The Simpsons (1989–…): Season 32, Episode 13 - Wad Goals - full transcript

(marching band playing)

Happy Parade Day!

It's the Parade Day Parade!

(horns honking)

Clear the roadway!

Your antics
inconvenience hundreds!

Hooray for parades!

Your antics delight one and all!

Follow me, Little Lord Ralph!

What's hiding
behind the Great Green Wall?

A choo choo? Some buttons?



A dog ten feet tall?

♪ ♪

Hmm-hmm.

(gasps)
My eyes told me a secret!

(school bell rings)

Aw, last day of school.

Lot of fond memories in here.

- Furnace.
- On it.

I know
what's behind the Big Hedge,

because I went behind
the Big Hedge

and I saw what's behind
the Big Hedge

and now I'm gonna tell you. Yay!

The Big Hedge?
As in the Big Hedge?

No one knows
what's behind that thing.



Although,
a seventh grader once told me

it was naked ladies
setting off fireworks.

I heard it's where divorced
parents go to get back together.

No, sir! It's where they hold
the Independent Spirit Awards!

If you call that independent.

No, it's
the best playground ever!

There's Easter eggs and
baby cars that anyone can drive.

And this many clowns
in clown pants!

(chuckles)
Dang, that's hella clowns.

- (raccoon chitters)
- How the crotch

do we get through that thing?

I've seen my dad do this.

(birds chirping)

- Wow!
- OTHERS: Whoa!

See? Easter eggs,
clown pants and baby cars.

I love you, clowns!

There's a golf course
in the middle of Springfield?

NELSON: What's golf?

I've never seen a golf course
anywhere,

except those commercials
for pills

that give old people
their life back.

- Duckies!
- (ducks quacking)

I'm gonna go steal
their wet bread.

Whoa, I've never seen
Jimbo looking so sharp.

Is he bullying rich guys now?

Fine round today, sir.

You know,
I hope to be a doctor myself.

It's always been my dream
to work around blood.

(laughs)

Well, maybe this will help
with medical school.

Whoa! 20 bucks!

(Jimbo chuckles)

What the hell, Jimbo?
You just suck up to that guy

and he gives you money?

It's not sucking up.

Rich guys love hearing
how great they are,

and they're willing to pay
for it.

Money pay.

Mwah.

Look away, pervs!

We'd like jobs, please.

Well, you seem a little young,
but I do need the help.

I'm out several
of my best caddies

due to an elaborate
virginity-losing wager.

Here are your first assignments.

You know, I've never really
sucked up to anyone before.

Sure, I've lied,
scammed, grifted,

but this feels different.

Special.

Well, I'm a Van Houten.

Watch and learn.

Dang! Looks like I got
the handsomest golfer

in the whole damn club!

- (shudders)
- (groans)

You fine, boy!

Hmm, you're new.

Uh, that's why they
assigned me to you.

The best way to learn the course

is by watching
a master carve it up

like a Thanksgiving turkey.

Hmm.

Hmm. That does sound

like something they would say.

(chuckles) Let's play some golf.

(exhales): Whew.

(grunting)

Wait till my friends hear
I caddied

for Kent "The Straight Dope"
Brockman.

We watch you every night.

Really? I thought youngsters got
their news from the Internet.

Pfft. No way. My boys think
broadcast news is the swagness.

And the girls call you
"a snack."

Hope it's okay for me
to use the current lingo.

The snack will allow it.

Stacy and I, well, it's, uh...

it's complicated.

Isn't it always?

She's a terrific person
and a top-notch meteorologist.

But if I'm dodging her calls
after three months...

I think you've
already made up your mind.

You just don't want to admit it,
'cause you're a kind person.

Mm. Guilty as charged.

You da man!

Muzzle your nonsense, imbecile!

Said da man!

This is "The Straight Dope,"

thanking you
for a wonderful round.

BART:
This is it. The moment of trut.

Did I kiss enough butt?

Only money will tell.

(shudders)

I thought
all money was the same.

But the best money
is peeled off a wad.

♪ Cash rules
everything around me ♪

♪ C.R.E.A.M., get the money ♪

♪ Dollar dollar bill, y'all ♪

♪ Cash rules
everything around me ♪

♪ C.R.E.A.M., get the money ♪

♪ Dollar dollar bill, y'all ♪

♪ Cash rules
everything around me ♪

♪ C.R.E.A.M., get the money ♪

♪ Dollar dollar bill, y'all ♪

♪ Cash rules
everything around me ♪

♪ C.R.E.A.M., get the money. ♪

There's my number one son.

Come sit next
to your proud papa, workin' man.

We're all proud of you.

I'm sure Bart will learn a lot

carrying a bag of sticks
from place to place.

They're called golf bats, Lis.

Nice starter wad.

You want to see
what I'm rolling with?

Whoa! That rubber band
is just straining!

Can I hold it?

Hey, be careful with that!

- Whoa!
- (Homer moans)

No-static dryer sheets?

You pad your wad?

(gasping)

I'm not the father
you thought you married!

(crying)

- (sprinklers running)
- (golf club strikes ball)

Look, Maggie.

Your brother is doing a job.

Aren't you proud of him?

Aren't you? (chuckles)

Want to sneak a peek?

...and in the end,
everyone lost money but me.

Wow. I've learned so much today,

about golf, life and oil leases.

I wish I had tribal land
for you to build a pipeline on.

I'd be honored if you'd frack
under my house someday, sir.

Ugh. I've never seen my son...
suck up before.

Easy money. Mwah.

You don't kiss all the golfers'
butts like that, do you?

Oh, Mom. These rich guys expect
a little... (smooching)

in exchange for some... ah.

It's no big deal.

On one hand,
I'm glad you're being polite.

On the other hand...

(shudders loudly)

Wow, I never thought of it
that way, Mom.

No one looks out for me
the way you do.

You are the shining star

that guides this family
through the darkness.

Oh, aren't you sweet.

Why don't we stop by the
skateboard store on the way home

and I'll buy you... (gasps)

(grumbles)

Suck-up.

(cackling)

So, there we are
on the 18th green.

The course has been a bear
all morning.

I tell Judge Snyder
to shut that all out

and just be in the moment.

- He nods, plants his feet.
- (gasps) Mm-hmm?

- And, in one smooth motion...
- Mm?

- ...tips me 50 bucks!
- (gasps)

Wow. Just... wow.

Why do I suddenly want
to bring Bart's car around?

(Bart humming)

Here you go.
Buy yourself a bigger tip jar.

(bell dings)

(plays note on harmonica)

♪ Tip's in the jar,
grateful we are ♪

♪ Praised be your name,
you've raised the game ♪

♪ Some give us zip,
it's such a rip ♪

♪ Shame them with song,
they're in the wrong ♪

♪ All of the grown-ups
in here just... ♪

Doesn't it bother you

that Bart made that money...

(quietly): sucking up
to those golfers?

Marge, sucking up
is the American way.

In this country,
everybody got together

and decided that all the money
should belong

to a few dozen families
and their favorite suck-ups.

Don't you remember
when we all decided that?

- (groans)
- And of all the things

that Bart might do for money,

this is by far the most legal.

Other people are paying our son.

And in cash!

It's both aboveboard
and under the table.

That's the dream!

Homie, I know it's not logical,

but when I saw Bart
at that golf course,

my mothering spirit
just wanted to hurl.

Back me up on this one.

Tell our son he has to quit.

Quit being a caddy? No way!

How much did Mom give you
to tell me that?

Uh... n-nothing.

Well, I can do better than that.

Will 20 bucks make this go away?

Well, I guess I can tell her
I did my best.

Tell her you did your...
very best.

Mm-hmm.

Now that you got your own pool,

what are you gonna buy next?

I'm thinking
of getting one of those booths

that blows money around.

It pays for itself
the first time you get in it.

Bart, no!

That wad is your future.

What you need is
a good investment vehicle.

Hmm.

(all exclaiming)

"Patented Ultra-Freedom
BadAss Technology

stops the engine if the driver
puts on a helmet."

- Yes!
- Yeah!

After you buy it,
can we have rides?

Guys, guys,
if I shared my death-mobile,

then you wouldn't be motivated
to earn wads of your own.

I'm doing this for you.

Yeah, well,
you're acting like a butt wad.

(chuckles): Oh, Nelson.

Saying what you really think
will get you nowhere.

- Lousy rich kids.
- (grumbling, muttering)

- MARTIN: If I had a quad,
I'd share my quad.
- Lame.

(huffing angrily)

Mm!

(grumbling loudly)

Okay, okay, I'll tell you
what's bothering me.

It's Bart's caddy job.

It's gross, right?

You can tell me it's gross.

You think it's gross?

Well, private golf clubs
are pretty evil.

Right. They are.

How so?

Wow, look at all these.

Waste of water resources,

pesticide use,

history of sexism and racism...

And Bart's a suck-up!

Not to mention
that private clubs

get huge breaks
on their property taxes,

which is completely unfair.

Why shouldn't rich people pay
their share?

Lisa, we've got
to shut down that club.

We're going to city hall!

♪ ♪

(golf ball clacks)

(both grumbling)

- (snarling)
- Oh!

Club President Bildorf.

Plays every single day

and never tips less
than 100 bucks.

(whistles) Looks like I picked
the right summer job.

Mark my words...
His bag will be on my shoulder

before this year's Father-Son

Bingo-Bango-Bongo
Best-Ball Scramble.

You know,
since school's not in session,

I can finally tell you...

you're awesome.

- Mm...
- Hmm? Hmm?

I'll take Simpson.

(chuckles)

Eh, I just won't play.

Mm.

♪ ♪

Okay, Mom. You got
to get your voice out there.

Take the cause
directly to the people

with an online petition.

I got this!

There.

Now all I need is
a catchy title.

(gasps) I got it.

"Stop Coddling

the Springfield Junipers
Wealthy."

Whoops, too long. Hmm.

How about "Stop Coddling

the S.J.W.s."

And post.

I wonder if that headline
will get any attention.

An online petition attacking
our local private golf club

has garnered
over one million signatures.

- (both gasp)
- One million?

(gasps) Mom,

you used the term "S.J.W."

Yes, I know.

The "Springfield Junipers
Wealthy."

No! "S.J.W." stands for
"social justice warriors."

That's what right-wing trolls
call anyone who cares

about positive social change.

Look at the other
online petitions

your "supporters" have backed.

MARGE: Oh, boy.

Um, a signature's a signature?

Thanks to the cranky clicks
collected

by local complainer
Marge Simpson,

Springfield's golf club
will have to pay

a huge property tax increase,

threatening
the club's very existence.

In one reporter's
unbiased opinion,

closing this par-72 landmark
would be a travesty.

One and all would mourn the loss

of this exclusive
private green space

and Ramon's famous Bloody Marys.

He uses a golf tee
as an olive skewer.

I think it's Ramon.

I finally found something
I'm good at,

and you want to ruin it!

You don't know what it's like to
bring something into this world,

watch it grow and worry about it
day and night.

I love you, Wad.

We're going shopping
for rubber bands.

You deserve it!

Simpson,
report to the first tee.

You're going to the show.

Yes!

Digitaria sanguinalis.

Tell Tetsuo he's fired.

I think it's Tetsuo.

Mr. Club President?

I'm sorry, for a second there,

I mistook you
for a young Pierce Brosnan.

Very young.

Ha!

Spare me, kid.
I've heard it all.

Simpson, your mother's campaign
is going to bankrupt this club.

I need you to convince her
to call it off.

Oh, I am trying.

My mom never backs down,
no matter how wrong she is.

(gasps)

That's why
she's still married to my dad!

(stammers) Why are charities
and churches

the only ones
that don't have to pay taxes?

(chuckles): It's preposterous.

Yeah, man, this place
is better than any church.

Everyone wants
to come here on Sunday,

people are always shouting out
the Lord's name

and, instead of wafers and wine,

you get club sandwiches
and scotch in a plastic cup!

Bart Simpson,

you've just given me
the greatest idea

since little whales embroidered
on khakis.

(whales singing)

As of today, the sport of golf

is officially declared
a religion.

The Springfield Junipers
Golf Club

is now a house of worship.

Like all religions, golf
will be completely tax-exempt,

adhering
to the core American credo

that churches rake it in
but pay nothing.

May Golf have mercy on us all.

Mm.

(groans)

- (crowd oohing)
- MAN: Get in the hole!

(excited murmuring)

(cheering)

Thank you for coming,
Your Holinesses.

Once you see how these golfers

are cheapening
the whole idea of religion,

you'll put an end to this sham.

You want me to cast judgment
on a faith other than my own?

Well, twist my arm.

(laughing)

♪ I'm alright, Lordy, Lordy ♪

♪ Don't nobody worry 'bout me,
don't worry ♪

♪ You got to gimme a fight ♪

♪ Why don't you
just let me be? ♪

♪ Hallelujah! ♪

Mm?

Congregants, scripture, prayer...

Looks like a house of worship
to me.

(Marge grumbles)

These aren't commandments.

They're jokes I don't get.

Well, there's plenty of saints.

(Italian accent): Blessed Shark,

deliver my son's golf ball
safely

onto the green
of Pebble Beach's notorious

and evil 17th hole.

Look at this! It's like
the high holidays every day.

I should be so lucky.

Marge, I'm sorry,

but I think this religion
checks all the boxes.

We're calling it. It's a faith.

I just can't take
seeing him like this.

Honey, over the years
I've learned

that you just want me
to listen to your problems

and not always try
to solve them.

So... good luck.

It's Sunday.
Shouldn't you be in church?

I mean, your church.

(sighs) I've said a lot to you
about this job,

except what's deepest
in my heart.

Honey, the thing I've
always admired most about you

is that you've never needed
anyone else's approval.

And I'm worried
you're gonna lose that.

I'm not gonna suck up forever.

Just until I'm rich.

Then other people
will suck up to me.

Promise me these golf people
won't take away

my special little guy,

because they seem to get
everything else they want.

Mwah.

Ready to play, sir?

I see you've got
a new diamond earring.

Very age-appropriate.

Bart, you'll never caddy
for me again.

Now that your mother's
no longer a threat,

I can go back
to Chadlington here.

Him?! But my religion idea
saved the club!

I should be your caddy.

I earned it!

Earned?

Earning things is so...

tennis.

Golf is about privilege.

Fine. But someday
I'm gonna be a member here,

and I'm gonna be cool
to the caddies.

Uh, you, a member?

(laughing): Oh, look,

you made Chadlington laugh.

(high-pitched chuckling)

Look, there's no path from where
you are to where I am.

Once a suck-up,
always a suck-up.

(grunts)

- ♪ - (panting)

Mm?

Well, I earned this.

Sorry, buddy,
but it's time to say goodbye.

(golf club strikes ball)

- Ah!
- LOVEJOY: Fore!

You joined?

They gave us a group deal.

And they lifted
their restrictions.

What's not to like?

Everything's not to like!

These people are horrible.

Their stupid shoes
clack-clack-clack everywhere.

The snack shop buffalo wings
are microwaved and...

- (engine revving)
- What the...?

♪ ♪

(quacking)

You made one mistake, Bildorf!

You forgot about the wad.

It can buy a pretty nice ATV

or rent a whole bunch of them!

♪ ♪

- (shouting)
- (engines revving)

Booyah!

Oh, no.

(high-pitched whimpering)

Kid power!

(engines revving)

(exclaims)

Look at me!

I'm playing golf!

(laughing)

Rum-Ta-Tum, your time has come!

RALPH: Whee!

(laughing)

Class warfare! (giggling)

Bart Simpson,

the next time
you want to make a point...

(chuckles) I would prefer
you use your words.

Did you honestly think a little
vandalism would shut us down?

(chuckles)
Greens can be reseeded,

traps re-sanded,
roughs unsmoothed.

The club will go on.

(siren wailing)

Ah, and here are the police
to take you to jail.

This is a raid!
We're closing the club down!

Bildorf, you're under arrest.

(scoffs) Me?

But they are the ne'er-do-wells.

I am the head
of a legitimate religion.

You sure are.

And like every new religion,
sooner or later,

it turns into a sex cult.

In your case,
it was really... sooner.



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- ♪ I'm alright ♪
- ♪ I'm alright ♪

♪ Nobody worry 'bout me ♪

♪ Why you got to
gimme a fight? ♪

♪ Can't you just let it be? ♪

- ♪ I'm alright ♪
- ♪ I'm alright ♪

♪ Don't nobody worry 'bout me ♪

- ♪ Nobody worry 'bout ♪
- ♪ You got to gimme a fight ♪

♪ Why don't you just
let me be? ♪

- ♪ Let me ♪ - ♪ I'm alright ♪

- ♪ I'm alright ♪
- ♪ Nobody worry 'bout me ♪

♪ Why you got to
gimme a fight? ♪

♪ Can't you just let it be? ♪

♪ I'm alright ♪

- ♪ I'm alright ♪
- ♪ I'm alright ♪

♪ I'm alright... ♪

Shh!

Shh!