S16E09 · SCENE 27/16 · 10:50
Pranksta Rap · Springfield Police Station
Police analyze tape

Police analyze the kidnapper call tape.

10:50→11:31
in the episode · 0m 41s · S16E09

What happens

10:50–11:31

Wiggum and officers listen to the call tape. They isolate a background noise. Wiggum identifies it as stovetop popcorn.

WhereSpringfield Police Station
DriverWiggum
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadBart fakes kidnapping

Key lines

from this scene
11:08

I just want to tell him I love him one more time.

11:16

The kidnappers say if you worry too much, they'll kill me.

11:23

Uh... No, no. I mean...

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.7
absurd0.5
deadpan0.5
coincidence0.3
rapid back and forth

Beats

11:41Wiggum identifies popcorn noise

Scene in the episode

10:50–11:31
A · Bart fakes kidnapping
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B · Homer and Marge worry
8
C · Wiggum investigates case
25
D · Lisa uncovers truth
3335
setup → scene 28
← Scene 26Kidnapper calls SimpsonsScene 28 →Wiggum goes to Kwik-E-Mart

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