This Little Wiggy

Season 9, Episode 18, Aired
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The Simpsons go to a wonderful new museum. While there, Marge notices what a nice boy Ralph Wiggum is. Marge forces Bart to have a play date with Ralph. Ralph is so stupid and annoying that Bart wants to strangle him. Marge makes him go outside with Ralph. Ralph seems to be a pyromaniac. They go to the Wiggum's residence and Bart finds out that Ralph's father (Chief Wiggum) has a lot of neat stuff, including a master key that will unlock every door in Springfield. Bart goes over for a sleepover and swipes it. He and Ralph wander the town, running into the bullies. Nelson, Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney take them to the abandoned prison. Bart and Ralph play around with the electric chair, leaving it on when they leave. Quimby wants to show the town the electric chair on the news. He wants to pretend to be electrocuted, thinking that the chair is off. Bart and Ralph see what is about to happen on the news and they have to prevent it. Bart goes to Lisa for a quick solution and she shoots a rocket at the prison which contains an explanation. Instead it goes into Burns' office, and he turns off the power after Quimby has almost been killed. Ralph's conscience tells him to burn down the house.moreless
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Cast & Crew

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  • Julie Kavner

    Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier

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    Harry Shearer

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

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    Dan Castellaneta

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

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  • superb

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    By futuramarama, Aug 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    what i liked- Troy McClure's cameo appearance, the man in the tree voicing the robot and starting to choke Skinner, homer and marge trying out answering machine messages, bart sticking up for ralph, "he's going to smell like hotdogs!", the leprechaun (i think it would've been even funnier if the leprechaun did not appear in the episode, but oh well), lisa letting ralph take the credit for saving Quimby, etc.
    decent ralph episode. ralph is one of my favorite characters, even if he is somewhat overrated, and this is a fine episode from season 9. it gets kind of boring though, for me, so my final grade is going to be a B+ or somoreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons show ralph becomes friends with bart and they go over and play cops with the fathers stuff and then bart is seen with ralph and they make fun of him and then bart realizes raplph dad has the master key to the whole town. and so he befriends ralph to get it to give it to the bullys and ralph and bart must help each other to get out of the situation this was a good ep and it had some funny moments i thought .which made this ep really good . and that is why i gave it a 8.5moreless

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  • It's all about Ralph

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    By OnePerCentClub, Jun 26, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is a very funny episode. You get to laugh from the very first scene, when Mrs. Krabappel asks whose calculator can give an answer to a multiplication and Milhouse responds with a "low battery?", hilarious!!! Then Bart ruining Skinner surprise with the robot.
    I think its good to have the rest of the supporting characters come up to be the main ones every now and then and get to know more about them and see the Simpson family back them up a little. I thought Bart was going to give Ralph a hard time and once again, he listened to his heart and didn't let him down.
    I love Bart in this episode.
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  • It is Ralph!

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    By twilightboy, May 18, 2008 Report Abuse
    Well, the writers have finally decided to give Ralph his own episode. This boy as we all know is one crazy cat. Always doing bizarre and rather silly things. I can safely say that Ralph plays just abut the same character Butters plays in South Park. This episode is very enterteining since we are not used to watching Ralph as our main character in the show. One thing I really liked was the compassion Bart fell for him a couple of times and that in the end helped to save a life. This is not very funny episode, but definitely, a master piece.moreless

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  • Amazing... Please writers I beg of you more episodes centered around Ralph; I'm on my hands and knees

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 26, 2008 Report Abuse
    When Marge meets Ralph Wiggum, she decides to invite him over for a playdate with Bart. Bart initially rejects Ralph, but when he goes over to the Wiggum household and sees that it's filled with police equipment and files, he finds himself in a troublemaker's paradise. The two boys start hanging out more and more, eventually having a sleepover during which they steal Chief Wiggum's master key and let themselves into every building in Springfield. In the middle of their spree, Bart and Ralph run into Nelson and his bully buddies. Trying to impress them, Bart shows them the master key and the whole group ventures into the abandoned prison. While there, they play with the electric chair, but leave before they can use the key to turn it off again. When Mayor Quimby decides to reopen the prison, he calls a press conference and sits in the electric chair to demonstrate how it works. Watching the event on TV, Bart and Ralph are sure that Quimby will be killed if anyone flips the electric chair switch. With a little help from Mr. Burns, however, the mayor escapes his fate. After going through so much together, Bart and Ralph remain friends.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • Goof: When Skinner is introducing the robot to the class, Bart's desk is clearly in the middle of the room. When Bart throws the apple to the man in the tree, he's sitting next to the window. Edit
    • When Homer is playing the "Let's Make a Baby" video game: the announcer says "You are out of sperm". The closed captioning reads, "Your score is zero". Edit
    • When the Simpsons are at the museum, Bart says he's going to go toss the virtual salad, but the closed captioning says "I'm going to crawl inside the Invisible Frenchman". Edit

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    • In the end credits it says that this episode was dedicated to the memory of Sunni Walton O'Neil. Edit
    • Blackboard Joke: I was told not to do this. Couch Gag: Bart spray paints his family on the wall and signs it with "El Barto." Edit

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    • Principal Skinner: We have a very special visitor today, but he's no ordinary visitor. In fact, you might say-- Bart: He's a robot. We saw him on the way in. Principal Skinner: Thank you, Bart. Edit
    • Bart: Whoa, mama, the electric chair! (sniffs) Smell that, Ralph? That's the smell of justice. Ralph: Smells like hot dogs. Edit
    • Bart: Wow, look at all these toilets! They're just inches your bed! Talk about luxury… Edit

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    • Star Wars: The Mars exhibit in the museum has "Mars" written in the exact same font/style as "Wars" in the Star Wars movies, only with the W turned upside down. Edit
    • Ralph: I found a moon rock in my nose! Bart: Houston, we have a booger. This is a play on Tom Hanks' famous line from Apollo 13, "Houston, we have a problem." Edit
    • Dolph: Hey look, it's dork and dorker. A quick reference to the 1994 movie Dumb and Dumber, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. Edit

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