The Career Aptitude Normalizing Test (C.A.N.T.) (The Simpsons)

From season 3 episode 18: Separate Vocations

[@squeemu]

One of my favorite running jokes from the older episodes is Bart saying "coooool!" after imagining a very bleak future.

[@daveruthenberg5669]

I read a whole academic paper once about Bart's wildly different standards of success. It was awesome

[@mathiaschwan9882]

just like beavis and butthead

[@Donteatacowman]

Only bleak if you're thinking about it from an adult's point of view! I think a kid would love to be a grizzled wanderer... or at least pretending to be one.

[@ano_nym]

@@Donteatacowman we have a book basically about that from Sweden written by Astrid Lindgren, don't know if it's as well known as her other works outside Sweden, _Rasmus and the Vagabond._ Basically is about a kid hanging out with a hobo.

[@mrhotdog468]

​@@daveruthenberg5669 do you know if it could be read online

[@maverickREAL]

I love how even in a fantasy sequence, Bart still imagines himself as miserable due to circumstances beyond his control

[@HylianFox3]

"Ah wash mahself wit a rag onna stick..."

[@AN474-e1o]

And he still thinks it's cool.

[@JourneyLT]

The idea of being an outlaw is cool to him. Bart Simpson on the side of law and order? Has the world gone topsy-turvy?

[@JetJockey87]

Pretty certain it's a nod towards Rambo

[@joshuakarr-BibleMan]

There was nothing in that daydream that was beyond his control.

[@swa7169]

The reason the machine malfunctioned on Bart's test is that it didn't have an output value "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court."

[@battlesheep2552]

I like that idea that despite whatever depths Bart sinks into during his adulthood, he does eventually become Chief Justice

[@Diego-zz1df]

@@battlesheep2552 I mean, Clarence Thomas is a corrupt, depraved old fool and he's a SCOTUS justice. Kavanaugh spent his entire hearing justifying his rampant alcoholism and lying through his teeth, claiming he most definitively wasn't a sexual predator. Compared to them, Bart is an angel.

[@kristoferscott3677]

​@@battlesheep2552Don't know why they decided to change both Bart and Lisa future. The new future has both of them having miserable lives.

[@TFZ.]

@kristoferscott3677 Because maybe the later seasons are bad? (Didn't watch past 7 myself, but thats only my opinion.)

[@ABW941]

​@@kristoferscott3677 Two times over, in different ways.

[@Septicor]

Jokes I now get as an adult: The gate to the standardized test computer is shaped like a bell curve.

[@erenpopega]

Holy macaroni u're right

[@Kyryyn_Lyyh]

There were a lot of nerdy maths stuff in Simpsons, if you are smart enough to know it (not Me lol)

[@justinklenk]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@mikeroagreschen5350]

Well I'll be jiggered! I never noticed that.

[@psychedelictacos9118]

​@Mike Roa Greschen Nice pick up, totally did not realise that until you pointed it out!

[@McJobless]

One van per bag of tests is the kind of efficiency this country was built on 😤

[@MassEffectGER]

Efficiency costs jobs.

[@USSCYT]

How do you know its 1 can per bag of test?

[@mattbanks3517]

Who cares the us government has money

[@EthanVance2024]

That van gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.

[@hornetf18]

Security, man, security.

[@SPDYellow]

I've taken several of those tests. The Simpsons version of the questions is so close the actual thing that you can't even call it an exaggeration. It's exactly like that.

[@AddableStone13]

Unless you go to a union job where a damn algebra test is required & not being told what the minimum passing score is.

[@makssachs8914]

Are they like this entirely or is part of it an IQ test.

[@ryanbradley2875]

Carpenter ant, nurse shark, or lawyer bird. 😂😂😂

[@override367]

and everyone of these tests was created by a fraud

[@chrisw6164]

Salmon cutter

[@MassEffectGER]

Ralph: Knife goes in, guts come out!

[@JefffRushton]

"Unlike my ex husband running naked on a beach with our marriage councillor" explains so much of way Edna acts.

[@mk-ou5si]

What even happened? Either she is unlucky af or just a partner so lousy even the marriage counselor has no remorse towards her.

[@MarsofAritia]

@@mk-ou5si he chased something small and fluffy down a rabbit hole

[@colinjacobs176]

"Chef Lonelyheart's Soup for One"

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

She's bitter because she got cucked.

[@monroetoolman]

"C`mon Emma!" is one of those random Simpsons quotes that has stuck with me for the last 30 years.

[@pho3nix-]

Same haha

[@theprof73]

Oh Lisa, that's a load of... rich creamery butter

[@aaronnorris8015]

Its a reference to a first generation computer named Emma, so its smart too!

[@camiloteram]

@@aaronnorris8015 came here to say that lol

[@Genius_at_Work]

It's not too far fetched. I'm a Marine Engineer and plenty old Chief Engineers like to name their Engines (usually with as many Letters as the Engine has Cylinders), and "come on Emma you can do it" (despite Marine Engines rarely having less than 6 Cylinders) would be a very normal Sentence if something doesn't go as it should. Just think of that Mechanic in the Movie "Das Boot" shouting in strong Dialect at his Engine that it must keep going. Btw. did I once work on a Ship with yet unnamed Engines, and had great Fun with the not so old Chief Engineer to give our Engines Names with a bad Reputation, as in Names that are associated (in Germany) with poor Education and bad Behaviour. I don't know any Examples for English Language, but we named our Main Engine "Chantalle", the two Diesel Generators "Justin" and "Marvin" and the Emergency Generator "Enrico". The best Part is, that the next Chief Engineer after that was named Enrico too, and we totally did not pick that Name to poke a little Fun at him. In fact, it more likely was the only Purpose of naming the Engines.

[@BanksOwnUs]

1:21 I love how he keeps his hand on his gun while eyeing the classroom.

[@maliksmith9003]

Imagine that same posture and glare every time you walked in for first period and now you understand what it's like to go to an inner city school in the early 2000's.

[@BOMBON187]

Gotta be careful with those crazy kids.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Considering American schools these days, I'm not surprised

[@Windclaw]

"Hey, I don't need YOU to get ME into the back of a police car." The boy knows...

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

I love how the machine falters when Bart Simpson's name is mentioned.

[@StephNuggs]

Come on, Emma....

[@Gearoidmcnaught]

Maybe it’s a sign of Bart being a failure and that’s why the machine jammed up for a moment?

[@bobkys7916]

​​@@Gearoidmcnaught nooooo. It's because barts name is actually an EMP and it short circuited the machine

[@michaelnebesny4555]

This computer is capable of processing up to seven tax returns a day

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

@@michaelnebesny4555 6 and a half. Trump's doesn't count.

[@nonesuch6833]

One of those older Simpsons scenes packed with so much good stuff you probably don't remember Milhouse thinking the surprise was going to be an indian wrestling an alligator.

[@Myndir]

* Native Indian.

[@Schnort]

​@@Myndirisn't it native american?

[@messagegoeshere741]

American Indian?

[@Schnort]

@@SmokedBear0 I thought the whole point was not to call them Indians because they aren't Indian, they're native Americans

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

@@Schnort While it was initially incorrect, that mistake was made well over 500 years ago, so for over 500 years the word "Indian" has been a part of their culture. Obviously it varies greatly from tribe to tribe, no ethnicity is a monolith, but a large portion prefer the terms American Indians or Native American Indians. I _think_ it's the majority, but don't quote me on that. The simple solution is to simply ask the Native what they prefer to be called.

[@halneufmille]

School is never a waste of time. Let's stare at the front of the room for 15 minutes.

[@Random3716]

Having lived near the Des Moines International Airport, the name gag was a good laugh. (For those who don't know; there are no commercial passenger flights from Des Moines that leave the US, only a couple of cargo flights to Canada by UPS and FedEx and probably a handfull of charter operators who might on occasion.)

[@Werewolf_Korra]

You mean in South Side? My grandma lives there. You could literally mark the progress of air travel by the planes coming in and out getting quieter and quieter as I grew up. I remember once going to Dead End Park and a plane flying incredibly low over us.

[@Random3716]

@@Werewolf_Korra I was on the other side near Valley Junction. Got out to the South Side a few times when I worked for the Post Office, though I mostly worked the East Side. Nice people there.

[@unoriginalname4321]

​@@Werewolf_Korrawhat a lovely name for a park. I assume that's where bodies are dumped?

[@Werewolf_Korra]

@@unoriginalname4321 it was at the end of a dead end street.

[@DugrozReports]

I've heard the "It's because 1 cargo flight per day goes to Canada" line several times from people, and I think it's likely bunk. UPS routes all their stuff through Louisville, and FedEx through Memphis. How could there possibly be enough mail going from Iowa to one specific part of Canada (it's huge) to justify a flight directly there from Des Moines? It is my understanding that "International" as a designation is d/t the runways being a certain length, having customs offices, etc. In other words, it is set up as able to have international flights, it doesn't nesc. mean it does. There may be some charters from time to time.

[@MasterVenik]

If Bart's test caused the machine to malfunction, then Ralph Wiggum's probably blew up the whole damn facility!

[@TheSTEPHENMC5]

What was Ralph’s career Salmon gutter?

[@lollybowser]

I took one of these in school and there were a ridiculous amount of questions about an interest in Farming and Agricultural Engineering. I spoke to people who took it other years and they had a similar experience with repetitive questions about other fields of work. My guess the government wants to plan ahead lmao

[@dethhollow]

Yeah, turns out there's actually a lack of people in agriculture because the work is too bad for the pay for even illegal migrants to really 'want' to do it, so they have genuine problems getting people to stick around. Sure they could just pay people more, but then the profits wouldn't be as high as the company expects and nobody wants that! Gotta love American capitalism, right? Really wouldn't surprise me if one of those groups lobbied schools to be like "Hey... you can uhh... push kids to do this just a bit, right? We really need people right now. Not enough to pay them well, but still."

[@dirrdevil]

It's also really dumb. Like how would any student know they would enjoy farming work until they've done? I'm not advocating for children to do farm work, but my point is that children have no real world experience to be making decisions about jobs.

[@williambrock3349]

Or the government wants to take control of your life and decide how your going to live giving you no freedom at all

[@ourvaluesarewhoweareinadem4093]

I too would be a lawyer bird.

[@rud]

Bah. Those tests said I wouldn’t make it far, but now I am DRIVING the school bus

[@MassEffectGER]

Who wouldn't prefer the smell of bank customers?

[@kevinsheldrick917]

I notice Lisa chose that option on her test sheet.

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Better than the smell of anime con-goers.

[@ldl1477]

I prefer the smell of gasoline, personally.

[@IN-tm8mw]

@@ldl1477 Yah, ill take that any day over people waiting in line. The gasoline can be from anything in STEM but bank customers is too specific.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

​@@IN-tm8mwTbf, most office jobs smell like banks

[@malcontender6319]

2:10 One of those nice times Millhouse gets a break, I can definitely see him going full-on G.I. Joe in later years.

[@lionelhutz5137]

Thrilhouse

[@twahaalim5712]

I always thought this was a pun for Milhouse's full name: Milhouse Mussolini van Houten :)

[@swamppass]

The gag holds up with the future episodes where he grows up to be a gymrat too

[@brantlarson421]

Ralph’s future: Graduates from Bovine University Becomes salmon gutter.

[@Leopoldshark]

Knife goes in. Guts come out.

[@FirearmofMutiny]

@@Leopoldshark That's what Osaka Seafood Concern is all about

[@SehnsuchtYT]

1:42 Wesley Smith and Debbie Silver both worked on animation for the Simpsons during this period. I can't see the names that come up before at 480p, but I imagine they're animation staff too.

[@fluffysheap]

James (or possibly Jamey) Roberts is the other one

[@ridethelapras]

You're in luck! According to the Simpsons Archive, the names are *Janet Roberts* and *James Reardon.* The first seems to be a random name, but the second was indeed a former animator and director, a.k.a. Jim Reardon.

[@nickchambers3935]

I like how Bart chose lawyer bird

[@music-channel69]

He's not a carpenter. He would destroy before building anything to benefit others. And he's definitely not going to nurse anybody.

[@METT-TC]

How else is he supposed to end up as chief justice of the supreme court?

[@Winterascent]

@@music-channel69 Yes, but it was a nurse shark, which is really a weird animal name combination, if you ask me.

[@music-channel69]

@@Winterascent Because sharks are the hunters of the ocean. Which makes them self providers to their kids.

[@corberus3119]

@@Winterascent nurse sharks are real animals (as were the other options)

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

I was always very fond of the bit where the camera pans through the floor and there's something crazy in there lol

[@sirJXL]

Ralph was pissed. He thought he would be a doggy doorman.

[@FCS7]

Or a caterpillar.

[@princessmarlena1359]

Or that he would go live with underground grandma.

[@matthewbartlett3442]

Good-evening, Rex

[@lupodelupis3672]

"C'mon Emma" that's real scientific jargon😂

[@HBICTiff]

The animation is soooo satisfying in early seasons

[@jabberw0k812]

love the phrase Aptitude Normalizing

[@harizotoh7]

Lum!

[@lionelhutz5137]

"...before I saw these test results I had you pegged as a drifter" Never thought about it before but that's a sh1tty thing to say to a ten year old.

[@minhajnizam5090]

The psychiatrist always saw him as a failure I wish they'd make a future episode where Bart is a success rather than an unemployed loser

[@TiroDvD]

@@minhajnizam5090 For Lisa's wedding he was a very happy Demolitions Heavy Machinery Operator.

[@jonpatchmodular]

​@@TiroDvDSometimes it's tough to find your slot in the machine when you're not "apt", but it's nice to see Bart working a honest job that he likes.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

There is so much child abuse in this show, and the only reason we laugh is because we know that real schools are like that too and laughing hurts less than crying.

[@GiratinaofFury]

I always loathed tests like these at school - they are just a waste of time, and if the answers are blatantly biased such as these, then how do they accurately predict careers?

[@implicaverse]

+Giovanni Magnus I doubt the test for Steve Jobs said, "Founder of world's biggest computer company." More like, "Pot-smoking hippie."

[@Iffy350]

I was taking one on 9/11. I was scheduled to take the math portion when the first plane hit. At the next parent/student/teacher conference I got chewed out for underperforming on math and I was like NO SHIT! A PLANE HIT A BUILDING AND A 300lb SENIOR RAN INTO THE CLASSROOM AND SAID IT WAS WORLD WAR III! All a true story btw. Well, I didn’t say “no shit.”

[@jimmym3352]

I never had a test like this in school. Maybe this is an Eastern U.S. thing? We actually studied actual subjects in school (back in the days before CRT took precedence over mathematics and reading).

[@ianfinrir8724]

I remember taking an aptitude test in school but the questions weren't like this, it was more "I enjoy working with my hands," "I'm fine working odd hours," etc. Said I could be a jewler or bicycle repairman (there were more, but those are the two I remember.)

[@anonmouse15]

Mine said I would be a fish farmer.

[@Haze1434]

"Aptitude Tests" == "Your government wants to work out which jobs will be significantly short staffed in 20 years"

[@SeriousPan]

I love "Non-International Airport" instead of just Domestic. lol

[@Glopdemon]

It’s probably just a coincidence but it could be a crack at the fact that the Des Moines International Airport does not offer any international flights, despite the name (nor has it ever, as far as I know)

[@mikkelnpetersen]

If I could be any animal I want, but you can only chose from these animals. That isn't "any animal", aka. national tests in a nutshell.

[@jonpatchmodular]

Carpenter ant, nurse shark, lawyer bird 😂 nice "animal" choices

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

Atleast they got Milhouse right.

[@jasonsgroovemachine]

And thus, the G.O.A.T. was born.

[@carlborg8023]

"the G.O.A.T.? where'd you dig up that piece of communist trash? down here we operate on hard work and good ol' nepotism"...

[@matthew8153]

You are approached by a frenzied Vault scientist, who yells, "I'm going to put my quantum harmonizer in your photonic resonation chamber!" What's your response? A. "But doctor, wouldn't that cause a parabolic destabilization of the fission singularity?" B. "Yeah? Up yours too, buddy!" C. Say nothing, grab a nearby pipe and hit the scientist in the head to knock him out. For all you knew, he was planning to blow up the vault. D. Say nothing, but slip away before the scientist can continue his rant.

[@chrisw6164]

The Overseer

[@Spicystachegamer]

​@@matthew8153I can't find it anywhere.

[@Thrifty032781]

I like how the questions are so obviously leading to a specific career. "Carpenter Ant", "Nurse Shark", "Lawyer Bird".

[@Jerico195]

"Gasoline", "French Fries", "Bank customers"

[@jdsartre9520]

good thing you were here to point this out. Or are you new here to earth?

[@glitchedoom]

​@@jdsartre9520 So many comments on clips like this amount to "I liked the joke."

[@chrisw6164]

I also like jokes.

[@kmart111]

i like them careers for bart and lisa.

[@aaronwe9850]

It's like Fallout 3's Goat test.

[@vylbird8014]

Intentionally: The GOAT test is sort of making fun of the CAT. No accident they both abbreviate to animals.

[@Mac3622]

My favourite episode of The Simpsons

[@diehardrvdfan22]

Well I'll be jiggered.

[@TheGallowtree]

I had to take one of those tests at school and was off the chart on everything - they recommend that I should become an industrial chemist. Instead I became a penniless alcoholic. Oh well, that's life...

[@ricardonb6375]

I mean, industrial chemist doesn't sound so bad

[@TheGallowtree]

@@ricardonb6375 Well, being an alcoholic is halfway there...

[@Saintnick90]

Wait, so Hoover's class is directly below Krabappel's?

[@grease_monkey6078]

School is never a waste of time okay stare at the front of the room for 15 minutes before recess. Classic Ironic joke

[@bramvanduijn8086]

I dunno, dissociating was one of the few types of acceptable behaviour, so to me it just looks like an accurate representation of school. Is it ironic if it's just accurate?

[@HylianFox3]

This three minute segment is a harsh reminder as to why I hated school. Rather than actually TEACH kids things, or at least train them in certain fields, it was all "Here, take a bunch of standardized tests that will determine the outcome of your entire life... even though we all know these things are BS" Like, I must have taken the Meyers-Briggs test 4 times and got different results after each one. Just a waste of effing time...

[@renakunisaki]

American school system is made to turn kids into soldiers.

[@Aneliuse]

…ummm what kind of school did you go to? Which country? In my country, at my school, like most civilised places, you actually learn something

[@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero]

​@@Aneliuse The US education system is absolutely shit thanks to the founding of the Federal Department of Education in 1979 by Jimmy Carter. Which has since allowed politicians to effectively have control over the schools nationwide and allowed Teacher Unions to hold an iron grip on the given community and had legislation has done more harm to this country than good which is why alternative schooling such as homeschool and private schools has been on a steady rise since the start of 2018.

[@vylbird8014]

@@Aneliuse I work in a school (support staff, not teacher) and... yeah, he's right. Everything that goes on in a school is geared towards a singular goal: Exam grades. That's how the school is evaluated. It's how the teachers are evaluated. We are all slaves to the tests. Maths classes especially - they subject their students to an endless parade of practice and past papers, not just to teach math, but to teach exam technique. Learn the types of question that will be in the exam and how to deal with them. Sometimes a student has a complete breakdown in exam season - they spend years of their life preparing for this one moment, upon which their entire future will depend, and then just snap under the extreme stress. There's also the 'exam induced stupidity' where a student becomes so fixated on the exam that they lose all basic common sense, and can't remember how to spell their own name. Genuinely curious students are a bit of a problem for teachers, because they have a tendency towards individual study - they want to learn things, and waste precious time by studying things which will not be on the exam and thus serve no purpose to the school.

[@armorpro573]

@@AneliuseWhat country is that?

[@johngangemi1361]

I love how the test assessment computer crashed on Bart's test. It is as if to say the results defied logic.

[@randomobserver8168]

30 years later and I still can't believe Milhous as a military strongman. Captain of the Wiener Patrol, maybe...

[@fakeplaystore7991]

Have you seen the state of the US Military nowdays? He would fit right in.

[@vsgfilmgroup]

Some of those future episodes have him getting pretty buff. And then there's nerd rage to consider.

[@matthewgagnon9426]

@@fakeplaystore7991 Guessing you're the kind of guy who ALMOST served but decided against it.

[@princessmarlena1359]

“Egghead loves his bookie-wook!”🎵🎶

[@saintniccage2818]

This is my very first memory of the simpsons, before I could even tell what was happen

[@kingdonut6675]

Bart usually over exaggerated how evil the faculty are but promising the class a surprise and then giving them a test is truly evil!

[@TheBlindingStorm]

It always annoyed me how, for some reason, the tests are checked in alphabetical order *except* for the Simpsons kids'--and all for the express purpose of making the malfunction joke. Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder. 🙃

[@dixonpinfold2582]

It's the greatest injustice ever.

[@CyrogenicNation]

Smith came before Silver anyways, so it's not entirely alphabetical

[@corberus3119]

when you notice something like that, a wizard did it

[@renakunisaki]

And why are they upright!?

[@gabriel_kyne]

God early Simpsons was so funny and creative

[@txnmia8613]

Lawyer bird 😂

[@georgewang2947]

Ralph with his old voice at 2:07

[@johnwiiu7005]

We had something similar here in Germany by the back then ministry of work. We went there with our whole class. After a long test they told me I should become a plumber. I now work in IT Administration.

[@therandomjack961]

I don't see any comments on how Lisa, a genius, became a homemaker

[@FernieCanto]

Especially since that's the crux of the whole episode.

[@thewewguy8t88]

at 1:28 is it just me or was that kind of a hint as to what state the simpsons live in.

[@akaAoXo]

+thewewguy8t88 Well given that they're taking the bags OFF the plane and onto the truck and the truck then drives to the "National Testing Center" I'm going to say no.

[@cat1554]

Yea. It's not Iowa.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

"Springfield" is one of the most common names for a US town or city. Other names include "Washignton" and "Independence"...

[@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt]

They live in north takoma

[@thelastsidewalk]

I feel so sorry for Edna ..

[@silageheap795]

I'm amazed that lumpy can fit between the floors 😂

[@nizloc4118]

Came here when "lawyer bird" randomly popped into my head

[@taumpytears6999]

Biotech Research Wombat is my favorite animal

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

"Well I'll be jiggered."

[@crankymcgee]

my favorite part of this scene is how an armed guard accompanies the courier

[@vaylonkenadell]

Interestingly, nine seasons later, Ralph's vocation -- "salmon gutter" -- is what Bart would go on to do, saying he'd found his life's purpose.

[@music-channel69]

I like how the guy calling the machine Emma has a broom that is supposed to fix the machine turning off.

[@HypercatZ]

Grandpa methods always work.

[@renakunisaki]

Percussive maintenance.

[@Maniac536]

I’m pretty sure the real joke is this is what government waste actually looks like 😂

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

I think the doctor has a grudge on Bart for pretending to be a genius that one time.

[@ShawnCarter-rq8eo]

Those god damn istep tests...

[@agentprime2179]

“Please put down you’re pencils and stare at the front of the room”.

[@june2420111]

"Salmon gutter!!!?" Hahahaha😂😂😂😂 where did they come up with these professions?

[@beachman8106]

Thanks for that, I couldn’t quite understand what Ralph said. It sounded a bit like cereal gardener. But salmon gutter it is.

[@chrisw6164]

Salmon CUTTER

[@TheHmm43]

Half of me is Lisa, half is Bart, and the other half is Homer

[@alexanderg1935]

Err I think you might 100% Homer.

[@johnblack8655]

So... under normal circumstances, Bart would have voted for that sheriff?

[@OS1540]

How could any man not want a woman like Mrs Krabapple? She's not bad looking and seems like it doesn't take much to make her happy

[@DirtCheapFU]

I do not miss the days of these kinds of tests. Where the teacher reads off the question and your timed on your answers. The Army doesn't even test like this. But f that DLAB test... if you suck at learning secondary languages.

[@burstitdown9440]

Lawyer bird? Bank customers smells XD lol

[@ivantheterrible2594]

"Since we have 15 minutes till recess, please put down your pencils and stare at the front of the room." Odd way for students to spend their free time in class.

[@maxmetalknight]

Definitely had those ahole teachers, who, if the lesson was finished early, wouldn't let you go home due to rules and wouldn't let you do anything you want due to silence in class

[@lionelhutz5137]

My 4th grade teacher made me sit in the classroom's storage closet for half a day for eating m&m's in class lol

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@lionelhutz5137 abuse lol

[@princessmarlena1359]

@@maxmetalknight Right?

[@pathendlem]

C’mon Emma!

[@GloomyFish]

A lawyer bird

[@elanarobin]

I'm surprised Ralph could read the phrase "salmon gutter".

[@pikpik42]

"Wow... a drifter." old simpsons hit the spot

[@txnmia8613]

The girl in the back at 0:21 shaking her head at Lisa

[@txnmia8613]

Wait she's swapped out with the boy at 1:14 wtf

[@19Ted93]

never noticed :D

[@Werewolf_Korra]

I bet you if Lisa had signed a boy's name, it wouldn't have been so vile.

[@ForumcoldiArchon]

Better than the Career Unified Nations Test

[@murilovsilva]

"C'mon, Emma!"

[@jscealloga1083]

When this came out, "Emma" was a stereotypically old-fashioned name like "Mayble" or "Ethel." Now look at us. How we've regressed!

[@Swiftbow]

Names come in and out of popularity. Also, it's normally spelled "Mabel."

[@ianwilliams2632]

The animal names are all farcical but only slightly altered from famous or mythical ones, like Liver Bird -> Lawyer Bird

[@SamuelBlack84]

I was forced to take many aptitude tests in school and they always gave me the same result Graphic Designer It's just a pity that achieving said role proved more difficult than building a time machine

[@zsm1999]

Bart a police officer? way more likely than it might seem....

[@princessmarlena1359]

🤞🤞”Burlesque House Entrepreneurse! Burlesque House Entrepreneurse!”

[@Ari-ff5hq]

I'm sure there is some joke behind the snake when they transition to Lisa's class, but I just can't seem to figure it out...

[@anonmouse15]

Probably Lumpy the school snake.

[@FCS7]

Strangles?

[@ldl1477]

Maybe a callback to "whacking day"?

[@FCS7]

@@ldl1477 Your call back to that call back is a great call back.

[@ldl1477]

@@FCS7 Ok? Thx?

[@kevinsheldrick917]

Bart's teacher's name is Mrs. Krabappel but he spells it as 'Mrs. Crabapple' on his test sheet.

[@Jiggs316]

Krabapple? I thought her name was Crandle!

[@Boemel]

haha KRAB- Apple

[@davidmccoyjr8147]

2:07 Ralph has Nelson’s voice😮

[@concertautist4474]

So good. Love the questions.

[@kingthe13]

Man this test feels more at home with the fallout GOAT test

[@J.TiberiusKirk]

"Systems analyst systems analyst systems analyst!"

[@311superfly]

Lawyer bird eating French fries

[@ijustgottahotdog]

R.I.P. Marcia Wallace.

[@CoolAsFreya]

Just did this in class today lol!

[@gid519]

Insurance Salesman... with a lisp lol. Just realized.

[@TheBfutgreg]

0:53 Simpsons predicted Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law

[@rphb5870]

Multiple choice tests are always a waste of time, that is why they are almost never used

[@justinsanchez3286]

Huh, they actually had a school psychologist back then. Pretty sure that these days, it's one of the many jobs Willie does in the school