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"'''What to Expect When Bart's Expecting'''" is the nineteenth episode of [[season 25]] and aired on April 27, [[2014]].
  
 
== Synopsis ==
 
== Synopsis ==
[[Bart]] hates art class, and so, to try and get it off his timetable, uses voodoo to inadvertently impregnate [[Evelyn Trunch|his teacher]]. Word quickly spreads around which leads people to believe that Bart has the ability to aid couples trying to conceive children. But [[Fat Tony]] also gets wind of this, and kidnaps Bart and [[Homer]], forcing them to breed a thoroughbred racing horse, but it appears the prospective father has other ideas.
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[[Bart]] hates art class, and so, to try and get it off his timetable, uses voodoo to inadvertently impregnate [[Evelyn Trunch|his teacher]]. Word quickly spreads around which leads people to believe that Bart has the ability to aid couples trying to conceive children. But [[Fat Tony (second)|Fat Tony]] also gets wind of this, and kidnaps Bart and [[Homer]], forcing them to breed a thoroughbred racing horse, but it appears the prospective father has other ideas.
  
 
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This episode gathered ''The Simpsons''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s lowest ever ratings on its premiere, receiving only 3.45 million viewers, with a 1.6 18-49 share.<ref>[http://stvplus.com/show/176/The-Simpsons#episodes STVPlus.com - The Simpsons - Season 25]</ref> This has been reported by ''{{w|Daily Mirror|The Mirror}}'' as a "ratings crisis". <ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/simpsons-ratings-crisis-matt-groening-3473636 The Mirror - The Simpsons 'in ratings crisis' as it falls to an all-time low with just 3.4 million viewers]</ref>
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This episode gathered ''The Simpsons''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s second-lowest ever ratings on its premiere, receiving only 3.45 million viewers, with a 1.6 18-49 share.<ref>[http://stvplus.com/show/176/The-Simpsons#episodes STVPlus.com - The Simpsons - Season 25]</ref> This has been reported by ''{{w|Daily Mirror|The Mirror}}'' as a "ratings crisis". <ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/simpsons-ratings-crisis-matt-groening-3473636 The Mirror - The Simpsons 'in ratings crisis' as it falls to an all-time low with just 3.4 million viewers]</ref>
  
 
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Episode Information
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"What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" is the nineteenth episode of season 25 and aired on April 27, 2014.

Synopsis

Bart hates art class, and so, to try and get it off his timetable, uses voodoo to inadvertently impregnate his teacher. Word quickly spreads around which leads people to believe that Bart has the ability to aid couples trying to conceive children. But Fat Tony also gets wind of this, and kidnaps Bart and Homer, forcing them to breed a thoroughbred racing horse, but it appears the prospective father has other ideas.

Production

The couch gag was directed by Michal Socha.

Reception

This episode gathered The Simpsons's second-lowest ever ratings on its premiere, receiving only 3.45 million viewers, with a 1.6 18-49 share.[1] This has been reported by The Mirror as a "ratings crisis". [2]

International premieres

Country Date Channel Note
Hispanic America.gif Latin America August 31, 2014;[3] [4] Fox Latin America
800px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png United Kingdom August 17, 2014 Sky1 Gathered 849,000 viewers

Gallery

The Saga of Carl - title screen.png Wikisimpsons has a collection of images related to "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting".

External links

References


Season 25 Episodes
Homerland Treehouse of Horror XXIV Four Regrettings and a Funeral YOLO Labor Pains The Kid Is All Right Yellow Subterfuge White Christmas Blues Steal This Episode Married to the Blob Specs and the City Diggs The Man Who Grew Too Much The Winter of His Content The War of Art You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee Luca$ Days of Future Future What to Expect When Bart's Expecting Brick Like Me Pay Pal The Yellow Badge of Cowardge