Flanders' Ladder - Revision history

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Solar Dragon at 21:41, May 30, 2025

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 === Ending ===
 {{Noncanon}}
-[[Smithers]] dies at 50 by jumping into the [[Springfield Power Plant|Power Plant]] cooling towers after learning that [[Mr. Burns]] has married {{w|Angelina Jolie}}. Smoke comes out of them in the shape of a heart that then splits in two, signaling his heartbrokenness. Homer dies at 59 after being killed by the police when exiting a food bank with a sandwich, and Wiggum dies at 62 while arresting him, choking on the sandwich he stole. Marge dies at 84, peacefully next to Ned, who adds a picture of her to the wall full of memories of his many dead wives.
+[[Smithers]] dies at 50 by jumping into the [[Springfield Power Plant|Power Plant]] cooling towers after learning that [[Mr. Burns]] has married [[Angelina Jolie]]. Smoke comes out of them in the shape of a heart that then splits in two, signaling his heartbrokenness. Homer dies at 59 after being killed by the police when exiting a food bank with a sandwich, and Wiggum dies at 62 while arresting him, choking on the sandwich he stole. Marge dies at 84, peacefully next to Ned, who adds a picture of her to the wall full of memories of his many dead wives.
 Bart explodes fireworks in [[Skinner]]'s direction, shouting "Skinner sucks." Skinner dies at 119, running over Bart in his wheelchair, causing Bart to die at 80. Lisa dies at 98, realizing her meditation was a waste of time. [[Ralph]] dies at 120 as a king, killed by his son. [[Maggie]] becomes a constellation and never dies.

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 === Ending ===
 {{Noncanon}}
-[[Smithers]] dies at 50 by jumping into the [[Springfield Power Plant|Power Plant]] cooling towers after learning that [[Mr. Burns]] has married {{w|Angelina Jolie}} Smoke comes out of them in the shape of a heart that then splits in two, signaling his heartbrokenness. Homer dies at 59 after being killed by the police when exiting a food bank with a sandwich, and Wiggum dies at 62 while arresting him, choking on the sandwich he stole. Marge dies at 84, peacefully next to Ned, who adds a picture of her to the wall full of memories of his many dead wives.
+[[Smithers]] dies at 50 by jumping into the [[Springfield Power Plant|Power Plant]] cooling towers after learning that [[Mr. Burns]] has married {{w|Angelina Jolie}}. Smoke comes out of them in the shape of a heart that then splits in two, signaling his heartbrokenness. Homer dies at 59 after being killed by the police when exiting a food bank with a sandwich, and Wiggum dies at 62 while arresting him, choking on the sandwich he stole. Marge dies at 84, peacefully next to Ned, who adds a picture of her to the wall full of memories of his many dead wives.
 Bart explodes fireworks in [[Skinner]]'s direction, shouting "Skinner sucks." Skinner dies at 119, running over Bart in his wheelchair, causing Bart to die at 80. Lisa dies at 98, realizing her meditation was a waste of time. [[Ralph]] dies at 120 as a king, killed by his son. [[Maggie]] becomes a constellation and never dies.

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 === Ending ===
 {{Noncanon}}
-[[Smithers]] dies at 50 by jumping into the [[Springfield Power Plant|Power Plant]] cooling towers. Smoke comes out of them in the shape of a heart that then splits in two. Homer dies at 59 after being killed by the police when exiting a food bank with a sandwich, and Wiggum dies at 62 while arresting him. Marge dies at 84, peacefully next to Ned, who adds a picture of her to the wall full of memories of his many dead wives.
+[[Smithers]] dies at 50 by jumping into the [[Springfield Power Plant|Power Plant]] cooling towers after learning that [[Mr. Burns]] has married {{w|Angelina Jolie}} Smoke comes out of them in the shape of a heart that then splits in two, signaling his heartbrokenness. Homer dies at 59 after being killed by the police when exiting a food bank with a sandwich, and Wiggum dies at 62 while arresting him, choking on the sandwich he stole. Marge dies at 84, peacefully next to Ned, who adds a picture of her to the wall full of memories of his many dead wives.
 Bart explodes fireworks in [[Skinner]]'s direction, shouting "Skinner sucks." Skinner dies at 119, running over Bart in his wheelchair, causing Bart to die at 80. Lisa dies at 98, realizing her meditation was a waste of time. [[Ralph]] dies at 120 as a king, killed by his son. [[Maggie]] becomes a constellation and never dies.

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|After getting struck by lightning, [[Bart]] has nightmares where he gets visited by ghosts. Bart helps each ghost get closure and move on to the afterlife.}}
+{{Synopsis|After getting struck by lightning, [[Bart]] has nightmares where he gets visited by ghosts. Bart helps each ghost get closure and move on to the afterlife.}}
 == Plot ==

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	Because of this, Bart finally agrees to help Maude. She wants revenge on Homer and the bullies and kills him by throwing shirts at him. To prevent Homer from going to Heaven—thus dying for real—Bart shoots the shirt into the Heaven light. He then wakes up and tells Lisa he has discovered how everyone is going to die.		Because of this, Bart finally agrees to help Maude. She wants revenge on Homer and the bullies and kills him by throwing shirts at him. To prevent Homer from going to Heaven—thus dying for real—Bart shoots the shirt into the Heaven light. He then wakes up and tells Lisa he has discovered how everyone is going to die.

		+	=== Ending ===
		+	{{Noncanon}}
	[[Smithers]] dies at 50 by jumping into the [[Springfield Power Plant\|Power Plant]] cooling towers. Smoke comes out of them in the shape of a heart that then splits in two. Homer dies at 59 after being killed by the police when exiting a food bank with a sandwich, and Wiggum dies at 62 while arresting him. Marge dies at 84, peacefully next to Ned, who adds a picture of her to the wall full of memories of his many dead wives.		[[Smithers]] dies at 50 by jumping into the [[Springfield Power Plant\|Power Plant]] cooling towers. Smoke comes out of them in the shape of a heart that then splits in two. Homer dies at 59 after being killed by the police when exiting a food bank with a sandwich, and Wiggum dies at 62 while arresting him. Marge dies at 84, peacefully next to Ned, who adds a picture of her to the wall full of memories of his many dead wives.

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 }}
-'''"Flanders' Ladder"''' is the twenty-first and final episode of [[season 29]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred thirty-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on May 20, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[J. Stewart Burns]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[Jackie Mason]] as [[Hyman Krustofsky]].
+'''"Flanders' Ladder"''' is the twenty-first and final episode of [[Season 29|broadcast season 29]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred thirty-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on May 20, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[J. Stewart Burns]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[Jackie Mason]] as [[Hyman Krustofsky]].
 "Flanders' Ladder" was dedicated to the memory of [[Tom Wolfe]], who died on May 14.

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 |season=29
 |snumber=21
-|prodcode= XABF14
+|prodcode= [[Production season XABF|XABF14]]
 |airdate= May 20, [[2018]]
 |couchgag= The [[Simpson family]] goes to sit on the couch but the couch is not there. [[Marge]] rings a bell and Puritans starts building a wooden one. After sitting on it, [[Homer]] tries to change the channel with the remote, but one of the Puritans informs him there's no electricity, to which Homer [[D'oh]]s.
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|After getting struck by lightning, [[Bart]] receives visits from ghosts, who want closure only he can provide.}}
+{{Desc|After getting struck by lightning, [[Bart]] has nightmares where he gets visited by ghosts. Bart helps each ghost get closure and move on to the afterlife.}}
 == Plot ==
-On a stormy night, [[Bart]] tricks [[Lisa]] into playing {{W|Jump scare|The Scary Maze Game}} and posts a photo of her surrounded by his dirty clothes on the Internet. At the dinner table, the internet line gets hit by lighting, cutting the family off it.
+On a stormy night, [[Bart]] tricks [[Lisa]] into playing the Scary Maze Game and posts a photo of her surrounded by his dirty clothes on the Internet. At the dinner table, the internet line gets hit by lightning, cutting the family off from it.
-To pass time, the [[Simpson family|family]] digs up their old VHS, but when the VHS player breakes, Bart and [[Homer]] go to [[Ned]]'s house to steal his router. Bart climbs the ladder to the attic, but gets hit by lighting, while another one hits the line bringing it back on. At [[Springfield General Hospital]], Bart is in a coma and Lisa gets revenge on him by giving him nightmares.
+To pass the time, the [[Simpson family|family]] digs up their old VHS tapes, but when the VHS player breaks, Bart and [[Homer]] go to [[Ned]]'s house to steal his router. Bart climbs the ladder to the attic but gets hit by lightning, while another strike hits the line, bringing it back on. At [[Springfield General Hospital]], Bart is in a coma and Lisa gets revenge on him by giving him nightmares.
-She makes him wake up in his bed, and has the ghost of [[Maude Flanders]] show up to scare him. Next, she sends in [[Milhouse]] while he decorates the treehouse with crosses to keep ghosts out, thought that doesn't work as the ghost of Maude comes back, but Bart manages to scare her off with Homer's socks.
+She makes him wake up in his bed and has the ghost of [[Maude Flanders]] appear to scare him. Next, she sends in [[Milhouse]] while he decorates the treehouse with crosses to keep ghosts out, though that doesn't work, as the ghost of Maude returns. Bart manages to scare her off with Homer's socks.
-Milhouse suggest him talking to his psychiatrist [[Samuel Elkins]], about talking to a ghost. Turns out he's a ghost too, and Bart helps move on to the afterlife, and more ghosts appear. He starts helping the ghosts, though Lisa is causing him to get worse and worse and then Homer gets back from [[Krusty Burger]], telling Homer he's dead from walking that far.
+Milhouse suggests he talk to his psychiatrist, [[Samuel Elkins]], about seeing ghosts. It turns out Elkins is a ghost too, and Bart helps him move on to the afterlife. More ghosts begin to appear, and Bart starts helping them, though Lisa's interference causes his condition to worsen. Homer returns from [[Krusty Burger]] and tells Bart he's dead from walking that far.
-Due to this, Bart finally agrees on helping Maude, and she wanted revenge on Homer and the bullies kills him by throwing shirts to him. To avoid him going to Heaven, thus dying himself, he shoots the shirt to the Heaven light. Bart wakes up and starts telling Lisa he discovered how everyone is going to die.
+Because of this, Bart finally agrees to help Maude. She wants revenge on Homer and the bullies and kills him by throwing shirts at him. To prevent Homer from going to Heaven—thus dying for real—Bart shoots the shirt into the Heaven light. He then wakes up and tells Lisa he has discovered how everyone is going to die.
-[[Smithers]] dies at 50, by jumping into the [[Springfield Power Plant|Power Plant cooling towers]]. Smoke comes out of them with a heart that then separates in two. Homer dies at 59 by getting killed by police after exiting a food bank with a sandwich, and Wiggum dies at 62 when he was arresting him. Marge dies at 84, peacefully next to Ned, and he appends a picture of her on the wall full of memories of his many dead wives.
+[[Smithers]] dies at 50 by jumping into the [[Springfield Power Plant|Power Plant]] cooling towers. Smoke comes out of them in the shape of a heart that then splits in two. Homer dies at 59 after being killed by the police when exiting a food bank with a sandwich, and Wiggum dies at 62 while arresting him. Marge dies at 84, peacefully next to Ned, who adds a picture of her to the wall full of memories of his many dead wives.
-Bart explodes fireworks in [[Skinner]]'s direction, saying "Skinner sucks". Skinner dies at 119 after that, running over Bart in the process in his wheelchair who dies at 80. Lisa dies at 98, realizing her meditation was all a waste of time. [[Ralph]] dies at 120 as a king, killed by his son. [[Maggie]] becomes a constellation and never dies.
+Bart explodes fireworks in [[Skinner]]'s direction, shouting "Skinner sucks." Skinner dies at 119, running over Bart in his wheelchair, causing Bart to die at 80. Lisa dies at 98, realizing her meditation was a waste of time. [[Ralph]] dies at 120 as a king, killed by his son. [[Maggie]] becomes a constellation and never dies.
 == Production ==
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 [[Category:Episodes directed by Matthew Nastuk]]