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Review -- The Simpsons: "Beware My Cheating Bart"
- By Ariel Ponywether
- Published 04/21/2012
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- Unrated
Ariel Ponywether
Ariel Ponywether has been a fan of The Simpsons since the first time Bart was ten.
View all articles by Ariel PonywetherKredit Kookies: Billboard: For the True Location of Springfield, keep watching! Chalkboard: The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours. Couch Gag: A segment by Bill Plympton, which portrays Homer’s love affair with his couch - which breaks down and changes shape once he finds and marries Marge.
When Homer leaves Bart and Milhouse alone together at the movies, Jimbo asks the ‘non-threatening’ Bart to escort his girlfriend, Shauna, to a movie.This becomes a regular arrangement between them, with Bart taking Shauna everywhere Jimbo won’t go, which in turn leads to a blossoming romance.Unfortunately Jimbo soon finds out about their canoodling, which sends Bart on the run from the bully’s wrath.
Meanwhile, Homer buys a state-of-the-art treadmill with a tv embedded in its monitor.
The very simplistic plot of ‘Beware My Cheating Bart’ harkens back to the early days of the show.It’s a simple Bart-falls-in-love-with-the-wrong-girl-and-faces-dire-consequences-for-it plot, done frequently (and better) over the years.What makes this one enjoyable is the Shauna character, who develops, thanks to Lisa, quite a nifty solution to the problem.
Homer and Marge’s subplot is yet another take on the Marge-and-Homer’s-Relationship-Is-In-Trouble-What-Do-We-Do-Now?Plot.Homer developing an obsession with the Lost-alike show was a nice touch.While everyone was in-character, there wasn’t any extra oomph; bonus points should be given for pleasantness, but that only takes a show so far.
In spite of its hopelessly average set-up and delivery, this episode’s got some nice character moments and several jokes (most of them surrounding the ‘Stranded’ parodies) that actually work.
Letter Grade: C
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