Bart on the Road

Season 7, Episode 20, Aired
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Skinner decides to promote a take-your-kids-to-work-day on the Friday before spring break. Bart goes to the DMV with Patty and Selma. Lisa goes to the power plant with Homer. Milhouse discovers the exciting world of crackers. Martin makes money in the stock market. At the DMV Bart makes himself a fake driver's license. He, Nelson, and Milhouse look for a way to use it, so they decide to use Martin's money to rent a car. The four of them tell their parents that they are going to the National Grammar Rodeo. Instead they go out joyriding, but where should they go? Finding an old brochure they decide to go to the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. But first Nelson makes them stop in Branson, Missouri, where he can see his hero, Andy Williams. Back in Springfield, Homer asks if Lisa would like to come spend her spring break at work with him and she enjoys herself there; meanwhile, Marge becomes bored at home. Finding out that the World's Fair was over years ago, Bart and company do not find Knoxville that exciting, especially when they wreck the car. They are stranded, but they cannot tell their parents. Bart tells Lisa the truth, and she tells him to become a courier. He does and is able to go to Hong Kong free of charge with his friends. Bart tells Lisa that she needs to have somebody ship something large to Springfield. Lisa tells Homer, who is very upset, but orders the plant a new nuclear console. Bart and company return home, and everyone knows about the trip except Marge.moreless
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  • Nancy Cartwright

    Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others

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    Julie Kavner

    Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier

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    Hank Azaria

    Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others

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  • Bart commands a very stupid story.

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    By twilightboy, Aug 15, 2010 Report Abuse
    I don't know what to say exactly. But one thing I know. This epsiode shows how the writers of this series have lost all their imagination. You can say that they have a big imagination for thinking such a crazy storyline but I beg to differ. You have to be really out of good ideas to start thinking the kind of crazy stuff that goes on in this episode. I know it is the Simpsons, but I think that uptil now the stories were weird and strange nad yet could happen to anyone of us. But this episode is just flat out INSANE.moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 21, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons bart is spending time at the dmv and he makes a fake drivers licence and he takes a rental car and him and his friends nelson marten and milhouse decide to go on a road trip to knoxville tennisee becasue they still think the worlds fair is there . and they go all the way there but when they get there is over and destroyed so nelson throws a rock at it and it destorys the car and they are stranded and lisa and homer come and get them . this was a good epmoreless

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  • Bart on the Road

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    By futuramarama, Jan 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    Bart gets a fake drivers' license, and soon him, Nelson, Martin and Milhouse go on a road trip. But incident after incident happens, and their car is destroyed. Now they must come up with a plan in order to get home without their parents realizing they lied. Bart calls Lisa, who comes up with a plan, and at the end, everything is normal. Possibly...

    I've always liked it, it was a great episode with some very funny parts. Seemed weird, the last act or so, but it wasn't Scully weird or anything. Overall grade from me is an A+, easilymoreless

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  • I will always love this episode no matter how many times I see it... Believe me I've seen it 12 times already. No stop laughs everytime

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 28, 2008 Report Abuse
    A day spent with Aunts Patty and Selma at the DMV leads to a fake ID for Bart and a cross-country road trip for his friends. With Bart's sparkling new driver's license and $600 Martin Prince made in the stock market, Bart, Martin, Milhouse and Nelson rent a car and hit the open road. Their plan is check out the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, but when the kids get there, they discover that the fair ended about 14 years earlier. While Bart and the boys are away, Lisa begins spending a lot of bonding time with Homer, even having sleepovers at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. After Bart's rental car is destroyed, the boys are trapped in Knoxville. Only Lisa can save the day, but she needs to enlist the help of her new best buddy, Homer, to get them back home .moreless

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  • Bart Martin Nelson and Milhouse on a car.

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    By Zbrittany, Jun 26, 2007 Report Abuse
    Bart On The Road.
    Bart drove a car for the first time. His friends are 10. Nelson went fast speed. They were lost. Bart called his dad for help. Martin said We're Leaving. Nelson said Haha. They stopped in Canada. Bart went back to Spring Field. Martin drove. But they went home. Watch it.

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    • The radio station that the boys listen to in the car is 94.5 FM. Edit
    • Music From This Episode "Radar Love" by Golden Earring (plays on the radio during the boys' road trip) Edit
    • According to the DVD commentary, the map with all of the lights has the actual names of the places which have nuclear power plants in the U.S. Edit

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    • Blackboard Joke: None. Couch Gag: Snowball II is scared off by a bowling alley pinsetter. The Simpsons are set onto the couch like bowling pins. Edit

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    • (The boys drive past a station wagon with an angry man and his rowdy kids.) Father: (Yelling) If you kids can't keep your hands to yourselves, I'm gonna turn this car around, and there'll be no Cape Canaveral for anybody! (Kids go quiet. Nelson leans out of Bart's car and slaps the back of the father.) Father: That's it! Back to Winnipeg! (Turns the station wagon around and drives off.) Edit
    • Homer: (to Lisa) I will send Bart the money to fly home, then I will murder him. Edit
    • Marge: (answers phone) Hello? Oh hello, Principal Skinner… No, Bart has never been to Hong Kong. Good night (hangs up) ….(the phone rings again and Marge answers) ….Hello? Tennessee State Police? No, my son's car was not crushed in Knoxville. I don't know where to begin telling you what's wrong with that! (hangs up) … (the phone rings again and Marge answers) Hello? No, Bart is not available tomorrow to deliver a human kidney to Amsterdam. (hangs up) … (While this is going on Homer, has slowly dived under the covers in the bed … he snorts) Homer, are you laughing at me? Edit

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    • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The hitchhiker that Bart and the gang pick up while on the road resembles the hitchhiker from the 1974 film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Edit
    • Lisa: (spinning Homer around in a chair) Houston, we have a problem! The Homer 13 is spinning out of control! "Houston, we have a problem" is Tom Hanks' famous line from the 1995 movie Apollo 13. It became a widely-used catchphrase that could be used to describe even the most trivial of problems. Edit
    • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory The strange noises made by the machines in the cracker factory are reminiscent of the machines in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Edit

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