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"'''Bart's Comet'''" is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons' sixth season.
 
 
Also Appearing:Martin,Sherri & Terri,Maude,Quimby,
 
 
 
Todd,Krabbappel,Dr.Rivera,Dr. Hibbert,Willie,Kirk,Milhouse,
 
 
 
Luann,Wendell,Patty & Selma,Dr. Loren J. Pryor,Richard,
 
 
 
Lewis,Tanya,Jimbo,Dolph,Kearney,Otto,Santa's Little Helper,
 
 
 
Apu,Captain McCallister,Arnie Pie,Lionel Hutz
 
  
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
After vandalizing the [[Springfield Elementary School|school's]] new weather balloon, [[Bart]] is punished by having to help [[Skinner]] while he goes sky watching. However, he spots the balloon and leaves briefly to try and catch it. Bart messes with the telescope and finds a comet and reports it. The news hits the papers and he becomes famous with nerds at school. However, the comet comes too close and is going to decimate the town, so they launch a rocket to stop it, but it misses and blows up the only bridge out of town, leaving the townsfolk doomed. They all decide to go to a bomb shelter, one that belongs to [[Ned Flanders]]. The bomb shelter is to cramped and so the inhabitants decide to evict Ned from the shelter. To pass the time they play a guessing game but this makes them argue. Tired of being cramped the whole group of people abandon the shelter and join Ned Flanders. The comet burns up in Springfields toxic atmosphere and shrinks to the size of a Chihuahua head than it hits the shelter causing it to collapse.
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After vandalizing the [[Springfield Elementary School|school's]] new weather balloon, [[Bart]] is punished by having to help [[Skinner]] while he goes sky watching. However, he spots the balloon and leaves briefly to try and catch it. Bart messes with the telescope, finds a comet and reports it. His discovery makes the papers and he becomes famous among the nerds at school. However, Lisa is the first to realise that the comet is heading for Earth, and is going to decimate the town. Springfield officials launch a rocket to stop it, but it misses and blows up the only bridge out of town, leaving the townsfolk doomed. They all decide to go to a bomb shelter, one that belongs to [[Ned Flanders]]. The bomb shelter is too cramped, so the inhabitants decide to evict Ned from his own shelter. To pass the time they play a guessing game, but this makes them argue. Tired of being cramped, the whole group of people abandon the shelter and join Ned Flanders outside, waiting for the comet to strike. The comet burns up in Springfield's toxic atmosphere and shrinks to the size of a Chihuahua's head, then it hits the shelter causing it to collapse. Bart puts the remains of his comet into his pocket.
 
 
== Characters ==
 
 
 
* [[Principal Skinner]]
 
* [[Willie]]
 
* [[Bart Simpson]]
 
* [[Martin Prince]]
 
* [[Milhouse Van Houten]]
 
* [[Richard]]
 
* [[Lewis]]
 
* [[Sherri and Terri]]
 
* [[Nelson Muntz]]
 
* [[Jimbo Jones]]
 
* [[Tanya]]
 
* [[Homer Simpson]]
 
* [[Marge Simpson]]
 
* [[Santa's Little Helper]]
 
* [[Snowball II]]
 
* [[Lisa Simpson]]
 
* [[Maggie Simpson]]
 
* [[Wendell Borton]]
 
* [[Janey Powell]]
 
* [[Ham]]
 
* [[E-mail]]
 
* [[Cosine]]
 
* [[Report Card]]
 
* [[Database]]
 
* [[Grampa Simpson]]
 
* [[Jasper]]
 
* [[Joe Quimby]]
 
* [[Professor Frink]]
 
* [[Moe Szyslak]]
 
* [[Rev. Lovejoy]]
 
* [[Kent Brockman]]
 
* [[Arnie Pie]]
 
* [[The District Attorney]]
 
* [[Ned Flanders]]
 
* [[Maude Flanders]]
 
* [[Rod Flanders]]
 
* [[Todd Flanders]]
 
* [[Jacques]]
 
* [[Barney Gumble]]
 
* [[Krusty]]
 
* [[Clancy Wiggum]]
 
* [[Otto Mann]]
 
* [[Dr. Nick]]
 
* [[Dr. Hibbert]]
 
* [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]
 
* [[Carl Carlson]]
 
* [[Lenny Leonard]]
 
* [[Dolph Starbeam]]
 
* [[Sea Captain]]
 
* [[Kearney Zzyzwicz]]
 
* [[Bernice Hibbert]]
 
* [[Sideshow Mel]]
 
* [[Helen Lovejoy]]
 
* [[Sam and Larry]]
 
* [[Mr. Burns]]
 
* [[Waylon Smithers]]
 
* [[Ruth Powers]]
 
* [[Dewey Largo]]
 
* [[Dr. J. Loren Pryor]]
 
* [[Lionel Hutz]]
 
* [[Patty Bouvier]]
 
* [[Selma Bouvier]]
 
* [[Luann Van Houten]]
 
* [[Kirk Van Houten]]
 
 
 
== Quotes ==
 
*'''Skinner''': "Still no sighting. You get that one, Bart?"
 
*'''Bart''': "Hell no."
 
*'''Skinner''': "Good."
 
 
 
*'''Skinner''': "Look, there's "The Three Wisemen"."
 
''{points to a constellation of, what looks like, The Three Stooges}''
 
 
 
*[The kids of [[Springfield Elementary]] look out the window at the oncoming comet, clearly visible in the daylight]
 
*'''[[Email]]''': "Oh no no, this isn't right at all!"
 
*'''[[Database]]''': 'It must be coming at us at a ''fantastic'' speed!"
 
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
*Everyone getting angry and wanting to come into Flander's shelter is a a reference to "[[The Twilight Zone]]" episode, "The Shelter".
 
*For a couple of seconds when Homer tries to get the shelter door shut when everyone gets in, Waldo from "Where's Waldo" appears rather obtrusively on the left half of the screen.
 
*Homer is the first to kick Ned out but he also leaves first to die with him leading everyone to safety also proving he was right about the comet being ironic considering he'll do anything to prove himself.
 
*Skinner curses Pierre Jules César Janssen for having discovered helium.
 
 
 
  
 
{{Season 6}}
 
{{Season 6}}

Revision as of 13:58, September 7, 2009

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"Bart's Comet" is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons' sixth season.

Plot

After vandalizing the school's new weather balloon, Bart is punished by having to help Skinner while he goes sky watching. However, he spots the balloon and leaves briefly to try and catch it. Bart messes with the telescope, finds a comet and reports it. His discovery makes the papers and he becomes famous among the nerds at school. However, Lisa is the first to realise that the comet is heading for Earth, and is going to decimate the town. Springfield officials launch a rocket to stop it, but it misses and blows up the only bridge out of town, leaving the townsfolk doomed. They all decide to go to a bomb shelter, one that belongs to Ned Flanders. The bomb shelter is too cramped, so the inhabitants decide to evict Ned from his own shelter. To pass the time they play a guessing game, but this makes them argue. Tired of being cramped, the whole group of people abandon the shelter and join Ned Flanders outside, waiting for the comet to strike. The comet burns up in Springfield's toxic atmosphere and shrinks to the size of a Chihuahua's head, then it hits the shelter causing it to collapse. Bart puts the remains of his comet into his pocket.

Season 6 Episodes
Bart of Darkness Lisa's Rival Another Simpsons Clip Show Itchy & Scratchy Land Sideshow Bob Roberts Treehouse of Horror V Bart's Girlfriend Lisa on Ice Homer Badman Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy Fear of Flying Homer the Great And Maggie Makes Three Bart's Comet Homie the Clown Bart vs. Australia Homer vs. Patty and Selma A Star Is Burns Lisa's Wedding Two Dozen and One Greyhounds The PTA Disbands 'Round Springfield The Springfield Connection Lemon of Troy Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)
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