History Recap / TheSimpsonsS35E8AeBonnyRomance

Bart washes Willie's mop clean using a toothbrush, only for Willie to dunk it in "frog juice" and ordering Bart to clean it again. Bart is outraged, he didn't do anything wrong this time, he just didn't want to dance with girls. Willie hears this, and tells Bart to be a man and not to fall apart over some lassie, only to remember a lost love and fall apart, running out of the shack to caber toss a pillar of debris in order to push out these emotions. Bart wonders what that was about, and Willie tells him. Back in Scotland, Willie was in love with a woman named Maisie, and he thought she loved him back, only to get his heart broken, and that's why he came to America, to get away from the pain and forget about her. Willie throws a sink across the field of debris, and Bart gets into the rageful throwing. Willie and Bart become friends over destruction and havoc, because that's how guys express their emotions. They even make a Website/TikTok account together. But as the days pass, Bart rolls up to Willie's shack, only to find him gone. Bart tries looking for him, only to find a drunken Homer in a ditch, still ranting about destination weddings. Then, he gets a video call from Willie, who has been kidnapped and taken back to Scotland. Bart pleads to his parents that they have to do something, but the only way they can go there is to sacrifice the destination wedding invitation and transfer the miles into a flight to Scotland. A sacrifice that Marge was willing to make, and that Homer was very willing to make.

Bart is angry about being tricked like that, but that anger turns to disgust after seeing Willie and Maisie make out, and confusion because he thought Maisie betrayed Willie. The couple have a wedding slideshow that shows off some more of their backstory. Willie was working for Maisie's father, harvesting peat for his company's whiskey, and sniffing out the best peat bogs, and that's how they met. But her father didn't approve of them being together, so they made plans to elope, but she didn't show, because she was told Willie was eaten by a sheep. But thanks to Bart and Willie's [=TikToks=], she found out he's still alive, and they reconnected, and Willie headed back to Scotland immediately. Her family welcomes Willie back, and her father can't wait to get his nose back to work. And Homer can't wait to leave, because one thing he hates about destination weddings has just begun, the weird hookups, seeing Superintendent Chalmers flirt with Lunchlady Dora.

Marge wakes up in the morning hung over, and asks Homer for advice with a hangover, only to find he's not there, he's still outside, still mad. Meanwhile, the wedding is soon to begin, and an angry Bart says "Stupid Willie", but then he hears Maisie's father echo those words. Bart overhears Pa [=MacWeldon's=] plot to put Willie back to work, and after finding enough good peat, they can marry Maisie off to someone more respectable. Bart confronts them, but they give him a threat loaded with Scottish slang that Bart only understands through context. Pa [=MacWeldon=] and his right hand men grab Bart and lock him in a tower with a cribbage board and the gift bags.

* NotMeThisTime: Skinner assumes Bart gave the boys nicotine patches on purpose as a prank, but he actually mistook them for bandages to keep from touching girls. With Skinner's doubt and refusal to believe Bart's innocence is owed in part to the amount of pranks in the past he did that were entirely his fault.

* NotMeThisTime: Skinner assumes Bart gave the boys nicotine patches on purpose as a prank, but he actually mistook them for bandages to keep from touching girls.

* BrokenEcho: Homer shouts that after Marge complained about the lack of romance in their marriage, everyone at the wedding will think that "Homer Simpson is vanilla in the sack!", a phrase which echoes all over the Scottish highlands until the final echo pipes up, "Bad at sex!"

* UseYourHead: To prove her love is true, Maisie gives Willie a literal HeadbuttOfLove and headbutts him right on the nose, ruining his sense of smell to prove to him that he's more than just a nose to her.

Coaches Krupt and Ms. Pommelhorst have a new unit of gym class; social dancing, which means boys and girls dancing together. The girls are uninterested, but the boys are scared of cooties. Bart has an idea to protect the boys from cooties, and dashes off to the nurse's office, and gets what he thinks are band-aids to block all direct skin contact with girls. But after everyone but Bart is covered, the boys find out those were not bandages, but nicotine patches. The boys go into a frenzy. After it's over, Skinner assumes Bart's actions were a prank, and gives him Supermax detention with Groundkeeper Willie.

Bart washes Willie's mop clean using a toothbrush, only for Willie to dunk it in "frog juice" and ordering Bart to clean it again. Bart is outraged, he didn't do anything wrong this time, he just didn't want to dance with girls. Willie hears this, and tells Bart to be a man and not to fall apart over some lassie, only to remember a lost love and fall apart, running out of the shack to caber toss a pillar of debris in order to push out these emotions. Bart wonders what that was about, and Willie tells him. Back in Scotland, Willie was in love with a woman named Maisie, and he thought she loved him back, only to get his heart broken, and that's why he came to America, to get away from the pain and forget about her. Willie throws a sink across the field of debris, and Bart gets into the rageful throwing. Willie and Bart become friends over destruction and havoc, because that's how guys express their emotions. They even make a TikTok account together. But as the days pass, Bart rolls up to Willie's shack, only to find him gone. Bart tries looking for him, only to find a drunken Homer in a ditch, still ranting about destination weddings. Then, he gets a video call from Willie, who has been kidnapped and taken back to Scotland. Bart pleads to his parents that they have to do something, but the only way they can go there is to sacrifice the destination wedding invitation and transfer the miles into a flight to Scotland. A sacrifice that Marge was willing to make, and that Homer was very willing to make.

The Simpsons are off to Scotland. After touching down, a brief search in Edinburgh leads to a building Bart recognizes from the video call, the MacWeldon Destillery. Bart calls for Willie inside, and after hearing his voice, Bart rushes inside to Willie's aid, only to find that Willie isn't in distress at all, he's getting married, and much to Marge's delight and Homer's horror, this is a destination wedding!

Bart is angry about being tricked like that, but that anger turns to disgust after seeing Willie and Maisie make out, and confusion because he thought Maisie betrayed Willie. The couple have a wedding slideshow that shows off some more of their backstory. Willie was working for Maisie's father, harvesting peat for his company's scotch, and sniffing out the best peat bogs, and that's how they met. But her father didn't approve of them being together, so they made plans to elope, but she didn't show, because she was told Willie was eaten by a sheep. But thanks to Bart and Willie's TikToks, she found out he's still alive, and they reconnected, and Willie headed back to Scotland immediately. Her family welcomes Willie back, and her father can't wait to get his nose back to work. And Homer can't wait to leave, because one thing he hates about destination weddings has just begun, the weird hookups, seeing Superintendent Chalmers flirt with Lunchlady Dora.

Another item on the wedding itenerary is soon to begin, but Bart sees that Lisa is absent. Marge gives the excuse that Lisa doesn't have to do all this because Lisa isn't friends with Willie, so she's off to tour Edinburgh on her own. She becomes enamored with the Fringe festival, because of all the irony, self-awareness, and mediocre cleverness. Homer isn't pleased with such a packed schedule with so many hikes, and shouts his desire for [[Film/{{Braveheart "FREE TIME!"]] Marge, however, is enjoying this, and won't let Homer ruin this for her, putting those wasted frequent flier miles to waste.

Marge wakes up in the morning hung over, and asks Homer for advice with a hangover, only to find he's not there, he's still outside, still mad. Meanwhile, the wedding is soon to begin, and an angry Bart says "Stupid Willie", but then he hears Maisie's father echo those words. Bart overhears Pa MacWeldon's plot to put Willie back to work, and after finding enough good peat, they can marry Maisie off to someone more respectable. Bart confronts them, but they give him a threat loaded with Scottish slang that Bart only understands through context. Pa MacWeldon and his right hand men grab Bart and lock him in a tower with a cribbage board and the gift bags.

Bart has to get to Willie, Maisie is only marrying him for his nose. Rummaging through the gift bags, Bart makes a rope out of tied-together sleep masks. Bart calls to stop the wedding, telling Willie that her family only brought Willie back to sniff out peat. Pa MacWeldon and Hamish don't deny it, he's just a nose to them, and they have to compete with the celebrity-owned alchohol companies somehow. But Maisie didn't know about this plot, she genuinely loves Willie, but he has trouble believing. She proves her love by headbutting Willie on the nose, breaking it. Willie knows she truly loves him by ruining his sense of smell, making him useless to the rest of the family, to the "awws" of the crowd and teaching Bart the true meaning of love. The episode ends with Maisie headbutting Willie over and over again, with the intent on giving him permanent anosmia.