Bart Sells His Soul

Season 7, Episode 4, Aired
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After perpetrating a prank on the First Church of Springfield, Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for five dollars. Bart comes to regret his decision, and goes on a desperate quest to regain his soul. In the end, he gets it back with the help of an unexpected source.moreless
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  • To prove to Milhouse that there is no such thing as a soul, Bart sells his soul to Milhouse. But when strange things begin to happen to Bart, he wants his soul back, but has to go through an ordeal to get it.moreless

    7.9
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    By Scottstopher28, Jan 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode was slsightly better than 'Home sweet homediddly - Dum - Doodly' because it was funnier and had a more varied storyline (e.g. there was the story of Bart's soul and the story of Moe's bar changing into a family restaurant. This show was also good because it had lots of allusions, which can improve a show greatly for certain. In this show we also see a blatant chracter development in Bart, how he completely changes his opinion about the soul. The best part of this show was the entire story of Moe's bar, especially when he loses it and goes crazy.moreless

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  • Bart sells his soul to Milhouse, but then he must go through a rough ordeal to get it back.

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    By Hornets3, Jan 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    Well this is without a doubt one of the best and most flawless episode of the Simpsons because it is so comical and intelligent on the nature of the human soul. Actually this episode is so in depth and heart felt on the topic that some colleges actually study this episode. Anyway while still being able to be intelligent, the episode was chaulk full of great gags. One of my favorite parts of the whole episode is Bart's dream about souls. The best part of the whole episode had to be Moe opening up a family restauarant that comedy was just flawless, and its impossible not to laugh at such a hilarious thing for a character like Moe to do. This was one of the first Simpsons episodes I saw, and I was happy with the positive fibe I recieved after watching this episode. A+moreless

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    By cube2k8, Jan 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons bart plays a prank on church and he thinks his soul is not real so he sells it to milhous for 5 dollars. milhoud excepts it but bart soon later regrets what he did when he sees the others with there souls and how it is real. and so bart goes on a spirtaul quest to get his soul back and he gets help form a unlikely person and this was a good ep i thought and it had a good story and it is why i gave the ep of the simpsons a 8.5moreless

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    By futuramarama, Jan 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    Bart does not believe in souls so he sells his to Milhouse for 5 bucks. But soon he finds that things in his life are different, and he fears he really did lose his soul. Will he get it back?

    In one of the more memorable subplots ever, Moe makes his bar a family-themed restaurant. It seems likea great idea, and it is, for a little while, then things go wrong.

    A great ,perfect episode with literally no flaws. It has a fantastic plot, some funny gags, and it is all-around great, one of my favorites from the series, A+ episode!moreless

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  • Milhouse owns Bart's soul

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    By fenway98, Jan 03, 2011 Report Abuse
    Bart tells Milhouse that theres no so thing as a soul, and he even goes as far as to sell his soul to Milhouse for five dollars. Bart uses the five dollars on a toy that dosn't work. He soon realizes that the pets now hate him, and he dosn't find Itchy and Scratchy funny anymore. He dosn't even find Homer hurting himself funny. he must get his soul back from Milhouse, but he sold it to Comic Book Guy, who sold it to Lisa. Bart is so graeteful that Lisa bought his soul for him.

    This was a great episode. I loved the church scene, and I loved Moe's attempt at making a family restaurantmoreless

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    • The names that Homer suggests for Moe's family restaurant are: Chairman Moe's Magic Wok and Madman Moe's Pressure Cooker. Edit
    • Goof: When Milhouse snitches on Bart, Martin's hair is gray. Edit
    • The marquee outside of the church reads: "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Salvation" Edit

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    • Blackboard Joke: I am not a lean mean spitting machine. Couch Gag: The family are in Shriner cars. They all pull into a line in front of the TV set and honk their horns twice. Edit
    • Itchy & Scratchy: "Skinless in Seattle" Scratchy is walking to the Space Needle in Seattle, with a love letter telling him to meet there. He stands next to it, & Itchy, on top of the Needle, drops a penny off the top; it misses Scratchy. He then gets a lot of Space Needle miniature models, throws them down, & they land in a heart shape around Scratchy. Angry, Itchy saws off the top half of the Space Needle, landing in Scratchy's eye. Edit

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    • Moe: I could make this into a place where you wouldn't be ashamed to bring your family. Homer: I'm not ashamed. (Homer puts Maggie on the counter) Moe: Hey, put a coaster under that. Edit
    • Kirk Van Houten: Milhouse, give him back his soul, I've got work tomorrow! Edit
    • (Near the end of Bart's soul nightmare...) Sherri and Terri: (chanting) Bart it's time to end this dream, And don't forget the standard scream! Bart: (waking up) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! Edit

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    • Screaming Yellow Zonkers Moe describes his Southwestern Pizza Fingers as "Awesomely Outrageous," which alludes to the snack food Screaming Yellow Zonkers' slogan: "Outrageously awesome." Edit
    • Sleepless in Seattle The title of the Itchy & Scratchy episode, "Skinless in Seattle," is a spoof of the 1993 motion picture Sleepless in Seattle, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Edit
    • Denny's As Flanders is leaving "Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag" disgusted over Moe's language, he claims that he expects that kind of language at Denny's. Denny's is the largest full-service family restaurant chain in the United States and it operates in nine countries around the world. Edit

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