Bart the Bad Guy
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- "I never dreamed that spoilers really hurt people. But they do. Spoilers kill!"
- ―Bart Simpson
"Bart the Bad Guy"
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Episode Information
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"Bart the Bad Guy" is the fourteenth episode of broadcast season 31 of The Simpsons and the six hundred seventy-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on March 1, 2020. The episode was written by Dan Vebber and directed by Jennifer Moeller. It guest stars Kevin Feige as Chinnos, Tal Fishman as Reaction Guy, Taran Killam as Glen Tangier, Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony, Anthony Russo as movie executive 2, Joe Russo as movie executive 1, and Cobie Smulders as Hydrangea.
Synopsis[edit]
- Bart manages to see a brand-new superhero movie a month before it comes out, and he uses this to get people to give in to his demands under threat of being spoiled. A plan is put into place to end Bart's reign of terror.
Plot[edit]
At the Springfield Googolplex Theatres, Vindicators: Crystal War is shown, with Chinnos using the Doomsday app to crystallize and then disintegrate the Vindicators. The Vindicators' plan to stop him fails, and the movie ends with a cliffhanger.
Eleven months later, at school, Skinner tries to deter his students from taking part in the Flag Yourself Challenge by using Reaction Guy's videos as an example, but Bart creates the channel Reaction Bart and records himself doing the challenge. However, Milhouse gets injured in the process.
Milhouse is treated at Springfield General Hospital, and when he's transferred elsewhere for physical therapy, Bart takes his place. Airshot, Glen Tangier, comes to visit Milhouse, but he mistakes Bart for him and offers him the opportunity to watch the sequel to the movie early if he is sick.
After Airshot knocks himself out with alcohol, Bart seizes the opportunity to watch Vindicators: Crystal War 2: Resurgence before it hits theaters. He goes to the Android's Dungeon and threatens to reveal spoilers from the movie to Comic Book Guy unless he cooperates.
Comic Book Guy gives Bart much of his merchandise to keep him quiet, and Bart becomes Spoiler Boy, extorting others with threats of spoilers. Homer doesn't care about the spoilers, so Bart intentionally spoils the film just to ruin it for him, taking him to Moe's Tavern.
Marge and Lisa are against Bart's behavior, but Bart convinces Lisa to tolerate it by offering her a dance with Airshot at the school dance. However, time is running out, as the movie is set to release in theaters the following Thursday.
At the Old Suzie tree's birthday party, Bart asks the people of Springfield to build a treehouse on top of the tree. That night, Milhouse confronts Bart about abusing his "powers" for evil, calling him a supervillain. Bart is about to announce a major spoiler when Magnesium Man appears behind them.
Magnesium Man stops him and opens a portal in the tree, transporting Bart into the Marble Universe. There, it is revealed that superheroes are real, and that revealing a scene featuring Airshot to Comic Book Guy allowed villains to act early and kill Airshot.
As Bart begins to cry, it's revealed to be a virtual reality simulation created by the movie producers to prevent spoilers from leaking. In the simulation, Chinnos appears when the producers raise the intensity.
Chinnos offers Bart real superpowers in exchange for spoilers, but Bart refuses and breaks his phone, allowing the heroes to win. Bart "returns" to the real world and stops his villainous behavior, while the producers prevent a bomb from detonating in case the family talks about the simulation.
In the end, Bart returns Skinner's toupee and the items given to him by Comic Book Guy and halts construction of the treehouse. At the movie premiere, people spoil the film for everyone by using their phones.
Production[edit]
The episode was written before the producers had any idea that Disney would buy out 20th Century Fox.[1] The name "Vindicators" came from an unaired show that executive producer Matt Selman wrote called "The Vindicators" in 1996.[2] A deleted scene from the episode has Marge worrying that Bart is not a good person whilst Homer eats a giant tub of ice cream.[3] Another cut gag was a joke about "roast koalas", which was cut due to the Australian bushfires.[4] Principal Skinner's screensaver was added as a last minute gag created by Richard K. Chung, written in comic sans.[5]
Chinnos
Movie executives
Hydrangea and Airshot
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Reception[edit]
"Bart the Bad Guy" was nominated for a 2021 Writers Guild of America award in Animation, but it lost to "Xerox of a Xerox" from BoJack Horseman.[6]
Gallery[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Matt Selman on Twitter - "Before we had any idea about the merger"
- ↑ Matt Selman on Twitter - "The Vindicators"
- ↑ Matt Selman on Twitter - "Bart the Bad Guy deleted scene"
- ↑ Matt Selman on Twitter - "Roast koalas"
- ↑ Matt Selman on Twitter - "Skinner's screensaver"
- ↑ The Hollywood Reporter - "WGA Awards: 'Promising Young Woman' Wins Original Screenplay, 'Borat 2' Takes Adapted Prize"
Promo videos[edit]
"Our kids grew up on @TheSimpsons, and frankly, so did we. What an incredibly surreal process to record, nonetheless see ourselves as a part of this amazing world. Tune in this Sunday at 8PM on @FOXTV. We have to save the popcorn farmers at all costs..." on Twitter
Chinnos Is About To Destroy The World at YouTube- Bart & Lisa Discuss Exploitation at YouTube
- Comic Book Guy Doesn't Want Bart To Spoil The Movie at YouTube
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