probably the strongest the episode got. Otherwise, it was nothing much.
Final Score: 7.0
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