Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan. By the time he is finished, they are back in Springfield and Bob is arrested.
Cape Feare
Episode Number: 9F22
Blackboard Gag: The Cafeteria Deep Fryer is Not a Toy
Couch Gag: The living room turns into a circus as the Simpsons dance in a chorus line
Distinctive Because: The first time Bob tries to kill Bart
Why Bob Gets Out: Paroled because "no one who speaks German could be an evil man"
How it All Begins: Bob, embittered against the world, sends death threats to Bart. Then he is paroled.
And Then: Bob starts to threaten Bart in person. The Simpsons take part in a Witness Relocation Programme and become the Thompsons at Terror Lake.
Next: Bob finds the houseboat where the "Thompsons" are staying. He climbs aboard at night and corners Bart on the deck.
The End: Bart stalls for time by getting Bob to sing the entire score from the HMS
Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan. By the time he is finished, they are back in Springfield and Bob is arrested.
Bob's Appearance: As before; bigger hair prone to flopping when wet; dressed like an escaped lunatic.
Anything Else of Note: Possibly my favourite episode. Also, Bob never says that he isn't going to kill Rod and Tod Flanders. Does he kill them? No. And I thought he was a man of his word.
Quotes:
*"Dear Life in These United States, a funny thing happened to me... ugh."
*"Take care Snake. May the next time we meet be in more felicitous circumstances"
*"Bart Simpson? The spirited little scamp who twice foiled my evil schemes and sent me to this dank, urine soaked hell-hole?"
*"No, that's German for 'The Bart, The'"
*"And turn and flex and shake and bounce, and turn and flex and shake and bounce"
*"The following neighbourhood residents will not be killed by me: Ned Flanders; Maud Flanders; Homer Simpson; Marge Simpson; Lisa Simpson; that little baby Simpson. That is all"
*"Surely there's no harm in laying in the middle of a public street?"
*"Not the elephants! Arrrgghh!"
*"Roman numeral three, surprise boy in bed and... um... disembowel him. No, I don't like that 'bowel' in there. Gut him! Ah! La mot juste!"
*"Very well Bart, I shall send you to heaven before I send you to hell. And a one, and a two..."
*"And now.. the final curtain"
*"By Lucifer's beard!"
*"Oaaurgh..."
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