The Simpsons episode
"Bart's Dog Gets an F"
Episode no.	29
Prod. code	7F14
Orig. Airdate	March 17, 1991
Show Runner(s)	James L. Brooks Matt Groening Sam Simon
Writer(s)	Jon Vitti
Director	Jim Reardon
Chalkboard	"I will not sell school property"
Couch gag	All the family sit on the coach and fit, including the pets.
Guest star(s)	Tracey Ullman as Emily Winthrop
SNPP capsule
Season 2 October 1990 – May 1991 (one special episode aired in July)
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Synopsis

Lisa has the mumps and has to spend a few days home from school. While Marge teaches her sewing, Homer goes to the mall to buy some magazines for her. There he sees some expensive shoes, which he saw Flanders with earlier. The next day, he buys a giant cookie.

Marge shows Lisa a patchwork quilt, which is a family heirloom. Lisa makes her own contribution to it, but then Santa's Little Helper rips it up, also destroying the shoes and cookie. Homer wants to get rid of the dog, but Lisa convinces them to take it to an obedience school first.

Santa's Little Helper does not do well at the Obedience School as Bart is unwilling to use a choke chain. The night before the final exam, Bart and Santa's Little Helper play together. This bonding breaks down the communication barrier and allows Santa's Little Helper to pass. Santas Little Helper (voiced by Frank Welker) is a fictional character in the television series The Simpsons. ...

Movie/Other References

• Predator: When we switch to Santa's Little Helper's point of view, we hear a little explosion sound. The same sound is used in the movie when we switch to the Yautja's point of view.
• The Far Side: How human speech sounds to dogs.
• The Cosby Show: Dr. Hibbert's home and family bear a more-than-coincidental similarity to a program that competed with The Simpsons for the Thursday 8pm time slot.
• 2001: A Space Odyssey: The way Marge's needle spins in the air, same for the bone and pen.
• Buffalo Bill Cody's `Wild West Show': The second frame in the Bouvier Family Quilt.
• Death in the Making (photograph by Frank Capra): The third frame in the Bouvier Family Quilt.
• Lethal Weapon, G Gordon Liddy (Watergate scandal): Marge holding a lighter under her finger to show it didn't hurt. (Though in Lethal Weapon, it did hurt.)
• E.T.: Lisa shows Marge her sewing callous and their fingers touch. Music that is similar to that from the movie plays in the background. (Some may associate this scene to `Creation' in the Sistine Chapel.)
• Jaws: Dramatic music just before Santa's Little Helper attacks something.
• Friday the 13th: The echo sound effect when Santa's Little Helper attacked the quilt.

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Trivia

• This was the second appearance of Ms. Botz the Babysitter Bandit from Some Enchanted Evening. She appears on television.

Some Enchanted Evening was the thirteenth non short Simpsons episode released on television. ...

Quotes

• Bart: No way, she's faking! If Lisa stays home, I stay home.
  Lisa: If Bart stays home, I'm going to school.
  Bart: Fine, then... Wait a minute... If Lisa goes to school, then I go to school, but then Lisa stays home, so I stay home, so Lisa goes to school...
  Marge: Lisa, don't confuse your brother like that.
• Homer: Oh, 125 bucks...
  Flanders appears in a `thought' balloon over Homer's head
  Flanders: Sometimes, you got to spoil yourself... spoil yourself... spoil yourself...
  Homer: But I can't afford to...
  Flanders: Simpson! I order you to buy those shoes!
  Homer: Okay, Flanders, you're the boss! Heh heh heh.
• Bart: Now... Sit! I said, Sit! Um, take a walk. Sniff that other dog's butt. See? He does exactly what I tell him.
• Miss Winthrop: You son of a bitch. Good show!
• Homer: (seeing Santa's Little Helper sniff his breakfast) No no! Stay away! This is not for you. This is Homer food.

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