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Encyclopedia > Chalkboard gag
Bart writes The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan
Bart writes The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan

The chalkboard gag is a running visual joke that occurs during the opening credits of many episodes of The Simpsons. In this gag, Bart Simpson is frowning while he writes a unique phrase on the chalkboard repeatedly; when the school bell rings, he immediately becomes glad, stops writing and runs out of the classroom. The phrase is usually in the form of an admonishment, implying that Bart has been assigned this task as punishment in detention for some misbehavior left partly to the viewer's imagination. A Simpsons chalkboard gag from the opening sequence, taken from a season five episode. ... A Simpsons chalkboard gag from the opening sequence, taken from a season five episode. ... It has been suggested that Pledge of Allegiance criticism be merged into this article or section. ... Gustave Dorés depiction of Satan from John Miltons Paradise Lost Satan, from the Hebrew word for accuser (Standard Hebrew: , Satan Tiberian Hebrew ; Koine Greek: , Satanás; Aramaic: , ; Arabic: , , Geez: Sāyṭān), is a term with its origins in the Abrahamic faiths which is traditionally applied to... The running gag is a popular hallmark of comic and serious forms of entertainment. ... Opening credits, in a television program or motion picture, are shown at the beginning of a show and list the most important members of the production. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Bartholomew Bart Simpson is a main character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Nancy Cartwright. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A chalkboard, with multiple colors of chalk Blackboard Chalk A quadruple chalkboard at the Helsinki University of Technology A chalkboard or blackboard (and similar colour based names for the same thing) is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with chalk or other erasable markers. ... Historic detention cell Detention is a form of punishment used in schools, where a student is required to spend extra time in school. ...


The chalkboard gags are usually written in upper case (with the exception of the word "eBay," in which Bart included a lower case "e".) Majuscules or capital letters (in the Roman alphabet: A, B, C, ...) are one type of case in a writing system. ... eBay headquarters in San Jose eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal) eBay Inc. ...


While running visual jokes in The Simpsons are rarely referred to by the content of the show itself, in the episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow", Bart says that he had written on the chalkboard so many times that his hands sound like a cement mixer. In another episode, Bart asks for a detention but Ms. Krabappel said they all got tired of that years ago, referencing the dropping number of gags in the openings. Skinners Sense of Snow is an episode from season twelve of the animated TV series The Simpsons. ...


Lisa has been punished with the chalkboard on the episode "Lisa's Date with Density". As she writes, she complains, "How does Bart do this every week?" Lisas Date with Density is an episode from the eighth season of The Simpsons. ...


In the early days of the series, a chalkboard gag was used in almost every episode, but, as commercial time has increased, they have gradually disappeared. They are now shown as rarely as twice per season. The show's producers have said that they may soon disappear altogether. However, they seem to be making a comeback as there were eight chalkboard gags during season 17 including three in a row during the last three episodes of the season. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...


Chalkboard gags outside The Simpsons

The chalkboard gag on South Park
The chalkboard gag on South Park
  • This chalkboard gag appeared in an episode of South Park entitled "Cartoon Wars Part II". It reads I Hate Family Guy.
  • In a parody of the Simpsons intro in the Histeria! episode "The Thomas Jefferson Program", Loud Kiddington is shown writing I do not need a megaphone!
  • In Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets, Mr. Krupp punishes George and Harold by making them spend two hours a day after school from now on filling the chalkboards with the following sentence: I will never do anything which angers my handsome and charming principal, Mr. Krupp, ever, ever again. (The boys manage to speed up the process by placing twelve chalk sticks in wooden poles.) At the end of the book, when George and Harold are made Principals for a Day, they make Mr. Krupp and the teachers (as well as the class tattletale Melvin Sneedly) write the following sentences on chalkboards:
    • Ms. Ribble: I will stop being such a crab.
    • Mr. Meaner: I will chill out.
    • Ms. Anthrope: I will get a life.
    • Melvin: I will not be a tattle-tale.
    • Mr. Krupp: I will be very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very nice to "George the Great" and "The Amazing Harold".
  • Jason Fox of FoxTrot is sometimes shown having to do chalkboard punishments. One Sunday strip from 1994 has him using the school's computer to print the phrase I will not shoot paper clips in class and then taping it to the chalkboard (to which his teacher replies, "Jason, I meant write it by hand"). Another Sunday strip includes a For loop repeating the required phrase 500 times. This results in Jason's teacher becoming upset with him. Also, he has written "I will not say EILEEN JACOBSON IS A SPACE SPORE." Then he says to the teacher, "Oh great, now you specify font size."
  • In the pilot episode of Invader Zim, after a foodfight, Dib is forced to write on the chalkboard 100 times, "Zim is not an alien". Other phrases such as "yes he is", "Zim is an alien", "Zim kidnaps and dissects livestock", and "My hand hurts" are visible.
  • On the ESPN show Around The Horn, panelist Woody Paige is featured with a chalkboard who's message is changing with each segment.
  • In The Fairly OddParents movie Channel Chasers Timmy Turner is seen looking like Bart Simpson writing on a chalkboard (a bell then rings and he skateboards away).
  • In each episode of the ABC sitcom George Lopez, a different inspirational saying is written on a chalkboard on the side of the Lopezes' refrigerator. [1]

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Encyclopedia: Bart Chalkboard Gags (4578 words)
In the early days of the series, a gag was used in almost every episode, but, as commercial time has increased, they have gradually disappeared.
A chalkboard, with multiple colors of chalk A flboard, also called a chalkboard, is a surface on which markings made with chalk are visible.
Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant.
The Simpsons (4052 words)
For each episode, the sequence includes four variations: Bart writes something different on the chalkboard, Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone, Homer screams in a different way (only done in the first couple of seasons), and the family attempts to sit on the couch as something goes awry in an often surreal manner.
The "couch gag" sequence is frequently used to help show staff make the show longer or shorter, depending on the length of the episode itself.
This gag lasted several seasons before it was cut (for most episodes, see Bart chalkboard gags) to save time; however, it was reintroduced for the premier episode of the 17th season with a self- and education-jeering "Does any kid still do this anymore?"
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