Bart's Brain
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"Bart's Brain"
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Episode Information
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"Bart's Brain" is the eighteenth and final episode of broadcast season 35 of The Simpsons and the seven hundred sixty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on May 19, 2024. The episode was written by Dan Vebber and directed by Michael Polcino. It guest stars Megan Mullally as Sarah Wiggum and Kerry Washington as Rayshelle Peyton.
Synopsis[edit]
- When Bart finds a human brain for sale, he buys it to prank people with. But when Bart is assigned to take care of the brain for a school project, he becomes weirdly attached to it, leading to him becoming known as "Brain Boy."
Plot[edit]
Marge and Homer arrive at the Retirement Castle to inform Grampa that he's off the waitlist as a better room opened up for him. However, by better, they mean for them, as it's way smaller but cheaper. When dividing what stuff to trash, donate, or keep, Bart finds Grampa's old war belongings and asks to keep them. He goes to Herman's Military Antiques to sell them, and Herman gives him $100 in store credit. Bart checks what to buy and finds a human brain, which he purchases.
Then, the opening sequence starts, with Bart using the brain in every scene to prank people. Afterwards, at school, Skinner and Chalmers present their innovations to State Comptroller Atkins, when Bart pranks them by making the brain the last meal on the line at the cafeteria. This causes all the kids to vomit and breaks Willie. Mrs. Peyton proposes, as punishment, that Bart take responsibility for the brain by bringing it to school every day and taking care of it—making it his homework for the next two weeks.
After several miserable days at school and at home with the brain, Bart asks Homer to babysit it so he can have some free time. Homer takes it to Moe's, while Bart goes to the Van Houtens' to play games, but everything reminds him of the brain. He goes back home, but Homer didn't bring the brain back. Moe reveals to Bart that he left it in the alley for raccoons to eat, but the bullies took it and left nicotine beef jerky in its place.
At the Mattress King parking lot, the bullies almost make it explode, but Bart recovers it in time and names it Buddy. He even takes it to eat at Luigi's, but Luigi makes them go to a cellar to avoid disturbing other customers. Back at home, Marge tells Homer she's concerned about the situation. At school the next day, Bart gets an A+, but Mrs. Peyton tells him he has to leave Buddy at school since the project is over. He refuses.
At the Try-N-Save, Homer is shopping in the candy aisle and hears people calling him weirdo, "Brain Boy," and a town freak. Homer tells Marge about it at home, and Lisa proposes that they keep Bart locked up to avoid others. The next morning, they try to leave him behind when heading to church, but Bart wakes up. At church, they think the problem is solved, but Bart surprises everyone by entering with Buddy. The family makes matters worse, and Bart gets on the altar to proclaim his friendship. However, a label falls off the jar, revealing another underneath that says it's the brain of Corbin Everly, a tax accountant who donated his brain to science to Springfield University in 1975.
When Bart finds this out, he lets the brain go on a skateboard, parting with it. Buddy ends up in the hands of Professor Frink, who recognizes it in front of the university. Watching the scene from a bridge, Bart ironically calls him a weirdo. Afterwards, Marge takes Bart to a Community Center, where he joins an eccentric child support group, but after seeing all the strange people in it, he changes his mind and decides to get ice cream instead.
Production[edit]
A B-story of Agnes moving out and Skinner taking in a trio of 20-something roommates was going to be produced at some point.[1]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Michael Price's Twitter (account closed)
Promo videos[edit]
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