Cape Feare

Season 5, Episode 2, Aired
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After Bart starts receiving death threats from his nemesis Sideshow Bob, the Simpsons enter the Witness Relocation Program and move to Terror Lake, a "Cape Fear"-esque town several miles away from Springfield.
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  • The best Sideshow Bob episode!!!!!!

    9.5
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    By fenway98, Jun 08, 2011 Report Abuse
    I love this episode. It has so many funny parts. I love how Sideshow Bob has such bad luck in this one. He makes this episode funny. i love the scene where he keeps getting hit by the rakes. I also like the part where he got run over by the parade. After getting many death threats from Bob, The Simpsons have to move to a new town. And change their name to the Thompsons. The ending is great when Sideshow Bob is singing HMS Pinafore. He is just so funny. As Snake says "Use a pen, Sideshow Bob". LOLmoreless

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  • sidshowbob sends death threats to bart so the famaly move to a boathouse in a city named cape fear with sidshow bob on there tails.

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    By jamieor, May 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    the best simsons episode ever made it could not be any better.
    some funny moments and 1 is in the youll never stop the simpsons song sideshow bob steps on rakes.
    close to being worse than the ned zone but just manages to be a bit better.
    usually i like treehouses of horers better but this is the best.
    my favrot character (ned flanders) is not a majour character in this but its still the best.
    sidshow bob episodes are always good i wish he was in them all.
    cape fear is the name of a film made in 1962 then another film with the same name made in 1991 with 3 stars.moreless

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  • The best episode of the Simpsons

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    By Southparkfa, Feb 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode is really good, and is my favorite episode of the whole series. There's a ton of times where the characters act stupid here, whether it's Homer and his Mr.Thompson scene, or Chief Wiggium not thinking it's illegal to send threatening letters, and of course Sideshow Bob continually getting hit by a rake and writing letters in blood and then fainting from blood loss, and it all works somewhat perfectly, and adds to the humor. My favorite scene was probablly when Homer scared Bart by coming in with a butcher knife, scaring Bart, then coming in dressed as Jason from Friday the 13th. Overall, a perfect episode from an excellent series. 10/10 A+moreless

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  • Hardly a moment goes by without a good pun, but the whole is no greater than the sum of it's parts.

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    By Hopfensperger, Jul 01, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode has been called the best of season five by various sources, including the ratings on this site. Frankly, I find it to be entirely overrated. It lacks the emotional depth which drives great episodes like "Homer and Apu", the absurdity of Burns' actions in "Rosebud", the epic proportions and visual fantastication of "Deep Space Homer" and the history described by "Homer's Barbershop Quartet". Unlike the truly great episodes, it fails to describe a plot from multiple points of view or to narrate the lives of multiple characters; it all revolves around Bart. Disappointingly, unlike the other season-five episode about Bart, "Bart Gets Famous", "Cape Feare" fails even as a vessel for Bart-style humor, since most of the gags are about Sideshow Bob hurting himself in typically cartoonish ways.
    In the end, that is the real failing of "Cape Feare": unlike the many great episodes of Simpsons history, this episode lacks the initiative to be anything more than a great cartoon.moreless

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  • Sideshow Bob returns, sending threatening letters to Bart through the mail. Bob gets off on parole, with the logic that "No one who speaks German can be an evil man." The Simpsons move to Terror Lak, but are followed by Bob, whos plans are foilemoreless

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    By KTBeth, Jul 01, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode was truly amazing. I have seen it a million times, and still enjoy it. But then, I can enjoy anything with Sideshow Bob! This episode was witty, and the rake slapping thing is hilarious, especially the rake on the boat. This is an example of the Simpsons at their best. Full of jokes, a laugh a minute (or more), and clever. It is one of my personal favorites, and any Simpson fan can agree that this is one of the best episodes of the series. Seasons, four, five and eight are my personal favorite seasons, and this episode is one of the reasons season five is up there!moreless

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    • Sideshow Bob's shudder after he steps on the rakes was a reused clip from the previous Sideshow Bob episode, "Black Widower". Edit
    • At the police station, there is a "wanted" picture of Fat Tony. Edit
    • Sideshow Bob's tattoos include ''Die Bart, Die'' and a picture of Bart's head on a skateboard, with a speech bubble reading ''Ouch, Man!''. Edit

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    • This episode was nominated for the 1994 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore). Edit
    • This was the last episode produced by the original team of writers. Edit
    • Itchy and Scratchy: "Spay Anything" Scratchy enters a building called "Itchy's Cat Hospital." When Scratchy runs into a room, two bulldogs capture him and put him on a seat of a machine. Itchy starts up the lasers. As the lasers are rolling, Scratchy sees a plug. Just as the lasers are about to strike, his tounge manages to pull the plug. But Itchy comes back in, replugs the machine, and the lasers go in different directions, killing Scratchy. Edit

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    • Bart: Take him away, boys. Chief Wiggum: Hey, I'm the chief here! Bake him away, toys. Lou: What'd you say, chief? Chief Wiggum: Do what the kid said. Edit
    • Bart: Mom, Dad, I saw Sideshow Bob and he threatened to kill me! Homer: Bart, don't interrupt! Marge: Homer, this is serious! Homer: Oh, it is not. Edit
    • Bart: I'll be Gus, the lovable chimney-sweep. Clean as a whistle, sharp as a thistle, best in all Westminster. Edit

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    • Ernest Films The movie at the theater says Ernest Goes Somewhere Cheap which is a parody of various Ernest films starring Jim Varney. Vern is mentioned in all of his films but never seen. Edit
    • When Police Chief Wiggum says "Ha, the day I take cop lessons from Ma Kettle". Police Chief Wiggum was talking about Ma Kettle (played by Marjorie Mann) who was a comic who starred as a farmer's wife on Ma and Pa Kettle in the late 1940s and movies in the 1950s. Edit
    • Nightmare on Elm Street The knife glove that Flanders wears to trim his hedges is similar to the one worn by Freddy Kruger from the horror series, A Nightmare on Elm Street. Edit

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