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21 scenes · 3 threadsStory threads over runtime
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21 scenes · our breakdownMarge crashes Homer's car while driving kids to school.
00:55–01:46escalation · petty_grievanceBart meets new troublemaker Donny at school.
01:46–02:42rivalry · schemeDonny insults Mrs. Krabappel and challenges Bart's authority.
02:42–03:15rivalry · humiliationMarge gets a luxury loaner car while hers is repaired.
03:15–05:24deal · coincidenceHomer consoles Bart about Donny and they bond in the car.
05:24–05:55obsession · petty_grievanceBart fails at basketball in front of Donny.
05:55–06:02humiliation · rivalryPrincipal Skinner announces a confusing new lunch plan.
06:02–07:19scheme · escalationDonny pulls a prank and Bart takes the blame.
07:19–08:12betrayal · schemeSkinner and Chalmers recruit Donny to spy on Bart.
08:12–09:06scheme · betrayalBart shares prank secrets with Donny.
09:06–10:05scheme · dealBart and friends have a juice box fight with Donny.
10:05–10:34escalation · petty_grievanceHomer and Marge take a romantic drive in the loaner car.
10:34–12:03obsession · seductionBart plans a prank with crickets in the coffee pot.
12:03–13:04scheme · escalationGroundskeeper Willie tells Bart that Skinner has a spy.
13:04–14:09betrayal · secret_exposedBart suspects Donny is the rat and confronts him.
14:09–14:35betrayal · interrogationBart falsely accuses Milhouse of being the rat.
14:35–15:31betrayal · humiliationBart plans to egg Skinner's house with an ostrich egg.
15:31–15:43scheme · escalationHomer learns his old car will be destroyed and defends it.
15:43–17:37obsession · petty_grievanceDonny is revealed as the rat and Skinner confronts them.
17:37–17:51betrayal · secret_exposedDonny explains why he became a rat for Skinner.
17:51–18:28confession · betrayalSkinner and Willie trap Bart with a Mentos and Diet Coke explosion.
18:28–20:21scheme · comeuppanceSame DNA
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