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The Simpsons was the sixth-highest-rated show on Fox the week it was broadcast, behind The X-Files, a broadcast of the film The Mask, Melrose Place, King of the Hill and Beverly Hills, 90210. [12] In Australia, the episode premiered on June 29, 1997, [ 13 ] while in the UK it premiered on August 10, 1997.
Bart refuses to reveal the spoilers to the film's villain to save the heroes, satisfying the studio executives. As a result, Bart stops blackmailing the town, and he succeeds in not spoiling the film until it finally premieres. However, the first Springfield audience to see the film in the theater inadvertently spoils the film on social media.
Smithers, fearful for Burns' safety, stages numerous crimes for his boss to thwart, using Homer, Lenny, Carl, the Crazy Cat Lady, and other citizens as paid fake villains for Fruit Bat Man to "defeat". Desperate to find someone to solve Bart's dilemma, Lisa tries to hire Burns, but he tells her to get lost.
Once inside the comic book world, Bart transforms into his superhero alter ego Bartman and has to defeat three super villains that have stolen Radioactive Man's powers: Swamp Hag, Dr. Crab, and Lava Man. [1] [3] After collecting these powers, Bartman must find Radioactive Man and team up with him to defeat Brain-O the Magnificent, the ...
Accepting defeat, Frink decides to call in a nuclear strike to destroy Springfield and contain the virus, but at the last second Homer accidentally tears Frink's suit and turns him into yet another Homer. The virus spreads worldwide via belching, filling the entire planet with a chorus of Homers singing "Just Like Paradise" by David Lee Roth. [2]
Bill Oakley, who was a writer on The Simpsons at the time, came up with the idea for "Two Bad Neighbors" two years before production began. [12] Oakley got the inspiration for the episode after the feud between the Bushes and the Simpson family, and two years later when he and Josh Weinstein became showrunners of The Simpsons , they assigned ...
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. [1] [2] [3] It is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
Some of the many recurring and regular characters in The Simpsons. Along with the Simpson family, The Simpsons includes a large array of characters: co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities. The creators originally intended many of these characters as one-time jokesters or for fulfilling needed ...