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Plot

Lisa bakes a batch of cupcakes for her teacher and Bart demands one. She says no, and Bart calls her a butt kisser, to which Homer replies "Bart! Your saying butt kisser like its a bad thing. You see how it works boy, a cupcake here, a good grade there". Lisa protests and says she gets good grades because she is smart and studies hard, which Homer brushes off as nonsense as nobody works hard. After a hearty apology on the school bus, Lisa gives Bart the cupcake she dropped on the floor when the bus jolted, and he eats it none the wiser. When they get off the bus, Lisa's cupcakes are snatched by one of Nelson Muntz' cronies, when she was going to offer her friend Jamie one, who, after Bart asks for them back, stomps on them. Bart jumps at the rug-rat at tries to subdue him, but to no effect. Nelson shows up and holds Bart up by the scruff of his neck, questioning him of his bravory. Bart persists to struggle and accidentally hits Nelson on the nose, at which he replies "Nah, happens all the time, somebody else's blood splatters on me... hey wait, you made me bleed my own blood!". Nervously, Bart attempts to shrug it all off, but he doesn't get out of it that easily. After school, Nelson beats Bart to a bloody pulp and dumps him into a trash can, which he then roles down a hill. At home, Homer advises Bart to fight dirty, while Marge suggests that he try to reason with Nelson. Choosing Homer's advice, Bart confronts Nelson, but is beaten up again. This time, he turns to the toughest member of the Simpson family, Grampa Simpson. Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... Marjorie Marge Simpson (née Bouvier) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Julie Kavner. ... Abraham J. Simpson (Grampa or Abe) is a fictional character featured in the animated cartoon television series The Simpsons. ...

Grampa introduces Bart to Herman, a crazed veteran who runs an army surplus store. Herman declares war on Nelson and instructs Bart on a full-assault strategy. Bart gathers other kids from school who have been traumatized by Nelson and enlists them as troops. After a long and tedious training program, the troops go marching one by one. Cornering Nelson and his thugs, they commence firing intense numbers of water balloons. Terrorized, the thugs surrender. Nelson is taken prisoner, but he threatens to kill Bart as soon as he is released. Afterwards, Herman drafts an armistice, which Bart and Nelson agree to sign. Marge enters with cupcakes, and peace prevails. But Nelson will remain a fearsome foe of school kids in years to come, no matter what... This page provides information on characters on The Simpsons who do not have their own articles. ... President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a declaration of war against the Empire of Japan on December 8, 1941, one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... A water bomb, or water balloon, is a simple small latex rubber balloon filled with tap water. ...

First appearances

Characters making a first appearance in this episode are:

• Nelson Muntz
• Herman
• Miss Hoover (First mention)
• Old Jewish Man

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Trivia

• Lisa calls her teacher "Mrs. Hoover" instead of "Miss Hoover."
• During their first fight, Nelson hits Bart twelve times in the face before he knocks Bart out.
• This is the first episode we see Bart cry. Homer then proceeds to dry his tears with a hairdryer.
• This is the first episode we see Springfield Retirement Castle, the retirement home where Grampa Simpson lives.
• Maggie appears only in the last scene after the armistice is signed and burps after eating a cupcake. Maggie appears when bart think he is dead, Marge is carrying her when passing by on Bart´s coffin.
• Grampa's list of words he does not want to hear on television again:
  1. Bra
  2. Horny
  3. Family Jewels (which Homer said earlier in this episode when he tells Bart where to hit Nelson)
• Milhouse now has blue hair (he had black hair in "Bart the Genius" and "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire").
• There are African shields and spears in Herman's antique shop.
• Bart asks Herman whether he lost his arm in the war, to which Herman warns Bart, "Next time your teacher tells you to keep your arm inside the bus window, you do it!" Two episodes earlier, in "Homer's Odyssey", Mrs. Krabappel tells the children to keep their arms in the bus and says, "We all know the tragic story of the young man who stuck his arm out the window and had it ripped off by a big truck coming in the other direction." However the audio commentary stated that it was supposed to be a running gag that Herman would explain his missing arm differently each time.
• In the Czech-dubbed version Herman is portrayed as a Neo-Nazist, greeting Bart with the words "Sieg Heil, mein Junge" and claiming that he lost his arm while hailing from a bus.
• The children go after the sandbag with a plunger, a feather duster and fly swatters, before Herman finishes it off with a bayonet.
• Bart and his army use a classic Pincer's movement to attack Nelson. "It can't fail against a ten-year-old!"
• In Herman's model of the town, he spells the "Kwik-E-Mart" as "Quick-E-Mart."
• Marge brings the cupcakes in before Nelson signs the treaty and we never actually see him sign it.
• In the United Kingdom, this was one of the first episodes released on video cassette in the early 1990s, and thus was many viewers' introduction to the series (especially in the days before the series was shown on terrestrial television).
• In Bart's first dream sequence, he throws 10 knives at Nelson, and shoots at him 98 times.

• This is one of three episodes in the first season that does not have a couch gag. Instead, it cuts from the exterior shot of Springfield Elementary to the Simpsons' house. The same opening, with the house at a different angle, is used in Life on the Fast Lane.
• Also Starring Susan Blu as one of Nelson's weasels.

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Cultural references

• War movies - several war movies are parodied or homaged in various scenes throughout the episode:
  • Full Metal Jacket - The scene where the "trainees" do pull-ups and other exercises on a jungle-gym-type structure as the sun sets in the background.
  • The Longest Day - The shot of the GI helmet resting on its top while Nelson and his goons try to escape
  • Patton - Several lines of dialogue, Bart slapping one of his soldiers (for "being a disgrace") and the music are lifted directly from the movie. "The key to Springfield has always been Elm Street. The Greeks knew it, the Carthaginians knew it, now you know it."
  • Stripes - Herman running up and jabbing the training dolls with his bayonet, just like in the movie.
• Life magazine V-J Day photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in New York's Times Square - One of Bart's "soldiers" grabs Lisa and passionately kisses her, the moment preserved on film. The pose of both the boy and Lisa are identical to the famous photograph shot by Alfred Eisenstaedt. However, Lisa slaps the boy and tells him to knock it off.
• Nuremberg trials - The cronies' comments, "We were only following orders," effectively summarize those of Adolf Hitler's former Nazi leaders during the trials.
• Italy in World War II - Earlier on Nelson's cronies follow him loyally, but when they are surrounded, they give up to Bart's army. In World War II, Italy was originally a loyal ally to Germany, and followed Mussolini, however when the Allies made advances, the Italian military surrendered to the Allies and betrayed Mussolini and declared war on Germany.
• Peace treaties – Various peace treaties (and events surrounding them) are referenced in the armistice between Bart and Nelson:
  • "Nelson recognizes Bart's right to exist" – Taken from the treaty of Versailles ending the Franco-Prussian War, in which France was forced to acknowledge the new German Empire and renounce their claims on German territory.
  • "Nelson is never again to raise his fists in anger" – Germany and Japan having to eliminate their offensive armies; and Japanese Emperor Hirohito being forced to renounce his claims of being the arahitogami (or, living god).
  • Nelson "agreeing" to sign the armistice – similar to Germany signing the Treaty of Versailles after World War I.
• ABC Afterschool Special and CBS Schoolbreak Special - Bart's post-episode speech, where he warns about the dangers of war and recommends further reading on the topic, pays homage to those "after school specials."
  • According to Bart, "there are no good wars, with the following exceptions: The American Revolution, World War II, and the Star Wars Trilogy."
• Herman uses a declaration of war from the Franco-Prussian War and changes "Otto von Bismarck" to read "Bart Simpson" and changes "Napoleon III" to read "Nelson Muntz."

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Bart's "daydreams" about Nelson

Prior to his confrontation with Nelson, Bart has two "daydreams" where he worries about a potentially brutal outcome. Those daydreams are as follows:

First daydream

Bart is walking down the hall when Nelson begins chasing him. Bart attempts to use various means to ward off the fast-growing Nelson - knives, a spray of sub machine gun bullets, etc. - all of them failing to faze the bully. Eventually, Nelson grows into a Goliath-like terror and corners Bart. (Nelson would later play Goliath II in Season 10's "Simpsons Bible Stories".) Nelson easily picks up Bart, shouts out, "Lunchtime!" and swallows him whole. A knife is a sharp-edged (single or double edged) instrument consisting of a thin blade used for cutting and fitted with a handle. ... An MP5A4 (fixed stock and 3-round burst trigger group) A submachine gun is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the ammunition of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size. ... David faces Goliath in single combat. ... Simpsons Bible Stories is the eighteenth episode of The Simpsons tenth season. ...

Second daydream

Later, Bart - Nelson having reminded Bart that he expects him for his after-school beating - envisions his funeral. Bart's entire class, his friends, Principal Skinner and his family take their turns at the casket, saying their goodbyes. Skinner remarks the nurse "did a wonderful job" reconstructing his face after his fatal run-in with Nelson (implying the fight was particularly brutal). Homer gleefully celebrates his "day of mourning" until Marge corrects him, while Lisa tearfully places a cupcake in Bart's casket and wishes she had handled her earlier run-in with Nelson differently. Nelson oafishly grabs the cupcake, punches the corpse and walks off. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... In the television series The Simpsons, the Springfield Elementary School is the school which Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson and their fellow students attend. ... Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ...

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