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== Synopsis ==
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{{desc|After learning about the California Gold Rush, [[Bart]] decides to pull a prank on [[Nelson]]. However, the whole town falls for it.}}
  
 
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[[Bart]]'s class is visited by [[Ranger Todd]] who performs a puppet show about the California Gold Rush. The puppet show goes over when [[James Marshall]] first found gold at the [[Sutter's Mill]] before other people found out about it and flocked to the location. However, the prospectors ended up going broke and ended up with disease, starvation, exposure, and death. [[Mrs. Krabappel]] tells Ranger Todd that she expected a story about the colorful old prospectors they see in movies, but Todd tells her that they weren't colorful. After the show, [[Nelson]] pushes Bart's head into the history book, which leads to Bart wanting to get back at Nelson.
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[[Bart]]'s class is visited by [[Ranger Todd]] which doing a puppet show about Sutter's Mill as part of the class's study of the California Gold Rush. Ranger tells us how bad things were going for the gold diggers. After the show push [[Nelson]] down Bart's face into a book and he says that Bart prospectin' for knowledge. Bart decides to get revenge on Nelson. And the next day, Bart is with [[Milhouse]] and they planing to plant iron pyrite at the [[Lake Springfield]] where Nelson usually go to after school with his friends. On the way to the river crossing then [[Mr. Burns]] that intend to bury nuclear waste at McCoy's old farm. Bart and Milhouse puts some iron pyrite before they being chased away by Nelson and his friends and he going home. Bart has not discovered that the sack with iron pyrite have fallen apart and he begins to spread it all over Springfield. Nelson discovered that they had planned, there's gold in Lake Springfield. It will not take long time before [[Moe]], [[Ned]] and [[Homer]] notice that there's gold in various locations in Springfield and the rumor begins to spread. Bart is on his way to Nelson to watch as he learns the truth about the gold but discovers that all residents of Springfield have begun to dig for gold, so he decides to not tell the true, so no one gets mad at him and he hopes it will pass soon. The next day has the searching for the gold get worse almost all of Springfield is excavated. Bart takes the up iron pyrite from his pocket which he has left, this discovering [[Moe]] and [[Barney]] and they ask him what he found there. Bart then tells that he found in McCoy's old farm and all of Springfield go to the farrm and start do dig up Mr. Burns nuclear waste.
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Bart takes a bag of fool's gold to the [[Springfield Lake]], where the bullies hang out. Meanwhile, [[Mr. Burns]] and [[Waylon Smithers]] arrive at the [[McCoy Farm]] and decide to bury nuclear waste there illegally. At the Lake, Bart and [[Milhouse]] leave the fool's gold around for the bullies, before they are chased off. Bart then runs home, spilling fool's gold as he goes. When the bullies find the gold, they get excited and start telling the town. As the townspeople start finding gold, they begin digging up the town to find more, to Bart's surprise.
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Bart decides to just go home and wait for everything to blow over the next day. However, he is woken up by Homer digging up the front yard looking for gold. Bart then finds everyone else in town is still digging everything up looking for gold. When [[Moe]] and [[Barney]] ask Bart where he got his gold from, Bart tells them that he found it at the McCoy Farm. Everyone heads there to start digging, uncovering all the nuclear waste instead, which Burns and Smithers then find out about.
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|1a=December 6, [[2012]]
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|2=''[[Bart Simpson: Sucker Punch]]''
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|2a=April 11, [[2017]]
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Latest revision as of 08:45, January 12, 2024

The Great Springfield Gold Rush
The Great Springfield Gold Rush.png
Comic Story information
Released: February 2012
Comic series: Bart Simpson
Pages: 15
Written by: Paul Kupperberg


The Great Springfield Gold Rush is a Bart Simpson story first printed in Bart Simpson #68.

Synopsis[edit]

"After learning about the California Gold Rush, Bart decides to pull a prank on Nelson. However, the whole town falls for it."


Plot[edit]

Bart's class is visited by Ranger Todd who performs a puppet show about the California Gold Rush. The puppet show goes over when James Marshall first found gold at the Sutter's Mill before other people found out about it and flocked to the location. However, the prospectors ended up going broke and ended up with disease, starvation, exposure, and death. Mrs. Krabappel tells Ranger Todd that she expected a story about the colorful old prospectors they see in movies, but Todd tells her that they weren't colorful. After the show, Nelson pushes Bart's head into the history book, which leads to Bart wanting to get back at Nelson.

Bart takes a bag of fool's gold to the Springfield Lake, where the bullies hang out. Meanwhile, Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers arrive at the McCoy Farm and decide to bury nuclear waste there illegally. At the Lake, Bart and Milhouse leave the fool's gold around for the bullies, before they are chased off. Bart then runs home, spilling fool's gold as he goes. When the bullies find the gold, they get excited and start telling the town. As the townspeople start finding gold, they begin digging up the town to find more, to Bart's surprise.

Bart decides to just go home and wait for everything to blow over the next day. However, he is woken up by Homer digging up the front yard looking for gold. Bart then finds everyone else in town is still digging everything up looking for gold. When Moe and Barney ask Bart where he got his gold from, Bart tells them that he found it at the McCoy Farm. Everyone heads there to start digging, uncovering all the nuclear waste instead, which Burns and Smithers then find out about.

Reprints[edit]

Comic issue Release date Country
Bart Simpson #42 December 6, 2012 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png
Bart Simpson: Sucker Punch April 11, 2017 Flag of the United States.png


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