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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Lisa]] tries to return a key to [[Springfield Elementary]], but she stumbles upon an abandoned classroom in the basement. Trying to investigate this leads to more questions arising around the mystery of [[Bus 23]], a school bus that never returned from a school trip. Lisa, [[Homer]], and [[Bart]] team up to solve the mystery. Meanwhile, [[Marge]] is on a continuous search for [[The Pooter Toot Express|her noisy anniversary present]].}}
+{{Synopsis|[[Lisa]] tries to return a key to [[Springfield Elementary]], but she stumbles upon an abandoned classroom in the basement. Trying to investigate this leads to more questions arising around the mystery of [[Bus 23]], a school bus that never returned from a school trip. Lisa, [[Homer]], and [[Bart]] team up to solve the mystery. Meanwhile, [[Marge]] is on a continuous search for [[The Pooter Toot Express|her noisy anniversary present]].}}
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-"'''500 Keys'''" is the twenty-first episode of [[season 22]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four hundred eighty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on May 15, [[2011]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Albert Brooks]] as [[Hank Scorpio]].
+"'''500 Keys'''" is the twenty-first episode of [[Season 22|broadcast season 22]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four hundred eighty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on May 15, [[2011]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Albert Brooks]] as [[Hank Scorpio]].
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 |blackboard=It's [[Kristen Schaal]], not Kristen Schall.<br>Guinea Pigs should not be used as "Guinea Pigs". (online version)
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Lisa]] tries to return a key to [[Springfield Elementary]], but she stumbles upon an abandoned classroom in the basement. She attempts to tell [[Principal Skinner]] about the room, but when she returns, a bookcase blocks the dusty walls and the cobwebs leading to the room. Lisa becomes suspicious about a writing on the blackboard which involved [[Bus 23]], a former bus used by the school on a field trip that never returned. Lisa and Bart, who has just won the key to the city, team up with [[Homer]], who has stolen the Duff blimp, to try and find this mysterious [[Bus 23]], which is submerged below the icy waters of the river. Meanwhile, [[Marge]] is on a continuous search for her noisy anniversary present.}}
+{{Desc|[[Lisa]] tries to return a key to [[Springfield Elementary]], but she stumbles upon an abandoned classroom in the basement. Trying to investigate this leads to more questions arising around the mystery of [[Bus 23]], a school bus that never returned from a school trip. Lisa, [[Homer]], and [[Bart]] team up to solve the mystery. Meanwhile, [[Marge]] is on a continuous search for [[The Pooter Toot Express|her noisy anniversary present]].}}
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-"'''500 Keys'''" is the twenty-first episode of [[season 22]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four-hundred and eighty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on May 15, [[2011]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Albert Brooks]] as [[Hank Scorpio]].
+"'''500 Keys'''" is the twenty-first episode of [[season 22]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four hundred eighty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on May 15, [[2011]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Albert Brooks]] as [[Hank Scorpio]].
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 {{Quote|The children are on Bus 23|The words a "mysterious figure" writes on the chalkboard in the hidden classroom.}}
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Lisa]] tries to return a key to [[Springfield Elementary]], but she stumbles upon an abandoned classroom in the basement. She attempts to tell [[Seymour Skinner|Skinner]] about the room, but when she returns, a bookcase blocks the dusty walls and the cobwebs leading to the room. Lisa becomes suspicious about a writing on the blackboard which involved [[Bus 23]], a former bus used by the school on a field trip that never returned. Lisa and Bart, who has just won the key to the city, team up with [[Homer]], who has stolen the Duff blimp, to try and find this mysterious [[Bus 23]], which is submerged below the icy waters of the river. Meanwhile, [[Marge]] is on a continuous search for her noisy anniversary present.}}
+{{Desc|[[Lisa]] tries to return a key to [[Springfield Elementary]], but she stumbles upon an abandoned classroom in the basement. She attempts to tell [[Principal Skinner]] about the room, but when she returns, a bookcase blocks the dusty walls and the cobwebs leading to the room. Lisa becomes suspicious about a writing on the blackboard which involved [[Bus 23]], a former bus used by the school on a field trip that never returned. Lisa and Bart, who has just won the key to the city, team up with [[Homer]], who has stolen the Duff blimp, to try and find this mysterious [[Bus 23]], which is submerged below the icy waters of the river. Meanwhile, [[Marge]] is on a continuous search for her noisy anniversary present.}}
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 Lisa asks [[Nelson Muntz]] about the mysterious Bus 23. Nelson tells her that Bus 23 was a bus full of school kids that was supposed to drive over a dangerous ice bridge but was never heard from again, as Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers covered up the loss of the children. Later on, Lisa tells Bart, and the two ask Homer to take them (in the blimp) to where the ice bridge would be. On route, Lisa falls out of the blimp into the water of the lake, where she stumbles across Bus 23. She discovers that all the "children" inside the bus are actually mannequins. "The Pooter Toot Express" knocks over a nearby tree which Lisa uses to grab onto. She learns that the mysterious figure (who was seen writing on the chalkboard) is [[Otto Mann]]. Otto is relieved to discover that he didn't kill any of the children when he was driving Bus 23.
-Chalmers and Skinner are about to flee to [[Bolivia]], but are stopped by Bart. The pair finally explain about everything about Bus 23 and the hidden classroom: Apparently the school received a lump sum of grant money to improve its classrooms, but when Skinner cashed the check, the money was accidentally destroyed in his laundry by his mother. Chalmers and Skinner used [[Groundskeeper Willie|Willie]] to help build a fake classroom, rented mannequins and posed them like students, and then photographed everything to fool the government into thinking they were spending the grant money on the school. Immediately afterwards, they put the mannequins on Bus 23 to return them (to avoid being charged an extra day's rental fee), but the ice bridge gave out and the bus fell into the lake. Back in the present, after telling the story, Skinner and Chalmers apologize to Otto for letting him believe he killed a busload of students, and all is forgiven.
+Chalmers and Skinner are about to flee to [[Bolivia]], but are stopped by Bart. The pair finally explain about everything about Bus 23 and the hidden classroom: Apparently the school received a lump sum of grant money to improve its classrooms, but when Skinner cashed the check, the money was accidentally destroyed in his laundry by his mother. Chalmers and Skinner used [[Willie]] to help build a fake classroom, rented mannequins and posed them like students, and then photographed everything to fool the government into thinking they were spending the grant money on the school. Immediately afterwards, they put the mannequins on Bus 23 to return them (to avoid being charged an extra day's rental fee), but the ice bridge gave out and the bus fell into the lake. Back in the present, after telling the story, Skinner and Chalmers apologize to Otto for letting him believe he killed a busload of students, and all is forgiven.
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 == Reception ==
-"500 Keys" was viewed by an estimated 6 million households and received a 2.5 rating/7% share,<ref name="tvratings">{{cite web|last=Seidman |first=Robert |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/16/tv-ratings-sunday-survivor-finale-trumps-desperate-housewives-finale-trump-and-everything-else/92678/ |title=TV Ratings Sunday: ‘Survivor’ Finale Trumps ‘Desperate Housewives’ Finale, Trump and Everything Else - Ratings &#124; TVbytheNumbers |publisher=Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com |date=2011-05-13 |accessdate=2011-05-17}}</ref> remaining even with the previous episode. The episode received positive reviews from critics, with Hook Hougan (The A.V Club) commenting that the episode was "amusing" but "never comes near great stuff". He concluded with giving the episode a B grade.<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|last=Hook |first=Rougan |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/flirting-with-disaster500-keyslobsterfestforeign-a,56074/ |title="Flirting With Disaster"/"500 Keys"/"Lobsterfest"/"Foreign Affairs"/"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang" &#124; Fox animation &#124; TV Club &#124; TV |publisher=The A.V. Club |date= |accessdate=2011-05-17}}</ref> It was also positively received by fans of the show who complimented the fun mystery element of the storyline with many calling it one of the best of the season.
+"500 Keys" was viewed by an estimated 6 million households and received a 2.5 rating/7% share,<ref name="tvratings">{{cite web|last=Seidman |first=Robert |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/16/tv-ratings-sunday-survivor-finale-trumps-desperate-housewives-finale-trump-and-everything-else/92678/ |title=TV Ratings Sunday: 'Survivor' Finale Trumps 'Desperate Housewives' Finale, Trump and Everything Else - Ratings &#124; TVbytheNumbers |publisher=Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com |date=2011-05-13 |accessdate=2011-05-17}}</ref> remaining even with the previous episode. The episode received positive reviews from critics, with Hook Hougan (The A.V Club) commenting that the episode was "amusing" but "never comes near great stuff". He concluded with giving the episode a B grade.<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|last=Hook |first=Rougan |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/flirting-with-disaster500-keyslobsterfestforeign-a,56074/ |title="Flirting With Disaster"/"500 Keys"/"Lobsterfest"/"Foreign Affairs"/"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang" &#124; Fox animation &#124; TV Club &#124; TV |publisher=The A.V. Club |date= |accessdate=2011-05-17}}</ref> It was also positively received by fans of the show who complimented the fun mystery element of the storyline with many calling it one of the best of the season.
 When this episode premiered on [[Sky|Sky1]] on October 30, [[2011]], it received 1,014,000 viewers and was ranked 3rd that week.<ref>http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weekly-top-programmes?</ref>

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 === Epilogue ===
-The episode ends with Otto driving his bus across an icy bridge, believing that the vehicle is full of mannequins, when he is actually driving ''real'' children home. His bus is close to tipping off the bridge and he comments that perhaps they will fall off slowly like in the movie ''{{w|Inception}}''. Otto is wrong, however, and the bus falls quickly into the river.
+The episode ends with Otto driving his bus across an icy bridge, believing that the vehicle is full of mannequins, when he is actually driving ''real'' children home. His bus is close to tipping off the bridge and he comments that perhaps they will fall off slowly like in the movie ''{{W|Inception}}''. Otto is wrong, however, and the bus falls quickly into the river.
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