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I also like the fact that this is the first episode to have the new and very much improved opening sequence. This is also of course the first episode of the second season of the Simpsons. This is also the first appearance of Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby. I love the ending of this episode. It is so heartwarming.
Here is the plot of this episode. Bart is not doing very well in school. To skip tests, he pretends to be sick, and he still flunks. He learns that if he does not pass the next test he is going to have to repeat the fourth grade. He tries to get help from a very smart child named Martin. Unforatunaty, he makes Martin a rebel just like Bart. Then the big test comes. Bart fails. Then he tells Mrs. Krabappel about some very advanced history. Krabappel bumps his grade up to a D-, so he passed the test, just barely.
Overall, this is a good episode of the Simpsons. It is not the best season opener of all time, Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Two) is, but this is still a very well-done and emotional episode. I also thought when Bart cries at the end when he realizes he failed his tears look deformed and psychotic. At least they do not look like all that anime tears. I hate anime. Anyway, this is a very good episode of the Simpsons, but not the greatest.
8/10
I also like the fact that this is the first episode to have the new and very much improved opening sequence. This is also of course the first episode of the second season of the Simpsons. This is also the first appearance of Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby. I love the ending of this episode. It is so heartwarming.
Here is the plot of this episode. Bart is not doing very well in school. To skip tests, he pretends to be sick, and he still flunks. He learns that if he does not pass the next test he is going to have to repeat the fourth grade. He tries to get help from a very smart child named Martin. Unforatunaty, he makes Martin a rebel just like Bart. Then the big test comes. Bart fails. Then he tells Mrs. Krabappel about some very advanced history. Krabappel bumps his grade up to a D-, so he passed the test, just barely.
Overall, this is a good episode of the Simpsons. It is not the best season opener of all time, Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Two) is, but this is still a very well-done and emotional episode. I also thought when Bart cries at the end when he realizes he failed his tears look deformed and psychotic. At least they do not look like all that anime tears. I hate anime. Anyway, this is a very good episode of the Simpsons, but not the greatest.
8/10