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| It took 20 seasons for this 'idea' to finally roll along, what took it so long. |
Homer and Bart go to the Kwik-E-Mart to shop. Apu teases Homer with the last lottery ticket in its roll, but before Homer can buy it he has to stop Bart from jumping off the top of a stand. After saving Bart, Homer is stunned to learn that Lenny bought the ticket instead, and won $50,000. Lenny buys everyone a round of drinks at Moe's, then informs everyone that he'll use the rest of his winnings to throw a party for all of his friends. The Simpson family, of course, is invited, and they go to a hotel that's hosting the event. There, Bart learns that Lenny plans on giving everyone a giftbag, and finds the room holding them all. Every bag contains a vacuum robot, so Bart decides to not just turn them on, but also activate their malevolent sentience that was apparently programmed into them as well. Chaos ensues, and the police arrive in time to catch Bart activating the last few robots. In anger, Marge decides to strip Bart of one of his last few privileges, and Bart storms off.
In the bathroom, Bart amazingly comes across a near double of him. However, this boy - Simon Woosterfield - is both intelligent and the son of the hotel's owners. Simon laments his rich boy life and, having found Bart, wants to trade places with him. Knowing that Homer is about to go at him for ruining Lenny's part, Bart agrees, and the two switch places.
Though Simon's closest friend - his butler - Bart quickly learns about his new life, with a massive room including a space where the real Joe Montana stays in a pose. However, Bart also meets his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, two kids are don't like "Simon" all that much because he's due to inherit his family's fortune. but they're next in line. At a social gathering, Bart runs into Mr. Burns, who isn't even as rich as Simon's parents and thus grovels towards him. Burns tells Bart that, he, too, was the youngest member of the family, however all the heirs in front of him died either from accidents or poisoned potatoes, leaving Burns with the fortune, and warns Bart that his siblings in law may take him out soon so they can claim the inheritance. Bart realizes that Simon had actually set Bart up. Sure enough, a short time later, the siblings in law take Bart to Aspen for a "ski trip".
Simon, meanwhile, has taken a liking to his new life thanks in large part to Marge's care. Lisa quickly realizes something's wrong with "Bart", and after seeing Simon actually taking an interest in Grampa's rambling, outs Simon's ruse including the part about the ski trip. She forces Simon to tell Homer and Marge, and the family goes to Aspen to save Bart. They catch Bart having been sent down a difficult and likely deadly ski course, but Homer is able to rescue Bart. The two boys return to their previous lives, and Bart wouldn't have it any other way.
Quick Review
This episode is an improvement over the previous two episodes of the season, though once again - a problem that refuses to go away for these latter episodes - the jokes and humor aren't nearly as frequent as they once were. The plot was alright for the most part, and the scenarios were done adequately enough, so I don't have any complaints with how the episode sets itself up.
Final Score: 7.0
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