2x01 Bart Gets an F - The Simpsons Episode Guide

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Episode: 02x01
Title: Bart Gets an F
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 7F03
First Aired: Oct. 11, 1990

Season 2 » Episode #01 - Bart Gets an F

Summary: After failing a history test, Bart strikes a deal with Martin Prince to make him cool in exchange for tutoring. Bart successfully transforms Martin into a regular kid, but Martin reneges on his side of the bargain and Bart is once again in danger of failing. After an all-night study session, Bart still fails but he manages to impress Mrs. Krabappel with his grasp of history and she gives him a D-minus, a grade Homer is proud to hang on the fridge.

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Who appeared in this episode?

Others	voiced by Dan Castellaneta
Hans Moleman	voiced by Dan Castellaneta
Others	voiced by Julie Kavner
Selma Bouvier	voiced by Julie Kavner
Patty Bouvier	voiced by Julie Kavner
Others	voiced by Nancy Cartwright
Mrs. Krabappel	voiced by Marcia Wallace
Others	voiced by Harry Shearer
Additional Voices	voiced by Jo Ann Harris

Season 2 / Episode 1: - Bart Gets an F

Mrs. Krabappel: Your grades have gotten steadily worse since the beginning of the term. Are you aware of that?
Bart: Yes, ma'am.
Mrs. Krabappel: And are you aware there is a major exam coming up tomorrow on Colonial America?
Bart: Yes, ma'am.

Mrs. Krabappel: Blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah-blah, blah-blah?
Bart: Yes, ma'am.
Mrs. Krabappel: Blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah-blah, blah-blah!
Bart: Yes, ma'am.
Mrs. Krabappel: Bart! You haven't been listening to a word I've said, have you?
Bart: Yes, ma'am.
Mrs. Krabappel: Well, then what did I say?
Bart: Uh...”straighten up and fly right?"
Mrs. Krabappel: [spluttering] Well, that was a lucky guess!

Season 2 / Episode 1: - Bart Gets an F

Bart: [praying] God, please give me one more chance to study, give me a snow day, or a power outage, or a teacher's strike, anything, please!
Lisa: Prayer: the last refuge of the scoundrel.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FACT: The textbook Bart is reading says the First Continental Congress was debating over the Declaration of Independence when, in fact, it was actually the Second Continental Congress.
CONT: When Ned shows Homer his new shoes in "Bart Gets an F", his glasses are present in some shots and missing in others.