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'''"The Girl Who Slept Too Little"''' is the second episode of [[The Simpsons]] [[List of The Simpsons episodes#Season 17 (2005-2006)|seventeenth season]].  It aired [[September 18]], [[2005]]. [http://www.thesimpsons.com The Simpsons Official Site] has the title for this episode mistakenly as "The Girl Who Knew Too Little".
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==Synopsis==
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"'''The Girl Who Slept Too Little'''" is the second episode of [[season 17]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundred and fifty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on September 18, [[2005]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Raymond S. Persi]].
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The Simpsons protest the construction of a stamp museum next to their home and successfully have it relocated to a cemetery lot, but are dismayed to see the old cemetery moving next door. [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] soon finds herself suffering fright-induced sleepless nights and runs to her parents' bed. [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] attempt spending a night in their daughter's room to convince her that it's safe, but are quickly scared away. They turn to a psychiatrist for advice, but Lisa decides to face her fears alone one night in the cemetery, with dramatic results.
 
  
==Trivia==
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== Synopsis ==
*[[Groundskeeper Willie]] has a cousin named "[[Gravedigger Billy]]", who may be as disturbed as he, if not more. He looks a lot like Willie, but with white whiskers and a cataract in his left eye. Billy is also short for William.
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{{Desc|A new cemetery right outside the window of [[Lisa]]'s room makes Lisa suffer from many sleepless nights.}}
*Homer acknowledges his mental acumen and memory may be affected by his numerous head injuries.
 
*As a baby, Lisa powders and diapers herself. [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] did a similar trick in another episode while staying with Marge's sisters.
 
*This was originally scheduled to air [[May 15]], [[2005]], as the sixteenth season finale, but due to the changed broadcast date of "[[The Father, The Son and The Holy Guest Star]]" it had to be cancelled for that time.
 
  
==Cultural References==
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== Plot ==
*The Title "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" is a take on the 1997 movie titled "[[The Man Who Knew Too Little]]" starring [[Bill Murray]].
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Noise from construction cause everyone in [[Springfield]] to protest. Soon [[Mayor Quimby]] moves it to where the [[Springfield Cemetery]] used to be and the cemetery is moved to the backyard of The Simpsons' house. [[Lisa]] is the only member of the family who has her room close to it. Lisa then can't sleep at night and ends up making a habit of sleeping with her parents. The next night Lisa meets a gravedigger resembling [[Groundskeeper Willie]] known as [[Gravedigger Billy]]. After a hand comes out of a tomb Lisa goes to Marge and Homer's room and makes a promise that if they go to the [[Springfield Stamp Museum]] Lisa will sleep in her room. When they get they're they find [[Lenny]] making a fortune using his yard as a parking lot much to Homers jealousy (not remembering having campaigned against the meuseum before.).  
*It is also possibly a take on the [[1956]] movie "[[The Man Who Knew Too Much]]" starring [[James Stewart]] and [[Doris Day]]. This is not the first time this title has been parodied; see "[[The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]" and "[[The Dad Who Knew Too Little]]".  
 
*The book ''The Land of Wild Beasts'' is an obvious parody of ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]'' by [[Maurice Sendak]], right down to the artwork.
 
*The song played during the protest sequence is "[[Eve of Destruction (song)|Eve of Destruction]]" by [[Barry McGuire]].
 
*The stamp museum sign "The Fathers (and mothers) of Invention" is a reference to Frank Zappa's first band, The Mothers of Invention, of whom Matt Groening is a big fan.
 
  
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At the museum there is a lecture for [[Milton Burkhart]]'s book "[[The Land of the Wild Beasts]]" and an ad based on the book for a restaurant, The Hillside Wrangler. Lisa then feels that she can sleep in her room with the cemetery but is already afraid and sleeps in Homer and Marge's room. Homer and Marge then come back from a night with [[Apu]] and [[Dr. Hibbert]] and Marge tells Lisa she is breaking her promise (via "I Spy") however Homer mistakes it for the real game. Marge and Homer then spend a night in Lisa's room to find out how scary it really is and they contact a psychologist.
*'''Homer:''' Stupid Stamp Museum! Why didn't they build this closer to our house? <br/> '''Lisa:''' Dad, you fought tooth and nail to get it away from our house.<br>'''Homer:''' Lisa, when you've sustained as many blows to the head as I have, consistency is something, something, that something - I love you, Marge!
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[[File:TGWSTlisacreatures.png|200px|thumb|right|The creatures in Lisa's 'nightmare'.]]
*'''Slug Milhouse:''' I don't know how we'll reproduce, but we'll have a great time figuring it out!
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Marge and Homer then try to contact a psychologist at the psychiatric clinic [[Sit 'n' Weep]] on Psychiatry Row, where are many other psychiatric clinics, such as [[99¢ Shrink]]. There they find out that it is expensive and her fears are mostly going to be solved by herself as she was not nurtured enough as a baby and had to all but raise herself since they were so busy with Bart. Lisa, however, does not want to go see a therapist and goes with [[Bart]] and [[Santa's Little Helper]] to overcome her fears at the cemetery but Bart leaves and SLH runs away. Lisa then changes her mind but the gate is locked and Lisa is left alone. Luckily [[Chief Wiggum]] and [[Eddie]] and [[Lou]] are here but Chief Wiggum becomes alone and afraid. He takes off his clothes, and finds a Walkman under his arm. He plays it and dances off into the mist.  
*'''Homer:'''(Upon learning that treatment for Lisa will cost $4,000) Well, that's okay because...(Grabs manual from the DR.) Marge, quick, start the car! (Homer takes chairs and bookshelves and throws them in front of the Doctor) <br/> '''Doctor:''' Mr. Simpson, I'm not chasing you. <br/> '''Homer:''' (Lighting match) And you won't, unless you can jump through FIRE! <br/> '''Marge:''' (Blows out the match)
 
*'''Lisa (being confronted by the Wild Things):''' I'm not afraid of monsters. I'm not afraid of monsters. <br/> '''Wild Thing 2:''' What? Lisa, you're eight years old. You're gonna be afraid of some things. <br/> '''Lisa:''' But I'm too smart to be scared. <br/> '''Wild Thing 2:''' Everyone has something to fear, not matter how smart or brave they are. I'm scared of her. <br/> '''Female Wild Thing:''' No, you're afraid of intimacy. <br/> '''Wild Thing 2:''' That's because I know you'll eat me after we mate. <br/> '''Female Wild Thing:''' Your brother didn't seem to mind.<br/>'''Lisa:''' Ya know, you look scary, but when you see past that, ''(giggles)'' you're just funny! ''(the beasts make affectionate noises)'' But wait. What am I gonna do with that creepy cemetery? <br/> '''Female Wild Thing:''' You can draw the blinds, you silly goose! <br/> '''Wild Thing 2:''' Or get a night light. <br/> '''Lisa:''' My dad says they're too expensive. <br/> ''(the beasts make annoyed noises)'' <br/> '''Wild Thing 1:''' Oh, for God's sake, they're four bucks a piece!
 
*'''Lou:''' Chief, you gotta come down now. <br/> '''Wiggum (naked with his eyes closed in a tree):''' I don't wanna, Lou! <br/> '''Lou:''' I got a pizza bagel. <br/> ''(camera pulls out, showing Wiggum already down and dressed)'' <br/> '''Wiggum:''' Let's roll.
 
*'''Slug Milhouse:''' What is it about slime that chicks don't dig?
 
*''In the stamp museum, where there are giant, interactive stamps:''<br>'''[[Alexander Graham Bell]] stamp:''' I'm Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone.<BR>'''[[Elisha Gray]] stamp:''' You stole it from me, Elisha Gray <BR>'''Alexander Graham Bell stamp:''' Read the patent number, bitch.<br>''Bell shows a medal with "Patent 174465"[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=174465.WKU.&OS=PN/174465&RS=PN/174465] on it''
 
*'''Homer (salutes):''' No soldier left behind.
 
*'''Homer:''' Look on the bright side, Marge. When I die, you can mourn me from the bathroom. That's multi-tasking. [http://download.lardlad.com/sounds/season17/slept3.mp3 audio clip]
 
*'''Gravedigger Billy:''' Now, Willie, that pot of gold I found is right down there.(indicates an empty grave) <br/> '''[[Groundskeeper Willie]] (looks into the grave):''' All I see is an empty [[grave]]. Why don't ya fill it, you lazy bastard? (Billy swings the shovel upon Willie, but the scene cuts to Homer, Marge, and Lisa.)
 
*'''Giant prawn in Commercial:''' "Maximum two servings!"<br/>'''Homer'''(Leans in doorway): That is bull (Bleep), Man!
 
  
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Later it is revealed that he got scared and climbed and hid in a nearby tree. Lisa in the meantime sees [[Dr. Nick]] who is pretending to be {{W|Dr. Octopus}} using arms he aqquired while grave robbing, and tells Lisa she has a check-up on Tuesday and Lisa replies with "we go to [[Dr. Hibbert|a better doctor]]". Afterwards, Lisa is confronted by an owl and runs, soon tripping over and injuring her head on a tombstone. She then faints. Marge and Homer get home to find that Lisa has gone to the cemetery. They panic and are angry at Bart who was only watching cartoons and could not care less. Lisa then finds herself in a dream where she is swallowed by a skeleton pretending to be an elderly woman. She then finds herself stuck on a spider's web and confronted by a giant spider with Bart's head. The spider then tells her to meet her new "boyfriend".
'''[[United States|USA]]/[[Canada]]'''
 
*'''1st Airdate:''' Sunday, [[September 18]], [[2005]]
 
*'''2nd Airdate:''' Sunday, [[December 4]], [[2005]]
 
*'''3rd Airdate:''' Sunday, [[January 8]], [[2006]]
 
'''[[United Kingdom|UK]]'''
 
*'''1st Airdate:''' Saturday, [[April 22]], [[2006]]
 
*'''2nd Airdate:''' Monday, [[June 12]], [[2006]]
 
*'''3rd Airdate:''' Saturday, [[August 5]], [[2006]]
 
*'''4th Airdate:''' Saturday, [[August 26]], [[2006]]
 
'''[[Australia]]'''
 
*'''1st Airdate:''' Tuesday, [[November 15]], [[2005]] (This episode aired as a [[2006]] sneak peek episode)
 
'''[[Brazil]]'''
 
*'''1st Airdate:''' Sunday, [[July 23]], [[2006]]
 
  
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A slug resembling [[Milhouse]] slithers forward and attempts to impress her with his slime buildings. Lisa screams and appears in a different location. She is in the "Land of the Wildbeasts". The beasts come across as funny to her and teach her that it is ok to be scared, regardless of how 'smart' you are. Marge and Homer then find Lisa and wake her up and they go home, happily ever after. Chief Wiggum is still clinging to the tree in the nude. Lou can not get him out of the tree and resorts to using a pizza bagel to get him down. In a flash, Wiggum is fully clothed and ready to go.
  
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"The Girl Who Slept Too Little" was nominated for a [[2006]] Writers Guild of America award in Animation, but it lost to "[[Mommie Beerest]]".<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2006/1/ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2006 Awards"]</ref>
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Season 17 Episode
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"The Girl Who Slept Too Little"
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"The Girl Who Slept Too Little"
TGWSTL - Lisa's graveyard view.png
Episode Information
Episode number: 358
Season number: S17 E2
Production code: GABF16
Original airdate: September 18, 2005
Couch gag: Claymation versions of the Simpsons and Gumby roll onto the couch
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: John Frink
Directed by: Raymond S. Persi


"The Girl Who Slept Too Little" is the second episode of season 17 of The Simpsons and the three-hundred and fifty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on September 18, 2005. The episode was written by John Frink and directed by Raymond S. Persi.

Synopsis[edit]

"A new cemetery right outside the window of Lisa's room makes Lisa suffer from many sleepless nights."


Plot[edit]

Noise from construction cause everyone in Springfield to protest. Soon Mayor Quimby moves it to where the Springfield Cemetery used to be and the cemetery is moved to the backyard of The Simpsons' house. Lisa is the only member of the family who has her room close to it. Lisa then can't sleep at night and ends up making a habit of sleeping with her parents. The next night Lisa meets a gravedigger resembling Groundskeeper Willie known as Gravedigger Billy. After a hand comes out of a tomb Lisa goes to Marge and Homer's room and makes a promise that if they go to the Springfield Stamp Museum Lisa will sleep in her room. When they get they're they find Lenny making a fortune using his yard as a parking lot much to Homers jealousy (not remembering having campaigned against the meuseum before.).

At the museum there is a lecture for Milton Burkhart's book "The Land of the Wild Beasts" and an ad based on the book for a restaurant, The Hillside Wrangler. Lisa then feels that she can sleep in her room with the cemetery but is already afraid and sleeps in Homer and Marge's room. Homer and Marge then come back from a night with Apu and Dr. Hibbert and Marge tells Lisa she is breaking her promise (via "I Spy") however Homer mistakes it for the real game. Marge and Homer then spend a night in Lisa's room to find out how scary it really is and they contact a psychologist.

The creatures in Lisa's 'nightmare'.

Marge and Homer then try to contact a psychologist at the psychiatric clinic Sit 'n' Weep on Psychiatry Row, where are many other psychiatric clinics, such as 99¢ Shrink. There they find out that it is expensive and her fears are mostly going to be solved by herself as she was not nurtured enough as a baby and had to all but raise herself since they were so busy with Bart. Lisa, however, does not want to go see a therapist and goes with Bart and Santa's Little Helper to overcome her fears at the cemetery but Bart leaves and SLH runs away. Lisa then changes her mind but the gate is locked and Lisa is left alone. Luckily Chief Wiggum and Eddie and Lou are here but Chief Wiggum becomes alone and afraid. He takes off his clothes, and finds a Walkman under his arm. He plays it and dances off into the mist.

Later it is revealed that he got scared and climbed and hid in a nearby tree. Lisa in the meantime sees Dr. Nick who is pretending to be Dr. Octopus using arms he aqquired while grave robbing, and tells Lisa she has a check-up on Tuesday and Lisa replies with "we go to a better doctor". Afterwards, Lisa is confronted by an owl and runs, soon tripping over and injuring her head on a tombstone. She then faints. Marge and Homer get home to find that Lisa has gone to the cemetery. They panic and are angry at Bart who was only watching cartoons and could not care less. Lisa then finds herself in a dream where she is swallowed by a skeleton pretending to be an elderly woman. She then finds herself stuck on a spider's web and confronted by a giant spider with Bart's head. The spider then tells her to meet her new "boyfriend".

A slug resembling Milhouse slithers forward and attempts to impress her with his slime buildings. Lisa screams and appears in a different location. She is in the "Land of the Wildbeasts". The beasts come across as funny to her and teach her that it is ok to be scared, regardless of how 'smart' you are. Marge and Homer then find Lisa and wake her up and they go home, happily ever after. Chief Wiggum is still clinging to the tree in the nude. Lou can not get him out of the tree and resorts to using a pizza bagel to get him down. In a flash, Wiggum is fully clothed and ready to go.

Production[edit]

Reception[edit]

"The Girl Who Slept Too Little" was nominated for a 2006 Writers Guild of America award in Animation, but it lost to "Mommie Beerest".[1]

References[edit]


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