The Murder Party
The Murder Party
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The Murder Party is a Simpsons Comics story that appears in Simpsons Comics #201.
Synopsis
- "Marge hosts a dinner party with murder on the menu. That is, she’s hosting a murder mystery dinner party — but one of her guests may very have murder on his or her mind! Well, she didn’t necessarily invite the would-be murderer to the party, that might make her an accessory to the crime, but you get the picture!"
Plot
Marge arrange her twenty murder mustery party. Marge has given all the guests their roles and questions they should ask. Marge has hired Monsieur Grenouille as the gamemaster. Bart thinks he recognizes him but are not sure where. Before they begin to solve the mystery telling Marge to Grenouille at everyone had the wapeon and she has a fog machine as he asked for. Grenouille begins to remove all phones from the guests before they start the game. The game begins, Grenouille says that everyone is dectives with clues and information to share, but one person is the killer and the one who manages to figure who gets Marge pie. Marge tells then at everyone gets a pie. Saraha and Clancy took Ralph with them and he also want to be in the game so Marge let him play the actor who was found murdered in the swimming pool, which he likes. Grenouille gives the guests a notebooks and the play begins and trying Bart figure out where he's seen Grenouille before.
The guests begin to question each other and take notes. When Bart gets questioned by Clancy, he discovers that Grenouille spiked the punch with something. Bart confront Grenouille and asks what he had in the punch he claims that he does not had anything in it. Bart runs to Barney and tell him at the punch is spiked. Barney tell it to all the guests and they start drinking it despite Bart's warnings. The guests who drink from the punch starting to sleep. Bart and Lisa turn on the fan and shut off the fog machine. The fog on the floor disappear and they discover that Grenouille has big feet and he takes of his mask and Grenouille proves to be Sideshow Bob. Sideshow Bob then takes a pistol which he received from Marge and fire it, but it turns out to be a water pistol, he tests the other weapons that also turns out to be fake. Bart then takes one of the phones that Bob took and trying to call the police. Ralph drank not from the punch and walks around as a ghost, Bob then takes Ralph and threatens to kill him unless Bart stops ringing. Bart stops ringing and Lisa runs away and turn off the house's electricity for a few seconds which is trill enough for Bart to tie a string around Bob's feet and make him stumble. Lisa comes with Maggie and she start throwing food at Bob so he can not get up. The guests wake up and Clancy arrest Bob. Marge is happy that they caught a bad guy, but they have not solved the mystery yet. Lisa realize that they not talking with Bart so Marge asks him about what he did and she realizes that he has none alibi so he was the killer. Marge wins the game and she begins to think about what happened to the real Grenouille. It turns out that Grenouille is stuck on a horse carriage which is riding over the country.
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