The Great Springfield Gold Rush - Revision history

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{desc|After learning about the California Gold Rush, [[Bart]] decides to pull a prank on [[Nelson]]. However, the whole town falls for it.}}
+{{Synopsis|After learning about the California Gold Rush, [[Bart]] decides to pull a prank on [[Nelson]]. However, the whole town falls for it.}}
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 == Plot ==
-[[Bart]]'s class is visited by [[Ranger Todd]] who performs a puppet show about the California Gold Rush. The puppet show goes over when [[James Marshall]] first found gold at the [[Sutter's Mill]] before other people found out about it and flocked to the location. However, the prospectors ended up going broke and ended up with disease, starvation, exposure, and death. [[Mrs. Krabappel]] tells Ranger Todd that she expected a story about the colorful old prospectors they see in movies, but Todd tells her that they weren't colorful. After the show, [[Nelson]] pushes Bart's head into the history book, which leads to Bart wanting to get back at Nelson.
+Bart's class is visited by [[Ranger Todd]] who performs a puppet show about the California Gold Rush. The puppet show goes over when [[James Marshall]] first found gold at the [[Sutter's Mill]] before other people found out about it and flocked to the location. However, the prospectors ended up going broke and ended up with disease, starvation, exposure, and death. [[Mrs. Krabappel]] tells Ranger Todd that she expected a story about the colorful old prospectors they see in movies, but Todd tells her that they weren't colorful. After the show, Nelson pushes Bart's head into the history book, which leads to Bart wanting to get back at Nelson.
 Bart takes a bag of fool's gold to the [[Springfield Lake]], where the bullies hang out. Meanwhile, [[Mr. Burns]] and [[Waylon Smithers]] arrive at the [[McCoy Farm]] and decide to bury nuclear waste there illegally. At the Lake, Bart and [[Milhouse]] leave the fool's gold around for the bullies, before they are chased off. Bart then runs home, spilling fool's gold as he goes. When the bullies find the gold, they get excited and start telling the town. As the townspeople start finding gold, they begin digging up the town to find more, to Bart's surprise.

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 [[Bart]]'s class is visited by [[Ranger Todd]] who performs a puppet show about the California Gold Rush. The puppet show goes over when [[James Marshall]] first found gold at the [[Sutter's Mill]] before other people found out about it and flocked to the location. However, the prospectors ended up going broke and ended up with disease, starvation, exposure, and death. [[Mrs. Krabappel]] tells Ranger Todd that she expected a story about the colorful old prospectors they see in movies, but Todd tells her that they weren't colorful. After the show, [[Nelson]] pushes Bart's head into the history book, which leads to Bart wanting to get back at Nelson.
-Bart takes a bag of fool's gold to the [[Springfield Lake]], where the bullies hang out. Meanwhile, [[Mr. Burns]] and [[Waylon Smithers]] arrive at the McCoy farm and decide to bury nuclear waste there illegally. At the Lake, Bart and [[Milhouse]] leave the fool's gold around for the bullies, before they are chased off. Bart then runs home, spilling fool's gold as he goes. When the bullies find the gold, they get excited and start telling the town. As the townspeople start finding gold, they begin digging up the town to find more, to Bart's surprise.
+Bart takes a bag of fool's gold to the [[Springfield Lake]], where the bullies hang out. Meanwhile, [[Mr. Burns]] and [[Waylon Smithers]] arrive at the [[McCoy Farm]] and decide to bury nuclear waste there illegally. At the Lake, Bart and [[Milhouse]] leave the fool's gold around for the bullies, before they are chased off. Bart then runs home, spilling fool's gold as he goes. When the bullies find the gold, they get excited and start telling the town. As the townspeople start finding gold, they begin digging up the town to find more, to Bart's surprise.
-Bart decides to just go home and wait for everything to blow over the next day. However, he is woken up by Homer digging up the front yard looking for gold. Bart then finds everyone else in town is still digging everything up looking for gold. When [[Moe]] and [[Barney]] ask Bart where he got his gold from, Bart tells them that he found it at the McCoy farm. Everyone heads there to start digging, uncovering all the nuclear waste instead, which Burns and Smithers then find out about.
+Bart decides to just go home and wait for everything to blow over the next day. However, he is woken up by Homer digging up the front yard looking for gold. Bart then finds everyone else in town is still digging everything up looking for gold. When [[Moe]] and [[Barney]] ask Bart where he got his gold from, Bart tells them that he found it at the McCoy Farm. Everyone heads there to start digging, uncovering all the nuclear waste instead, which Burns and Smithers then find out about.
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 == Plot ==
-[[Bart]]'s class is visited by [[Ranger Todd]], who does a puppet show about [[Sutter's Mill]] as part of the class's study of the California Gold Rush. Ranger tells about how bad things were going for the gold diggers. After the show [[Nelson]] pushes Bart's face into a book and he says that Bart is "prospectin' for knowledge". Bart decides to get revenge on Nelson. So the next day, Bart is with [[Milhouse]] and they plan to plant iron pyrite at [[Lake Springfield]], where Nelson usually goes after school with his friends. On the way to the river they encounter [[Mr. Burns]], who intends to bury nuclear waste at McCoy's old farm. Bart and Milhouse plant some iron pyrite before they are chased away by Nelson and his friends. Little does Bart know that the sack with iron pyrite has fallen apart and he begins to spread it all over Springfield. Nelson discovers that they have planned to hide gold in Lake Springfield. It doesn't take long for [[Moe]], [[Ned]] and [[Homer]] to notice the gold in various locations in Springfield, and the rumor begins to spread. Bart is on his way to watch Nelson find out the truth about the gold, but discovers that all residents of Springfield have begun to dig for gold, so he decides to not tell the truth so no one will gey mad at him, and he hopes it will pass soon. The next day, things get worse: almost all of Springfield is excavated. Bart takes the little bit of iron pyrite he has left from his pocket. Moe and [[Barney]] discover this and they ask him where he found it. Bart tells them that he found it at McCoy's old farm, and everyone in Springfield goes to the farm and starts to dig up Mr. Burns' nuclear waste.
+[[Bart]]'s class is visited by [[Ranger Todd]] who performs a puppet show about the California Gold Rush. The puppet show goes over when [[James Marshall]] first found gold at the [[Sutter's Mill]] before other people found out about it and flocked to the location. However, the prospectors ended up going broke and ended up with  disease, starvation, exposure, and death. [[Mrs. Krabappel]] tells Ranger Todd that she expected a story about the colorful old prospectors they see in movies, but Todd tells her that they weren't colorful. After the show, [[Nelson]] pushes [[Bart]]'s head into the history book, which leads to Bart wanting to get back at Nelson.
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 == Plot ==
-[[Bart Simpson|Bart]]'s class is visited by [[Ranger Todd]], who does a puppet show about Sutter's Mill as part of the class's study of the California Gold Rush. Ranger tells about how bad things were going for the gold diggers. After the show [[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]] pushes Bart's face into a book and he says that Bart is "prospectin' for knowledge". Bart decides to get revenge on Nelson. So the next day, Bart is with [[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]] and they plan to plant iron pyrite at [[Lake Springfield]], where Nelson usually goes after school with his friends. On the way to the river they encounter [[Charles Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]], who intends to bury nuclear waste at McCoy's old farm. Bart and Milhouse plant some iron pyrite before they are chased away by Nelson and his friends. Little does Bart know that the sack with iron pyrite has fallen apart and he begins to spread it all over Springfield. Nelson discovers that they have planned to hide gold in Lake Springfield. It doesn't take long for [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]], [[Ned Flanders|Ned]] and [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] to notice the gold in various locations in Springfield, and the rumor begins to spread. Bart is on his way to watch Nelson find out the truth about the gold, but discovers that all residents of Springfield have begun to dig for gold, so he decides to not tell the truth so no one will gey mad at him, and he hopes it will pass soon. The next day, things get worse: almost all of Springfield is excavated. Bart takes the little bit of iron pyrite he has left from his pocket. Moe and [[Barney Gumble|Barney]] discover this and they ask him where he found it. Bart tells them that he found it at McCoy's old farm, and everyone in Springfield goes to the farm and starts to dig up Mr. Burns' nuclear waste.
+[[Bart]]'s class is visited by [[Ranger Todd]], who does a puppet show about Sutter's Mill as part of the class's study of the California Gold Rush. Ranger tells about how bad things were going for the gold diggers. After the show [[Nelson]] pushes Bart's face into a book and he says that Bart is "prospectin' for knowledge". Bart decides to get revenge on Nelson. So the next day, Bart is with [[Milhouse]] and they plan to plant iron pyrite at [[Lake Springfield]], where Nelson usually goes after school with his friends. On the way to the river they encounter [[Mr. Burns]], who intends to bury nuclear waste at McCoy's old farm. Bart and Milhouse plant some iron pyrite before they are chased away by Nelson and his friends. Little does Bart know that the sack with iron pyrite has fallen apart and he begins to spread it all over Springfield. Nelson discovers that they have planned to hide gold in Lake Springfield. It doesn't take long for [[Moe]], [[Ned]] and [[Homer]] to notice the gold in various locations in Springfield, and the rumor begins to spread. Bart is on his way to watch Nelson find out the truth about the gold, but discovers that all residents of Springfield have begun to dig for gold, so he decides to not tell the truth so no one will gey mad at him, and he hopes it will pass soon. The next day, things get worse: almost all of Springfield is excavated. Bart takes the little bit of iron pyrite he has left from his pocket. Moe and [[Barney]] discover this and they ask him where he found it. Bart tells them that he found it at McCoy's old farm, and everyone in Springfield goes to the farm and starts to dig up Mr. Burns' nuclear waste.
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