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* OvershadowedByControversy: This is one of the most controversial episodes and still remembered for the controversy caused, mainly for tarnishing Rio de Janeiro's reputation. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after learning the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. Creator/JamesLBrooks issued a statement with apologies latter.

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* OvershadowedByControversy: This is one of the most controversial episodes and still remembered for the controversy caused, mainly for tarnishing Rio de Janeiro's reputation.reputation by showing it filled with rats, monkeys, and violence, and [[TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires conflating Brazil with Hispanic stereotypes]]. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after learning the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. Creator/JamesLBrooks issued a statement with apologies latter.
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* HarsherInHindsight: When Homer's kidnappers unmask him on the Amazon river, one of them says "Better look quick, we're burning it down." [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Amazon_rainforest_wildfires Come 2019 this line feels even worse.]]

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* HarsherInHindsight: When Homer's kidnappers unmask him on the Amazon river, one of them says "Better look quick, quick; we're burning it down." [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Amazon_rainforest_wildfires Come 2019 this line feels even worse.]]

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* HilariousInHindsight: More sexually-charged dances were indeed invented after this episode aired. You could argue "la penetrada" and "perreo" dances only differ in name.

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More sexually-charged dances were indeed invented after this episode aired. You could argue "la penetrada" and "perreo" dances only differ in name.
** "The Simpsons are going to Antarctica! ...Next year." was ''almost'' correct. Homer was [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E19ATotallyFunThingBartWillNeverDoAgain just off by ten years]].
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* WhatAnIdiot: Homer was warned by Lisa in the beginning of travelling to not take unlicensed taxis because it's dangerous. Homer forgot Lisa's words and takes the first Taxi he sees and it's an unlicensed one. Result: he is kidnapped.
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* HilariousInHindsight: More sexually-charged dances were indeed invented after this episode aired. You could argue "la penetrada" and "perreo" dances only differ in name.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: It's nice to see that the Simpsons have actually helped someone without it being revealed as a con or otherwise directly backfiring horribly at them or the person they try to help.
* OvershadowedByControversy: "Blame It on Lisa" is one of the most controversial episodes from ''The Simpsons'' and still remembered for the controversy caused, mainly for tarnishing Rio de Janeiro's reputation. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after learning the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. The producer James L. Brooks issued a statement with apologies latter.
-->'''James L. Brooks''': We apologize to the lovely city and people of Rio de Janeiro. And if that doesn't settle the issue, Homer Simpson offers to take on the president of Brazil on Fox's Celebrity Boxing.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: It's nice to see that the Simpsons have actually helped someone without it being revealed as a con or otherwise directly backfiring horribly at them or the person they try to help.
* OvershadowedByControversy: "Blame It on Lisa" This is one of the most controversial episodes from ''The Simpsons'' and still remembered for the controversy caused, mainly for tarnishing Rio de Janeiro's reputation. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after learning the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. The producer James L. Brooks Creator/JamesLBrooks issued a statement with apologies latter.
-->'''James L. Brooks''': We -->We apologize to the lovely city and people of Rio de Janeiro. And if that doesn't settle the issue, Homer Simpson offers to take on the president of Brazil on Fox's Celebrity Boxing.
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* HarsherInHindsight: When Homer's kidnappers unmask him on the Amazon river, one of them says "Better look quick, we're burning it down.". [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Amazon_rainforest_wildfires Come 2019 this line feels even worse.]]

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* HarsherInHindsight: When Homer's kidnappers unmask him on the Amazon river, one of them says "Better look quick, we're burning it down.". " [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Amazon_rainforest_wildfires Come 2019 this line feels even worse.]]



* OvershadowedByControversy: "Blame It on Lisa" is one of the most controversial episodes from the Simpsons and still remembered for the controversy caused, mainly for tarnishing Rio de Janeiro's reputation. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after learning the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. The producer James L. Brooks issued a statement with apologies latter.

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* OvershadowedByControversy: "Blame It on Lisa" is one of the most controversial episodes from the Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' and still remembered for the controversy caused, mainly for tarnishing Rio de Janeiro's reputation. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after learning the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. The producer James L. Brooks issued a statement with apologies latter.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: There are a lot of mistakes in the Brazilian representation in this episode. No wonder most Brazilians consider this episode alone the most inaccurate Brazilian (and Rio de Janeiro) representation ever ([[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales although the Brazilian Simpsons fans don't hate the episode and find the representation mistakes funny]]).
** The favelas in Rio are very different from old crumbling houses from the 60s/70s presented in the episode, although the poverty is accurate.
** There are no monkeys attacking people in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Even in the favelas monkeys are very, very rare. The most common place to see a monkey in Brazil is in the zoo. The same could be said about the giant snakes (which eats Bart in the end of the episode). The number of rats in the streets is exaggerated and jellyfishes are uncommon in the beach sand.
** Exotic animals aren't sold in the streets and this is prohibited by law.
** It's very rare to see children of Bart and Lisa's age stealing money or other things from people, although some teenagers do this and foreign tourists are one of the targets.
** Conga is a UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}}n dance and people don't dance it in the streets. Plus, most of Brazilians don't know anything about this dance.
** The Churrascaria (and the waiters) present in the episode is a southern themed Churrascaria and waiters don't dress like a Gaúcho[[note]]Gaúcho is the person from Rio Grande do Sul, the most southern state in Brazil.[[/note]] in Rio. Also, people don't eat the meat directly from the large metal spits like Bart did in the episode. The waiters slice the meat in the client's plate.
** The dance instructor claims to be thinking of a new sexy dance, even sexier than the Lambada or the Macarena. While the Lambada was indeed Brazilian, the Macarena was sung by a Spanish group. The confusion probably stems from their group name, Los del Rio, which doesn't refer to Rio de Janeiro, but to the Spanish word for "river".
** Homer's kidnappers travel with him to Amazon Forest and it's heavily implied [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot this occurred in a very short time]]. Just for comparison, the distance between Rio de Janeiro to the whereabouts of Amazon Forest is almost 4400 kilometers.[[note]]Considering the travel to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, the state which Amazon forest is most present[[/note]] This is almost the same of travelling from New York to Los Angeles.
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* HarsherInHindsight: When Homer's kidnappers unmask him on the Amazon river, one of them says "Better look quick, we're burning it down.". [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Amazon_rainforest_wildfires Come 2019 this line feels even worse.]

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* HarsherInHindsight: When Homer's kidnappers unmask him on the Amazon river, one of them says "Better look quick, we're burning it down.". [https://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Amazon_rainforest_wildfires Come 2019 this line feels even worse.]]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: When Homer's kidnappers unmask him on the Amazon river, one of them says "Better look quick, we're burning it down.". [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Amazon_rainforest_wildfires Come 2019 this line feels even worse.]
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* CriticalResearchFailure: There are a lot of mistakes in the Brazilian representation in this episode. No wonder most Brazilians consider this episode alone the most inaccurate Brazilian (and Rio de Janeiro) representation ever ([[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales although the Brazilian Simpsons fans don’t hate the episode and find the representation mistakes funny]]).
** The favelas in Rio are very different from old crumbling houses from the 60s/70s presented in the episode. Although the poverty is accurate.
** There are no monkeys attacking people in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Even in the favelas monkeys are very, very rare. The most common place to see a monkey in Brazil is in the Zoo. The same could be said about the giant snakes (which eats Bart in the end of the episode). The number of rats in the streets is exaggerated and jellyfishes are uncommon in the beach sand.
** Exotic animals aren’t sold in the streets and this is prohibited by law.

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* CriticalResearchFailure: There are a lot of mistakes in the Brazilian representation in this episode. No wonder most Brazilians consider this episode alone the most inaccurate Brazilian (and Rio de Janeiro) representation ever ([[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales although the Brazilian Simpsons fans don’t don't hate the episode and find the representation mistakes funny]]).
** The favelas in Rio are very different from old crumbling houses from the 60s/70s presented in the episode. Although episode, although the poverty is accurate.
** There are no monkeys attacking people in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Even in the favelas monkeys are very, very rare. The most common place to see a monkey in Brazil is in the Zoo.zoo. The same could be said about the giant snakes (which eats Bart in the end of the episode). The number of rats in the streets is exaggerated and jellyfishes are uncommon in the beach sand.
** Exotic animals aren’t aren't sold in the streets and this is prohibited by law.



** Conga is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} Cuban]] dance and people don’t dance it in the streets. Plus, most of Brazilians don’t know anything about this dance.
** The Churrascaria (and the waiters) present in the episode is a southern themed Churrascaria and waiters don’t dress like a Gaúcho[[note]]Gaúcho is the person from Rio Grande do Sul, the most southern state in Brazil.[[/note]] in Rio. Also, people don’t eat the meat directly from the large metal spits like Bart did in the episode. The waiters slice the meat in the client’s plate.
** The dance instructor claims to be thinking of a new sexy dance, even sexier than the Lambada or the Macarena. While the Lambada was indeed Portuguese the Macarena was sung by a Spanish group. The confusion probably stems from their group name, Los del Rio, which doesn't refer to Rio de Janeiro, but to the Spanish word for "river".
** Homer’s kidnappers travel with him to Amazon Forest and it’s heavily implied [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot this occurred in a very short time]]. Just for comparison, the distance between Rio de Janeiro to the whereabouts of Amazon Forest is almost 4400 kilometers[[note]]Considering the travel to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, the state which Amazon forest is most present[[/note]]. This is almost the same of travelling from New York to Los Angeles.
* {{Heartwarming}}: It's nice to see that the Simpsons have actually helped someone without it being revealed as a con or otherwise directly backfiring horribly at them or the person they try to help.
* OvershadowedByControversy: Blame It On Lisa is one of the most controversial episodes from the Simpsons and still remembered for the controversy caused, mainly for tarnishing Rio de Janeiro's reputation. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after learning the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. The producer James L. Brooks issued a statement with apologies latter.

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** Conga is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} Cuban]] UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}}n dance and people don’t don't dance it in the streets. Plus, most of Brazilians don’t don't know anything about this dance.
** The Churrascaria (and the waiters) present in the episode is a southern themed Churrascaria and waiters don’t don't dress like a Gaúcho[[note]]Gaúcho is the person from Rio Grande do Sul, the most southern state in Brazil.[[/note]] in Rio. Also, people don’t don't eat the meat directly from the large metal spits like Bart did in the episode. The waiters slice the meat in the client’s client's plate.
** The dance instructor claims to be thinking of a new sexy dance, even sexier than the Lambada or the Macarena. While the Lambada was indeed Portuguese Brazilian, the Macarena was sung by a Spanish group. The confusion probably stems from their group name, Los del Rio, which doesn't refer to Rio de Janeiro, but to the Spanish word for "river".
** Homer’s Homer's kidnappers travel with him to Amazon Forest and it’s it's heavily implied [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot this occurred in a very short time]]. Just for comparison, the distance between Rio de Janeiro to the whereabouts of Amazon Forest is almost 4400 kilometers[[note]]Considering kilometers.[[note]]Considering the travel to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, the state which Amazon forest is most present[[/note]]. present[[/note]] This is almost the same of travelling from New York to Los Angeles.
* {{Heartwarming}}: SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: It's nice to see that the Simpsons have actually helped someone without it being revealed as a con or otherwise directly backfiring horribly at them or the person they try to help.
* OvershadowedByControversy: Blame "Blame It On Lisa on Lisa" is one of the most controversial episodes from the Simpsons and still remembered for the controversy caused, mainly for tarnishing Rio de Janeiro's reputation. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after learning the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. The producer James L. Brooks issued a statement with apologies latter.
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* {{{Heartwarming}}}: It's nice to see that the Simpsons have actually helped someone without it being revealed as a con or otherwise directly backfiring horribly at them or the person they try to help.

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* {{{Heartwarming}}}: {{Heartwarming}}: It's nice to see that the Simpsons have actually helped someone without it being revealed as a con or otherwise directly backfiring horribly at them or the person they try to help.
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* HeartwarmingMoment: It's nice to see that the Simpsons have actually helped someone without it being revealed as a con or otherwise directly backfiring horribly at them or the person they try to help.

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* HeartwarmingMoment: {{{Heartwarming}}}: It's nice to see that the Simpsons have actually helped someone without it being revealed as a con or otherwise directly backfiring horribly at them or the person they try to help.
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* HeartwarmingMoment: It's nice to see that the Simpsons have actually helped someone without it being revealed as a con or otherwise directly backfiring horribly at them or the person they try to help.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: There are a lot of mistakes in the Brazilian representation in this episode. No wonder most of Brazilians consider this episode alone the most inaccurate Brazilian (and Rio de Janeiro) representation ever ([[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales although the Brazilian Simpsons fans don’t hate the episode and finds funny the representation mistakes]]).
** The favelas in Rio are very different from old crumbling houses from 60s/70s presented in the episode. Although the poverty is accurate.
** There are no monkeys attacking people in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Even in the favelas monkeys are very, very rare. The most common place to see a monkey in Brazil is in the Zoo. The same could be said about the giant snakes (which eats Bart in the of episode). The number of rats in the streets is exaggerated and Jellyfishes are uncommon in the beach sand.

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* CriticalResearchFailure: There are a lot of mistakes in the Brazilian representation in this episode. No wonder most of Brazilians consider this episode alone the most inaccurate Brazilian (and Rio de Janeiro) representation ever ([[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales although the Brazilian Simpsons fans don’t hate the episode and finds funny find the representation mistakes]]).
mistakes funny]]).
** The favelas in Rio are very different from old crumbling houses from the 60s/70s presented in the episode. Although the poverty is accurate.
** There are no monkeys attacking people in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Even in the favelas monkeys are very, very rare. The most common place to see a monkey in Brazil is in the Zoo. The same could be said about the giant snakes (which eats Bart in the end of the episode). The number of rats in the streets is exaggerated and Jellyfishes jellyfishes are uncommon in the beach sand.



** It's very rare to see children of Bart and Lisa age robbing money or stuff from people, although some teenagers do this and foreign tourists are one of the targets.

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** It's very rare to see children of Bart and Lisa Lisa's age robbing stealing money or stuff other things from people, although some teenagers do this and foreign tourists are one of the targets.



** Homer’s kidnappers travels with him to Amazon Forest and it’s heavily implied [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot this occurred in a very short time]]. Just to comparison, the distance between the Rio de Janeiro to the whereabouts of Amazon Forest is almost 4400 kilometers[[note]]Considering the travel to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, the state which Amazon forest is most present[[/note]]. This is almost the same of travelling from New York to Los Angeles.
* OvershadowedByControversy: Blame It On Lisa is one of the most controversial episodes from the Simpsons and still remembered by the controversy caused, mainly for tarnish Rio de Janeiro reputation. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after knowing the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. The producer James L. Brooks issued a statement with apologies latter.

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** Homer’s kidnappers travels travel with him to Amazon Forest and it’s heavily implied [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot this occurred in a very short time]]. Just to for comparison, the distance between the Rio de Janeiro to the whereabouts of Amazon Forest is almost 4400 kilometers[[note]]Considering the travel to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, the state which Amazon forest is most present[[/note]]. This is almost the same of travelling from New York to Los Angeles.
* OvershadowedByControversy: Blame It On Lisa is one of the most controversial episodes from the Simpsons and still remembered by for the controversy caused, mainly for tarnish tarnishing Rio de Janeiro Janeiro's reputation. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after knowing learning the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. The producer James L. Brooks issued a statement with apologies latter.



* WhatAnIdiot: Homer was warned by Lisa in the beginning of travel to don't take unlicensed taxis because it's dangerous. Homer forget Lisa's words and takes the first Taxi he sees and it's an unlicensed one. Result: he is kidnapped.

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* WhatAnIdiot: Homer was warned by Lisa in the beginning of travel travelling to don't not take unlicensed taxis because it's dangerous. Homer forget forgot Lisa's words and takes the first Taxi he sees and it's an unlicensed one. Result: he is kidnapped.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Homer was warned by Lisa in the beginning of travel to don't take unlicensed taxis because it's dangerous. Homer forget Marge's words and takes the first Taxi he sees and it's an unlicensed one. Result: he is kidnapped.

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* WhatAnIdiot: Homer was warned by Lisa in the beginning of travel to don't take unlicensed taxis because it's dangerous. Homer forget Marge's Lisa's words and takes the first Taxi he sees and it's an unlicensed one. Result: he is kidnapped.
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** Homer’s kidnappers travels with him to Amazon Forest and it’s heavily implied [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot this occurred in a very short time]]. Just to comparison, the distance between the Rio de Janeiro to the whereabouts of Amazon Forest is almost 4400 quilometers[[note]]Considering the travel to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, the state which Amazon forest is most present[[/note]]. This is almost the same of travelling from New York to Los Angeles.

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** Homer’s kidnappers travels with him to Amazon Forest and it’s heavily implied [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot this occurred in a very short time]]. Just to comparison, the distance between the Rio de Janeiro to the whereabouts of Amazon Forest is almost 4400 quilometers[[note]]Considering kilometers[[note]]Considering the travel to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, the state which Amazon forest is most present[[/note]]. This is almost the same of travelling from New York to Los Angeles.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: There are a lot of mistakes in the Brazilian representation in this episode. No wonder most of Brazilians consider this episode alone the most inaccurate Brazilian (and Rio de Janeiro) representation ever (although the Brazilian Simpsons fans don’t hate the episode and finds funny the representation mistakes).

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* CriticalResearchFailure: There are a lot of mistakes in the Brazilian representation in this episode. No wonder most of Brazilians consider this episode alone the most inaccurate Brazilian (and Rio de Janeiro) representation ever (although ([[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales although the Brazilian Simpsons fans don’t hate the episode and finds funny the representation mistakes).mistakes]]).



* WhatAnIdiot: Homer was warned by Marge in the beginning of travel to don't take unlicensed taxis because it's dangerous. Homer forget Marge's words and takes the first Taxi he sees and it's an unlicensed one. Result: he is kidnapped.

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* WhatAnIdiot: Homer was warned by Marge Lisa in the beginning of travel to don't take unlicensed taxis because it's dangerous. Homer forget Marge's words and takes the first Taxi he sees and it's an unlicensed one. Result: he is kidnapped.

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** Conga is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} Cuban]] dance and is people don’t dance it in the streets. Plus, most of Brazilians don’t know anything about this dance.

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** It's very rare to see children of Bart and Lisa age robbing money or stuff from people, although some teenagers do this and foreign tourists are one of the targets.
** Conga is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} Cuban]] dance and is people don’t dance it in the streets. Plus, most of Brazilians don’t know anything about this dance.


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* WhatAnIdiot: Homer was warned by Marge in the beginning of travel to don't take unlicensed taxis because it's dangerous. Homer forget Marge's words and takes the first Taxi he sees and it's an unlicensed one. Result: he is kidnapped.

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* CriticalResearchFailure: There are too many mistakes in this episode to the point of most Brazilians consider this episode alone the most inaccurate Brazilian (and Rio de Janeiro) representation ever (although they don’t hate the episode and finds funny the representation mistakes).

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* CriticalResearchFailure: There are too many a lot of mistakes in the Brazilian representation in this episode to the point of episode. No wonder most of Brazilians consider this episode alone the most inaccurate Brazilian (and Rio de Janeiro) representation ever (although they the Brazilian Simpsons fans don’t hate the episode and finds funny the representation mistakes).



** Conga is a Cuban dance and is people don’t dance it in the streets. Plus, most of Brazilians don’t know anything about this dance.

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** Conga is a Cuban [[UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} Cuban]] dance and is people don’t dance it in the streets. Plus, most of Brazilians don’t know anything about this dance.



** Homer’s kidnappers travels with him to Amazon Forest and it’s heavily implied this occurred in a very short time. Just to comparison, the distance between the Rio de Janeiro to the whereabouts of Amazon Forest is almost 4400 quilometers[[note]]Considering the travel to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, the state which Amazon forest is most present[[/note]]. This is almost the same of travelling from New York to Los Angeles.

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** Homer’s kidnappers travels with him to Amazon Forest and it’s heavily implied [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot this occurred in a very short time.time]]. Just to comparison, the distance between the Rio de Janeiro to the whereabouts of Amazon Forest is almost 4400 quilometers[[note]]Considering the travel to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, the state which Amazon forest is most present[[/note]]. This is almost the same of travelling from New York to Los Angeles.Angeles.
* OvershadowedByControversy: Blame It On Lisa is one of the most controversial episodes from the Simpsons and still remembered by the controversy caused, mainly for tarnish Rio de Janeiro reputation. Riotur, a Brazilian tourist board, alongside with the Brazilian government, tried to sue Fox for the episode but gave up after knowing the first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the parodies. The producer James L. Brooks issued a statement with apologies latter.
-->'''James L. Brooks''': We apologize to the lovely city and people of Rio de Janeiro. And if that doesn't settle the issue, Homer Simpson offers to take on the president of Brazil on Fox's Celebrity Boxing.

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* CriticalResearchFailure: The dance instructor claims to be thinking of a new sexy dance, even sexier than the Lambada or the Macarena. While the Lambada was indeed Portuguese the Macarena was sung by a Spanish group. The confusion probably stems from their group name, Los del Rio, which doesn't refer to Rio de Janeiro, but to the Spanish word for "river".

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* CriticalResearchFailure: There are too many mistakes in this episode to the point of most Brazilians consider this episode alone the most inaccurate Brazilian (and Rio de Janeiro) representation ever (although they don’t hate the episode and finds funny the representation mistakes).
** The favelas in Rio are very different from old crumbling houses from 60s/70s presented in the episode. Although the poverty is accurate.
** There are no monkeys attacking people in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Even in the favelas monkeys are very, very rare. The most common place to see a monkey in Brazil is in the Zoo. The same could be said about the giant snakes (which eats Bart in the of episode). The number of rats in the streets is exaggerated and Jellyfishes are uncommon in the beach sand.
** Exotic animals aren’t sold in the streets and this is prohibited by law.
** Conga is a Cuban dance and is people don’t dance it in the streets. Plus, most of Brazilians don’t know anything about this dance.
** The Churrascaria (and the waiters) present in the episode is a southern themed Churrascaria and waiters don’t dress like a Gaúcho[[note]]Gaúcho is the person from Rio Grande do Sul, the most southern state in Brazil.[[/note]] in Rio. Also, people don’t eat the meat directly from the large metal spits like Bart did in the episode. The waiters slice the meat in the client’s plate.
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The dance instructor claims to be thinking of a new sexy dance, even sexier than the Lambada or the Macarena. While the Lambada was indeed Portuguese the Macarena was sung by a Spanish group. The confusion probably stems from their group name, Los del Rio, which doesn't refer to Rio de Janeiro, but to the Spanish word for "river".
** Homer’s kidnappers travels with him to Amazon Forest and it’s heavily implied this occurred in a very short time. Just to comparison, the distance between the Rio de Janeiro to the whereabouts of Amazon Forest is almost 4400 quilometers[[note]]Considering the travel to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, the state which Amazon forest is most present[[/note]]. This is almost the same of travelling from New York to Los Angeles.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The dance instructor claims to be thinking of a new sexy dance, even sexier than the Lambada or the Macarena. While the Lambada was indeed Portuguese the Macarena was sung by a Spanish group. The confusion probably stems from their group name, Los del Rio, which doesn't refer to Rio de Janeiro, but to the Spanish word for "river".
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