Bart the Genius
Bart’s too smart for his own good.
Story
To pay back for Martin over snitching him, Bart erases Martin’s name from his test and writes his name in place, making the school district accidentally think Bart’s a genius and put him in a school for gifted students where Bart doesn’t seem to fit in.
Random Facts
Futurama’s episode where Zoidberg and Fry fought in Claw-Plach stated that Claw-Plach was used for determining whether abbreviations counted or not in Scrabble, which also showed up in this episode.
The word Kwyjibo became a new word in the dictionary after this episode came out some time later. No idea when though.
First appearance of Dr. Pyre, who would later appear in Bart gets an F.
Random Opinions
Shouldn’t Skinner just be happy that Bart finally got off his ass for good?
Even in 1989/1990, a 75$ fine for graffiti doesn’t seem reasonable especially since Skinner is a wiener.
My god – the animation is so bad in this episode.
Scorecard
| Visuals | Writing | Tolerance | Audio | Characters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrible (2/10) | Great (8/10) | Amazing (9/10) | Great (8/10) | Great (8/10) |
| My eyes hurt. You can really tell this was one of the very first episodes. | Writing isn’t up to par like later episodes. | Despite the animation this episode has some pretty good moments. | Voice acting by Penny Marshall is good. | Homer set the bandit free, however he wasn’t aware of it until it was too late. |
Rating: 36/50 – Good (7/10)
Definitely one of the better episodes of season 1, but that’s not saying much.
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