Top 10 Best Sideshow Bob Episodes

 

My top 10 best Sideshow Bob Episodes.

Now, we all love Sideshow Bob. He is one of the best Simpsons villains, and his theme music is memorable. Sideshow Bob is another fan favorite of the series, and here are my top ten best Sideshow Bob episodes. 

I'm doing Sideshow Bob this Halloween because he is one of the best Simpsons villains. 

So here is my top ten best Sideshow Bob episodes.

10. The Black Widower

In this episode, Sideshow Bob is released from jail and dating Selma. However, he wants to kill Selma and take her money. Bart doesn't like the idea of Selma dating Sideshow Bob because he framed Krusty. Still, Sideshow Bob tells him he has changed and is a better man because of Selma's love. It's interesting how they seem to build that Sideshow Bob really had changed. Sideshow Bob and Selma love each other, but we start to see signs that Sideshow Bob wants to kill Selma because she has a lot of money. Bart realizes from their honeymoon that Sideshow Bob wanted a fireplace for their hotel room, and he realizes that he wants to kill Selma. The Simpsons save Selma because Sideshow Bob has to increase the fireplace level with gas, and when Selma lights her cigarette, she dies. This was a good episode. 

9. Funeral for a Fiend 

In this episode, we see Sideshow Bob's whole family, and in this episode, Sideshow Bob dies. In the episode, the Simpsons go to a restaurant. Still, it's a trap by Sideshow Bob, who plans to blow them up, but Lisa tells Bob he got a quote from Shakespeare wrong and Bob's biggest Shakespeare fan. Bob is arrested, but this time, his family is involved, and during the trial, he blames Bart for who he is as he drives him mad with murderous rage. Sideshow Bob has a heart attack and dies. Everyone is angry with Bart because he tells everyone that Bart drove him mad and that Bart is the real problem. Cecil convinces him to see Bob off as he will be created. However, it's revealed to be a trap, and Bob fakes his death and tries to kill Bart. I love the scene when Cecil says, "It was I, the grieving brother, that sealed the deal." Sideshow Bob responds. "Yes, and Hamlet is all about Laertes." "Would you please stop comparing to Laertes!" "If the doublet fits." I found it so funny. In the end episode, the Simpsons realize that Sideshow Bob has faked his death, and they save Bart. The family celebrates until Sideshow Bob comes out and kills them, but he's going crazy as the family spends seventy-five years in prison. 

8. Krusty Gets Busted 

This is the first episode where we see Sideshow Bob frame Krusty, as this is one of the best episodes of the old seasons. In the episode, Krusty is arrested for robbing the Kwi Mart, and Sideshow Bob takes over the show. Bart and Lisa investigate, finding some clues that Krusty was framed because one Krusty can't read, the robber was reading, Krusty has small feet, the other Krusty has big feet, and he has a pacemaker. Bart realizes it was Sideshow Bob when he says big shoes to fill. Sideshow Bob is arrested and goes to prison, and this is the beginning of a great villain in the Simpsons. 

7. Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming 

In this episode, the Simpsons go to an air show, but Sideshow Bob is plotting to threaten to blow up Springfield with a nuclear weapon if all television is off the air. Bart and Lisa, of course, work together to stop Sideshow Bob from activating a nuclear bomb. In a funny twist, the atomic bomb has expired, and the chase scene in the episode was funny as Sideshow Bob plans to kill Krusty with one of the first planes ever made. Sideshow Bob finds Krusty, who is still on TV because he doesn't want to lose viewers. Sideshow is about to fly the plane into the shack, but the plane breaks and Sideshow Bob is arrested. This episode was a lot of fun to watch.   

6. Sideshow Bob Roberts 

In this episode, Sideshow Bob runs for mayor of Springfield against Quimby. Sideshow Bob is released from prison and is chosen by the Republic party as their candidate. Bart and Lisa don't want Sideshow Bob to be the next mayor of Springfield, so they do everything they can to help Quimby.  Bob wins the election and tries to build a new highway on the Simpson's house. Bart and Lisa learn that Bob committed voter fraud by using dead people's names and pets to win the election. Sideshow Bob exposes himself because he believes he's what the town needs and goes to jail. 

5. The Day of Jacknapes 

In this episode, Krusty announces his retirement and removes the show with Sideshow Bob. So, Sideshow Bob decides to kill Krusty and uses Bart to help him do it under his mind's control. During Krusty's retirement show, Sideshow Bob learns that Krusty is ashamed of how he treated him over the years, which led him to a life of crime. Sideshow tries to stop Bart, but Mr. Teeny throws the bomb away. This is another funny episode, and remember to say funny during a photo. 

4. The Great Louse Detective 

In this episode, someone is trying to kill Homer, and so the police assign Sideshow Bob to help Homer find his killer. In the episode, someone tries to kill Homer in a steam room, so the police assign a criminal to work with Homer, which is Sideshow Bob. It's funny when they put an electric collar on his leg, and Chef Wiggum says, "Don't even think about taking it off because it is taped to your leg hair, and that really hurts." It's funny how Homer and Sideshow Bob work together, and it's even more amusing when Bob is shocked by how many enemies Homer has. We all know the reason is because he drinks. In this episode, we meet Frank Grimes Jr, who wants to avenge his father's death as he blames Homer for it. Ultimately, Sideshow Bob saves Homer from crashing into the Museum of Swordfish. They arrested Frank Grimes Jr. Also, at the end of the episode, Sideshow Bob tries to kill Bart. He realizes he's grown accustomed to Bart and sings a song about it before leaving Bart. Unfortunately, the remote is outside, and two birds are pecking at it. 

3. Brother from Another Series 

In this episode, Sideshow Bob reunites with his younger brother Cecil, voiced by David Hyde Pierce, who plays Frasier's brother on Frasier. That was spot-on casting. In the episode, he works at his brother's hydroelectric dam, but he later learns it's all fake with the help of Bart and Lisa. As it turns out, Cecil frames his brother out of spite towards him, becoming Krusty's sidekick. We see Sideshow as a hero who saves Bart, but sadly, he still ends up in jail. This is one of my favorite episodes with Sideshow Bob, and if you love Frasier, you will love it too. I also love the ending of the fight over the bunk beds. 

2. Italian Bob 

In this episode, the Simpsons go to Italy to pick up a car for Mr. Burns. The car then gets wrecked, and they go to a village and find out Sideshow Bob is the mayor of the village. Sideshow Bob goes to Tuscany to start again and eventually becomes the mayor and a husband and father. 

However, the Simpsons come, and this time, Lisa ruins his life and tells everyone he is a criminal because she got drunk. Sideshow Bob's wife and son join him in killing the Simpsons. I love the scene where Sideshow Bob sings, and Kelsey Graham has a great singing voice. I wonder what happened to Sideshow Bob's wife, Francesca, and son Gino. Francesca is seen in some episodes, but we don't know if she and Sideshow Bob are divorced, which some episodes have implied. I think that confirms that they are divorced off-screen. They should do an episode explaining why Sideshow Bob and his wife split up and what happened to Gino. 

Honourable Mentions 

Bobby, It's Cold Outside

In this episode, Sideshow Bob is Santa Claus, and he basically helps Mr. Burns regain his Christmas spirit. Also, in this episode, Sideshow Bob and his wife are divorced because he has a new girlfriend. 

Treehouse of Horror XXXIV 

Now, this is a new episode, but it's a Simpsons what-if episode: Sideshow Bob killed Bart in Cape Fear. This was a good story segment because we see what would have happened if Bob had killed Bart and how it would have destroyed the Simpsons family. 

The Bob Next Door

In this episode, the Simpsons get a new neighbor. But it's actually Sideshow Bob in disguise, wearing the face of his cellmate. It's a funny episode, and I laughed when Sideshow Bob was shocked that Bart hadn't finished Order of the Phoenix. 

 Gone Boy

In this episode, we see Sideshow Bob cares for Bart and wants to find him, as he is missing. This episode redeems Bob as he has grown to care for Bart. 

and the number one best Sideshow Bob episode is...

1. Cape Feare 

This is the best Sideshow Bob episode. In this episode, Bart gets death threats written in blood, and we learn it's from Sideshow Bob, who plans to get parole and leave prison. Simpsons learns he was the one who sent those letters. So the Simpsons go under witness protection and call themselves the Thompsons. Sideshow Bob secretly follows them despite going through the cactus trees and stepping on rakes. Bob still plans to kill Bart, and we see Bart trying to survive and not being killed by Sideshow Bob because his family can't help him being tied up. Bart gets the idea of asking Sideshow Bob to perform his opera performance of an English Man. It's the funny scene, and Sideshow Bob sings like crazy. The episode ends with Sideshow Bob getting arrested, and the Simpsons are safe, but they forget to give Grandpa his pills, and now he's a woman. 

That's my top ten favourite Sideshow Bob episodes let me know what you think.

Happy Halloween to all my viewers!