[A purple scaly head is shoved towards the camera, with Bart grinning behind him.]

You see the guy in on the screen, that's Grumpa. He's like, sorta my Grampa Barry, only he's a total poopypants. Not that it means you can bite him or step on him or anything.

[He turns to the phone again.]

I should think you'd be surprised to see something that was never a fixed timestream show up, too. But he saved us all from the evil robot Space Princess Arrowette accidentally set loose, and I didn't have to be the monkey that time, even. Usually when reality gets twisted, I end up with a tail, but that time, I got a puppy that isn't a puppy.

[Nope, Bart's a little too excited to listen, and, honestly, isn't sure he isn't talking at the edge of too fast to be understood as the purple scaly thing sits on his arm and he scratches it happily.]

You should get a pet. Then maybe you wouldn't be grumpy all the time.