The Scorpion's Tale

The Simpsons - Season 22 - Episode 15  - The Scorpion's Tale

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About this Simpsons episode:

The Simpsons - The Scorpion's Tale is the 15th episode of season 22 and number 479 overall in the series.

During a trip at the "Satan's Anvil", every student stumbles into several bizarre people and situations: Otto meets and runs over "realistic" versions of Coyote and Road Runner; Martin meets an eccentric and grumpy hermit artist that the government tried to hire for years but never succeeded; Bart, Nelson and Milhouse found old French postcards; and Lisa is almost attacked by scorpions, but they quickly become passive after Lisa passes through a field of silvertongue flowers in Springfield's desert, prompting her to take the scorpions and some flowers for further experiments. However, while they return home, the Simpsons family is soon forced to let Grampa live at their house: he was kicked out of the old folks home because he has become too obnoxiously grumpy to them. After Lisa confirmed that the flower has a powerful chemical agent that nullifies all the negative feelings of any living being, Homer sneaks some into his father's coffee, something that cures his usual crankiness. Grampa decides to do this daily, acknowledging that a drug that stimulates happiness was the best thing that ever happened in his bitter life.

Unfortunately, despite the positive effects, Lisa refuses to give more of this drug, or to tell them the composition. While they complain about it at Moe's Tavern, a drug industry employee from Hottenhoffer Pharmaceuticals named Walter Hotenhoffer (formerly known as Augustus Gloop) manages to duplicate the liquid's effects using a sample of Grampa's perspiration and produces 20mg "MusBeNys" pills, but since this product has not been properly tested, only Grampa is allowed to use the pills. Unfortunately, Bart decides to sell some of the pills to everyone who has a problem with grumpy old people, making all the elderly people in Springfield becoming happy and carefree.

Lisa eventually realizes that Grampa is still using the drug, but she also admits that the pills are rather helpful to him. However, the drug's side effect quickly arises: it makes everyone's eyes become so lubricated that they literally pop out of their sockets. The elderly people do not mind this rather gruesome aspect of the drug, but upon seeing Homer's antics with his friends and his car, Grampa convinces the old people to stop using the pills, saying that the Baby Boomer generation still needs their guidance, and this is only possible with their constant nagging.