Billy Graham’s Bible Blaster

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks on January 21, 2009

Billy Graham’s Bible Blaster is an infamous fake video game that appears in an episode of The Simpsons from the 11th season that originally aired in 2000. In the episode, “Alone Again, Natura-Diddly,” longtime character and Simpsons neighbor Maude Flanders dies. Marge Simpson encourages Bart to cheer up Rod and Todd and he discovers one of their video games, Billy Graham’s Bible Blaster.

A few pixelated screen shots of the game play show a first-person shooter style game where you shoot Bibles at heathens to turn them into conservatively dressed fellows with halos.

It actually has very little to do with Billy Graham, but he does get the name recognition and shout out. You can play a simplified version of Billy Graham’s Bible Blaster on the Simpsons web site (alas, close shots don’t result in Unitarians).

The exchange of dialogue from the Bible Blaster scene:

Bart: When I’m feeling low, you know what always cheers me up?
Todd: Is it love?
Rod: Kindness?
Bart: Ooh, tough room. Videogames! Whaddya got? “Billy Graham’s Bible Blaster?”
Rod: Keep firing; convert the heathens!
Bart: Got him!
Rod: No, you just winged him and made him a Unitarian.
Todd: Look out, Bart! A gentle Baha’i!
Bart: All right! Full conversion! Thanks guys, this really cheered me up.
Video: Second Coming! Reload, reload!
Todd: Can we play now?
Bart: We are playing. We’re a team.
Rod + Todd: Yay!