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[[Bart Simpson|Bart]] notices that the water in the bathroom sink always drains counter-clockwise. [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] explains ([[Coriolis_force#Draining_in_bathtubs_and_toilets|incorrectly]]) that water only drains clockwise in the [[Southern Hemisphere]] due to the [[Coriolis effect]]. Bart makes phone calls to various countries in the Southern Hemisphere to confirm this, such as a research station in [[Antarctica]], [[Buenos Aires]], [[Santiago]] and [[Burkina Faso]]. When Lisa points out how expensive [[International call|overseas calls]] are, Bart instead makes a [[collect call]] to [[Australia]], where a boy named Tobias Drundridge answers the phone. Bart impersonates an adult bureaucrat and is told the sink and toilet are both draining clockwise. Frustrated, Bart asks Tobias to check his neighbors' toilets. The call takes six hours to complete, since Tobias lives in the rural [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] of Squatter's Crag and Bart fails to hang up the phone.
Three weeks later, Tobias's father Bruno is billed [[Australian dollar |$]]900 for the phone call. An enraged Bruno calls Bart and demands payment, but Bart only taunts him. However, Bruno's neighbor Gus is a federal Member of [[Parliament of Australia|Parliament]], who reports the matter to the [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]]. After Bart ignores several letters from the Prime Minister and the [[Solicitor-General of Australia|Solicitor-General]], the government of Australia indicts him for fraud. A [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] official arrives and explains that Bart has worsened already acrimonious [[Australia–United States relations]]. When [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] refuses to allow the State Department to imprison Bart for five years to placate Australia, the State Department settles on having Bart publicly apologize in Australia.
The Simpsons arrive in Australia and stay in the [[Embassy of the United States, Canberra|U.S. Embassy in Canberra]]. When Bart sees a sign prohibiting foreign visitors from bringing in [[Invasive species in Australia|invasive species]], he leaves his pet bullfrog at the airport. A kangaroo puts the frog in its [[marsupial pouch]], introducing it into the wild. Bart makes his public apology, but an unsatisfied Parliament demands Bart receive a "booting" — a kick on the buttocks with an oversize boot — as [[corporal punishment]]. Desperate, Bart and [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] escape and the family flees to the embassy, chased by a large, angry mob. After a stand-off, the two governments propose a compromise: one kick from the Prime Minister, through the gate of the embassy, with a regular [[Brogue shoe|wing-tip shoe]]. Marge protests, but Bart agrees to the punishment. However, Bart dodges the kick, [[Mooning|moons]] the Australians with the words [[Noli me tangere#In United States history and military|"Don't tread on me"]] written on his buttocks, and hums "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]". The outraged mob storms the embassy, and the Simpsons and the embassy staff are evacuated by helicopter. From the air, the Simpsons notice that Bart's [[Cane toads in Australia|bullfrog has reproduced]], and its offspring are wreaking havoc on [[Environment of Australia|Australia's ecosystem]] and [[Agriculture in Australia|farms]]. They gleefully laugh, unaware a [[koala]] has stowed away aboard their helicopter and may inadvertently be introduced to U.S. territories.
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