SIDESHOW SLIDESHOW

Whoo-hoo! This is my first ORIGINAL Simpsons fic. No movie parody/spoof. I really hope you enjoy it, I really do...

CHAPTER ONE: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN BOB

Marge and Lisa are preparing the projector for the slides in the living room. Homer walks in holding an enormous amount of food.

"Homer, is that for everybody or just you?" Marge asks.

"Oh, you guys want some? I'll be right back." He goes back to the kitchen.

"This was a great idea to show off our slides from our cross-country vacation mom." Lisa says.

"Thanks honey. I thought it would be fun if we remembered all the good times we had." Marge replies as she turns the projector on.

"Yeah, it's also good to remember the days that Homer actually goes outside!" Bart laughs. Unfortunately, Homer had entered the room when Bart said that.

Homer drops the food he was carrying and runs to Bart. "WHY YOU LITTLE!!!" He starts choking Bart.

"Break it up you two, Patty and Selma will be here any minute!" Marge says as she picks up the food that Homer dropped on the floor.

"AWWWW! Marge, why do they have to come?"

"Because, they're the ones that always show slides to us, so why not return the favor?" She puts the food in a huge pile on the table.

"Fine..." Homer grumbles. The doorbell rings. "Oh, here's Bat One and Bat Two now!"

"HOMER! Be nice to them!" Marge yells to Homer.

"Can't make any promises, Marge!" He opens the door. "Well speak of the devil! Or should I say DEVILS!" Homer laughs.

"Move it lard-o!" Patty shoves Homer out of the way. Selma follows.

"Patty, Selma! Great to see you again!" Marge hugs her sisters.

"Great to see you too Marge." Selma pulls out a cigarette. "So, you got some slides, huh?"

"Yes we do! From our recent vacation." Marge sits down on the couch. Homer comes over and sits next to her. "Homie, could you pull up the projection screen?"

"But, Marge, I just sat down!"

"I'll do it, mom!" Lisa runs over to the screen and pulls it up.

"Thank you honey. Now, everyone enjoy the show!" Marge grabs the clicker so she can change slides manually. "Homer do you want to narrate?"

"Nah, I'm eating." Homer says with a mouth full of food.

Bart responds to this almost immediately. "There's a surprise!" Homer just stares angrily at Bart.

Marge clicks to the first slide. "Here's us packing for our trip!" The picture shows Marge holding her suitcase. She moves on to the next photo. It shows Homer with his suitcases, one with clothes sticking out of it and the other with the label Homer's Food. NO ONE EAT EXCEPT FOR HOMER! The next slide shows them putting the luggage in the car. Bart sits up from his seat in shock. He thought he saw something...or someone. Marge moves on to the next photo. It shows them getting in to the car. Bart definitely sees something.

"MOM, wait! Look!!" He points to a tree in the background. In it is something reddish-brown. Kind of, well...fluffy. "Do, you know what that could be?"

"Probably just some hairy branches. Move on Marge!" Homer says.

Marge moves on. This picture shows Maggie, Bart and Lisa in the backseat. As do the next few. On the last one of the backseat photos. Bart sees the same reddish-brown thing along with something else.

Oh, my God! Is that who I think it is? Bart thinks. It has to be! Look at the size of that shoe! It's huge!

Marge moves on to the next picture. It shows the Simpsons at a rest stop.

Bart jumps on the couch. "LOOK!!!!" He points to a figure in the back near some trees.

"It's probably just a bum, keep going Marge!" Homer says, still eating.

"NO! I'm trying to tell you that we're all in danger!" Bart says.

Homer turns to Bart. "Yeah, in danger of not getting through this! Pick up the pace Marge!"

I'm not getting through to them! I've got to find a picture where he's clearly visible! As Marge clicks through several more pictures, Bart finally sees the picture he's been looking for. "AH-HA! LOOK! See, right there!" The picture that he's looking at is a picture of a crowd. He points to a tall, somewhat pale man. "THAT'S--"

Sideshow Bob pops up in their window. "ME!!!!"

"SIDESHOW BOB!!!!!!" They all yell in horror, except for Homer who fell asleep.

"Homie, wake up! We're in danger." Marge shakes Homer trying to wake him up. Sideshow Bob climbs into the house with a rope. "Homer, wake up!!" She takes the donut out of his hand. Homer immediately wakes up.

"Hey, I was eating that." He sees Bob in the middle of the room with a gun. He shrieks. "SIDESHOW MEL!!!!!"

Bob groans. "My name is Bob. Sideshow Bob! You are thinking of the dolt who replaced me on Krusty's show." Homer stares blankly. "Your son sent me to prison?" He tries to jolt Homer's memory. "I've tried to kill you all several times in elaborate situations?" Homer sits quietly, still forgetting who he is. "I'm a man with a gun! Just sit down in the middle of the room!!"

"Gun. That's all you had to say. Can I bring my food?" Homer asks.

"Sure why not?" Bob says.

"WHOO-HOO!"

Coming up in Chapter 2: Bob explains why he is in almost every picture.

Reviews would be greatly, greatly appreciated!