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== Plot ==
 
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While riding bikes with [[Milhouse]], [[Bart]] realizes his bike is horrible. He smashes it in order to get a new one. When he and [[Homer]] go buy a new one, they realize it needs to be built first. Homer builds it, but when Bart starts riding it, it comes apart. He tells Homer he can't build anything. Homer tries to prove him wrong by building a robot, but it too falls apart. He remembers something [[Grampa]] said: "If you can't build a robot, be a robot." He then dresses up like robot and Bart enters him, not knowing it's Homer, in the ''[[Robot Rumble]]'' contest. Homer gets hurt badly during each match, but he takes the pain for his son's love. When it comes to the final match, Homer has to face a [[Killhammad Aieee|giant robot]] built by [[Professor Frink]]; the robot gets smashed and Homer comes out. Frink's robot doesn't smash him because it won't harm humans.
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[[File:Snowball II funeral.png|thumb|left|The funeral of [[Snowball II]]]]
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[[Milhouse]] runs to the [[Simpson house]] to tell Bart that the [[Psycho Cycle Conversion Kit]] had arrived. They do up Bart's bike only for the bullies to mock it, steal the tassels from it and get away on their superior 10 gear bikes. Bart, annoyed at this, asks Homer for a new bike, but is told that he'll only get a new one when his old one is broken. Bart then comes up with a plan and throws his bike in front of [[Dr. Hibbert]]'s car, getting it destroyed. After apologizing and offering to pay for a new bike, he drives off again, only to run over [[Snowball II]], killing her.
  
[[File:Ralph o cop.png|thumb|left|200px|[[Chief Knock-A-Homer]] vs. [[Ralph-O-Cop]]]]
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Homer takes Bart to [[Vicious Cycle]] to get him a new bike. After Homer assembles it for Bart, Bart excitedly rides off and laughs at the bullies as he now has a bike better than theirs. However, Homer's shoddy build job means the bike falls apart and the bullies ride off laughing at Bart. Later, Homer and Bart watch ''Robot Rumble'' when Bart tells Homer that he isn't mechanically handy.
Meanwhile, [[Snowball II]] gets hit by a car, and after [[Marge]] reads the book ''[[When Bad Things Happen To Cute Children]]'', she and [[Lisa]] go to find a new cat. Unfortunately, [[Snowball III]] (pictured) drowns trying to catch fish in the Simpsons' fish tank and [[Coltrane]], aka Snowball IV, falls out the window to his death after listening to the music of the original {{w|John Coltrane}}. While sitting outside, the [[Crazy Cat Lady]] throws a cat at Lisa that looks exactly like Snowball II. Lisa sends it away, thinking it'll die if it's with her. When the cat walks away, a car, owned by [[Gil]] is about to hit it, but the car misses and drives into a tree and explodes. Noticing that the cat didn't die, Lisa takes it in. In order to save money on food dishes and to forget any of this ever happened, she names it Snowball II, even though it's technically [[Snowball V]].
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[[File:Snowball III Drowns (I Annoyed Grunt-Bot).png|thumb|right|The passing of [[Snowball III]]]]
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At the [[Springfield Animal Shelter]], Lisa tells [[Marge]] that she doesn't feel ready to get a new cat, until she sees [[Snowball III]] and falls in love. In the basement of the house, Homer tries to build a robot, only for it to all fall apart as soon as it's finished. He then remembers advice [[Abraham Simpson|his dad]] gave him, "if you can't build a robot, be a robot." Bart then woke up the next morning to find [[Chief Knock-A-Homer|a robot]] in his room. After finding that it didn't fall apart, Bart made the robot destroy a 6 pack of [[Duff Beer]], and was happy to find that it worked. That same day, Snowball III fell in the fish tank and drowned.
  
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At the ''Robot Rumble'' competition, Bart gets ready to fight only for Homer to not show up. Chief Knock-A-Homer gets out to fight, with Homer inside, getting damaged and hurt in the process. After Homer uses [[Buzzkill]]'s saw against it, winning the fight, Bart couldn't be happier. Meanwhile, Lisa and Marge go back to the Animal Shelter to pick up a new cat, [[Coltrane]]. The very same day, Coltrane got scared by Lisa's saxophone playing, jumped out the window and died.
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The episode marks a milestone in the history of the series, as Snowball II is killed off, the closest thing to an actual Simpson family member actually being killed off. (besides Homer's mother's death in [[season 19]]'s "[[Mona Leaves-a]]")
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[[File:Killhammad Aieee Stops.png|thumb|left|[[Killhammad Aieee]] stops short of killing [[Homer]]]]
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The next fight Knock-A-Homer was in was against [[Ralph-O-Cop]], who had a gun. Knock-A-Homer took the gun off Ralph-O-Cop and shot it several times in the face, winning the fight. Knock-A-Homer then fought several other fights, winning them all, but with Homer getting more and more beaten up. Knock-A-Homer then gets through to the title match against [[Killhammad Aieee]]. Homer decides to tell Bart that he was really inside the robot but when the bullies show interest, he ends up not saying anything.
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Lisa and Marge go to the Animal Shelter again but are told by the [[Springfield Animal Shelter employee|employee]] that the cats would rather take their chances in the back room rather than go home with them. Lisa, sad about not having a cat, sits on the doorstep of the house when the [[Crazy Cat Lady]] comes along and throws [[Snowball V|a cat]] at Lisa who looks identical to Snowball II. Lisa then names the new cat Snowball II to save money on a new cat dish.
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In the title match against Killhammad Aieee, Knock-A-Homer is bashed about and unable to do anything. It is then that Bart realizes that Homer was inside Knock-A-Homer all along. Bart thought that Homer being Knock-A-Homer and fighting against all those robots to make Bart happy was cool and thought he was the luckiest kid in the world. Killhammad Aieee then grabs Knock-A-Homer and continues fighting until Homer gets popped out of the robot and Killhammad Aieee stops, due to obeying the {{W|Three Laws of Robotics}} and unable to hurt a human. Knock-A-Homer is declared the winner, despite the rules stating that a human can't be a robot, and Homer and Bart share a bonding moment.
  
 
== Reception ==
 
== Reception ==
The episode was watched by 16.30 million people.
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As of March 15, 2018, the episode has a 7.2 rating on {{W|IMDb}}<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0763032/ IMDb - "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot"]</ref> and a 8.8 rating on {{W|TV.com}}.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/i-annoyed-grunt-bot-262184/ TV.com - "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot"]</ref>
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Revision as of 14:07, February 3, 2019

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Episode Information
Showrunner: [[{{{showrunner}}}]]



"I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" or, "I, D'oh-bot" is the ninth episode of season 15. It originally aired on January 11, 2004 and was written by Dan Greaney and Allen Glazier and directed by Lauren MacMullan.

Synopsis

"Bart and Homer enter a Robot Rumble competition. But when Homer isn't able to build a decent robot he decides to adjust the robot so that Homer can operate it from the inside. Meanwhile, Snowball II dies and Lisa tries to replace her with another cat."


Plot

The funeral of Snowball II

Milhouse runs to the Simpson house to tell Bart that the Psycho Cycle Conversion Kit had arrived. They do up Bart's bike only for the bullies to mock it, steal the tassels from it and get away on their superior 10 gear bikes. Bart, annoyed at this, asks Homer for a new bike, but is told that he'll only get a new one when his old one is broken. Bart then comes up with a plan and throws his bike in front of Dr. Hibbert's car, getting it destroyed. After apologizing and offering to pay for a new bike, he drives off again, only to run over Snowball II, killing her.

Homer takes Bart to Vicious Cycle to get him a new bike. After Homer assembles it for Bart, Bart excitedly rides off and laughs at the bullies as he now has a bike better than theirs. However, Homer's shoddy build job means the bike falls apart and the bullies ride off laughing at Bart. Later, Homer and Bart watch Robot Rumble when Bart tells Homer that he isn't mechanically handy.

The passing of Snowball III

At the Springfield Animal Shelter, Lisa tells Marge that she doesn't feel ready to get a new cat, until she sees Snowball III and falls in love. In the basement of the house, Homer tries to build a robot, only for it to all fall apart as soon as it's finished. He then remembers advice his dad gave him, "if you can't build a robot, be a robot." Bart then woke up the next morning to find a robot in his room. After finding that it didn't fall apart, Bart made the robot destroy a 6 pack of Duff Beer, and was happy to find that it worked. That same day, Snowball III fell in the fish tank and drowned.

At the Robot Rumble competition, Bart gets ready to fight only for Homer to not show up. Chief Knock-A-Homer gets out to fight, with Homer inside, getting damaged and hurt in the process. After Homer uses Buzzkill's saw against it, winning the fight, Bart couldn't be happier. Meanwhile, Lisa and Marge go back to the Animal Shelter to pick up a new cat, Coltrane. The very same day, Coltrane got scared by Lisa's saxophone playing, jumped out the window and died.

Killhammad Aieee stops short of killing Homer

The next fight Knock-A-Homer was in was against Ralph-O-Cop, who had a gun. Knock-A-Homer took the gun off Ralph-O-Cop and shot it several times in the face, winning the fight. Knock-A-Homer then fought several other fights, winning them all, but with Homer getting more and more beaten up. Knock-A-Homer then gets through to the title match against Killhammad Aieee. Homer decides to tell Bart that he was really inside the robot but when the bullies show interest, he ends up not saying anything.

Lisa and Marge go to the Animal Shelter again but are told by the employee that the cats would rather take their chances in the back room rather than go home with them. Lisa, sad about not having a cat, sits on the doorstep of the house when the Crazy Cat Lady comes along and throws a cat at Lisa who looks identical to Snowball II. Lisa then names the new cat Snowball II to save money on a new cat dish.

In the title match against Killhammad Aieee, Knock-A-Homer is bashed about and unable to do anything. It is then that Bart realizes that Homer was inside Knock-A-Homer all along. Bart thought that Homer being Knock-A-Homer and fighting against all those robots to make Bart happy was cool and thought he was the luckiest kid in the world. Killhammad Aieee then grabs Knock-A-Homer and continues fighting until Homer gets popped out of the robot and Killhammad Aieee stops, due to obeying the Three Laws of Robotics and unable to hurt a human. Knock-A-Homer is declared the winner, despite the rules stating that a human can't be a robot, and Homer and Bart share a bonding moment.

Reception

As of March 15, 2018, the episode has a 7.2 rating on IMDb[1] and a 8.8 rating on TV.com.[2]

References

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