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Chapter 17, Cause and Effect.
Sometimes watching the Simpsons, you notice how one act can lead to a whole adventure. So I kinda wanted to highlight that in this chapter.
Season 1,
1. The Simpsons adopted Santa's Little Helper because Bart got a tattoo.
How- Bart got the tattoo, so Marge spent all the Christmas money in order to get it removed, so Homer had to become a mall Santa, so when Homer didn't get as much money as he expected he had to go to the dog track, then he bet on Santa's Little Helper and lost, so Homer and Bart stayed in the parking lot and tried to find a winning ticket, so when Santa's Little Helper got kicked out of the Dog Track he had a home to go to.
2. Bart left Genius Schiol because Martin was trying to fend off the desecration of the regular school building.
How- Martin tattled on Bart, and Martin also forced Bart to face the window, this annoyed Bart, Martin sat outside where Bart could see him and they started making faces at each other, making Edna look out the window, giving Bart the opportunity to switch tests with Martin, making the school think Bart was a genius, sending him to a different school until Bart finally confessed.
3. Homer became the safety inspector because Bart's class went on a field trip to the power plant.
How- Bart's class went on the field trip, and Bart yelled/distracted Homer, causing Homer to get in a accident, causing him to get fired, causing Homer to become depressed, causing him to try and kill himself, causing the family to run to save Homer, which almost got them killed, which caused Homer to want a stop sign, causing him to go to City Hall to get that stop sign, causing him to make a whole bunch of signs, causing Homer to want to go after his old bosses, causing Homer to hold a protest at the plant, causing Mr. Burns to offer Homer the Safety Inspector job.
4. The Simpsons got a better tv because the Simpsons attended the plants annual picnic.
How- the Simpsons went to the plant picnic, causing him to become ashamed of his family, causing him to complain at the bar, causing him to get in a fight with Barney, causing him to pay attention to Dr. Marvin Monroe's commercial, causing Homer to make an appointment with the doctor, causing the Simpsons to quickly gather the money for the appointment, causing the family to pawn their current tv, causing the family to get mad at Homer, causing Homer to get mad, Causing Dr. Monroe to use the electrical generator, causing the Simpsons to abuse the machine, causing the Doctor to give the Simpsons a refund, causing Homer to go out and buy a better tv.
5. Bart and Nelson have an 'Armistic Treaty', because Lisa made cupcakes for her teacher.
How- Lisa made cupcakes for her teacher, causing a friend of Nelson to steal her box of cupcakes, causing Bart to stand up for his sister, causing Bart and the kid to get in a fight, causing Nelson to pull Bart off, causing Bart to accidentally hit Nelson in the face, causing Nelson to get a nose bleed, causing Nelson to seek revenge, causing Bart to get beat up every day, which caused Bart to ask for help, which caused Abe to introduce Bart to Herman, which caused Herman to strategize an army and attack, which causes Bart and the army to attack Nelson, causing Nelson to threaten Bart, causing Herman to write up the treaty that they both signed.
6. The Simpsons saw Bleeding Gums Murphy at the Jazzhole because Lisa woke up in a poor mood.
How- Lisa woke up in a poor mood, which caused Lisa to not participate in her school work, which caused her to get in trouble, which caused her parents to become concerned about her, Causing Marge to dream about her childhood, causing Marge to rush out of the house when she heard Lisa's saxophone, causing Marge to talk to Lisa about smiling, causing Lisa to smile, causing Marge to get angry, causing Marge to save Lisa, causing Lisa to stop being sad, causing Marge to make it up to Lisa by taking the family to the Jazz Hole
7. People believe that Homer is Bigfoot because Ned Flanders bought a nice RV.
How- Ned bought a nice RV, causing Homer to go out and buy his own RV, causing the Simpsons to go camping, causing Homer to nearly drive off a cliff, causing the Simpsons to become stranded, causing Bart and Homer to go look for help, causing them to fall down a waterfall, causing them to get lost, causing them to get desperate for food, causing Homer to eat honey, causing bees to sting Homer's mouth, causing Homer to run in the mucky water, causing Homer to get covered in that mud, causing Homer to see the man filming, causing Homer to try and talk to him, causing the man to run to the news station with his camera, causing the news to call Homer a Bigfoot, causing people to hunt Homer, causing Homer to get tested on by scientists who have mixed results.
8. Bart returned the statue head because Marge didn't want to drop Bart at the movies.
How- Marge didn't want to drop Bart at the movies, causing the family to go straight home, causing Bart to change and take his skateboard to the the theater, causing Jimbo to call out to him, causing Bart to crash, causing Jimbo to like Bart, causing them all to sneak into the movie, causing them to get kicked out of the movie, causing them to wander around town, causing Bart to get kicked out of the group, causing Bart to go to Homer for advice, causing Bart to decapitate the statue, causing the whole town to get upset, causing Bart to become guilty, causing him to return the head, causing him to tell the mob why he did what he did, causing Bart to put the head back on the statue.
9. Marge decided to stay with Homer because Homer bought Marge a gift he could keep.
How- Homer bought Marge a bowling ball, causing her to get upset, causing her to go bowling out of spite, causing her to accidentally bowl into Jacques lane, causing him to become her teacher, causing Marge to fall for Jacques, causing Marge to go down the street to the power plant and the fiesta terrace, causing her to decide which man she wants, causing her to pick Homer.
10. Homer taught Bart to respect women because Eugene Fisk got drunk at a party.
How- Eugene Fisk got drunk, causing him to flirt with a girl, causing them to start dating, causing them to get married, causing Eugene to have a stag party that Homer was invited to, causing Homer to dance with Princess Kashmir, allowing Bart to take the picture, causing Bart to join the future photographers of America club, allowing Bart to develop his photo, causing Milhouse to want the picture, causing others to want the picture, causing Marge to see the picture, causing Marge to kick Homer out of the house, causing the children to miss Homer, causing Marge to think about how to fix it, causing Marge to invite Homer back to the house, causing Marge sending Bart and Homer to go find Princess Kashmir, causing Homer to become apart of the performance, causing Homer to realize what he was doing to Bart, causing Homer to stop and give a speech about women, causing Bart to respect women.
11. Adil got arrested because Bart didn't clean his room.
How- Bart didn't clean his room, causing Homer to fall down the stairs, causing Homer to hurt his back, causing Marge to order Homer to clean his room, causing Bart to find a cherry bomb, causing Bart to flush the cherry bomb down the toilet, causing Bart to hurt Mrs. Skinner, causing Principal Skinner to send Bart to France and have Adil stay with the Simpsons, causing Adil to become close to Homer, causing Homer to wave to Adil when Homer saw him, causing the police to see Adil, causing Adil to get arrested.
12. Sideshow Bob got arrested because Patty and Selma had a slide show of the Yucatán.
How- Patty and Selma had their slide show, causing the children to see the news report on Krusty's arrest, causing Bart to become upset, causing Bart to ask Lisa for help, causing the children to see Slideshow Bob for questioning, causing Slideshow Bob to give them tickets for the show, causing Slideshow Bob to notice Bart's unhappiness, causing Bart to talk about his investigation, causing Bob to dispute it, causing Bart to realize that Bob was the one who robbed the Kwik-e-mart, causing Bob to get arrested.
13. Ms. Botz almost got arrested because Marge was feeling unappreciated.
How- Marge was feeling unappreciated, causing Marge to call into the radio show, causing Homer to hear how upset she was, causing Homer to complain to Moe, causing Moe to tell Homer how to fix it, causing Marge and Homer to get ready for their date, causing them to call a last minute babysitter, causing Ms. Botz to babysit the children, causing the children to take her down, and she would have gotten arrested if Homer and Marge hadn't untied her.
Heh, this is fun. I think I'll only do a season at a time for this segment. Anyways, I do hope that this was fun for you as well. The next chapter is going to be the evaluation of Bart in the third season.