| Episode Summary |
|
It is Thanksgiving in the Simpsons' house and Lisa assembles a decorative centerpiece for the dinner table. The family sits down to give thanks along with Patty, Selma, Marge's mother, and Grampa. When Lisa sets down her centerpiece, however, she argues with Bart about where it should go. In the ensuing struggle, the creation flies into the fireplace and burns up. Devastated, Lisa runs upstairs sobbing while Marge and Homer send Bart to his room for ruining Thanksgiving.
Bart feels mistreated and runs away. Walking the streets alone, cold and hungry, he finds a homeless shelter that is serving Thanksgiving dinner. A TV crew covering the event interviews Bart, and puts him on the local news.
When Homer and Marge see their son on TV, they tell the police that Bart has run away. Bart eventually wanders back home. Not sure that he wants to give up his life of freedom on the open road, he climbs up on the roof to think things out. Hearing Lisa cry because she misses him, Bart calls her onto the roof. He realizes that what he did was wrong and apologizes to her. Reunited, the family resumes its Thanksgiving dinner. |
| Chalkboard Gag |
|
|
I WILL NOT DO THAT THING WITH MY TONGUE. |
| Couch Gag |
|
 |
| Notes |
|
- Television parade floats include Bullwinkle, Underdog and Bart Simpson
- Lisa's centerpiece is a "Tribute to Trailblazing Women" and includes Georgia O'Keeffe, Susan B. Anthony and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas
- Bart contributes to dinner by making "Cranberry Sauce a la Bart" which consists of him dumping canned cranberry sauce in a bowl
- The Dallas Cowboys are Homer's favorite NFL team
- The Springfield Retirement Castle has a sign which reads Thank You for Not Discussing the Outside World
- Lisa's room has poster which reads End Apartheid while Bart's door reads Keep Out!
- A sewage pipe has graffiti which reads El Barto
- Mr. Burns mansion is on the corner of Croesus and Mammon
- Burns' Manor security guards are reading Les Miserables
- The wrong side of the tracks area features Massage Parlor, Billiards, Pawn, Liquor Yes We Have Rot Gut, Springfield Plasma Center and Rescue Mission
- A sign in the window of the Springfield Plasma Center reads Blood Donors Needed We Buy Blood Turkey Day Special $12.00
- Kent Brockman's girlfriend is the weather lady
|
| Notable Characters in This Episode |
|
|
|
|
| Watch / Purchase this Episode |
|
|
|
|
