Worst Episode Ever

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"Worst Episode Ever" is the 11th episode of The Simpsons' twelfth season, aired on February 4, 2001.

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Plot

Bart and Milhouse (joining the elite ranks of Sideshow Bob, Nelson Muntz, George Lucas, and Matt Groening) are banned for life from Comic Book Guy's store, The Android's Dungeon, when they talk Martin Prince's mom out of selling Comic Book Guy Martin's rare Star Wars items. But when Comic Book Guy suffers from a heart attack when witnessing Tom Savini's work, Comic Book Guy gives Bart and Milhouse the duty of running his store since he doesn't really have any friends. The store becomes wildly successful under the management of the two boys, only to lose much of its newfound prosperity after Milhouse goes overboard in ordering a shipment of comics depicting a superhero with coke-bottle glasses, which flops spectacularly. After a brief argument and scuffle between the two boys it is unintentionally revealed that Comic Book Guy owns a secret stash of illegal video clips, and Bart and Milhouse charge admission for viewing. The scheme works well until Chief Wiggum conducts a police raid on the store. Despite this, they manage to come away with the profits of their time managing the store.

In the meantime, Homer helps a recovering Comic Book Guy look for a friend and attempts fail until he meets Agnes Skinner. They become romantically involved until Chief Wiggum comes to charge Comic Book Guy for his illegal videotapes. As for Bart and Milhouse, who no longer own the Android's Dungeon anymore, they said to themselves that they had a fun time together and that they have missed school for good.

Trivia

  • Nelson is one of the people banned from the store, but he was shown in a crowd going there to see Tom Savini's show.
  • The people who are also banned for life apart from Bart and Milhouse are Sideshow Bob, Nelson Muntz, and Randall Curtis, a parody of George Lucas who would later appear in Co-Dependent's Day.
  • A brief dialog between Homer and Comic Book Guy was edited out in later reruns of the episode, Comic Book Guy tells Homer "thanks for the tip off," right after he pulls the coat off of Homer, Bart, and Milhouse who were pretending to be Shaquille O'Neal.
  • the salesperson for Plan 9 Comics/Biclops who hoodwinks Milhouse is named Eric Reynolds, a reference to the long-time Fantagraphics Books editor and promoter of the same name. The character was named after Reynolds by then-producer Dana Gould; Reynolds is a friend of Gould's and was also the only actual comic book "salesman" Gould knew in real life, hence the homage.

Cultural references

  • Milhouse is wearing My Little Pony underwear when he and Bart are washing their clothes.
  • The publisher for Biclops is from Plan 9 Comics, a reference to Plan 9 Publishing, which itself is a reference to the movie Plan 9 From Outer Space.
  • At the end of act two, Bart and Milhouse are portrayed in a comic-book art style.
  • Milhouse got himself banned for life in the Simpsons comic too, after accusing Comic Book Guy of price gouging. Template:Fact
  • When Comic Book Guy is showing Bart and Milhouse a copy of Radioactive Man #1000 he pours his drink on it to demonstrate how it bounces off onto "lesser-comics." The comic the drink bounces off onto is titled Bongo and shows a rabbit on the cover, which is a reference to Matt Groening's comic strip Life in Hell.
  • While eating the baking soda, the lines in Homer's flashback are
  • The episode title is a line occasionally used by Comic Book Guy. He says it in this episode in reference to his cardiac 'episode'. This in turn is a likely reference to the frequent use of this phrase by critical Simpsons fans.
  • When co-owner Milhouse is approached by Lisa in the store, his dream is similar to a crime fiction film noir scene. Then, his "Hachee-machee!" imitates Jay Sherman from The Critic.

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