"Worst Episode Ever" is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons' twelfth season, airing on February 4, 2001. Hank Azaria received a Primetime Emmy Award for his voice-work in this episode.
Plot
Bart and Milhouse (joining the elite ranks of Sideshow Bob, Nelson Muntz, and Matt Groening) are banned for life from Comic Book Guy's store, The Android's Dungeon, when they talk Martin Prince's mom out of selling Martin's rare Star Wars items to Comic Book Guy, including the original hand-written script, for a mere five dollars. When Comic Book Guy suffers from a heart attack when witnessing Tom Savini's work, Comic Book Guy gives Bart and Milhouse the duty of running his store since he does not really have any friends who can help him. The store becomes wildly successful under the management of the two boys, only to lose much of its newfound prosperity after Milhouse goes overboard in ordering a shipment of comics depicting "Biclops", a superhero with thick glasses (who resembles Milhouse), which flops spectacularly.
After a brief argument and scuffle between the two boys, they unintentionally discover that Comic Book Guy owns a secret stash of pirated video clips, and Bart and Milhouse charge admission for viewing such clips as a secret government plan to use Springfield as a testing zone for allied countries' nuclear missiles and Ned Flanders' complaint to the police that Homer released a radioactive ape into his house (Although Bart explains to Milhouse that Homer didn't do it intentionally, as "the Ape tricked him").
The scheme works well until Chief Wiggum conducts a police raid on the store. Despite this, they manage to come away with the profits of their time managing the store.
Meanwhile Homer helps a recovering Comic Book Guy look for a friend, but attempts fail until he meets Agnes Skinner. CBG and Agnes become romantically involved. However, when Chief Wiggum comes to charge Comic Book Guy for his pirated videotapes, Agnes says she is too old to wait until he gets out of jail.
Bart and Milhouse, freed from the responsibilities of running the Android's Dungeon, decide that they had a fun time together and that they have missed a lot of school. Milhouse comments that 'everything is back to normal': however, it seems that Ned still remains firmly under the clawed thumb of the radioactive ape.
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