A new kid at school named Donny works with Bart on his pranks. But when the pranks start to backfire, Bart wonders if he can trust his new accomplice. Meanwhile, the Simpsons get a fancy loaner car after Marge gets in an accident, and Homer falls in love with it.
WAR
35.8
Wins Above Replacement
“The Debarted” ranks #399 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.4 — Great. The episode packs 53 scored jokes at 3.6 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.5 on impact, with Bart landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Willie · Skinner: Ah, get back to your knitting, Seymour. / I will, but it's because I want to.
Homer: Son, I know when we first met, we didn't really hit it off, but since then I've really come to respect you.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Maggie · Homer: Dad? / Sorry, Maggie.
Nelson · Milhouse · Nelson: Oh, my Gosh. It's an outhouse sent from the future. / Hey, I'm in here. / Be quiet, Robo-potty.
Bart: Skinner's five steps ahead of me. I put a tack in his chair, he's corked his pants! I throw a tomato, he's making salad!
Bart Escalation Character Comedy All Jokes — 53 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Unknown narrator/student: The art teacher is fat, not pregnant.
Marge: Taxicab License. What the...?
Marge Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: Fine! We'll divide the car into your side and my side. My leg is the barrier.
Bart Physical/Slapstick Escalation Lisa · Bart: Mom! / The system works!
Lisa: It's not funny! Your wearing cleats!
Lisa Escalation Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Bart: Sorry I'm late... I was in a car crash. Many hurt, but nobody cool was harmed.
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Bart: Who's the new meat in my seat?
Bart Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Donny: P.S. That school sucked.
Donny Wordplay/Pun Misdirection ★ Rewatch Donny · Mrs. Krabappel: Hey, Krabappel, your name sounds like 'crab apple.' Did you go sour waiting for someone to pick you? / Pretty much.
Bart: Isn't he awesome? When he grows up, I want to be like me!
Bart Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bart · Donny: Look, new kid, I'm the head hamster in this habitrail, capisce? / Well, maybe there's a new guinea pig in your cage. Capisce that? / Oh, I capisce. I capisce just fine. / Oh, well, you just keep on capisce-ing.
Homer · Mechanic: Loa... ner? She's right here. This is the kind of car you see in commercials! How much am I paying for this? - Nothing. - Hm, it seems like a lot.
Homer: You people are idiots! / That's the dumb... / What a stu... I mean, that sounds fair.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Homer: Look at you! Idiots! Driver of a loaner car Much better than a Driver of my normal car...
Homer Character Comedy Observational Ned · Homer: Whoa! Fancy wheels! What song does the horn play? / None. / Classy.
Homer: Son, I know when we first met, we didn't really hit it off, but since then I've really come to respect you.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: And unlike love, respect can't be bought.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: Now let's watch the air conditioner fight the heater.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: Now let's add the rear window defogger. / Twister! Get down!
Homer Escalation Absurdist Callback Skinner: 'Air Skinner' brings it up. He bounces the ball repeatedly in a dribbling type motion.
Skinner Wordplay/Pun Deadpan/Understatement Bart · Skinner: Great, I fouled out. Now can I go? / Nope, I grant you five more fouls.
Chalmers: Students may spend up to ten points per day in up to four of seven categories. Unused points roll over week to week but not month to month. Categories not included: meat, dairy, vegetables...
Chalmers: It's not funny; these movements are involuntary.
Chalmers Physical/Slapstick Deadpan/Understatement Lisa: This almost makes me want to find out how magnets work.
Lisa Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Skinner: When I catch the culprit and I will... I'm gonna throw this away... and use this instead!
Donny · Bart: Why did you take the rap for me? / I don't know. I like your style.
Skinner: Young man, brace yourself... for some congratulations! We did it! You're in!
Chalmers · Skinner: By law, the most we can give him is a ten-day suspension. / Well, that's long to a kid!
Skinner: Uter, Ralph, Doug the hip guidance counselor... he was never the same after Bart got through with him.
Skinner: Young man, I'm gonna be on you like a numerator on a denominator!
Skinner Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Donny · Bart: I've never seen blue vines before. / They're only sold in Europe. I know a guy.
Donny: You can really taste the blue.
Donny Absurdist Wordplay/Pun Bart · Milhouse: We can rig a cootie catcher so you can marry anybody you want. / Whoa! Sherri! I'm in.
Marge · Homer: How is that fun? / Fun's only fun if everyone's having fun.
Homer · Marge: Do you do it with relish? / No, I'm kind of embarrassed about it.
Homer: What do you mean my car's ready?! Well, you can keep it, 'cause I'm never giving up this one.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Homer: That wasn't us, that was the transmission.
Homer Visual Gag Misdirection Bart: Skinner's five steps ahead of me. I put a tack in his chair, he's corked his pants! I throw a tomato, he's making salad!
Bart Escalation Character Comedy Bart · Willie: Because of your stupid accent? / Nach-nae! Because of its upsetting nature!
Willie: A child thanked me! I gotta write this in my journal. Dear... diary, Today I've...
Willie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort School Nurse · Unknown: You're in line for a measle shot. / Okay, now we've made a guide hole for the real needle.
Bart · Milhouse: You grew tired of always being in my shadow. / No, I like your shadow. It's nice and cool.
Nelson · Milhouse · Nelson: Oh, my Gosh. It's an outhouse sent from the future. / Hey, I'm in here. / Be quiet, Robo-potty.
Bart: Normally, you can't even buy these. You have to buy the ostrich and wait.
Bart Absurdist Character Comedy Milhouse · Bart: Whoa, to think this came out of some animal's butt. / Beautiful, in its way.
Homer: I never dreamed an American car designed in Germany, assembled in Mexico from parts made in Canada could be so amazing.
Homer Observational Irony/Sarcasm Maggie · Homer: Dad? / Sorry, Maggie.
Willie · Skinner: Ah, get back to your knitting, Seymour. / I will, but it's because I want to.
Donny: Look, you don't start out wanting to be a rat. Sometimes it's your only option.
Donny Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Skinner: Too cute, too tall, too Siamese, too Siamese.
Willie: You see, the rat who told you about my rat was also a rat. It was rats within rats... which was also me dinner last night.
Willie Escalation Character Comedy Willie: He gave me something you never could... an elementary school diploma.
Willie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Lisa: The rat symbolizes obviousness.
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