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Cape Feare

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"Cape Feare"
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"Cape Feare" is the second episode of The Simpsons' season five. Its plot, a parody of the horror film Cape Fear, revolves around the return of Sideshow Bob ,who is paroled from prison and tries to murder Bart Simpson this time. 

Synopsis

In this parody of Cape Fear,Bart Simpson receives threatening letters and becomes paranoid. Sideshow Bob is released from prison.He reveals that it was him that wrote the death threats.So the family gets put on the Witness Protection Program.Little do they know that Sideshow Bob is in the boot of their car. He then follows the Simpsons to the town of Terror Lake,where they become The Thompsons.Sideshow Bob comes out of the boot,only to get hit in the face by a rake.Bart sees him and warns Homer and Marge.


He gets inside their new houseboat to murder Bart in his room. While on their houseboat, Bart, as a last request, convinces Bob to sing the entire score of the HMS Pinafore.He still attempts to decapitate him with his machete. When he tries, in the meantime, they float by Springfield, where Bob is arrested by the police and is sent back to jail. After Bob is sent to jail again,the Simpsons return to Evergreen Terrace and everything is back to normal.

Reception

In 2003, Entertainment Weekly named this the third greatest episode in the history of the show. It won Outstanding Dramatic Score in a Series-1994.Al Jean described Cape Feare as his most favourite Sideshow Bob episode and his most favourite Simpsons episode.

Trivia

This episode was banned in Germany due to the amount of violence and tension in this episode, as well as the fact that the beginning featured a character holding the ranking of Obergrupperfuehrer, as well as wearing a complete SS officer's uniform (Germany had laws prohibiting the use of Nazi references and contraband.)

Season 5 Episodes
Homer's Barbershop Quartet Cape Feare Homer Goes to College Rosebud Treehouse of Horror IV Marge on the Lam Bart's Inner Child Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood The Last Temptation of Homer $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) Homer the Vigilante Bart Gets Famous Homer and Apu Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy Deep Space Homer Homer Loves Flanders Bart Gets an Elephant Burns' Heir Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song The Boy Who Knew Too Much Lady Bouvier's Lover Secrets of a Successful Marriage
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