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Here's a season 10 episode of "The Simpsons" I feel this one is a well known one, even if it's not from pre-season 9. This is part of a look at possible post season 9 gem episodes of the Simpsons. I do have to point out. I think season 10 does have some very charming and funny episodes that might be over looked, overall. This is the third episode of that season it's "Bart, the Mother".
There's a well-known episode called "Marge Be Not Proud" where Bart steals a game and disappoints his mother and Bart works to get her attention and care back. That's a good episode and a classic, and I do like Marge and Bart stories. This episode falls in that camp.
Marge decides to reward the family by going to the Family Fun Center which leads to Bart trying to hangout with Nelson. Nelson, being the bad boy character, Marge doesn't like how the boy acts and doesn't want Bart to hang out with him, which of course he does. Bart really wanted to use the B.B Gun the boy had won and whilst playing around he ends up killing a bird mom.
Bart feels instantly bad and he did try to not aim at the bird. Marge finds out that Bart got out and goes to get him from Nelson's place. She finds out that Bart killed a bird. She's disappointed and decides to let Bart be and goes away. He finds out there were two eggs left in the nest and decides to take care of them.
This episode is also historical for the Simpsons, this is the last episode that Phil Hartman had voice acted on in his role of Troy McClure.
In the episode you see how much work and dedication Bart puts into taking care of these eggs. Marge wonders what Bart is doing and finds out about the eggs. She's happy that Bart took the care. The eggs start to hatch and the episode has a twist, the eggs weren't birds but Bolivian Tree Lizards. (Those aren't real too) It's apparently a species of lizard that kills bird eggs then lays its own eggs and eat the mother.
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The bird watchers want to kill the lizards because they are evasive species and Bart feels close to them. Marge understands and decides to let him run, in a sweet moment. The lizards apparently can glide and don't die off the roof and spread around the town. The episode's takes a dark sense of humor when the lizards spread and start killing the pigeons and the town is so happy that Bart gets an award.
This episode is not as good as "Marge Be not Proud" but it does offer a good Marge and Bart story and shows Bart's not all bad side. I think it's always good to give Bart more than one element to his character and this was good for that. The episode is also good for people who dark jokes, it's kind of a dark joke at the end where the lizards, that are bad, are good for the town because they just hate pigeons. That and Lisa even points out that Bart was sad he killed a bird but now many many birds are dead.
That's it for now, tune in next time when the great lizard vs pigeon war starts.
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