Editing My Way or the Highway to Heaven

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{{Noncanon Episode|reason=Framing device is of characters in [[Heaven]] telling the stories}}
{{Episode
|image=My Way or the Highway to Heaven promo 1.png
|number=642
|season=30
|snumber=3
|prodcode= XABF17
|airdate= October 14, [[2018]]
|titlescreen= In the first title screen, it features a remix of the opening theme, ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' style, while the second title screen feautures the normal one, but with [[God]] saying "In Heaven" then landing next to [[St. Peter]].
|couchgag= When [[Homer]] gets hit by the car by [[Marge]], he finds himself thrown through the bathroom door in Bob's Burgers restaurant, during their opening, panicking as the sequence of scenes in the opening play, with him inside, while the characters of the show comment on the situation, and how he should be called Bob Number 1, while [[Bob Belcher]] should be named Bob Number 2 or no name at all.
|guests= [[H. Jon Benjamin]] as [[Bob Belcher]]<br>[[Jon Lovitz]] as {{Ch|Jon Lovitz|himself}}<br>[[Dan Mintz]] as [[Tina Belcher]]<br>[[Eugene Mirman]] as [[Gene Belcher]]<br>[[Tracy Morgan]] as {{Ch|Tracy Morgan|himself}}<br>[[John Roberts]] as [[Linda Belcher]]<br>[[Kristen Schaal]] as [[Louise Belcher]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]]
|writer= [[Deb Lacusta]]<br>[[Dan Castellaneta]]<br>[[Vince Waldron]]
|director= [[Rob Oliver]]
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'''"My Way or the Highway to Heaven"''' is the third episode of [[season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six-hundred and forty-second episode overall. It originally aired on October 14, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Deb Lacusta]], [[Dan Castellaneta]] and [[Vince Waldron]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[H. Jon Benjamin]] as [[Bob Belcher]], [[Jon Lovitz]] as {{Ch|Jon Lovitz|himself}}, [[Dan Mintz]] as [[Tina Belcher]], [[Eugene Mirman]] as [[Gene Belcher]], [[Tracy Morgan]] as {{Ch|Tracy Morgan|himself}}, [[John Roberts]] as [[Linda Belcher]] and [[Kristen Schaal]] as [[Louise Belcher]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[God]] and [[St. Peter]] contemplate what merits a soul getting into heaven, while citizens of Springfield remember their divine encounters.}}

== Plot ==
[[God]] sits on his couch, next to [[St. Peter]], wondering where everyone is after His remodeling of [[Heaven]].  God says that Heaven needs to increase admissions, so He and St. Peter try to decide who to admit.

[[Ned Flanders]] is next shown teaching a Sunday school class about "Who will get into Heaven." Each student imagines how they'll die and go to Heaven. Ned explains how he was raised without religion by a family of Beatniks. He started selling trampolines after the {{W|Apollo 14}} moonlanding inspired bounce fever. He made lots of money, only to discover they're a death trap for kids after 500 consecutive bounces. The next possible victim was going to be a young [[Homer Simpson]], but Ned pushes him out of the way, getting electrocuted himself. After recovering, he wakes up in Heaven next to [[Jesus Christ]], Who tells him to take the road to redemption. Back on Earth, Ned is reborn, having been given a second chance, following God's path.

Next in the classroom, [[Marge Simpson]] tells the story of her grandmother, [[Genevieve Bouvier]], who was an atheist, married to [[Meaux]], a Nazi collaborator and cafe owner. A squad of U.S. paratroopers, including [[Abraham Simpson]], get trapped in the bar's cellar   as a group of German soldiers enter for a meal. Since Genevieve doesn't believe in an afterlife, she disguises the paratroopers as French waiters. However once the Germans try to kidnap her, they start to kill all of them, and finally giving Meaux a proper kiss and they go to their bedroom together. Marge tells the kids that this story tells them that atheists can do great things too. After this, God agrees to take atheists into Heaven too.

[[Gautama Buddha]] proposes Buddhism next, introducing [[Lisa Simpson]], who tells the story of the princess [[Siddmartha Gautama]]. Siddmartha searches for a way to better her boring life, finding children playing even though they have nothing, in contrast to her having everything and being unhappy. She disguises herself as a poor boy, visiting the land outside her palace, and finally finds enlightenment at the end, after a very long time.

After watching the three stories, God agrees to accept all the good souls into Heaven. In the end, the [[Flanders family]] hears a crack of thunder, which Ned explains as just angels bowling. A bowling pin crashes into their house. St. Peter apologizes to them, but they consider it a blessing. God comments he's just a kissup.

== Production ==
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== Gallery ==
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== Promo videos ==
*{{Youtube|_GNZlU0LYeo|Tracy Morgan Visits Heaven}}
*{{Youtube|wN6vl5htxzU|Flanders Plays Angel Bowling With The Gods}}

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[[Category:2018]]
[[Category:Anthology episodes]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Dan Castellaneta]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Deb Lacusta]]
[[Category:Episodes written by one time writers]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rob Oliver]]