Cold open firefighting skit at school · Brother's Little Helper

S11E02 · SCENE 1/15 · 00:01

Brother's Little Helper · Springfield Elementary gymnasium

Cold open firefighting skit at school

Skinner introduces a firefighting demonstration that spirals into chaos as Bart stokes a fire in the gym.

00:01→01:22

in the episode · 1m 21s · S11E02

What happens

00:01–01:22

The school assembly opens with a fire safety presentation hosted by Skinner. The volunteer skit goes wrong when a stunt performer's pants catch fire and the flames spread through the gym. Bart appears with a hose and sets off more chaos.

WhereSpringfield Elementary gymnasium

DriverPrincipal Skinner

Positioncold_open · setup

ThreadBart's Focusyn medication spiral

Key lines

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00:03
CHORUS: The Simpsons

01:05
D'oh!

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1

escalation2.0

chaotic2.0

misunderstanding1.0

absurd1.0

monologue

Beats

03:12Mad Dog's pants catch fire during the skit

Scene in the episode

00:01–01:22

A · Bart's Focusyn medication spiral

1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

B · Homer and Marge's marriage

C · Skinner's school discipline

setup → scene 1

Clips from this episode

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The Simpsons Season11 Episode2: Brother's Little Helper 3/3 · UltimateTheSimpsons

One Smoke Detector's Enough For Mad Dog (The Simpsons) · ThingsICantFindOtherwise

Scene 2 →Fire safety presentation chaos

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Bart Simpson282 episodes · drives 1371 scenes

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Lisa Simpson246 episodes · drives 781 scenes

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