ur , ▁the ▁tour ist ▁board ▁of ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro , ▁planned ▁on ▁su ing ▁Fox ▁for ▁dam aging ▁the ▁international ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁city , ▁which ▁they ▁thought ▁was ▁incorrectly ▁port rayed ▁as ▁having ▁r amp ant ▁street ▁crime , ▁kid n app ings , ▁sl ums , ▁and ▁a ▁rat ▁inf est ation . ▁James ▁L . ▁Bro oks , ▁executive ▁producer ▁of ▁The ▁Sim ps ons , ▁soon ▁issued ▁an ▁ap ology ▁to ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁Mar ge ▁disco vers ▁that ▁the ▁Sim pson ▁family ▁has ▁run ▁up ▁a ▁large ▁tele phone ▁bill ▁due ▁to ▁several ▁calls ▁to ▁Brazil . ▁After ▁the ▁phone ▁company ▁cut s ▁off ▁the ▁family ' s ▁service ▁and ▁H omer ▁repeatedly ▁inj ures ▁himself ▁trying ▁to ▁restore ▁it , ▁Lisa ▁adm its ▁that ▁she ▁made ▁the ▁calls ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁stay ▁in ▁touch ▁with ▁R onal do , ▁an ▁or phan ▁boy ▁she ▁has ▁been ▁spons oring . ▁She ▁had ▁been ▁receiving ▁month ly ▁letters ▁from ▁him ▁until ▁recently ; ▁when ▁they ▁stopped , ▁she ▁called ▁the ▁or phan age ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁stay ing ▁and ▁was ▁told ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁gone ▁missing . ▁When ▁Lisa ▁plays ▁a ▁vide ot aped ▁message ▁from ▁R onal do , ▁telling ▁her ▁that ▁he ▁used ▁her ▁money ▁to ▁buy ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁dan cing ▁sho es , ▁H omer , ▁Mar ge , ▁and ▁Bart ▁decide ▁to ▁fly ▁to ▁Brazil ▁with ▁her ▁and ▁find ▁him . ▁They ▁leave ▁Mag gie ▁in ▁the ▁care ▁of