The Bart of War

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"The Bart of War"
The Simpsons episode
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Episode no.	Season 14 Episode 21
Directed by	Mike Frank Polcino
Written by	Marc Wilmore
Production code	EABF16
Original air date	May 18, 2003 (2003-05-18)
Episode features
Chalkboard gag	"Sandwiches should not contain sand"
Couch gag	The Simpsons sit down as normal. A giant baby picks them up and plays with them.
Commentary	Al Jean Marc Wilmore Matt Selman Kevin Curran J. Stewart Burns Michael Price Tom Gammill Mike B. Anderson
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"The Bart of War" is the twenty-first and penultimate episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 18, 2003. The episode was written by Marc Wilmore and directed by Mike Frank Polcino.

In this episode, Bart and Milhouse badly damage Ned Flanders' collection of Beatles memorabilia. Under adult supervision, they are then placed in separate youth groups, but the groups go to war. The episode received negative reviews.