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"'''Fat Man and Little Boy'''" is the fifth episode of [[The Simpsons]]' [[List of The Simpsons episodes#Season 16 (2004-2005)|sixteenth season]] and the last new episode of [[2004]].
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|number= 340
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|airdate= December 12, [[2004]]
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|couchgag= The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. The camera zooms out to reveal that the couch is attached to the lure of an {{W|anglerfish}} which swallows the family.
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|guests= [[Eric Idle]] as [[Declan Desmond]]
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|showrunner1= Al Jean
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|writer= [[Joel H. Cohen]]
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==Synopsis.==
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"'''Fat Man and Little Boy'''" is the fifth episode of [[season 16]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundred and fortieth episode overall. It originally aired on December 12, [[2004]]. The episode was written by [[Joel H. Cohen]] and directed by [[Mike B. Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Eric Idle]] as [[Declan Desmond]].
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After attacking [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] with spitballs, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] finds out his last [[baby teeth|baby tooth]] is loose. After a failed attempt in getting it out, Bart's tooth comes out when [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] forces a drawer open. Bart puts his tooth under his pillow for the [[Tooth Fairy]] and in the morning, he finds the Tooth Fairy made a donation in his name to the [[United Way]]. He soon begins to realize that he is not a kid anymore. Bart puts his toys into a small boat and sets it on fire, a proper "[[Viking funeral]]".
 
  
Lisa tells Bart that she writes things when she feels depressed. Bart does so and begins writing things on his T-Shirts. When [[Van Houten family#Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]] wants one of his shirts, Bart decides to go into [[business]]. When the [[police]] [[confiscate]] his shirts, Bart takes his shirts to a retailer show. However, his stand is destroyed by [[Krusty the Clown]]'s massive stand. While leaving, Bart is run over by Goose Gladwell, a [[Willy Wonka]]-type salesman who sells weird items. He looks at Bart's shirts and decides to sell them in most of his 20 stores which are in 30 states. The shirts are fast sellers and Goose gives Bart enough money to support the Simpson family. The family structure is soon reversed when [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] asks Bart for money to pay the bill for their dinner in a restaurant(he accidently broke some bathroom fixtures). Homer later quits his job at the power plant when he says he will never have to work again.
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== Synopsis ==
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{{Desc|When [[Bart]] writes slogans on t-shirts, he catches the attention of Goose Gladwell, a gag gift entrepreneur, and soon becomes a t-shirt mogul. With Bart now the breadwinner, Homer feels he no longer has a place in the family. In order to feel more useful, Homer begins spending more time with Lisa, including watching documentaries by scholar Declan Desmond. But when Gladwell is revealed as a fraud, Homer steps in to show him who's really boss.}}
  
While watching a documentary about [[lion]]s by [[Declan Desmond]] (voiced by [[Eric Idle]]), Homer decides to nurture Lisa after thinking Bart has replaced him. They quickly bond as Homer plays [[Fictional characters within The Simpsons#Malibu Stacey|Malibu Stacey]] with her. In Lisa's room, Homer sees her entry for the [[science fair]], which is a history of [[nuclear physics]] and a scale model of the first [[nuclear reactor]]. However, [[Martin Prince|Martin]] shows them his project, a child-like robot. With Lisa sure to lose, Homer decides to help her by stealing some plutonium from the power plant and building a small working Class II [[plutonium]] fission reactor. At Goose's store, Bart learns that Goose sold the rights to make his shirts into movies, but Bart will get nothing. He runs into Homer after leaving and this angers Homer. In Goose's shop, Homer threatens to [[Detonation|detonate]] his nuclear reactor if he does not give Bart what he deserves. Goose does so and Homer uses his leverage to get himself some novelty items as well.
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== Plot ==
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[[File:Viking funeral.png|thumb|left|200px|Bart gives his toys a Viking funeral.]]
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[[Bart]] fires spitballs at [[Lisa]] and [[Janey]] and one is covered in blood. Lisa then complains to Bart about it but Bart finds out he is losing his last baby tooth. Bart then starts to worry that he is becoming an adult and has to give up his life as a kid. He sits in a kiddie ride outside the [[Try-N-Save]] to try and regain his youth, but when [[Jimbo]], [[Dolph]] and [[Kearney]] come, he goes home and decides to give his toys a Viking funeral. Lisa then tells Bart that when she is feeling down she writes stuff and Bart decides to write cynical messages on T-shirts. They quickly become popular and Bart opens his own T-shirt stand but [[Chief Wiggum]] shuts it down as he does not have a vending license.
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[[File:ScratchBob ItchPants.png|thumb|right|200px|One of Krusty's shirts.]]
  
==Bart shirt phrases:==
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Bart makes a new T-shirt stand and takes it to the local expo, where it gets crushed by [[Krusty]]'s bigger stand. Dejected, he goes outside and gets run over by a businessman named [[Goose Gladwell]], who sees Bart's T-shirts and offers to distribute them, as he finds them "hilarious". [[Homer]] then realizes he just lost his spot in the family and ends up watching a [[Declan Desmond]] documentary about lions on TV, which convinces him to spend the remainder of his life bonding with Lisa instead of moving to the [[Springfield Retirement Castle]].
*Adults Suck, Then You Are One
 
*Life Ends at Ten
 
*Wake Me When It's Recess
 
*I've Puked More Beer Than You've Drunk
 
*I ♥ ♥ Attacks
 
*Do not resuscitate
 
*Think Globally, Fart Locally
 
*My Other T-shirt is Also a Joke T-shirt
 
*[[Weapons of Mass Destruction|Weapon of Ass Destruction]]
 
*Top of the [[Food chain|Dude chain]]
 
*Wish You Were Beer
 
*Stop World Hunger, Eat My Shorts!
 
*Sucking Sucks
 
*Everything Sucks
 
*[[America's Most Wanted|America's least wanted]]
 
*[[Born in the USA|Bored in the USA]]
 
*Pobody's Sherfect Nithead
 
*[[Impeachment|Impeach]] Everybody
 
*[[Get Bent]]
 
*Proud [[Nubian]] Princess
 
*I'm Not Fat, I'm Enormous
 
*This Shirt Sucks
 
*Don't Blame Me I Voted For [[Scooby-Doo]]
 
*Stop Staring At My Man Boobs
 
*[[Jews for Jesus|Jews For Jebus]]
 
*Body By [[Oreo]]
 
*If You Can Read This The Backpack Fell Off
 
*I'm Not Getting Older, I'm Getting Bitter
 
*Don't Wake Me I'm Working
 
*Rich Bitch
 
  
==Trivia==
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Homer enjoys spending time with Lisa but after Lisa's project on nuclear energy is about to lose to [[Martin]]'s robot named CHUM (short for "Childlike Humanoid Urban Muchacho") and Homer uses real plutonium to power Lisa's project and Lisa begins to hate Homer again. In the mean time Goose Gladwell is selling the rights to Bart's t-shirts to the Disney company and Bart is not even given a single penny. Homer then comes to the store and after a discussion with Goose Homer is able to end sales to Bart's t-shirts and Homer is able to reprise his role as father again. In a deleted scene during the credits, Bart tries to lose a tooth by getting Nelson to punch him, a plan that fails when Nelson leaves to think about the insults he received.
*What Homer did is similar to what Boy Scout [[David Hahn]] did in 1994. ''[http://business.fortunecity.com/executive/674/fission.html]''
 
*Among the items in Goose's store are a [[Magic 8-ball|8-ball fortune teller]] and a [[Star Destroyer]] model.
 
*There are no holiday decorations in the power plant or the Simpson home, and no snow to be seen. This indicates that Smithers' line "It's Christmas, sir" may have been a [[retroscript|last-minute addition]] when it was noted that the episode was slated to air around [[Christmas]] .
 
*When Homer is stealing the Plutonium from the power plant, the Pink Panther theme song plays. The final note plays when Lisa opens the basement door.
 
*Before the episode first aired, Matt Groening registered the domain [http://nuclear-secrets.com nuclear-secrets.com], but never created a website.
 
* Bart's Toys:
 
**[[Spirograph|Spirogram]]
 
**[[Etch-a-Sketch|Sketch-an-Etch]]
 
**[[Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots|Sock-Em Knock-Em Cyborgs]]
 
**[[Hungry Hungry Hippos|Ravenous Ravenous Rhinos]]
 
**[[Monopoly (game)|Duopoly]]
 
**[[Parchesi|Parchoosey]]
 
**[[Silly Putty|Humor Putty]]
 
  
==Cultural References==
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== Production ==
*The episode is named after the two nuclear bombs that were dropped on [[Japan]] during [[World War II]], codenamed [[Fat Man]] and [[Little Boy]].
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*The eccentric Goose Gladwell seems to be a parody of [[Willy Wonka]]; this episode was released six months before the [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|2005 movie]], though Gladwell's appearance is based more on the [[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory|1971 version]]. Homer also makes a reference to strange adults befriending small children, which is possibly a reference to [[Michael Jackson]], who was acquitted of [[pedophilia|child molestation]] charges about the same time the Depp film hit theaters.
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*Songs used:
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**[[Get Ready For This]] by [[2 Unlimited]]
 
**"[[Dust in the Wind]]"
 
**The [[Pink Panther]] theme
 
**[[I'm Too Sexy]] by [[Right Said Fred]].
 
  
==Quotes==
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*'''Sea Captain:''' ''So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day, nothing good can stay''. Yarr. <br/> '''Bart:''' Hey, Sea Captain. <br/> '''Sea Captain:''' Given your toys a [[Viking funeral]], eh? <br/> '''Bart:''' I really don't want to talk right now. <br/> '''Sea Captain:''' If you change your mind, I won't be f-aaar. <br/> '''Bart:''' Thanks, but... <br/> '''Sea Captain:''' I've been told I'm a good listener. But when you're a captain, ya never know when people are just flatterin' ya. Ar. What? ''(sees Bart has left)'' He's gone! Darn it! I just want a friend who isn't a work friend!
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*''(Bart has written "Adults suck, then you are one" on his [[T-shirt]])'' <br/> '''Marge:''' Bart! Someone wrote something cynical on your shirt. Let me wash it off. <br/> '''Bart:''' Leave me alone. This expresses my [[Rage Against the Machine|rage at the machine]]. <br/> '''Marge:''' Well I like t-shirts with a nice joke, like "Support our troops".<br/>'''Homer:''' Bart's shirt is a classic, Marge, just like "Keep on truckin" - as if I would ever want to ''stop'' truckin'.
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*'''Krusty:''' Hey, hey! Krusty-Brand show T-Shirts are made for kids by kids! And we pass the "slavings" ''(wink)'' onto you! ''(laugh)'' We got all your favorite characters: [[Itchy and Scratchy Show|Itchy]], Scratchy, [[Fictional characters within The Simpsons#Poochie|Poochie]], [[Austin Powers]]-Itchy, Itchy-Poochie, [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|Scratch-Bob Itch-Pants]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Itchy, and [[Osama bin Laden|Osama bin Scratchy]].
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*'''[[Montgomery Burns|Burns]]:''' [[Waylon Smithers|Smithers]], join me for a cup of coffee.<br/>'''Smithers:''' I've just had one.<br/>'''Burns:''' What! Why is everyone so insolent today?<br/>'''Smithers:''' Well it is Christmas, sir.<br/>'''Burns:''' ''I'' say when it's Christmas.
 
 
 
*'''Marge:''' Homer, use your inside voice. <br/> '''Homer:''' I DON'T HAVE AN INSIDE VOICE!
 
 
 
*'''Homer:''' How hard can it be to build a nuclear reactor. [[Korea]] did it, and look at the quality of their animation. (''continues talking, and the animation of his mouth slips off his face'')
 
 
 
*'''Lisa:''' Dad? <br/> '''Homer:''' Bub, bub, bub. Don't look. <br/> ''(Homer covers his reactor. The glow shows his [[skeleton]])'' <br/> '''Lisa:''' Dad, what did you do? <br/> '''Homer:''' I wanted to help you. You know that non-functioning nuclear reactor you built? <br/> '''Lisa:''' ''(uneasy)'' Yes? <br/> '''Homer:''' ''(getting out his reactor)'' I juiced it up a little. <br/> '''Lisa:''' Dad, that could [[explode]]! <br/> '''Homer:''' Oh, that's ridiculous. <br/> ''(Lisa gets out her Krusty-Brand [[geiger counter]], which begins ticking like crazy)'' <br/> '''Krusty Geiger Counter:''' That thing's gonna blow! Drop this toy and run! <br/> '''Lisa:''' Mom! Dad built a device that would be deadly in the wrong hands...and he's holding it!
 
 
 
*'''Homer:''' I can see you need your dad more than ever! <br/> '''Grampa:''' And Homer, I can see you need me more than ever. <br/> '''Homer:''' Get back in the garage, old man! <br/> '''Grampa:''' But, there's spiders in the boxes. <br/> '''Homer:''' Stay out of my boxes!
 
 
 
*'''Homer:''' Maybe the internet can help me out. It sure gave some good advice on [[penis|wang]] enhancement. Okay, www.nuclearsecrets.com. "Are you a [[terrorism|terrorist]]?" No. "Would you like to meet someone new, but are tired of the bar scene?" No! I will never tire of the bar scene!
 
 
 
*'''Homer:''' (low voice) Bart, I need $200. <br/> '''Bart:''' (low voice) Dad, the bill's only 100. <br/> '''Homer:''' (low voice) I broke some bathroom fixtures.
 

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Episode Information
Episode number: 340
Season number: S16 E5
Production code: FABF21
Original airdate: December 12, 2004
Couch gag: The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. The camera zooms out to reveal that the couch is attached to the lure of an anglerfish which swallows the family.
Guest star(s): Eric Idle as Declan Desmond
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Joel H. Cohen
Directed by: Mike B. Anderson


"Fat Man and Little Boy" is the fifth episode of season 16 of The Simpsons and the three-hundred and fortieth episode overall. It originally aired on December 12, 2004. The episode was written by Joel H. Cohen and directed by Mike B. Anderson. It guest stars Eric Idle as Declan Desmond.

Synopsis[edit]

"When Bart writes slogans on t-shirts, he catches the attention of Goose Gladwell, a gag gift entrepreneur, and soon becomes a t-shirt mogul. With Bart now the breadwinner, Homer feels he no longer has a place in the family. In order to feel more useful, Homer begins spending more time with Lisa, including watching documentaries by scholar Declan Desmond. But when Gladwell is revealed as a fraud, Homer steps in to show him who's really boss."


Plot[edit]

Bart gives his toys a Viking funeral.

Bart fires spitballs at Lisa and Janey and one is covered in blood. Lisa then complains to Bart about it but Bart finds out he is losing his last baby tooth. Bart then starts to worry that he is becoming an adult and has to give up his life as a kid. He sits in a kiddie ride outside the Try-N-Save to try and regain his youth, but when Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney come, he goes home and decides to give his toys a Viking funeral. Lisa then tells Bart that when she is feeling down she writes stuff and Bart decides to write cynical messages on T-shirts. They quickly become popular and Bart opens his own T-shirt stand but Chief Wiggum shuts it down as he does not have a vending license.

One of Krusty's shirts.

Bart makes a new T-shirt stand and takes it to the local expo, where it gets crushed by Krusty's bigger stand. Dejected, he goes outside and gets run over by a businessman named Goose Gladwell, who sees Bart's T-shirts and offers to distribute them, as he finds them "hilarious". Homer then realizes he just lost his spot in the family and ends up watching a Declan Desmond documentary about lions on TV, which convinces him to spend the remainder of his life bonding with Lisa instead of moving to the Springfield Retirement Castle.

Homer enjoys spending time with Lisa but after Lisa's project on nuclear energy is about to lose to Martin's robot named CHUM (short for "Childlike Humanoid Urban Muchacho") and Homer uses real plutonium to power Lisa's project and Lisa begins to hate Homer again. In the mean time Goose Gladwell is selling the rights to Bart's t-shirts to the Disney company and Bart is not even given a single penny. Homer then comes to the store and after a discussion with Goose Homer is able to end sales to Bart's t-shirts and Homer is able to reprise his role as father again. In a deleted scene during the credits, Bart tries to lose a tooth by getting Nelson to punch him, a plan that fails when Nelson leaves to think about the insults he received.

Production[edit]

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