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The Simpsons episode
"Bart's Inner Child"
Episode no.	88
Prod. code	1F05
Orig. Airdate	November 11, 1993
Show Runner(s)	David Mirkin
Written by	George Meyer
Directed by	Bob Anderson
Couch gag	The family arrives to see a fat man sitting on the couch. He moves a bit to the right and the family squeezes in beside him.
Guest star	Albert Brooks as Brad Goodman James Brown as himself
DVD commentary by	Matt Groening David Mirkin Dan Castellaneta Yeardley Smith George Meyer Bob Anderson David Silverman
Season 5 September 30, 1993 – May 19, 1994
Homer's Barbershop Quartet Cape Feare Homer Goes to College Rosebud Treehouse of Horror IV Marge on the Lam Bart's Inner Child Boy-Scoutz N the Hood The Last Temptation of Homer $pringfield Homer the Vigilante Bart Gets Famous Homer and Apu Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy Deep Space Homer Homer Loves Flanders Bart Gets an Elephant Burns' Heir Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song The Boy Who Knew Too Much Lady Bouvier's Lover Secrets of a Successful Marriage
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"Bart's Inner Child" is the seventh episode of The Simpsons' fifth season, first aired on November 11, 1993.

Homer comes across an advertisement in the newspaper for a free trampoline. He rushes to the address from the advertisement, where Krusty is giving it away. After Homer, Bart and Lisa use the trampoline for a while, Marge expresses the danger of trampolines. However, Homer believes it enhances their house, and has grand plans of building a theme park in their yard, using the trampoline, a mud pit, and soiled mattresses. Homer soon decides to charge others a fee to use the trampoline. But soon people begin to get injured, and Homer accepts Marge's advice to get rid of the trampoline. After failing at his various attempts to get rid of the trampoline, Homer turns to Bart for help. Bart attaches a bike lock to the trampoline, which is soon, as Bart intended it to be, stolen by Snake.

Marge and Homer argue about whether or not the trampoline was a good idea, and Homer accuses Marge of being boring. Marge, annoyed, stays the night at Patty and Selma's house, where she is introduced to self-help guru Brad Goodman. After Marge and Homer watch a Brad Goodman video, they take the family to see Brad Goodman's live lecture. Bart interrupts the lecture, and Brad Goodman encourages the town to follow Bart's spontaneous attitude ('Be like the boy'). Soon, the whole town begins to act like Bart, which means Bart's rebellious ways are no longer unique, putting him in a slump.

To celebrate their new-found attitude, the town holds a 'Do As You Feel' festival (in stark contrast to the annual 'Do As We Say' Festival, started by German settlers in 1946). But after the festival goes awry, complete with runaway ferris wheels, Bart is quickly blamed for starting the whole 'Do As You Feel' trend. The town chases after Bart, but Homer drives by in a float and saves him. The town gives up the chase and decides to go to the old mill to get some cider. The Simpson family returns home where they discuss the lesson learned in this episode.

• The scene with a field full of injured kids from the trampoline is a parody of the injured soldiers in Gone with the Wind.
• Homer trying to push the trampoline off the cliff is a reference to Chuck Jones's Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon shorts.
• The after-brownie exchange between Marge and Homer is a parody of Semi-Tough.
• The run-away ferris wheel is a reference to 1941.
• The television cop McGarnigle's voice and lines are similar to that of Clint Eastwood's in Dirty Harry.
• The brief shot of the women reveling on the gold statue of Brad Goodman is a reference to The Ten Commandments.
• This is the last appearance of Dr. Marvin Monroe until season 15. He is seen shortly after the zoo animals are set free being chased by a camel.
• This is Albert Brooks' third guest appearance in a Simpsons episode (previously as Cowboy Bob in "The Call of the Simpsons" and Jacques in Life on the Fast Lane), all credited as A. Brooks.
• During the final scene of the "I Feel Good" performance (as the stage is crumbling), the rear view of Jebediah Springfield's statue appears as though it is "giving the finger".^{[citation needed]}

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