Bart of Darkness
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Template:Infobox Simpsons episode "Bart of Darkness" is the first episode of The Simpsons' sixth season. When Bart breaks his leg, his resultant isolation causes him to believe that Ned Flanders has committed murder.
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Synopsis
A heat wave in Springfield leads Bart and Lisa to pester Homer for a swimming pool. After several days of their relentless nagging, Homer gives in. When Bart tries an ambitious dive from the treehouse, he breaks his leg, forcing him to remain in his bedroom. His isolation slowly makes him more and more irritable and paranoid. When Lisa loans him her telescope, so Bart will have something to take his mind off things, Bart hears a scream next door, and witnesses Ned Flanders digging a grave. He becomes convinced that Flanders has murdered his wife, Maude, and vows to reveal the truth. It is soon discovered that Maude is alive and well, having gone to Bible camp for the weekend, and the only thing Ned killed was her favorite plant - Flanders being the source of the high-pitched scream Bart heard.
Once all the children in the neighborhood learn of the Simpson's new pool, they come in droves. Lisa basks in the glow of her new popularity. However, Martin Prince gets a pool causing everyone to abandon Lisa, leaving her alone in the bottom of the pool as all of the water has drained out.
Trivia
- While in his room, Bart plays Stratego by himself.
- The episode's title refers to the novella Heart of Darkness, the inspiration for the 1979 movie, Apocalypse Now. The Simpsons has spoofed Heart of Darkness recently in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore.
- The plot of the episode, as well as several visual and musical cues, parody the Alfred Hitchcock film, Rear Window.
Quotes
- Lisa: Dad, as you know, we've been swimming, and we've developed a taste for it. We both agree that getting our own pool is the only way to go. Now before you respond, you must understand that your refusal would result in months and months of...
Bart & Lisa: Can we have a pool dad? Can we have a pool dad? Can we have a pool dad? Can we have a pool dad? Can we have a pool dad? Can we have a pool dad?
Homer: I understand. Let us celebrate our new arrangement with the adding of chocolate to milk.
- Homer: All right, everybody in the pool! </br> Amish Man: 'Tis a fine barn, but sure 'tis no pool, English.
Homer: D'oheth!
- L.B. Jeffries (from Rear Window): Grace, come here. There's a sinister lookin' kid I want ya to see.
- Chief Wiggum: Do not be alarmed, continue swimming naked. (Eating popcorn) Aw come on! Continue! (To Lou) All right Lou, open fire.
- L.B. Jeffries (as Bart struggles to get out of his room): Oh no! That sinister lookin' kid is comin' to kill me! Help! Help! (his wheelchair falls over)
- Bart : All right, you're right, you're right, let's, let's just forget about that. Here: let me read to you from my play. Ahem. (In a Cockney accent): "`Kippers for breakfast, Aunt Helga? Is it St. Swithun's Day already?' 'Tis,' replied Aunt Helga".
- Lisa's Brain: They're only using you for your pool you know.
Lisa: Shut up, brain, I got friends now, I don't need you anymore!
- Lisa: I need to figure a way out of here!
Lisa's Brain: Well, well, well! Look who came crawling back!
- Bart's Brain: Well, well. It looks like it's just you and me for the summer, Barty Boy.
Bart: Oh great, I have to spend the summer with my brain.
- Ned Flanders: I wish there was some other explanation for this. But there isn't. I'm a murderer. I'm a murderer.
Bart: Then, that's not the real Ned Flanders.
Flanders: I'm a mur-diddly-urd-ler!
Bart: If that's not Flanders, he's done his homework.
- Martin: Ah, my plan has come to fruition. Soon, I'll be queen of summertime...er, king, king!
- Nelson Muntz: Hey Bart, your epidermis is showing.
Bart: It is? (Bart stumbles and falls out of the treehouse)
Nelson: See, epidermis means your hair. So, technically it's true. That's what makes it so funny.