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** Bart says "[[Wild Palms|Everything about me must go]]."
** Bart says "[[Wild Palms|Everything about me must go]]."
** A sled on Moe's wall is called [[Citizen Kane|Rosebud]].
** A sled on Moe's wall is called [[Citizen Kane|Rosebud]].
** "[[Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.|Are you there, God? It's me, Bart Simpson]]."
** "[[Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.|Are you there, God? It's me, Bart Simpson]]."
** Moe offers a free meal if he doesn't smile, like in the ''[[Alice (TV series)|Alice]]'' episode "Mona Lisa Alice".
** Moe offers a free meal if he doesn't smile, like in the ''[[Alice (TV series)|Alice]]'' episode "Mona Lisa Alice".
* [[Silence, You Fool]]: Homer's brain tells Homer to be silent so he could steal Bart's spaghetti and Moe balls.
* [[Silence, You Fool]]: Homer's brain tells Homer to be silent so he could steal Bart's spaghetti and Moe balls.
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* [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]]: "Bart sold his soul, and that's just swell / Now he's going straight to — / Hello operator, give me number nine..."
* [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]]: "Bart sold his soul, and that's just swell / Now he's going straight to — / Hello operator, give me number nine..."


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Revision as of 17:52, 29 April 2023

"But you know Bart, some philosophers believe that nobody is born with a soul. That you have to earn one through suffering and thought and prayer, like you did last night."

"Bart Sells His Soul" (production code 3F02) starts with Bart getting in trouble at church for switching the hymns. Milhouse rats him out, and they both get punished. While they clean the organ pipes, Bart and Milhouse argue about the existence of souls. Convinced about the non-existence of souls, Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for ten bucks in the form of a paper with the words "Bart Simpson's soul." Soon, Bart realizes that he has actually sold his soul and vows to get it back. Turns out Milhouse sold Bart's soul to the Comic Book Guy who had already sold Bart's soul. Bart returns home and earnestly prays for his soul. As if in God's answer to the prayer, the soul paper floats down, but it turns out that Lisa had bought the soul.

The subplot involves Moe renovating his tavern into a family restaurant called Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag.

Tropes used in Bart Sells His Soul include:

Milhouse: But every religion says there's a soul, Bart. Why would they lie? What would they have to gain?
(Cut to Lovejoy, in his office, working a change sorting machine.)

Moe: (to a little girl complaining her soda's too cold) Your teeth hurt? Your teeth hurt?! Well, that's too freakin' bad. You hear me? I'll tell you where you can put your freaking "sodie" too!
(All the customers gasp)
Todd: Ow, my freakin' ears!
Ned: Well! I expect that type of language at Denny's, but not here!

  • Head Desk: Bart on the Comic Book Guy's display case.

"Um, excuse me: no banging your head on the display case, please. It contains a very rare Mary Worth in which she has advised a friend to commit suicide. Thank you."

  • Hiss Before Fleeing: Bart does this when he is caught trying to buy Ralph Wiggum's soul. For bonus points, he disappears into smoke like a supernatural being and his eyes are briefly reptillian-slitted.
  • Instant Mass, Just Add Water: Subverted and mocked. Bart uses the five dollar from Milhouse to buy dinosaur shaped sponges which the page advertises as growing gigantic when made wet. Bart imagines them growing into large dinosaur sized sponges which then frighten Lisa. What he gets is a pair of sponges that get slightly bigger and then get washed by the hose down the sewer drain.
  • Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Things start becoming a bit odd for soulless Bart, such as not being able to open automatic doors, his pets hissing wildly at him and...not being able to breathe on glass...but it's never firmly established if he really did lose his soul.
  • Prayer Is a Last Resort
  • Reindeer Aren't Real: Bart puts Michael Jackson on a list of fictional things adults make up to scare children.
  • Seven Deadly Sins:
    • Lust: "Hey Marge, remember when we used to make out to this hymn?"
    • Gluttony: Moe says the deep fat fryer "will flash fry a live buffalo in 45 seconds."

Homer: But I want it now!

  1. ↑ and catapult nightmare
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