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Free Range is a Bart Simpson Comics story that appears in Bart Simpson #68.

Dolph and Jimbo are at Jimbo's house playing a video game. Jimbo's mother interrupts and says that the co-op sent too many eggs again, more than she and Jimbo can eat. She asks Jimbo to ask Dolph if his mom can use a large amount of eggs, to which Jimbo replies that he—and then corrects himself to say "she"—can definitely use them. Dolph asks what all the eggs are for, and Jimbo tells him they can "massively egg stuff".

Weeks later, Principal Skinner is in the Kwik-E-Mart, reading a newspaper and talking to Apu. Skinner is troubled by the recent decrease in vandalism, and says, "It feels like the calm before the proverbial storm." Apu offers Skinner "our brand new Mocha Squishee Latte" to brighten his mood, but Skinner declines, saying that he must remain vigilant. He asks for his usual Squishee-ccino instead, which Apu happily serves him.

Meanwhile, outside the Kwik-E-Mart, Bart is about to drop a banana peel in the doorway, hoping to trip up the next person who leaves the store. His planned prank is aborted, however, when Skinner abruptly emerges and confronts him. Bart, thinking quickly, talks his way out of trouble by saying that the trash can must have been moved. As Skinner walks away, Jimbo calls out to Bart from the roof of the store. Jimbo says he needs some ideas, and in exchange for Bart's help, he'll show him "the top secret bullies' method" for getting onto the roof. Bart, however, already knows it, and goes to the roof to talk to Jimbo.