Worst Episode Ever
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| Episode no. | 259 |
| Prod. code | CABF08 |
| Orig. Airdate | February 4, 2001 |
| Show Runner(s) | Mike Scully |
| Written by | Larry Doyle |
| Directed by | Matthew Nastuk |
| Couch gag | A valet pulls the couch. The Simpsons sit on the couch without paying the valet. |
| Guest star | Tom Savini as himself |
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| Season 12 November 1, 2000 – May 20, 2001 |
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"Worst Episode Ever" is the 11th episode of The Simpsons' twelfth season, aired on February 4, 2001.
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[edit] Synopsis
Bart and Milhouse are banned for life from Comic Book Guy's store, The Android's Dungeon when they talk Martin Prince's mom out of selling Comic Book Guy Martin's rare Star Wars items. But when Comic Book Guy suffers from a heart attack when witnessing Tom Savini's work, Comic Book Guy gives Bart and Milhouse the duty of running his store since he doesn't really have any friends. The store becomes wildly successful under the management of the two boys, but it is also revealed that Comic Book Guy owns a secret stash of illegal video clips (see more information below), and Bart and Milhouse charge admission for viewing. The scheme works well until Chief Wiggum busts them.
In the meantime, Homer helps a recovering Comic Book Guy look for a friend and attempts fail until he meets Agnes Skinner. They become friends until Chief Wiggum comes to arrest Comic Book Guy for his illegal videotapes. As for Bart and Milhouse, who no longer own the Android's Dungeon anymore, they said to themselves that they had a fun time together and that they have missed school for good.
The episode title is a line occasionally used by Comic Book Guy. This in turn is a likely reference to the frequent use of this phrase by critical Simpsons fans.
[edit] Trivia
- Illegal videos Comic Book Guy owns include:
- Alien Autopsy
- Illegal Alien Autopsy
- Godfather III (Good Version)
- Kent Brockman picking his nose
- Ned Flanders in a police informant video, wherein he claims that Homer released a radioactive ape in his house (the ape is seen later in the episode, sitting in the front seat with Flanders in his car)
- Mr. Rogers drunk
- A tape stating that in the event of a nuclear war, Springfield will be bombarded with nuclear weapons by the United States and its allies for calibration purposes
- Other than Bart and Milhouse, the people permanently banned from the Comic Book Guy's store are Sideshow Bob, Nelson Muntz, and Matt Groening.
- Milhouse got himself banned for life in the Simpsons comic too, after accusing Comic Book Guy of price gouging.[citation needed]
- Nelson is one of the people banned from the store, but he was shown in a crowd going there to see Tom Savini's show.
- Another banned person is Randall Curtis, the creator of Cosmic Wars who would not appear until three seasons later in "Co-Dependent's Day".
[edit] Cultural references
- The publisher for Biclops is from Plan 9 Comics, a reference to Plan 9 Publishing, which itself is a reference to the movie Plan 9 From Outer Space.
- At the end of act two, Bart and Milhouse go into a comic-book art style.
- When Comic Book Guy is showing Bart and Milhouse a copy of Radioactive Man #1000 he pours his drink on it to demonstrate how it bounces off onto "lesser-comics." The comic the drink bounces off onto is titled Bongo and shows a rabbit on the cover, which is a reference to Matt Groening's comic strip Life in Hell.
- While eating the baking soda, the lines in Homer's flashback are
- "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," a line used by Johnnie Cochran in the O.J. Simpson murder case
- "Therefore, I shall resign the presidency," said by Richard Nixon in his television resignation
- "It's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" - Neil Armstrong's description of the moon landing.
- The title is a reference to Comic Book Guy's catchphrase "Worst Episode (or Issue) Ever."
[edit] External links
- "Worst Episode Ever" episode capsule at The Simpsons Archive
- "Worst Episode Ever" at the Internet Movie Database
- "Worst episode ever"
