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"The Bob Next Door" is the twenty-second episode of ''The Simpsons'' twenty-first season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 16, 2010. Bart becomes convinced that their new neighbor is Sideshow Bob in disguise, but after a trip to the Springfield Penitentiary they find a distressed Bob still incarcerated. Eventually Bart discovers that Bob has surgically swapped faces with their neighbor and still plans to kill him, although he is ultimately defeated. The episode was written by John Frink and directed by Nancy Kruse. The episode guest stars Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob Terwilliger. The episode's plot is based on the film ''Face/Off''. "The Bob Next Door" received positive reviews from critics; most agreed that it was a funny return for Sideshow Bob and an improvement over "Funeral for a Fiend" and "The Italian Bob". ==Plot== A financial crisis in Springfield causes the sale of many houses and the release of all low-level criminals from Springfield Penitentiary, including a man named Walt Warren. Walt purchases a house next door to the Simpson family (where The Winfields and Ruth and Laura Powers used to live), and he immediately charms the neighborhood. However, Bart is convinced that Walt is Sideshow Bob in disguise, because they have the same voice. He tries several times to find proof, but fails. Marge convinces him otherwise by taking him to visit the penitentiary, where they see Bob locked in a padded cell, wearing a straitjacket and writing "Bart Simpson Will Die!" on the walls. A reassured Bart decides to go to a baseball game with Walt. However, Bart's initial instincts prove right when "Walt" removes his small shoes to show his long feet folded inside, revealing himself to be Sideshow Bob. Bob restrains Bart in the car and gags him with duct tape, planning to take him to Five Corners, a location where five states meet, to kill him. Meanwhile, the real Walt Warren escapes prison while bearing Bob's hair and face and comes to the Simpsons' home. At first, everyone thinks Bob has escaped prison, but Walt's short feet (which was also used as a clue in "Krusty Gets Busted" to clear Krusty's name for robbing the Kwik-E-Mart) reveal his true identity. Walt explains that he and Bob were cellmates and, prior to Walt's release, Bob drugged him and performed a transplant to switch their faces. The transplant left Walt unable to talk properly, and his garbled speech led the guards to put him in the padded cell. He wrote his message on the wall as a warning, but it was misinterpreted as a threat. Walt and the Simpsons immediately go after Bob, knowing that Bart's life is in danger. Meanwhile, a waitress at a roadside diner becomes infatuated with Bob-as-Walt until Bob's new face peels off. Amidst a distraction outside the diner, Homer, Marge, and Lisa travel to Mexico in search of Bart while Walt gets away and continues to Five Corners to save Bart. At Five Corners, Bob intends to kill Bart in such a way that the crime takes place in five separate states, thus making it impossible to prosecute. Bart stalls by repeatedly jumping into the same state as Bob until Walt arrives. Walt and Bob struggle over the gun, but just before Bob can fire on either Walt or Bart, Chief Wiggum and the Springfield Police Department arrive to arrest Bob, having been tipped off by Bart. Bob jumps into the other states in order to escape their jurisdiction, only to be promptly confronted by police from each state, and he is taken into custody by officers with a strong New Jersey accent. His house is bought by Ned Flanders' cousin Ted, and Homer groans at the realization that he now lives next door to ''two'' Flanders families. The Sideshow Bob leitmotif first introduced in the episode "Cape Feare" plays over the credits. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bob Next Door」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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