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''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 21, 1999. In the episode, after

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gives birth to octuplets that were the result of fertility drugs, she and

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unintentionally allow a zookeeper to exploit their babies in exchange for help after corporate sponsors abandon them for a Shelbyville mom that has given birth to nonuplets. Reception of the episode from television critics has been mixed.

Plot

The family visits Shøp, a parody of

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, and run into

and

. Manjula is entranced by Maggie and the couple decide to have a baby. With the help of

fertility drugs