Bart Gets an Elephant
The Simpsons, season 5, episode 17. First aired March 31, 1994. 137 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 wins a KBBL radio contest and turns down $10,000 to claim the joke prize, a full-grown elephant, which DJs Bill and Marty are eventually forced to deliver. Bart names the elephant Stampy, but the huge, destructive animal soon becomes too much for the family. When Homer and Marge decide to get rid of him, Bart runs away with Stampy.
- Written by
- John Swartzwelder
- Directed by
- Jim Reardon
- Chalkboard gag
Organ transplants are best left to the professionals
- Couch gag
- Eyeless Family
- Production code
- 1F15
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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Bart Simpson stands at a classroom chalkboard covered in the repeated line…
“We'll see you soon.”
0:00–0:12 -
Homer, Lisa, Marge, Bart and Maggie appear in a driveway and living room
“Go!”
0:12–0:23 -
No characters appear in this moment
0:23–0:35 -
Marge stands on the staircase in the pink house, then walks down, stepping onto a squashed sandwich…
“Sandwich.”
0:35–0:45 -
Marge Simpson creeps down the stairs of the Simpson house holding a bundle of white clothing…
“Underpants.”
0:45–0:55 -
Marge holds up white laundry over a green basket in a messy kitchen where tomatoes lie on the floor…
“More underpants.”
0:55–1:05 -
Bart first talks wide-eyed at a kitchen counter with a plate of chocolate-smeared treats and a glass of milk…
“After breakfast, me and Milhouse are going down to the ravine.”
1:05–1:18 -
Homer sits at a blue table in a pink-walled room holding a small brown booklet and reading it, then looks up…
“Think you'll win?”
1:18–1:30 -
Homer, Bart and Lisa stand in a cluttered kitchen with pink walls while Marge faces them and speaks…
“Uh, it's hard for us to leave when you're standing there, Mom.”
1:30–1:43 -
Bart sneaks along a pink wall, then grips a purple doorknob and peers around a brown door
“I think you'll find that escape is impossible.”
1:43–1:53 -
Bart stands at a cluttered blue coffee table in the living room, his arms spread as he complains
“Fine.”
1:53–2:03 -
Marge stands in a pink room by an arched doorway, then turns to a teal-shaded radio on a side table and tunes…
“Oh, Bart, cleaning doesn't have to be a chore.”
2:03–2:16 -
Homer Simpson is in a cluttered warehouse-like storage room full of cardboard boxes and stacks of paper
“All done. You're not done.”
2:16–2:29 -
Marge Simpson stands with one hand on her hip in a blue room beside a metal railing and a teal staircase
“I want you to throw away these old calendars and TV guides.”
2:29–2:32 -
Homer Simpson stands in a blue-walled room beside stacked cardboard boxes labeled TV GUIDES and CALENDARS…
“Are you mad, woman?”
2:32–2:45 -
Homer Simpson sits against a blue wall reading an open booklet, then looks up with his mouth open as if…
“Gomer upsets Sergeant Carter.”
2:45–2:58 -
Homer Simpson laughs with his eyes shut in the first frame, then Marge grips a vacuum hose while frowning…
“Heh heh heh heh heh.”
2:58–3:11 -
Lisa watches from the foreground as a line of children in a marching band passes along a suburban street…
“Hey, Clinton, get back to work. Like me.”
3:11–3:20 -
Lisa Simpson stands by a saxophone and holds a vacuum hose, first looking glum and then speaking…
“They're having a great time and I'm stuck in here.”
3:20–3:31 -
Homer Simpson stands in a cluttered laundry room lined with detergent bottles and cardboard boxes, gripping…
“Stop it, buddy!”
3:31–3:42 -
Homer appears in a close-up with his mouth open as he speaks, seated in front of a grey cushion…
3:42–3:54 -
Homer lies sprawled on a dark floor among scattered papers while several blue-skinned, blue-clad creatures…
3:54–3:55 -
Homer stands on a staircase in a blue-walled hallway with a turtle perched on his shoulder and a small…
“I must destroy you.”
3:55–4:09 -
A yellow-skinned bald man in a white shirt wrestles with a bald man on the floor while two blue-uniformed…
“And that was Take This Job and Shove It.”
4:09–4:21 -
Bart stands at a pink wall beside a black-framed painting of a stern older woman with grey hair in a purple…
“Now let's make another one of our lucky phone calls.”
4:21–4:34 -
Bart Simpson stands in a pink room beside a green desk holding a phone
“Well, let's make that call.”
4:34–4:45 -
Homer, Bart, Lisa and Marge are in the Simpson living room, with Marge's tall blue beehive standing out…
“There, isn't that a lot better? Now you can do whatever you want,”
4:45–4:58 -
Marge Simpson stares sullenly beside a turntable that is spinning a record, and the record player sits alone…
“Now let's try another lucky phone call.”
4:58–5:09 -
Chief Wiggum holds a black device at a counter under a tiled ceiling
“Fry piggy.”
5:09–5:19 -
Homer stands at a kitchen table while Bart sits and lifts a small fork toward a plate beside a green box
“Oh, that's just stuff. Oh, I'm sorry, the phrase is,”
5:19–5:29 -
Bart Simpson holds a brown telephone to his ear in the kitchen beside the green refrigerator, first with wide…
“Yellow.”
5:29–5:43 -
Bart holds a tan telephone receiver to his ear beside a blue radio on a green wall, first wide-eyed…
“A full grown African elephant! Well, all that money sounds mighty tempting, Marty,”
5:43–5:51 -
Bart stands at a green wall holding a brown telephone receiver to his ear, with a blue radio-like box…
“Kid wants the elephant. We don't have a damn elephant.”
5:51–6:02 -
Homer Simpson and Bart Simpson stand together in the Simpsons' living room beside a blue portable radio…
“Stick it to the man.”
6:02–6:14 -
Marge Simpson stands in a green-and-lavender kitchen beside a green refrigerator, first clasping her hands…
“Or double-ply windows.”
6:14–6:22 -
Lisa Simpson stands in a kitchen and scowls, grimaces with clenched teeth, then turns wide-eyed…
“You all seem to be forgetting the most important thing,”
6:22–6:33 -
Bart sits in a green swivel chair at the left of a radio studio with a mixing console, reel-to-reel tape…
“We appreciate you coming down, but... Look, kid, the thing is, uh...”
6:33–6:43 -
Bart stands at the left of a radio station studio with reel-to-reel tape machines, shelves of tapes…
“You don't want us to get fired, do you? Eh, either way.”
6:43–6:57 -
Bart stands in the foreground of a radio studio with Principal Skinner and a red-haired young man in a white…
“I'll do it, Bart.”
6:57–7:09 -
Bart Simpson first hovers above a green chair in a room with a blue carpet and a mixing console, then sits…
“Gentlemen, I am not leaving without my elephant.”
7:09–7:20 -
A red-haired man in a white shirt marked KBBL 1025 and a balding man in a pink sweater, both…
“Hey, they're playing the elephant song!”
7:20–7:31 -
Bart appears in a portrait on a Springfield Shopper front page beneath the headline
“So isn't that what we're all asking in our own lives?”
7:31–7:42 -
A woman with short blue hair, a teal jacket, a purple top and a pearl necklace, along with a curly-haired man…
“Look,”
7:42–7:53 -
A young man with reddish-orange hair in a white KBBL 103.5 shirt and a bald man with curly brown sides…
“Yes, it is, ma'am. This is the DJ 3000.”
7:53–8:01 -
A young man with swept-back reddish hair in a white KBBL 102.5 shirt and a balding man with dark curly hair…
“Hey, hey, how about that weather out there?”
8:01–8:14 -
A woman with a short blue bob, teal jacket and pearl necklace stands glaring and gritting her teeth…
“If you don't get that kid and elephant by tomorrow, the DJ 3000 gets your job.”
8:14–8:28 -
Marge descends a staircase, then pulls back yellow curtains and stares wide-eyed at a grey elephant's eye…
“Whoa!”
8:28–8:38 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart stand on the front walk of their house as a large grey elephant with curved tusks…
8:38–8:51 -
Homer and Marge stand close together, Homer with his arm around Marge, facing a large grey elephant with long…
“It looks like a cagore.”
8:51–9:04 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart stand outside the family house with its brown door and window, watching a huge…
“Bart!”
9:04–9:15 -
Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa stand outside the Simpsons' house by a large arched window while Homer gestures…
“Marge, I agree with you in theory.”
9:15–9:26 -
Lisa, Bart, Marge and Homer stand in front of the Simpson house by a bush, with a red doghouse and a tree…
“Look, he thinks he's people.”
9:26–9:36 -
Homer and Bart stand in a backyard beside a tree, a window and a coiled green garden hose, as a large blue…
“I think I'm gonna call him Stampy.”
9:36–9:48 -
Lisa Simpson stands near a large grey elephant with a chain and a metal tub at the base of a wooden wall
“You ate it too fast.”
9:48–9:56 -
Homer Simpson stands outside the side of the Simpson house beside a wooden fence, a brick walkway and a tree…
“Oh, everything's cruel according to you.”
9:56–10:03 -
Homer Simpson stands outside a beige house beside a wooden fence and a purple-trunked tree, with a brown…
“Yelling in his ears is cruel.”
10:03–10:10 -
Homer is first seen with his head caught at the mouth of a large grey elephant, his legs dangling and kicking…
“Now I've had my head in an elephant, a hippo, and a giant sloth.”
10:10–10:21 -
Homer Simpson sits on a red-cushioned barstool, holding a mug of beer beside a green bowl of peanuts…
“I think you're taking unfair advantage of my generous offer.”
10:21–10:31 -
Homer, Bart and Lisa stand near a large grey elephant at the Springfield Arboretum, whose gate sign is shown
“You can't just eat peanuts, Dad. He needs plants to live.”
10:31–10:44 -
Bart points up at a large grey elephant that is stripping bark from a purple, branchless tree with its trunk…
“Strip the bark now, Stampy.”
10:44–10:54 -
Homer, Bart and Lisa stand beside a large grey elephant with a white bird perched on its back, Homer pointing…
“That bird! He's killing the elephant!”
10:54–11:08 -
Homer sits at a table in front of a pink wall and a gold-framed picture, scratching his head while a small…
“Mmm, elephant fresh.”
11:08–11:20 -
Bart climbs up the wooden cleats nailed to a large tree at night, heading toward a boarded-up treehouse…
11:20–11:22 -
Bart kneels in a wall opening beside a grey elephant with a night view of a fence and trees…
“Good night, Stampy.”
11:22–11:30 -
A spiky-haired yellow-skinned boy in a green shirt lies asleep in a small bed with a mint-green pillow…
11:30–11:38 -
Bart is tucked into a small bed on a wooden floor by a large grey elephant with long white tusks, who first…
“Thanks, bud. Appreciate it.”
11:38–11:49 -
Lisa sits at the left of a blue-draped kitchen table while Homer reads a sheet of paper and Bart sits…
“Taught Stamp any tricks yet, Bart? Nah.”
11:49–11:59 -
Lisa Simpson stands at the left edge of a kitchen, looking up at Homer Simpson, the bald, heavy man…
“Hey, what's with them? I think they're trying to get some attention.”
11:59–12:09 -
Homer Simpson and Bart Simpson sit at a blue table in the kitchen in front of a window with green bushes…
“Oversized decorative poncho!”
12:09–12:21 -
Homer Simpson stands in a pink arched doorway facing a group of children: a girl with braids in red overalls…
“Can we see the elephant? We'll pay you money!”
12:21–12:33 -
Homer Simpson stands in his front yard holding a hammer beside a GO AWAY sign while Bart holds up a sign…
“Uh, here's a better sign, Dad. I don't have time to read it.”
12:33–12:46 -
Homer and a woman with a tall brown hairdo stand in a fenced backyard beside a large grey elephant with long…
“Your kid flew five feet. That counts as a ride.”
12:46–12:53 -
Marge Simpson stands at a wooden backyard fence beside one of her twin sisters, Patty or Selma, who has…
“That animal of yours is certainly bad-tempered.”
12:53–13:06 -
Behind a wooden backyard fence, Marge Simpson with her tall blue beehive, Lisa in her red dress and pearl…
“You guys don't understand, Stamby. He's just like me.”
13:06–13:18 -
Mr. Burns sprawls with his legs stretched out across a grey mound on a street beside a wooden fence, his arms…
“Smithies, this reminds me of that fat man I used to ride to work.”
13:18–13:21 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson sit side by side on the brown couch in the living room, with a framed…
“Look at this, Marge. $58 and all of it profit.”
13:21–13:28 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson sit side by side on the brown couch in the living room, with a framed…
“I'm the smartest businessman in the world.”
13:28–13:35 -
Homer Simpson kneels and paints a blank white board on a wooden post while a crowd of onlookers watches…
“Hmm?”
13:35–13:47 -
Homer sits at a pink table in a yellow-and-teal kitchen with a checkered floor and a purple refrigerator…
“Um, Milhouse saw the elephant twice and wrote him once, right?”
13:47–13:58 -
Homer Simpson sits at a pink kitchen table in a white shirt and blue pants, holding a pencil over a sheet…
“Under our new price structure, your bill comes to a total of $700.”
13:58–14:11 -
Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Lisa Simpson and Bart Simpson are in the family living room, with Homer…
“This town is full of deadbeats. We can't afford this elephant.”
14:11–14:23 -
Homer stands at the right beside a large grey elephant's tusk, and a stranger with long dark hair, a grey…
“Well, sir, I'll be honest with you. I need a large African elephant, and I need it today.”
14:23–14:27 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a stubbled man with slicked-back dark hair and a grey jacket, who is arms-crossed…
“Well, sir, I'll be honest with you. I need a large African elephant, and I need it today.”
14:27–14:35 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a stubble-faced man with dark swept-back hair and a grey jacket, who holds…
“What do you mean? It's an elephant, isn't it?”
14:35–14:42 -
Homer, Lisa, Marge and a man in a khaki safari uniform with swept-back blond hair gather in the family living…
“Our wildlife refuge is the ideal environment for your elephant.”
14:42–14:54 -
Homer and Lisa sit together on a brown couch in a pink-walled living room while a thin, grey-blond man…
“Well, we really can't offer you any money.”
14:54–15:04 -
Homer, Lisa and Bart stand in a pink room beside a dark coat rack while a stranger in a white pith helmet…
“Mr. Simpson, I think you'll find this amount more than fair.”
15:04–15:14 -
Lisa Simpson and Homer Simpson stand in a pink-walled room with a green teapot and dishes on a shelf…
“and I'm pretty sure that check is ivory.”
15:14–15:22 -
Lisa Simpson stands in a pink room beside Homer Simpson, the bald heavy man in a white shirt, who leans…
“are low.”
15:22–15:31 -
A man in a white pith helmet, tan suit and tie, with a moustache and swept-back brown hair, grins…
“Mr. Blackheart? Yes, my pretty.”
15:31–15:34 -
Lisa Simpson stands at the right edge beside a man in a white pith helmet, tan suit and tan tie, who may be…
“Little girl, I've had lots of jobs in my day.”
15:34–15:46 -
Homer, Bart and Lisa stand in a pink room with an arched doorway, a coat rack, and a teapot on a side table…
“Dad, you can't do this. Stampy is my friend.”
15:46–15:56 -
A one-off man in a white fedora and tan trench coat smirks in close-up, then Homer stands with arms crossed…
“Elephants don't have keys.”
15:56–16:02 -
Bart clings to the leg of a large grey elephant beside a purple wooden fence at night, then steps away from it
“I won't let Homer sell you to that ivory dealer.”
16:02–16:09 -
Bart sneaks between the grey legs of two elephants on a purple ground in front of a wooden fence…
“Then, if I know my geography, it's just 12 miles to Africa.”
16:09–16:16 -
Bart Simpson first sits on a purple backyard lawn beside a wooden fence, mouth open and eyes wide as he looks…
“Stampy!”
16:16–16:29 -
Lisa stands beside a bed with Homer, a bald heavy man in a white tank top, propped up under an orange…
“Mom! Dad!”
16:29–16:41 -
Homer leans out of an upstairs window of the house, first frowning with a hand on the sill, then flinging…
“That wasn't part of our deal, Blackheart.”
16:41–16:48 -
Homer drives a pink car with Marge beside him, her blue beehive visible, and a partly seen child at the left…
“Piece of cake. All we have to do is follow the path of destruction.”
16:48–17:01 -
Patty and Selma sit in wooden rocking chairs while a huge grey tornado swirls around them
“Look, it got Patty and Selma.”
17:01–17:07 -
A large grey elephant strides down a town street lined with shops, first seen as close-up legs…
“Ditto.”
17:07–17:19 -
Chief Wiggum sits at a desk in the police station, holding a beige telephone to his ear and talking…
“Yeah, right, lady. An elephant ran through your front yard.”
17:19–17:30 -
Chief Wiggum sits at his desk in the police station with a beige telephone held to his ear, under a Map…
“Mm-hmm. An elephant just knocked over your mailbox.”
17:30–17:40 -
A giant grey elephant with white tusks, the Republican mascot, walks past a Republican Convention building…
“Yay!”
17:40–17:52 -
Homer spreads his arms in a doorway of the Peanut Factory as a grey elephant with tusks walks…
“Whoa!”
17:52–17:59 -
A group of men in white hard hats stands in a brown-walled room with double doors and windows
“This is the moment we feared, people. Many of you thought it would never happen,”
17:59–18:11 -
A large grey elephant walks away from a doorway, its trunk trailing, down a corridor of yellow lockers…
“But now, we...”
18:11–18:21 -
Bart Simpson runs past dark hedges at night and then stands staring up at a pale blue sculpture of a mammoth…
“Huh?”
18:21–18:33 -
Bart Simpson sits on the grass beside a blue speaker-like box on a post in front of a grey-blue wall, looking…
“Oh, he's gone forever.”
18:33–18:44 -
Bart stands on grass beside a large grey elephant and a shaggy blue mammoth, the elephant's trunk stretched…
“you're lonely for other elephants, aren't you?”
18:44–18:56 -
Homer and Bart stand in a grassy outdoor setting before a huge grey elephant with long white tusks…
“Son, you're okay.”
18:56–19:03 -
Bart and Homer stand before a large grey elephant under a dark purple night sky
“Dad, I can't let you sell him.”
19:03–19:16 -
Lisa Simpson stands on a grassy lawn beside a taller figure in a green top, grimacing with clenched teeth…
“Dad, how would you like to be sold to an ivory dealer?”
19:16–19:20 -
Homer stands on a grassy lawn in front of a large grey elephant, with Marge, Lisa and Bart nearby
“I'd like it fine. Even if he killed you and made your teeth into piano keys?”
19:20–19:30 -
Marge Simpson and Bart Simpson stand against a purple starry background with pale streaks
“Huh? Get a rope, Bart!”
19:30–19:31 -
Homer Simpson stands in front of a huge grey elephant at night while Marge, with her tall blue beehive…
“No, that's okay.”
19:31–19:38 -
Marge, Lisa and Bart stand on a grassy night-time lawn beside a huge grey elephant with long white tusks…
“Now, I'll pull my arms out with my face.”
19:38–19:46 -
Bart stands beside a large grey elephant with tusks and reaches out toward its trunk as it glares at him…
“Stanby, quick! Pull him out!”
19:46–19:56 -
Homer is pulled from a muddy pit by a large grey elephant's trunk that grips him by the leg
“I'm alive! I'm alive!”
19:56–20:07 -
Lisa, Bart, Marge and Homer are outdoors on a dark grassy lawn at night under a purple sky with trees…
“Dad, feline means cat.”
20:07–20:16 -
Homer stands at night in front of a purple building with lit windows, with Lisa's spiky star-shaped hair…
“Oh.”
20:16–20:27 -
Homer stands outdoors at night in front of a maroon building and teal topiary animals, gesturing…
“On the other hand, who's to say what's right these days?”
20:27–20:37 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a large grey elephant leg in a dim outdoor night setting, with Bart in an orange…
“All right, we'll give the stupid elephant to the stupid animal refuge.”
20:37–20:40 -
Homer stands before a huge grey elephant at night, with Bart in an orange shirt and Lisa in a red dress…
“Yay!”
20:40–20:48 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart stand together on a grassy lawn at night in front of a huge grey elephant…
“This is just what happened at the caramel factory.”
20:48–20:56 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart stand at a fence at the Springfield Animal Refuge, where a keeper in a tan…
“So long, Stampy.”
20:56–21:07 -
Bart is first seen perched on the back of a large grey elephant against a bright blue sky with thin white…
“Oh, thanks, boy.”
21:07–21:17 -
Bart stands in the foreground of a grassy plain, raising his fist as he watches a herd of tusked elephants
“Ha-ha-ha!”
21:17–21:28 -
Lisa, Marge and Maggie stand outdoors on a dirt patch under a blue sky with clouds and purple hills…
“Gosh, I thought he'd be happier in his true habitat.”
21:28–21:38 -
Bart runs across a grassy savanna toward a group of grey elephants with long tusks, one of which lies…
“Simpson. Some of them act badly because they've had a hard life or have been mistreated.”
21:38–21:47 -
Homer Simpson stands bent forward beside a chain-link fence while a lean, pale-blond man in a khaki uniform…
“Stop that, Mr. Simpson.”
21:47–21:57 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it is a black title card sequence in the credits
21:57–22:06 -
The screen is a plain black background showing a sequence of gold credit cards in the Simpsons title font
“Thank you.”
22:06–22:16 -
A black title card sequence of credits with no Simpsons figures visible
22:16–22:26 -
A black closing credits sequence with gold text on a plain black background
22:26–22:35 -
The moment is a black end-credits screen with gold lettering
“Shh.”
22:35–22:45 -
Silhouetted audience members, including a large-haired figure in the foreground, sit in a dark theater facing…
“Shh.”
22:45–22:56
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Grampa Simpson, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Barney Gumble, Chief Wiggum, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, Jasper Beardsley, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Santa's Little Helper, Lou, Eddie, Maude Flanders, Snowball II, Kirk Van Houten, Nina Skalka, Hans Moleman, Luann Van Houten, Helen Lovejoy, Adrian Belew, Becky Shorter, Snake, Long-haired girl, Cletus Spuckler, Marty, Bill Clinton, Hazel, Bill, Great Son, African Elephant Guy, Animal Refuge owner, Arboretum Overseer, Bernice, Homer's bird, Mr. Blackheart, Peanut Factory owner, Stampy, Stampy's bird
Everyone who appears in it, from the Simpsons wiki. Every character