Junior Campers - Revision history

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 [[File:Junior Campers meeting.png|250px|thumb|left|Bart attending his first meeting.]]
-Having dodged the quiz, Bart cheerily went to his first meeting, only to be greeted (to his shock) by patrol leader [[Ned Flanders]], his annoying next-door neighbor, and the rest of the group bathing [[Jasper Beardsley]]. When Ned said that Bart had arrived just in time for "Sponge Bath the Old Folks" day, Bart screamed and ran out of the room. However, he caught his bandanna in the door and fell to the floor, knocking himself out cold.
+Having dodged the quiz, Bart cheerily went to his first meeting, only to be greeted (to his shock) by patrol leader [[Ned Flanders]], his annoying next-door neighbor, and the rest of the group bathing [[Jasper Beardley]]. When Ned said that Bart had arrived just in time for "Sponge Bath the Old Folks" day, Bart screamed and ran out of the room. However, he caught his bandanna in the door and fell to the floor, knocking himself out cold.
 Minutes later, Bart came to and found [[Junior Camper|a boy]] performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on him while Ned gave him instructions. Now fully awake, Bart threw the boy off and the meeting resumed. Bart quickly grew bored, however, and when Ned explained how to make a pinecone into a makeshift bird feeder by applying a smidge of peanut butter, Bart decided he'd had enough and headed for the door. But when Ned asked everyone to take out their pocketknives, Bart regained interest and turned back. Ned handed Bart the group's [[The 10 Dos and 500 Don'ts of Knife Safety|knife safety manual]] and told him he had to read it before he would be allowed to handle a knife. Now disgusted, Bart left, but as he walked through Springfield, he noticed that in addition to being cool, knives were very important and useful. Bart then read the manual, returned to the group and passed the knife safety test, eager to be allowed to have a knife. For his trouble, however, rather than a real knife, Bart received a rubber training knife and a promotion to the rank of "Pussy Willow". Offended as well as disgusted, Bart nearly left (yet again), but when Ned told the group that they would be taught how to trap wild animals, Bart was enticed back in.

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	The '''Junior Campers''' is a Scouting-style organization in [[Springfield]]. Its aims include teaching Springfield's children outdoor survival skills and encouraging them to be involved in community service. Its headquarters is a single room in an unknown building — possibly [[Springfield Elementary School]], but not verified to be so.		The '''Junior Campers''' is a Scouting-style organization in [[Springfield]]. Its aims include teaching Springfield's children outdoor survival skills and encouraging them to be involved in community service. Its headquarters is a single room in an unknown building — possibly [[Springfield Elementary School]], but not verified to be so.

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 *Woodworking
-There is a special merit badge for advanced knot tying, but the knots required for the badge are so intricate that [[Martin Prince, Jr.]] is the only Junior Camper in Springfield known to have earned it.<ref name="CHS"/>
+There is a special merit badge for advanced knot tying, but the knots required for the badge are so intricate that [[Martin Prince]] is the only Junior Camper in Springfield known to have earned it.<ref name="CHS"/>
 [[Ralph Wiggum]] earned a Survival merit badge when he and Bart got lost in the woods. Ralph's habit of hugging everything he saw in the woods left a trail of chocolate handprints which allowed searchers to find them.<ref name="Wild"/>
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 *[[Üter Zörker]]<ref name="Wild"/>
 *[[Lewis Clark]]<ref name="Wild"/>
-*[[Martin Prince, Jr.]]<ref name="CHS"/><ref name="Wild"/>
+*[[Martin Prince]]<ref name="CHS"/><ref name="Wild"/>
 *[[Lewis look-alike]]<ref name="Wild"/>
 *[[Wendell Borton]]<ref name="CHS"/><ref name="Wild"/>

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 == References ==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 {{Junior Campers}}

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 === The Rafting Trip ===
-Both Bart and fellow Camper Warren were upset at the announcement: Bart because he felt that Homer was certain to embarrass him on the trip, and Warren because his father was in prison. Ned told Warren that "celebrity dad" {{ch|Ernest Borgnine}} had already been hired to accompany him on the trip (despite Warren's wishes to take his older brother), which left Bart to figure out how to deal with Homer.
+Both Bart and fellow Camper Warren were upset at the announcement: Bart because he felt that Homer was certain to embarrass him on the trip, and Warren because his father was in prison. Ned told Warren that "celebrity dad" {{Ch|Ernest Borgnine}} had already been hired to accompany him on the trip (despite Warren's wishes to take his older brother), which left Bart to figure out how to deal with Homer.
 Bart decided to go ahead and ask Homer to go on the trip, figuring he would say "No". Homer, however, was figuring that Bart would say "No" if Homer said he wanted to go. Bart grudgingly asked Homer to go on the trip, and Homer equally grudgingly said "Yes", so they ended up going together in spite of neither of them wanting that outcome. Adding insult to injury, they ended up sharing a raft with Ned and [[Rod Flanders]].
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 *Homer ran down the batteries in Rod's tape player by listening to music, then got mad and threw the player overboard (when both the batteries and the player itself could have been used for other things).
-*Homer used the last of the raft's water supply to rinse his socks, being under the mistaken impression that they were floating on plenty of drinkable water. (It is important to note, however, that drinking {{w|Seawater|sea water}} is not conducive to long-term survival.)[[File:Restraining Homer.png|250px|thumb|right|The group restraining Homer as he begins to eat most of the remaining rations.]]
+*Homer used the last of the raft's water supply to rinse his socks, being under the mistaken impression that they were floating on plenty of drinkable water. (It is important to note, however, that drinking {{W|Seawater|sea water}} is not conducive to long-term survival.)[[File:Restraining Homer.png|250px|thumb|right|The group restraining Homer as he begins to eat most of the remaining rations.]]
 *Homer devoured most of the raft's food supply when he tried to demonstrate that the secret to rationing food was to take tiny bites.
 *Homer fired a flare gun to try to attract the attention of a passing plane, but ended up shooting the plane down. The pilot bailed out safely and landed in another passing plane, which quickly flew away.
 *Homer used a cheese doodle (the last of the raft's food supply) as bait to catch a fish. However, because Homer failed to secure the fishing line inside the raft, the fish swam away with the hook, the line and the doodle.
-By this time, a thick fog had rolled in. Thinking that they were all going to die, Homer gave Bart a present — a {{w|Swiss Army knife}} he had stolen from Ernest Borgnine. Homer opened the blades, eagerly showing the knife's capabilities. Then, to everyone's horror, he accidentally dropped the knife and it bounced several times on the rubber raft, but miraculously came to rest without puncturing it. A bit of sun came out just in time to catch the knife's mini-magnifying glass, which quickly burned a hole in the raft.
+By this time, a thick fog had rolled in. Thinking that they were all going to die, Homer gave Bart a present — a {{W|Swiss Army knife}} he had stolen from Ernest Borgnine. Homer opened the blades, eagerly showing the knife's capabilities. Then, to everyone's horror, he accidentally dropped the knife and it bounced several times on the rubber raft, but miraculously came to rest without puncturing it. A bit of sun came out just in time to catch the knife's mini-magnifying glass, which quickly burned a hole in the raft.
 As air leaked out of the raft, the fog returned. The group then smelled hamburgers. Homer's quirks and predilections, which had caused so much trouble, now ironically came to the rescue. Consulting Homer's map, they found there was a Krusty Burger restaurant on a nearby offshore oil rig; and guided by Homer's nose, they were able to row directly to it. They quickly boarded the rig and ran to the restaurant, and Homer gasped out an order for seven hundred Krusty burgers, much to the delight of the employees.
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 == Volunteers ==
 *[[Homer Simpson]]<ref name="Scoutz"/><ref name="Greetings"/>
-*{{ch|Ernest Borgnine}} (most likely died from the attack)<ref name="Scoutz"/>
+*{{Ch|Ernest Borgnine}} (most likely died from the attack)<ref name="Scoutz"/>
 {{col-end}}
 == Behind the Laughter ==
-*The Junior Campers are based on the {{w|Scouting|Boy Scouts}}.
+*The Junior Campers are based on the {{W|Scouting|Boy Scouts}}.
 == Appearances ==

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 *[[Bart Simpson]] (most likely quit)<ref name="Scoutz"/><ref name="CHS"/><ref name="Demerit"/><ref name="Greetings"/><ref name="Wild"/>
 *[[Rod Flanders]] <ref name="Scoutz"/><ref name="FBOF"/>
-*[[Adrian]] (survived the attack at the camp; most likely quit later)<ref name="Scoutz"/>
+*[[Blond-haired boy with glasses]] (survived the attack at the camp; most likely quit later)<ref name="Scoutz"/>
 *[[Junior Camper]] (most likely died from the attack)<ref name="Scoutz"/>
 *[[Warren]] (most likely died from the attack)<ref name="Scoutz"/>

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 The situation was dire, with the sun beating down, no rescue in sight, and no idea of which way land was. Things quickly grew much worse, however, as a result of Homer's bumbling and general carelessness:
-* Homer ran down the batteries in Rod's tape player by listening to music, then got mad and threw the player overboard (when both the batteries and the player itself could have been used for other things).
+*Homer ran down the batteries in Rod's tape player by listening to music, then got mad and threw the player overboard (when both the batteries and the player itself could have been used for other things).
-* Homer used the last of the raft's water supply to rinse his socks, being under the mistaken impression that they were floating on plenty of drinkable water. (It is important to note, however, that drinking {{w|Seawater|sea water}} is not conducive to long-term survival.)[[File:Restraining Homer.png|250px|thumb|right|The group restraining Homer as he begins to eat most of the remaining rations.]]
+*Homer used the last of the raft's water supply to rinse his socks, being under the mistaken impression that they were floating on plenty of drinkable water. (It is important to note, however, that drinking {{w|Seawater|sea water}} is not conducive to long-term survival.)[[File:Restraining Homer.png|250px|thumb|right|The group restraining Homer as he begins to eat most of the remaining rations.]]
-* Homer devoured most of the raft's food supply when he tried to demonstrate that the secret to rationing food was to take tiny bites.
+*Homer devoured most of the raft's food supply when he tried to demonstrate that the secret to rationing food was to take tiny bites.
-* Homer fired a flare gun to try to attract the attention of a passing plane, but ended up shooting the plane down. The pilot bailed out safely and landed in another passing plane, which quickly flew away.
+*Homer fired a flare gun to try to attract the attention of a passing plane, but ended up shooting the plane down. The pilot bailed out safely and landed in another passing plane, which quickly flew away.
-* Homer used a cheese doodle (the last of the raft's food supply) as bait to catch a fish. However, because Homer failed to secure the fishing line inside the raft, the fish swam away with the hook, the line and the doodle.
+*Homer used a cheese doodle (the last of the raft's food supply) as bait to catch a fish. However, because Homer failed to secure the fishing line inside the raft, the fish swam away with the hook, the line and the doodle.
 By this time, a thick fog had rolled in. Thinking that they were all going to die, Homer gave Bart a present — a {{w|Swiss Army knife}} he had stolen from Ernest Borgnine. Homer opened the blades, eagerly showing the knife's capabilities. Then, to everyone's horror, he accidentally dropped the knife and it bounced several times on the rubber raft, but miraculously came to rest without puncturing it. A bit of sun came out just in time to catch the knife's mini-magnifying glass, which quickly burned a hole in the raft.
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 It is unknown what happened to the patrol after the rafting trip. The members who were with Ernest Borgnine are generally presumed to have been killed in the attack at the abandoned summer camp.<ref name="Scoutz"/> Bart most likely sharply curtailed his involvement and eventually quit altogether, as he is only rarely seen wearing the uniform or participating in Junior Camper activities:
-* There continued to be a Junior Campers patrol at Springfield Elementary School, but with mostly new members.<ref name="CHS">''[[The Case of the Hanging Shoes]]''</ref>
+*There continued to be a Junior Campers patrol at Springfield Elementary School, but with mostly new members.<ref name="CHS">''[[The Case of the Hanging Shoes]]''</ref>
-* Bart later earned several more merit badges, but did so in a "cool rebel" fashion.<ref name="Demerit">''[[Bart's Junior Camper Demerit Badge Manual]]''</ref>
+*Bart later earned several more merit badges, but did so in a "cool rebel" fashion.<ref name="Demerit">''[[Bart's Junior Camper Demerit Badge Manual]]''</ref>
-* In a photograph taken during a [[Simpson family]] camping trip, Bart and Homer, wearing Junior Camper uniforms, were seen struggling to light a campfire while [[Marge]], [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie]] had already finished setting up a luxurious campsite.<ref name="Greetings">''[[Greetings from the Simpsons (2007)]]''</ref>
+*In a photograph taken during a [[Simpson family]] camping trip, Bart and Homer, wearing Junior Camper uniforms, were seen struggling to light a campfire while [[Marge]], [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie]] had already finished setting up a luxurious campsite.<ref name="Greetings">''[[Greetings from the Simpsons (2007)]]''</ref>
-* Bart unintentionally participated in a Junior Campers event when he hid in Ned's SUV to avoid Homer. Ned took the patrol in his SUV to the mountains for a sled race, and when he found Bart, he asked Bart to be in the race to make a complete set of teams. Bart wasn't wearing a uniform and wasn't even planning on being in the race, so it is possible that by this time he had quit.<ref name="Wild">''[[Ralph vs. the Wild]]''</ref>
+*Bart unintentionally participated in a Junior Campers event when he hid in Ned's SUV to avoid Homer. Ned took the patrol in his SUV to the mountains for a sled race, and when he found Bart, he asked Bart to be in the race to make a complete set of teams. Bart wasn't wearing a uniform and wasn't even planning on being in the race, so it is possible that by this time he had quit.<ref name="Wild">''[[Ralph vs. the Wild]]''</ref>
 == Merit Badges ==
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 Bart was later seen obtaining the following six merit badges, albeit in a pranking / rebellious fashion:<ref name="Demerit"/>
-* Marksmanship
+*Marksmanship
-* Knot Tying
+*Knot Tying
-* Citizenship
+*Citizenship
-* Leadership
+*Leadership
-* Camping
+*Camping
-* Woodworking
+*Woodworking
 There is a special merit badge for advanced knot tying, but the knots required for the badge are so intricate that [[Martin Prince, Jr.]] is the only Junior Camper in Springfield known to have earned it.<ref name="CHS"/>

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 * In a photograph taken during a [[Simpson family]] camping trip, Bart and Homer, wearing Junior Camper uniforms, were seen struggling to light a campfire while [[Marge]], [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie]] had already finished setting up a luxurious campsite.<ref name="Greetings">''[[Greetings from the Simpsons (2007)]]''</ref>
-* Bart unintentionally participated in a Junior Campers event when he hid in Ned's SUV to avoid Homer. Ned took the patrol in his SUV to the mountains for a sled race, and when he found Bart, he asked Bart to be in the race to make a complete set of teams. Bart wasn't wearing a uniform and wasn't even planning on being in the race, so it is possible that by this time he had quit.<ref name="Wild">''[[Ralph vs. Wild]]''</ref>
+* Bart unintentionally participated in a Junior Campers event when he hid in Ned's SUV to avoid Homer. Ned took the patrol in his SUV to the mountains for a sled race, and when he found Bart, he asked Bart to be in the race to make a complete set of teams. Bart wasn't wearing a uniform and wasn't even planning on being in the race, so it is possible that by this time he had quit.<ref name="Wild">''[[Ralph vs. the Wild]]''</ref>
 == Merit Badges ==
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 *{{bon|The Case of the Hanging Shoes|(mentioned)}}
 *{{bon|Bart's Junior Camper Demerit Badge Manual}}
-*{{bon|Ralph vs. Wild}}
+*{{bon|Ralph vs. the Wild}}
 *{{bk|Greetings from the Simpsons (2007)}}
 *{{bk|Flanders' Book of Faith}}

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 *[[Junior Camper]] (most likely died from the attack)<ref name="Scoutz"/>
 *[[Warren]] (most likely died from the attack)<ref name="Scoutz"/>
-*[[Milhouse van Houten]]<ref name="CHS"/><ref name="Demerit"/>
+*[[Milhouse Van Houten]]<ref name="CHS"/><ref name="Demerit"/>
 *[[Richard]]<ref name="Demerit"/>
 *[[Ralph Wiggum]]<ref name="CHS"/><ref name="Wild"/>