- Bart ends up at a school for gifted children after cheating on an IQ test.
- Bart is fearing that he will fail an intelligence test, Bart switches exams with Martin Prince. When school psychologist Dr. Pryor studies the results, he thinks that Bart is a genius, and Bart is enrolled into a new school for genius kids. Bart doesn't fit in very well though.—TnMovieFan2@aol.com
- Bart is afraid that he won't pass his IQ test, and he doesn't know what to do. But when the teacher leaves brainy Martin's test on her desk, Bart has the chance to use it and cheat. Meanwhile, when he receives his test results back, he passes it which makes his teacher, principal, and parents amazed, making them think he's a genius. A psychologist tells Bart he can go to a school where kids have a unique and special skill of learning. When Bart accepts, he doesn't know what he should do because he knows he's not smart.
- After being scolded by Principal Skinner for graffitiing the school wall, Bart cheats on an IQ test and is sent to a school for gifted children. He gets much closer to his father, however he quickly realises that he can't keep up with academic children of the school, and his old friends begin to reject him for his 'genius brain'.
- Opening Credits: Blackboard joke: I will not waste chalk. Couch gag: The family runs in and sits on the couch, Bart is squeezed out and up into the air and doesnt come down until the camera cuts to the TV.
Act One:
The episode begins as the Simpson family plays Scrabble, in the living room, in an effort to build Bart's vocabulary for his aptitude test tomorrow at school. The game ends when Bart cheats and makes up an imaginary word, Kwyjibo, and defines it as, A big, dumb, balding, North American ape with no chin. Homer is instantly angered and chases Bart out of the room.
The next day before class, in the schoolyard, Martin Prince, the school genius aside from Lisa, tattles on Bart, for spray painting graffiti that defames Principal Skinner on the school building(Principal Skinner, "I Am A Weiner" even though he misspelled weiner with wiener). Skinner orders Bart to see him after school. As the children file into class, Mrs. Krabappel hands out aptitude tests to everyone. When she instructs the class on taking the timed intelligence test, Martin raises his hand, and reminds her that Bart is supposed to face the window during any test so he cant cheat. A grumbling, Bart turns his desk to face the window and the test begins. In an attempt to figure out a lengthy math word problem, Bart tries to visualize the problem so he can solve it. The visualization turns into a daydream and when Bart finally comes back to reality, Martin announces that he has finished his test already. Mrs. Krabappel sends Martin outside to read a book, during the remainder of the testing period. While Bart is still taking his test, he looks out the window to see a smug Martin sticking his tongue out at him. In retaliation, Bart makes faces back at Martin; Mrs. Krabappel spots Bart making faces and looks out the window to see what Bart is looking at. While her back is turned, Bart, who is seated at the front of the class, reaches over to Mrs. Krabappels desk and steals Martin's test, replaces his name with Bart's own own and then puts the test back on her desk. Bart then quickly fills out random answers on his own test and then writes Martin's name at the top and turns it in.
Later, after school, Marge and Homer are called to Principal Skinners office for a meeting about Barts behavior at school. Skinner informs Marge and Homer about Barts graffiti from earlier that morning. As he reaches for Barts rather extensive permanent record, and is about to suggest something along the lines of expulsion for Bart, his secretary buzzes in and says that Dr. J. Loren Pryor, the school psychiatrist is waiting to see him. Dr. Pryor walks in on the meeting, and surprises everyone when he tells them that Bart is a gifted child, and according to the aptitude test from earlier, Bart has an I.Q. of 216. Dr. Pryor suggests that Barts history of bad behavior stems from a lack of interest in his school work, due to the fact that it is too easy for him. Skinner wants Bart retested, but when Dr. Pryor suggests moving Bart to a school for gifted children Skinner jumps on board with the idea, and Bart quickly agrees when he hears that the school doesnt have much structure and that you get to make your own rules. Dr. Pryor hands Bart some paperwork for the gifted children school, and he, Homer and Marge leave the meeting stunned.
Act Two:
The next morning at the breakfast table, Marge and Homer hover around their new genius child and Homer tells Lisa to start eating what Bart eats for breakfast, so she can become a genius too. Unfortunately for him, she isn't fooled by Bart and knows that he is still just a dimwit. She mentions that no aptitude test can change the awful truth that he cheated by copying off of Martin Prince.
After breakfast, Homer takes Bart to the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children. Once inside the school they find Barts class, and after peeking in, they see that all the boys are wearing ties. So Homer gives Bart the tie he is wearing, and he gives Bart a little pep talk about his first day at the new school and shoves him in the classroom door. Once inside the class, Ms.Melon, the teacher introduces herself and the new classmates to Bart and shows him around the classroom. She tells Bart about the independent learning and that the only rule is for him to make his own rules. Class begins with a debate on the topic of free will and the paradoxes that it creates; Bart struggles to understand the discussion. Later at lunch, his classmates realize that Bart isnt really that smart when he accepts their ridiculously uneven trade offers. (Ex: 1000 Pico liters of milk for 4 gills worth. A gill is much, much larger than a Pico liter.) He dejectedly walks away from the lunch table as the other kids laugh at him since he's the laughing stok of the school. Bart soon comes to regret cheating off of Martin during the aptitude test.
Act Three:
After school, Bart relaxes in his room, when Homer walks in to see about his first day at the new school. Homer suggests they all go out for frosty chocolate milkshakes and Bart agrees. Just then Marge walks by, and tells Homer and Bart that she bought tickets to the opera in an effort to try to help nurture his brain, even though Lisa has previously warned her not to because she still suspects Bart cheating off of Martin. Despite that, she went through with her mother's plan to see if he would crack under pressure and confess to the family. Later during the opera, a bored and impatient Homer and Bart goof off and cut each other up, even though they are continually shushed by an upset Marge.
Cut to the next day at school where Bart feels even more stupid and left out when he cant understand a calculus problem on the chalkboard. Later, as he sadly walks home from school, he passes by the playground of his old school, where Richard, Lewis, and Milhouse are shooting marbles. When Bart greets them and tries to talk to them, they treat him like a nerd, call him names and tell him to get lost. Cut to later at dinner, as a depressed Bart eats, Marge reminds everyone that they cant be late for the film festival that she bought tickets for, as another way to nurture Bart's brain. He is reluctant to go to the festival and Homer tells him they dont have to. Just as Bart is about to tell Homer what is on his mind and confess about the false I.Q. test, Homer insists on going outside to play catch. After playing catch, Bart sees how much being a genius means to Homer and decides not to confess about what he has done, out of fear of disappointing him.
The Final Act:
The next day at the gifted children school, while performing a chemistry experiment, Bart accidentally causes an explosion, which results in green goo everywhere. Cut to Dr. Pryors office, where a green stained Bart meets, with Dr. Pryor. They discuss the reasoning behind his recent failings at the new school, and Dr. Pryor thinks that once again Bart isnt being challenged enough, while Bart suggests that he just go back to Springfield Elementary again. When Dr. Pryor wants to know why, Bart makes up an excuse and tells him that he would like to go undercover and study regular kids and their school environment, to see what makes em tick. Dr. Pryor agrees and tells Bart to write up a proposal to present to Principal Skinner while he goes to talk to him. Bart struggles to write a proposal and instead changes his mind and writes his confession. When Dr. Pryor comes back in the office and reads Barts confession he suddenly realizes that he was never a genius to begin with and Martin was the genius all along.
Later at home, a still green stained Bart greets his parents and Homer offers to give him a turpentine bath to wash off the green. Out in the backyard, as his father gives him a bath, Bart confesses about cheating on the aptitude test and tells Homer that he loves him and that he has enjoyed the extra attention from being a genius. He tells Homer that he doesnt think something that has brought them closer than they ever were before could be bad. But, Homer doesnt see it his way, and he chases Bart out of the tub, trying to choke him. Bart is too quick for Homer and runs into his bedroom and locks the door. An angry Homer pounds on Barts door, and tries to coax him to come out, while Bart taunts him from inside his room. Everything is back to normal in the Simpson home.
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