Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
- Episode aired May 16, 1999
- TV-14
- 30m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
2.6K
YOUR RATING
The Simpsons must perform on a Japanese game show after Homer loses their money on a vacation.The Simpsons must perform on a Japanese game show after Homer loses their money on a vacation.The Simpsons must perform on a Japanese game show after Homer loses their money on a vacation.
Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
Hank Azaria
- Snake
- (voice)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Lenny
- (voice)
- …
Maggie Roswell
- Canadian Wife
- (voice)
- …
Gedde Watanabe
- Cartoon Squid
- (voice)
- …
Karl Wiedergott
- Mr. Monopoly
- (voice)
- …
Keone Young
- Fish
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Marge says to Homer on the plane that he liked Rashomon (1950) by Akira Kurosawa, Homer claims he doesn't remember it that way. The underlying joke is that this famous film is about people remembering different things about the same event.
- GoofsWhen the Simpsons beat the Flanders to the check-in desk, they do not stop to take the tickets from them or to pay for the tickets at all.
- Quotes
Marge: Every truckload of fish we gut brings us 31 cents closer to those tickets home.
Bart: And I think I've finally found what I was put on this earth to do
[guts some fishes]
Bart: knife goes in, guts come out, knife goes in, guts come out
[pulls out a talking fish]
Fish: Spare my life and I will grant you three...
Bart: [guts the talking fish] Knife goes in, guts come out.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Simpsons: Gump Roast (2002)
Featured review
S10: A bit more far-fetched and reliant on cameos than I would like, but still fun and inventive
Rightly or wrongly, I felt the ninth season had a good balance of character driven plots which managed to stay grounded therein, despite some of them being more extreme in their narrative. The tenth season continues the latter but is less successful at the former, as more of this season seems to be extreme and event driven. The plots generally are more about what the story is than how the characters fit within them, whether it be the hunt for Nessie, the family in Japan, the Baldwin's, or being a bodyguard to the Mayor, the characters are within these stories more than being where I was watching. It is hard to describe what I mean, but by chance I had recently watched a season of Always Sunny in Philadelphia (also season 10 as it happens) and in that show the plots always act as only a frame for the characters, here it is similar, but perhaps not as strong.
That said, it is still funny and engaging, even if the plots occasionally do seem throwaway or exaggerated. The delivery of sight gaps, clever dialogue, character-driven humor, or just broad humor does work consistently, and the talented voice cast all continue to do very good work with good timing – as they should for the money they are earning by this point. The standard of animation remains high, and it all looks good and is edited together with discipline and a tight control. It is not quite as good as the classic seasons, but it is not a million miles away, even if personally I think the direction it is moving is not the best.
That said, it is still funny and engaging, even if the plots occasionally do seem throwaway or exaggerated. The delivery of sight gaps, clever dialogue, character-driven humor, or just broad humor does work consistently, and the talented voice cast all continue to do very good work with good timing – as they should for the money they are earning by this point. The standard of animation remains high, and it all looks good and is edited together with discipline and a tight control. It is not quite as good as the classic seasons, but it is not a million miles away, even if personally I think the direction it is moving is not the best.
- bob the moo
- Apr 24, 2015
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