S10E11 · EP
season 10 ·
Wild Barts Can't Be Broken
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Episode DNA

15 scenes · 3 threads
absurd 17%secret exposed 8%chaotic 7%angry 7%threat 6%petty grievance 5%cheerful 5%menacing 5%deadpan 5%rivalry 4%

Story threads over runtime

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A · Isotopes win and vandalism
B · Curfew hits the kids
C · Kids fight back with secrets
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Every scene

15 scenes · our breakdown
1 · Springfield stadium · cold_openOpening credits and stadium chaos

The show opens with its theme and a roadside crash, then a stadium introduces the Isotopes and their booing crowd.

00:03–01:21rivalry · petty_grievance
2 · Moe's Tavern · act1Isotopes game and drunken celebration

Homer watches a bottom-of-the-ninth comeback and erupts in drunken celebration with his friends at the bar.

01:21–06:29escalation · humiliation
3 · Springfield streets · act1Rampage through town after victory

The drunk crowd spills onto the streets, celebrating and causing chaos until Homer wakes up hungover the next day.

06:29–06:55escalation · social_rule_violation
4 · Springfield police station · act1Police blame kids and impose curfew

After the school is trashed, Chief Wiggum blames children and announces a sunset curfew for all minors.

06:55–07:46double_standard · threat
5 · Springfield streets · act1Kids chased and caught breaking curfew

Police catch children playing at the ice cream truck and hauling them off, while Dr. Hibbert is cheerfully ignored.

07:46–08:41threat · pursuit
6 · Simpson house · act1Kids stuck indoors playing board games

Trapped at home, the kids play a board game and grumble about adults until the family decides to break curfew for a movie.

08:41–11:47scheme
7 · Springfield drive-in theater · act2Kids sneak to drive-in horror movie

The kids sneak out to the drive-in, where a horror film turns them into a surprise target.

11:47–14:24eavesdropping · secret_exposed
8 · Simpson house · act2Kids realize power of secrets

Back home the kids realize they can expose adults' secrets and plan to broadcast them.

14:24–15:50secret_exposed · scheme
9 · Simpson house · act2Grandpa's radio broadcast begins

The kids use Grandpa's old radio to broadcast secrets across town, starting with Wiggum's embarrassment.

15:50–16:04secret_exposed · eavesdropping
10 · Springfield town hall · act2Town adults hear broadcast secrets

Adults gather to hear the broadcast, and the secrets make them panic and mock each other.

16:04–18:58secret_exposed · investigation
11 · Springfield street with radio · act2Police raid kids' radio station

Wiggum's officers track the transmitter and corner the kids with guns drawn.

18:58–19:14pursuit · threat
12 · Springfield street · act3Kids sing about adult and kid feud

The kids and adults trade insults and sing a song about their feud over the curfew.

19:14–21:06rivalry · humiliation
13 · Simpson house · act3Kent Brockman reports curfew passed

Kent Brockman reports that a curfew for everyone under seventy has passed by one vote, and Homer regrets not voting.

21:06–21:48double_standard · comeuppance
14 · Retirement home · tagOld man complains about kicking

An elderly man complains about someone kicking his machine and his pills in the sewer.

21:48–22:40petty_grievance
15 · Unknown · tagClosing credits and final gag

The episode closes with credits and a closing shout from a man after a quiet exchange.

22:40–22:49petty_grievance
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