Editing Bart's Not Dead

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|image=Bart's Not Dead promo 1.png
|Caption= 
|Episode Number= 640
|productionCode= XABF19
|originalAirdate= September 30, [[2018]]
|titlescreen= The Simpsons logo shows up only for the S and O to transform into 30 and the text Years to appear beneath to form "30 years"
|couchGag= A series of clips from each season is shown (for a full list, see [[Bart's Not Dead/References#Continuity|the references page]]). An alien family is then seen sitting on a couch in the Star System HD 102365 - 30 Light Years Away from Earth. The adult male alien asks why Homer sounds like [[Walter Matthau]].
|specialGuestVoices= [[Gal Gadot]] as {{Ch|Gal Gadot|Herself}}<br/>[[Emily Deschanel]] as {{Ch|Emily Deschanel|Herself}}<br/>[[Dave Attell]] as {{ap|Luke|Bart's Not Dead}}<br/>[[Pete Holmes]] as {{ap|Matthew|Bart's Not Dead}}<br/>[[Jonathan Groff]] as [[Actor playing Bart]]<br/>[[Katy Perry]] as {{Ch|Katy Perry|Herself}} (archive footage)<br/>[[Kiefer Sutherland]] as [[Jack Bauer]] (archive audio)<br/>[[Leonard Nimoy]] as {{Ch|Leonard Nimoy|Himself}} (archive audio)
|Show Runner= [[Al Jean]]
|Written By= [[Stephanie Gillis]]
|Directed By= [[Bob Anderson]]
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'''"Bart's Not Dead"''' is the 1st episode and the season premiere of [[season 30]]. It first aired on September 30, [[2018]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Bart]] takes a dare, and ends up in the hospital. To cover for himself and [[Homer]], he says he went to [[Heaven]] and met [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]. Christian producers offer the Simpsons a movie deal, which Homer takes. But Bart can't deal with the guilt and comes clean to [[Marge]] after the movie is finished.}}

== Plot ==
At the Student music festival at [[Springfield Elementary School]], after [[Martin]]'s poor performance, [[Lisa]] and [[Milhouse]] perform, with Lisa playing a sad song. [[Dolph]] dares [[Bart]] to pull the fire alarm to stop Lisa, but he refuses, signing his death wish to the bullies.

The next day, [[Marge]] is proud of him at school, but [[Homer]] at home tells him he has to take a dare like a man. Marge starts treating him well afterwards in the car, which Bart doesn't took very well, imagining himself old throwing himself out of a boat when [[Skinner]] makes fun of him too, on Mother's day.

At Echo Canyon, the bullies dares him to jump from the dam, which Bart does ending face first on concrete. At [[Springfield General Hospital]], Bart wakes up and to not disappoint Marge makes up a lie that he went to [[Heaven]]. [[Ned]] and the police comes to Bart's bed too and he slowly becomes popular.

After Lisa's failed attempt to scare Bart, Christian movie producers come at the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|house]] to present to Homer and Bart the opportunity to make a movie about his experience. Homer and Ned are forced to work together on the movie, including interviewing [[Emily Deschanel (character)|Emily Deschanel]] and [[Gal Gadot (character)|Gal Gadot]].

The movie starts recording, and Bart starts getting worried and having nightmares from Lisa's words. He actually ends up in Heaven in his nightmare, where he meets [[Clancy Bouvier]] and [[Jesus Christ]], who beats him hard with "LOVE".

The movie, titled ''[[Bart's Not Dead (film)|Bart's Not Dead]]'', finally premieres, and it's a big hit. After that, Bart finally confesses to Marge and Lisa, and Springfielders gets pissed. Homer and Ned gives the raised money to charity and all is forgiven, but one thing.

On top of the house's roof, Bart asks Lisa if [[God]] will forgive him, to which she says if God exists, he'll forgive him, if Bart has remorse. Just after they start falling, only to end up on a pile of leaves, saving them. At the Pearl's Gates, Bart is shown at his death, and Homer says Jesus wants to meet him. Homer instead goes to Hindu Heaven, where he gets transformed to a turtle and sent back to Earth.

== International airdates ==
{{Airdates
|asiadate= December 9, 2018
|asiachannel= {{W|Fox (Southeast Asian TV channel)|Fox Asia}}
|asianote= <ref>https://www.facebook.com/FoxTVAsia/photos/a.259421719283/10157082895484284/?type=3&theater</ref>
|esLAdate= May 29, 2019
|esLAchannel= {{W|Fox Latin America|Fox Latin America}}
|esLAnote= 
}}

== Gallery ==
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== Production ==
Showrunner Al Jean told that in the episode, [[Bart]] has a concussion and wants to lie to [[Marge]] so he pretends he met [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]], and everybody is like "Bart met Jesus" and they all wanna get his story so it turns into a musical.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTR4uZa7KXw Animation on FOX on Youtube - The Simpsons Producers At Comic-Con 2018]</ref>
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File:Bart's Not Dead Gal Gadot Lisa.jpg|Concept art of Gal Gadot as Lisa Simpson by [[Eric S. Keyes]]
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== Promo Videos ==
*{{youtube|hHs6iIjb9Dc|Preview - Gal Gadot in The Simpsons.}}
*{{youtube|EVls2DRzcwg|Homer Auditions Emily Deschanel & Gal Gadot}}
*{{youtube|K-CyxLeFaUM|Bart Goes To Heaven}}

== References ==
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{{Season 30}}

[[Category:Season premieres]]
[[Category:Bart episodes]]
[[Category:2018]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Stephanie Gillis]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Bob Anderson]]