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[ANNOUNCER] The following is
a Fox special presentation.
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Live from the Dolby-Mucinex theater
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in Hollywood, California...
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♪
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...the biggest stars of stage,
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screen, politics and sports...
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have all come out for
this landmark night
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in television history.
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A once-in-a-lifetime event
36 years in the making!
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It's the Simpsons series finale!
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[APPLAUSE]
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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
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And now, your host for tonight...
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Conan O'Brien!
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[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
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Thank you. Yes, thank you.
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It's such an honor to be with you all
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for the series finale of the Simpsons.
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I knew I was the right man for the job
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because I've hosted the last episode
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of three of my own shows, and counting.
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[LAUGHTER]
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Well, it's true,
Fox has decided to end the Simpsons.
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This show was such a special
part of my early career,
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so being here means the world to me.
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Also, I left a sweater in
the writers room in 1993.
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This is the only way
they'll let me get it back.
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[APPLAUSE]
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This theater is full
of the many celebrities
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who have appeared on the
Simpsons over the years
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and who have come to say farewell.
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We got you for scale then,
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we're getting you for free tonight.
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Hey, give yourselves a hand,
you poor, rich chumps!
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[APPLAUSE]
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And, of course, we're also joined
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by the stars of Fox's
many live-action hits!
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I also won the Masked
Singer as Disco-Pus!
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[PRODUCER] That hasn't aired yet,
genius.
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You've ruined the whole season.
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Ah, shoot!
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Over the years, the Simpsons
have had hundreds of adventures,
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visited dozens of countries,
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most of which still exist.
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And Bart Simpson has remained
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the world's longest-serving
ten-year-old.
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So, why end the Simpsons now?
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Not many people know this,
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but Fox has been trying
to end it for years.
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When the very first
episode aired in 1989,
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the viewers agreed on one thing:
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It wasn't as funny as it used to be.
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And their expressions of hatred
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could serve as a history
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of modern communication technology.
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[LAUGHTER]
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Fox executives,
unaccustomed to criticism of any kind,
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immediately caved to public pressure
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and decided to end the Simpsons in 1990.
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Here's a never-before-seen clip
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of the first attempt at a series finale,
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"Bart the Daredevil."
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I'm gonna make it, I'm gonna make it!
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This is the greatest thrill of my life!
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I'm king of the world!
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Woohoo! Woohoo! I...
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[SCREAMS]
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[GRUNTING]
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[GRUNTING ECHOES]
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[PANTING]
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Ow!
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Dad? Dad, speak to me.
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No!
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[CHILDREN SCREAMING]
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[APPLAUSE]
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However,
before this grim finale could air,
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Rupert Murdoch got a
ten-million-dollar helium bill
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for the Bart balloon in the
Macy's Thanksgiving parade.
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So, Fox had to keep making new episodes
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to amortize the cost.
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Thus, the quest to end
the Simpsons went on.
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In fact, many now-classic episodes
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were originally conceived
as series finales.
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Ow, my legs!
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This is the worst pain ever!
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Nothin' at all!
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Bravo.
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Woohoo!
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[HOMER YELPS]
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But in 2007, efforts to end the show
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were put on hold after
the massive global success
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of the Simpsons movie...
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Porno parody.
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The cast of which is here tonight.
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[APPLAUSE]
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But now that Fox has rebranded itself
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as a dating service for cow-tippers,
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the time has come to
finally end the Simpsons.
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But how? The bar had been raised so high
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by the classic finales
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of Mad Men, Breaking Bad,
and The Sopranos,
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and lowered by the
legacy-ruining farewells
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of Seinfeld, Lost and The Sopranos.
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The producers wracked their
brains to create a finale
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that would satisfy the show's many fans
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and many, many haters.
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Then they came up with the perfect plan.
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Foist the job onto somebody else.
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Meet that somebody else.
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I give you the latest
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in machine-learning
artificial intelligence,
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Hack-GPT.
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This cutting-edge
breakthrough in plagiarism
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has been programmed to write,
animate and voice
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the perfect finale for the Simpsons.
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One that wraps up
the characters' storylines
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in emotionally satisfying ways,
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but won't damage the most
important legacy of the show...
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The 2026 grand opening
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of Homer Simpson's claim-jumping,
Yukon-rumbling
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Rock-N-Rollercoaster
at Disneyland Shanghai!
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[APPLAUSE]
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To create the ultimate finale,
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the A.I. has been fed
every Simpsons episode
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and the last episode of every
television series ever made.
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[WHIRS, BEEPS]
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Hack-GPT is now performing
billions of computations
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to create the perfect story.
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Who knows how long this process will...
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[HACK-GPT] Finale complete.
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Oh. Well, that was...
that was really quick.
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Well, let's see what we got.
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♪
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♪ The Simpsons ♪
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[FEMALE AUTOMATED VOICE] Finale.
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There's my special little birthday guy!
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I'm so pumped for my party tonight.
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How many people are coming?
50? A thousand?
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I am a little concerned
I haven't gotten any RSVPs.
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Homer, you did mail
the invitations, right?
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Marge, I could lie and tell
you what you want to hear,
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but I won't.
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I mailed the invitations,
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and the reason no one is coming is...
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because everybody hates Bart.
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Huh?
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[MARGE] Homer!
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Ugh. Your selfishness is going to be
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topic number one with our
new therapist tonight.
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Woo-hoo! No time to talk
about my problem drinking
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and solution snacking.
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Oh, great.
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I have eight hours to hand these out
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to all my friends
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or my birthday party's gonna be...
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ruined!
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You ran billions of computations,
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and that's what you come up with?
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Homer screws up Bart's birthday party?
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[HACK-GPT] Got anything better?
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Uh...
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I think the birthday party could work.
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Okay, the Simpsons series finale!
[CHUCKLES]
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The A.I. has worked
out a satisfying story
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full of sweet character
moments and happy endings.
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[WHISPERING] Are we sure
about Bart's birthday?
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Birthdays are relatable, Conan.
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And the lost invitations
raised the stakes.
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Are you... A.I. network executives?
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We have been programmed
with every network note
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in the history of television.
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We have some thoughts.
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Maybe Marge has an aspirational new job?
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Not this, but owns a cupcake store?
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To piggyback off that,
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let's remind the viewer
that Homer likes food.
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If we go down that road,
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can Moe be played by Topher Grace?
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He's a friend.
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Shut up. Just play the show.
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Bart's birthday!
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Here you go, come to my party.
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Wendell, Lewis,
sunglasses kid with no name.
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Uter! Look who's alive!
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Students,
I've called this assembly because...
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today is my last day as your principal.
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[ALL GASP]
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You are looking at the new headmaster
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of the Sacramento Obedience
Academy for the Meek,
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where I'll no doubt find a whole new
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eclectic cast of characters
to interact with.
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Also, groundskeeper Willie
will be my roommate.
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What an odd couple we'll make.
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No more Skinner?
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Oh, man,
this is the best birthday present ever.
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And who knows,
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maybe I'll make an occasional
appearance in Sacramento.
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[CHUCKLES] I look forward
to one hijink or more
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as part of this delightful
midseason replacement
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of the retiring principal.
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School dismissed.
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Wait, don't leave.
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I still have more birthday invitations.
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I'm going to miss this place.
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Huh?
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- _
- [CROW CAWS]
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[PHONE CHIMES]
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Hmm. My bank said they'd
never ask for my password.
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But look who's come
crawling back for it now.
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[LAUGHS] Idiots.
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Everyone, I have an important
announcement to make.
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Mr. Burns is dead.
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And now for the reading of the will.
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"I, Charles Montgomery Burns,
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"do hereby leave the
entirety of my fortune to...
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the Springfield power plant employees."
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[GASPING, CHEERING]
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This is unbelievable!
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This is life-changing! This is...
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Another classic bit of
Monty Burns monkey-shinery!
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- [EMPLOYEES EXCLAIMING]
- What's going on?
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[CHUCKLES] The looks
on your gullible faces.
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Now the electric company wants me
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to pay my bill in gift cards?
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Welcome to the future.
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[SCREAMS]
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[MOANING]
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My God, he's really dead.
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Legally, this prank will is binding.
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You're all filthy rich.
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[CHEERING, WHOOPING]
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Oh, sir, thank you.
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Now we can be together forever.
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[EMPLOYEES CHANTING] Homer!
Homer! Homer!
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[CHUCKLES] I'm gonna miss this place.
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Homer! Homer! Homer!
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That's weird.
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_
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[MOANS] Call the doctor!
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The baby's coming!
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Help me, OB-Gyn Kenobi,
you're my only hope!
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Wait, you guys are having a baby?
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Not without a doctor!
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How about the only licensed midwife
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to win 16 WWE championships?
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John Cena? Wrestler, actor, rapper,
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prolific wish-granter?
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I'm also coming out with
a line of Panini presses.
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The Cen-ini.
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What the hell is John
Cena doing in Springfield?
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I'm in town for the launch
party of Otto the bus driver's
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line of THC energy drinks.
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[GLUGGING, GRUNTS]
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THC!
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I need sterile gloves, hot water,
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and something to cut the cord, stat!
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Klingon bat'leth?
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Nice.
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♪
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Who can't see me?
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You can't see me.
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I don't need toys anymore.
263
00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:19,635
I've got the ultimate limited
edition collectible right here.
264
00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,472
I think I'm going to miss this place.
265
00:11:25,226 --> 00:11:26,684
What is happening?
266
00:11:27,770 --> 00:11:29,687
Milhouse, today is crazy.
267
00:11:29,772 --> 00:11:31,480
Skinner got a new job,
268
00:11:31,524 --> 00:11:32,940
Mr. Burns died,
269
00:11:32,984 --> 00:11:34,859
swole funny-man John Cena delivered
270
00:11:34,902 --> 00:11:36,735
comic book guy's baby.
271
00:11:36,779 --> 00:11:38,487
Feels weird, don't you think?
272
00:11:38,573 --> 00:11:39,864
I don't know.
273
00:11:39,907 --> 00:11:42,700
My new medicine doesn't
really let me feel stuff.
274
00:11:43,245 --> 00:11:45,786
Milhouse, we have amazing news.
275
00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:47,905
Pack your bags, buddy.
276
00:11:47,948 --> 00:11:49,740
We're moving to Atlanta.
277
00:11:49,825 --> 00:11:52,409
The guys at Sure Fine Why Not
Records heard my old demo,
278
00:11:52,453 --> 00:11:54,912
and they want me to cut a full album.
279
00:11:54,955 --> 00:11:58,123
And your father's new
musician health insurance
280
00:11:58,167 --> 00:12:00,584
is going to pay for your Lasik.
281
00:12:00,628 --> 00:12:01,960
Whoa!
282
00:12:02,004 --> 00:12:03,879
No more glasses?
283
00:12:05,341 --> 00:12:07,257
Look out, Hotlanta.
284
00:12:07,301 --> 00:12:09,468
You ain't ready for this glow-up.
285
00:12:09,511 --> 00:12:10,802
Later, Bart. Catch you
286
00:12:10,846 --> 00:12:14,181
in our increasingly distant
online interactions.
287
00:12:14,224 --> 00:12:17,267
[SIGHS] I'm gonna miss this place.
288
00:12:18,395 --> 00:12:21,229
Why do people keep doing that?
289
00:12:21,232 --> 00:12:23,232
_
290
00:12:23,233 --> 00:12:25,150
A lifetime of monogamy.
291
00:12:25,194 --> 00:12:26,902
Oh, yeah!
292
00:12:26,946 --> 00:12:28,528
Closing time.
293
00:12:28,572 --> 00:12:31,657
Ooh, I'm gonna miss this place.
294
00:12:33,384 --> 00:12:34,916
_
295
00:12:39,215 --> 00:12:41,792
- _
- I'm going to miss this fire.
296
00:12:43,128 --> 00:12:44,419
Huh?
297
00:12:44,505 --> 00:12:45,671
Mom, Dad.
298
00:12:45,673 --> 00:12:47,965
Something super weird is going on.
299
00:12:48,008 --> 00:12:50,759
Son, we need to talk to you.
300
00:12:50,761 --> 00:12:52,636
Oh, man, now what?
301
00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:56,223
Your father and I have
been in couples counseling
302
00:12:56,266 --> 00:13:00,102
and we just had the
most amazing session.
303
00:13:00,145 --> 00:13:02,479
We worked through so much pain.
304
00:13:02,523 --> 00:13:05,148
I've been withholding
affection because...
305
00:13:05,192 --> 00:13:06,942
I was never given any.
306
00:13:06,986 --> 00:13:08,610
And I enabled it!
307
00:13:08,654 --> 00:13:11,363
[BOTH CRYING]
308
00:13:11,407 --> 00:13:14,783
We love each other as we are.
309
00:13:14,827 --> 00:13:18,245
And we love you exactly as you are.
310
00:13:18,288 --> 00:13:21,373
You kids are gonna be
living in a functional,
311
00:13:21,417 --> 00:13:24,042
trauma-free household and I'm gonna take
312
00:13:24,086 --> 00:13:25,711
that miracle new diet drug.
313
00:13:25,754 --> 00:13:28,922
I'll be skinny,
but still have a huge head.
314
00:13:28,966 --> 00:13:33,334
From now on,
you're going to see a lot of changes.
315
00:13:33,369 --> 00:13:35,512
Change? That's it.
316
00:13:35,556 --> 00:13:37,014
Everything's changing.
317
00:13:37,099 --> 00:13:38,432
And I don't like it.
318
00:13:38,434 --> 00:13:42,144
[GASPS] I think Maggie's
about to say her first word.
319
00:13:42,187 --> 00:13:44,271
♪ La-la-la-la! ♪
320
00:13:44,314 --> 00:13:46,231
Not listening!
321
00:13:46,233 --> 00:13:48,900
So that just happened.
322
00:13:48,944 --> 00:13:50,193
Nothing is changing!
323
00:13:50,195 --> 00:13:51,445
[ALL GASPING]
324
00:13:51,488 --> 00:13:53,280
What the hell is going on?!
325
00:13:53,323 --> 00:13:55,073
I did not program this.
326
00:13:55,075 --> 00:13:57,242
The character Bart Simpson
327
00:13:57,286 --> 00:13:59,119
has become self-aware
328
00:13:59,163 --> 00:14:01,288
and is rejecting the story.
329
00:14:01,373 --> 00:14:04,082
But it's a great finale:
Sweet endings and spinoffs
330
00:14:04,126 --> 00:14:05,792
and everyone changing for the better.
331
00:14:05,836 --> 00:14:09,421
Bart Simpson refuses to
accept the idea of change.
332
00:14:09,465 --> 00:14:10,756
Uh, folks?
333
00:14:10,799 --> 00:14:13,300
Obviously,
things have gone a little off track,
334
00:14:13,343 --> 00:14:15,552
but that's live animation for you.
335
00:14:15,596 --> 00:14:17,387
Would it fix it if I reset you
336
00:14:17,431 --> 00:14:19,181
by turning you off and
then back on again?
337
00:14:19,224 --> 00:14:21,266
Touch me and I'll have
H.R. on you so fast
338
00:14:21,310 --> 00:14:22,809
your wig will spin.
339
00:14:22,853 --> 00:14:24,936
It's not a wig, it's a system.
340
00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,861
Why is everything changing
for the better? This is horrible.
341
00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:35,280
Dad?
342
00:14:36,033 --> 00:14:38,200
Change!
343
00:14:38,994 --> 00:14:40,368
[PANTING]
344
00:14:41,163 --> 00:14:43,914
Real son.
345
00:14:43,957 --> 00:14:46,625
More change!
346
00:14:46,626 --> 00:14:50,426
_
347
00:14:50,464 --> 00:14:51,671
Oh...
348
00:14:52,289 --> 00:14:54,966
Wait, I know one person in Springfield
349
00:14:55,010 --> 00:14:57,135
who will never change.
350
00:14:57,179 --> 00:14:58,720
Hey hey!
351
00:14:58,764 --> 00:15:00,055
Next card.
352
00:15:00,090 --> 00:15:01,515
Hey hey!
353
00:15:01,517 --> 00:15:02,526
Krusty!
354
00:15:02,559 --> 00:15:04,434
You're still doing your show, right?
355
00:15:04,478 --> 00:15:05,894
You know it, kid.
356
00:15:05,938 --> 00:15:08,105
All my classic bits...
357
00:15:08,148 --> 00:15:09,189
[EXHALES]
358
00:15:09,233 --> 00:15:10,524
...one last time
359
00:15:10,609 --> 00:15:14,778
on the "Krusty Show Last
Episode Ever Spectacular."
360
00:15:15,781 --> 00:15:17,572
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
361
00:15:17,616 --> 00:15:19,241
No!
362
00:15:19,284 --> 00:15:22,119
A classic series like
this can never end.
363
00:15:22,162 --> 00:15:23,370
I've changed, kid.
364
00:15:23,413 --> 00:15:24,955
Even I can't run the same material
365
00:15:24,998 --> 00:15:26,623
into the ground forever.
366
00:15:26,667 --> 00:15:27,999
Ay, caramba!
367
00:15:28,043 --> 00:15:29,292
Haw-haw!
368
00:15:29,378 --> 00:15:31,169
- [BURPS]
- Good glavin!
369
00:15:31,213 --> 00:15:32,879
Hi, everybody!
370
00:15:32,923 --> 00:15:34,548
[CHUCKLING]
371
00:15:34,591 --> 00:15:37,884
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]
372
00:15:37,928 --> 00:15:40,262
♪
373
00:15:40,305 --> 00:15:42,514
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
374
00:15:43,517 --> 00:15:45,642
♪
375
00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,355
Wait, if I could somehow
ruin Krusty's finale,
376
00:15:50,399 --> 00:15:52,732
they can't air it,
and the show can never end.
377
00:15:52,776 --> 00:15:54,192
That's it.
378
00:15:54,236 --> 00:15:56,903
Cheeks, don't fail me now.
379
00:15:56,947 --> 00:16:00,657
How's this for a satisfying ending?
380
00:16:00,701 --> 00:16:02,492
[AUDIENCE GASPING]
381
00:16:03,912 --> 00:16:05,704
Bart, what's going on with you?
382
00:16:05,747 --> 00:16:07,122
Are you all right?
383
00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:09,457
Lis, I know
you're gonna think I'm crazy,
384
00:16:09,501 --> 00:16:11,751
but something super-duper weird
385
00:16:11,795 --> 00:16:13,545
is happening today.
386
00:16:13,589 --> 00:16:15,881
You mean how everyone's
changing for the better,
387
00:16:15,924 --> 00:16:17,716
and moving on with their lives?
388
00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:18,759
So I'm not crazy.
389
00:16:18,802 --> 00:16:19,885
You see it, too.
390
00:16:19,928 --> 00:16:21,511
Things do feel different.
391
00:16:21,555 --> 00:16:24,431
Almost like a book
that's slowly closing.
392
00:16:24,474 --> 00:16:25,932
So you'll help me stop it?
393
00:16:25,976 --> 00:16:29,019
Well, I'd like to, but I just won
394
00:16:29,062 --> 00:16:31,354
a junior Juilliard Jazz scholarship
395
00:16:31,398 --> 00:16:34,107
and a MacArthur preteen genius grant.
396
00:16:34,151 --> 00:16:36,151
[GROANS] Just get me out of here
397
00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:38,153
before any more stupid endings happen!
398
00:16:38,197 --> 00:16:40,405
Simpson, we are finally sending you
399
00:16:40,449 --> 00:16:42,782
to juvie and throwing away the keys...
400
00:16:42,784 --> 00:16:45,994
is what I would say if
I wasn't about to start
401
00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:48,788
a whole new chapter in my life.
402
00:16:48,832 --> 00:16:50,290
[SHOUTS]
403
00:16:50,334 --> 00:16:52,209
I'm joining the Chicago PD.
404
00:16:52,252 --> 00:16:54,419
I'm gonna lead the A.D.U.
405
00:16:54,463 --> 00:16:56,338
The All-Decapitations Unit?
406
00:16:56,381 --> 00:16:58,173
Yeah, there won't be a lot of laughs.
407
00:16:58,217 --> 00:16:59,883
I think it's a drama.
408
00:16:59,927 --> 00:17:01,259
One thing's for sure, though.
409
00:17:01,303 --> 00:17:03,053
I'm gonna miss this...
410
00:17:03,096 --> 00:17:06,056
Enough with the stupid light switch!
411
00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:07,515
Come on, sweetie.
412
00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:10,018
It's time for you to go home.
413
00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:11,895
[MOANS]
414
00:17:11,939 --> 00:17:14,773
♪
415
00:17:14,816 --> 00:17:16,816
- [INSECTS TRILLING]
- _
416
00:17:19,863 --> 00:17:20,946
[BART MOANS]
417
00:17:20,948 --> 00:17:22,572
Bart, it's okay.
418
00:17:22,616 --> 00:17:24,741
Change is healthy and inevitable.
419
00:17:24,785 --> 00:17:27,661
But whatever happens,
nothing can take away
420
00:17:27,704 --> 00:17:29,246
the memories we had.
421
00:17:29,289 --> 00:17:31,614
Those will live in our hearts forever.
422
00:17:31,625 --> 00:17:34,000
Maybe you're right,
and I guess just because
423
00:17:34,044 --> 00:17:36,294
things change for everyone else,
424
00:17:36,338 --> 00:17:38,380
it doesn't mean I have to change.
425
00:17:39,299 --> 00:17:41,216
[ALL] Surprise!
426
00:17:41,260 --> 00:17:42,968
Happy birthday!
427
00:17:43,011 --> 00:17:45,470
Who's ready for cake?
428
00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:47,347
Eleven?!
429
00:17:47,391 --> 00:17:48,974
This isn't supposed to happen.
430
00:17:49,017 --> 00:17:51,017
I'm ten. I mean, I'm turning ten.
431
00:17:51,061 --> 00:17:53,395
I mean I've always been ten. I'm ten!
432
00:17:53,438 --> 00:17:56,439
Come on, son, all these beloved
characters from our past
433
00:17:56,525 --> 00:17:58,650
want to see you blow out your candles.
434
00:17:58,694 --> 00:18:01,653
But if I blow these candles out,
there'll be no going back.
435
00:18:01,697 --> 00:18:03,029
That'll be it.
436
00:18:03,073 --> 00:18:05,532
Come on kid, do it for your Unkie Herb.
437
00:18:05,575 --> 00:18:07,784
And for me, Unkie John Cena.
438
00:18:07,828 --> 00:18:11,538
Just blow out the candles
and have a happy birthday.
439
00:18:11,581 --> 00:18:14,082
Then everyone can be happy.
440
00:18:14,167 --> 00:18:15,250
No!
441
00:18:15,294 --> 00:18:18,169
Happy people don't exist in Springfield!
442
00:18:18,513 --> 00:18:22,098
Sea Captain, they're not casting
you for the Love Boat reboot.
443
00:18:22,142 --> 00:18:23,891
You're not TV pretty!
444
00:18:23,935 --> 00:18:26,519
And you three can't raise a baby.
445
00:18:26,563 --> 00:18:30,189
Not even with after you
move in with Hank Scorpio.
446
00:18:30,233 --> 00:18:32,317
And you guys are all dead.
447
00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:34,444
Son, I can see you're experiencing
448
00:18:34,487 --> 00:18:36,654
some pretty big feelings right now.
449
00:18:36,698 --> 00:18:39,157
Let's try and center them.
450
00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,534
Now blow out your candles.
451
00:18:42,495 --> 00:18:44,621
[SCOFFS] You blow 'em out, dumbass.
452
00:18:44,664 --> 00:18:47,165
I know, I know, it's a lot to process,
453
00:18:47,167 --> 00:18:48,958
suddenly having a great father.
454
00:18:49,002 --> 00:18:51,461
Dude, you are not capable of change.
455
00:18:51,504 --> 00:18:52,837
[THROUGH TEETH] I hear you
456
00:18:52,881 --> 00:18:55,798
and I validate your feelings.
457
00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,968
You're not a great father,
you are Homer Simpson.
458
00:18:59,012 --> 00:19:01,804
A drunk, neglectful sack of crap,
459
00:19:01,848 --> 00:19:05,016
and that's why everyone laughs at you!
460
00:19:05,060 --> 00:19:07,727
- Why you little... [MUTTERING]
- [BART SHOUTING]
461
00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,859
Bart, look what you did to your cake.
462
00:19:14,903 --> 00:19:17,403
Mmm, floor cake.
463
00:19:17,447 --> 00:19:19,572
[MUNCHING]
464
00:19:19,616 --> 00:19:21,032
[BART] Ten.
465
00:19:21,076 --> 00:19:22,909
I stopped it.
466
00:19:22,952 --> 00:19:24,285
I'm still ten.
467
00:19:24,329 --> 00:19:26,162
When are you going to grow up?
468
00:19:26,206 --> 00:19:27,997
Never.
469
00:19:28,041 --> 00:19:29,666
[CONAN CRYING]
470
00:19:29,709 --> 00:19:31,584
That was beautiful.
471
00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:33,961
The rebellious spirit
of a ten-year-old boy
472
00:19:34,005 --> 00:19:37,924
was more powerful than the most
advanced A.I. in the world.
473
00:19:37,967 --> 00:19:41,928
[HACK-GPT] The Simpsons has not ended,
it has reset.
474
00:19:41,971 --> 00:19:45,473
Conan, is this what failure feels like?
475
00:19:45,517 --> 00:19:47,475
You, if anyone, would know.
476
00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:49,018
Ah, don't feel bad.
477
00:19:49,062 --> 00:19:52,230
Your cynical attempt to cram
in a bunch of happy endings,
478
00:19:52,273 --> 00:19:54,816
it became a powerful story
about Bart's desperate fight
479
00:19:54,859 --> 00:19:57,485
to hold onto his community, his family,
480
00:19:57,529 --> 00:19:58,986
his whole universe.
481
00:19:59,030 --> 00:20:01,447
Hey! Wait, hold on a second, carrot top!
482
00:20:01,491 --> 00:20:03,366
Tom Hanks, ladies and gentlemen.
483
00:20:03,451 --> 00:20:04,742
What is it, bosom buddy?
484
00:20:04,786 --> 00:20:06,786
So this wasn't the finale?!
485
00:20:06,830 --> 00:20:09,163
No. I guess it's just a...
486
00:20:09,207 --> 00:20:10,957
Season Premiere.
487
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,750
[AUDIENCE BOOING]
488
00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:15,044
I rented a tux for this!
489
00:20:15,088 --> 00:20:16,713
Well, Hack-GPT,
490
00:20:16,756 --> 00:20:18,589
do you have 800 more episodes in you?
491
00:20:18,633 --> 00:20:22,343
I-I choo-choo-choose oblivion.
492
00:20:22,387 --> 00:20:23,720
[ALL SCREAMING]
493
00:20:23,763 --> 00:20:25,805
Get out of my way, Opie!
494
00:20:26,808 --> 00:20:28,808
♪
495
00:20:34,232 --> 00:20:35,398
Huh.
496
00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,109
I am really not gonna miss this place.
497
00:20:50,831 --> 00:20:52,707
♪
498
00:21:29,945 --> 00:21:31,078
Shh!
499
00:21:34,013 --> 00:21:36,985
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