The Simpsons episode
"The Heartbroke Kid"
Episode no.	352
Prod. code	GABF11
Orig. airdate	May 1, 2005
Written by	Ian Maxtone-Graham
Directed by	Steven Dean Moore
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Couch gag	The family along with the couch are launched by a catapult / Everyone makes it to the couch except Bart, who walks in a few seconds later and suffers a heart attack
Guest star(s)	Albert Brooks as Tab Spangler and Jacques
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Plot

Principal Skinner is looking for a company to sign a vending machine contract with Springfield Elementary, with half of the machine's profits going to the school. He looks at suggestions of a Gumbo machine from the Sea Captain that seriously burned the Sea Captain's hand and from Gil and rejects them, until he gets a suggestion from Lindsay Naegle, and the school has its vending machine. Most of the students use the machines (save for Lisa, who protests their high sugar content), but Bart is seen using it the most frequently. In the television series The Simpsons, the Springfield Elementary School is the school which Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson and their fellow students attend. ... Cigarette vending machine. ... In the television series The Simpsons, Springfield Elementary School is the name of the school that Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson and their fellow peers attend. ... A bowl of shrimp gumbo Gumbo is a spicy, hearty stew or soup, found typically in the states on the Gulf of Mexico in the United States, and very common in the southern part of Louisiana and the Lowcountry around Charleston, South Carolina. ... Horatio McCallister (or McAllister), a ships captain, is a fictional character from the animated TV comedy The Simpsons. ... This is a List of Recurring characters from the animated television show The Simpsons. ... Lindsey Naegle is a fictional character from The Simpsons, whose first appearance was on episode AABF18 They Saved Lisas Brain, as a member of the Springfield MENSA Society. ... Bart and his sister Lisa as news anchors. ...

A montage of Bart eating lots of sweets is seen, followed by a spoof of the intro to the show, entitled "Three Weeks Later." Everything seems normal, except instead of doing the chalkboard gag, a very overweight version of Bart gets another snack from the vending machine. The school bell rings, and Bart walks away. He takes several seconds to get his skateboard. As he slowly peddles down the street, his expanded girth causes the ground beneath him to crack. Additionally, he bends a streetlight, knocks over several people, and crashes into Marge's car. Later, we see Homer parking his car in front of the garage of the Simpson house. Bart jumps on top of the car and damages the top of it, making Homer fall out. Then, he waddles slowly inside. Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie run in and sit on the couch, ready for their couch gag. But where's Bart? Everyone looks around, puzzled. Bart arrives late, gasping, and suffers a heart attack. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ...

Bart sees Dr. Hibbert, who says that a snack—malted milk balls ;has clogged his arteries, and that a wad of Laffy Taffy is blocking his liver. He informs the family that is addicted to junk food and tells Marge to put him on a diet. When that suggestion fails, his family stages an intervention. When Bart tries to run away, his chubby frame gets caught in a fence and he is caught by two representatives of a maximum security fat camp, Serenity Ranch. Bart ends up there with Apu, Rainier Wolfcastle (who was last seen fattening up for a movie), and Kent Brockman, and the camp's leader is none other than former junk food magnate Tab Spangler (who is dealing with many anger issues). However, when Bart is there, the family is faced with an expensive bill. To pay for the camp, the family converts their house into a youth hostel which attracts German tourists. This is a List of Recurring characters from the animated television show The Simpsons. ... Laffy Taffy is a brand of taffy manufactured by Nestlé and sold under its Willy Wonka Candy Company brand. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with empty calorie. ... Marjorie Marge Simpson (née Bouvier) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Julie Kavner. ... A fat camp is a slang term for a type of program where overweight and obese children and teenagers are sent during the summer to lose weight. ... APU may refer to: Anglia Polytechnic University, now known as Anglia Ruskin University. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This is a List of Recurring characters from the animated television show The Simpsons. ... Not to be confused with hotel. ...

Bart has a hard time at camp, continually cheating by sneaking food, so Tab Spangler takes him home to visit the family to show him the horrors that occur. His family is working continually to appease the students staying in their home. He suggests Bart fight his addiction, and he does, by destroying the vending machines in school. His addiction to junk food is over, and he steals the money from the vending machines, which the family uses to pay for the bill and give the Germans "Das Boot". Tab Spangler says that Bart still have three weeks left of treatment, and Homer goes with him (if this is by choice or not is unknown), where the episode ends with them driving in Tab's car getting into an argument over the cheeseburger Homer is eating. Homer Jay Simpson (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. ...

Trivia

• This episode was originally set to be the 350th episode (despite being the 352nd to air), but was inexplicably switched with "Don't Fear the Roofer".
• Spangler's car is a Volvo.
• The montage near the end of the first act spoofs Bart's shots in the show's opening; additionally, Barney appears in place of where the now-deceased Bleeding Gums Murphy would've appeared.
• The title of this episode is a spoof on the film "The Heartbreak Kid" and WWE wrestler Shawn Michaels' nickname.
• Scammer and Z-Dog junk food was influenced by the urban junk food brand Rap Snacks.
• The song Homer sings for coins to the German students on vacation is "99 Luftballons".
• The song played during Bart's junkfood sequence is "Yummy yummy yummy" by The Ohio Express. The song was previously featured in Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie when Homer flashes back to listening to the song during The Moon Landing.
• The line "raged against the machine" is a reference to the political rap-rock band Rage Against the Machine.
• When Bart rips off the Krusty poster in his room which conceals a stash of junk food, it is a reference to "The Shawshank Redemption", where Andy DuFresne's means of escape is through a hole in the wall covered by a poster of Rita Hayworth.
• Homer says "they're melting" in a style reminiscent of The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.

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