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<i>♪ The Simpsons ♪</i>

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(bell ringing)

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(tires screeching)

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D'oh!

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-Aah!
-(tires screech)

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And now, to top off

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our most propane explosion-free
science week ever,

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our grand finale: the launching
of a weather balloon.

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(cheering)

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Go, weather balloon!
Hurrah for science! Whoo!

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Hurrah for science? Whoo?

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Well, I can't say
I approve of the whoo,

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but the hurrah
was quite heartening.

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Release the balloon.

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(cheering)

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(kids laughing)

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No!

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(grunting)

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I don't think
I really captured the eyes.

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Bart, if you have a failing,

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it's that you're
always demanding perfection.

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If you have a failing.

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Whoever brings down
that balloon

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doesn't have
to learn fractions!

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(cheering)

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(kids grunting)

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(rocks thudding)

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Eh, careful, children.
That's my car.

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-(Jimbo laughs)
-NERLSON: Ha ha!

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Destroy that balloon.

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Aye.

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Tango 14,
we're being fired at.

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I'm getting an exact I.D.
on the bogey now.

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Iraqis again.

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Launching sidewinder missile.

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Missed him.

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Launching second
sidewinder missile.

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This is what happens

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when you cut money
out of the military

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and put it
into health care!

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It's a good program!

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Just give it a chance.
That's all I ask!

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(both yelling)

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-(grunting)
-(blows landing)

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Hmm, it won't
come down for months.

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Curse the man
who invented helium.

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Curse Pierre-Jules-Cesar
Janssen.

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Now to find out who did this.

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Bart, empty your pockets.

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Empty my pockets, you say?

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Well, certainly, but I fail

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-to see how--
-Hmm.

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Blueprints of the dummy,

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notarized photos
of you making the dummy,

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and an alternate wording
for the banner-- Buttzilla.

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Race you to Utah,
Milhouse.

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Okay.

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(grunting)

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I am going to punish you
for this, Bart.

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And it won't just be
a simple caning this time.

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Because you have impeded
science,

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you must now aid science.

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Yes. Starting tomorrow,
you will assist me

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with my amateur astronomy,
taking down coordinates,

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carrying equipment,
and so forth.

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4:30 in the morning.

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There's a 4:30
in the morning now?

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MAN (on radio): <i>Top of the hour,</i>
<i>time for the morning news.</i>

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<i>But of course,</i>
<i>there is no news yet.</i>

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<i>Everyone's still asleep</i>
<i>in their comfy, comfy beds.</i>

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<i>Good night, everybody.</i>

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(groaning)

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Mom, will you
make me breakfast?

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There's a stuffed pepper in
the trash from last night.

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Just rinse it good.

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KID (on TV):
<i>Come home, Lassie!</i>

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<i>Here, boy!</i>

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<i>Come on, girl!</i>

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<i>Attaboy!</i>

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It's still dark.

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Better use the generator.

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(grunting)

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Ah, there's nothing
more exciting than science.

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You get all the fun
of sitting still,

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being quiet,
writing down numbers,

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paying attention.

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Science has it all.

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Is that the telescope we're
gonna be looking through?

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Yes, but you won't
be looking through it.

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(chuckles)
I forbid it.

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But you don't need a telescope
to enjoy astronomy, Bart.

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There are all the constellations
you've heard so much about.

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There's Orion, the Swan,
the Chariot Race.

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Why don't they look anything
like their names?

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Well, you do have
to use your imagination.

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Look, there's
the three wise men.

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Who names these things,
anyway?

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Whoever discovers them.

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I've been hoping
I could find something

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that would be named
after me.

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And you've never
found anything?

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Once, but by the time
I got to a phone

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my discovery
had already been reported

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by Principal Kahoutek.

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I got back at him, though.

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Him and that little boy of his.

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Anyway, that's why
I always keep

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a cellular phone next to me.

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Now, this morning,
we're gonna be mapping

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a small square of sky
that's thought to be empty.

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It's my hope that it's not.

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So, what am I supposed
to do exactly?

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Just write down my findings
as I give them to you.

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Six hours,
19 minutes right ascension

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14 degrees,
22 minutes declination...

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-No sighting.
-Mm-hmm.

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Six hours, 19 minutes,
right ascension,

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14 degrees,
23 minutes declination...

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No sighting.

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Mm-hmm.

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Six hours, 19 minutes
right ascension,

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14 degrees,
58 minutes declination...

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No sighting.
Did you get that one, Bart?

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-Hell, no.
-Good. (gasps)

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My stars!
Give me the phone quick!

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Check out 6-19-14-59.

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No. No, there's no need
for that.

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It's already named after me.

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It's getting pretty close
to the ground.

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Maybe I can catch it.

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Don't touch
the telescope, Bart.

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Even a slight change
in elevation

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can destroy
a whole morning's work.

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Whoo! All hands on deck!

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Pirates off the port bow!

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Hey.

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(beeping)

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Observatory?
This is Bart Simpson.

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I see something in the sky
at 4-12-8

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and the last number is seven.

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(grunting)

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Ah, got you,
my rumpy doppelganger.

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I've got it. Hey--

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What are you doing?
Give me that phone.

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WOMAN:
<i>Congratulations, Bart.</i>

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<i>You've just</i>
<i>discovered a comet.</i>

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No!

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No!

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No!

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(eating loudly)

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And then I sped away

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without anyone seeing
my license plate.

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Sounds like you had
a good day today, Dad.

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Yeah, except I forgot
to go to work.

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What did you do today, Bart?

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What didn't I do?

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"Boy discovers comet."

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What?

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"A young Springfieldianite

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"has discovered a new comet

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to be known as
the Bart Simpson comet."

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Oh, honey,
I'm so proud of you.

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But then, you've always
been proud of me.

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Yes.

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Won't you join us, Bart?

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BART:
Uh...

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I guess so.

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As the first student

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at Springfield Elementary
to discover a comet,

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we're very proud
to make you a member

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of our very select group.

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-Welcome to Super Friends.
-Huh?

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ALL:
Welcome, super friend.

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I am called Ham,
since I enjoy ham radio.

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This is E-mail,

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Cosine,

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Report Card,

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Database,

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and Lisa.

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Your nickname
will be Cosmos.

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(gulps)

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Well, I'm done eating.
Good-bye.

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ALL:
Good-bye, Cosmos.

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Bye-bye.

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Perhaps some night you
could show us your comet.

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There it is right there.

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I make it a point
never to turn my head

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unless I expect
to see something, Bart.

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Naturally, we can't see
your comet in broad daylight,

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and without a telescope.

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But you don't need
a stupid telescope.

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It's right there.

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(all gasping)

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Oh, no, no, no.

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This isn't right at all.

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It must be coming toward us
at a fantastic speed.

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-Huh?
-Don't you realize what's happening, Bart?

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Your comet is gonna
collide with the earth,

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and every living thing
in its path will be killed.

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I knew you'd try
to find something wrong

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with my comet, Lisa.

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You've always been
petty and small,

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right from the beginning.

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We must alert
the proper authorities.

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To the observatory!

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ALL:
We are the Super Friends!

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Hey, shut up.

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Dear God!

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Warren, we've
talked about you

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hogging the eyepiece.

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(air raid siren sounding)

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(all gasping)

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Sounds like
the doomsday whistle.

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Ain't been blown
for nigh on to three years.

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Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Trouble a-brewing.

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-(gavel pounding)
-Fellow citizens,

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when I learned
about the impending crisis,

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I caught the very next plane
to Springfeld... Field.

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First of all, yes,
there is a comet in the sky,

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and, yes, it is going
to hit Springfield.

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You, uh, don't need
to applaud that.

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Now, here's what we think
the impact might look like.

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Show them, Jerry.

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Oh, dear God, no!

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(gasping)

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Fortunately,
we have a plan.

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-Professor Frink.
-Good evening, ladies and...

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Quit stalling!
What's the plan?

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All right, just take your seat.
Just take your seat.

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Now, working with former
Carter administration officials

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and military men who were
forced into early retirement

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for various reasons which we
won't go into here,

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we have planned
this defense for the city.

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As the comet hurtles
toward the city

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our rocket will intercept it
and blow it to smithereens. Hey!

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Oh, dear God, no!

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And that will be the end
of our Mr. Comet.

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-(cheering)
-Yay! We're saved!

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(people laughing)

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(taunting laughter)

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Will you all stop worrying
about that stupid comet?

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It's going to be destroyed.

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Didn't you hear what the guy
in the building said?

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-But Dad, don't you think--
-Ah, Lisa.

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The whole reason we
have elected officials

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is so we don't have
to think all the time.

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Just like that rain forest
scare a few years back.

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Our officials saw
there was a problem

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and they fixed it,
didn't they?

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No, Dad,
I don't think...

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There's that word again.

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Homer, what if this
doesn't work?

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Well, then,
I have a backup plan.

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See, while the unprepared

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are still sitting around
twiddling their thumbs

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and going...

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(humming)

258
00:12:10,062 --> 00:12:11,647
Dad, the plan!

259
00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:12,940
I'm getting to that.

260
00:12:13,023 --> 00:12:14,191
So, anyway, they're going...

261
00:12:14,275 --> 00:12:16,527
(humming)

262
00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:23,409
-Dad!
-So, anyway, we get in our car

263
00:12:23,492 --> 00:12:24,994
and take the bridge
out of town,

264
00:12:25,077 --> 00:12:27,121
while all the while,
they're still going...

265
00:12:27,204 --> 00:12:31,333
(humming)

266
00:12:31,417 --> 00:12:33,836
Dad, they're firing
the rocket!

267
00:12:34,795 --> 00:12:36,130
Uh!

268
00:12:36,213 --> 00:12:37,840
All right!

269
00:12:37,923 --> 00:12:38,966
(people cheering)

270
00:12:50,019 --> 00:12:52,480
(all gasping)

271
00:12:52,563 --> 00:12:53,773
It blew up the bridge!

272
00:12:53,856 --> 00:12:54,982
We're doomed!

273
00:12:55,065 --> 00:12:56,525
It's times like this

274
00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:58,611
I wish I were
a religious man.

275
00:12:58,694 --> 00:13:00,946
It's all over, people!

276
00:13:01,030 --> 00:13:02,823
We don't have a prayer!

277
00:13:02,907 --> 00:13:03,908
(wailing)

278
00:13:15,294 --> 00:13:17,546
KENT BROCKMAN:
<i>And like Icarus,</i>

279
00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:19,715
<i>the rocket foolishly soared</i>

280
00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:22,551
<i>too high and lost control of</i>
<i>its servo-guidance mechanism</i>

281
00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:26,430
<i>leaving us with some...</i>
<i>six hours to live.</i>

282
00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:28,766
<i>So, let's go live now</i>

283
00:13:28,849 --> 00:13:31,852
<i>to the charred remains</i>
<i>of the only bridge out of town</i>

284
00:13:31,936 --> 00:13:34,104
<i>with Arnie Pie</i>
<i>and Arnie in the Sky.</i>

285
00:13:34,188 --> 00:13:36,732
ARNIE: <i>With the bridge gone</i>
<i>and the airport</i>

286
00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:38,400
<i>unfortunately on the other</i>
<i>side of the bridge,</i>

287
00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:40,152
<i>a number of citizens</i>
<i>are attempting</i>

288
00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:41,946
<i>to jump the gorge</i>
<i>with their cars.</i>

289
00:13:42,029 --> 00:13:44,657
<i>It's a silent testament</i>
<i>to the "Never give up</i>

290
00:13:44,740 --> 00:13:48,118
<i>and never think things out"</i>
<i>spirit of our citizens.</i>

291
00:13:48,202 --> 00:13:49,870
<i>With our utter</i>
<i>annihilation imminent,</i>

292
00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:51,705
<i>our federal government</i>
<i>has snapped into action.</i>

293
00:13:51,789 --> 00:13:53,541
<i>We go live now,</i>
<i>via satellite,</i>

294
00:13:53,624 --> 00:13:55,459
<i>to the floor of the</i>
<i>United States congress.</i>

295
00:13:57,711 --> 00:14:01,882
<i>Then it is unanimous, we are</i>
<i>going to approve the bill</i>

296
00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:04,093
<i>to evacuate the town</i>
<i>of Springfield</i>

297
00:14:04,176 --> 00:14:06,554
<i>in the great state of...</i>

298
00:14:06,637 --> 00:14:08,889
<i>Wait a second, I want to tack on</i>
<i>a rider to that bill.</i>

299
00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:12,309
<i>$30 million of taxpayer money</i>
<i>to support the perverted arts.</i>

300
00:14:12,393 --> 00:14:16,605
<i>All in favor of the amended</i>
<i>Springfield/pervert bill?</i>

301
00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:18,566
<i>(loud boos)</i>

302
00:14:18,649 --> 00:14:20,192
<i>Bill defeated.</i>

303
00:14:20,276 --> 00:14:22,319
<i>I've said it before,</i>
<i>and I'll say it again:</i>

304
00:14:22,403 --> 00:14:25,114
<i>Democracy simply doesn't work.</i>

305
00:14:25,197 --> 00:14:26,574
<i>Now, over the years,</i>

306
00:14:26,657 --> 00:14:28,284
<i>a newsman learns</i>
<i>a number of things</i>

307
00:14:28,367 --> 00:14:31,829
<i>that for one reason or another,</i>
<i>he just cannot report.</i>

308
00:14:31,912 --> 00:14:33,080
<i>It doesn't seem</i>
<i>to matter now,</i>

309
00:14:33,163 --> 00:14:35,749
<i>so the following people</i>
<i>are gay:</i>

310
00:14:37,084 --> 00:14:38,419
Turn it off.

311
00:14:38,502 --> 00:14:39,837
Just a second.

312
00:14:43,966 --> 00:14:46,218
What's everyone
so worked up about?

313
00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:48,679
So there's a comet.
Big deal.

314
00:14:48,762 --> 00:14:51,015
It'll burn up in our atmosphere,
and what's ever left

315
00:14:51,098 --> 00:14:52,892
will be no bigger
than a Chihuahua's head.

316
00:14:52,975 --> 00:14:54,852
Wow, Dad, maybe you're right.

317
00:14:54,935 --> 00:14:56,437
Of course I'm right.

318
00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:57,771
If I'm not, may we all be

319
00:14:57,855 --> 00:14:59,565
horribly crushed
from above somehow.

320
00:14:59,648 --> 00:15:01,984
(all groaning)

321
00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:04,111
Okay, if you're
that worried about it,

322
00:15:04,194 --> 00:15:06,655
let's go down
to the bomb shelter.

323
00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:08,240
We have a bomb shelter?

324
00:15:08,324 --> 00:15:10,993
Homer Simpson takes
care of his family.

325
00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:15,497
Flanders, open up!

326
00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:17,499
Hi-dee-ho-a-rooney,
neighbor.

327
00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:19,501
-What can I do you for?
-Get out of there.

328
00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:22,379
-My family needs to use your bomb shelter.
-Homer!

329
00:15:22,463 --> 00:15:24,298
Oh, I kind of figured
this might happen,

330
00:15:24,381 --> 00:15:26,884
so I built the shelter
big enough for both our families.

331
00:15:26,967 --> 00:15:27,885
No deal. Out.

332
00:15:27,968 --> 00:15:29,178
Get in the shelter, Homer.

333
00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:56,914
One more hour.

334
00:15:56,997 --> 00:15:58,248
An hour?

335
00:15:58,332 --> 00:16:00,167
I can't wait another hour.

336
00:16:00,250 --> 00:16:01,710
What's keeping
that stupid comet?

337
00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:04,004
-(knock on door)
-There it is.

338
00:16:07,549 --> 00:16:10,427
FLANDERS:
Well, howdely-doodely, neighbors.

339
00:16:10,511 --> 00:16:13,097
Shouldn't you be in
your shelterinis by now?

340
00:16:13,180 --> 00:16:15,140
We haven't got shelterinis.

341
00:16:15,224 --> 00:16:16,558
We want in yours.

342
00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:18,227
Oh, well, sorry.

343
00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:19,520
The shelter's kind of full.

344
00:16:19,603 --> 00:16:21,563
Really? Oh.

345
00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:23,357
Well, we'll just go off
someplace and die then.

346
00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:24,525
Thanks.

347
00:16:27,319 --> 00:16:28,946
Wait!

348
00:16:29,029 --> 00:16:30,739
You know, I may regret this
when our air runs out

349
00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:33,283
and we can't whistle
or stay alive, but...

350
00:16:33,367 --> 00:16:34,702
Oh, what the hey.

351
00:16:34,785 --> 00:16:37,037
(all cheer)

352
00:16:40,374 --> 00:16:41,917
I can't... get the...

353
00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:43,085
(groaning)

354
00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:44,962
I can't get the door closed.

355
00:16:45,045 --> 00:16:46,880
Somebody's going
to have to get out.

356
00:16:46,964 --> 00:16:49,550
LISA: I'd get out,
but I don't know where I am.

357
00:16:49,633 --> 00:16:52,094
Hey, somebody's touching me.

358
00:16:52,177 --> 00:16:54,013
-I am.
-Oh, okay.

359
00:16:54,096 --> 00:16:56,724
Okay, okay, let's figure out
who should stay.

360
00:16:56,807 --> 00:17:00,769
Let's see. The world
of the future will need laughter,

361
00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:02,229
so I'm in.

362
00:17:02,312 --> 00:17:04,356
And they'll need somebody
to dispense drinks--

363
00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:05,774
I.E., me.

364
00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:08,485
And someone will have
to run the power.

365
00:17:08,569 --> 00:17:09,528
You can do that, Homer.

366
00:17:09,611 --> 00:17:11,572
Uh... Yeah.

367
00:17:11,655 --> 00:17:13,240
I can do that.

368
00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,328
Okay, let's start again.

369
00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:20,914
We'll need laughter,
religious enlightenment,

370
00:17:20,998 --> 00:17:23,208
gossip--
That's Mrs. Lovejoy.

371
00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:26,211
Wait a minute, we all know the one thing
we won't need in the future--

372
00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:28,047
left-handed stores.

373
00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:29,465
That's you, Flanders.

374
00:17:29,548 --> 00:17:32,634
(whispering)
I'm terribly sorry.

375
00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:35,262
(aloud) Flanders is the only
useless person here.

376
00:17:35,345 --> 00:17:37,806
If anyone dies,
it should be him.

377
00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:39,183
(whispering)
I'm sorry.

378
00:17:39,266 --> 00:17:40,851
Please forgive me.

379
00:17:40,934 --> 00:17:42,394
(aloud)
So let's kick Flanders out.

380
00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:43,353
(whispering)
Sorry.

381
00:17:45,022 --> 00:17:47,274
Well, sir, sounds fair.

382
00:17:47,357 --> 00:17:48,692
Toodle-oo, everybody.

383
00:17:48,776 --> 00:17:50,319
I'll scream when
the comet gets here.

384
00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:51,820
Oh, I'm coming
with you, Neddy.

385
00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:53,072
No, sweetheart.

386
00:17:53,155 --> 00:17:56,241
You... You stay
here because...

387
00:17:56,325 --> 00:17:58,285
Okay.

388
00:17:58,368 --> 00:17:59,745
I might go mad with fear
out there,

389
00:17:59,828 --> 00:18:02,790
so, Todd, I want you
to shoot Daddy

390
00:18:02,873 --> 00:18:05,417
if he tries to get back in.

391
00:18:05,501 --> 00:18:07,252
Okay, Dad.

392
00:18:07,336 --> 00:18:08,253
Okay.

393
00:18:08,337 --> 00:18:12,633
<i>♪ Que sera, sera ♪</i>

394
00:18:12,716 --> 00:18:18,639
<i>♪ Whatever will be, will be ♪</i>

395
00:18:18,722 --> 00:18:23,185
<i>♪ The future's</i>
<i>not ours to see... ♪</i>

396
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:27,689
Hey, I got an idea.

397
00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:30,109
We can play a game
to pass the time.

398
00:18:30,192 --> 00:18:32,653
I'll make the sound
of a barnyard animal,

399
00:18:32,736 --> 00:18:35,197
and you all try
to guess what it is.

400
00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,949
(clearing throat)

401
00:18:37,032 --> 00:18:40,536
(guttural braying)

402
00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:42,454
-It's a pig.
-It's a cow, man.

403
00:18:42,538 --> 00:18:44,414
-It's a pony.
-No, it's a goat.

404
00:18:44,498 --> 00:18:46,125
You know,
one of them lady goats.

405
00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:48,919
There are no lady goats.
A lady goat is a sheep.

406
00:18:49,002 --> 00:18:51,088
-I believe she's right.
-You're crazy.

407
00:18:51,171 --> 00:18:53,090
-Arr! What's it to you?
-What's it to me?

408
00:18:53,173 --> 00:18:56,468
-It's a pony.
-(all arguing)

409
00:18:57,594 --> 00:18:59,138
Stop it! Stop it!

410
00:18:59,221 --> 00:19:01,682
Can't you see this
barnyard noise guessing game

411
00:19:01,765 --> 00:19:03,809
is tearing us apart?

412
00:19:03,892 --> 00:19:07,104
FLANDERS:
<i>♪ Que sera, sera ♪</i>

413
00:19:07,187 --> 00:19:10,816
<i>♪ Whatever will be,</i>
<i>will be ...♪</i>

414
00:19:10,899 --> 00:19:13,777
Say, Moe, was it a duck?

415
00:19:13,861 --> 00:19:16,280
(all arguing)

416
00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,868
No, no! Shut up! Shut up!

417
00:19:20,951 --> 00:19:22,828
Stop it, stop it!

418
00:19:22,911 --> 00:19:24,663
I can't take this anymore.

419
00:19:24,746 --> 00:19:28,000
I can't let that brave man
out there die alone.

420
00:19:28,083 --> 00:19:31,003
I'm surprised and disgusted
by all of you.

421
00:19:31,086 --> 00:19:33,380
Especially his children.

422
00:19:33,463 --> 00:19:34,798
I'm going out there.

423
00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:36,383
(door slams)

424
00:19:36,466 --> 00:19:38,093
And it was a baby ox.

425
00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:39,386
He's right, you know.

426
00:19:39,469 --> 00:19:40,387
SKINNER:
About the ox?

427
00:19:40,470 --> 00:19:41,972
About everything, damn it!

428
00:19:42,055 --> 00:19:43,015
Hey, Homer, wait up.

429
00:19:43,098 --> 00:19:45,434
I want to die too.

430
00:19:45,517 --> 00:19:47,436
-If you are going, I am going.
-Me too.

431
00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:49,688
-(all agreeing)
-OTTO: I'm outta here. Make way.

432
00:19:49,771 --> 00:19:51,773
(indistinct chatter)

433
00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:53,317
OTTO: Radio reception
in there sucked.

434
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:58,572
<i>♪ When I was just</i>
<i>a little girl ♪</i>

435
00:19:58,655 --> 00:20:01,491
<i>♪ I asked my mother ♪</i>

436
00:20:01,575 --> 00:20:04,995
<i>♪ What will I be? ♪</i>

437
00:20:05,078 --> 00:20:10,626
<i>♪ Will I be pretty,</i>
<i>will I be rich? ♪</i>

438
00:20:10,709 --> 00:20:15,547
<i>♪ Here's what she said to me ♪</i>

439
00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:19,968
ALL:
<i>♪ Que sera, sera ♪</i>

440
00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:22,638
<i>♪ Whatever will be ♪</i>

441
00:20:22,721 --> 00:20:25,307
<i>♪ Will be ♪</i>

442
00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:30,437
<i>♪ The future's not ours</i>
<i>to see ♪</i>

443
00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,397
<i>♪ Que sera... ♪</i>

444
00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:33,815
Run!

445
00:20:40,197 --> 00:20:42,491
-Look!
-It's breaking up!

446
00:20:52,376 --> 00:20:53,543
(gasps)

447
00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:57,589
Cool.

448
00:20:57,673 --> 00:20:58,924
We're saved.

449
00:20:59,007 --> 00:21:01,009
(all cheering)

450
00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:02,761
Sure makes you appreciate

451
00:21:02,844 --> 00:21:04,680
the preciousness of life.

452
00:21:06,556 --> 00:21:08,475
Let's go burn down
the observatory

453
00:21:08,558 --> 00:21:10,185
so this'll
never happen again.

454
00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:12,813
(all agreeing)

455
00:21:12,896 --> 00:21:15,399
I can't believe that extra-thick
layer of pollution

456
00:21:15,482 --> 00:21:17,025
that I've actually
picketed against

457
00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:18,986
is what burned up
the comet.

458
00:21:19,069 --> 00:21:20,821
What's really amazing

459
00:21:20,904 --> 00:21:24,574
is that this is exactly
what Dad said would happen.

460
00:21:24,658 --> 00:21:26,785
Yeah. Dad was right.

461
00:21:26,868 --> 00:21:28,161
I know, kids.

462
00:21:28,245 --> 00:21:29,871
I'm scared too.

463
00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:31,873
(all shuddering)

464
00:21:40,382 --> 00:21:42,509
♪♪

465
00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:27,262
Shh.

466
00:22:30,265 --> 00:22:33,435
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