Which Aesop tale is parodied in the Simpsons episode titled "Marge Gets a Job"?
The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 210 in the Perry Index. From it is derived the English idiom "to cry wolf", defined as "to give a false alarm" in "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" and glossed by the "Oxford English Dictionary" as meaning to make false claims, with the result that subsequent true claims are disbelieved.
The Simpsons (season 10) "The Simpsons"' tenth season was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States between August 23, 1998, and May 16, 1999. It contains twenty-three episodes, starting with "Lard of the Dance". "The Simpsons" is a satire of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. Set in the fictional city of Springfield, the show lampoons American culture, society, television, and many aspects of the human condition.