| “ | Wagstaff has questions for Jimmy Jr. Why does he dance all the time? What's he hiding? Does he have to go? Why doesn't he stop dancing and just go? Tell Jimmy Jr. to go to the bathroom already. | ” |
— Gene Belcher in a political ad against Jimmy Pesto, Jr.
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"The Millie-churian Candidate" is the twelfth episode in Season 5, being the seventy-ninth episode overall.
Plot[]
Tina and Louise volunteer to run Jimmy, Jr.'s class president campaign in order to keep Millie from winning. Meanwhile, Bob becomes obsessed with a knife after talking himself into buying it for $300, and gets into a dispute with Teddy over whether his knife or Teddy's hammer is better.
Full story[]
The episode begins with Louise telling Tina to put Jimmy Jr.'s student body president sign in the trash. Tina points out how doing so won't affect the elections as Jimmy Jr. is severely winning against Henry Haber. Millie shows up later and once again obsesses over Louise. Following this, Henry accidentally gives Millie the idea to run for student body president. When Louise has a nightmare about Millie winning the election to control her, she panics and takes control of Jimmy Jr.'s campaign, killing his campaign with numerous failed campaign ads. It gives Millie a massive lead, but Jimmy Jr. drops out of the race, revealing that Millie will let him pick songs at school dances if she becomes president. Following this, when Louise attempts to gain control of Henry's campaign, Henry points out how she ruined Jimmy Jr.'s campaign and suggests she should run. Although Henry's suggestion is sarcastic, Louise does so.
Louise's campaign fails to gain momentum. Millie is still overwhelmingly winning, and Tina and Gene also back Millie. At a debate, Millie speaks of establishing a "buddy system," which is about buddying students in pairs for school, assigned in alphabetical order by names. Louise claims that Millie is doing this for control as their names would make each other "buddies." As Louise's campaign continues to fail, she receives an anonymous note that tells her to look into Abby's school file. Sneaking into Mr. Frond's office, Louise, Gene, and Tina find something that changes everything. Mr. Frond discovers them, and they escape. As they reach the gym, where voting is taking place, Louise congratulates Millie and reveals that Abby's real name is Mabel, meaning that they wouldn't be besties. As a result, Millie attempts to choke Abby with her braid, much to Mr. Frond and the student's horror. Consequently, Mr. Frond disqualifies Millie and also Louise for breaking into his office, meaning Henry wins by default. Henry later reveals to the Belcher children that the events of the episode were an elaborate plot to get all the opponents out of the race.
Meanwhile, Bob impulse buys a professional cooking knife for $300. As he consistently talks about the knife, Teddy brings up his expensive hammer. The next day, Teddy brings in the hammer to work on a birdhouse. As Bob and Teddy get into a dispute, Linda states that they should do a competition. As the contest ends with a tie in the first round, Bob and Teddy proceed to make holes in the counter. Having a moment of clarity, Bob decides it would be best to stop the competition before the restaurant suffers any more damage. Still, when Teddy says he wouldn't want his hammer to destroy Bob's knife, the competition returns to a fight to the death between both tools. Bob goes first using the knife on the hammer but doesn't cause any damage, while Teddy's hammer bends the knife beyond repair. Bob asks to see the hammer and after feeling it considers getting one for himself.
Cast[]
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Videos[]
External links[]
- "The Millie-churian Candidate" on IMDb
- "The Millie-churian Candidate" press release via The Futon Critic
- "The Millie-churian Candidate" script via Springfield! Springfield!
| Season 5 Episode Navigation | v • t • e | |
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| Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl • Tina and the Real Ghost • Friends with Burger-fits • Dawn of the Peck • Best Burger • Father of the Bob • Tina Tailor Soldier Spy • Midday Run • Speakeasy Rider • Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise • Can't Buy Me Math • The Millie-churian Candidate • The Gayle Tales • Li'l Hard Dad • Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting • The Runway Club • The Itty Bitty Ditty Committee • Eat, Spray, Linda • Housetrap • Hawk & Chick • The Oeder Games | ||
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