The Absent-Minded Protester - Revision history

Solar Dragon: Reverted edits by 2A00:23C8:43B9:7C01:2564:B9B8:A330:DF9A (talk) to last revision by Solar Dragon

2026-08-13T13:49:48Z

Reverted edits by 2A00:23C8:43B9:7C01:2564:B9B8:A330:DF9A (talk) to last revision by Solar Dragon

2A00:23C8:43B9:7C01:2564:B9B8:A330:DF9A: Please i want no stubby super stub

2026-08-13T13:35:51Z

Please i want no stubby super stub

Solar Dragon: Reverted edits by 2A00:23C8:43B9:7C01:5502:66E5:D44C:D638 (talk) to last revision by Solar Dragon

2026-08-10T17:38:10Z

Reverted edits by 2A00:23C8:43B9:7C01:5502:66E5:D44C:D638 (talk) to last revision by Solar Dragon

2A00:23C8:43B9:7C01:5502:66E5:D44C:D638: Needs Fixing

2026-08-10T14:46:59Z

Needs Fixing

2A00:23C8:43B9:7C01:5502:66E5:D44C:D638: Needs Fixing

2026-08-10T14:45:19Z

Needs Fixing

2A00:23C8:43B9:7C01:5502:66E5:D44C:D638: Needs Fixing

2026-08-10T14:44:28Z

Needs Fixing

Solar Dragon at 17:52, January 24, 2023

2023-01-24T17:52:03Z

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Zenthor at 20:32, April 11, 2021

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 '''''The Absent-Minded Protester''''' is a ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' story first printed in {{SC|37}}.
-== Plot ==
+== Synopsis ==
 In order to get attention, [[Grampa]] starts graffiting [[Springfield]] under the name [[El Grampo]].
-== Synopsis ==
+== Plot ==
-During a Veteran's Day party at the [[Springfield Retirement Castle]], Grampa Simpson tells the tale of his days during the war, which end with the family losing interest in his story. Upset about being ignored, he goes to the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] to pick up some "Westphal's Auxiliator. When he finds that it is not in stock, he protests that he's written letters to the company that produces it, only to find that with the internet, no one writes letters anymore. Depressed, he walks outside to ponder how he'll get his message out. At that moment, he gets spray-tagged by [[Jimbo Jones|Jimbo]], giving him an idea.
+During Veteran's Day, [[Grampa]] tells his family stories of when he was ignored after the [[World War II|war]] but they also ignore him. He decides he wants to start being noticed, and demands the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] begin stocking [[Westphal's Auxiliator]]. When [[Apu]] shows him how the internet has replaced traditional customer demand methods, Grampa realizes he needs to find a new way to get his message out. After being spray-painted by [[Jimbo]], Grampa starts wearing a disguise and spray-paints messages throughout Springfield, signing them "[[El Grampo]]". The graffiti appears on the news so [[Bart]] decides to investigate who is behind the vandalism, while [[Chief Wiggum]] orders [[Homer]] to clean up the paint as punishment for parking violations.
-Putting together a dark disguise, he goes by the title "El Grampo", and begins his graffiti spree. His name ends up on Springfield News, where [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] points out how big an amateur El Grampo is.
+Bart catches Grampa in action and they decide to pair up as El Grampo and [[El Barto]]. They learn on the news that the police are determined to apprehend El Grampo. Grampa wants to give up, but Bart encourages him to commit a final act of vandalism. The two of them perform their last deed by attaching themselves to the [[Duff Blimp]] during a racing track event, spray-painting another demand for Westphal's Auxiliator. The police shoot at them, causing the blimp to catch fire and crash on the [[Retirement Castle]]. Grampa is arrested, but when Bart points out that he just wanted attention, the other seniors claim responsibility, also wanting to be noticed. The police decide to shoot them all, but Grampa later reveals to his family that because of all the paperwork that would need filling out, Chief Wiggum instead made the seniors do a gladiator-style battle for the El Grampo title, which Grampa won. However, he is ignored by everyone except Bart who gives him a present of a newly stocked Westphal's Auxiliator.
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