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24 scenes · our breakdownThe Simpsons have a chaotic couch gag and opening credits.
00:03–00:09schemeMarge gets a scam letter about a student book.
00:09–00:26schemeMarge takes the family to a go-kart arcade as a reward.
00:26–01:37The family races go-karts, with Nelson causing trouble.
01:37–01:55violenceHomer fails at batting while Lisa wins a prize.
01:55–02:02humiliationNelson and Bart get a BB gun from prize tickets.
02:02–03:15schemeMarge forbids Bart from playing with Nelson.
03:15–04:51social_rule_violationBart sneaks to Nelson's house to use the BB gun.
04:51–05:03avoidanceBart accidentally kills a mother bird with the BB gun.
05:03–06:34violence · humiliationMarge learns Bart went to Nelson's and lies about it.
06:34–08:45lieBart imagines a bird tribunal punishing him.
08:45–09:51Marge finds the dead bird and gives up punishing Bart.
09:51–10:02confessionBart discovers the dead bird's eggs and decides to raise them.
10:02–10:26Bart watches a nature film about blue jays and egg care.
10:26–11:39Bart uses a light bulb to keep the eggs warm and tries regurgitation.
11:39–12:00obsessionMarge finds Bart with the eggs and forgives him.
12:00–15:23confessionThe eggs hatch into Bolivian Tree Lizards, not birds.
15:23–16:03escalationBart takes the lizards to a bird expert who identifies them as dangerous.
16:03–18:06The authorities order the lizards killed, but Bart refuses.
18:06–19:19pursuitBart is chased and the lizards are seemingly killed.
19:19–19:40pursuit · violenceThe lizards survive and begin to multiply, eating pigeons.
19:40–19:49escalationThe town celebrates the lizards for killing pigeons.
19:49–20:43comeuppanceHomer proposes a chain of predators to fix the lizard problem.
20:43–21:59schemeBart realizes he killed many birds but doesn't care.
21:59–22:48double_standardSame DNA
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