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background: #f0e3a2; border:2px solid #e9d677;"> <tr> <td align="center"> 073<br>"<b>Brother from the Same Planet</b>" </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="33%" style="background: #f0e3a2; border:2px solid #e9d677; border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -khtml-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -o-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"> <table align="right" style="width:100%; background: #f0e3a2; border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -khtml-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -o-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"> <tr> <td align="left"> <a href="/wiki/I_Love_Lisa" title="I Love Lisa">"I Love Lisa"</a> </td> <td align="right"> 074 </td> <td align="left"> <a href="/wiki/I_Love_Lisa" title="I Love Lisa">→</a> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> <dl><dd><span>"<i>I know you're mad at me right now, and I'm kinda mad too... I mean, we could sit here and try to figure out "who forgot to pick up who" till the cows come home. But let's just say we're both wrong and that'll be that.</i>"</span></dd> <dd>―<a href="/wiki/Homer" class="mw-redirect" title="Homer">Homer</a></dd></dl> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:38px; top:17%;" class="metadata" id="featured-star"><img alt="This article is written in a real-world perspective." src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/71/Real-world.png/37px-Real-world.png" title="This article is written in a real-world perspective." width="37" height="37" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/7/71/Real-world.png 1.5x" /></div> <table align="right" style="background: #f0e3a2; border:2px solid #e9d677; width: 19%; border-top-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;;"> <tr> <td align="center"> <b><big>"Brother from the Same Planet"</big></b> <table align="center" style="background: #e9d677; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;;"> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#f4eabd;"> <a href="/wiki/File:Brother_from_the_Same_Planet.png" class="image"><img alt="Brother from the Same Planet.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e4/Brother_from_the_Same_Planet.png/250px-Brother_from_the_Same_Planet.png" width="250" height="189" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e4/Brother_from_the_Same_Planet.png/375px-Brother_from_the_Same_Planet.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e4/Brother_from_the_Same_Planet.png/500px-Brother_from_the_Same_Planet.png 2x" /></a><br/> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e9d677; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;;" align="center"> <b>Episode Information</b> <table align="center" style="background: #FFFDF0; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;"> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px"> Episode number: </th> <td> 73 </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Season number: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Season_4" title="Season 4">S4</a> E14 </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Production code: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> 9F12 </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Original airdate: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> February 4, <a href="/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_chalkboard_gags" title="List of chalkboard gags">Chalkboard gag</a>: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> "The Principal's toupee is not a frisbee" </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_couch_gags" title="List of couch gags">Couch gag</a>: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> The rear wall rotates, taking the family to another room and leaving an empty couch behind </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_guest_stars" title="List of guest stars">Guest star(s)</a>: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a> as <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Muntz" title="Eddie Muntz">Eddie Muntz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_(Brother_from_the_Same_Planet)" title="Tom (Brother from the Same Planet)">Tom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_showrunners" title="List of showrunners">Showrunners</a>: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a><br><a href="/wiki/Mike_Reiss" title="Mike Reiss">Mike Reiss</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Written by: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Vitti" title="Jon Vitti">Jon Vitti</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Directed by: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Lynch" title="Jeffrey Lynch">Jeffrey Lynch</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Brother_from_the_Same_Planet/DVD_features" title="Brother from the Same Planet/DVD features">DVD features</a> </th></tr> </table> </td></tr></table> <p><br /> "<b>Brother from the Same Planet</b>" is the fourteenth episode of <a href="/wiki/Season_4" title="Season 4">Season 4</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> and the seventy-third episode overall. It originally aired on February 4, <a href="/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a>. The episode was written by <a href="/wiki/Jon_Vitti" title="Jon Vitti">Jon Vitti</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Lynch" title="Jeffrey Lynch">Jeffrey Lynch</a>. It guest stars <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a> as <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Muntz" title="Eddie Muntz">Eddie Muntz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_(Brother_from_the_Same_Planet)" title="Tom (Brother from the Same Planet)">Tom</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc"><div id="toctitle" class="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Synopsis"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Synopsis</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Plot"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Plot</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Production"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Production</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Reception"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Reception</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#In_other_languages"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">In other languages</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Synopsis">Synopsis</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brother_from_the_Same_Planet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <dl><dd><span>"<i><a href="/wiki/Bart" class="mw-redirect" title="Bart">Bart</a>, fed up with <a href="/wiki/Homer" class="mw-redirect" title="Homer">Homer</a>'s neglect, joins the Big Brother program posing as an abandoned child so he can hang out with a better father figure. Homer finds out about Bart's cool, new friend, <a href="/wiki/Tom_(Brother_from_the_Same_Planet)" title="Tom (Brother from the Same Planet)">Tom</a>, and exacts his revenge by donating his time as a big brother to a real orphan named <a href="/wiki/Pepi" title="Pepi">Pepi</a>.</i>"</span></dd></dl> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Plot">Plot</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brother_from_the_Same_Planet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>After soccer practice, Bart refuses to go to the theater with his friends because Homer is picking him up. However, at home, Homer forgets about picking Bart up as he is distracted by <i><a href="/wiki/Wheel_of_Fortune" title="Wheel of Fortune">Wheel of Fortune</a></i>. As Bart waits, he ends up covered in mud during a storm. As Homer is at home, multiple things attempt to remind him to pick up Bart. However, he doesn't get any of the hints. Homer then goes to take a bath, where he falls asleep and dreams about finding Bart dead at the soccer field. Homer wakes up and finally rushes out the house to pick Bart up. When Homer gets to Bart, Bart is angry at Homer for forgetting about him. </p><p>That night, Bart is watching <i><a href="/wiki/Tuesday_Night_Live" title="Tuesday Night Live">Tuesday Night Live</a></i>. During the ad break, a commercial for the <a href="/wiki/Bigger_Brothers_Agency" title="Bigger Brothers Agency">Bigger Brothers Agency</a> plays. Bart then realizes that he could use this as a way to get back at Homer. Bart goes to the agency and tells them a sob story about how his father abandoned him six years ago. Bart is then assigned a "Bigger Brother", <a href="/wiki/Tom_(Brother_from_the_Same_Planet)" title="Tom (Brother from the Same Planet)">Tom</a>. After school, Tom picks up Bart on his motorcycle. Meanwhile, at home, <a href="/wiki/Marge" class="mw-redirect" title="Marge">Marge</a> finds a large phone bill to something called the <a href="/wiki/Corey_Hotline" title="Corey Hotline">Corey Hotline</a>. After questioning Homer about it, the two of them realize that it was <a href="/wiki/Lisa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisa">Lisa</a> calling the number. Marge makes Lisa promise to stop making the phone calls and Lisa tells her that they won't be billed for another call. </p><p>The next day, Tom takes Bart to a baseball game where Bart tells Tom that his father is a drunken gambler. Tom then threatens to hit Homer if he ever meets him. Meanwhile, Lisa goes to the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_General_Hospital" title="Springfield General Hospital">hospital</a> where she has eardrops applied to her. Whilst waiting for the eardrops to settle, Lisa uses the hospital phone to call the Corey Hotline. Back at Tom's house, Bart and Tom work out together before watching an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ren_%26_Stimpy_Show_(TV_series)" title="The Ren & Stimpy Show (TV series)">The Ren & Stimpy Show</a></i>. At school the next day, Bart shows off an experimental weapon, the "Neural Disrupter", which Tom gave him, which he uses to shoot <a href="/wiki/Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin">Martin</a> with. Meanwhile, Lisa continues with her addiction to the Corey Hotline, calling it from <a href="/wiki/Grampa" class="mw-redirect" title="Grampa">Grampa</a>'s room in the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Retirement_Castle" title="Springfield Retirement Castle">Springfield Retirement Castle</a> and from the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Elementary_School" title="Springfield Elementary School">school</a>. When Lisa was making the calls from the school, she got caught by <a href="/wiki/Principal_Skinner" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal Skinner">Principal Skinner</a>. </p><p>As Bart and Tom are paragliding over Springfield, Bart starts to feel guilty about spending time with Tom, thinking that he is pulling Tom away from other kids who need him more. Homer notices Tom and Bart in the sky whilst looking through some binoculars and then confronts Bart about it when he gets home. Homer decides to get even with Bart by going to the Bigger Brothers Agency and taking a kid himself. When Homer starts to have doubts about doing this, <a href="/wiki/Pepi" title="Pepi">Pepi</a> walks into the building and Homer decides to take him. Back at school, Marge and Lisa meet with Principal Skinner to talk about Lisa's phone calls. Marge tells Lisa that she has to stop them and if she can make it to midnight without making another call, she'll be over making them. </p><p>Homer and Pepi start to spend time together, with the two of them watching TV and stargazing together. That same night, Lisa is trying to resist making a call to the Corey Hotline. She almost gives in and calls the number, but instead listens to the phone telling her what time it is. Marge finds Lisa like this and is proud of her for getting over her addiction. The next morning, Bart asks Homer where his skateboard is, and Homer reveals that he gave it to Pepi, revealing to Bart that he has joined the Bigger Brothers program. </p><p>The next day, the Bigger Brothers Agency holds an event at <a href="/wiki/Marine_World" title="Marine World">Marine World</a>. Homer and Pepi attend the event, not knowing that Bart and Tom were already there. When Bart and Homer meet up, Homer tells Tom that he's Bart's father. This causes Tom to punch Homer and the two of them start to fight. This fight goes all over Springfield until Homer ends up bent backwards over a fire hydrant. As Homer goes to hospital, he and Bart make up. Bart then sets Tom and Pepi up together, realizing that they need each other. After Homer gets out of the hospital, he teaches Bart some of the moves he made during the fight with Tom. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Production">Production</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brother_from_the_Same_Planet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>According to showrunner <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a>, the episode never had a good reading or screening. However, when the show aired, people thought the episode was great.<sup id="cite_ref-Jean_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jean-1">[1]</a></sup> Writer <a href="/wiki/Jon_Vitti" title="Jon Vitti">Jon Vitti</a> was disappointed with the initial reaction to the episode, and credited it partially due to the amount of stage direction in the script. The episode was also being held back because they wanted to get <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cruise" title="Tom Cruise">Tom Cruise</a> to guest star.<sup id="cite_ref-Vitti_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vitti-2">[2]</a></sup> The episode was written for Tom Cruise, because the writers had been told by <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a> that Tom Cruise wanted to guest star on the show.<sup id="cite_ref-Jean_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jean-1">[1]</a></sup> The role of Tom was written full of references to Tom Cruise and his movies, however, he refused to guest star.<sup id="cite_ref-Vitti_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vitti-2">[2]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a> then took over the role of Tom.<sup id="cite_ref-Jean_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jean-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>The episode had multiple scenes in the episode that were added to pad for time. This includes a reused scene from "<a href="/wiki/Three_Men_and_a_Comic_Book" title="Three Men and a Comic Book">Three Men and a Comic Book</a>" of Homer in the rumpus room, and a scene that was frozen as Homer ran out the house naked, where <a href="/wiki/Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">Ned Flanders</a> speaks.<sup id="cite_ref-Jean_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jean-1">[1]</a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> parody originally had the band playing for longer, but the scene was cut down because Jon Vitti didn't want to come across as bitter due to having a bad year whilst writing for them.<sup id="cite_ref-Vitti_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vitti-2">[2]</a></sup> Pepi's design was based on Dondi from the comic strip <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dondi" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Dondi">Dondi</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jean_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jean-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>For the <i>Ren & Stimpy</i> parody, the producers actually got authorization from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Nickelodeon">Nickelodeon</a> to do the parody. However, they added a lot of stipulations, which ended up with the parody just feeling like <i>Ren & Stimpy</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jean_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jean-1">[1]</a></sup> A layout artist from <i>Ren & Stimpy</i> went to the studio and did all the layouts for the parody.<sup id="cite_ref-Lynch_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lynch-3">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>The scene where Homer taunts the dolphin is a callback to the short "<a href="/wiki/Zoo_Story" title="Zoo Story">Zoo Story</a>". Homer's facial expressions are pulled from the sheets of the original short as the animators didn't know how to get those expressions.<sup id="cite_ref-Lynch_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lynch-3">[3]</a></sup> The fight between Tom and Homer was inspired by <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Man" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Quiet Man">The Quiet Man</a></i> after the ending of the episode needed a rewrite.<sup id="cite_ref-Jean_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jean-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Reception">Reception</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brother_from_the_Same_Planet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Nathan Rabin of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The A.V. Club">The A.V. Club</a></i> says that "Brother from the Same Planet" "deals hilariously and poignantly with [...] Homer trying to prove himself as a father and a man in the face of his family's perpetual disappointment." He also says that the episode ends "on a note both dark and tender".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p><p>As of February <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>, the episode has an 8.2 rating on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:IMDb">IMDb</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="In_other_languages">In other languages</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brother_from_the_Same_Planet&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In other languages">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table align="left" width="50%" style="background: #e9d677; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;; 1em; border: 5px solid #f0e3a2;"> <tr> <td align="center"> <table border="1" width="100%" align="center" style="background: #e9d677; border:1px solid #e9d677; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tr style="background: #f0e3a2"> <th style="background-color: #e9d677; border: 1px solid #b0a266">Language </th> <th style="background-color: #e9d677; border: 1px solid #b0a266">Name </th> <th style="background-color: #e9d677; border: 1px solid #b0a266">Translation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Die_Simpsons" title="Die Simpsons"><img alt="Germany.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/9/9b/Germany.png/25px-Germany.png" width="25" height="17" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/9/9b/Germany.png 1.5x" /></a> <span class="explain" title="German">Deutsch</span> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">"Großer Bruder – kleiner Bruder" </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">Big brother - little brother </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><img alt="Spain flag.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/ee/Spain_flag.png/25px-Spain_flag.png" width="25" height="17" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/ee/Spain_flag.png/38px-Spain_flag.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/ee/Spain_flag.png/50px-Spain_flag.png 2x" /> <span class="explain" title="Spanish">Español</span> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">"Hermano del mismo planeta" </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">Brother from the same planet </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Simpson_(Latin_America)" title="Los Simpson (Latin America)"><img alt="Hispanic America.gif" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e6/Hispanic_America.gif/25px-Hispanic_America.gif" width="25" height="17" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e6/Hispanic_America.gif/38px-Hispanic_America.gif 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e6/Hispanic_America.gif/50px-Hispanic_America.gif 2x" /></a> <span class="explain" title="Spanish (Latin America)">Español</span> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">"Hermano mayor, hermano menor" </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">Big brother, little brother </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><img alt="Italy Flag.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/7a/Italy_Flag.png/25px-Italy_Flag.png" width="25" height="17" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/7a/Italy_Flag.png/38px-Italy_Flag.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/7a/Italy_Flag.png/50px-Italy_Flag.png 2x" /> <span class="explain" title="Italian">Italiano</span> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">"Fratello dallo stesso pianeta" </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">Brother from the same planet </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><img alt="Flag of Japan.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Japan.png/25px-Flag_of_Japan.png" width="25" height="17" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Japan.png/38px-Flag_of_Japan.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Japan.png/50px-Flag_of_Japan.png 2x" /> <span class="explain" title="Japanese">日本語</span> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">"ふたりの代理パパ" </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">Two Substitution Fathers </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brother_from_the_Same_Planet&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Jean-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Jean_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Jean_1-1">1.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Jean_1-2">1.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Jean_1-3">1.3</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Jean_1-4">1.4</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Jean_1-5">1.5</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Jean_1-6">1.6</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Jean, Al</a> (2004). Commentary for "<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brother from the Same Planet</a>", in <i>The Simpsons: <a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Fourth_Season" title="The Complete Fourth Season">The Complete Fourth Season</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Vitti-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Vitti_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Vitti_2-1">2.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Vitti_2-2">2.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Vitti" title="Jon Vitti">Vitti, Jon</a> (2004). Commentary for "<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brother from the Same Planet</a>", in <i>The Simpsons: <a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Fourth_Season" title="The Complete Fourth Season">The Complete Fourth Season</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lynch-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Lynch_3-0">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Lynch_3-1">3.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Lynch" title="Jeffrey Lynch">Lynch, Jeffrey</a> (2004). Commentary for "<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brother from the Same Planet</a>", in <i>The Simpsons: <a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Fourth_Season" title="The Complete Fourth Season">The Complete Fourth Season</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.avclub.com/the-simpsons-classic-brother-from-the-same-planet-1798173643">The A.V. Club - "The Simpsons (Classic): "Brother From The Same Planet""</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0764185/">IMDb - "Brother from the Same Planet"</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><br /> </p> <table align="right" width="25%" style="background: #f0e3a2; padding: 2px; border:5px solid #e9d677; border-top-left-radius: 5px; width: 100% -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; 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