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22 scenes · our breakdownBart dreams zinc is gone, wakes in classroom relieved
00:02–00:28Bart dreams his car and phone fail, Apu jokes, then he wakes in class
00:28–01:57misunderstanding · comeuppanceEdna decides to answer a personal ad and calls the phone line while her classroom gets noisy.
02:16–03:39pursuitTed Carpenter brings Twirl King yo-yo champions to the school assembly and the kids cheer.
03:39–04:03pursuitThe Twirl King crew leaves the school in a van after a stunt goes wrong and Sparkle is sarcastic.
04:03–04:50escalationBart shows his yo-yo trick, and Homer complains that yo-yos are not a way to make money.
04:50–05:00petty_grievanceBart teaches Principal Skinner a trick called plucking the pickle while Skinner is angry.
05:00–05:09petty_grievance · humiliationEdna reads Woodrow's letter and gets excited about a possible date.
05:09–06:11seductionHomer shows Marge his doghouse blueprint and says he will build it himself.
06:11–06:52scheme · petty_grievanceEdna reads Woodrow's letter claiming he is the 28th president and tells her to write back.
06:52–07:24lie · seductionHomer curses at dinner and sends Todd to bed without a Bible story, while Ned calls.
07:24–07:29petty_grievance · rivalryLisa tries to find out who Bart has a crush on while Bart denies it.
07:29–07:40investigation · petty_grievanceMarge finds Homer's old love postcard and Lisa reads it, shocked by his past.
07:40–07:48secret_exposed · humiliationHomer curses at his nails and superglue while building, then Ned confronts him.
08:20–16:19petty_grievance
17 ▸ 16:19Ned asks Homer to stop cursing in front of his boys and Homer counters with his moustache.
16:19–16:27negotiation · petty_grievance
18 ▸ 16:27A movie about romance plays on TV while Edna talks about reeling in a man.
16:27–16:39seduction · deal
19 ▸ 16:39Homer says Flanders thinks he swears too much and Marge agrees with Flanders.
16:39–16:50double_standard · petty_grievanceHomer agrees to a swear jar, and Marge explains the rules with a laugh.
16:50–16:57deal · negotiationWoodrow invites Edna to the Gilded Truffle, and Bart reads the letter.
16:57–17:01seduction · lieHomer shaves his moustache, gets a commercial, and smashes his thumb with a hammer.
17:01–17:30comeuppance · escalation
23 ▸ 17:30Edna is stood up and talks sadly with Bart about the men she knows.
17:30–22:49humiliation · betrayalHomer breaks his hand and kicks the doghouse; the kids reveal a new doghouse with beer inside.
22:49–22:54comeuppance · escalationSame DNA
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