Bart the Murderer

Season 3, Episode 4, Aired
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Bart's bad day suddenly changes when he gets a job working for Fat Tony. Mysteriously, Principal Skinner goes missing. Bart and his new friends are the main suspects.
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  • Dan Castellaneta

    Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others

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    Harry Shearer

    Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others

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    Hank Azaria

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

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  • perfect

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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    Bart's bad day suddenly changes when he gets a job working for Fat Tony. Mysteriously, Principal Skinner goes missing. Bart and his new friends are the main suspects.
    Overall, this was a perfect episode and should be viewed by any Simpsons fan

    Overall a ten out of ten A +

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  • A really bad day comes full circle for Bart when he accidentally stumbles into Fat Tony's club. The gangster soon takes a liking to Bart and hires him to work the club much to the dismay of Marge.moreless

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    By meathead704, Oct 06, 2010 Report Abuse
    Hands down the funniest episode of season three. You will be laughing all the way through in this very well written and entertaining episode. This is one of the episodes where the predictable ending does not take away form the over all enjoyment. It's pretty obvious Skinner was alive, but to hear him tell his story of what happened to him and how he escaped was very clever, not to mention hysterical. Don't forget Bart's performance of "Witchcraft" in his new suit. Years after "Bart the Murderer" originally aired, it still delivers terrific laughs. This episode is just plain supoib.moreless

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  • Bart in the Mafia.

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    By Sami5118, Aug 31, 2010 Report Abuse
    This is probably one of my top 15 favorite eps of all time because: it was the first Fat Tony ep, Bart was in the Mafia, and principal Skinner was thought to be murdered by Bart and the Mafia. In this ep, Bart has a horrible day, but his luck changes and after school, he crashed his skateboard in to the stairwell of the Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club, and he soon finds himself working for the Springfield Mafia and Fat Tony. He ends up becoming their bartender and errand boy. When Skinner sentences Bart to an afternoon of detention, he mysteriously disappears and the police suspect that Bart and the Mafia had something to do with it. In the end, Bart snubs the Mafia after Skinner shows up at the trial, saying that he was trapped under a pile of papers and Bart didn't do anything to him.moreless

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  • this was a good ep i thought

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    By cube2k8, May 15, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons bart takes a field trip the chocklate factory and bart becomes a goodfella under spring field mob boss fat tony and then he must help fat tony do stuff and the family starts to get suppisous when they find stolen cigerests in barts room and they see a fbi truck out side the home. and pricible skinner is giving bart a hard time and bart complains to fat tony and they start to rough him up a bit and kidnappe him. and then the police are in on and then bart tells lisa the story and bart thinks as him self as a murders . this was a good epmoreless

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    By futuramarama, Jan 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    In this episode, Bart has a horrendously bad day- he forgets his permission trip to a chocolate factory, he is 40 minutes late to school, etc. But at the end of the school day he accidentally lands in mobster Fat Tony's hideout. Instead of hurting and/or killing him, Fat Tony makes him give him and his henchmen drinks. Bart loves working with the mob, but one day when Bart is complaining about Skinner, the next day he is reported missing and all signs apparently point to Bart. Will Bart be able to clear his name or did he really kill Skinner?

    A great episode, one of my personal favorites in factmoreless

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    • Goof:When Ms. Krabappel is grieving over Principal Skinner's absence, one of the students, a blonde girl's (Becky) outfit, which is usually turquoise, is atypically green.

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    • The horses in the race are named after catch phrases from famous cartoon characters. * "Ain't I a Stinker?" - Bugs Bunny * "Don't Have a Cow" - Bart * "Eat My Shorts" - Bart * "I Yam What I Yam" - Popeye * "Sufferin' Succotash" - Sylvester * "That's All Folks" - Porky Pig * "Yabba Dabba Doo" - Fred Flintstone Edit
    • When the Blue Haired Lawyer asks Fat Tony who is the "cappo di tutti capi", he is actually saying the Italian wording for "Head of all Heads". Edit

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    • What was originally intended to be a one-time guest appearance for Joe Mantegna would become a recurring role later on in the series' run. According to the Season 3 DVD commentary track, Joe Mantegna liked the character and wanted to voice him again. Edit
    • Several elements of the plot, such as a child working for the mafia, and the cigarette heist, are similar to the film ''Goodfellas''. However, this episode did not knowingly parody the movie - the episode was written before it was released, but aired after. Edit
    • The Fox censor had a problem with Homer holding a sign saying "Kill My Boy." The creators were able to get it in. Edit

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    • Chief Wiggum: You wouldn't happen to know anything about a cigarette truck that was hijacked outside of town, would you? Fat Tony: What's a truck? Chief Wiggum: Don't play dumb with me! Edit
    • Chief Wiggum: (to Fat Tony) I'm not gonna stop until one of us is in jail. (pause) You! Edit
    • Lionel Hutz: I'm here defending you on the charges of . . . (looks at sheet) Murder One!? Even if I lose I'll be famous! Edit

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    • Hershey's Milk Chocolate The Ah! Fudge candy wrapper is styled after the Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar wrapper Edit
    • The French Connection When Bart is running beside the bus trying to get on, Lisa smiles and waves from inside the bus just like Fernando Rey does to Gene Hackman in the subway sequence of the 1971 film The French Connection. Edit
    • Itchy & Scratchy: The Sound Of Silencers
      The title of the cartoon is taken from the Simon and Garfunkel song "The Sound Of Silence." The cartoon itself is a scene taken from the film, St. Valentines Day Massacre. Edit

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