Plot
After receiving multiple death threats in the mail, Bart becomes paranoid. It is revealed that the writer is Bart's enemy, Sideshow Bob, who is incarcerated in Springfield State Prison. The next day, Sideshow Bob's parole hearing is held; Sideshow Bob convinces the parole board that he is no threat to Bart, and is paroled. When the Simpson family goes to watch a film, Sideshow Bob sits in front of them and acts obnoxiously. The Simpsons then realize that it was he who sent the letters, and they angrily demand him to stay away from them.
Despite their efforts, Chief Wiggum and the Simpson family are unable to protect Bart from Sideshow Bob. Sideshow Bob drives around Evergreen Terrace in an ice-cream truck, calling out the names of all the people whom he will not kill. Bart's name is not on that list. The Simpsons opt for the Witness Relocation Program and move to Terror Lake, changing their surname to "Thompson" and settling in a houseboat. However, unknown to the family as they drive cross-country to their new home, Sideshow Bob has strapped himself to the underside of the car.
As the Simpsons arrive at Terror Lake and go inside their new houseboat, Sideshow Bob comes out from under the car. In doing so, he steps on the teeth of a number of rakes repeatedly, causing the rakes' handles to swing up and hit him in the face. Later, when Bart is walking down the road, he sees Sideshow Bob escape from the underside of another car, only to be stepped on by a parade of elephants, greatly adding to his misfortune. Bart runs home and warns his parents about Sideshow Bob's presence.
During the night, Sideshow Bob reaches the houseboat and cuts it loose from the dock with his machete. Bob then ties up Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie, so that they will not interfere with his plan. After tying up Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II as well, Bob enters Bart's room, ready to kill him. Bart escapes out the window and tries to hide from Sideshow Bob, but cannot jump off the boat, as there are crocodiles and electric eels in the water, and is cornered. As a "last request", he asks Sideshow Bob to sing the entire score to the H.M.S. Pinafore to stall for time as the houseboat floats to Springfield. After the performance, Bob advances on Bart again, but the boat runs aground, and Sideshow Bob is apprehended by the police. He is taken away, and the Simpsons return home. Abe Simpson, however, was not aware that they had moved and, without his pills, he ends up becoming a woman.
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