S16E17 · EP
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24 scenes · our breakdownThe Simpsons family gathers for a couch gag before the episode begins.
00:02–00:28Superintendent Chalmers and Principal Skinner review vending machine proposals at school.
00:28–00:54scheme · dealTwo marketing spokes-rebels promote unhealthy snacks for the vending machine.
00:54–02:57schemeStudents become obsessed with the new vending machine snacks at school.
02:57–03:48obsessionBart runs out of money and sells his skateboard to Groundskeeper Willie for more snacks.
03:48–04:18deal · humiliationMarge tries to feed Bart a healthy dinner but he refuses, preferring vending machine snacks.
04:18–05:23misunderstanding · petty_grievanceBart continues eating junk food from the vending machine in a musical montage.
05:23–06:24obsessionBart suffers a heart attack from his junk food diet and is rushed to the hospital.
06:24–07:11comeuppanceBart undergoes a stress test and Krusty the Clown visits to warn about heart disease.
07:11–09:01humiliationMarge shows Bart a list of heart-smart foods and Bart reluctantly agrees to try.
09:01–11:14double_standardBart sneaks out to the milkshake festival despite his diet.
11:14–11:48obsession · avoidanceThe family stages an intervention to help Bart with his overeating addiction.
11:48–12:33humiliationBart is kidnapped by child-snatchers and taken to a maximum-security fat camp.
12:33–12:38scheme · pursuitBart and other campers do intense exercises and share their weight gain stories.
12:38–13:08humiliation · pursuitHomer and Marge struggle to afford Bart's expensive fat camp treatment.
13:08–14:00scheme · negotiationHomer rents out the Simpson house to German backpackers to pay for fat camp.
14:00–15:59deal · schemeSpangler takes Bart to see the youth hostel his family now runs to pay for his treatment.
15:59–16:54comeuppanceBart confronts the German backpackers who mock him for his addiction.
16:54–18:06humiliation · secret_exposedHomer dances and sings for the German backpackers to earn tips.
18:06–18:23humiliation · pursuitBart promises to stop eating junk food and returns to school to destroy the vending machine.
18:23–18:50violence · confessionThe family uses the money from the broken vending machine to pay off the German backpackers.
18:50–19:17dealThe family goes to Disneyland to celebrate and heap scorn on Goofy.
19:17–19:54Tab Spangler returns to the Simpson house to retrieve his lucky belt.
19:54–20:06Homer and Spangler argue over a cheeseburger, revealing Homer's own eating issues.
20:06–21:22escalationSame DNA
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