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((Infobox Simpsons episode
| image          = Giuliani on The Simpsons.png
 | image_size = 200
| caption        = The episode's promotional image, featuring [[Rudy Giuliani]].
| season         = 18
| episode        = 20
| director       = [[Matthew Faughnan]]
| writer         = [[John Frink]]
| production     = JABF12
| airdate        = ((Start date|2007|05|13))
| guests         = [[Stephen Hawking]] as himself<br/>[[Rudy Giuliani]] as himself<br/>[[Maurice LaMarche]] as The Horn Stuffer
| blackboard     = "Pearls are not oyster barf"<ref name="Futon">((cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20070924fox03|title=The Simpsons: "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot"|access-date=2008-06-08|publisher=The Futon Critic))</ref>
| couch_gag      = The [[Simpson family]] sits down on the couch. Then, another [[Simpson family]] sits down on it. Then, many more [[Simpson family|Simpson families]] come into the house at once. One [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] shouts "Hey, don't shove!"<ref name="Futon"/>
| commentary     = ((Plainlist|
* Al Jean
* John Frink
* [[Matt Selman]]
* [[Tom Gammill]]
* [[Max Pross]]
* [[David Silverman (animator)|David Silverman]]
* [[Nancy Cartwright]]
* [[Raymond S. Persi|Raymond Persi]]
))
| prev           = [[Crook and Ladder]]
| next           = [[24 Minutes]]
))

"'''Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!'''"<ref name="Futon"/> is the twentieth episode of the [[The Simpsons season 18|eighteenth season]] of the American animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It first aired on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]] in the United States on May 13, 2007.<ref name="Futon"/> When [[Santa's Little Helper]] rescues a lost [[Homer Simpson|Homer]], he becomes a local hero and the Simpsons decide to enroll him in Police Dog Academy, where he is teamed with Lou and they become a crime-busting duo. [[Bart Simpson|Bart]]'s excitement quickly vanishes after an incident with a jaded Santa's Little Helper, so to appease Bart's depression after the loss of his dog, [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] agrees to buy him a huge pet snake, which causes a life-threatening situation at Bart and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]'s school. It was written by [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Matthew Faughnan]].<ref name="Futon"/> Friend of the show [[Stephen Hawking]] makes his third guest appearance on the show as himself,<ref name="Futon"/> while [[Maurice LaMarche]] does the voice of the Horn Stuffer.<ref name="Futon"/> [[Rudy Giuliani]] makes a guest voice appearance as himself, although not in the original airing.<ref name="Futon"/> The fan-favorite song "[[Freak On a Leash]]" by metal band
[[Korn]] is featured when Santa's Little Helper is trying to find Homer in a cornstalk maze. The episode was nominated for a [[Writers Guild of America Award]].<ref name="Ratings">[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/ Simpsons Channel | Your Source For Simpsons News] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114020231/http://www.simpsonschannel.com/ |date=November 14, 2007 ))</ref>

==Plot==
[[Homer Simpson|Homer]], excited about going to [[Oktoberfest]], is disappointed when he discovers that [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] has tricked him and the kids into going to a Harvest Festival which allows no alcohol. While attempting to leave, Homer accidentally leads the family into a [[corn maze|cornfield maze]]. Lisa crafts an escape plan with [[Tremaux's algorithm]], a real life maze-solving method, but Homer is left behind after wrongly assuming that Marge wants to break up when she was suggesting to split up to find a way out.

Homer is lost inside the maze for several hours and [[Santa's Little Helper]] is called upon by [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] to find him. The dog manages to sniff out Homer and drag him out of the maze. Santa's Little Helper becomes a hero and the Simpsons, persuaded by [[Chief Wiggum]], enroll him in the Springfield Animal Police Academy, where he is teamed with [[Eddie and Lou|Lou]], managing to help fight crime in Springfield.

Santa's Little Helper catches [[Snake Jailbird]] who is taken to court, but freed on a technicality. This makes Santa's Little Helper jaded, and when he returns home, he bites Bart on the leg out of frustration. Considering the fact that the pressure from the fight against crime is what led to the dog's actions on Bart, the Simpsons send the dog away to live with Lou. As a replacement, Marge buys Bart an [[African rock python]], which he names Strangles. Bart takes Strangles to [[show and tell (education)|show and tell]] at school, where Strangles escapes into a school lab and unintentionally knocks over beakers of [[ethanol]] and [[nitric acid]], mixing both substances and creating a toxic cloud.

Bart, being the only person still stranded in school trying to find Strangles, collapses from the smoke, (remarking "It smells like some chemicals [[flatulence|cut one]]"). Both Santa's Little Helper and Strangles arrive to save Bart, who chooses his faithful dog to save him. Santa's Little Helper goes back to living with the Simpsons. [[Groundskeeper Willie]] adopts Strangles, and places him in the fire hose coil.

==Production==
[[Rudy Giuliani]] was originally announced in the official press release as appearing in this episode. As a result, several images of him recording his part as well as a promotional image of him in Simpsonized form, were released. However, his appearance was not included in the final version of the episode.<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20070419fox13 Listings - SIMPSONS, THE on FOX | TheFutonCritic.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> According to executive producer [[James L. Brooks]] in an interview with [[Charlie Rose]], the show was not allowed to use Giuliani's appearance because he had become a presidential candidate.<ref>((cite video |people=Rose, Charlie (Host, Executive producer) |date=July 30, 2007 |title=Charlie Rose:A Conversation About The Simpsons Movie |url=http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2007/07/30/1/a-conversation-about-the-simpsons-movie |medium=Television production |publisher=Charlie Rose, Inc. |access-date=2007-07-31 |time=approx. 28 minutes in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155709/http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2007/07/30/1/a-conversation-about-the-simpsons-movie |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |df= ))</ref>

However, Giuliani's appearance is present in the syndicated version of the episode where he gives the commencement address at the police animal academy graduation ceremony. His speech to the trained animals includes a large amount of condescending "animal talk" such as talking about their fluffy tails and stomachs. He also said they should get a treat, prompting Homer to wish someone had said that on his graduation day.

==Cultural references==
((prose|section|date=December 2013))
* In Bart's vision, Santa's Little Helper becomes a dog version of [[RoboCop (character)|RoboCop]] and shoots down a math book, [[Jason Voorhees]] (from ''Friday the 13th'' parts 3+) and [[Pinhead (Hellraiser)|Pinhead]] (from ''[[Hellraiser]]'').<ref name="IGN"/>
* [[Clippy]], the [[Microsoft Word]] icon appears on the computer at school, when Strangles tries to eat it (it says "You look like you're trying to eat me. Need some help?").<ref name="TVSQUAD">((cite web |date=14 May 2007 |author=Adam Finley |title=The Simpsons: Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot - TV Squad |url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/14/the-simpsons-stop-or-my-dog-will-shoot/ |website=TV Squad |publisher=Yahoo.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615192356/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/14/the-simpsons-stop-or-my-dog-will-shoot/ |archive-date=2007-06-15 |url-status=dead))</ref>
* The title is a reference of the movie [[Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot]].
* The song "[[Freak on a Leash]]" by the American [[nu metal]] band [[Korn]] can be heard briefly when [[Santa's Little Helper]] is looking for Homer in a corn maze.
* At the end of the episode, Willie tells Strangles "That'll do snake, that'll do" in reference to the movie Babe.

==Reception==
Robert Canning of [[IGN]] describes the episode as "average", and was only a buildup to next week's 400th episode.<ref name="IGN"/> Canning says the episode had bright bits, including [[Stephen Hawking]]'s appearance.<ref name="IGN">((cite web |date=14 May 2012 |author=Robert Canning |title=The Simpsons: "Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot!" Review - IGN |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/788/788078p1.html |website=[[IGN]] ))</ref>

Adam Finley of [[TV Squad]] states the episode "fell flat halfway through the middle act, and all of the third".<ref name="TVSQUAD"/>

This episode was nominated for a [[WGA Award]] in 2007, but lost to "[[Kill Gil, Volumes I & II]]", another episode this season.<ref name="Ratings"/>

==References==
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== External links ==
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