The DeBarted (2 Mar. 2008)

The new prankster in Bart's fourth grade class actually turns out to be a mole brought in by Principal Skinner to infiltrate Bart's inner circle. Homer falls in love with his loaner car after Marge wrecks their old one.

Director:

Matthew Nastuk

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator), James L. Brooks (developer),

Stars:

Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Groundskeeper Willie (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Nelson Muntz / Kearney (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Moe (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Skinner (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten / Jimbo Jones (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Dolph / Lunchlady Doris (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Topher Grace	...	Donny (voice)
Terry Gross	...	Herself (voice)
Marcia Wallace	...	Edna Krabappel (voice)
Karl Wiedergott	...	Various (voice)

Storyline

Thanks to the kids' antics Marge prangs the car and whilst it's in for repairs the family get a state of the art new model,with which Homer is reluctant to part until he sees the old one being sold off. Bart,meanwhile,thinks he has found a kindred spirit in new class-mate Donny,who's even naughtier than him. Then he gets tipped off by Willie that Donny is a spy, brought in by Skinner to ensure prank-free school days. Bart corners Donny in an old warehouse but when Skinner and Chalmers appear to mete out the punishment Donny comes to Bart's assistance.

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Plot Keywords:

triple cross | prank gone wrong | 2d animation

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 March 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite being an antagonist of Bart in earlier seasons, in this episode Nelson is referred to by Bart as being "my other best friend."

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Quotes

Bart Simpson: You were tired of being under my shadow.
Milhouse: No, I'm not! I like being under your shadow! It's nice and cool!

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Connections

Spoofs The Departed (2006)

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Soundtracks

"I'm Shipping Up to Boston"
Performed by Dropkick Murphys
Written by Al Barr (as Alexander Barr), Kenneth Casey, Matthew Kelly, James Lynch,
Marc Orrell and Woody Guthrie

User Reviews

Pretty darn good!

All I can say is "Wow!". Every Simpsons fan knows that the Simpsons have been going downhill over the last few years but this episode may be the shows Saving Grace! The episode didn't use dumb jokes, well, at least not too many. Topher Grave was an interesting choice as a guest. He's not super famous but most people would know who your talking about if you say his name. Anyway, when I thought of him playing a school kid I thought to myself "Hmm.Okay.". But he did the Simpsons well. Now that's the A-story. As for the B-story, well, it's okay. I mean it's just that Homer has got a new car for rent and doesn't want to give it up. It doesn't fit in with the A-story but still it doesn't effect the A-story. Overall, this episode rocks!