The Boy Who Knew Too Much
The Simpsons, season 5, episode 20. First aired May 5, 1994. 135 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 forges a dentist's note to skip school and, fleeing Principal Skinner, ends up at the birthday party of Freddy Quimby, the mayor's nephew. When Freddy is charged with beating a waiter, Bart is the only witness who knows the clumsy waiter hurt himself, but testifying means admitting he played hooky. Meanwhile, Homer deadlocks the jury to stay longer at the hotel.
- Written by
- John Swartzwelder
- Directed by
- Jeffrey Lynch
- Guest stars
- Marcia Wallace as Mrs. Krabappel
- Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz
- Chalkboard gag
There are plenty of businesses like show business
- Couch gag
- David Letterman Show
- Production code
- 1F19
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 filled with repeated lines…
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:12 -
Homer stands at a control panel in the nuclear plant beside Mr. Burns and Smithers then turns his back…
0:12–0:25 -
Lisa Simpson is seen with the school band in a classroom with orange walls, where Bart and a heavy…
0:25–0:38 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart sit together on a brown couch by a window with a city skyline…
0:38–0:51 -
Lisa and Bart stand at an open pink front door, Lisa in her red dress holding a red bag and Bart…
0:51–1:00 -
Bart and Lisa stand together in a doorway of a house, with credits…
“Oh, how can they imprison kids in school on a beautiful day like this?”
1:00–1:11 -
Bart and Lisa stand by the driver's seat of a bus while Otto headphones and a pink shirt, grips the steering…
“Prison bus, Otto?”
1:11–1:21 -
Bart and Lisa peer through the windows of a school bus while a bald, stubbly man in a green shirt and blue…
1:21–1:33 -
Bart and a man in a wide-brimmed safari hat lie back on a log raft cushioned by sandbags as it drifts…
“Oh...”
1:33–1:42 -
Bart lies back on sacks at the start of the scene, first on a wooden surface with his hands behind his head…
“Ah, this is what being a kid is all about.”
1:42–1:55 -
Bart Simpson first lies on a couch gesturing, then appears in a blurred view while a bearded man in a tall…
“Hi, Abe. Hello, Bart.”
1:55–2:01 -
Mrs. Krabappel stands with her arms folded in a classroom decorated with an American flag and a window
“Well, children, our new ultra-hard posturific chairs have arrived.”
2:01–2:13 -
In a classroom with a green chalkboard, an orange-haired boy in a white shirt sits at a desk with his hand…
“Mrs. Krabappel, I'm having back spasms.”
2:13–2:23 -
Milhouse sits at a school desk in a classroom, first leaning forward with his arm stretched across the desk…
“I lost all feeling in the left side of my body.”
2:23–2:36 -
Bart Simpson sits at his desk beside a blonde girl with pigtails while Mrs. Krabappel stands at the front…
“Aww!”
2:36–2:47 -
Bart Simpson sits at a window with his chin resting on his hand, gazing at a rainbow over a hilly landscape…
“And to think I got all this after dropping out of the fourth grade.”
2:47–2:57 -
Bart Simpson first sits at a desk by a window writing with a pencil, then stands before his teacher…
“That does it. I'm out of here.”
2:57–3:08 -
Bart sits at a desk and hands a handwritten note to Mrs. Krabappel, his teacher, who has a tall brown hairdo…
“My mom's number's on there if you want to check up on me.”
3:08–3:14 -
Principal Skinner sits behind a desk in an office with a tall red chair, a black telephone, and framed…
“Please excuse my handwriting. I busted whichever hand it is I write with.”
3:14–3:26 -
Principal Skinner stands beside a woman with an auburn bouffant and a green cardigan in a lab-like room…
“Hmm.”
3:26–3:38 -
Lisa Simpson sits smiling on a red chair among bookshelves and a potted plant while a bearded man with red…
“Spill it!”
3:38–3:47 -
Lisa Simpson sits in the first three frames on a red chair beside a bookshelf, first gesturing with a pointed…
“You started off as the bad cop, but now you're the good one.”
3:47–3:59 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a small red chair in a book-lined library, eyes closed and laughing with her pearl…
“Now you're the good cop. What?”
3:59–4:10 -
Bart stands on a grassy riverbank in the foreground, watching a red-and-white fishing bobber on the blue…
“My fantasies come true.”
4:10–4:21 -
Bart hides behind a purple tree on a grassy edge, cupping his hands around his mouth as he calls out
“If I were a truant boy out for a good time, I'd be right here.”
4:21–4:34 -
Bart stands before the Aztec theater's ticket booth beneath a marquee…
“Look, if I was under 17, I'd be in school, right?”
4:34–4:43 -
A middle-aged man with brown hair, wearing a grey suit, purple shirt and pink tie, stands in a city street…
“Why, there are no children here at the 4-H club either.”
4:43–4:53 -
Bart sits in the lower left foreground of a crowded auction hall, while a grey-haired auctioneer in a blue…
“Sold to the small man with the runny nose for 2.3 million.”
4:53–5:04 -
A grey-haired auctioneer with glasses and a green tie stands at a podium before a red curtain…
“Our next highest bid, I believe, was yours, sir, for 2.1 million.”
5:04–5:15 -
Bart Simpson and Homer Simpson are on a city sidewalk beside a red brick building
“I can't let Dad see me playing hooky. I can't let the boys see me skipping work.”
5:15–5:23 -
Homer and Bart stand on a grey sidewalk beside a brick wall
“Good afternoon.”
5:23–5:33 -
Principal Skinner stands against a brick wall holding a small green stick of gum
“This brand of gum, double mint.”
5:33–5:44 -
A man in a grey suit and pink tie, with grey hair at the sides, stands on a city street beside a purple…
“And so we enter... End game.”
5:44–5:55 -
Bart is the only character seen, first running along a green-tiled ledge beside shattered glass panels…
5:55–6:06 -
Bart stands on a rocky cliff edge above churning water, beside a rope tied to a wooden post
“Let's see him drag me now.”
6:06–6:14 -
A man in a grey suit and pink tie walks off a path at the top of a rocky cliff, with a city skyline, pine…
6:14–6:24 -
Bart stands beside a large purple tree trunk on a riverbank with green bushes at his feet
“Oh my god,”
6:24–6:33 -
Bart first stands at the top of a brown cliff beside a hanging rope, with a tall tree with a purple trunk…
6:33–6:40 -
Bart Simpson first pokes his yellow hand up from the rocky desert sand, then pulls himself out and crawls…
6:40–6:51 -
Bart Simpson first looks up nervously against a backdrop of red rock cliffs, then a man in a blue suit…
6:51–7:02 -
A man in a grey-blue suit and pink tie, with swept-back grey-brown hair that suggests Troy McClure, stands…
“Oh, he's close.”
7:02–7:13 -
A man in a grey suit scratches his head on a desert road beside a red rock, then stands farther off…
“Freddy, honey, I think something just dropped into the back seat.”
7:13–7:25 -
A woman with short brown hair in a purple top drives a red convertible along a road, with a pile of bags…
7:25–7:34 -
Troy McClure and a pink-haired man in a maroon sweater start on a lawn outside a large white house, where…
“Give me the ball!”
7:34–7:44 -
Four men in suits stand outside a large lavender house, each holding a martini glass
“That's my nephew, displaying the quimby wit that's won the public's heart.”
7:44–7:55 -
Carl chats with Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped old man in a blue suit, while Ned Flanders in a green sweater…
“Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.”
7:55–8:06 -
Bart Simpson stands on a green lawn talking animatedly and pointing at a large man in a dark suit seen…
“I'm one of your nephews you don't see very often.”
8:06–8:16 -
Chief Wiggum stands on an outdoor patio beside Bart in his orange shirt, a heavyset man in a black suit…
“I know.”
8:16–8:29 -
A thin waiter in a black tuxedo and bow tie stands beside a man in a lavender polo shirt with reddish-brown…
“Hey!”
8:29–8:41 -
A thin, hook-nosed waiter in a black tuxedo and bow tie stands at a restaurant table beside a man with red…
“Ahem. Shoudail.”
8:41–8:51 -
A thin dark-haired man in a tuxedo with a bow tie and thin moustache stands at a long dining table…
“Chowdell.”
8:51–9:02 -
Bart Simpson walks across a checkered kitchen floor toward a huge cube-shaped Rice Krispie square resting…
“Wow.”
9:02–9:14 -
A lavender-shirted man with brown hair, khaki pants and a wristwatch and a thin man in a black tuxedo…
“Say chowder.”
9:14–9:16 -
Bart crouches on a black-and-white checkered floor beneath a draped cream tablecloth that hangs over a wooden…
“Never! Okay, you ask for it. I'm gonna enjoy this.”
9:16–9:28 -
Bart kneels on a checkered floor beneath a pale yellow curtain, peeking out from behind a dark table leg…
“That's gotta hurt.”
9:28–9:33 -
Chief Wiggum strides out of a purple double-door closet in a room with a checkered black-and-white floor…
“Oh, my God.”
9:33–9:43 -
Marge holds up a copy of the Springfield Shopper newspaper with a yellow hand on the right side
“It says Freddy Quimby beat a waiter half to death.”
9:43–9:50 -
Bart and Lisa sit at a kitchen table with Marge, whose tall blue beehive and red bead necklace stand out…
“Those Quimby children are so wild and rich.”
9:50–10:00 -
Bart, Lisa, and Marge sit at a kitchen table in front of a green refrigerator, with Bart on the left…
“Oh, yeah, right. You think someone would have seen something at a crowded party like that?”
10:00–10:10 -
Bart and Lisa stand at a kitchen table with Marge, the tall blue beehive woman in a green dress and red…
“Well, they didn't, okay? They didn't. It says right here on black and white, no witnesses.”
10:10–10:19 -
Lisa and Bart sit side by side on a blue bus seat, with a yellow Springfield Elementary School bus driving…
“Lisa, I gotta tell somebody.”
10:19–10:29 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a bus seat beside Bart Simpson in his orange shirt and blue shorts
“You're a witness?”
10:29–10:37 -
Lisa and Bart sit side by side on a grey bench in front of the Springfield Elementary School sign
“Bart Simpson, I know you cut school yesterday.”
10:37–10:47 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a bench beside Bart Simpson, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt and blue shorts…
“Oh, I see. If you testify, Skinner will know you skipped school.”
10:47–10:57 -
Homer stands in a pink living room reading a folded letter, then holds up its torn pieces with a stunned…
“Oh, jury duty!”
10:57–11:09 -
Kent Brockman stands in a hallway with tiled floors, holding a microphone to his mouth with his other hand…
“Ackman,”
11:09–11:18 -
Kent Brockman stands in a room with a doorway at left and a hanging lamp, with seated and standing onlookers…
“Behind these doors, a federal judge will ladle out steaming bowls of rich,”
11:18–11:26 -
Kent Brockman stands in a room with a dark doorway on the left and holds a black microphone, speaking…
“This reporter suggested Waitergate, but was shouted down at the press club.”
11:26–11:35 -
In a courtroom, Bart stands in the foreground in his blue suit and purple tie, eyes wide and glancing…
11:35–11:40 -
Principal Skinner sits in a dark wooden seat beside a heavyset man in a white shirt on the left, with a green…
“I know you can read my thoughts, Bart. Just a little reminder.”
11:40–11:53 -
Homer Simpson sits in a wooden-paneled room beside a figure with a large purple beehive-like hairdo…
“I know you can read my thoughts, boy.”
11:53–12:02 -
Mr. Burns stands in a blue suit and red tie in a courtroom while a bearded man with long dark hair…
“I intend to prove that Freddy Quimby is totally innocent.”
12:02–12:11 -
Mr. Burns glowers and grits his teeth in the foreground while a woman with grey-violet hair and glasses sits…
“Listen, first of all, his accuser is a very shady character.”
12:11–12:24 -
In a courtroom beneath a seal reading "Court 1922" with scales of justice, a red-haired man in a light blue…
“From now on, you tell me everything.”
12:24–12:37 -
Chief Wiggum and Moe appear in a courtroom, while a row of spectators in the gallery, including a grey-haired…
“He's clearly innocent.”
12:37–12:43 -
Bart and Lisa stand together in a courtroom in front of a wood-panelled bench, with a round seal on the wall…
“You see, Lisa, they don't need my testimony.”
12:43–12:53 -
Troy McClure stands before the judge's bench in a courtroom and addresses the jury, first pointing a finger…
“Ladies and gentlemen,”
12:53–13:03 -
Carl stands at a courtroom witness stand beside an American flag, speaking and gesturing as he holds…
“I refer you to my expert witness, Dr. Hibbert.”
13:03–13:13 -
A heavyset man in a blue suit and green tie stands at a wooden witness stand in a courtroom…
“And Freddie Quimby has it.”
13:13–13:24 -
Homer Simpson sits in a courtroom pew beside a man with a dark blue pompadour and grey suit…
“Case closed.”
13:24–13:35 -
A stern older woman with a grey bob and glasses, wearing a black robe, sits behind a courtroom bench…
“Give those glasses to the bailiff. All right.”
13:35–13:44 -
A blond man in a blue suit, red tie and glasses stands in a courtroom and addresses the bench while a woman…
“Your Honor, even though I've proven my client's innocence,”
13:44–13:54 -
In a wood-paneled courtroom beneath an American flag and a seal, a tall man in a dark blue suit and blue tie…
“He's wealthy, therefore.”
13:54–14:06 -
In a courtroom, a brown-haired man in a dark navy suit and blue tie stands at the witness stand…
“Well, therefore,”
14:06–14:17 -
In a courtroom with an American flag and a judge's bench, a scowling man in a navy suit leans on the podium…
“I'll kill all of you! Especially those of you in the jury!”
14:17–14:27 -
Ned Flanders stands at a wooden railing beside one of Marge's twin sisters, Patty or Selma, who has…
“This won't take long. He's clearly guilty.”
14:27–14:36 -
Lisa Simpson and Bart Simpson stand behind a wooden courtroom rail, with a uniformed police officer by a door…
“Well, Bart, because of you, a horrible yet innocent person is going to jail.”
14:36–14:49 -
Bart Simpson sits at the front in the center of a crowd, with a person in a mint-green jacket and green bow…
14:49–14:50 -
Principal Skinner presides as judge behind a bench labeled "Judge Skinner" in a courtroom with red drapes…
“Bart Simpson, for the heinous crime of hooky,”
14:50–15:01 -
Bart stirs a ladle of cream corn in a cafeteria kitchen while a boy in a green jacket and a boy in a blue cap…
“More cream corn, Jimbo Jr.?”
15:01–15:12 -
Bart stands beside Lisa, a girl with star-shaped spiky hair and a pink collar, while a woman with grey-violet…
“Your sister says you have something to tell me.”
15:12–15:23 -
A stern, grey-haired woman with glasses and a black top, likely one of Marge's twin sisters, Patty or Selma…
“Keep up the good work, toots.”
15:23–15:29 -
Lisa Simpson stands beside a stern woman with a tall dark bluish-grey bob and glasses, dressed in a black…
“Hmm.”
15:29–15:40 -
Homer sits at a wooden bench with Ned Flanders, who wears glasses, a moustache and a green sweater…
“Why bother voting? He's guilty.”
15:40–15:51 -
Homer Simpson holds up a white sheet of paper and reads it aloud with his mouth open, then Principal Skinner…
“What does deadlocked mean? It's when the jury can't agree on a verdict.”
15:51–16:00 -
Homer Simpson sits beside Principal Skinner, who has neat grey hair, a grey suit and a pink tie, on a red…
“So if we don't all vote the same way,”
16:00–16:08 -
Homer Simpson sits at a wooden table on a red bench beside Principal Skinner in a grey suit and pink tie…
“we'll be deadlocked and have to be sequestered”
16:08–16:15 -
Homer Simpson sits at a wooden table in a courtroom-like room with red chairs, first reading a small booklet…
“My liver is failing. Where we'll get a free room, free food, free swimming pool,”
16:15–16:28 -
Homer Simpson first sits alone at a wooden desk, then grimaces while writing on a sheet of paper with a pencil
“Guilty.”
16:28–16:41 -
Homer lies in a hotel bed talking into a purple telephone while a bellhop in a dark uniform with a white sash…
“Oh, I missed you too much.”
16:41–16:54 -
In a pink hotel room littered with food cartons, cans and red stains, Homer lies in bed in blue pants…
“Room service? Send up two more pot roasts and three more pillows with mints on them.”
16:54–17:07 -
Bart Simpson sits sprawled on the brown couch in the living room, holding a remote with a red tip, while Lisa…
“So, Bart, have your insides been gnawed away by guilt yet?”
17:07–17:12 -
Bart lounges on a brown couch holding a small red object while Lisa stands facing him beside a purple…
“Sell it to Hallmark, sis. You're looking at Cucumber Boy, as in cool as A.”
17:12–17:20 -
Bart Simpson lies sprawled on the brown couch in the living room, holding a small orange object in one hand…
“McGarnagall is sprained for a crime he didn't commit.”
17:20–17:29 -
Principal Skinner stands in a classroom with a water cooler, a chalkboard covered in papers, and a wooden…
“You gotta tell him what you saw, Billy.”
17:29–17:41 -
Principal Skinner sits behind a desk with a nameplate reading CHIEF while a stocky man in suspenders…
“Well, McGarnagall, Billy is dead.”
17:41–17:54 -
Homer sits on the edge of a hotel bed in a room with twin beds, a pink lamp and a wooden nightstand, watching…
“Jump free, Willy!”
17:54–18:06 -
Homer sits on the edge of a bed in a bedroom, facing a dark television on a wooden table in the foreground
“Oh, no.”
18:06–18:16 -
Homer and a man in a dark suit and pink tie are in a room with a pink wall and a red curtained window…
“Got it, Barn?”
18:16–18:24 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a man in a dark suit with a pink tie and grey-brown hair, who keeps his arms…
“You're stealing a table? I'm not stealing it.”
18:24–18:32 -
Marge Simpson and Bart Simpson are in the living room
“Mom, what if there's a really bad crummy guy who's going to jail,”
18:32–18:43 -
Marge Simpson stands in front of a pink wall and a framed striped picture in a brown-topped setting
“Unfortunately, one day he put his theory into practice.”
18:43–18:51 -
Bart sits on the back of a brown couch in the living room, while Marge holds an orange feather duster…
“Mom?”
18:51–19:04 -
Marge Simpson stands in the living room beside a television and near yellow curtains, speaking to Bart…
“Should I do it? Honey,”
19:04–19:16 -
A grey-haired woman judge in a black robe and glasses sits at the bench under a state seal and beside a flag…
“Even though reopening a trial at this point is illegal and grossly unconstitutional.”
19:16–19:28 -
Bart Simpson stands at a courtroom witness box while Troy McClure gestures and points at him as spectators…
“So, young man, if Freddie Quimby didn't inflict these injuries on Mr.”
19:28–19:39 -
A stocky man with reddish-brown hair, wearing a lavender polo shirt and khaki trousers, stands near a purple…
“Say it, Frenchy. Say chowder.”
19:39–19:50 -
A thin, dark-haired man in a black tuxedo with a bow tie is in a checkered-floor kitchen, first with two…
19:50–20:00 -
A thin man in a black tuxedo with a bow tie and slicked-back dark hair stands in a kitchen-like room…
“And that's what really happened. This is an outrage!”
20:00–20:11 -
A bandaged man in a black tuxedo with a moustache, his head wrapped in gauze and one arm in a sling, stands…
“And that's what really happened. This is an outrage!”
20:11–20:22 -
A blue vintage delivery truck with a wooden crate body labeled "RAT TRAP DELIVERY" and "OPEN ROOF" warnings…
“At least there were no big ones.”
20:22–20:34 -
Bart stands behind a wooden witness-stand ledge with a microphone at his left, nervously grinning…
“I... sort of skipped school. I knew it! I knew you'd slip up sooner or later, Simpson.”
20:34–20:46 -
A grey-haired woman in a black robe and glasses, a one-off judge, sits at the bench under a county seal…
“This court finds Freddy Quimby innocent of all charges.”
20:46–20:57 -
Principal Skinner and Bart stand together at a set of double doors on a red-carpeted walkway
“Bart, I'm impressed with what you did in there.”
20:57–21:09 -
Principal Skinner stands in a wood-paneled room with a row of small windows, while a blond boy with spiky…
“I'm a small man in some ways, Bart.”
21:09–21:21 -
Principal Skinner stands with his hands clasped behind his back while Bart waits wide-eyed beside a white…
“Make that four months detention.”
21:21–21:28 -
Homer and Marge lie side by side under a grey blanket in a purple bed in their bedroom
“Well, Mart, it was horrible.”
21:28–21:40 -
Marge Simpson lies in bed on a blue pillow in the first three frames, her eyes wide and her mouth opening…
“Good for you, homie.”
21:40–21:50 -
The scene shows the snowy exterior of the Simpson house, with a pink car in the driveway beside the pink…
“Give me those. Oh.”
21:50–21:59 -
The moment is a black screen of credits
21:59–22:09 -
The scene is an empty black screen with gold credit text that changes in sequence
“We'll be right back.”
22:09–22:18 -
No regular Simpsons characters or one-off characters appear; the moment is a black screen with gold credit…
22:18–22:28 -
A black closing credits roll with no regulars or one-off characters on screen
22:28–22:38 -
A black closing credits roll from a Simpsons episode
“Shh.”
22:38–22:47 -
Dark silhouettes of audience members sit in rows of theater seats facing a blank screen
“Shh.”
22:47–22:57
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Barney Gumble, Chief Wiggum, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Mrs. Krabappel, Dr. Hibbert, Kent Brockman, Otto Mann, Jasper Beardsley, Martin Prince, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Groundskeeper Willie, Lou, Lewis Clark, Wendell Borton, Eddie, Sherri Mackleberry, Terri Mackleberry, Mayor Quimby, Hans Moleman, Helen Lovejoy, Itchy, Scratchy, Lionel Hutz, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Rainier Wolfcastle, Abraham Lincoln, Scott Christian, Hans, Karl, Fritz, Freddy Quimby, Billy, Julie, Colette, Mary Bailey, McGarnagle, Auction Announcer, Auctioneer, Blues Boy, Freddy Quimby's Lawyer, Freddy Quimby's girlfriend, Hobo 1, Hobo 2, Jimbo Jr., Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo, Maria Quimby, Mr. Lacoste
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