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| − | The episode begins with [[ | + | The episode begins with [[Kearney Dolph and Jimbo]] walking on a sidewalk in downtown [[Springfield]] at nighttime. Kearney has the head of a statue in his arms. As the three turn the corner, an angry mob advances on them. Homer and Hank Hill are forced to turn and run away. The mob corners Homer and Hank Hill in the town square next to the headless Jebediah Springfield statue. As the mob angrily advances, Homer climbs up onto the statue and begs everyone to please listen to his story. Flashback to Sunday morning: the family's getting ready for church, and Homer's preoccupied with a football game. On the way into church, [[Marge]] confiscates Bart's personal radio with headphones and gives them to Homer. During Sunday school, the teacher and students discuss the topic of who's allowed in [[Heaven]]. All of the students ask a lot of questions and, at the end, confuse and drive the teacher crazy. Back in the [[First Church of Springfield|church]], while the sermon's about sports gambling, Homer's oblivious because he's using Bart's headphones to listen to the game. On the way home from church, Marge expresses her disapproval of Homer's headphones and Bart sees the movie theater's playing ''{{ap|Space Mutants|films}}'', and begs to see it; Homer doesn't care, but Marge tells him no. Later at home, Bart asks for 5 dollars from Homer and takes off on his skateboard. Bart skates over to the movie theater. Once there, he encounters two of the worst kids in school: [[Jimbo]] and [[Kearney]]. Bart makes a good impression on them and, when [[Dolph]] pokes his head out the emergency exit door and says the coast is clear, they invite him to sneak into ''Space Mutants 4'' with them. Bart, a little unsure of the situation, agrees to sneak into the movie also. |
| − | Inside the movie theater, the kids watch the movie, are discovered by an angry usher, and are kicked out of the theater. Back outside, the group including Bart head to the [[Kwik-E-Mart]]. While Bart unwittingly distracts [[Apu]] and orders 4 [[Squishee]]s, the other kids swipe a bunch of stuff from the store. Bart meets up with them in the parking lot, realizes he was used to help steal from the store, and, in an effort to stay cool with the group, he doesn't say anything. They all wander over to the town square to throw rocks at the Jebediah Springfield statue. Once again, Bart goes along with the group so they will like him. Later, while the group shoots the breeze, one of the kids says it'll be cool if somebody cut the head off the statue. When Bart hears this, he defends the town founder, [[Jebediah Springfield]], and the other three ridicule and tease him for it. Bart walks away embarrassed. When Bart walks home by himself, he passes by the statue again, and, thinking about what the kids said earlier, he gets an idea. Bart arrives home and talks to Homer in the kitchen about the importance of being popular. Homer tells Bart no matter what it takes, popularity's the most important thing in life. That night after everyone is asleep, a | + | Inside the movie theater, the kids watch the movie, are discovered by an angry usher, and are kicked out of the theater. Back outside, the group including Bart head to the [[Kwik-E-Mart]]. While Bart unwittingly distracts [[Apu]] and orders 4 [[Squishee]]s, the other kids swipe a bunch of stuff from the store. Bart meets up with them in the parking lot, realizes he was used to help steal from the store, and, in an effort to stay cool with the group, he doesn't say anything. They all wander over to the town square to throw rocks at the Jebediah Springfield statue. Once again, Bart goes along with the group so they will like him. Later, while the group shoots the breeze, one of the kids says it'll be cool if somebody cut the head off the statue. When Bart hears this, he defends the town founder, [[Jebediah Springfield]], and the other three ridicule and tease him for it. Bart walks away embarrassed. When Bart walks home by himself, he passes by the statue again, and, thinking about what the kids said earlier, he gets an idea. Bart arrives home and talks to Homer in the kitchen about the importance of being popular. Homer tells Bart no matter what it takes, popularity's the most important thing in life. That night after everyone is asleep, Bart Lisa Milhouse Nelson Janey Richard Lewis Clark and Ralph Wiggum flies on a magic carpet and fly to France While Homer and Hank Hill sneaks out of the house and heads to the town square. Once at the square, Hank and Homer climbs to the top of the statue with a hack saw and beheads Jebediah Springfield. |
| − | The next morning | + | The next morning Homer and Hank Hill wakes up in bed next to the head of Jebediah (an homage to “{{w|The Godfather}}”). Homer and Hank Hill heads downstairs to the kitchen with the head in his backpack where everyone's eating breakfast when a report comes over the radio announcing the decapitation of the town statue. Homer and Hank starts to get nervous when they see how everyone in the family becomes angry after hearing the report. Scenes from [[Moe's Tavern]] and the [[Springfield Retirement Castle|Retirement Castle]] reveal everyone else is upset about the statue as well. In France, Bart meets up with the all stars and make French bread while Homer and Hank meets up with the three kids from the day before. He's about to show them the head when he hears them say they were just kidding about decapitating the statue and will like to pound whoever stole Jebediah's head. Homer and Hank quickly picks up his backpack and hurries away toward home, passing through a growing angry crowd downtown. On the way, Homer and Hank’s guilty conscience talks to them in the form of Jebediah's voice. Back at home, Homer and Hank quickly goes to the back yard and tries to bury the head, but their guilty conscience, acting as Jebediah, talks him out of it. Cut to the living room where the rest of the family's watching TV; Bart and the kids and all stars see krusty the clown and takes them home while Homer and Hank walks in with the head and confesses, much to the shock of the family. When Hank tells Homer he stole the head to become popular, Homer realizes he's at fault as well. Homer and Hank head back into town with the head, and now the story meets back up with the beginning of the episode. As Bart heads into town square with the all stars and kids while Homer finishes the story, he apologizes to the angry mob, and they have a turn of heart and forgive him. Bart places the head back on the statue, and all's well as the mob cheers. |
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- "I wish someone would cut his ugly old head off!"
- ―Jimbo Jones
"The Telltale Head"
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Episode Information
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"The Telltale Head" was the eighth episode of season 1. It originally aired on February 25, 1990. The episode was written Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon and Matt Groening. Rich Moore directed it. This is the first episode of the series in which Sideshow Bob, Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, Krusty the Clown, Jimbo Jones, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Dolph Starbeam, Ms. Albright, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, and Kent Brockman appear.
Synopsis
- "Kearney Dolph and Jimbo cuts off Jebediah Springfield's statue's head to be cool to Martin Prince, but the whole city gets angry and starts looking for the vandal."
Plot
The episode begins with Kearney Dolph and Jimbo walking on a sidewalk in downtown Springfield at nighttime. Kearney has the head of a statue in his arms. As the three turn the corner, an angry mob advances on them. Homer and Hank Hill are forced to turn and run away. The mob corners Homer and Hank Hill in the town square next to the headless Jebediah Springfield statue. As the mob angrily advances, Homer climbs up onto the statue and begs everyone to please listen to his story. Flashback to Sunday morning: the family's getting ready for church, and Homer's preoccupied with a football game. On the way into church, Marge confiscates Bart's personal radio with headphones and gives them to Homer. During Sunday school, the teacher and students discuss the topic of who's allowed in Heaven. All of the students ask a lot of questions and, at the end, confuse and drive the teacher crazy. Back in the church, while the sermon's about sports gambling, Homer's oblivious because he's using Bart's headphones to listen to the game. On the way home from church, Marge expresses her disapproval of Homer's headphones and Bart sees the movie theater's playing Space Mutants, and begs to see it; Homer doesn't care, but Marge tells him no. Later at home, Bart asks for 5 dollars from Homer and takes off on his skateboard. Bart skates over to the movie theater. Once there, he encounters two of the worst kids in school: Jimbo and Kearney. Bart makes a good impression on them and, when Dolph pokes his head out the emergency exit door and says the coast is clear, they invite him to sneak into Space Mutants 4 with them. Bart, a little unsure of the situation, agrees to sneak into the movie also.
Inside the movie theater, the kids watch the movie, are discovered by an angry usher, and are kicked out of the theater. Back outside, the group including Bart head to the Kwik-E-Mart. While Bart unwittingly distracts Apu and orders 4 Squishees, the other kids swipe a bunch of stuff from the store. Bart meets up with them in the parking lot, realizes he was used to help steal from the store, and, in an effort to stay cool with the group, he doesn't say anything. They all wander over to the town square to throw rocks at the Jebediah Springfield statue. Once again, Bart goes along with the group so they will like him. Later, while the group shoots the breeze, one of the kids says it'll be cool if somebody cut the head off the statue. When Bart hears this, he defends the town founder, Jebediah Springfield, and the other three ridicule and tease him for it. Bart walks away embarrassed. When Bart walks home by himself, he passes by the statue again, and, thinking about what the kids said earlier, he gets an idea. Bart arrives home and talks to Homer in the kitchen about the importance of being popular. Homer tells Bart no matter what it takes, popularity's the most important thing in life. That night after everyone is asleep, Bart Lisa Milhouse Nelson Janey Richard Lewis Clark and Ralph Wiggum flies on a magic carpet and fly to France While Homer and Hank Hill sneaks out of the house and heads to the town square. Once at the square, Hank and Homer climbs to the top of the statue with a hack saw and beheads Jebediah Springfield.
The next morning Homer and Hank Hill wakes up in bed next to the head of Jebediah (an homage to “The Godfather”). Homer and Hank Hill heads downstairs to the kitchen with the head in his backpack where everyone's eating breakfast when a report comes over the radio announcing the decapitation of the town statue. Homer and Hank starts to get nervous when they see how everyone in the family becomes angry after hearing the report. Scenes from Moe's Tavern and the Retirement Castle reveal everyone else is upset about the statue as well. In France, Bart meets up with the all stars and make French bread while Homer and Hank meets up with the three kids from the day before. He's about to show them the head when he hears them say they were just kidding about decapitating the statue and will like to pound whoever stole Jebediah's head. Homer and Hank quickly picks up his backpack and hurries away toward home, passing through a growing angry crowd downtown. On the way, Homer and Hank’s guilty conscience talks to them in the form of Jebediah's voice. Back at home, Homer and Hank quickly goes to the back yard and tries to bury the head, but their guilty conscience, acting as Jebediah, talks him out of it. Cut to the living room where the rest of the family's watching TV; Bart and the kids and all stars see krusty the clown and takes them home while Homer and Hank walks in with the head and confesses, much to the shock of the family. When Hank tells Homer he stole the head to become popular, Homer realizes he's at fault as well. Homer and Hank head back into town with the head, and now the story meets back up with the beginning of the episode. As Bart heads into town square with the all stars and kids while Homer finishes the story, he apologizes to the angry mob, and they have a turn of heart and forgive him. Bart places the head back on the statue, and all's well as the mob cheers.
Production
This is the first episode of the series in which Sideshow Bob, Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, Krusty the Clown, Jimbo Jones, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Dolphin "Dolph" Starbeam, Ms. Albright, and Apu Nahasapeemapetilon appear.
Reception
Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, said they enjoyed: "the Simpsons being grossly dysfunctional in church, Homer dispensing terrible advice, and a real moral dilemma for Bart." And DVD Movie Guide said "Good little moments abounded, and this was a generally solid episode. I liked the objects the boys saw in the clouds, and quite a few other funny bits appeared. “Telltale” wasn’t a great episode, but it was generally entertaining and clever."
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