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</style><table class="infobox ib-tv-episode vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">"<b>Springfield Up</b>"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader nowrap"><i><a href="The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> episode</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Episode <abbr title="number">no.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data">Season 18<br>Episode 13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="Chuck_Sheetz" title="Chuck Sheetz">Chuck Sheetz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="Matt_Warburton" title="Matt Warburton">Matt Warburton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production code</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">JABF07</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original air date</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">February 18, 2007<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2007-02-18</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary"><span class="nowrap">Guest appearance</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data ib-tv-episode-guests"><a href="Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle">Eric Idle</a> as <a href="Declan_Desmond" class="mw-redirect" title="Declan Desmond">Declan Desmond</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary" style="background: #CCCCFF; padding: 0.25em 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">Episode features</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commentary</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a><br>Matt Warburton<br><a href="Matt_Selman" title="Matt Selman">Matt Selman</a><br><a href="Michael_Price_(writer)" title="Michael Price (writer)">Michael Price</a><br><a href="Max_Pross" class="mw-redirect" title="Max Pross">Max Pross</a><br><a href="David_Silverman_(animator)" title="David Silverman (animator)">David Silverman</a><br>Chuck Sheetz</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
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<p>"<b>Springfield Up</b>" is the thirteenth episode of the <a href="The_Simpsons_season_18" title="The Simpsons season 18">eighteenth season</a> of the American animated television series <i><a href="The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. It originally aired on the <a href="Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox network</a> in the United States on February 18, 2007. In the episode, filmmaker <a href="Declan_Desmond" class="mw-redirect" title="Declan Desmond">Declan Desmond</a> (<a href="Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle">Eric Idle</a>) returns to Springfield to film the continuation of his documentary series <i>Growing Up Springfield</i>, which chronicles the lives of several Springfield residents. He visits the town with a film crew every eight years to see how the lives of these people have changed, a plot which parodies the <i><a href="Up_(film_series)" title="Up (film series)">Up</a></i> documentary series.
</p><p>"Springfield Up" has received generally positive reviews from critics.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2></div>
<p>Eccentric documentary filmmaker <a href="Declan_Desmond" class="mw-redirect" title="Declan Desmond">Declan Desmond</a> offers an inside look at his documentary, <i>Growing Up Springfield</i>. His film follows the lives of several Springfield residents, returning to them after eight-year intervals to examine how their lives have changed.
</p><p>Particularly featured is Homer, who had wanted to be rich as a child, started a family as an adult, and now lives in an enormous mansion. He explains that he became a success after creating a <a href="Pen" title="Pen">pen</a> that dispenses <a href="Condiment" title="Condiment">condiments</a>. As Desmond is interviewing <a href="Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge</a>, <a href="Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a> arrives; the mansion is his summer home, and he did not give them permission to use it. He has <a href="Waylon_Smithers" title="Waylon Smithers">Smithers</a>, who was tied up by Homer inside a grandfather clock for three days, release attack dogs on the family to chase them away, although he has to go back to Mr. Burns' other home to collect them first and then release them. Desmond follows Homer to try and humiliate him after pretending to be rich, despite Homer admitting to the camera that he had wanted to be the cool person in Declan's documentary. He'd realized that he was only in the documentary to make everyone else look good (before walking away), Desmond tries to end the scene with the words "Strong words from a dumpy man" and that he was indeed only in the program to make everyone else look good before trying to cut the camera. Marge then angrily makes sure that the camera is still filming and speaks to Desmond, telling him that Homer went through a lot of trouble to impress him and that Homer truly is a successful person, she also said that it was a mistake to let him intrude on their lives before telling him to stay away from her house and then telling the camera to cut.
</p><p>While drinking in Moe's, Desmond speaks to Moe telling him that he's sorry. Moe tells him that he was wrong to judge Homer as he was married to Marge, had three children, a job and his own home. Desmond produces a compilation of people saying good things about him. When Homer watches it, he realizes that spending time with his family and friends has made him truly happy. Nevertheless, Homer pledges that, by the next <i>Growing Up Springfield</i> film in eight years, he will be a world-famous rock star, and then he and Desmond sing a duet of a song Homer wrote called “<a href="Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a> You're My Lady” as an exasperated Marge looks on.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2></div>
<p>The episode was written by <a href="Matt_Warburton" title="Matt Warburton">Matt Warburton</a> and directed by <a href="Chuck_Sheetz" title="Chuck Sheetz">Chuck Sheetz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is based on <a href="Michael_Apted" title="Michael Apted">Michael Apted</a>'s <i><a href="Up_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Up Series">Up Series</a></i>, a British documentary series that had followed the lives of 14 British children from 1964 to 2019, from when they were seven years old, and returned every seven years to document their lives up until Apted's death in January 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> English comedian <a href="Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle">Eric Idle</a> guest starred in the episode as documentary filmmaker Declan Desmond.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Idle played Declan in two earlier episodes, <span style="padding-right:.15em;">"</span><a href="'Scuse_Me_While_I_Miss_the_Sky" title="'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky">'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky</a>" (2003) and "<a href="Fat_Man_and_Little_Boy_(The_Simpsons)" title="Fat Man and Little Boy (The Simpsons)">Fat Man and Little Boy</a>" (2004).<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Finley_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finley-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div>
<p>"Springfield Up" originally aired on the <a href="Fox_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox network">Fox network</a> in the United States on February 18, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The episode has received generally positive reviews from critics.
</p><p>Robert Canning on <a href="IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a> named it as one of the three "outstanding" episodes of the eighteenth season.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He gave it an 8.5/10 rating and commented that it was "by far one of the best <i>Simpsons</i> episodes from the past few seasons. Jokes and gags came fast and furious, all while telling a great story in a cleverly unconventional way," and added that "At its core, 'Springfield Up' was a simple story about Homer feeling the need to impress the snooty British documentarian, but then realizing his life wasn't as bad as he thought. It's a tale we've seen on The Simpsons time and again, but the fresh twist of having it presented within Desmond's documentary made it very memorable."<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p><a href="TV_Squad" class="mw-redirect" title="TV Squad">TV Squad</a>'s Adam Finley wrote: "I didn't love it, and I didn't hate it — for the most part, this week's episode was 'just okay' in my opinion. It was nice to see Eric Idle return [...], but the episode felt like two different episodes battling for the same thirty-minute space. [...] In this episode we spend a lot of time learning about those who grew up in Springfield, but Homer's story is also wedged into the mix — it seems the episode should have just been about Homer feeling depressed about his life, or a lighter episode focusing on all the resident of Springfield. I'm not saying the episode was a complete write off, because I think it was still funny, just a little thinner than I come to expect from this series."<sup id="cite_ref-Finley_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finley-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<dl><dt><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes_(seasons_1%E2%80%9320)" title="List of The Simpsons episodes (seasons 1–20)">Seasons 1–20</a></dt>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_1" title="The Simpsons season 1">1</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_2" title="The Simpsons season 2">2</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_3" title="The Simpsons season 3">3</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_4" title="The Simpsons season 4">4</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_5" title="The Simpsons season 5">5</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_6" title="The Simpsons season 6">6</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_7" title="The Simpsons season 7">7</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_8" title="The Simpsons season 8">8</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_9" title="The Simpsons season 9">9</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_10" title="The Simpsons season 10">10</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_11" title="The Simpsons season 11">11</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_12" title="The Simpsons season 12">12</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_13" title="The Simpsons season 13">13</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_14" title="The Simpsons season 14">14</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_15" title="The Simpsons season 15">15</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_16" title="The Simpsons season 16">16</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_17" title="The Simpsons season 17">17</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_18" title="The Simpsons season 18">18</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_19" title="The Simpsons season 19">19</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_20" title="The Simpsons season 20">20</a></dd></dl>
<dl><dt><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes_(season_21%E2%80%93present)" title="List of The Simpsons episodes (season 21–present)">Season 21–present</a></dt>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_21" title="The Simpsons season 21">21</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_22" title="The Simpsons season 22">22</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_23" title="The Simpsons season 23">23</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_24" title="The Simpsons season 24">24</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_25" title="The Simpsons season 25">25</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_26" title="The Simpsons season 26">26</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_27" title="The Simpsons season 27">27</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_28" title="The Simpsons season 28">28</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_29" title="The Simpsons season 29">29</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_30" title="The Simpsons season 30">30</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_31" title="The Simpsons season 31">31</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_32" title="The Simpsons season 32">32</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_33" title="The Simpsons season 33">33</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_34" title="The Simpsons season 34">34</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_35" title="The Simpsons season 35">35</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_36" title="The Simpsons season 36">36</a></dd>
<dd><a href="The_Simpsons_season_37" title="The Simpsons season 37">37</a></dd></dl>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="The_Simpsons_season_18" title="The Simpsons season 18">Season 18</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>"<a href="The_Mook%2C_the_Chef%2C_the_Wife_and_Her_Homer" title="The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer">The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Jazzy_and_the_Pussycats" title="Jazzy and the Pussycats">Jazzy and the Pussycats</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Please_Homer%2C_Don't_Hammer_'Em" title="Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em">Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Treehouse_of_Horror_XVII" title="Treehouse of Horror XVII">Treehouse of Horror XVII</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="G.I._(Annoyed_Grunt)" title="G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)">G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Moe'N'a_Lisa" title="Moe'N'a Lisa">Moe'N'a Lisa</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Ice_Cream_of_Margie_(with_the_Light_Blue_Hair)" title="Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)">Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="The_Haw-Hawed_Couple" title="The Haw-Hawed Couple">The Haw-Hawed Couple</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Kill_Gil%2C_Volumes_I_%26_II" title="Kill Gil, Volumes I & II">Kill Gil, Volumes I & II</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="The_Wife_Aquatic" title="The Wife Aquatic">The Wife Aquatic</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Revenge_Is_a_Dish_Best_Served_Three_Times" title="Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times">Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Little_Big_Girl" title="Little Big Girl">Little Big Girl</a>"</li>
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<li>"<a href="Yokel_Chords" title="Yokel Chords">Yokel Chords</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Rome-Old_and_Juli-Eh" title="Rome-Old and Juli-Eh">Rome-Old and Juli-Eh</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Homerazzi" title="Homerazzi">Homerazzi</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Marge_Gamer" title="Marge Gamer">Marge Gamer</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="The_Boys_of_Bummer" title="The Boys of Bummer">The Boys of Bummer</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Crook_and_Ladder" title="Crook and Ladder">Crook and Ladder</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Stop%2C_or_My_Dog_Will_Shoot!" title="Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!">Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="24_Minutes" title="24 Minutes">24 Minutes</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="You_Kent_Always_Say_What_You_Want" title="You Kent Always Say What You Want">You Kent Always Say What You Want</a>"</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="Treehouse_of_Horror" title="Treehouse of Horror">Treehouse of Horror</a></i>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_Treehouse_of_Horror_episodes" title="List of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes">list</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="The_Simpsons_episode_guides" title="The Simpsons episode guides"><i>The Simpsons</i> episode guides</a></li>
<li>"<a href="The_Simpsons_Guy" title="The Simpsons Guy">The Simpsons Guy</a>"</li></ul>
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