H.M.S. Pinafore

H.M.S. Pinafore

Play Information Genre: Comic opera Writer: Gilbert and Sullivan Country of origin: England First appearance: "Cape Feare"

H.M.S. Pinafore is a comic opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.

History

Bart asked Sideshow Bob as a "last request" to perform the entire operetta to stall him before they got to Springfield on a boat.

When Homer found the free trampoline ad in the Springfield Shopper, one of the other items being given away was a Gilbert and Sullivan manuscript, the original draft of H.M.S. Pinafore.

Non-canon

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

Sideshow Bob performed in H.M.S. Pinafore in prison. He had a poster for it on his cell wall.

Behind the Laughter

The songs that Sideshow Bob sings are: "We Sail the Ocean Blue", "I'm Called Little Buttercup", "I Am the Captain of the Pinafore" and "He Is an Englishman".

Appearances

• Episode – "Cape Feare"
• Episode – "Bart's Inner Child" (manuscript, mentioned)
• Comic story – Sideshow Bob's Prison Time Amusement Page (poster)

External links

• H.M.S. Pinafore at Wikipedia