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「プリンセスガイド」は、アメリカのアニメーションテレビシリーズ『ザ・シンプソンズ』の第26シーズン第15話であり、シリーズ全体では第567話にあたる。このエピソードはティモシー・ベイリーが監督し、ブライアン・ケリーが脚本を担当した。 2015年3月1日にアメリカのFOXネットワークで初放送された。
このエピソードでは、モーがナイジェリアの王女と恋に落ちる一方、バーンズ氏は王女の父親とウラン取引の交渉を行う。ヤヤ・ダコスタ、ジョン・ロヴィッツ、ケヴィン・マイケル・リチャードソンがゲスト出演。実業家のリチャード・ブランソンは本人役で出演した。このエピソードは好評を博し、ハンク・アザリアはこのエピソードでの演技でエミー賞を受賞した。
このエピソードは、放送の2日前に亡くなったレナード・ニモイの追悼に捧げられた。ニモイは「マージ対モノレール」と「スプリングフィールド事件」の2つのシンプソンズのエピソードにゲスト出演していた。
ホーマーはリサを発電所の「娘を職場に連れて行く日」に連れて行く。ホーマーがリサのためにコーンチップとサラダを交換できたとき、二人は抱き合う。一方、イーロン・マスクの行動が深刻な財政難を引き起こしたため、バーンズ氏は発電所を稼働させ続けるためにすぐにウランが必要となり、ナイジェリアの国王と交渉する。国王が娘のケミ王女が国内に滞在しており、世話をする人が必要だと話すと、バーンズは監視モニターでリサとホーマーが抱き合っているのを見て、ホーマーにケミの世話を任せる。しかし、ホーマーは仕事がうまくいかず、王女はアパートで退屈してしまう。ホーマーがケミをモーの家に連れて行くと、モーは王女の兄が自分から金を盗んだのではないかと疑っており、不満を表明する。
Homer returns to the apartment with the princess, who disappears. As he tries to explain the situation to Chief Wiggum, he gets arrested moments before she gets back to the bar, where Moe finds himself bonding with Kemi. They spend the next day together seeing Springfield and having fun until Homer, having been bailed out by Lenny and Carl, finds them, angry that Moe has taken his job to care for the princess. Moe and Kemi evade Homer and when she gives him a kiss, a paparazzo takes the picture which is quickly viewed by her father on the Internet, leading him to declaring he will never sign the uranium deal with Burns. Kemi explains to her father that kiss was just friendly, which hurts Moe until she declares that Moe is a wonderful friend who made her happy. Homer dissuades the king from punishing her and urges him to let his daughter live her life as she wants, and the king relents and signs the deal.
Richard Branson voiced himself in this episode as Mr. Burns' neighbor. He was previously drawn in a non-speaking appearance in the twenty-second season episode "Loan-a Lisa."[1]
The title of the episode is a reference to the 1987 film, The Princess Bride.
Moe recites a parody of Goodnight Moon when going to sleep.[2][3] Kemi leaves Moe with the Nigerian books, Things Fall Apart and Home And Exile by Chinua Achebe, The Famished Road by Ben Okri and The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.[2]
The episode received a 1.8 rating and was watched by a total of 3.93 million people, making it the second most watched show on Fox that night, behind the series premiere of The Last Man on Earth.[4]
Dennis Perkins of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A−, saying "Resting the show on Moe’s shoulders has been done before, sure—but never in so gracefully funny a manner as this. While never sacrificing Moe’s inherent and necessary misanthropy and general creepiness, the episode nonetheless builds a refreshingly warm and funny story around him. Honestly, it’s the best episode of season 26 so far."[2]
Tony Sokol of Den of Geek gave this episode 4 out of 5 stars. He called it a solid episode and highlighted the sight gags and jokes.[3]
Furthermore, Bakwa did a two-part series on The Simpsons, wherein, bloggers, writers, cultural thinkers and academics were asked to comment on the episode. Most of the reactions highlighted poor research, one-dimensional characters, the challenge of portraying believable Nigerians, and the episode’s relatable character, Princess Kemi.[5]
Hank Azaria won the Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance at the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards for his roles in the episode as Moe and the Pedicab driver.[6] He was one of three The Simpsons actors to be nominated.[7]