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Season 6  "Bart vs. Australia"  6x16

Aired 29 years ago - Feb 19, 1995

After Bart's prank phone call to Australia goes awry, the Simpsons must fly out to the land down under and apologize to the Australian people. When they discover Bart's penalty will be a kick in the pants, international relations deteriorate.

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 1
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- Nuisance phone.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 3
...to Australia.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 4
We understand drains in your area have malfunctioned...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 5
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 6
Hey, Bart, the bakery caught fire and all of downtown smells like cookies.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 7
I've returned from the Quilamaguery's place. They're draining clockwise too.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 8
- No, I'm gonna ask Marge. - No! No! Why embarrass us both?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 9
Oh, my God! There's nothing wrong with the bidet, is there?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 10
I said, Bart Simpson! What kind of company is this?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 11
Yeah... My name is Bruno Drundridge, right.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 12
Hey, I think I hear a dingo eating your baby.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 13
Hey, Mr. Prime Minister!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 14
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 15
Nothing. Some stupid country thinks I owe them money.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 16
Bart, did you trick an Australian boy into accepting a $900 collect call?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 17
Oh, my. Hello. I'm Evan Conover with the U.S. State Department.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 18
In the late 1980s, the U.S. Experienced a short-lived infatuation...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 19
Let's pretend we didn't see that.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 20
But as a sign of good faith to our Australian friends...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 21
You're sure, now? The prison train is sailing.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 22
- Bart! - I'm sorry.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 23
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 24
It's 6:45 a.m., next Wednesday.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 25
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 26
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 27
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 28
Mr. Conover will meet you at the Parliament House at 3 p.m.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 29
Of thee I sing
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 30
- Australia. - I get it, Dad.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 31
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 32
Hey, give me one of those famous giant beers I've heard so much about.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 33
- C-O... - B-E...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 34
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 35
I believe he has something to say.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 36
Well, you're free to go, Bart...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 37
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 38
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 39
So help me God, I'll boot him!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 40
So like us, let your children run wild and free...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 41
I'll stop them.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 42
Yeah. There's a lot more mucus.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 43
That seems very noisy and expensive for a souvenir.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 44
They're like kangaroos. But they're reptiles, they is.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 45
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 46
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 47
Then it's agreed. During the bargaining session, we each get two candy apples.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 48
...there's no substitute for the discipline of a loving parent.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 49
...a booting. - What?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 50

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 2
- Nuisance phone.
#2 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 3
...to Australia.
#3 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 4
We understand drains in your area have malfunctioned...
#4 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 5 #5 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 6
Hey, Bart, the bakery caught fire and all of downtown smells like cookies.
#6 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 7
I've returned from the Quilamaguery's place. They're draining clockwise too.
#7 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 8
- No, I'm gonna ask Marge. - No! No! Why embarrass us both?
#8 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 9
Oh, my God! There's nothing wrong with the bidet, is there?
#9 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 10
I said, Bart Simpson! What kind of company is this?
#10 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 11
Yeah... My name is Bruno Drundridge, right.
#11 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 12
Hey, I think I hear a dingo eating your baby.
#12 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 13
Hey, Mr. Prime Minister!
#13 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 14 #14 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 15
Nothing. Some stupid country thinks I owe them money.
#15 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 16
Bart, did you trick an Australian boy into accepting a $900 collect call?
#16 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 17
Oh, my. Hello. I'm Evan Conover with the U.S. State Department.
#17 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 18
In the late 1980s, the U.S. Experienced a short-lived infatuation...
#18 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 19
Let's pretend we didn't see that.
#19 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 20
But as a sign of good faith to our Australian friends...
#20 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 21
You're sure, now? The prison train is sailing.
#21 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 22
- Bart! - I'm sorry.
#22 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 23 #23 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 24
It's 6:45 a.m., next Wednesday.
#24 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 25 #25 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 26 #26 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 27 #27 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 28
Mr. Conover will meet you at the Parliament House at 3 p.m.
#28 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 29
Of thee I sing
#29 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 30
- Australia. - I get it, Dad.
#30 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 31 #31 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 32
Hey, give me one of those famous giant beers I've heard so much about.
#32 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 33
- C-O... - B-E...
#33 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 34 #34 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 35
I believe he has something to say.
#35 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 36
Well, you're free to go, Bart...
#36 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 37 #37 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 38 #38 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 39
So help me God, I'll boot him!
#39 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 40
So like us, let your children run wild and free...
#40 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 41
I'll stop them.
#41 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 42
Yeah. There's a lot more mucus.
#42 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 43
That seems very noisy and expensive for a souvenir.
#43 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 44
They're like kangaroos. But they're reptiles, they is.
#44 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 45 #45 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 46 #46 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 47
Then it's agreed. During the bargaining session, we each get two candy apples.
#47 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 48
...there's no substitute for the discipline of a loving parent.
#48 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 49
...a booting. - What?
#49 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 16 (S06E16) - 50 #50