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Bart and Milhouse spit and squirt condiments from a highway overpass onto cars, then go to the Kwik-E-Mart. There, Apu leaves his shop for five minutes to briefly attend a party at his brother Sanjay's house. Lisa gets gum in her hair and Marge tries to get it out by putting a variety of foods on her head. Smithers gets stung by a bee while bike riding with Mr. Burns. Dr. Nick comes under criticism from the medical board for his unorthodox medical procedures only to treat Abraham Simpson with an electric light socket, saving his career. Moe gets robbed by Snake after Barney gives him $2,000 to pay for a portion of his bar tab. Skinner hosts dinner for Superintendent Chalmers and when his roast is burnt, he attempts to disguise food from the Krusty Burger as his own cooking. Homer traps Maggie in a newspaper vending box. The cops debate McDonald's Quarter Pounder vs. Krusty Burgers. Bumblebee Man's house is destroyed and his wife leaves him after a horrible day at work. Snake runs Chief Wiggum over and the two begin to fight, they roll into Herman's shop, who captures them at gun point. Reverend Lovejoy urges his dog to use the Flanders lawn as a toilet. Various townspeople advise Marge and Lisa on how to remove the gum stuck in Lisa's hair. Cletus offers Brandine some shoes he found. Milhouse has to use the bathroom in Comic Book Guy's Android's Dungeon, but ends up leaving before he can use it. He then goes with his father to Herman's store, there he accidentally knocks him out, saving his father, Snake and Wiggum's lives. Lisa gets the gum cut out of her hair, leaving her with a different hairstyle. Nelson laughs at Lisa's new haircut, and an extremely tall man in a small car gets out and humiliates him to teach him a lesson in making fun of others. Bart and Milhouse conclude that life is interesting in their town after all. Lastly, "The Tomfoolery of Professor John Frink" is almost seen, but the episode ends before Frink can begin his story. | |||
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| "The Transformers Spotlight: Metroplex" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | July 1, 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | July 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Marcelo Matere | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Priscilla Tramontano | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
| Edits by | Denton J. Tipton | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Pre-All Hail Megatron | ||||||||||||
Synopsis
Bart and Milhouse spit and squirt condiments from a highway overpass onto cars, then go to the Kwik-E-Mart. There, Apu leaves his shop for five minutes to briefly attend a party at his brother Sanjay's house. Lisa gets gum in her hair and Marge tries to get it out by putting a variety of foods on her head. Smithers gets stung by a bee while bike riding with Mr. Burns. Dr. Nick comes under criticism from the medical board for his unorthodox medical procedures only to treat Abraham Simpson with an electric light socket, saving his career. Moe gets robbed by Snake after Barney gives him $2,000 to pay for a portion of his bar tab. Skinner hosts dinner for Superintendent Chalmers and when his roast is burnt, he attempts to disguise food from the Krusty Burger as his own cooking. Homer traps Maggie in a newspaper vending box. The cops debate McDonald's Quarter Pounder vs. Krusty Burgers. Bumblebee Man's house is destroyed and his wife leaves him after a horrible day at work. Snake runs Chief Wiggum over and the two begin to fight, they roll into Herman's shop, who captures them at gun point. Reverend Lovejoy urges his dog to use the Flanders lawn as a toilet. Various townspeople advise Marge and Lisa on how to remove the gum stuck in Lisa's hair. Cletus offers Brandine some shoes he found. Milhouse has to use the bathroom in Comic Book Guy's Android's Dungeon, but ends up leaving before he can use it. He then goes with his father to Herman's store, there he accidentally knocks him out, saving his father, Snake and Wiggum's lives. Lisa gets the gum cut out of her hair, leaving her with a different hairstyle. Nelson laughs at Lisa's new haircut, and an extremely tall man in a small car gets out and humiliates him to teach him a lesson in making fun of others. Bart and Milhouse conclude that life is interesting in their town after all. Lastly, "The Tomfoolery of Professor John Frink" is almost seen, but the episode ends before Frink can begin his story.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
- TBD
Errors
- Jhiaxus' name is consistently misspelled "Jiaxus".
Items of note
- Cameos: Sixshot's unknown Autobot victims.
- An editor's note at the beginning states that the events in this issue start right before All Hail Megatron #1.
- The issue consists of mainly 2-page spreads to illustrate Metroplex's sheer size.
- This will be the last Spotlight for a while. [1]
- Goldbug is not Bumblebee.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Wraparound cover of an angry Metroplex and the Throttlebots vs Sixshot; art by Marcelo Matere and colors by Priscilla Tramontano.
- Cover B: Metroplex's GIGANTIC hand emerging from the ground, while the Throttlebots watch; art by Guido Guidi and colors by Josh Burcham..
- Cover RI: Virgin (title-free) alternate of cover A.
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References
