- "Someone in Springfield needs my help. Light up the after-bras!"
- ―Lady Gaga
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"Lisa Goes Gaga" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of season 23. It originally aired on May 20, 2012. Lady Gaga guest stars as herself.
Synopsis
Lisa tries to reverse her status as one of the least popular girls in school by ghostwriting positive things about herself on the school blog. When her plan backfires, her social ranking plummets to a new low – until a psychic force tells Lady Gaga that Lisa needs her help. With Gaga’s assistance, Lisa and the entire town of Springfield realize that being yourself is better than being like anyone else.
Plot
Lady Gaga passes through Springfield via train while on her way to a concert; when she sees how low the city's self esteem is, she takes it upon herself to cheer the whole city up. However, no one in town is more depressed than Lisa, who was voted as the most unpopular student by her peers. She tries to reverse her status as one of the least popular girls in school by ghostwriting positive things about herself on the school blog under the heading "Truth Teller".
When Bart finds out her secret and reveals it to the school, her social ranking plummets to a new low—until a psychic force tells Lady Gaga that Lisa needs her help immediately. After much soul searching and yelling at Lady Gaga for trying to help, Lisa realizes that her outburst helped her because she is finally expressing her anger instead of bottling it up inside her (referring to Lisa tearfully telling Homer and Marge that she never began sobbing at home over her lonely status unless she knew they were both asleep), in effect making Gaga's mission successful. Lisa catches Gaga just before she leaves town to apologize, and after being forgiven she and Gaga perform a duet together. With Gaga's assistance, Lisa and the entire town of Springfield realize that being yourself is better than being like anyone else. Just as Gaga's train begins to leave again, Moe runs up to her and asks if she can help him as well, but Gaga tells him that she is not that good. As Moe turns and walks across the train track, a second train hit him.
Production
During August 2011, it was revealed that Lady Gaga would star as herself in an upcoming episode.[1][2][3] Gaga's recording sessions took place on August 22-26th in Los Angeles. Entertainment Weekly interviewed Gaga, expressing that her appearance was "a little nerve wracking" and that she "[doesn't] do voice-overs every day of the week". "Their characters are so awesomely convincing and sincere and wild and funny, [that] I had to remind myself constantly of the sincerity of the humor. That's what I was trying to focus on, not putting on a character too much and really being as sincere as I could with the lines." Despite these initial emotions, Gaga exclaimed that working with the staff of the show was "one of the coolest things that [she] has ever done".[4] The show producers were impressed with Gaga's ad-libbing skills and her voice-acting range. Matt Groening was also interviewed by the Entertainment Weekly, he stated that "since the very beginning, I’ve always wanted to have on the most iconic personalities of our time, and she's it". Also, Yeardley Smith was interviewed by Broadway.com, and stated that she "was stunned that she has time in her schedule that she's coming to our studio to record."[5]
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