In his haunting comeback episode, a man in a “Daft Monk” Halloween costume – a play on music duo Daft Punk – appears to be accidentally killed over and over again by Springfield residents.
A year on he returns to wreak his revenge.
Eventually he summons everyone to the Springfield City Hall, takes his helmet off and reveals that he’s actually Apu.
He then shares his story of having been nearly killed dozens of times, before winding up on The Island of Forgotten Garbage, where he was healed by Dr Nick.
“I am the man you left for dead. I am the one you pretended never existed,” he declares.
Just as he is about to set the city hall ablaze, Marge Simpson – serving as a thinly-veiled mouthpiece for the producers – intervenes, telling him: “Apu, we’re so sorry we left you for dead. Believe me, we wanted to do the right thing.”
Her famous bratty son Bart adds: “But we were so scared, and just didn’t know what to do.”
Bart’s father Homer then offers to sacrifice himself to save the rest of the town, reminding viewers of how important Apu has been to the town.
“You were on our bowling teams, our barbershop quartets, our dad rock cover bands,” said Homer.
“We took you for granted. I took you for granted.”
