The PTA Disbands

Season 6, Episode 21, Aired
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Bart pushes the teachers to strike. Local Springfieldians take over the teaching positions, so Bart must find a way to fix things between the teachers and Principal Skinner.
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  • Strike

    7.5
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    By futuramarama, Jul 02, 2010 Report Abuse
    The teachers have a strike. So, local Springfielders become teachers, including Marge to Bart's class. Now, Bart eneds to find a way to get the teachers to come back (because the strike was his fault).

    A decent episode, as usual, it wasn't the best but it wasn't terrible. I do not know though, it seems like something is missing when I watch this. It's not as funny as other episodes from the season and it does not have a great plot, I did not think. It was overall OK, my grade for this episode is aboit a B or somoreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons the school princiable skinner cuts the buget once more and then the teachers get tired and go on strike beacause of it so in the meantime there on strike people from the town have to come in to be the teachers. while the pta goes over the buget . and so bart is tired of the new teachers so he decides to find away by talking to skinner to get the teachers back this was a good ep i thought and it had some funny scenes in it and that is why i gave the show a 8.5moreless

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  • Amzing episode with some of the funniest quotes I have ever heard...

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 27, 2008 Report Abuse
    When the teachers' union reaches a dead end in its negotiations with Principal Skinner, the teachers strike, forcing the Board of Education to come up with a creative way to keep the school running. The only plan that's in place is to have highly intelligent robots teach classes, but since such robots don't exist, the Board enlists PTA members for the task. With Ned Flanders as Principal and Marge as a teacher, the school functions normally, for a time. Bart realizes that without his old teachers, school just doesn't work for him, so he devises a way to bring the teachers' union and Principal Skinner back to the negotiating table: He locks Mrs. Krabappel and Skinner in a room together until they can agree on the contract.moreless

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  • Great Season 6 Episode

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    By AangPhantom777, Aug 01, 2007 Report Abuse
    It was awesome. I laughed a lot. The PTA disbands is a great episode, so I gave it a 10. Watch it. (Well, it's barely on TV) But, Season 6 has some great episodes. And this is one of them. Highly recommended episode. A Must see. It's not my favorite Season 6 episode, but it could be my fifth, or something like that. I hope this gets the over all rating up to 9.0! If it doesn't, then the 8. 9 would be close. Anyway, watch it, it's hilarious, and I reccomend it to anyone who likes The Simpsons. Thats my review for the episode, "The PTA Disbands"moreless

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  • Odds say I like this episode Purple Monkey Dishwasher.

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    By GerMan666, Jan 18, 2007 Report Abuse
    Another great installment of The Simpsons, involving the teaching staff of Springfield Elementary. As they battle for their rights, the school is on strike, and all the kids are loving it, except Lisa. After a discussion with the leader of the PTA, Ned Flanders, they decide to get teachers from around the neighbourhood, even Marge, and Bart hates it. After coming up with a plan with Milhouse's Booksmarts and Bart's ability to exploit booksmarts, they lock Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel in Skinner's office. They come up with a plan to bring convicts into the school and lock them up.moreless

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    • Krabappel tells Skinner that the only books they have are ones that were banned by other schools. Those books were: - Tek War by William Shatner - "Theory of Evolution" by Charles Darwin - "Sexus" by Henry Miller - "40 Years of Playboy" by Hugh Hefner - Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman - Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss - The Satanic Verses (Junior Illustrated Edition) by Salman Rushdie Edit
    • Jimbo's mom appears in this episode. Edit
    • The sign on the rich school's bus reads "Veritas et Scientia," which is Latin for "Truth and Knowledge." The fact that they use Latin is for effect: it makes the rich school seem more snobby. Edit

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    • Blackboard Joke: I do not have power of attorney over first graders. Couch Gag: The family walk into the TV room from all directions, like the people in Escher's Relativity picture. Edit
    • At the battlefield, there is a sign indicating that the battlefield is owned by Diz-Nee (There's Profit To Be Had!), which sounds like Disney though according to "Old Money", Diz-Nee does not not have anything to do with Disney. This made fun of Disney's attempt in 1993 to tear down a Civil War battlefield in Virginia for an America-themed theme park (luckily, because of the wonderful efforts from historians, the concept didn't get off the ground). Edit

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    • Lisa: My teacher's a nightmare. Three kids got sick from inhaling his ointment fumes, he confiscated everything made of tin, and then he sent us home early because he got his beard caught in the pencil sharpener! Edit
    • (Moe is taking over as the substitute teacher for Mrs. Krabappel's class during the strike) Moe: OK, when I call your name, uh, you say "present" or "here". Er, no, say "present". Ahem, Anita Bath? (The students in the classroom laugh) Moe: All right, settle down. Anita Bath here? (More laughs) Moe: All right, fine, fine. Maya Buttreeks! (Still more laughs) Moe: Hey, what are you laughing at? What? Oh, oh, I get it, I get it. It's my big ears, isn't it, kids? Isn't it? Well, children, I can't help that! (Moe runs out of the classroom crying as Bart crosses Moe's name off of a list of what are now former substitute teachers) Edit
    • Marge: There's something about flying a kite at night that's so unwholesome. Bart: Hello mother dear! Edit

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    • The part in which Bart flies a kite in the middle of the night is a parody of "Village of the Damned," where the children are exceptionally well-behaved, but alien and emotionless. Edit
    • Principal Skinner: Well, the kids have to learn about Tek War sooner or later. Tek War is the title of a series of science fiction novels by William Shatner. Edit
    • Welcome Back, Kotter One of the names on the list of substitute teachers Bart has chased off is, Gabe Kaplan, the star of the 70's hit show Welcome Back, Kotter in which he played a teacher trying to teach inner city kids. Edit

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