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Bart's New Friend

Episode aired Jan 11, 2015
TV-14
22m

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7.2/10

1.3K

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Nancy Cartwright and Dan Castellaneta in The Simpsons (1989)

Adult Animation Satire Animation Comedy

Homer is hypnotized into believing he's ten years old and ends up stuck in his new age when the hypnotist dies, so he bonds with Bart and refuses to take back the responsibilities of adultho... Read allHomer is hypnotized into believing he's ten years old and ends up stuck in his new age when the hypnotist dies, so he bonds with Bart and refuses to take back the responsibilities of adulthood.Homer is hypnotized into believing he's ten years old and ends up stuck in his new age when the hypnotist dies, so he bonds with Bart and refuses to take back the responsibilities of adulthood.

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Dan Castellaneta

Homer Simpson
(voice)
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Julie Kavner

Marge Simpson
(voice)

Nancy Cartwright

Bart Simpson
(voice)
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Yeardley Smith

Lisa Simpson
(voice)

Hank Azaria

Carl
(voice)
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Harry Shearer

Lenny
(voice)
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Stacy Keach

Don Bookner
(voice)

Pamela Hayden

Tress MacNeille

Brandine
(voice)
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Chris Edgerly

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Trivia
The end of the episode mimics the end of X-Men where Magneto is kept in a glass-type prison.

Quotes
Superintendent Chalmers: [Seeing a regressed Homer playing Tunnel Tag with the kids] "Is that a grown man going between childrens' legs?" "
Seymour Skinner: Well, there's nothing against it in the rulebook.
Superintendent Chalmers: It's on page one of the rulebook!

Crazy credits
Maggie is holding a flag stating "Je suis Charlie".

Alternate versions
The sequence involving the family feasting on Homer in his bear form in the couch is sometimes cut from Channel 4 airings.

Connections
References The Flintstones (1960)

Soundtracks
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
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Performed by Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Stacy Keach, and Harry Shearer

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Featured review

9/10

Judd Apatow's Writing Style is Visible Throughout,

Bart's New Friend is a fantastic Simpsons episode with a very well written storyline and loads of very funny scenes. It was certainly a fun story that I was happy to see the show tackle, seeing Homer become a friend of Barts and behaving just like him was very fun to me. It is written by Judd Apatow, and despite being from a script that he made long before his huge success with movies such as 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, his style of writing can be seen in some shape and form throughout, whether it be some noticeably lengthy dialogue between characters, or simply the way the plot comes together, if your a fan of Apatow you will know he made this. I heard that Apatow has hopes that he could return in the future to write more future episodes, and if this is any indication, that would be a great idea. Funny and even a little heartwarming, Bart's New Friend is a very enjoyable Simpsons episode.

Bart makes an unlikely friend with Homer after he is hypnotized in to thinking he's 10 years old.