Bart Gets Hit by a Car

Season 2, Episode 10, Aired
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Homer and Bart seek a large cash settlement from Mr. Burns, after he hits Bart with his car.
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  • Not my favorite of Season 2.

    8.0
    "Great"
    By jmbsonic555, Oct 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    The episode begins with Bart skateboarding downtown, as he crosses a street he is hit by Mr. Burns' Rolls Royce and knocked to the ground, out cold. Smithers quickly gets out of the car, and suggests they call an ambulance. Mr. Burns, the driver, doesn't understand what the all the commotion is about, and wants to leave the scene. As Bart lies on the ground he has an out-of-body experience, his soul rises up out of his body and he realizes he is dead. He then looks up into the sky as the clouds part and an escalator to the Heavens appears before him. An ominous voice from above instructs Bart to hold on to the hand rail and to not spit over the side. As Bart travels up the escalator, he notices a few of his dead family members and the original Snowball (first family cat). Bart peers over the edge of the hand rail and looks down, he decides to spit anyway. As soon as he does, the stairs of the escalator collapse and the escalator becomes a slide, sending Bart back down to Earth. Bart slides down screaming, and a giant hole in the Earth opens up revealing a fiery pit, and Bart falls through the hole, landing himself in Hell. Down in Hell, Bart is approached the Devil himself. The Devil greets Bart, and he searches for Bart's file on his computer; he discovers that Bart isn't due in Hell for close to another century from now. So, realizing the mistake, Bart's soul slowly begins floating back up to Earth.
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  • a good ep clasic

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    By cube2k8, May 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    this ep is about when bart gets hit by a car and the person driving it is homers boss mr burns and homer gets a lawer linal huts to do the job and so homer and lional hutsz decide to lie to the courtroom saying that bart was more injured then what actully happened but things get bad and homer must now choose between the money or mare what will he choose it was a classic ep and this was a well put togeather ep one of tbhe finest of season 2 i thought and it kept making me come back for more and moremoreless

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  • lies

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    By futuramarama, Apr 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    bart is hit by mr. burns driving his car, and lionel hutz and homer attempt to sue burns, but they lie about how badly bart is hurt so the court would feel more sorry for him. marge is called on stand and reveals they were lying. now homer must make a choice: is money more important than his wife, or is his wife more important.

    classic episode, really funny and had a good plot {although not really relatable}, it is still very funny and also the first appearance of lionel hutz, I believe. My overall grade is easily an A+moreless

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  • Very hilarious

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    By Miroku78, Jun 06, 2008 Report Abuse
    Bart gets hit by a car was a hilarious episode. I loved Bart and Mr. Burns' reenactment of the whole accident cause it was so funny. Especially Burns':

    Bart skatboards into the car therefore getting himself hit.
    Smithers: Let's just leave
    Burns: No no, we must help the boy. * he kisses Bart's head *

    Oh my god I laughed at that part.
    But yeah, this whole episode was funny especially the doctor. The doctor was hilarious, even though he couldn't save a life to save his life. Yep, this was a pretty great episode. gffd fd fd fd fd fd r e er fdmoreless

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  • Good episode

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 28, 2008 Report Abuse
    As the title explains, Bart gets hit by a car driven by Mr. Burns while riding on his board. Mr Burns offers 100 dollars to pay for Bart's injuries, but Homer objects and turns to Lionel Hutz. Bart must lie in court in order for Homer to earn a million-dollar settlement. When Burns realizes he will not win the case, he offers Homer a settlement of 500,000 dollars. Homer will not settle on an agreement. Burns' lawyers put Marge on the bench. She tells the jury the truth about the accident, causing Homer to go into a state of depression. So in the end the SImpsons don't get the money, but Homer relizes that all he needs is the love of his wife and family.moreless

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    • According to the Devil, Bart is going to die 100 years after the incidents on this episode, so he will die at the age of 110. Edit
    • Newspaper headlines according to Mr. Burns immagination: Burns fires ungrateful employee Another smart move by Burns Hooray for Burns! Edit
    • The sponge card for Lionel Hutz reads: "Lionel Hutz Attorney at law as seen on TV Klondike 5-LAWW Clogging our courts since 1976" Edit

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    • This is the first time Phil Hartman guest stars in an episode. Edit
    • This is the second and final time the title of the episode is shown on screen. Edit
    • During Burns's flashback you can hear a sample of the song "Spanish Flea." In order to get the rights to the song, the staff had to go through Jay Kogen, who contacted his godfather who wrote the song to get permission. Edit

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    • (Homer and Marge make up at Moe's bar) Moe: Okay, everybody, for the next 15 minutes, one-third off on every pitcher! (Crowd cheers) Hey, one per customer. Domestic beer only. Hey, no sharing! Edit
    • Homer's Brain: A million dollars. My wife cost me a million dollars. Marge: Homer would you like some more macaroni and cheese? Homer's Brain: Yeah, a million dollars worth, you treacherous snake woman. Homer: No, thank you. Marge: Some string beans? Homer's Brain: No, I don't want any string beans either, you two-timing, backstabbing--Uh-oh. Better answer. Homer: No, thank you. Marge: Some celery with cream cheese on it? Homer's Brain: Just mouth polite nothings. Homer: No, thank you. Edit
    • (Smithers checks on Bart after Mr. Burns hits him.) Smithers: Uh-oh. I, uh—I think the boy's hurt. Mr. Burns: Oh, for crying out loud! Just give him a nickel and let's get going. Edit

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    • The Rolling Stones The Devil says to Bart "Please allow me to introduce myself". This is a reference to The Rolling Stones 1968 song "Sympathy for the Devil" Edit
    • Life in Hell Jeff and Ackbar, characters from Matt Groening's comic strip Life in Hell, can be spotted sitting in the courtroom. Edit
    • n/a: The Fortune Cookie
      The entire plot of the third act was made to be a parody fo the movie The Fortune Cookie. Edit

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