Bart the Murderer
The Simpsons, season 3, episode 4. First aired October 10, 1991. 133 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
After a miserable day, Bart crashes his skateboard outside the Legitimate Businessman's Social Club and becomes bartender to mob boss Fat Tony. When Bart blames Principal Skinner for making him late, Tony promises to have a word with Skinner, who promptly vanishes. Bart goes on trial, framed by the mobsters, until Skinner arrives, freed from a newspaper pile that pinned him in his garage.
- Written by
- John Swartzwelder
- Directed by
- Rich Moore
- Guest stars
- Marcia Wallace as Mrs. Krabappel
- Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz
- Phil Hartman as Troy McClure
- Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony
- Phil Hartman as Joey
- Joe Mantegna
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Chalkboard gag
High explosives and school don't mix.
- Couch gag
- Human Pyramid
- Production code
- 8F03
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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Bart stands at a classroom chalkboard filled with rows of the chalked line 'HIGH EXPLOSIVES AND SCHOOL DON'T…
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:12 -
Homer holds glowing orange tongs at a red control desk beneath a CAUTION sign while Mr. Burns and Smithers…
0:12–0:24 -
Lisa Simpson is among a crowded school band of young players, blowing a clarinet and other instruments…
0:24–0:38 -
Homer, Bart, Marge and Lisa are piled together in the living room, with Homer on the floor and the others…
0:38–0:51 -
Bart Simpson lies in bed in his bedroom, with a Krusty the Clown poster and a Krusty doll on the nightstand…
“Come on. Good morning, world!”
0:51–1:01 -
A spiky-haired boy in green pajamas dangles his yellow feet over the top of a dresser, then stands…
“Ow!”
1:01–1:12 -
Bart Simpson peeks out from behind a row of pink cereal boxes labeled Vitaflakes and Kelp Chex in a store…
“Why shouldn't I be happy? It's a beautiful day, my homework is done,”
1:12–1:22 -
Bart sits at the kitchen table and holds up a Chocolate Frosted Krusty cereal box while gesturing…
“Hmm.”
1:22–1:31 -
Lisa sits at a counter eating pink cereal from a red bowl with a spoon beside a pink Jackie cereal box…
“Hey, it's not in here. You stole it! No one wants your stupid police badge, Bart.”
1:31–1:41 -
Homer eats a donut at the kitchen table while Bart in a green shirt and Lisa in a red dress sit nearby…
“Hey, that's my badge, Homer. That's Officer Homer.”
1:41–1:52 -
Santa's Little Helper sits on a teal floor beside a purple curtain with torn paper scattered…
“I didn't know dogs really did that.”
1:52–2:01 -
Bart is first seen outside a red bus door, holding a green notebook and gripping the frame while grimacing…
“Wait, wait!”
2:01–2:10 -
Bart Simpson walks along a suburban street carrying a green bag while a yellow school bus waits nearby
2:10–2:19 -
Bart Simpson stands first at the glass doors of a school entrance beneath a rainbow, with a puddle spreading…
“Bart Simpson, you're late. Go fill out a tardy slip.”
2:19–2:33 -
Bart Simpson hangs upside down by his knees from a metal climbing bar in a schoolyard while a group…
“Come on, over this way.”
2:33–2:43 -
Bart Simpson sits at a classroom desk with an open book, first looking bored and then smiling smugly…
“Well, it's nearly 1 o'clock, and you know what that means.”
2:43–2:54 -
Bart Simpson stretches his mouth wide in a huge yawn in a classroom with a green wall, a November calendar…
“I trust you all remember to bring your permission, Slip.”
2:54–3:05 -
Lisa in her red dress walks past the crowd at the entrance of Springfield Elementary School as Marge…
“I'm gonna eat eight pieces of chocolate.”
3:05–3:18 -
Bart stands in front of a window showing purple mountains, puffy clouds, and a green bush
“You're making me lick envelopes? Oh, licking envelopes can be fun.”
3:18–3:20 -
Principal Skinner sits across a desk from Bart, a boy with spiky hair in an orange shirt, in an office…
“You're making me lick envelopes? Oh, licking envelopes can be fun.”
3:20–3:27 -
Principal Skinner and Bart sit together at a wooden desk in an office with a framed painting of Springfield…
“you could see how many you can lick in an hour and then try to break that record.”
3:27–3:35 -
Lisa and Milhouse appear near the glass entrance of Springfield Elementary, where yellow school buses wait…
“Oh, my God.”
3:35–3:49 -
Marge sits in the back row of a dim cinema, and Bart in his orange shirt, Lisa with her spiky hair, Grampa…
“Hey, you!”
3:49–3:54 -
Troy McClure strides through a blue room decorated with framed pictures of a factory machine, a cake…
“Welcome to the Chocolate Factory.”
3:54–4:06 -
A red-skinned cartoon man in a blue feathered headdress, gold-and-blue collar, and sandals stands on a stone…
“In those days, instead of being wrapped in a hygienic package,”
4:06–4:12 -
A red, cartoon Aztec-style character wearing a blue feather headband and a striped blue-and-yellow collar is…
“And instead of being pure chocolate like we have today,”
4:12–4:22 -
Principal Skinner sits behind a desk across from Bart, a spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt and blue shorts…
“You didn't believe me when I said it would be fun, did you?”
4:22–4:35 -
Bart sits at a desk holding a letter beside a cardboard box labeled PTA, then the scene shifts to a factory…
4:35–4:45 -
Milhouse crawls along a grey ledge in a pipe-lined room beside a brown-haired man who grimaces at the edge…
“I like glasses!”
4:45–4:55 -
Bart Simpson in a blue shirt and an unnamed blond boy in a green shirt scramble around a brown, blob-shaped…
“Can I go now? What?”
4:55–5:07 -
Principal Skinner sits in a close-up at the edge of a wooden space
“Can I go now?”
5:07–5:18 -
Bart Simpson first peeks over a counter stacked with papers, tongue out, before he leaves Springfield…
“I don't.”
5:18–5:28 -
Bart Simpson tumbles down a rainy outdoor staircase, arms flailing, and sprawls into an alley beside a brick…
“What next?”
5:28–5:38 -
Bart Simpson sits on a chair in a red-walled room while several men in dark suits and one in a dark green…
“Hey, what's with the kid? Hands off the material.”
5:38–5:49 -
Bart stands in a bar beside a man with slicked blue-grey hair and a dark blue jacket, who grins and holds up…
“What do you know? The kid's tough. He's got spunk.”
5:49–6:02 -
Bart stands at a bar with red walls, a shelf marked Cocktail, and a dartboard, while a heavy-set…
“Hey, wait a minute, you little punk. Eat my shorts is in the fifth race.”
6:02–6:07 -
Moe stands in the red-walled bar holding a folded newspaper and talks to Bart, the spiky-haired boy…
“Hmm. Hmm.”
6:07–6:21 -
Moe stands behind the bar smoking a cigarette and pointing, then turns to set a glass down beside a Cocktail…
“Hey, boss, here's the call for the third race.”
6:21–6:32 -
Bart stands in a dim red-paneled bar facing a heavy man with swept grey-blue hair, a purple jacket…
“But here comes Don't Have a Cow flying on the outside and at the wire hits all.”
6:32–6:44 -
Bart Simpson first squints and grimaces amid grey mechanical arms in a red-walled room with a target board…
“I'm not sure I...”
6:44–6:54 -
Bart peeks wide-eyed from behind a bar counter between two men, a dark-haired man in a black jacket…
6:54–7:04 -
Bart Simpson stands at a bar beside a wall menu listing Sidecar and Manhattan, his eyes darting sideways…
“Well?”
7:04–7:14 -
Marge Simpson and Bart Simpson first stand by a pink wall with a folding coat rack beside a brown door…
“You got a job doing what? Uh, I don't know.”
7:14–7:24 -
Homer eats ice cream from a carton with a spoon while Marge watches beside him in a room with a red arched…
“30 bucks a week.”
7:24–7:35 -
Bart watches wide-eyed across a card table as a man in a dark suit and blue tie fans out four aces…
“Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.”
7:35–7:48 -
Marge Simpson holds a fanned stack of hundred-dollar bills and speaks, then turns a sideways, scowling look…
“Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.”
7:48–7:58 -
A small blue mouse in a blue cap stands at the lower left of a purple floor against an orange brick wall…
7:58–8:00 -
A blue cartoon mouse in a blue cap, a cartoon-within-a-cartoon, fires a large black gun at a row…
8:00–8:14 -
Bart Simpson, Chief Wiggum and several unnamed men in suits are in a dim, red-walled bar
“It's funny because it's true. Well absorbed.”
8:14–8:27 -
Chief Wiggum stands scowling beside a seated thin man in a purple suit with swept-back grey hair who holds…
“Baloney, I'm not gonna rest until one of us is behind bars.”
8:27–8:38 -
Chief Wiggum sits at a bar table with a grey-haired man in a purple suit and teal shirt who first studies…
“Don't play dumb with me. Relax, Chief. You seem tense.”
8:38–8:49 -
Homer and Bart Simpson are in a pink bedroom lined with towering stacks of Laramie 100s cigarette cartons
“Bart!”
8:49–9:00 -
Bart Simpson sits up in bed reading a Radioactive Man comic while a framed picture of Krusty the Clown sits…
“Cigarettes, just as I thought. They're not mine.”
9:00–9:06 -
Homer stands over Bart, who sits propped in a red bed with a lit cigarette in his mouth
“I'm going to stand here and watch you smoke every one of those cigarettes.”
9:06–9:16 -
Homer and a person with spiky hair at the right edge, holding a white cigarette, face a blue-haired man…
“Right in here, my man. Hey, kid, you look good with that cigarette.”
9:16–9:28 -
Chief Wiggum stands behind a wooden podium cluttered with microphones before a red curtain flanked…
“We have a... Please, we have a number of leads.”
9:28–9:38 -
Chief Wiggum stands behind a wooden podium cluttered with microphones before a red curtain flanked…
“How do we know that? All right,”
9:38–9:49 -
A slim, slick-haired man in a lavender suit and blue tie stands at a podium crowded with microphones in front…
“Folks, I'm pleased to announce that a new truckload of Laramies with their smooth,”
9:49–9:59 -
Chief Wiggum stands behind a podium covered in microphones in front of a red curtain, speaking to the press
“Police suspect the involvement of reputed mobster William Fat Tony Williams.”
9:59–10:11 -
Lisa and Bart sit on a brown couch in a pink-walled living room while Lisa talks
“Bart, is your boss a crook? I don't think so.”
10:11–10:22 -
Bart Simpson sits at a bar counter behind a large blue gift box with yellow ribbon, with liquor bottles…
“Me and the boys wish to thank you for hanging on to this stuff for us.”
10:22–10:30 -
Bart sits wide-eyed across a table from an older man with grey hair swept back, a dark jacket and a green…
“Bart, um, is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family?”
10:30–10:43 -
Bart Simpson first appears in front of a row of colored liquor bottles, with wide eyes and a dazed…
“I guess that's okay.”
10:43–10:55 -
Mr. Burns stands at the left with a stern expression, then Bart lifts the lid of a blue box with yellow…
“Enjoy your gift.”
10:55–11:01 -
Bart starts out hunched and wiggling across a checkered kitchen floor while Marge works at the counter…
“Supoib. Those fingers through my hair.”
11:01–11:14 -
Marge peeks around a blue curtain while a yellow-skinned boy in a blue jacket and dark tie grins sideways…
“I know it's good for a boy to have a part-time job,”
11:14–11:24 -
Homer lies in bed in blue pajamas, waving one arm and wide-eyed with his mouth open in a lamp-lit bedroom…
“A job's a job. I mean, take me. If my plant pollutes the water and poisons the town,”
11:24–11:38 -
Carl and Homer sit in a cluttered van control room wearing headphones, with Homer holding a paper cup…
“How long does it take to deliver a pizza?”
11:38–11:51 -
Homer lies sprawled on his side in a blue room, asleep with a small Z above his head, while Santa's Little…
“Let's see what kind of people they are.”
11:51–12:01 -
Homer and Bart sit at a card table in a dim club with a thin, grey-haired older man, likely Mr. Burns…
“Read him and weep, boys.”
12:01–12:11 -
A grey-haired man in a purple jacket and blue collared shirt gestures with both hands over a bar counter…
“I am thrilled you've decided to let your boy continue to work here.”
12:11–12:22 -
Homer and Marge stand close together in a doorway holding hands, with Homer leaning in and speaking…
“What did you find out? The only thing going on down there was a lot of male bonding.”
12:22–12:33 -
Bart Simpson stands outside beside a chain-link fence with a dark-haired man in a blue suit, who eyes him…
“What are you boys doing?”
12:33–12:42 -
A group of unnamed mobster-type characters in suits sit at a bar counter in a red-walled lounge, with Fat…
“So, Fat Tony,”
12:42–12:53 -
Mr. Burns sits at a bar beside a slick-haired man in a navy suit and blue tie, while a bald heavy man…
“Now you say your bartender isn't here? I don't know what happened.”
12:53–13:05 -
A thin, grey-sided man in a black suit and fedora sits at a restaurant table with a martini glass topped…
“What have I done to deserve this flat, flavorless Manhattan?”
13:05–13:18 -
Bart walks into a red-walled bar and stops before a grey-haired man in a black sweater who frowns at him
“Come on, boys.”
13:18–13:30 -
Bart Simpson works behind a wooden bar lined with bottles, glasses, and a wall of cocktail-menu folders
“You're lousy Skinner.”
13:30–13:40 -
Moe leans on the bar with a suspicious look while Bart stands in front of him and a dark-suited man…
“This guy Skinner causing you trouble? He sure is, Patron.”
13:40–13:52 -
Principal Skinner sits behind his desk in a red wingback chair while a man peeks around a green door…
“Some large men to see you, sir. I don't have an appointment with any large men.”
13:52–14:02 -
Principal Skinner scowls from a red chair behind a desk while two suited men stand over him, one with dark…
“And how may I ask, did you get past the hall monitors?”
14:02–14:10 -
Mrs. Krabappel stands in a green-walled room beside a blue-framed white door with a gold knob, under a red…
“Children, I don't know how to break this to you,”
14:10–14:18 -
Bart in an orange shirt sits at a classroom desk while a man with light brown hair and a white shirt gestures…
“Uh-oh.”
14:18–14:29 -
Chief Wiggum and two other officers stand on a boat labeled SHERIFF as a net is lowered toward a white, lumpy…
“I thought I found him, but it was only a cat.”
14:29–14:40 -
Chief Wiggum first pins up posters of a grey-faced man reading "HAVE YOU SEEN MY BODY TODAY?" on a brick wall…
“Now please, please,”
14:40–14:47 -
Chief Wiggum sits behind a microphone in front of a red curtain, talking and grimacing with his hands resting…
“Now please, please,”
14:47–14:58 -
Chief Wiggum stands at a station counter beside a second uniformed officer, while a woman in a red headscarf…
“I see wedding bells for Vanna White and Teddy Kennedy.”
14:58–15:05 -
Chief Wiggum sits at the left of a desk, staring and speaking, while a one-off woman with a maroon bandana…
“Chief Wiggum, I am merely a conduit for the spirits.”
15:05–15:17 -
Groundskeeper Willie and Mrs. Krabappel first stand beneath a 'Seymour Skinner Memorial Fire Hose' sign…
“He loved fire drills.”
15:17–15:29 -
Milhouse stands on the left beside Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt and blue shorts, who is…
“Well, I heard Skinner's buried under his parking spot.”
15:29–15:42 -
Bart lies asleep in bed under an orange blanket beside a framed Krusty picture and a toy plane, while a full…
“You killed me, Bart.”
15:42–15:52 -
Bart Simpson first looks terrified behind a chain-link fence at night, then stands among tall cattails…
“You killed me, Bart.”
15:52–16:04 -
Bart is first seen tumbling backward through reeds at night with his mouth open in a scream and his arms…
“You c-c-killed me, Bark.”
16:04–16:15 -
No characters appear in this moment
16:15–16:17 -
Bart Simpson sits hunched on a bench against a purple brick wall, holding a dark object, while a uniformed…
“Ahhhhhhh!”
16:17–16:30 -
Homer shouts in a crowd of angry blue-tinted protesters holding signs such as "Kill My Boy"…
“Kill my boy! Kill my boy!”
16:30–16:39 -
Chief Wiggum and a second thin police officer with dark hair stand beside a prisoner in a blue jumpsuit…
“Oh, there.”
16:39–16:49 -
Mr. Burns sits in a dark purple jacket beside a dark-haired man in a dark suit and blue tie who counts…
“You're eight hours early for work. I like that.”
16:49–17:01 -
Principal Skinner looks startled at first, then Bart appears against a red wood-panelled wall
“Uh, Chinese guy with a mustache?”
17:01–17:12 -
A dark-haired man in a dark jacket sits at a wooden table beside Bart, who has spiky hair, an orange face…
“You're all under arrest for the murder of Seymour Skinner.”
17:12–17:16 -
Bart Simpson sits hunched on a barred cell bench beside Nelson, a bully in a blue vest with reddish hair…
“Oh, Bart.”
17:16–17:26 -
Bart stands behind jail bars, first glaring, then staring wide-eyed as the lawyer, Lionel Hutz leans…
“Wait till I get you home, boy. What's that guy doing here?”
17:26–17:38 -
Mr. Burns sits in a tall red wingback chair in a dark blue suit and orange tie, while Smithers stands…
“That Simpson boy is looking at 180 years.”
17:38–17:48 -
A red-haired sketch artist in a blue jacket sits at left drawing a spiky-haired face on a pad while Bart…
“I didn't order the skin a guy killed. But aren't you the head of this gang?”
17:48–18:01 -
Bart sits at a wooden courtroom table in a blue jumpsuit with a name tag, eyes wide, while a lawyer…
“Forgive me, Don Bartolomeu.”
18:01–18:09 -
Bart sits at the top of a family-tree chart on an easel, with rows of portrait photos of men below him
“Prostitution, loan-shocking numbers. The kid liked the wetest week and everything.”
18:09–18:16 -
Homer Simpson sits in a dark blue suit and green tie in a courtroom, hands clasped, while a man in a light…
“Mr. Simpson, you've been the boy's father for 10 years.”
18:16–18:26 -
Homer throws both arms up with eyes squeezed shut in a courtroom, while Marge with her tall blue beehive…
“Oh, it's true, it's true! All the pieces fit!”
18:26–18:39 -
Bart stands on a courtroom floor facing a tall dark wooden witness stand, where a bespectacled man in a dark…
“your teachers, and a seemingly endless parade of emotionally shattered babysitters,”
18:39–18:50 -
A man in a purple suit with wild grey hair, seen from behind, strides down the aisle of a courtroom…
“I suppose you're all wondering where I've been.”
18:50–19:00 -
Several men in suits gather around a desk in a dim office with a red chair, a framed chart on the wall…
“confronted by a gang of toughs acting on behalf of one Bart Simpson.”
19:00–19:12 -
A brown-haired man in a blue suit, who matches no named regular, starts in a cluttered basement workshop…
“To get my mind off that ugly confrontation,”
19:12–19:25 -
Bart lies buried under a tall heap of newspapers in a blue-lit room, bouncing an orange basketball with one…
“I stayed alive by eating my mother's delicious preserves and maintained my sanity by”
19:25–19:37 -
Police officers, one of them a heavy-set officer, search a messy blue bedroom while a woman in a green…
“Find anything this time, boys? No sign of you, Chief.”
19:37–19:50 -
A man with messy brown hair, stubble and a purple shirt lies on a dark blue ground beside a tall pile…
“I'M IN HERE!”
19:50–20:01 -
An unnamed man with spiky brown hair, stubble, and a grey jacket lies among towering piles of newspapers…
“I formed a crude rocket from a discarded cigar tube.”
20:01–20:08 -
A one-off character with shaggy brown hair and a purple sweater lies on a blue floor among stacks of books…
“I concocted a fuel from baking soda and the juice of discarded lemon wedges.”
20:08–20:18 -
Bart is first seen tangled in a red cord while loose newspapers fly around a purple room with shelves…
“I grabbed onto the vacuum cleaner, pushed the cord retractor button,”
20:18–20:31 -
A heavyset judge in a black robe and purple tie sits behind a wooden bench, first scowling…
“Denied! Casey Smith! Your Honor, do I still get paid?”
20:31–20:39 -
Bart stands on courthouse steps beneath a pediment as a heavy man with blue-grey hair in a purple jacket…
“Hey, Bart, I hope there are no hard feelings.”
20:39–20:51 -
Bart Simpson stands on a city sidewalk with wide eyes while a heavy, grey-haired man in a purple jacket…
“Sorry, Fat Tony.”
20:51–21:01 -
Marge, Bart, and Homer stand together on the sidewalk outside the Springfield County Courthouse, with white…
“Blood on the Blackboard, the Bart Simpson story.”
21:01–21:08 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie sit and stand in a pink living room, all facing a purple television…
“Blood on the Blackboard, the Bart Simpson story.”
21:08–21:22 -
Bart stands against a brick wall beside a dark-haired man in a light grey jacket and black turtleneck…
“Bart, I'm scared.”
21:22–21:32 -
Homer and Marge Simpson sit close together on a red couch in the living room, with Lisa and Maggie and Bart…
“Cool!”
21:32–21:41 -
Homer Simpson is seen in close-up in front of a pink wall and a framed picture of a red-hulled sailboat…
“Those sleazy Hollywood producers.”
21:41–21:51 -
No animated characters appear; the moment is a plain black screen with yellow cast credits shown one after…
“Thank you.”
21:51–22:01 -
The scene is a plain black screen with yellow credit text in a cartoon-style font
22:01–22:10 -
No characters appear in this sequence of black title cards from the end credits
22:10–22:20 -
No characters appear in this end-credit sequence, which uses yellow lettering on a black background
22:20–22:30 -
The moment is a credits roll over a black background with yellow handwritten-style text
22:30–22:40 -
A black-screened end-credit sequence from The Simpsons
22:40–22:50 -
Silhouetted audience members sit in rows of theater seats in front of a blank screen, with a large-haired…
“Shh.”
22:50–23:01
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Milhouse Van Houten, Krusty the Clown, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Chief Wiggum, Grampa Simpson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Mrs. Krabappel, Waylon Smithers, Mr. Burns, Otto Mann, Nelson Muntz, Jasper Beardsley, Martin Prince, Groundskeeper Willie, Ralph Wiggum, Reverend Lovejoy, Lou, Santa's Little Helper, Lewis Clark, Eddie, Wendell Borton, Miss Hoover, Richard, Todd Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Sherri Mackleberry, Terri Mackleberry, Nina Skalka, Janey Powell, Adrian Belew, Itchy, Becky Shorter, Scratchy, Sophie Jensen, Buck-toothed boy, Girl with glasses, Long-haired girl, Jaffee Ziswhisky, Lionel Hutz, Buck-toothed girl, Chuck Berger, Herman Hermann, Troy McClure, Boy with shades, Rainier Wolfcastle, Yellow Weasel, Coward, Blue-Haired Lawyer, Smug Girl, Fat Tony, Freddy, Just Stamp the Ticket Man, Violet Bazaar, Legs, Louie, Brown-haired boy, Roy Snyder, Sideshow Bob, Benjamin Franklin, McBain, Howard, The Godfather, The District Attorney, Joey, Jack Larson, Princess Opal, Zombies, Cocoa Beanie, Joe Mantegna, Neil Patrick Harris, Springfield Mafia
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