John Wilkes Booth - Revision history

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 == Behind the Laughter ==
-*John Wilkes Booth appears leaning on a cane. The real Booth fractured his left {{W|fibula}} in his escape from [[Ford's Theatre]]. Dr. {{W|Samuel Mudd}}, who splinted the leg and also made a pair of crutches for Booth, was arrested, tried, convicted and executed by hanging.
+*John Wilkes Booth appears leaning on a cane. The real Booth fractured his left {{W|fibula}} in his escape from [[Ford's Theatre]]. Dr. {{W|Samuel Mudd}}, who splinted the leg and also made a pair of crutches for Booth, was arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned.
 *Booth's appearance in ''[[The Buck Stops Everywhere]]'' is based on that of [[Frank Grimes]].
 *[[Bart]]'s "Unhand me, Yankee" line is a reference to Booth's support of the South in the {{W|American Civil War}}.

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 == Appearances ==
 *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV|(The Devil and Homer Simpson)}}
 *{{ep|The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular|(archive footage)}}
 *{{ep|Summer of 4 Ft. 2|(mentioned)}}

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 == History ==
-[[Bart]] played Booth in [[Springfield Elementary]]'s Presidents' Day Pageant. However, Bart took the opportunity to pull a prank and played the role as the [[Terminator]], saying "Hasta la vista, Abey" just before he shot Lincoln (played by [[Milhouse Van Houten]]). After he killed Lincoln, Bart started to attack [[Chester A. Arthur]] before he was yanked off of the stage by [[Ms. Hoover]]. As he was being dragged away, Bart said in a Southern accent, "Unhand me, Yankee!"<ref>"[[I Love Lisa]]"</ref>
+[[Bart]] played Booth in [[Springfield Elementary]]'s [[Presidents' Day]] [[Hooray for President's Day|Pageant]]. However, Bart took the opportunity to pull a prank and played the role as the [[Terminator]], saying "Hasta la vista, Abey" just before he shot Lincoln (played by [[Milhouse Van Houten]]). After he killed Lincoln, Bart started to attack [[Chester A. Arthur]] before he was yanked off of the stage by [[Ms. Hoover]]. As he was being dragged away, Bart said in a Southern accent, "Unhand me, Yankee!"<ref>"[[I Love Lisa]]"</ref>
 [[Homer]] once dreamed that he saved Lincoln from being killed when he knocked down Booth, spoiling his shot. After that, a grateful Lincoln shook hands with Homer.<ref>"[[Today I Am a Clown]]"</ref>

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-'''John Wilkes Booth''' was an American stage actor and the man who killed [[Abraham Lincoln]].
+'''John Wilkes Booth''' was an American stage actor who assassinated [[Abraham Lincoln]].
 == History ==

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 *John Wilkes Booth appears leaning on a cane. The real Booth fractured his left {{W|fibula}} in his escape from [[Ford's Theatre]]. Dr. {{W|Samuel Mudd}}, who splinted the leg and also made a pair of crutches for Booth, was arrested, tried, convicted and executed by hanging.
 *Booth's appearance in ''[[The Buck Stops Everywhere]]'' is based on that of [[Frank Grimes]].
-*[[Bart]]'s Southern-accented "Unhand me, Yankee" line is a reference to Booth's Southern origins (he grew up in near [[Baltimore]]) and support of the South in the {{W|American Civil War}}.
+*[[Bart]]'s "Unhand me, Yankee" line is a reference to Booth's support of the South in the {{W|American Civil War}}.
 == Appearances ==

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 *{{ep|I Love Lisa}}
 *{{ep|The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular|(archive footage)}}
 *{{ep|Today I Am a Clown}}
 *{{bon|The Buck Stops Everywhere}}

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 |status = Deceased
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 |appearance = "[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]"