Bye, Bye, Bunny!

Bye, Bye, Bunny! is a comic story featured in Simpsons Comics 245.
== Full Story ==
Homer arrives home with exciting news for his family, only to find nobody home. He decides not to wait until they get back and heads for Moe's Tavern. Meanwhile, the rest of the Simpson family is shopping at the Springfield Mall. Marge buys the kids a present each, with Bart receiving a "Li'l Instigator Slingshot" and Lisa receiving Angelica Button: Again With The Unicorns. Marge knows what Maggie wants and she takes the family to a pet store. Marge asks Raphael if there are any pets that are cute but in the $10 range, and he takes them to the back, where there are mutants affected by the Nuclear Plant (including a Blinky fish with legs, a one-eyed duck, and a frog with an extra hand). Marge picks out a one-eared bunny which likes Maggie.
Meanwhile, at Moe's, Homer mentions that he will use some of his "giant bonus" from work to buy everyone beers, and mentions that Mr. Burns is going to compensate him for shooting Homer with an experimental ray that made Homer large in size. Moe then shows Homer a newspaper which shows a large Homer in his underwear climbing the Lard Lad Donuts building. Homer tells Moe he doesn't remember that and the newspaper was dated November 1993; he then dismisses it as "fake news," and leaves without buying anyone's beer.
Back at the Simpson house, Bart finds out his comic books have been destroyed, and blames the bunny. Lisa holds some comic books, and the bunny starts attacking them. Lisa pulls out a "Twinkle Twins" comic book, which the bunny ignores. Apparently the bunny doesn't like Bongo Comics and will destroy anything made by Bongo. Comic Book Guy's "geek sense" was tingling and shows up to give an explanation on why the bunny is attacking the Bongo comics. He opens his jacket to reveal a Bongo Comics shirt, which the bunny tears the logo off the shirt. Maggie decides to name the bunny Bongo.
Homer wants to get a new home, and takes the family (and Bongo) to go see Mr. Burns. Burns reveals when Homer was shot with the experimental ray and became a giant (in his underwear), causing government agencies to suspend Burns' research until Homer was compensated, but Burns refused until he sold the footage to an overseas ad agency to market adult diapers for aging sumo wrestlers. Dr. Olberman shows them the experimental ray and the changes that were made, including a smaller intake platform to prevent humans from being used as test subjects. Bart begins using the Li'l Instigator slingshot, trying to shoot Lisa with it, but hits the button while Bongo is on the intake platform, causing Bongo to grow into a giant. Bongo heads straight for the Bongo Comics office, which is then destroyed. Maggie then uses the slingshot to make herself giant as well. Maggie manages to get Bongo to behave, and both of them shrink to normal size. Bongo runs into a "Bongo" monkey trap, which appears to have the Bongo logo on it (it actually says "Gibbon Gone"); the door opens, releasing other one-eared bunnies into the wild. Maggie ends up parting with Bongo, now that Bongo blends in with the other bunnies, and Mr. Burns calls off the deal with Homer, and Homer only has enough money for a single frosty chocolate milkshake. However, Bart gets Homer to take the milkshake to the lab and enlarge it, and the whole family swims in it, happy to just be together.
== Appearances ==
* Homer Simpson
* Marge Simpson
* Bart Simpson
* Lisa Simpson
* Maggie Simpson
* Raphael
* Moe Szyslak
* Barney Gumble
* Comic Book Guy
* Mr. Burns
* Dr. Olberman
* Lenny Leonard
* Carl Carlson
* Waylon Smithers, Jr.
* Helen Lovejoy
* Bumblebee Man
* Milhouse Van Houten
Category:Simpsons Comics stories
Category:Real World comics