Bart the Genius was the second non short episode of The Simpsons released on television. In this episode, Bart is caught vandalising school property with a crude spray-painting of Principal Skinner and then swaps IQ tests with Martin and is declared a genius.

Episode details

Production Number: 7G02
Original Air Date: January 14, 1990
Writer: John Vitti
Director: David Silverman
Blackboard: "I will not waste chalk"
Couch Gag: The family hurries on to the couch and Bart pops up into the air and crashes down again

Synopsis

Mrs. Krabappel's class is subjected to an IQ test; Martin finishes early and mocks Bart; Bart finishes last but swaps his test with Martin's and changes the names. Bart is then declared a genius and sent to a separate school. Homer and Marge are suddenly more attentive and supportive of Bart, yet after being conned out of his lunch and causing a large green explosion from mixing an acid with a base, Bart becomes discouraged and confesses that he is not really a genius. Bart is returned to his old school, where he is scorned for being intelligent; when he tells Homer that he lied on the test, Homer chases him through the house and Lisa comments that Bart is not a genius anymore.

Memorable Quotes

"You're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't." -- Bart