The Simpsons: Bart's Dog Gets an F

Air Date

Thursday March 7, 1991

Production Code

7F14

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  5.4 Mediocre

  Bad episode.... hide show

  I was hoping this was a good episode, but I was wrong. This has to be the worst episode ever! What was the shoe have to do? Why was Santa's little helper bad in this episode? They just did that to make this seem interseting. This episode would be appopriate in the begining 1st season. But not the ending 2nd season! That makes no sence! Ohh . . . . . . . . . . . ..... There's nothing funny in this episode and, Homer's mmm did'nt sound right. Thus making this, the worst Simpson episode in the history of mankind.

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  chowder23 Added Jun 22, 2008 All my reviews
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  8.3 Great

  Santas Little Helper has some behavior issues, which might lead the Simpsons to get rid of him. He enrolls in class, can Bart train him? hide show

  I thought the plot was pretty good. Was the whole episode entertainig? Not so much.
  
  I thought the idea of Santas Little Helper behaving bad was an excellent choice for an episode,and I think this IS the first Santas Little Helper based episode not including the show premiere. You just sit there and watch Santas Little Helper tear up things like Homers shoes, the quilt and you just wonder when he is going to stop.
  
  This might be my least favorite Santas Little Helper episode but thats not saying much, this one really set the tone for "Dog of Death", which I felt was one of the best episodes of "The Simpsons".
  
  Hope you enjoy the review!

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  WBadger42 Added Jun 3, 2008 All my reviews
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  9.9 Superb

  How you could not like this episode is beyond me. There were so many good jokes hide show

  Santas Little Helper becomes a total neusence so the family send him off to dog obedience school. Bart takes him to Canine College, where the dog makes no progress whatsoever. When the dog eats Homer's favorite cookie and ruins the family heirloom quilt, Homer decides it's time to give the dog away. Bart begs for one last chance, and Homer accepts, but he must pass the final exam at obedience school. The dog still refuses to respond, until Bart sets him straight that he'll leave the family if he doesn't cooperate. Santa's Little Helper passes the final exam and the family watches with pride.

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  Iverson82094 Added Jan 28, 2008 All my reviews
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  7.3 Good

  One of the least entertaining episodes from season 2. hide show

  "Barts Dog Get's An 'F'" is definitely one of the few bad episodes from season 2. In this episode, Santa's Little Helper gets sent to an obedience school for wreaking havoc around the Simpson home. After showing little progress, Marge and Homer threaten to get rid of him. Soon, miraculously, and completely randomly, the day before "graduating", listens to Bart's tricks, and the family decides to keep him for doing so.
  
  Like I said, this isn't a good episode. It's an OKAY episode, but the worst so far of season 2. The ending just seems too far fetched and unbelievable. Overall disappointing episode.

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  DaGamePhreak Added Aug 18, 2007 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  Bart's dog is just like Bart and almost fails a class. hide show

  Bart's dog, Santa's Little Helper, grows more and more out-of-control. When he destroys Homer's expensive new pair of sneakers, he is enrolled in a obedience school, whose headmistress, Emily Winthrop, is a firm believer in the choke chain. Santa's Little Helper is a poor pupil, and when he destroys a quilt Lisa has sewn while at home sick, and eats a giant cookie Homer bought, Homer vows to give him away. Bart tries desperately to train Santa's Little Helper, and just in the nick of time teaches him to sit and roll over, enabling Santa's Little Helper to graduate from the obedience school.
  

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  hsimpson44 Added Jun 15, 2006 All my reviews

• Stars

  • Harry Shearer Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others
  • Julie Kavner Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier
  • Yeardley Smith Lisa Simpson
  • Nancy Cartwright Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others
  • Dan Castellaneta Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others

• Guest Cast

  • Tracey Ullman Emily Winthrop and Mrs. Winfield

• Storyboard Artists

  • Steven Dean Moore Storyboard Artist
  • Peter Avanzino Storyboard Artist
  • David Schwartz (IV) Storyboard Artist

• Executive Story Editors

  • Jon Vitti Executive Story Editor

• Executive Consultants

  • Brad Bird Executive Consultant

• Editors

  • Don Barrozo Editor
  • Brian K. Roberts Editor

• Castings

  • Bonita Pietila Casting

• Associate Producers

  • J. Michael Mendel Associate Producer

• Assistant To The Producers

  • Tammy Mandel Assistant to the Producer
  • Peter Kwong (II) Assistant to the Producer
  • Paul Zerner Assistant to the Producer
  • Leslie Richter Assistant to the Producer
  • Ian Deitchman (II) Assistant to the Producer
  • Charles Montoya Assistant to the Producer
More Episode Cast and Crew

• Miss Winthrop reads a magazine with the cover story, "Airedale: Dog of the 90's?" [edit]
• Dog obedience schools spotted in the phone book: East Side Ruff-Form School, Professor Von Bowser's Sanitarium For Dogs, Dr. Marvin Monroe's Canine Therapy Institute, and Emily Winthrop's Canine College. [edit]
• The little license plates on the back of Flanders' "Assassins" read, "Ned". [edit]

• Dr. Hibbert and his family are modeled after Bill Cosby's family on "The Cosby Show". At the time, the two shows were both aired in the same time slot, Thursday at 8pm EST. [edit]
• This is Frank Welker's first of many appearances on the show, primarily doing animal sounds. [edit]
• This is Tracey Ullman's first and last time being on The Simpsons. Ullman was in this episode, as an in-joke reference to the fact that The Simpsons used to be a 1 min short on The Tracey Ullman Show. [edit]

• (Lisa pleads her case to keep Santa’s Little Helper.)
  Lisa: This is our pet. We can question his integrity and disposition, but we can’t question his heart. Are you trying to teach us that the way to solve a problem with something you love, is to throw it away?
  Homer: (Sniffling) Oh, Lisa. If they’re ever going to pull the plug on me, I want you in my corner, honey. (Hugs Lisa) [edit]
• (Homer walks by the Cookie Colossus store in the mall.)
  Saleswoman: Aloha!
  Homer: Well, aloha!
  Saleswoman: Would you like a free sample? (Offers Homer some cookies on a tray.)
  Homer: The price is right. (Eats a cookie.) Mmm! Ooh! “Macamademia” nuts. [edit]
• (Homer fields a phone call from someone interested in buying Santa's Little Helper.)
  Homer: Oh no, we'd never give him away. But we're moving to another country where dogs are forbidden. (Pause) Hear what? (Pause) Oh, sure. Come here, boy! Put that prowler down! Come here! Come on, boy! (Homer pants into the phone like a dog.)
  Homer: Say it, boy. Say "I love you" for the nice man. (In a dog's voice) I wuv you!
  (Pulls the phone away from his mouth.)
  Homer: Good dog! Good doggie!
  (Puts phone back near his mouth.)
  Homer: Isn't that amazing? See you soon! (Hangs up phone.) Whoo-hoo! [edit]

• Frank Capra
  One of the pictures on Marge's quilt is none other than a Frank Capra photograph entitled "Death In The Making." [edit]
• E.T.
  The scene where Lisa shows Marge that she can use the pin and lighter on her finger and the shot showing them touching the point of each others fingers and making a sort of humming sound parodies a scene in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [edit]
• Friday The 13th
  When Santa's Little Helper destroys the quilt, the echo sound you hear is from the 1980 film Friday The 13th. [edit]