I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot
| "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
Bart hugs "Chief Knock-a-Homer".
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| Episode no. | 322 |
| Directed by | Lauren MacMullan |
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Dan Greaney Allen Glazier |
| Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
| Production code | FABF04 |
| Original air date | January 11, 2004 |
| Couch gag | The couch is a white cake and the Simpsons are squeezed out like frosting on top of it. |
| Commentary |
Matt Groening Al Jean Allen Glazier Matt Selman Michael Price Tom Gammill Max Pross Matt Warburton Nancy Cartwright Lauren MacMullan Alan Sepinwall |
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Season 15 episodes
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"I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot" is the ninth episode of The Simpsons' fifteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 11, 2004. This episode represents a milestone in the history of the series as Snowball II is killed off, which, excluding the death of Homer's mother in season 19's "Mona Leaves-a", is to date the closest thing to an actual Simpson family member actually being killed off.
The primary plot is based on Richard Matheson's short story Steel.
Bart is taunted by school bullies Nelson, Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney, because he does not have a 10-speed bike like they do. In order to get Homer to buy him a 10-speed bike, Bart gets the bike he already has run over by Dr. Hibbert's Mercedes-Benz G500. Homer buys the 10-speed bike for Bart, but refuses to pay the small assembly fee and builds it himself. Bart is happy since it looks great and works perfectly at first, but it falls apart when he moons the bullies. Homer, wanting Bart to be proud of him, tries to build a battle robot for the "Robot Rumble". He fails to construct one, but then decides to build a robot with himself in it; Bart names the robot "Chief Knock-a Homer". Unaware of Homer's ruse, Bart enters the robot in the Rumble.
Meanwhile, Dr. Hibbert's car runs over and kills the Simpsons cat Snowball II shortly after crushing Bart's bike. A devastated Lisa recites a poem tearfully at the funeral, where Snowball II is buried next to Snowball I. Lisa gets a ginger cat, which she names Snowball III, but he drowns in the fish tank. The next cat, Coltrane (Snowball IV), jumps out of a window after hearing Lisa play her saxophone. Because of this the owner of the cat sanctuary refuses to give Lisa any more cats. As Lisa sits outside brooding over the recently deceased cats, the Crazy Cat Lady shows up, screams nonsense and hurls a cat (which has a striking resemblance to Snowball II) at her. At first Lisa tries to drive it away, fearing it will meet the same fate as her other cats, but this cat proves to be more durable, when an oncoming car driven by Gil Gunderson swerves and crashes into a tree (this proves good for Gil because he has insurance). Lisa elects to keep the cat and says "You're Snowball V, but to save money on a new bowl, let's just call you Snowball II and pretend this whole thing never happened." In an instance of meta-humor, Principal Skinner then stops by and asks Lisa "That's really a cheat, isn't it?" Lisa replies "I guess you're right, Principal Tamzarian." Skinner walks away defeatedly, acknowledging the new cat as "Snowball II."
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