Saula (fictional planet) Saula (fictional planet) Saula is a fictional planet described in ""An Attempt to Escape" ("Попытка к бегству")" by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. This planet is a part of the so-called Noon Universe and presents a world in an early feudalistic stage (opposite to e.g. late feudalism of Arkanar). The planet was named after Saul (Savel) Repnin, one of the space explorers who discovered it in 2141 AD. Saula is the second planet (out of four) of EN-7031 solar system, about one and a half times further from its sun than Earth is from ours. The day and night cycle on
Brother from the Same Planet reference a scene from the episode where Homer "argues with his own brain about a desired course of action" to illustrate self-discrepancy theory, the idea that "humans will go to great lengths to attain and preserve self-esteem". The writers of the FOX program "King of the Hill" put "Brother from the Same Planet" among the five best episodes of "The Simpsons", including "Homer the Heretic", "Lisa's Wedding", "Lisa's Substitute", and "Behind the Laughter". Mikey Cahill of the "Herald Sun" highlighted the quote "PickupBart? What the hell is PickupBart?" by Homer in his list of "Fab Fives" related to "The Simpsons".