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22 scenes · our breakdownBart and classmates ride a dilapidated school bus to a Civil War reenactment.
00:05–00:40lie · escalationThe field trip turns chaotic when the cannon is accidentally fired.
00:40–03:32escalation · coincidence
3 ▸ 03:32The bus returns to school with fewer students than it left with.
03:32–04:03escalation · petty_grievance
4 ▸ 04:03Teachers confront Skinner about budget cuts and poor supplies.
04:03–04:58escalation · petty_grievance
5 ▸ 04:58Bart tricks Skinner and Krabappel into escalating their conflict.
04:58–06:40scheme · lie
6 ▸ 06:40Teachers walk out and students are sent home.
06:40–07:27escalation · social_rule_violationBart and Lisa return home and Marge and Homer react to the strike.
07:27–08:36escalationHomer causes chaos at the power plant while distracted.
08:36–09:17escalation · coincidenceLisa becomes obsessive about learning without school.
09:17–10:13obsession · escalation
10 ▸ 10:13Teachers picket outside school while Bart tries to find fun.
10:13–11:08escalation · petty_grievanceMilhouse is too busy studying to play with Bart.
11:08–11:57avoidanceHomer learns the bank has no money due to loans.
11:57–12:27escalation · petty_grievanceLisa becomes more obsessive and Marge worries.
12:27–13:26obsession · escalation
14 ▸ 13:26Marge calls a PTA meeting but it ends in chaos.
13:26–14:55escalation · petty_grievanceSkinner implements emergency plan using neighborhood substitutes.
14:55–15:16escalationBart drives away multiple substitute teachers.
15:16–16:18scheme · escalation
17 ▸ 16:18Marge takes over Bart's class and struggles.
16:18–17:40escalation · humiliationBart retreats to the crawlspace to avoid his mother teaching.
17:40–19:01avoidance · humiliationBart asks Marge for money because kids bully him.
19:01–19:35humiliation · escalationBart decides to lock Skinner and Krabappel together to force negotiation.
19:35–20:29scheme · dealSkinner and Krabappel begin talking after being locked in.
20:29–21:05negotiation · dealSkinner reveals he rents cloakrooms to the prison system for extra money.
21:05–21:16secret_exposed · dealSame DNA
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