Bart of Darkness

P-code: 1F22
Episode Index: 06×01
Writers: Dan McGrath
Directors: Jim Reardon
Airdate: 4th September, 1994
Guest stars: None

Average Fan Rating: 4.0 (144 ratings, 11 reviews)

Plot Guide

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After Bart breaks his leg, he spends the summer spying on the neighbors with a telescope, and sees Ned Flanders murder his wife.

Memorable Quotes

Lisa: Dad, you have to put clorine in water everyday to keep it clean.
Homer: Clorine, eh?
Ralph: Oh, my face is on fire!

Milhouse: (avoiding Bart, and wanting to go in the pool) I think I left my glasses in your pool. I better go find them.
Bart: But you're wearing your glasses.
Milhouse: No, I'm not.

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References/Parodies

• The main plot of this episode parodies Hitchcock's "Rear Window" - in fact, when Bart is peering into "Springfield's seamy underbelly", he sees Jimmy Stewart (from the film) in a wheelchair looking back at him.

Season 6 quick links

1. Bart of Darkness
2. Lisa's Rival
3. Another Simpsons Clip Show
4. Itchy & Scratchy Land
5. Sideshow Bob Roberts
6. Treehouse of Horror V
7. Bart's Girlfriend
8. Lisa on Ice
9. Homer: Bad Man
10. Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy
11. Fear of Flying
12. Homer the Great
13. And Maggie Makes Three
14. Bart's Comet
15. Homie the Clown
16. Bart vs. Australia
17. Homer vs. Patty and Selma
18. A Star Is Burns
19. Lisa's Wedding
20. Two Dozen and One Greyhounds
21. The PTA Disbands
22. 'Round Springfield
23. The Springfield Connection
24. Lemon of Troy
25. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)