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RABF is the twenty-fifth production season of The Simpsons. Al Jean served as the showrunner for most of the season while Matt Selman served as the showrunner for RABF06, RABF14, and RABF21. The episodes mostly aired in broadcast season 24 on Fox, with six rollover episodes from the production season airing in broadcast season 25 and one episode airing in broadcast season 26. The episodes aired from December 16, 2012 with "To Cur, with Love", to January 4, 2015 with "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner".
The reason for RABF15 "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" being aired much later than the rest of the RABF production season was that the episode was being explored as a second The Simpsons Movie option.[1][2]
Episodes[edit]
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RABF01
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"To Cur, with Love"
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December 16, 2012
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Steven Dean Moore
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Carolyn Omine
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S24 E8
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| After Santa's Little Helper goes missing while Homer is distracted playing a mobile game, Homer says that he doesn't care because he's not a dog person. Grampa then tells the story of Homer's beloved childhood dog, Bongo, and the bond they shared.
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RABF02
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"Homer Goes to Prep School"
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January 6, 2013
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Mark Kirkland
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Brian Kelley
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S24 E9
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| Homer joins the "Springfield Preppers," an off-the-grid survivalist group whose leader has set up a top-secret retreat outside of town to prepare for the end of the world. But Marge grows skeptical of the group's alarmist shenanigans.
Guest starring: Maurice LaMarche as Tom Skerritt, and Tom Waits as Lloyd.
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RABF03
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"A Test Before Trying"
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January 13, 2013
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Chris Clements
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Joel H. Cohen
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S24 E10
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| When Springfield Elementary is threatened with closure because of low standardized test scores, the fate of the school rests on one student who missed the test: Bart Simpson. Meanwhile, Homer finds a parking meter at a local dump and starts deploying it around Springfield to fleece unwitting parkers of their quarters.
Guest starring: Valerie Harper as Jennifer Clarkeson.
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RABF04
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"The Changing of the Guardian"
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January 27, 2013
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Bob Anderson
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Rob LaZebnik
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S24 E11
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| After surviving a tornado, Marge and Homer seek out guardians for the kids, in case the worst should happen. After failing to find any friends or family to take on the role, Bart and Lisa fall in love with a super-cool couple, Mav and Portia. However, Marge starts to question their potential guardians' true motivations.
Guest starring: Danny DeVito as Herb Powell and Rashida Jones as Portia.
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RABF05
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"Hardly Kirk-ing"
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February 17, 2013
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Matthew Nastuk
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Tom Gammill and Max Pross
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S24 E13
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| Milhouse explores the perks of being an adult when Bart shaves off his hair and he ends up looking exactly like his father, Kirk. Meanwhile, Marge tries to save the kids from the dangers of children's TV, and Homer becomes addicted to solving hidden object puzzles.
Guest starring: Kevin Michael Richardson as the Springfield Mall security guard.
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RABF06
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"Gorgeous Grampa"
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March 3, 2013
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Chuck Sheetz
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Matt Selman
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S24 E14
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| Homer's addiction to the show Storage Battles leads to the family finding a storage locker filled with Grampa's old wrestling memorabilia. After they confront Grampa with it, Mr. Burns brings Grampa back into the world of wrestling, with Grampa becoming Glamorous Godfrey once more. But the effect it has on Bart starts to eat at Grampa's conscience.
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RABF07
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"Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing"
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February 10, 2013
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Michael Polcino
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Tim Long
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S24 E12
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| A mature Bart looks back on his life when Mary Spuckler returns to Springfield, but his failure to pay her enough attention strains their relationship. Marge and Homer also have issues when Homer refuses to go to a bookstore opening with her. Homer, Bart, and several other displaced husbands watch some British movies to figure out a way to win back their wives.
Guest starring: Robert Caro as himself, Benedict Cumberbatch as Prime Minister of the UK and Severus Snape, Zooey Deschanel as Mary Spuckler, Max Weinberg as himself.
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RABF08
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"What Animated Women Want"
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April 14, 2013
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Steven Dean Moore
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J. Stewart Burns
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S24 E17
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| After watching A Streetcar Named Desire, Milhouse takes on a Marlon Brando-inspired bad-boy persona to attract Lisa and seeks advice from the school counselor. Homer tries to save his marriage by becoming a better man and fulfilling old promises when Marge becomes fed up with his behavior and he seeks advice from his local sushi chef.
Guest starring: Bryan Cranston as Walter White, Maurice LaMarche as Karl Malden, Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Wanda Sykes as the Springfield Elementary School therapist, George Takei as the sushi chef.
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RABF09
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"Black-Eyed, Please"
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March 10, 2013
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Matthew Schofield
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John Frink
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S24 E15
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| Ned becomes jealous when his laid-back parents start to prefer Homer's company over his, and he faces unbearable guilt after punching Homer in the eye as he desperately tries to reconcile with him. Meanwhile, Ms. Cantwell becomes Lisa's substitute teacher and starts bullying her, making Lisa feel distressed.
Guest starring: Richard Dawkins as himself and Tina Fey as Ms. Cantwell.
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RABF10
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"Dark Knight Court"
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March 17, 2013
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Mark Kirkland
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Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham
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S24 E16
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| Bart is falsely accused of pulling an Easter prank involving the school marching band and stuffing rotten eggs in the brass section's horns, and Lisa must step in as his attorney to defend her brother. Meanwhile, Mr. Burns attempts to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a superhero, Fruit Bat Man.
Guest starring: Janet Reno and Maggy Reno Hurchalla as Janet Reno.
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RABF11
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"Pulpit Friction"
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April 28, 2013
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Chris Clements
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Bill Odenkirk
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S24 E18
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| When Springfield becomes infested with bedbugs, Reverend Lovejoy can't cope with nobody listening to him in the middle of the panic. A new minister, Elijah Hooper, then comes onto the scene, and everyone prefers him over Lovejoy, except Ned and Bart. Meanwhile, Marge finds out her dry cleaners mistakenly swapped her wedding dress with one of Krusty's costumes.
Guest starring: Edward Norton as Elijah Hooper.
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RABF12
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"The Fabulous Faker Boy"
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May 12, 2013
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Bob Anderson
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Brian McConnachie
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S24 E20
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| Marge encourages Bart to explore his creative side and take music lessons, and Bart develops a crush on his beautiful piano teacher, Zhenya. To pay for Bart's music lessons, Marge agrees to be Slava's driving instructor. Meanwhile, Homer is shocked when he loses the last two remaining hairs on his head, and Patrick Stewart teaches Homer how to live with his newfound baldness.
Guest starring: Justin Bieber as himself, Bill Hader as Slava, Jane Krakowski as Zhenya, Patrick Stewart as himself.
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RABF13
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"Whiskey Business"
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May 5, 2013
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Matthew Nastuk
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Valentina L. Garza
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S24 E19
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| After a trip to Capital City, Moe finds a new lease on life when rich venture capitalists take an interest in his homemade bourbon. Meanwhile, Lisa finds that her deceased hero Bleeding Gums Murphy's likeness is being abused when he is turned into a hologram, and Grampa injures himself while babysitting Bart and quickly discovers he prefers being cared for by his grandson rather than the staff at the nursing home.
Guest starring: Tony Bennett as the "Capital City" singer, Kevin Michael Richardson as the cop with a secret, Sonny Rollins as himself, and Ron Taylor as Bleeding Gums Murphy (via archive audio).
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RABF14
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"The Saga of Carl"
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May 19, 2013
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Chuck Sheetz
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Eric Kaplan
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S24 E21
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| In a stroke of luck, Homer, Moe, Lenny, and Carl's ticket wins the Springfield Lottery. But when Carl goes to collect the cash, he disappears with the winnings. Following a set of clues, the gang venture to Carl's homeland, Iceland, and discover the truth about his backstory and justification for his betrayal.
Guest starring: Sigur Rós as the end credits performers.
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RABF15
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"The Man Who Came to Be Dinner"
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January 4, 2015
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David Silverman
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Al Jean and David Mirkin
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S26 E10
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| During a trip to Dizzneeland, the Simpsons board the wrong ride, Rocket to Your Doom, and are transported through the galaxy to Kang and Kodos' home planet. They are held captive at the local zoo, and the inhabitants decide to eat Homer.
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RABF16
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"Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
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October 6, 2013
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Rob Oliver
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Jeff Westbrook
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S25 E2
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| In "Oh, the Places You'll D'oh!", The Fat In The Hat rides around Springfield wreaking havoc in a rhyming take on a popular children's tale. In "Dead and Shoulders", Bart is beheaded during a kite accident, his head is attached to Lisa's body, and they must live together as one. Finally, in "Freaks No Geeks", The Burnsum and Bailey Circus stops in Springfieldland in the 1930s.
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RABF17
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"Dangers on a Train"
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May 19, 2013
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Steven Dean Moore
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Michael Price
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S24 E22
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| Looking for a cupcake website, Marge mistakenly ends up on an online dating network for married people to arrange affairs. There she encounters Ben, who tries to seduce her based on their mutual love of TV series Upton Rectory.
Guest starring: Lisa Lampanelli as Ramona and Seth MacFarlane as Ben.
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RABF18
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"Four Regrettings and a Funeral"
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November 3, 2013
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Mark Kirkland
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Marc Wilmore
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S25 E3
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| Four Springfielders are prompted to try to right past regrets following the funeral of a beloved neighbor. Homer regrets selling his Apple stock to buy a bowling ball, Marge worries she caused Bart's rebellious streak, Mr. Burns reminisces about a romance he gave up with a beautiful Parisian woman, and Kent Brockman admits he was too afraid to leave local news and follow his former partner Rachel Maddow.
Guest starring: Rachel Maddow as herself and Joe Namath as himself.
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RABF19
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"Labor Pains"
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November 17, 2013
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Matthew Faughnan
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Don Payne and Mitchell H. Glazer
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S25 E5
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| Homer helps a woman, Gretchen, deliver her baby in an elevator. When she names the child Homer Jr., he quickly develops a deep emotional bond with the kid. Meanwhile, Lisa is recruited by the cheerleaders of the local pro football team, the Springfield Atoms.
Guest starring: Elisabeth Moss as Gretchen.
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RABF20
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"Homerland"
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September 29, 2013
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Bob Anderson
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Stephanie Gillis
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S25 E1
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| Lisa becomes suspicious when she thinks Homer may have been compromised after a Springfield Nuclear Power Plant convention. She enlists the services of intense, jumpy FBI agent Annie Crawford to help her unravel the truth.
Guest starring: Kevin Michael Richardson as an FBI agent and Kristen Wiig as Annie Crawford.
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RABF21
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"Brick Like Me"
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May 4, 2014
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Matthew Nastuk
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Brian Kelley
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S25 E20
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| A Lego Homer wakes up on an ordinary day. But when he starts having visions of a world where he's made out of flesh, he begins to question his reality. Meanwhile, Lego Bart is forced to rebuild the school after inadvertently destroying it.
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RABF22
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"YOLO"
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November 10, 2013
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Michael Polcino
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Michael Nobori
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S25 E4
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| Homer is down-in-the-dumps after he realizes you only live once, so Marge invites his old pen pal to stay and cross items off his "to-do/dream list" from when he was 10 years old. Meanwhile, Springfield Elementary's cheating scandal is resolved, or seems to be, when Lisa institutes a new honor code.
Guest starring: Jon Lovitz as Llewellyn Sinclair.
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