Cape Feare
The Simpsons, season 5, episode 2. First aired October 7, 1993. 134 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
Bart gets death threats written in blood, and once Sideshow Bob wins parole and admits sending them, the family enters the Witness Relocation Program as the Thompsons and moves to a houseboat on Terror Lake. Bob follows, stepping on rakes, then cuts the boat loose to kill Bart. Bart stalls him by asking him to sing all of H.M.S. Pinafore until the boat runs aground and Chief Wiggum arrests him.
- Written by
- Jon Vitti
- Directed by
- Rich Moore
- Guest stars
- Marcia Wallace as Mrs. Krabappel
- Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob
- Chalkboard gag
The cafeteria deep fryer is not a toy
- Couch gag
- Circus Line
- Production code
- 9F22
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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No characters appear in this opening sequence
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:07 -
No characters appear in this sequence, which is an establishing pan across Springfield
0:07–0:15 -
Bart Simpson stands at a classroom chalkboard filled with rows of chalk writing…
0:15–0:23 -
Homer stands at a control panel beneath a CAUTION sign while Mr. Burns and Smithers watch…
0:23–0:36 -
Lisa Simpson and Mr. Burns appear among a crowd of one-off schoolkids in a noisy music room, where Lisa plays…
“Oh,”
0:36–0:47 -
Bart Simpson rides a yellow skateboard past a purple wall and green-paned door with his arms spread wide…
0:47–0:57 -
Maggie sits in a red car seat, gripping a blue steering wheel, while Marge drives the pink car with a smile
“my God.”
0:57–1:09 -
Homer, Bart, Maggie, Lisa and Marge stand together in the living room in front of the brown couch…
1:09–1:20 -
Homer, Bart, Maggie, Lisa and Marge Simpson stand together in a lavish stage show set, with Homer in a white…
1:20–1:29 -
No regular characters appear in this title-card sequence; a pink-backed retro television set with a blue…
1:29–1:39 -
A uniformed announcer in a dark peaked cap with an eagle emblem reads from papers beside a pair…
“Ladies and gentlemen, it's up late, Miss McVane.”
1:39–1:52 -
A man in a dark suit and red tie, captioned as producer Jon Vitti, steps out from between purple stage…
“Yeah, thank you. Yeah, that's nice.”
1:52–2:03 -
A bandleader in a red, yellow and orange striped sweater and purple trousers raises both arms in front…
“That is some outfit, Scoey. It makes you look like a homosexual.”
2:03–2:17 -
Bart and Lisa sit side by side on a brown couch in a pink living room with a sailboat picture and a lamp…
“This is horrible.”
2:17–2:24 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a brown couch in front of a pink wall with a framed picture
“It's from my pen pal, Anya. Dear Lisa, as I write this,”
2:24–2:34 -
Lisa Simpson stands in front of a brown couch beneath a pink wall with a framed picture, holding a folded…
“Replaced by the benevolent General Krull.”
2:34–2:44 -
Marge smiles while holding a stack of white envelopes in a room with a pink wall and a window
“You got a letter too, Bart.”
2:44–2:57 -
Only a pair of yellow cartoon hands in blue sleeves is visible, with no face shown, so the person cannot be…
2:57–3:00 -
Only a pair of yellow hands in blue sleeves, presumably Homer's, is visible at a desk with a dark green…
3:00–3:11 -
Itchy chases Scratchy, a blue mouse, beneath the yellow title card reading 'Itchy & Scratchy in Spay…
3:11–3:22 -
A blue mouse and a black cat appear in a cartoon scene, first with the mouse standing beside a sign…
“Oh, oh, oh, oh.”
3:22–3:34 -
A black cartoon cat with yellow eyes and white-gloved hands, resembling Scratchy from The Simpsons' Itchy &…
“Ah!”
3:34–3:45 -
Lisa laughs with her eyes shut at the start of the scene, while on a small TV screen a blue robotic arm…
“Ah! Ha ha ha ha!”
3:45–3:55 -
Bart and Lisa sit close together on a brown couch, with Lisa grabbing Bart's face and laughing before she…
“Ah! Ha ha ha ha!”
3:55–4:07 -
Homer stands at the left holding a sheet of paper and grinning, while Bart in an orange shirt looks…
“Oh wait, it's for Bart.”
4:07–4:17 -
Marge stands beside Homer in a white shirt in a purple kitchen
“Oh, uh, I wrote that one after Bart somehow put this tattoo on my butt.”
4:17–4:28 -
Lisa and Bart sit at a blue table in a pink room
“But who'd want to hurt me?”
4:28–4:37 -
An elderly man with a long hooked nose, round glasses, a tan coat and a white collar stands before wire…
“I say we call Matlock.”
4:37–4:47 -
An elderly man with a thick mustache, glasses and a tan coat with a white brooch stands beside a wire basket…
“Grandpa, Matlock's not real. Neither are my teeth.”
4:47–5:00 -
Bart Simpson and Milhouse talk through a blue metal fence on a grassy lot with a tan building behind them
“I checked around. The girls are calling you fatty, fat, fat, fat.”
5:00–5:11 -
Nelson grins beside Bart, who stands inside a tall blue metal scaffold frame on a grassy lot, while Milhouse…
“Fatty, fat, fat, fat, fatty, fatty, fat, fat.”
5:11–5:14 -
Bart Simpson lies asleep in bed under an orange blanket and purple comforter, his head on a yellow pillow…
“All right, this is dedicated to Bart Simpson with the message,”
5:14–5:23 -
Bart Simpson lies in bed on a yellow pillow against a red headboard, pulling an orange blanket up…
5:23–5:31 -
Marge Simpson stands in the kitchen cutting a Diet Cola coupon with large grey scissors, then holds up…
“I'm going to get you some ice cream at the store since I'm saving so much money”
5:31–5:42 -
Bart Simpson stands on a sidewalk in front of a green hedge while Ned Flanders leaps toward him…
“Say your prayers, Simpson.”
5:42–5:52 -
Ned Flanders stands beside a house with a garage, holding a pair of silver clawed finger trimmers near a tall…
“Ma, these new finger razors make heads trimming as much fun as sitting through church.”
5:52–6:03 -
Bart Simpson sits slumped at a classroom desk with his arms crossed while Mrs. Krabappel leans over him…
“You're going to be my murder victim, Bart.”
6:03–6:17 -
Marge Simpson sits in a chair across a desk from Chief Wiggum, the fat police chief in uniform and cap…
“I'd like to help you, ma'am,”
6:17–6:31 -
Chief Wiggum sits at a desk in the first two frames reading a pink book titled Springfield Law while Carl…
“It's also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling.”
6:31–6:44 -
Lisa and Bart sit on a purple bed in a pink room
“Bart, I figured it out.”
6:44–6:55 -
Lisa and Bart stand in a purple kitchen, Lisa holding a red telephone to her ear while Bart looks on
“Hello, Mo?”
6:55–7:08 -
Moe stands in the doorway of Moe's, a purple building with a sign reading MOE'S, while a group…
“All right, on delay, on delay.”
7:08–7:19 -
Two yellow cartoon hands appear, one wearing a blue sleeve, with no identifiable character visible
7:19–7:29 -
Sideshow Bob appears in a pink-walled cell
7:29–7:35 -
Sideshow Bob stands behind a dark desk in a purple room with brick-patterned walls and a barred window
“Dear life in these United States, a funny thing happened to me.”
7:35–7:44 -
Sideshow Bob sits in the foreground of a purple prison cell beside a dark-haired, stubbled man in a blue vest…
“Use a pen, Sideshow Bob.”
7:44–7:53 -
A man with long brown hair, glasses and a blue vest stands before a desk where three parole board members…
“Parole granted.”
7:53–8:04 -
Sideshow Bob stands in a beige hallway facing a man with swept-back brown hair, a gold hoop earring…
“Next up for parole, Bob Terwilliger, a.k.a.”
8:04–8:11 -
Sideshow Bob stands face to face with a man with swept-back hair, an earring and a blue vest over a white…
“May the next time we meet be under more felicitous circumstances.”
8:11–8:18 -
Chief Wiggum stands at a courtroom witness stand microphone, with Mr. Burns and Carl, a Black man…
“Sideshow Bob has no decency. He called me Chief Pigam.”
8:18–8:31 -
Principal Skinner walks through a courtroom and then stands before Selma, a grey-violet-haired woman…
“How many people in this court are thinking of killing her right now?”
8:31–8:38 -
Marge sits in a wooden courtroom gallery among a crowd of Springfield townspeople, many with hands raised
“She's always leaving the toilet seat up.”
8:38–8:46 -
A bald man in a blue suit and a blue-haired woman with a tall beehive, along with others, raise their hands…
“She's always leaving the toilet seat up.”
8:46–8:53 -
Sideshow Bob sits in a blue shirt on a red chair against a grey wall, clasping his hands, gesturing with one…
“Bart Simpson?”
8:53–9:05 -
Three people sit behind a wooden witness stand under a colorful seal: a man with reddish hair in a green…
“We object to the term urine-soaked hellhole when you could have said pee-pee-soaked”
9:05–9:17 -
Sideshow Bob sits in a red-cushioned seat in the first frames, smirking and flashing a rock-on hand gesture…
“No, that's German for the Bart, the.”
9:17–9:27 -
Three people sit behind a wooden desk under a crested seal: a man with reddish hair and a green jacket…
“Per all granted.”
9:27–9:39 -
Seen from behind, a large figure with a huge mass of frizzy red hair sits in a blue theater seat, smoke…
“We'll stay here for a while, Vern.”
9:39–9:52 -
Sideshow Bob grins and laughs in a movie theater while Homer in his white shirt sits beside him and reaches…
“If you don't mind, we're trying to watch the movie.”
9:52–10:00 -
Homer and Marge sit in a dark blue movie theater row beside Lisa, who has a red dress and pearl necklace…
“Hey, Bert, help me get my head out of this toilet.”
10:00–10:08 -
Sideshow Bob sits in a dark theater row with his arm resting on a seat back, glaring at Homer, who is seen…
“Oh, really? Now that's too much.”
10:08–10:22 -
Homer and Marge sit side by side in dark theater seats, with Homer clasping his hands and Marge glancing…
“No, wait a minute. That's no good”
10:22–10:26 -
Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa sit in a row of dark blue theater seats while a red-haired man…
“Wait, I've got a good one now Marge say stay away from my son again.”
10:26–10:38 -
Sideshow Bob, with a huge mane of spiky red hair and a tattooed torso reading "DIE BART DIE," lifts a heavy…
“And turn and flex and shake and bounce.”
10:38–10:48 -
Sue Sheep-like blonde ponytailed aerobics instructor
“And turn and flex and shake and bounce.”
10:48–10:59 -
Krusty the Clown sits smiling in a wooden chair in a purple-cabinet room, with grey string strands stretched…
“Now Sideshow Bob can't get in without me knowing.”
10:59–11:10 -
Ned Flanders stands in his backyard holding a garden hose that sprays water to the left over a wooden fence
“Is that so? Oh, Flanders, won't you join me in my kitchen?”
11:10–11:17 -
Chief Wiggum stands at the left as Homer flails his arms in a kitchen strung with fine threads, while Ned…
“Uh, it doesn't work if you invite him. Heidly hey!”
11:17–11:30 -
Sideshow Bob sips a teal cocktail through a straw at a bar beside a grey-haired man in a fedora and dark suit
“I can be very, very persuasive.”
11:30–11:43 -
Sideshow Bob drives a lavender van with a large Krusty the Clown head on its roof along a suburban street…
“The following neighborhood residents will not be killed by me.”
11:43–11:54 -
Homer Simpson grins over a newspaper while Marge Simpson holds a bowl in the kitchen, and then Maggie Simpson…
“Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Lisa Simpson, that little baby Simpson.”
11:54–12:04 -
Homer opens a wooden door in Bart's pink bedroom while Bart sits on the purple bed, with a baseball bat…
“Don't worry, Mrs. Simpson.”
12:04–12:15 -
Homer Simpson first appears beside Bart Simpson, who sits in an orange shirt at a desk in a room…
“I want to be John Elway.”
12:15–12:28 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit or stand in a conference room with a framed portrait on the wall…
“Denver VII, San Francisco 56.”
12:28–12:40 -
A blue-haired man in a dark suit and red tie holds a clipboard while a dark-haired man in a navy suit sits…
“I'll be Gus, the lovable chimney sweep. Clean as a whistle, sharp as a thistle,”
12:40–12:48 -
Two men in suits sit at a table in a small room with maroon walls and a ceiling light
“We have places your family can hide in peace and security.”
12:48–12:58 -
Two men in suits sit at a table in a room with wooden cabinets and a ceiling light: a blue-haired man…
“Tell you what, sir, from now on you'll be Homer Thompson.”
12:58–13:09 -
Homer sits at a table in a room with pink walls and paneled cabinets while a thin, black-haired man in a navy…
“Check.”
13:09–13:20 -
Two men in dark suits sit at a table in a wood-paneled room, with a framed portrait on the wall; the one…
“Oh, now, when I say, hello, Mr. Thompson,”
13:20–13:31 -
Homer sits at a desk with a beige phone, a WRPD mug and a clipboard, while a dark-haired man in a red tie…
“No problem. Hello, Mr. Thompson.”
13:31–13:41 -
Homer sits behind the wheel of a red convertible with Marge beside him, Bart in the back seat, and a man…
“Here you go. Ooh, what a cute convertible.”
13:41–13:51 -
Homer Simpson drives a red car in a hat and white shirt, with Marge, Lisa, Maggie in the back, and Bart…
“Reconciliation of school are we.”
13:51–14:03 -
Homer drives a red car with Lisa, Maggie, Bart and Marge beside and behind him, all grinning and laughing…
“Fill to the rim with girlish glee It's three little girls from school Everything is a”
14:03–14:13 -
Homer and Marge sit in a red car on a desert road with mountains and pine trees behind them
“This coffee's too hot”
14:13–14:23 -
Homer grips the steering wheel of a red convertible with a grin while Marge looks on beside him in the desert
“Hey kids, wanna drive through that cactus patch?”
14:23–14:31 -
Frame one shows a red-and-white vehicle with an orange top, labeled with partial lettering, driving…
14:31–14:44 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive, Bart in his orange shirt, and Lisa in her red dress appear first on a large…
14:44–14:55 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart sit together on a couch in a green, nautical-themed room hung…
“Whoa, a houseboat. You know, the great thing is, if you don't like your neighbors,”
14:55–15:04 -
Homer stands with Marge, Maggie, Lisa and Bart beside a red car, first smiling and then laughing…
“you can just pull up the anchor and sail someplace else.”
15:04–15:14 -
Bart stands beside a red pickup truck near an orange-and-white U-Tow trailer, with pine trees and a blue sky…
15:14–15:25 -
Sideshow Bob moves slowly through a lot of scattered rakes in front of a red convertible and a white…
15:25–15:33 -
Sideshow Bob first stands beside a pole in front of an orange and white U-TOW truck, scowling and grimacing…
15:33–15:47 -
Marge Simpson kneels beside a cardboard box in a living room, while Homer Simpson sits on a brown armchair…
“Homer, where's the dog?”
15:47–15:56 -
Homer and Marge sit together on a brown couch in a living room, Homer holding a red soda can in his left hand
“We've left it all behind.”
15:56–16:09 -
A yellow-skinned man with spiky hair, a bushy tan mustache, and glasses, wearing a tan coat with a white…
“Hello!”
16:09–16:12 -
Homer stands at the arched pink front door of a two-story yellow house with a brown roof, holding a small…
“You have my pills!”
16:12–16:26 -
Bart Simpson walks along a sidewalk outside a blue building, holding a wrapped gift and a red apple…
“Hello, Bart.”
16:26–16:37 -
Sideshow Bob lies sprawled on a sidewalk in front of a Ma and Pa's storefront while Bart stands watching…
“What do you want? Surely there's no harm in laying in the middle of a public street.”
16:37–16:51 -
Several grey elephants with tusks, none of them regulars from the who's-who, parade in a line along a street…
“Ow!”
16:51–16:58 -
A line of purple elephants with decorated blankets walks past a blue storefront: the first reads CROSSING…
16:58–17:05 -
Homer, Bart and Marge are in the Simpsons' living room, where Homer lounges on the couch drinking from a red…
“Mom, Dad, I saw Sideshow Bob and he threatened to kill me!”
17:05–17:16 -
Homer lounges on a couch with one arm behind his head and a small can in his other hand, while Bart stands…
“Oh, it is not.”
17:16–17:23 -
Sideshow Bob sits in a bedroom with a dark wooden headboard, holding a pencil in one hand and a teacup…
“Roman numeral three, surprise boy in bed.”
17:23–17:31 -
Sideshow Bob wears a purple robe and glasses as he sits at a wooden desk in a room with taxidermy birds…
“and, um, disembowel him.”
17:31–17:38 -
Bart lies asleep in a small bed in a dim purple bedroom beside a nightstand with a framed photo and an alarm…
“Why do you want some brownie before you go to bed?”
17:38–17:50 -
Bart lies in bed under a purple blanket with wide, startled eyes while Homer stands beside him…
“Dad, I'm kind of edgy right now.”
17:50–17:58 -
Bart lies in bed under a white blanket while Homer kneels beside him holding a baking tray of brown…
“Why?”
17:58–18:09 -
A masked, heavyset figure in a white mask with black eye holes stands in a red-walled room revving a chainsaw…
“Bart, do you want to see my new chain-tall, Hucky Best?”
18:09–18:21 -
Sideshow Bob rises out of a river onto a wooden walkway between blue metal railings, with dark pine trees…
18:21–18:32 -
Sideshow Bob first stands at the railing of a boat at night beside a wooden dock, then appears in a dark room…
“Hello, Bart.”
18:32–18:44 -
Lisa stares in alarm beside a slumped Homer, who lies drooling on a purple bed in a bedroom
“Oh, no.”
18:44–18:54 -
Bart is on a houseboat cruising across a dark lake at dusk, past tall rock cliffs and pine trees
“Uh-oh.”
18:54–19:04 -
Bart is seen from behind at first, facing a dark purple rainy background where several angry green eels…
“Whoa.”
19:04–19:12 -
Sideshow Bob stands on a wooden deck under a starry purple night sky, holding a large knife at his side…
“Oh, yeah.”
19:12–19:23 -
Bart stands at a blue railing under a dark, starry night sky with purple clouds while Sideshow Bob holds…
“No, go on. Well, you have such a beautiful voice.”
19:23–19:34 -
Sideshow Bob and Bart are on a deck under a starry purple night sky
“Very well, Bart.”
19:34–19:43 -
Sideshow Bob stands on a wooden deck under a starry purple night sky, first with his hands on his hips…
“And a two, and a three, and... We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ships of beauty.”
19:43–19:55 -
A thin, elderly figure with a tall pale bun of hair pinned with a stick, wrapped in a light blue robe, stands…
“poor Little Buttercup, though I could never tell why.”
19:55–20:06 -
Sideshow Bob and Bart stand on a wooden ship deck at night, with buckets holding mops topped with white…
“Hardly ever!”
20:06–20:17 -
Sideshow Bob stands on a wooden deck behind a railing against a dusky purple sky and pine trees, first…
“it And it's clearly to his credit”
20:17–20:27 -
A man with a curly red mane under a navy tricorn hat, wearing a dark blue naval captain's uniform with gold…
“That he is an Englishman He”
20:27–20:38 -
Bart Simpson claps his hands excitedly beside a railing and bushes at dusk
“And now, the final curtain.”
20:38–20:50 -
Sideshow Bob stands at the railing of a white boat at night, then leans on the rail with his arms spread…
“And now, the final curtain.”
20:50–21:02 -
Sideshow Bob grips a railing on a boat with his eyes squeezed shut and teeth bared
“By Lucifer's beard!”
21:02–21:11 -
Bart in green pajamas stands on a dirt road facing Homer, Marge holding baby Maggie, Lisa, and Chief Wiggum…
“I knew I had to buy some time, so I asked him to sing the score from the HMS Pinafore.”
21:11–21:21 -
Chief Wiggum stands against a pink sky with pine trees, scowling and raising a fist and then pointing…
“Hey, I'm the chief here.”
21:21–21:30 -
Homer sits behind the steering wheel of a red car with Marge, her tall blue beehive beside him…
“It's so good to be home again.”
21:30–21:38 -
Homer, Bart, Marge, Lisa and Maggie sit in a red convertible parked beside an orange U-Tow truck…
“Bart, run upstairs, get Grandpa's medicine.”
21:38–21:48 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this sequence of credit frames, which show a black background with gold…
“I've got Steve and Edie tickets.”
21:48–21:58 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this sequence; it is a black credits roll with no animated figures on screen
21:58–22:08 -
The screen is black with gold credit text in sequence: Story Editor Dan McGrath, Theme by Danny Elfman, Music…
“We'll be right back.”
22:08–22:18 -
A black screen of yellow end-credit text
“We'll be right back.”
22:18–22:28 -
No regular Simpsons characters or other people appear in this moment; it is a credits sequence…
“Shh.”
22:28–22:38 -
Silhouetted audience members, including a figure with a large bushy hairdo in the front row, sit in a dim…
“Shh.”
22:38–22:49
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Barney Gumble, Milhouse Van Houten, Krusty the Clown, Ned Flanders, Chief Wiggum, Grampa Simpson, Mrs. Krabappel, Nelson Muntz, Jasper Beardsley, Martin Prince, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Lou, Santa's Little Helper, Eddie, Wendell Borton, Snowball II, Maude Flanders, Sherri Mackleberry, Terri Mackleberry, Itchy, Snake, Scratchy, Rainier Wolfcastle, Blue-Haired Lawyer, Fat Tony, Sideshow Bob, Joey Crusher, McBain, Bill Clinton, Lowblow, Ronald Reagan, Jason Voorhees, Lizzie Borden, Anya, General Krull, Obergruppenführer Wolfcastle, Persuasive Man, Scoey, Witness Relocation Program Agent 1, Witness Relocation Program Agent 2
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