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Chapter 19, Cause and Effect.
Season 2,
14. Bart passes his history exam because he failed his book report. (Though it is also possible that Bart passed the fourth grade because he cheated on his intelligence test)
Why: When Bart failed his book report, Mrs. Krabbappel insisted on talking to Bart's parents, where they are advised to hold him back, which makes him scared, which causes him to ask for help, which causes Martin to abandon Bart, which caused Bart to Pray, and Lisa heard him, which caused snow to fall, which caused Lisa to stop Bart from playing, which caused Bart to study as hard as he could, making his F all the more hard, causing him to be upset and cry, causing him to say the 1754 fact, causing Mrs. Krappappel to give him another point that allowed him to pass.
(Why: as for the other possible reason. If Bart hadn't cheated on his intelligence test, Martin would have been sent to the advanced school, and Bart probably would have asked Lisa for help. So when he asks Martin for help, he could feel guilty at robbing Martin of acceptance among his advanced peers, and that's why he asked Martin for help in exchange of being cooler. So when Martin abandons him at the last second, he doesn't know what else to do besides pray)
15. Homer knows that Marge finds him beautiful because they were watching 'Grade School Challenges'.
Why: they were watching Grade School Challenges and that's where they saw the commercial for Dimoxinil, which made Homer want the product, which caused him to go down and learn how expensive it was, which caused him to vent to his friends, which caused Homer to charge it to the company, which caused him to have hair overnight, which caused him to get a promotion, which caused Mr. Smithers to get jealous, which caused Mr. Smithers to find a reason to find the Dimoxinil charge, which caused Carl to be fired. So when Homer loses his hair, he loses his promotion and is worried that Marge will think he's ugly and Marge sings to him about how beautiful he is.
16. Homer was too scared to sleep because he decided to check on his children.
Why: Homer decides to check on his children he overheard all of their scary stories and becomes to scared to sleep.
17. Marge ruined Mr. Burns campaign because Bart caught a fish.
Why: Bart catches Blinky, which causes the reporter to see the nuclear plants water, which causes a large scandal, which causes the plant to be inspected, which causes Mr. Burns to either fix up the plant or shut it down, which causes Burns to get drunk and cry in his car, causing Homer to see him, causing Homer to encourage Burns to run for Mayor, which causes Burns to slowly become beloved by the town, which causes Marge to serve Blinky for dinner, which causes Burns to spit it out and ruin his campaign.
18. Homer stopped being a Mascot because Mr. Burns sat next to him.
Why: When Mr. Burns sits next to Homer, it causes them to drink and have fun together, which causes Homer to get annoyed at the team for ruining his game, so Homer gets up and dances to encourage the crowd, which causes the team to win, which causes Homer to be recruited to be a mascot, which causes him to be successful enough to go to Capital City, which causes him to be embarrassed by the new crowd, which causes him to be fired.
19. Bed and Homer mowed each other's lawn in their wife's Sunday best, because Bart was doing a science project.
Why: Bart had to do his science project, so Homer had to mow the lawn, which causes Homer to yell for a beer, which causes Ned to invite him over, which causes Homer to get jealous, which causes Homer to yell at Ned, which causes Ned to kick Homer out, which causes Ned to feel guilty, which causes him to write a letter, which causes Ned to follow up on his letter, which causes them to see the competition, which causes Homer to pressure Bart to win, which causes Ned and Homer to make a bet, which causes them both to pressure their kids, which causes them to end the game in a draw, which causes Homer and Ned to Mow in dresses.
20. Bart apologized to Lisa because Bart brought the turkey into the room.
Why: Bart brings in the turkey, which causes him to fight or space in the table, which causes Lisa's centerpiece to get burned, which causes Lisa to get upset, which causes Marge to yell at Bart, which causes Bart to run away, which causes the family to get upset, which causes Lisa to cry, which causes Bart to hear her, which causes Bart to help Lisa on the roof, which causes Lisa to point out that Bart feels guilty, which causes Bart to apologize.
21. Homer fell down Springfield Gorge twice because of a commercial for Truckasaurus.
Why: Because of the commercial, Homer and Bart are desperate to go, which causes them to see a daredevil, which causes Bart to want to become a daredevil, which causes Bart to do all sorts of jumps, which causes him to get bored, which causes him the desire to jump Springfield Gorge, which causes Homer to accidentally jump, which causes him to fall down and get hurt, which causes him to be lifted out of the Gorge, which causes him to fall down the Gorge a second time.
22. Springfieldians got to see Michelangelo's David because Maggie watches Itchy and Scratchy.
Why: Maggie watches Itchy and Scratchy, which causes her to be influenced by the violence and hurt Homer, which causes Marge to go on strike, which causes the studio to make nonviolent cartoons, which causes Marge to be a icon, which causes her to defend the statue, which causes her to lose her credibility, which causes the statue to stay, and the cartoons to be violent.
23. Homer loves Marge more then ever because Bart rode his skateboard after church.
Why: Bart rose his skateboard after church, which causes Bart to be hit my Mr. Burns, which causes Bart to be hurt, which causes them to get Lionel Hutz as their lawyer, which causes a case of a million dollars, which causes Lionel to use a fake defense, which causes Marge to feel guilty, which causes her to tell the truth on the witness stand, which causes them to lose the case, which causes Homer to get upset, which causes him to question his feelings for Marge, which causes Marge to follow him to the bar, which causes Homer to look Marge in the eye, which causes him to know he loves her more then ever.
24. Homer wanted to live a better life because Lisa wanted to eat something different.
Why: Because Lisa wanted to eat something different, which caused them to go to the Happy Sumo, which causes Homer to love sushi, which causes Homer to try blowfish, which causes Homer to believe he is poisoned, which causes him to think he is dying, which causes him to be ecstatic when he wakes up alive.
25. Homer and Marge started dating because Marge read a magazine and got mad.
Why: Because Marge got mad, she got detention, which causes her to meet Homer, which causes Homer to fall in love with her, which causes him to work to win Marge, which causes Marge to be go over to him house, which causes Homer to ask Marge to prom, which causes Homer to tell her that he tricked her, which causes her to get mad and dump him, which causes her to go out with someone else, which causes her dress to be ripped, which causes Marge to go home, which causes her to see Homer, which causes her to go back to Homer, which causes him to fix her dress, which causes them to start dating.
26. Homer missed the greatest fight ever because Ned wanted to subscribe to a new arts and crafts channel.
Why: Ned subscribes to the Arts and Craft channel, which causes a maintenance man to go to Ned's house, which causes the maintenance man to offer Ned an illegal hookup, which causes Ned to get mad, which causes Homer to wake up, which causes Homer to stop the maintenance man, which causes Homer to get illegal cable, which causes Lisa to get worried at church, which causes her to protest the tv, which causes Homer to see that he was wrong, which causes Homer to sit outside until the fight is over.
27. Patty rejects Skinner's marriage proposal because Patty and Selma go to a wedding.
Why: Because going to that wedding made Selma want to get married, which causes Selma to want a husband, which causes Selma to ask Marge for help, which causes Marge to ask Homer for help, which causes Homer to look around for a brother in law, which causes him to pick Principal Skinner, which causes Homer to invite Skinner over, which causes Skinner to fall in love with Patty, which causes Selma to have Patty go on the date, which causes Patty to love Skinner, which causes Selma to become more depressed, which causes Selma to willingly marry someone she doesn't love, which causes Patty to worry about Selma, which causes her to breakup with Skinner.
28. Herb Powell lost his business because Abe Simpson had a mild heart attack.
Why: Because Abe has a heart attack, Abe feels like he needs to tell Homer about his brother, which causes Homer to search for Herb, which causes Herb to invite Homer and his family to his mansion, which causes Herb to ask Homer to design a car for him, which causes Herb to lose all of his money and business.
29. Santa's Little Helper passes obedience school because he doesn't understand what was being said to him.
Why: Because Santa's Little Helper doesn't understand anyone, so he keeps getting in trouble, which causes the dog to go to obedience school, which causes Bart to work hard to keep his dog, which causes Santa's Little Helper to understand Bart, which causes Santa's Little Helper to pass obedience school.
30. Abe Simpson restored the retirement home because a nurse mixed up his pills.
Why: Because the mixup caused Abe to meet Bea, which caused them to fall in love, which causes Bea to put Abe in her will, which causes Abe to get her money when she dies, which causes him to look for a good cause to donate his money to, which causes him to restore the retirement home.
31. Marge showcased a naked painting of Mr. Burns because Krusty spent a week at Mount Splashmore.
Why: Krusty spent a week at Mount Splashmore, which causes him to do a tv special on location, which causes Bart and Lisa to want to go, which causes Homer to get stuck in the slide, which causes Homer to start exercising, which causes him to go up to the garage to find his weights, which causes Bart to find Marge's old paintings, which causes Homer to bring them down, which causes Lisa to encourage Marge to take an art class, which causes her to paint Homer, which causes Marge to win a art contest, which causes Mr. Smithers to see Marge in the Newspaper, which causes Burns to choose Marge to paint him, which causes Burns to spend time at the Simpson house, which causes Marge to see Burns naked, which causes Marge to realize that was the way to bring out his inner beauty is his vulnerability, which causes her to paint a naked portrait on Burns for the museum.
32. Homer cheered up Lisa because Ms. Hoover thought that she had Lime disease.
Why: Because Ms. Hoover thinks that she has Lime disease, she leaves the school, causing Mr. Bergstrom to show up, causing Lisa to become attracted to Mr. Bergstrom, which causes Mr. Bergstrom to be aware that Lisa needs a proper male figure in her life, causing Mr. Bergstrom to talk to Homer, causing Homer to embarrass Lisa, causing Lisa to try and ask him to dinner, causing Lisa to run out of class when Mr. Bergstrom is gone, causing Lisa to track Mr. Bergstrom, causing Mr. Bergstrom to write a letter to Lisa, causing Lisa to be upset and yell at her father, causing Homer to go after her and make her feel better.
33. Homer became a fishing legend because Marge wanted to have a dinner party.
Why: Because Marge wanted a dinner party, Homer got drunk and embarrassed her in front of their friends, causing her to go to church alone, causing Homer to follow her, causing Marge to sign them up for a marriage retreat, causing Homer to bring fishing equipment, causing Homer to stop for worms, causing Homer to hear about General Sherman, causing Homer to swear catch General Sherman, causing Homer to sneak off to fish, causing Marge to catch him, causing Homer to go out for a walk to clear his head, causing him to accidentally grab a abandoned fishing pole and catch General Sherman, causing Marge to get mad at Homer, causing Homer to throw General Sherman back, causing him to become a fishing legend.
34. A copy of Radioactive Man #1 got destroyed because Bart went to the comic book convention.
Why: Bart went to the convention, causing him to see a copy of Radioactive Man #1, causing him to become obsessed with owning it, causing Bart to do lots of odd jobs to earn money, causing Bart to want it more, causing Bart and Martin and Milhouse to pool their money together to buy the comic, causing them to become suspicious over each other, causing Martin to be tied to a chair, causing Bart and Milhouse to fight, causing Milhouse to dangle out of the treehouse, causing the comic to fly out, causing the comic to be destroyed in the rain/dog/lightning.
35. The Simpsons own an Olmec Head statue because Mr. Burns has a rare blood type.
Why: Burns needs a transfusion, but since he has rare blood he has trouble finding a match, causing Homer to rush home, causing Bart to donate blood, causing Burns to get better, causing Burns to write a thank you note to the Simpsons, causing Homer to get mad, causing him to write a nasty letter, causing Bart to mail the letter, causing Burns to get mad, causing him to order Homer to be hurt, causing Smithers to cancel the order, causing Burns to run to the mall to buy the Simpsons a present, causing Bart to own an Olmec head.
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Ok, that's it for this chapter. The next one will be Lisa's evaluation of season 4. Hope you stick around and enjoy this stalker page.