Barthood

"Barthood" is the ninth episode of the twenty-seventh season of the animated television series The Simpsons, and the 583rd episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on December 13, 2015. The episode parodies the 2014 film Boyhood and marks the final episode to credit Sam Simon as executive producer.

The episode begins with Homer and a six-year-old Bart in early 2012, laying down on the grass, as Bart asks things about nature to his father, only for Homer to ask him why he left his toy cars on the stairs, resulting in a terrible fall. The family decides to take Bart to Grandpa's house to leave him away from Homer. As Bart asks Grandpa to play with toy cars, he remembers about an old car he had bought brand new in 1954 and forgot about. Bart asks if he can sit in it, but Grandpa reveals that Bart can actually drive it.

The episode fast-forwards two years to the future in late 2013, with Bart still driving Grandpa's car, late for his reading class. Professor Frink tries to teach him without much success, and discovers that Lisa, who is two years younger, can read almost perfectly. Later, Lisa paints a boat on the sea, to which Marge decides to place over the couch. Bart reveals that he made a painting on the entire kitchen. While Homer is painting the walls and furniture to its original color, Bart tries to impress Lisa by driving Homer's car, only to crash it through the kitchen wall, almost hitting his father. Homer and Marge decide to go to a psychologist to see why their son is such a troublemaker. She says that it is because of Homer's lack of attention for him and that they should go camping together. But instead of taking the boy camping, Homer takes him to an inn to watch ice hockey, making Bart sad. Back at home, he discovers that Lisa is the student of the month at Springfield Elementary, even though she has only been there for a month, while Bart has been there for two years and has not won anything. Homer tries to reconcile with him by saying he loves both of them the same amount: 40%. Bart makes a bumper sticker for Homer's car, but he ignores it because there is no more space for stickers in his bumper.