The Canine Mutiny
The Simpsons, season 8, episode 20. First aired April 13, 1997. 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 fills out a junk-mail credit card application in his dog's name, receives a card issued to Santos L. Halper, and goes on a catalog shopping spree that includes Laddie, a $1,200 purebred collie. When repo men arrive for the merchandise, Bart hands over Santa's Little Helper instead. As the family dotes on the clever Laddie, Bart misses his old dog and sets out to find him.
- Written by
- Ron Hauge
- Directed by
- Dominic Polcino
- Guest stars
- Frank Welker as Santa's Little Helper
- Frank Welker as Laddie
- Chalkboard gag
A fire drill does not demand a fire
- Couch gag
- Sleeping Grampa
- Production code
- 4F16
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 sequence, which shows only the opening title sky
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:07 -
No characters appear in this animated Springfield townscape sequence, so no regulars are present
0:07–0:15 -
Bart Simpson stands at a classroom chalkboard filled with rows of the words…
0:15–0:23 -
Homer holds a glowing green rod with tongs beside a CAUTION sign with a radiation symbol, while Mr. Burns…
0:23–0:35 -
Lisa Simpson plays saxophone in a school band while Mr. Burns conducts from a music stand at the front…
0:35–0:47 -
Bart Simpson rides a yellow skateboard along a sidewalk, arms spread wide, past a purple building…
0:47–0:57 -
Marge drives while Maggie sits in a car seat clutching the steering wheel
0:57–1:08 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie crowd around the couch in the living room, where Grampa lies under a blue…
1:08–1:19 -
Santa's Little Helper appears in a hallway as envelopes are pushed through a red mail slot onto the floor…
“Bars, mail's here.”
1:19–1:32 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart sit at a purple-draped kitchen table, with Marge standing beside them in a green…
“Ooh, a free sample of gasoline.”
1:32–1:45 -
Lisa, Homer and Marge are in the Simpsons' kitchen, with Homer in a white shirt and Marge in her blue beehive…
“Oh, my German verb wheel.”
1:45–1:57 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson stand in the kitchen at the blue counter
“Yes, my precious cartoons.”
1:57–2:02 -
Homer stands at the left of the Simpsons' kitchen at the start, and then he is gone
“Who pumped Ethel?”
2:02–2:12 -
Bart sits at the kitchen table reading a letter as a pair of yellow hands holds up three envelopes in turn…
“Gass your termites, freeze your termites, zap your termites,”
2:12–2:23 -
Bart Simpson sits at an orange desk in his bedroom with a red bed, a pink wall and a shelf of toys behind him
“Dear Occupant, because of your fine credit history,”
2:23–2:31 -
Bart Simpson sits at an orange desk in his pink bedroom, writing on a sheet of paper with a blue pen
“Ooh, baby!”
2:31–2:40 -
Bart Simpson sits at an orange desk in his bedroom, writing on a sheet of paper with a blue pen
“Name... Hmm.”
2:40–2:48 -
Bart Simpson sits at an orange table in his pink bedroom, filling out a form that shows a Social Security…
“Santa's Little Helper.”
2:48–3:00 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart and baby Maggie gather around the blue-clothed kitchen table, with Maggie…
“Bills, bills.”
3:00–3:10 -
Bart Simpson sits on a purple bedroom floor while Santa's Little Helper sits upright facing him
“Wow, my own credit card!”
3:10–3:23 -
Bart browses the shelves of The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop, past a storefront with a robot figure…
“And Zebra Girl, and Zillionaire, and Zoidzilla.”
3:23–3:34 -
A heavy man with reddish hair at the sides, a jagged toothy grin and a blue-purple shirt stands…
“I'll take that Hardbound Radioactive Man collection.”
3:34–3:45 -
Bart Simpson stands at a shop counter holding a blue card with a name printed on it, with shelves of boxed…
“Put it all on my credit card, my good man.”
3:45–3:58 -
Bart walks through a littered alley of cracked brick walls, bottles and puddles, a newspaper tucked…
“What good's a credit card if you can't even use it?”
3:58–4:08 -
Bart Simpson stands in the Simpson house kitchen-like room holding an open order form or paper and looks…
“Order by phone. 1-800.”
4:08–4:19 -
Lisa sits on the green armchair, Homer sits on the brown couch beside Marge, who stands at the right…
“Mom, this is for you. 15 pounds of Vancouver smoked salmon.”
4:19–4:22 -
Bart and Marge sit together on a brown couch in a living room with lamps and a framed picture
“Mom, this is for you. 15 pounds of Vancouver smoked salmon.”
4:22–4:34 -
Homer and Bart stand in the living room, with Homer holding up a purple collared shirt bearing a green-ringed…
“And for Homer... Wow, a golf shirt with my corporate logo on it.”
4:34–4:45 -
Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson are in the living room
“Wow, trucker's choice.”
4:45–4:56 -
Marge Simpson sits on a dark red couch in the living room, holding a grey frying pan with a small radio-like…
“A frying pan radio?”
4:56–5:09 -
Lisa stands near the jukebox at the start while a glowing pink ghostly face floats above, and then Bart…
“You owe me a ha-ha-ha. You owe me a ha-ha-ha.”
5:09–5:21 -
Lisa stands in a room with teal carpet, a jukebox at the right, and stacked cardboard boxes of coins…
“You owe me a ha-ha-ha.”
5:21–5:30 -
Bart sits on the floor reading a booklet beside a pinball machine while Lisa stands facing him in a pink…
“What are you talking about? I don't need pet pills to be suspicious.”
5:30–5:42 -
Bart Simpson sits cross-legged on a pink rug in his bedroom, reading a magazine, with a bookshelf, boombox…
“You think you're so great.”
5:42–5:55 -
Bart Simpson sits at a cluttered desk in his room, gripping a catalog titled "The House Covet Catalog"…
“Only 800 will be bred. Quite possibly the world's best dog.”
5:55–6:04 -
Bart Simpson sits cross-legged on a patterned rug in his bedroom, holding a black cordless phone to his ear…
“Twelve hundred bucks?”
6:04–6:18 -
Bart stands at the front door of the Simpson house beside a large wooden crate, while Santa's Little Helper…
“Hey, where are you going?”
6:18–6:28 -
Bart Simpson stands behind a wooden crate reading a small white card, first looking down with a worried…
“Hello, my name is Laddie. I've been trained to gather fruit for you as a welcome gift.”
6:28–6:37 -
Bart peers out of the front doorway while a brown-and-white collie stands by a wooden crate…
“Okay, watch this. Watch.”
6:37–6:48 -
Marge Simpson stands with Lisa in a red dress and Bart in an orange shirt in a purple hallway…
“Oh!”
6:48–7:01 -
Homer and Marge stand in a pink archway, Homer with a flat expression and Marge with her tall blue beehive…
“That's Laddy. Bart says he won him at a church carnival two towns over.”
7:01–7:10 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart stand in a purple living room with a checkered floor as a brown-and-white collie…
“Uh, to the best of my recollection, yes.”
7:10–7:23 -
Marge kneels on a checkered floor beside a white-and-brown collie, Lisa in her red dress and Bart…
“He's trained to do all sorts of stuff. He can herd sheep and perform CPR.”
7:23–7:27 -
Homer and Marge stand together in a pink archway by a brown door, with Marge holding a blue folded map
“Some call it the dog that never sleeps, though it actually does, while jogging.”
7:27–7:39 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart stand together in the kitchen beside an orange china cabinet, with Homer…
“Whoa!”
7:39–7:42 -
In a checkered-floored kitchen beside an orange china cabinet, a brown-and-white collie faces Bart, Lisa…
“Wow.”
7:42–7:54 -
Bart Simpson lies in bed against a purple quilted pillow under a red headboard, holding a large black…
“Hello?”
7:54–8:04 -
Bart Simpson lies in bed against a purple quilted pillow under a red headboard, holding a large black…
“I was wondering if you had a chance to read the threatening letter we sent you.”
8:04–8:14 -
Bart Simpson lies in bed against a red headboard and purple quilted pillows, holding a large cordless phone…
“dreams for the future. Dreams such as home ownership, boat ownership,”
8:14–8:24 -
Bart Simpson stands in the entryway of the Simpson house holding a red leash and reaching for the doorknob…
“Good dog. Come on, boy.”
8:24–8:38 -
Bart Simpson is outdoors in a grassy clearing ringed by blue-green pine trees and leafy bushes
“Good boy.”
8:38–8:45 -
Bart stands in a grassy yard beside Santa's Little Helper, the brown-and-white greyhound, who is digging…
“We didn't see nothing if you didn't see nothing.”
8:45–8:56 -
Bart Simpson starts in the front yard with a brown-and-white collie-like dog, then runs inside the house…
“Oh, no. Repo men.”
8:56–9:07 -
Lisa Simpson and Bart Simpson stand facing each other in a pink hallway beside a light switch
“Bart, what's going on? Why are those repo guys taking all your stuff?”
9:07–9:15 -
Lisa in her orange dress and pearl necklace and Bart in his orange shirt and blue shorts stand in a pink…
“Okay, so I committed a little mail fraud.”
9:15–9:28 -
Bart peeks out from beside a pink wall in a doorway, his eyes darting and wide with worry
“Well, is he the dog or isn't he?”
9:28–9:42 -
Bart Simpson and Santa's Little Helper appear in this moment
“Sorry, boy.”
9:42–9:51 -
Bart stands on a suburban street as a blue bus drives away, then a brown and white dog sniffs at his hand…
9:51–10:04 -
Bart sits at the dining table with Maggie and Marge, with her tall blue beehive and red bead necklace…
“Mom, can I feed Laddie the table?”
10:04–10:18 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive, Homer in a white shirt and pink tie, and Lisa in a pearl necklace sit…
“Homer, are you wearing a tie to impress Laddy?”
10:18–10:28 -
Bart, Homer, and Lisa sit and stand around a blue-draped kitchen table, with Bart wide-eyed in an orange…
“Where is Santa's little helper?”
10:28–10:42 -
Homer stands in the kitchen and leans down toward a brown and white collie-like dog beside a purple-covered…
“No, Bart had his turn. Let me... I can't resist his charms.”
10:42–10:53 -
Homer is joined by Lisa, who holds the leash of Santa's Little Helper and the brown-and-white collie-like dog
“Hey, this park is great. How come we never take Santa's little helper here?”
10:53–11:04 -
Homer and an older grey-haired man in a light blue shirt, tan scarf tied at his shoulders and orange…
“Hey, that is one fine-looking animal you got there.”
11:04–11:14 -
Homer Simpson stands in a grassy park beside a collie wearing a purple collar, while an elderly man…
“No, no, Jessica's been fixed. She just needs a little attention.”
11:14–11:25 -
Mr. Burns kneels on a grassy park path in a blue suit and clasps hands with a brown-and-white collie…
“Hello, little fella.”
11:25–11:38 -
Milhouse and Bart stand facing each other in a grassy park with trees, bushes and purple hills
“Wait, Bart.”
11:38–11:51 -
Bart stands on the left in an outdoor setting with pine trees, a rock formation, and a pond, looking up…
“Guess I was the only one who loved him.”
11:51–11:59 -
Milhouse and Bart stand facing each other on a grassy park lawn
“But why'd I have the bowl, Bart?”
11:59–12:09 -
Bart Simpson sits on his bed in his pink bedroom, first noticing a framed picture of Krusty the Clown, who is…
“Oh, Sam as little helper, I was crazy to give you up for another dog.”
12:09–12:21 -
A grey-moustached captain in a blue coat and cap grips a large wooden ship's wheel in a wood-panelled…
“Captain, can't we go any faster?”
12:21–12:33 -
A one-off character with brown hair, a thick mustache, goggles on his forehead and a long rust-red coat…
“In me, go!”
12:33–12:45 -
Bart starts in a pink room beside a window and a wall poster of Krusty the Clown, then walks…
“But still, you're gone.”
12:45–12:56 -
Homer sits on the brown living room couch holding a can, while Bart sits beside him holding a small white…
“Time for a walk. Oh, again?”
12:56–13:08 -
Bart Simpson walks a brown-and-white dog on a leash along a pink-and-teal sidewalk past a theatre entrance…
“Woof! Woof! Woof!”
13:08–13:20 -
A heavy man in a purple suit and blue tie speaks at a wooden podium with a microphone, beside a dark-haired…
“So, laddie, thank you for your heroic rescue.”
13:20–13:31 -
Bart Simpson stands beside a collie named Laddie, who wears a red collar and a gold star medal, while a man…
“Now can we go home? Laddie, save the day, Simpson.”
13:31–13:41 -
Bart stands on a grey pavement holding a purple leash attached to a brown-and-white collie wearing a red…
“Why don't you guys take him? I thought he was the right dog for me,”
13:41–13:47 -
Bart stands in a police station hallway facing Chief Wiggum, who crouches beside a brown-and-white collie…
“Really?”
13:47–13:58 -
Marge stands at the left edge of a kitchen while Maggie sits in a high chair under a light-blue dome-shaped…
“Oh, Maggie, you got oatmeal all over. Homie, would you clean her off?”
13:58–14:03 -
Homer and Maggie are in the kitchen
“Can do.”
14:03–14:14 -
Homer, Bart, Lisa and Marge are in the Simpsons' kitchen
“Uh, Dad?”
14:14–14:26 -
Homer scowls and grits his teeth in a purple room beside a cabinet of bottles
“You better know how to keep his mouth shut.”
14:26–14:34 -
Homer and Bart stand on either side of a kitchen counter while Marge stands at the right holding a bottle
“Uh, we can't.”
14:34–14:46 -
Bart Simpson sits at a blue kitchen table in front of a plate of cereal-like food scattered with crumbs…
“I'm sorry.”
14:46–14:56 -
Bart Simpson stands in a kitchen in front of purple cabinets holding plates and glasses, with a blue radio…
“I don't want a new dog. I want Santa's little helper.”
14:56–15:00 -
Homer Simpson stands in the Simpson kitchen with purple cabinets, orange trim, and a row of yellow canisters…
“Well, crying isn't going to bring him back, unless your tears smell like dog food.”
15:00–15:13 -
Homer Simpson stands at the left of a purple dining table in the kitchen, pointing toward the china cabinet…
“or you can go out there and find your dog.”
15:13–15:22 -
Bart Simpson is first seen standing on a teal rug in the pink front hallway of the Simpson house…
“I'm going to get the dog back. The bad dog or the good dog?”
15:22–15:30 -
Bart Simpson walks toward the green Repo Depot building, then stands beside a bar where Moe gestures…
“You gotta give me back my floor.”
15:30–15:42 -
Moe argues with a heavyset man in a light blue shirt with a cigar at a bar counter lined with jars and glasses
“But I don't want to.”
15:42–15:53 -
Bart stands in a hallway holding a small white card and looks up at Patty and Selma's twin, Selma, a woman…
“We sold him to some guy wearing a dress.”
15:53–16:04 -
Bart Simpson sits at a wooden table in a log cabin and watches a stout, red-bearded man in a green sweater…
“Here, I bought your mutt. And I ate him.”
16:04–16:09 -
Bart sits at a wooden table in a log cabin across from a heavyset, bald man with a bushy red beard…
“I ate his little face. I ate his guts.”
16:09–16:20 -
Bart Simpson appears first with eyes shut and mouth open in a grin, then with wide eyes and a worried look…
“Oh, I see. You hate him, so you gave him to the church.”
16:20–16:31 -
Bart stands at the counter of the Church Thrift Shop beneath a framed sign reading "Nobody beats the Rev"…
“Yes, I remember Satan's little helper littering the rectory with his dirt,”
16:31–16:41 -
Bart Simpson stands wide-eyed on a red tiled floor while a man with swept-back black hair, a pink shirt…
“That's him, all right. I'll be happy to take him off your hands.”
16:41–16:50 -
Bart stands at a wooden counter in a thrift shop, looking up at a man with black hair, a red shirt and a blue…
“No, he's safely with one of our parishioners.”
16:50–17:02 -
Bart approaches a purple-shuttered house carrying a letter addressed from the First Church of Springfield…
“Hey, it's him! It's Santa's little helper!”
17:02–17:14 -
Bart Simpson peeks through a chain-link fence at a house with a purple door and shutters, then ducks…
17:14–17:16 -
Bart Simpson stands at a purple door beside a grey intercom panel and a purple louvered shutter, first gazing…
“Yes?”
17:16–17:26 -
Bart stands beside a purple door with an intercom panel on the wall, pressing his clasped hands together…
“Please, mister.”
17:26–17:35 -
Bart Simpson stands on a front walkway in front of a purple door, then looks worried as a dark-sunglassed man…
“Hi there, how can I help you?”
17:35–17:48 -
A bespectacled man in dark sunglasses, a red sweater vest and a white collared shirt stands in a doorway…
“Polly?”
17:48–17:58 -
Bart stands on a driveway watching an orange-and-white animal tangled in a chain-link fence beside a house…
“So, that's my plan.”
17:58–18:10 -
Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson stand in a pink bedroom beside an open closet with blue and purple shirts…
“Hey, I'm not saying it's gonna be a dance around the maypole.”
18:10–18:23 -
Bart Simpson sneaks along a chain-link fence beside a house with a pink front door in the snow at night
“Here, boy, come on.”
18:23–18:33 -
A yellow-skinned boy in a black sweater and navy knit cap, a sneaky figure who matches no regular's spiky…
“Psst!”
18:33–18:44 -
Santa's Little Helper stands on its hind legs with its front paws against a window with blue snowy glass…
18:44–18:45 -
A yellow-skinned boy in a black sweater and dark knit cap, not wearing Bart's orange shirt, and Santa's…
“Oh, I missed you so much, boy.”
18:45–18:58 -
A figure in a black sweater and black knit cap pounds on a wooden door with purple knobs and a brass latch…
“Who's there?”
18:58–19:10 -
A bespectacled, sunglasses-wearing man in a red vest and white shirt, carrying a white cane, stands…
“No, no, not the piano. I can't play now.”
19:10–19:17 -
A blind man in dark sunglasses, a red vest over a white shirt, olive trousers and red shoes sits on a folding…
“Ha! I may be blind, but you... You just ran into a car.”
19:17–19:27 -
A blind man in dark sunglasses, a red sweater vest over a white collared shirt, and olive trousers sits…
“I hope you're having a good time in there, because the police will be here any minute.”
19:27–19:37 -
A blind man in dark sunglasses, a red sweater vest and olive trousers sits on a folding chair beside a blue…
“Your dog?”
19:37–19:47 -
A man in dark sunglasses, a red sweater vest over a light blue shirt and olive trousers stands by a wooden…
“So what this comes down to is, you want a blind man to give up his only companion?”
19:47–20:00 -
Santa's Little Helper starts out standing in the corner of a purple room with blue carpet and wood paneling…
“Come on, Sprinkles. Here, Sprinkles. Right here.”
20:00–20:10 -
A spiky-haired boy in a black shirt and Santa's Little Helper are in the living room beside a blue couch…
“Come on. I gave you a nice thing, Sprinkles.”
20:10–20:22 -
A man with swept-back reddish-brown hair, dark sunglasses, and a red sweater vest over a white collared shirt…
“Sounds like you won.”
20:22–20:27 -
Bart sits in a blue armchair beside Santa's Little Helper, a brown greyhound with a red collar…
“Oh, jeez, I'm sorry.”
20:27–20:39 -
Chief Wiggum stands in a doorway while Bart watches beside Santa's Little Helper, the brown greyhound…
“Aw, man, if this one's not the right house, I quit.”
20:39–20:51 -
Troy McClure stands in a purple room with a blue curtain and a grand piano, gripping the chin…
“Well, I like you too.”
20:51–20:57 -
A one-off man in dark sunglasses, a red vest and a white shirt stands in a living room, holding a white cane…
“Okay, boy, that's enough.”
20:57–21:07 -
A dark-skinned, mustached man with curly black hair, wearing a grey police-style cap with a badge and a grey…
“Marijuana.”
21:07–21:09 -
Troy McClure stands in a purple room beside a wooden-framed window with blue curtains while Chief Wiggum…
“Well, I guess he didn't like you after all.”
21:09–21:18 -
Chief Wiggum stands on the right beside an unnamed thin police officer with a badge and dark cap, while a man…
“It might be medicinal.”
21:18–21:26 -
Chief Wiggum stands with two other officers in a purple room, one of them a dark-skinned officer with a hat…
“Eh, this might take a while, kid. Why don't you and your buddy run along?”
21:26–21:33 -
Bart rides Santa's Little Helper, the brown greyhound, down a moonlit suburban street under a large yellow…
“Come on, boy. Let's go home and have some fun, huh?”
21:33–21:43 -
Chief Wiggum sits in the driver's seat of a white police car parked in front of a lit suburban house…
“Ooh, yeah.”
21:43–21:52 -
The scene is the exterior of the Simpson house at night under a purple starry sky, flanked by a sheriff's…
“I love this song. Hey, Chief. Shut up. I love this song.”
21:52–22:01 -
No characters appear in these frames; the moment is a black screen with gold credit text in a playful font
“I'm jamming.”
22:01–22:11 -
The scene is a black screen with orange credit text that changes in sequence
“When the rules ain't no vow, we can do it anyhow.”
22:11–22:20 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it is a black closing credits sequence with gold-orange text…
“Cause every day we pay the price. We're the level of sacrifice.”
22:20–22:30 -
The moment is a black screen filled with gold hand-lettered end credits
“The thing that's jamming was a thing of the past.”
22:30–22:39 -
Silhouetted audience members sit in rows of theater seats facing a blank screen in an animated cinema…
“Shhh. Jamming”
22:39–22:49
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Chief Wiggum, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, Otto Mann, Patty Bouvier, Reverend Lovejoy, Groundskeeper Willie, Santa's Little Helper, Lou, Eddie, Snowball II, Sherri Mackleberry, Terri Mackleberry, Mayor Quimby, Agnes Skinner, Comic Book Guy, Fat Tony, Louie, Legs, Gerald Samson, Jessica, Laddie, Mr. Mitchell, Mrs. Samson, Repo Depot clerk, Repo Man 1, Repo Man 2
Everyone who appears in it, from the Simpsons wiki. Every character