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  1. 03-26-2006, 10:16 AM #1
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    Your favorite/least favorite B story?

    I'm pretty sure my least favorite is Bart crying "wolf" from Marge Gets a Job.

    My favorite might be Homer as a juror from "The Boy Who Knew Too Much".
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    Bart on the Road for sure as best. Fantastic bonding between Lisa and Homer that nicely ties in with the main plot at the end.
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    Worst would have to be a tossup between Marge and Lisa's exciting escapades with doorbells and easter eggs or that unbelievably stupid Snowball subplot in 7 Beer Snitch.

    Adzzzzzz has already named the best one.
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    The swear jar from "Bart the Lover". The hysterical Flanders family moments only sweeten the deal.

    Veryjammy already stole the two worst ones from me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Veryjammy
    Worst would have to be a tossup between Marge and Lisa's exciting escapades with doorbells and easter eggs or that unbelievably stupid Snowball subplot in 7 Beer Snitch.

    Adzzzzzz has already named the best one.
    Snowball subplot in Seven Beer Snitch? Is it just me, or was that I D'oh Bot?
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    As said, the swear jar is probably one of the most entertaining subplots in the Simpsons-incidentally IMO, I think it has one of the better conflicts between Homer and Flanders.

    Worst has got to be the Snowball subplot in which Snowball finds a new family-so far-I have not seen every episode.

    And about Grandpa's subplot in "Catch em' if you can" I'm trying to work out if that was pure crap or plain genius.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adzzzzzzzzzz
    Snowball subplot in Seven Beer Snitch? Is it just me, or was that I D'oh Bot?
    There are two Jean-era Snowball subplots. Best way to tell them apart: One has an ending, the other doesn't.

    My favourites (Bart on the Road, Bart the Lover) have already been mentioned, and I also really like Bart running for class president in Lisa's Substitute.

    Least favourites are by far The Subplotted Adventures of Marge and Lisa from throughout Season 10.
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    I love the Uncle Moe's subplot from Bart Sells His Soul. It's not my favorite, but a good one to add to the pile.

    As for my worst, I haven't seen any that are truly bad yet.
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    The egg painting one was awful. But it makes sense seeing how bad the episode was.
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    There are a tonne of great subplots that could should and have been made into their own episodes. My own pick is the opening of Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag in Bart sells his soul. Good subplot that is.

    The worst = Uh, that doorbell one is quite annoying.
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  11. 03-26-2006, 11:21 PM #11
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    I have a soft spot for the sheer ridiculousness of Homer's sugar score

    The doorbells or the eggs are pretty awful... but there's a dozen or two terrible subplots in the combined Scully + Jean years that could make a "worst" list

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    Best:
    Lisa and Homer's sleepovers in Bart on the Road
    Homer getting a pet lobster in Lisa Gets an A

    Worst:
    Marge and Homer's seperation in Future Drama
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    Quote Originally Posted by Corkus
    The swear jar from "Bart the Lover". The hysterical Flanders family moments only sweeten the deal.
    Good call, an excellent B story to a superb episode.
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    Quote Originally Posted by somewhat
    I'm pretty sure my least favorite is Bart crying "wolf" from Marge Gets a Job.
    That's the whole reason why I hate that episode.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nameless
    There are two Jean-era Snowball subplots. Best way to tell them apart: One has an ending, the other doesn't.
    Oh yeah, I remember now. Both horrible though.
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    My fav is probably the sugar and bees thing in Lisa's rival
    and the swear jar thing in Bart's lover
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    My favorite is Homer's Sugar in Lisa's Rival.

    My least favorites are Bart running for class president in Lisa's Substitute and the Snowball II plot in 7 Beer Snitch.
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    One of my favourite B stories is the one in 'Bart's Friend Falls in Love' where Homer tries to lose weight by listening to phycology tapes but he ends up getting tapes on how to improve your grammar and vocabulary instead of the dieting ones, and the funniest part is that the tapes actually work, prompting Homer to start speaking really refined and posh English.
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    Grampa's job at the Krusty burger from Lisa vs Malibu Stacy.

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