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Due to impossibly low test scores, Principal Skinner starts to give out academic alerts so the children's parents can know they're doing poorly. After a series of kids receive their alerts, Lisa is called up, shocking everyone. It is then revealed that she is failing gym. Lisa, terrified, goes to her PE teacher and is told to join a Pee-Wee team outside of school. After a sequence of failed attempts at sports, Lisa finally joins a hockey team sponsored by Apu—which just happens to be Bart's rival team. After Lisa excels at both sports and school, Bart thinks he must get become a scholar, though this doesn't work out, as he been slacking off in school for his whole life. This leads to a rivalry between the entire family, and when Lisa and Bart play each other, it gets down to the wire, with the stadium split between Bart fans and Lisa fans. However, when Bart is chosen to take the penalty shot against Lisa, the goalie, they both reminisce about how they helped each other as younger kids (Lisa giving Bart a bandage after he falls off his bike and hurt his leg, Bart giving Lisa one of his scoops of ice cream when hers falls on the ground). Bart and Lisa both throw their hockey gear on the ground and hug. Homer then remarks that they are both losers and the whole stadium erupts into a riot. | Due to impossibly low test scores, Principal Skinner starts to give out academic alerts so the children's parents can know they're doing poorly. After a series of kids receive their alerts, Lisa is called up, shocking everyone. It is then revealed that she is failing gym. Lisa, terrified, goes to her PE teacher and is told to join a Pee-Wee team outside of school. After a sequence of failed attempts at sports, Lisa finally joins a hockey team sponsored by Apu—which just happens to be Bart's rival team. After Lisa excels at both sports and school, Bart thinks he must get become a scholar, though this doesn't work out, as he been slacking off in school for his whole life. This leads to a rivalry between the entire family, and when Lisa and Bart play each other, it gets down to the wire, with the stadium split between Bart fans and Lisa fans. However, when Bart is chosen to take the penalty shot against Lisa, the goalie, they both reminisce about how they helped each other as younger kids (Lisa giving Bart a bandage after he falls off his bike and hurt his leg, Bart giving Lisa one of his scoops of ice cream when hers falls on the ground). Bart and Lisa both throw their hockey gear on the ground and hug. Homer then remarks that they are both losers and the whole stadium erupts into a riot. | ||
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| + | *Bart's team name, the '''Mighty Pigs''', is a parody of ''[[Wikipedia:The Mighty Ducks|The Mighty Ducks]]'' the title-team of a Disney film series, later turned into an [[Wikipedia:Anaheim Ducks|actual team]] in the NHL. | ||
| + | *In the last game, Lisa wear's the head of Bart's [[Life in Hell|Binky]] stuffed toy around her neck as a lucky charm. | ||
| + | *Later in the same season, in the episode [[Homer vs. Patty and Selma]], Lisa is shown to have joined [[Springfield Elementary School]]'s hockey team as the goaltender. | ||
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- "Ralph, you're failing English."
- ―Principal Skinner
- "Me fail English? That's unpossible!"
- ―Ralph Wiggum
"Lisa on Ice"
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Episode Information
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"Lisa on Ice" is the eighth episode of season 6. It originally aired on November 13, 1994. The episode was written by Mike Scully and directed by Bob Anderson. The episode features references to films such as Rollerball and The Pope of Greenwich Village.
Synopsis
- "Lisa is failing gym. To make up the grade, she joins a pee-wee hockey league. Soon, her team must face off against Bart's, putting them in direct competition."
Plot
Due to impossibly low test scores, Principal Skinner starts to give out academic alerts so the children's parents can know they're doing poorly. After a series of kids receive their alerts, Lisa is called up, shocking everyone. It is then revealed that she is failing gym. Lisa, terrified, goes to her PE teacher and is told to join a Pee-Wee team outside of school. After a sequence of failed attempts at sports, Lisa finally joins a hockey team sponsored by Apu—which just happens to be Bart's rival team. After Lisa excels at both sports and school, Bart thinks he must get become a scholar, though this doesn't work out, as he been slacking off in school for his whole life. This leads to a rivalry between the entire family, and when Lisa and Bart play each other, it gets down to the wire, with the stadium split between Bart fans and Lisa fans. However, when Bart is chosen to take the penalty shot against Lisa, the goalie, they both reminisce about how they helped each other as younger kids (Lisa giving Bart a bandage after he falls off his bike and hurt his leg, Bart giving Lisa one of his scoops of ice cream when hers falls on the ground). Bart and Lisa both throw their hockey gear on the ground and hug. Homer then remarks that they are both losers and the whole stadium erupts into a riot.
Trivia
- Bart's team name, the Mighty Pigs, is a parody of The Mighty Ducks the title-team of a Disney film series, later turned into an actual team in the NHL.
- In the last game, Lisa wear's the head of Bart's Binky stuffed toy around her neck as a lucky charm.
- Later in the same season, in the episode Homer vs. Patty and Selma, Lisa is shown to have joined Springfield Elementary School's hockey team as the goaltender.
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