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"Bart the Murderer"

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"Bart the Murderer" is the fourth episode of Season 3 of The Simpsons.

Synopsis

The day begins with Bart preparing for the school day, during which he is supposed to go on a field trip to the chocolate factory. But his day quickly turns sour, as Homer steals his cereal prize, Santa's Little Helper eats his homework, and he misses the school bus and arrives late for school. During recess he rips his pants, and finally, he realizes he forgot his permission slip for the field trip, and is forced to spend the day at the school with Principal Skinner.

On his way home from school, he slips on his skateboard in front of a local mafia hangout. They take him in and after he coincidentally picks a winning horse for mafia don Fat Tony, begins to mix drinks for them, and they hire him as their personal bartender.

Not knowing that his new boss is a mafioso, Bart begins to unwittingly help Fat Tony, and accept gifts from him, and even hides a stolen cigarette shipment in his bedroom. But soon, it becomes apparent that Bart has been taken in by criminals, and Marge instructs Homer to go and talk to Fat Tony about Bart. Carrying over his new persona into the schoolyard, Bart gets a detention for trying to bribe Principal Skinner. As a result, he is not able to attend a meeting of Fat Tony's, where the mafioso promised his guests would sample Bart's drink-mixing expertise. Bart arrives later, and is reprimanded by Fat Tony. When Bart explains that his absence was due to Principal Skinner, Fat Tony decides that he and his associates will go to 'meet and greet' him. Shortly afterwards, Skinner goes missing. Bart suspects Tony may have something to do with it, and begins to have nightmares about Skinner's death. Bart approaches Tony who denies having anything to do with Skinner's disappearance. During their chat, Chief Wiggum and his officers enter Tony's hangout, arresting everyone in there for Skinner's murder.

A trial begins, and Lionel Hutz acts as Bart's lawyer. On the stand, Bart is upset to find that Fat Tony and his gang name Bart as the head of their organization, pinning any issues regarding Skinner's disappearance on him. Just when it seems as though Bart is going to be found guilty, Skinner bursts into the courtroom, and tells everyone that he was in fact trapped in a newspaper pile in his garage for a week. The case is dismissed, and Bart quits Fat Tony's employ.

Trivia

Fat Tony's prisoner number was 8F03, the production code for this episode.
All the horses in the third race at Shelbyville Downs are named for famous cartoon phrases: Sufferin' Succotash, Yabba-Dabba-Doo, Ooh Ain't I A Stinker, I Yam What I Yam, and Don't Have A Cow.
There is a large drum of nuclear waste seen in Homer's basement in this episode.
Bart's forgotten permission slip can be seen (just barely) under his pillowcase before he wakes up at the beginning of the episode.
During the last scene the Simpsons were watching a movie based on this episode. When the narrator was listing the actors, the actor of Fat Tony was Joe magenita, who was ironically the voice of Fat Tony.

Cultural references

This episode takes a lot of plot points from the film Goodfellas. Like the film, a boy mixes drinks for the mob gang, and there is also a cigarette hijacking.

Quotes

Bart: Uh, say, are you guys crooks?

Tony: Bart, um, is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family?

Bart: No.

Tony: Well, suppose you got a large starving family. Is it wrong to steal a truckload of bread to feed them?

Bart: Uh uh.

Tony: And, what if your family don't like bread? They like... cigarettes?

Bart: I guess that's okay.

Tony: Now, what if instead of giving them away, you sold them at a price that was practically giving them away. Would that be a crime, Bart?

Bart: Hell, no!

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Stark Raving Dad • Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington • When Flanders Failed • Bart the Murderer • Homer Defined • Like Father, Like Clown • Treehouse of Horror II • Lisa's Pony • Saturdays of Thunder • Flaming Moe's • Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk • I Married Marge • Radio Bart • Lisa the Greek • Homer Alone • Bart the Lover • Homer at the Bat • Separate Vocations • Dog of Death • Colonel Homer • Black Widower • The Otto Show • Bart's Friend Falls in Love • Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?

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