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"'''Bart Gets a "Z"'''" is the second episode [[season 21]] and&nbsp; aired on October 4, 2009.<ref name=flash>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=9&d=27|title=Fox Flash September 27 - October 3|date=|accessdate=2009-09-17|work=[[Fox]]|author=}}</ref>&nbsp;
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"'''Bart Gets a "Z"'''" is the second episode of [[season 21]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four-hundred and forty-third episode overall. It originally aired on October 4, [[2009]]. The episode was written by [[Matt Selman]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]].
  
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== Synopsis ==
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{{Desc|When [[Edna Krabappel|Mrs Krabappel]] confiscates her students' mobile phones, they hatch a plan to get their teacher drunk to get her to "loosen up". When [[Principal Skinner]] fires her, she is replaced by a cool new teacher, [[Zachary Vaughn]], who impresses the kids with his love of texting, Facebook and Twitter. Bart has a lingering guilt about getting Edna fired, and tries to help her. With the assistance of a self-help book-slash-DVD, she opens her own muffin store - but she still longs to be a teacher.}}
  
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== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
After [[Edna Krabappel]] confiscates their cell phones, the pupils, led by [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], decide to teach her a lesson by spiking her coffee with booze. This leads her to make a drunken fool of herself during an assembly, forcing [[Principal Skinner]] to fire her. Her replacement is a cool new teacher named [[Zachary Vaughn|Zachary "Zack" Vaughn]], who impresses the class with his hip attitude and use of texting, blogging, Twitter, and Facebook in lesson plans. Bart visits Ms. Krabappel at her home and finds her miserable and unwashed (although likely still less grubby than Bart himself). While at a bookstore with [[Milhouse Van Houten]], Bart learns of a book and DVD set called "The Answer," which rather shamelessly claims to hold the key to a happy and successful life. Bart buys the book for Ms. Krabappel, who follows its instructions to fulfill her dream of owning her own muffin shop. Thinking her content with her new life, Bart reveals that it was he who spiked the coffee, but that no harm has come of it as she is living her dream. Krabappel replies that he has ruined her life as her dream was always to be a teacher. Resolving to get Zack fired so that Krabappel can return to work, Bart sneaks into the school with the intention of spiking Zack's [[Blue Bronco Energy Drink]]. He instead has a last minute change of heart and decides to tell Skinner the truth so that Krabappel will be reinstated. Skinner, however, tells Bart that he can't fire a good teacher (or even just a competent one, or even one that just shows up) for no reason. Just then, they overhear someone in the hallway shouting about how much he hates children. It is revealed that Zachary Vaughn has been spiking his own Blue Bronco with vodka just to get through the day, and he is dragged away by [[Groundskeeper Willie]] all the while drunkenly disparaging the school's bureaucracy and students. Ms. Krabappel returns to school, and even gets her revenge by forcing the students to eat the stale leftover products from her now-defunct muffin shop.
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[[Bart]] and his classmates get their cellphones confiscated by Mrs. Krabappel for using them in class. At a meeting in Bart's house, the students realize that Homer is always fun to be around when he's drunk so they decide to get Mrs. Krabappel drunk. Each student steals some alcohol from their parents and puts it in Mrs. Krabappel's coffee. After Mrs. Krabappel gets drunk she makes a scene which results in her getting fired. As a result, Bart and Milhouse buy a book called "The Answer". Following the instructions of the book, Bart and Mrs. Krabappel build a Muffin store called [[Edna's Edibles]]. That's when Bart confesses that ''he'' was the one who put alcohol in Mrs. Krabappel's coffee. Mrs. Krabappel is angry with Bart and leaves and tears the book with the batter mixer.
  
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Meanwhile, at [[Springfield Elementary]], a new teacher called [[Zachary Vaughn]] teaches Bart's class and gives everyone their cellphones back, everyone loves him, except Bart. He still misses Mrs. Krabappel. Bart was going to put alcohol in Zachary's drink as well but backs out at the last second and decides to tell Principal Skinner instead. While he is confessing he and Skinner hear someone yelling in the hallway. It was Zachary, shouting drunkenly that he hates children. Skinner initially thinks Bart spiked his drink, and states that he thought Bart told him that he didn't spike it, to which Bart confirms again that he didn't, with Zachary confirming Bart's statement, as he has a tendency to spike his own drink. Willie takes him away (muttering that it always happens to the good ones as he does so), although not before Zachary attempts to defame the faculty by claiming that they just want to control the students. And Mrs. Krabappel gets her job back, although she does get her revenge on the students for causing her to get fired in the first place by giving them extremely stale muffins.
  
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*[[Milhouse Van Houten]]
 
*[[Lewis]]
 
*[[Nelson Muntz]]
 
*[[Adrian]]
 
*[[Itchy]]
 
*[[Scratchy]]
 
*[[Melissa]]
 
*[[Howard]]
 
*[[Jimbo Jones]]
 
*[[Kearney Zzyzwicz]]
 
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*[[Homer Simpson]]
 
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*[[Elizabeth Hoover]]
 
*[[Lisa Simpson]]
 
*[[Ralph Wiggum]]
 
*[[Allison Taylor]]
 
*[[Dewey Largo]]
 
*[[Lunchlady Doris]]
 
*[[Principal Skinner]]
 
*[[Zachary Vaughn]]
 
*[[Marge Simpson]]
 
*[[Maggie Simpson]]
 
*[[Disco Stu]]
 
*[[Squeaky Voiced Teen]]
 
*[[Moe Szyslak]]
 
*[[Kirk Van Houten]]
 
*[[Helen Lovejoy]]
 
*[[Hans Moleman]]
 
*[[Blue-Haired Lawyer]]
 
*[[Ned Flanders]]
 
*[[Becky]]
 
*[[Groundskeeper Willie]]
 
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
 
 
The movie that Bart and Mrs. Krabappel watch together is a parody of the 1986 film Back to School, starring Rodney Dangerfield. It apparently stars [[Larry Burns]], who was voiced by Dangerfield in the&nbsp;eighth season episode [[Larry Burns|Burns, Baby Burns]].
 
 
 
The blackboard in the background during the Parent/Teacher Night scene between Zachary Vaughn and Homer reads "zackattack.com". This website does not exist, although it could be a parody of screwattack.com.
 
 
 
The "Z" in the episode's title refers to Zachary Vaughn. It is not a typo or reference to the second season episode [[Larry Burns|Bart Gets an F]].
 
 
 
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Episode Information
Episode number: 443
Season number: S21 E2
Production code: LABF15
Original airdate: October 4, 2009
Title screen: Shary Bobbins flies by
Billboard gag: Kwik-E-Mart - Porno Now on Lower Shelf
Chalkboard gag: Chalkboarding is not torture.
Couch gag: The Simpsons, wearing cowboy hats, exchange gunfire around the couch.
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Matt Selman
Directed by: Mark Kirkland


"Bart Gets a "Z"" is the second episode of season 21 of The Simpsons and the four-hundred and forty-third episode overall. It originally aired on October 4, 2009. The episode was written by Matt Selman and directed by Mark Kirkland.

Synopsis[edit]

"When Mrs Krabappel confiscates her students' mobile phones, they hatch a plan to get their teacher drunk to get her to "loosen up". When Principal Skinner fires her, she is replaced by a cool new teacher, Zachary Vaughn, who impresses the kids with his love of texting, Facebook and Twitter. Bart has a lingering guilt about getting Edna fired, and tries to help her. With the assistance of a self-help book-slash-DVD, she opens her own muffin store - but she still longs to be a teacher."


Plot[edit]

Bart and his classmates get their cellphones confiscated by Mrs. Krabappel for using them in class. At a meeting in Bart's house, the students realize that Homer is always fun to be around when he's drunk so they decide to get Mrs. Krabappel drunk. Each student steals some alcohol from their parents and puts it in Mrs. Krabappel's coffee. After Mrs. Krabappel gets drunk she makes a scene which results in her getting fired. As a result, Bart and Milhouse buy a book called "The Answer". Following the instructions of the book, Bart and Mrs. Krabappel build a Muffin store called Edna's Edibles. That's when Bart confesses that he was the one who put alcohol in Mrs. Krabappel's coffee. Mrs. Krabappel is angry with Bart and leaves and tears the book with the batter mixer.

Meanwhile, at Springfield Elementary, a new teacher called Zachary Vaughn teaches Bart's class and gives everyone their cellphones back, everyone loves him, except Bart. He still misses Mrs. Krabappel. Bart was going to put alcohol in Zachary's drink as well but backs out at the last second and decides to tell Principal Skinner instead. While he is confessing he and Skinner hear someone yelling in the hallway. It was Zachary, shouting drunkenly that he hates children. Skinner initially thinks Bart spiked his drink, and states that he thought Bart told him that he didn't spike it, to which Bart confirms again that he didn't, with Zachary confirming Bart's statement, as he has a tendency to spike his own drink. Willie takes him away (muttering that it always happens to the good ones as he does so), although not before Zachary attempts to defame the faculty by claiming that they just want to control the students. And Mrs. Krabappel gets her job back, although she does get her revenge on the students for causing her to get fired in the first place by giving them extremely stale muffins.


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