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Butterfingeritis

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Season Episode
"Plastic Underwear"

"Butterfingeritis"
"Bart's Nightmare"
Butterfingeritis
BF Butterfingeritis.jpg
Commercial Information
Topic: Butterfinger
Original airdate: 2000
Length: 15 seconds

Butterfingeritis is a Butterfinger commercial that aired in 2000 despite the short having a 2001 copyright date. Here Bart first said the new slogan, "Nothin' Like A Butterfinger!".

Plot

Dr. Hibbert realizes that Bart has a disease called "Butterfingeritis". Homer then tries to steal Bart's uneaten Butterfinger, but fails.

Transcript

[For the first time, he said Nothin' Like A Butterfinger!. And it all starts off with Homer fails to steal Bart's uneaten Butterfinger.]
Dr. Hibbert: Bart, you've got some unique activity in your brain's pleasure lobe. Diagnosis: Butterfingeritis. Hee-hee-hee!
Homer: No cure?
Dr. Hibbert: Afraid not.
Bart: Cool!
[Cut to Butterfinger sequence.]
Bart (voiceover): Crispity, crunchity peanut buttery. Nothin' like a Butterfinger!
Announcer: From Nestle.
Homer: Oh, why does Bart always get the good diseases?