"(singing) The Simpsons" "(CROW CAWl NG)" "(MU FFLED SCREAM)" "(SCHOOL BELL Rl NG l NG)" "(BARN EY BELCH ES)" "(HORN BELLOWl NG)" "(LEN NY SH Rl EKS)" "(PLAYl NG Dl FFERENT TU N E)" "(Tl RES SCREECH I NG)" "(HON Kl NG)" "(EXCLAlMl NG)" "(Tl RES SCREECH I NG)" "D'oh !" "(BRAKES SCREECH I NG)" "Ohhh !" "(ALL SCREAM)" "(ALL sig H I N RELl EF)" "Three, two , one ..." "Happy New Year!" "Of school !" "What are you doing?" "It's the first day of school !" "(LAUG H I NG)" "You're the government's problem now!" "BOTH :" "Yeah !" "Free at last, free at last!" "I can't believe we have to start another year of school ." "I never learned anything at that suck shack." "Who taught you that language?" "A kid at school ." "So you did learn something ." "Homie, the insurance bill is due today." "Can you make sure to mail it?" "Absolutely." "Insurance is the greatest deal ever." "If I get hurt, I get paid ." "And , man , do I get hurt!" "(SCREAMl NG)" "Easy." "(MU FFLED SCREAMl NG)" "Oh !" "What is it?" "Not again !" "ALL:" "D'oh !" "D'oh !" "D'oh !" "D'oh !" "(LAUG H I NG)" "What a week." "Welcome to another school year." "One important note ." "The flower-based names of the reading groups are now barnyard-based." "Mr. Becker has protested the move ." "So his group will remain the Daffodils." "Yeah !" "Where are my Dils at?" "ALL: (CHANTl NG) Go , Dils ." "Go , Dils ." "Go , Dils ." "I never tire of that." "One other announcement." "At the end of the month , we'll be participating in the Vice President's Assessment Test." "He stinks !" "We're assessing you , not him." "Withdrawn ." "The VPAT is part of the federal government's No Child Left Alone Act." "It will be a rewarding day of pencil sharpening and eyes on your own paper keeping ." "Cut the horse bull , Seymour." "Your scores on this test will determine how much money this suck shack gets for years to come ." "So we will spend every moment of the next two weeks drilling the questions and answers into your soft little skulls." "BOYS: (Sl NG l NG) Shy is to gregarious" "G I RLS:" "As peaceful is to bellicose" "Okay, children ." "The answers to the standardized test fall into 1 2 basic patterns." "Repeat after me:" "Accaca, dabacca, accacaca." "Accaca, dabacca, accacaca." "Accaca, dabacca, accacaca." "N umber two:" "Dacacca, adada, badacad ." "Dacacca, adada, badacad ." "Dacacca, adada, badacad ." "Biggest city in Montana !" "Helena?" "Wrong !" "9 1 2 divided by six." "You can't teach this way!" "Yes, I can !" "Studies show it works ." "Where were these studies conducted?" "Ball State !" "So when you take your practice test, take your number two pencil and ..." "What kind of pencil do we take again?" "N umber two." "Take a number two." "(ALL LAUG H I NG)" "Looks like you took a big number two." "Yes, quite so." "As you can see, I'm holding a big number two in my hands." "Enjoying the weight and feel of it." "(MU RMU RS i N DlSG UST)" "(lisa H UMMl NG)" "(lisa WHOOPS)" "Test day at last!" "Now I can show off at the federal level !" "Hey, Bart, on the practice test yesterday, what did you pick as the best title for the paragraph about Manifest Destiny?" "Slurp my snot." "(GASPS) I wrote "Slurp my snot" in the ovals on the answer sheet." "True story." "Dad !" "Bart's throwing away his future !" "Oh , no !" "Now who will sell oranges on the off ramp?" "(LAUG H I NG)" "(sig HS) Great jokes make me hungry." "I wonder what's in the pantry?" "(HOMER MU NCH l NG)" "HOMER:" "Wait a minute ." "Mmm-hmm ." "Wait a minute !" "(H UMMl NG)" "Bart, we need to talk to you about your practice test." "(G U LPS) I warned you ." "You got a perfect score." "(SEYMOU R CH UCKLES)" "(BOTH GASP)" "Wonderful job , son ." "J ust stellar." "How did I do?" "96 ." "What did I get wrong?" "Several answers ." "Several?" "That's more than a few and almost a bunch !" "Bart, because of your superior intellect..." "No, but wait!" "I aced the math part, right?" "Because I ..." "Run along now." "(G RUMBLl NG)" "Bart, you and the other perfect-scoring superstars are exempt from taking the actual test today." "No test?" "Don't be too disappointed ." "We are throwing you a pizza party at a bowling alley." "Well , it's about time." "Come ." "Your helicopter awaits." "(BAN D PLAYl NG GONNA FL Y NOW)" "Check it out!" "Bart's a superstar, too !" "Bart's here !" "Awesome !" "Wait a minute." "This ain't no genius copter." "This is Con Air!" "(SEYMOU R LAUG HS)" "Take it away, Willie !" "(Wl LLl E LAUG H I NG evi LLY)" "Wl LLl E:" "Enjoy your flight!" "Brilliant plan to remove all the underperformers for test day, sir." "Yes." "All of them ." "Why, Seymour, it seems I left my sunglasses on the bus." "Well , I'd best retrieve them ." "Yes, yes, you'd best." "Sir?" "So long , superstars ." "I can't believe it." "Superintendent Chalmers betrayed me after all the wrapping paper I bought from his daughter." "Pizza party!" "Pizza party!" "Helicopter!" "Helicopter!" "Stop it!" "All of you !" "What's the matter, superstar?" "Feeling sorry for the normals?" "Don't you get it?" "There is no pizza party!" "This isn't a helicopter!" "No pizza party?" "Not a helicopter?" "H uh?" "(OTTO HUMMING SUPERMAN THEME)" "Let me explain this to you in terms even the simplest will understand ." "We're hiding you in Capital City for the day so your numbskullery won't drag down the test scores of the children who are our future." "Told you ." "Will there be other numbskulls there?" "Sort of a numbskull Olympics as it were?" "Let's all act stupid !" "(ALL BABBLl NG)" "Guys , guys !" "Save it for the competition !" "Mmm ." "I D , please?" "Must be in the glove box." "(HOMER CH UCKLES)" "H uh?" "This was due two weeks ago." "I'm not insured !" "(GASPS) For the first time in my life, I'm financially responsible for my own actions !" "U ninsured !" "U ninsured !" "MAN :" "Idiot!" "I'm not in good hands !" "I'm in no hands !" "Like a bad neighbor, no one is there !" "(CRYl NG)" ""Dear stupid insurance company," ""l meant to mail this on time." ""What do you mean , 'too bad'?" ""Screw you !" "Heh heh ."" "(H UMMl NG)" "(GASPS)" "(SH Rl EKS) I won't be insured until 3: 00 !" "Okay, until then , I have to avoid any serious injuries or accidents on my property, or I'm ruined !" "D'oh !" "No, you don't!" "(exclaims with satisfaction)" "Now I know some of you may suffer from test anxiety." "Here's a helpful hint." "Imagine each question is a baby chick." "If you answer wrong , the chick dies." "(ALL CRYl NG)" "Shut up ." "They would've died anyway." "Now the test will begin in five, four, three..." "Oh , my God ." "We should've begun four minutes ago." "Go , go , go , go, go, go !" "lisa:" "You can do it, Lisa ." "There's nothing in the room but you and the test." "(CLOCK TlCKl NG)" "(SCRl BBLl NG)" "(CRACKLl NG)" "(G RATl NG)" "(TH UMPl NG)" "(RATTLl NG)" "Focus." "Pride is to downfall as overconfidence is to ..." "What?" "They're all equally valid ." "But that can't be." "In life, everything only has one answer!" "(Ml LHOUSE H UMMl NG)" "Piece of cake, huh?" "Oh !" "I'm writing on my shirt!" "Hey, Seymour." "I just realized something ." "You're stuck babysitting us losers, which makes you the real loser." "(ALL LAUG H I NG)" "For your information , I am not a loser." "I am a successful principal who paints houses in the summertime." "You painted our garage, and it was peeling by October." "Your dad insisted I use an inferior primer." "ALL: (CHANTl NG) Loser, loser." "Excuse me, Mommy." "I have to go potty." "(sig HS) Otto , can you pull over?" "Pull over!" "Sorry. I was mesmerized by the little boy's dance." "(WH lMPERl NG)" "(Sl NG l NG) Yo, I'll tell you what I want What I really , really want" "So tell me what you want What you really , really want I'll tell you what I want What I really , really want" "So tell me what you want What you really , really want" "Ralph , are you almost finished?" "I finished before we came in ." "(sig HS ANG Rl LY)" "All right." "Now we can get back on the bus and on ..." "(SEYMOU R SCREAMS)" "(LAUG H I NG)" "All aboard?" "Hey, Skinner." "Want to see our impression of you?" "Well , I guess I could use an affectionate homage." "(ALL BABBLl NG)" "All right, stay calm , boys." "Oh , God !" "We're at the corner of Cesar Chavez Way and Martin Luther King Blvd . !" "BART :" "Ay , caramba!" "Homie, what are you doing home so early?" "Marge, I won't bore you with the truth ." "All I can say is that until 3: 00 p . m ." "we must avoid all accidents and injuries or we're all going to the poorhouse." "You mean "back to the poorhouse."" "Fine. "Back."" "And we can't let anyone else get hurt on our property." "I don't want anyone to ever get hurt." "Me, too, baby." "But we gotta get real ." "We can discuss it later." "Right now, while you're here, you can help host my book club ." "Book club?" "That's the most stupid , boring thing ever!" "Thank you !" "(H UMMl NG CH EERFU LLY)" "Now I would never say a bad word about Cletus and Brandine , but I hear he's been feeding slop to another woman's pig ." "(EXCLAlMl NG)" "(GASPS)" "(SH Rl EKS)" "(SCREAMS) I've been cleaved !" "Oh , my God !" "Oh , my God !" "We're totally liable !" "(BOTH MOAN I NG)" "Yeah ." "I mean , no !" "lisa:" "Maybe I should just move on to question two." "Question two , using what you learned in question one ..." "(lisa SCREAMl NG)" "Lisa, like Captain Kirk, I'm not supposed to interfere." "But like T .J ." "Hooker, I say what is on my mind ." "If you don't know the answer, just guess." "(WH lSPERl NG) This test penalizes guessing ." "It does?" "All right, nobody guess !" "J ust be right!" "Get down on your knees, pray to your God , and ask him ..." "No, demand he tell you the answer!" "And if he won't, he is no God of yours !" "(ALL GASPl NG)" "What's your plan now, skin rash?" "My name isn't skin rash ." "It's Principal Skinner." "And you will address me as such ." "Sure thing , Such ." "I'll deal with your insubordinate wordplay later." "My first duty is to get you boys to safety." "And that's..." "Where'sRalph?" "(FOG HORN BLOWl NG) I'm playing with Elmo !" "(CLOCK TlCKl NG)" "Okay. I just have to keep these tipsy witches safe for 1 0 more seconds !" "Van Johnson was never half the man Van Heflin was." "(AG N ES G RU ntl NG)" "Knife !" "(GASPS)" "(CRYl NG OUT I N SLOW motion)" "(G RU NTS)" "(SCREAMS)" "(GASPS)" "(sig HS I N RELl EF)" "(G RU NTS)" "(SCREAMS)" "(TH U DS)" "MR. BU RNS:" "Apaches !" "Mr. Burns !" "Why do terrible things always happen to wonderful people at 3: 0 1 p . m . ?" "Which , for the record , is the correct time." "(MU FFLED) So , plans for the weekend?" "Marge, are you mad I forgot to send in the payment?" "No, sweetie." "At this point in a marriage, a wife should know what her husband can do and what he can't." "Who was I to think you could mail an envelope?" "Baby, I hope you got snuggle insurance because I'm about to file a claim !" "(FOG HORN BLOWl NG)" "(RAT SQ U EAKl NG)" "Bart, do you have your slingshot?" "No, sir." "I see it in your back pocket!" "J ust don't stretch it out." "I was once a boy, and like all boys..." "You like all boys?" "Ha-ha !" "Shut up !" "A child is in danger under my aegis." "Ha-ha?" "Run , Ralph !" "Run !" "Okay!" "Time to do what I've never done as principal ." "Something !" "(PANTl NG)" "Skinner's spazzing out!" "I'm not spazzing out." "I'm using the principle of conservation of angular momentum to turn the container!" "BOYS:" "Oh !" "That is so cool ." "That's the kind of stuff they should teach in school ." "SEYMOU R:" "We do teach it in school !" "You're too busy eating sugar snacks and horsing around !" "He's right." "Learning can teach you things." "Education rules !" "(CH l LDREN CH EERl NG)" "(piano PLAYl NG)" "(CH EERl NG)" ""But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest," ""because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me," ""and I can't stand it." "I been there before."" "That book was awesome !" "ALL:" "U h-huh ." "Next stop , Springfield Elementary!" "Skinner!" "Otto !" "Bullies !" "The "cowabunga" kid !" "And the wee nitwit!" "It's so good to see you all !" "All done." "And I've got two minutes to take care of these stray marks." "Well , that's it." "U h-huh ." "The test is almost over." "And I haven't done a thing ." "I've blown my whole future." "Right." "(sig HS) Well , maybe it'll be more fun to be a regular, average, stay-at-home..." "This test is a joke !" "H uh?" "Skinner?" "Today I received an education in how children really learn ." "By seeing their principal run around on top of a shipping container." "So children , put down your answer sheet and drop that number two." "(ALL LAUG H I NG)" "Yes, I know what that means." "I've learned so much today." "This is my school , and I'm throwing out the test!" "(ALL CH EERl NG)" "Hooray!" "I'm a brainy outcast again !" "And finally, effective immediately, I'm overturning this school's ban on dancing !" "(FOOTLOOSE PLAYl NG)" "Kick off your Sunday shoes" "Please , Louise" "Pull me off of my knees" "Jack, get back" "C'mon before we crack" "Lose your blues" "Everybody , cut footloose" "Footloose" "Kick off your Sunday shoes" "Please , Louise" "Pull me off of my knees" "Jack, get back" "C'mon before we crack" "Lose your blues" "Everybody , cut footloose" "ENG lish" " US" " PSDH"