When the Simpsons' plans for an outing at the Frying Dutchman turns into a disaster due to an uncooperative octopus, the family tells three nautically themed stories to pass the time.
Mayflower Madman In
Lisa's story,
Bart, Lisa and a widowed
Marge board the
Mayflower to head for the new world.
Homer, fleeing from the police, boards the ship and hides in a barrel. Homer is attracted to Marge. However,
Moe is jealous of their friendship. Moe takes Homer down to the storage room to play a drinking game. Homer and the crew get drunk, and Moe claims that Homer is responsible, leading Captain "
Flandish" (
Flanders) and
Reverend Lovejoy to place him in a
stock. A storm approaches, and Flandish is knocked unconscious. Homer volunteers to take his place, and leads them safely out of the storm. Homer and Marge get together, and the members of the Mayflower meet the
Wampanoag tribe and join them for the first
Thanksgiving feast.
The Whine-Bar Sea In Bart's story, the
Bounty sets sail from England in 1789, commanded by
Captain Bligh (
Seymour Skinner). During the voyage, Bligh severely mistreats his crew. Willie warns him of a
mutiny if he continues, but Bligh ignores him. They arrive in Tahiti, where Homer and Marge are the rulers of the island and have a wonderful time. Bligh continues to abuse the crew, leading
First Mate Bart Christian to mutiny and sending Bligh and Willie off in a lifeboat. Bart, as the new Captain, orders the crews to set sail for Tahiti, but after throwing away the
ship's wheel, they end up in Antarctica.
Watership D'ohn (aka, The Neptune Adventure) Homer tells a story taking place on the ocean liner S.S.
Neptune on New Year's Eve during the 1970s. At midnight,
Captain Burns fails to notice a massive
freak wave, which hits the bridge, capsizing the ship and killing most of the passengers. Led by
Selma, the survivors climb up the decks to the engine room, during which Lenny falls to his death, saying that it is "too confusing" to carry on.
Comic Book Guy swims through a flooded deck to help the others get to the engine room, but he has a heart attack and drowns. The group makes it to the engine room and are rescued, but
Sideshow Mel is killed when he is accidentally set on fire by one of the rescue crew welding a hole in the ship. Once outside the ship, the survivors encounter the
skeletons of the
Bounty crew, who are still trying to get back to Tahiti. ==Cultural references==