Bart's Friend Falls in Love

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P-code: 8F22
Episode Index: 03×23
Writers: Jay Kogen, Wallace Wolodarsky
Directors: Jim Reardon
Airdate: 7th May, 1992
Guest stars: Kimmy Robertson as Samantha Stanky

Average Fan Rating: 3.6 (169 ratings, 10 reviews)

Plot Guide

  A new girl, Samantha Stanky, moves to Springfield, and Milhouse falls in love with her. Bart is shocked when he sees Milhouse and Samantha kissing in his treehouse. Meanwhile, Homer orders a subliminal weight loss tape, however, they send him the vocabulary builder tape. Unaware, Homer listens to it in his sleep and subsequently uses big words all the time.
  To Bart's dismay, Milhouse and Samantha spend all their time together. To get his friend back, Bart tells Samantha's father, who sends her to an all girls school. Homer gains weight and so throws his tape away, leading to him forgetting even the most basic words.
  Feeling guilty, Bart tells Milhouse he snitched and they fight. Later, they both go to the girls school where Milhouse and Samantha share one last kiss.

Memorable Quotes

Samantha: We just moved here from Phoenix. My dad owns a home security company. He came to Springfield because of its high crime rate and lackluster police force.

Troy McClure: Hello, I'm actor Troy McClure. You kids might remember me from such educational films as Lead Paint, Delicious But Deadly and Here Comes the Metric System! I'm here to provide the facts about sex in a frank and straightforward manner. And now, here's Fuzzy Bunny's Guide To You-Know-What.

Bart: How would I go about creating a half-man, half-monkey-type creature?
Mrs. Krabappel: I'm sorry, that would be playing God.
Bart: God shmod! I want my monkey-man!

Bart: Hey, what's with the skirt?
Milhouse: I've brought friends to this treehouse before.
Bart: Yeah, but never a girl. What if I want to strut around nude?

Kent Brockman: Good evening. Did you know that 34 million American adults are obese? Putting together that excess blubber would fill the Grand Canyon two fifths of the way up. That may not sound impressive, but keep in mind it is a very big canyon.

Marge: Homer, has the weight loss tape reduced your appetite?
Homer: Ah, lamentably no. My gastronomic rapacity knows no satieties.

Martin: This is the first time anyone has ever sat next to me since I successfully lobbied to have the school day extended by twenty minutes!

Milhouse: How could this happen? We started out like Romeo and Juliet, but it ended up in tragedy.

Homer: Marge, where's that... metal dealie... you use to... dig... food?

Marge: How was your day at work, dear?
Homer: Oh, the usual. Stand in front of this, open that, pull down this, bend over, spread apart that, turn your head that way, cough.

Hobo: I used to be rich. I owned Mickey Mouse massage parlors and those Disney sleaze balls shut me down. I said "Look, I'll change the logo, put Mickey's pants back on." Some guys you just can't reason with.

Homer: Why did this have to happen now during prime time, when TV's brightest stars come out to shine?

Homer: Marge, there's an empty spot I've always had inside me. I tried to fill it with family, religion, community service... but those were all dead ends. I think this chair is the answer.

Herb: Lady, you just gave me the idea of a lifetime! How do I thank you?
Woman: Please don't hurt me.
Herb: Consider it done.

Homer: Please please please please please!
Lisa: Dad, you know you won!
Homer: Don't jinx it!

Homer: (upon seeing the drinking bird) That's the greatest invention in the world! You'll make a million dollars!

Homer: All right, Herb. I'll give you the money, but first you have to forgive me and treat me like a brother.
Herb: Nope.
Homer: All right, then just give me the drinking bird.

Did You Spot...

• Homer's change jar contains only pennies.
• When Milhouse and Samantha kiss for the first time, their bodies form a heart shape.
• In Bart's test, he has written ''Eat My Shorts'' as the answer for the last three questions.
• Movies playing at the Springfield Googleplex: ''Rip Roarin' Reverend,'' ''Sing Monkey, Sing,'' ''Space Mutants VII'' and ''Hot Grits A Flyin'.''
• Definitions from Homer Sez: Increase Your Wordiness:
  • Satiety: Belt-popping fullness
  • Triumverate: Three guys giving orders
  • Gourmand: Like a gourmet, only fatter
  • Machiavellian: I don't know
  • Boudoir: Where a French guy does it

References/Parodies

• The opening scene parodies Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark.
• The final scene parodies Casablanca.

Season 3 quick links

1. Stark Raving Dad
2. Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
3. When Flanders Failed
4. Bart the Murderer
5. Homer Defined
6. Like Father, Like Clown
7. Treehouse of Horror II
8. Lisa's Pony
9. Saturdays of Thunder
10. Flaming Moe's
11. Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
12. I Married Marge
13. Radio Bart
14. Lisa the Greek
15. Homer Alone
16. Bart the Lover
17. Homer at the Bat
18. Separate Vocations
19. Dog of Death
20. Colonel Homer
21. Black Widower
22. The Otto Show
23. Bart's Friend Falls in Love
24. Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?

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