Dirty Magazine

"Dirty Magazine" is the second episode in the fifteenth season of North Springs, and the 202nd episode overall. In the episode, Ben steals a men's magazine belonging to Greg Wendy's father after finding out his has  character on the cover. Meanwhile, Tommy and Makowski attempt to make a science fiction film.

Written by Don Grayman and Rob Farlane, episode's plot was made in response to the controversy caused by Marge Simpson's appearances in ' and ' in 2009. The episode was directed by Grayman.

"Dirty Magazine" premiered on on May 12, 2010, and is rated TV-PG D in the United States.

Plot
Ben is at Greg's house after school. The boys are reading comic books and holding a contest to see who can write "the best short story ever written in the history of everything". Eventually, Ben realizes it is time to go and leaves, promising to continue his story tomorrow.

As Ben is leaving, he looks to his right and sees an issue of Cuties magazine. The cover shows Marge Simpson naked with a bed sheet censoring her breasts and genitals. Ben swiftly looks around, unzips his backpack, puts the magazine in, zips it again, and leaves.

In the meantime, at Makowski's house, Tommy is thinking of ideas for a movie, and Makowski is drawing a picture of an alien. Tommy asks Makowski for ideas, and Makowski simply replies with, "I have no idea." Immediately afterward, the two look at the drawing and decide on making a sci-fi movie.

Later, at the Sears house, Ben is look at the "Cartoon Curves" section of the magazine when he hears his mother walking down the hall, telling him dinner is ready. Ben quickly hides the magazine in his closet and goes to eat dinner. At the table, Bryan is talking about how he thought a man at his workplace was "nasty" for keeping an issue of Cuties, and he says that anyone who keeps a men's entertainment magazine should "die for keeping such filth". This makes Ben start to regret his choice.

After dinner, while Ben is in his closet trying to find the magazine, Cheryl says she needs to check his backpack. Ben gives her the backpack while attempting to clear space. However, when she opens it and starts pulling his things out to she if he has anything inappropriate, she spots something purple. She pulls it out and finds out it is the issue of Cuties Ben had lost.

A few minutes later, Ben's parents give him a talk about how "dirty magazines are dirty", and they state that not all cartoons are intended for children. Then, his parents ask him where the magazine came from, and he states he stole it from Greg's house.

The next morning, when the boys are at school, Ben tells Philly about his situation. Philly says, "Don't worry, I gotcha covered." He then hands Ben a copy of the magazine issue, and tells Ben that he got three copies from a fifth grader named Seth Snyder, who started selling bootleg copies to other students. Philly then gives Ben a Spanish-language version, saying "Take this, too. Just... in... case."

Within a matter of minutes, nearly every child in school has a copy of the issue. At lunch, as Makowski and Tommy are putting their trays down, they spot Philly reading the Cuties issue. As Philly laughs Cole Makowski ask, "Where the hell did you get that from?" Philly says he got it from Seth Snyder. Tommy shakes his head in disapproval and walks to a table with Makowski, and the two begin discussing film story ideas. Eventually, Tommy decides that the story should be about aliens.