"Bart the General"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: David Silverman
First aired: February 4, 1990
S01E05
(7G05)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"Bart the General"
"Bart the General"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: David Silverman
First aired: February 4, 1990
S01E05
7G05
Episode Background
Bart the General was part of the winter lineup of the 1989-1990 US TV schedule. It first aired February 4, 1990 at 8.30pm on Fox following “America’s Most Wanted” and was followed by “Married… With Children”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Sunday nights to watch on the family TV. Bart the General was seen by over 27 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
Bart gets into a fight with Nelson Muntz, the school bully, while defending Lisa and the cupcakes she baked for Miss Hoover’s birthday party. Nelson beats up Bart after school and warns him to expect the same treatment the following day. At home, Marge consoles and encourages Bart to reason with Nelson. Homer urges Bart to bend the rules and fight dirty. Taking Homer’s advice, Bart does so, but is beaten up again. Bart turns to the toughest member of the Simpson family, Grampa Simpson, who introduces Bart to Herman, the crazed one-armed proprietor of an army surplus store. He instructs Bart on military tactics, then Bart declares war on Nelson and his sidekicks.
“So, Herman, has the large-type edition of Soldier of Fortune come in yet?”
Top Quotable Lines
- Bart: “TV sucks”. Homer: “I know you′re upset right now, so I′ll pretend you didn′t say that”.
- Homer: “To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life′s problems!”
- Homer: “Hello? You′ll have to speak up. I′m wearing a towel”
Top Ranking Term
Professor Frink has ran advanced ranking algorithms and processed every spoken line of this episode and found that…
“sound off!”
… is the top ranking unique term in Bart the General.
“I can’t promise you victory. I can’t promise you good times. But the one thing I do know… whoa whoa, alright, okay. I promise you victory! I promise you good times!”