| "The Heartbroke Kid" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
 Promotional image | |
| Episode no. | Season 16 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Steven Dean Moore |
| Written by | Ian Maxtone-Graham |
| Production code | GABF11[1] |
| Original air date | May 1, 2005 |
| Guest appearances | |
| Albert Brooks as Tab Spangler and Jacques Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel | |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | An obese Bart buys a chocolate bar from a vending machine instead of doing a chalkboard gag during this episode. |
| Couch gag | (first) The family, along with the couch, are launched by a catapult. / (second) Everyone makes it to the couch normally, except for the now-obese Bart, who walks in a few seconds later and suffers a heart attack. |
| Commentary | Al Jean Ian Maxtone-Graham Dana Gould Michael Price Matt Selman Lance Kramer Max Pross David Silverman Steven Dean Moore |
"The Heartbroke Kid" is the seventeenth episode[1] of the sixteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.[2] It was written by Ian Maxtone-Graham and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 1, 2005.[3]
In this episode, Bart gains weight from eating sugary snacks and is forced to attend a camp to lose weight after he has a heart attack. Meanwhile, the Simpsons turn the their house into a youth hostel to pay for the camp. Albert Brooks guest stars in the episode, playing the character Tab Spangler, as well as briefly reprising Jacques from "Life on the Fast Lane". The episode received mixed reviews.
"The Heartbroke Kid" is the 352nd episode in the program's history and was broadcast straight after the 351st episode, "Don't Fear the Roofer", on the Fox network in the United States.[4]
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- ^ "The Simpsons' Celebrates Epic 350th Episode Sunday, May 1, on FOX". The Futon Critic. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ "Simpsons celebrates 350th episode". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. April 29, 2005. Archived from the original on December 18, 2006. Retrieved August 3, 2009.