S10E03 · EP
season 10 ·
Bart the Mother
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Episode DNA

24 scenes · 3 threads
scheme 9%chaotic 9%deadpan 9%tense 9%violence 7%absurd 7%cheerful 4%humiliation 4%menacing 4%confession 4%

Story threads over runtime

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A · Bart raises lizards
B · Marge's parenting struggle
C · Town bird crisis
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Every scene

24 scenes · our breakdown
1 · Simpson living room · cold_openCouch gag and intro

The Simpsons have a chaotic couch gag and opening credits.

00:03–00:09scheme
2 · Simpson house · act1Mail scam revelation

Marge gets a scam letter about a student book.

00:09–00:26scheme
3 · Arcade parking lot · act1Reward at the arcade

Marge takes the family to a go-kart arcade as a reward.

00:26–01:37
4 · Go-kart track · act1Go-kart racing

The family races go-karts, with Nelson causing trouble.

01:37–01:55violence
5 · Batting cage · act1Baseball batting cage

Homer fails at batting while Lisa wins a prize.

01:55–02:02humiliation
6 · Arcade prize counter · act1Prize redemption

Nelson and Bart get a BB gun from prize tickets.

02:02–03:15scheme
7 · Arcade exit · act1Marge forbids Nelson

Marge forbids Bart from playing with Nelson.

03:15–04:51social_rule_violation
8 · Nelson's yard · act1Bart goes to Nelson's

Bart sneaks to Nelson's house to use the BB gun.

04:51–05:03avoidance
9 · Nelson's yard · act1Bart shoots a bird

Bart accidentally kills a mother bird with the BB gun.

05:03–06:34violence · humiliation
10 · Simpson house · act1Marge discovers Bart's lie

Marge learns Bart went to Nelson's and lies about it.

06:34–08:45lie
11 · Nelson's yard · act1Bart's guilt and tribunal

Bart imagines a bird tribunal punishing him.

08:45–09:51
12 · Nelson's yard · act1Marge confronts Bart

Marge finds the dead bird and gives up punishing Bart.

09:51–10:02confession
13 · Nelson's yard · act2Bart finds the eggs

Bart discovers the dead bird's eggs and decides to raise them.

10:02–10:26
14 · Simpson house · act2Troy McClure nature film

Bart watches a nature film about blue jays and egg care.

10:26–11:39
15 · Bart's room · act2Bart incubates the eggs

Bart uses a light bulb to keep the eggs warm and tries regurgitation.

11:39–12:00obsession
16 · Bart's room · act2Marge discovers the eggs

Marge finds Bart with the eggs and forgives him.

12:00–15:23confession
17 · Bart's room · act2Lizards hatch

The eggs hatch into Bolivian Tree Lizards, not birds.

15:23–16:03escalation
18 · Bird watching area · act2Lizard identification

Bart takes the lizards to a bird expert who identifies them as dangerous.

16:03–18:06
19 · Springfield town hall · act2Order to exterminate

The authorities order the lizards killed, but Bart refuses.

18:06–19:19pursuit
20 · Springfield streets · act2Chase and lizard death

Bart is chased and the lizards are seemingly killed.

19:19–19:40pursuit · violence
21 · Springfield streets · act3Lizards escape and multiply

The lizards survive and begin to multiply, eating pigeons.

19:40–19:49escalation
22 · Springfield town square · act3Lizards praised as heroes

The town celebrates the lizards for killing pigeons.

19:49–20:43comeuppance
23 · Springfield town square · act3Short-sighted solution

Homer proposes a chain of predators to fix the lizard problem.

20:43–21:59scheme
24 · Simpson car · tagBart's moral confusion

Bart realizes he killed many birds but doesn't care.

21:59–22:48double_standard
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In this episode

HS
Homer Simpson371 episodes · drives 4177 scenes
MS
Marge Simpson237 episodes · drives 977 scenes
BS
Bart Simpson282 episodes · drives 1371 scenes
LS
Lisa Simpson246 episodes · drives 781 scenes
MS
Maggie Simpson61 episodes · drives 14 scenes
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Nelson Muntz55 episodes · drives 40 scenes
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Milhouse Van Houten89 episodes · drives 47 scenes
TM
Troy McClure27 episodes · drives 32 scenes