Editing Diary Queen

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{{Episode
|image=Diary Queen promo 3.png
|caption= 
|number= 696
|season=32
|snumber=12
|prodcode= QABF05
|airdate= February 21, [[2021]]
|titlescreen=[[Squawky]] flies toward the screen with a sign saying "Is it safe yet?"
|billboard=
|blackboard= I will never be a [[Edna Krabappel|teacher]]'s pet<br>(Edna Krabappel is at her desk)
|couchgag= [[Diary Queen/Gags#Couch gag|Mars couch gag]]
|guests= [[Marcia Wallace]] as [[Edna Krabappel]] (archive recordings)<br>[[Joe Mantegna]] as {{ap|Fat Tony|second}}
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]]
|writer= [[Jeff Westbrook]]
|director=[[Matthew Nastuk]]
}}

'''"Diary Queen"''' is the twelth episode of [[season 32]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six-hundred and ninety-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on February 21, 2021. The episode was written by [[Jeff Westbrook]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[Marcia Wallace]] as [[Edna Krabappel]], via archive recordings, and [[Joe Mantegna]] as {{ap|Fat Tony|second}}.

== Synopsis ==

{{Desc|[[Bart]] finds his [[Edna Krabappel|old teacher]]'s diary and learns a surprising secret. Then, [[Lisa]] discovers an even bigger surprise.}}
==Plot==
[[Ned Flanders]] is holding a garage sale, and the people of Springfield sing their way to his [[744 Evergreen Terrace|house]]. Many people buy his stuff, but then bullies, [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] start destroying the stuff they bought. Ned gets angry when he sees that and that he got only $27 from the sale.

[[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] buy a bunch of his books and use them to make a fire which Bart jumps over, but when he sits on a log after a failed recording of his antics, he picks up a barely burned diary, which he finds out being [[Edna Krabappel]]'s, and he tries to throw it into the river before fleeing because they accidentally catch [[Springfield Mafia]] dumping a body in it.

At [[Bart's treehouse]], they start reading the diary, and discover where [[Chalmers]] holds his car keys and steal his car. Using the teacher's lounge code, he enters the room, finding out what they do in there, doing a secondary job as a call center.

At [[Our Lady of Springfield]] church, Bart finds out that she thought he has potential, imagining himself working as the president chair tester, so Bart starts helping around the school and gets an "A" from a test. At dinner, they celebrate with a cake, but [[Marge]] and [[Lisa]] try to find how he cheated, and Lisa discovers the diary on the treehouse, finding out the feelings she was writing about weren't for Bart but for her cat.

She decides to lie to Bart getting anxiety and bumpies over it. Bart helps [[Willie]] too, giving him a pet bunny. Lisa gets prescribed some Xanax. At the Improvement Day awards, Bart gets recognized for his accomplishments, bringing him to participate at the Spelling Bee, but before he embarrasses himself, Lisa brings the truth to him.

At the treehouse, Marge tries to console him, but fails, but Ned comes up at night, telling him they were once thinking of leaving the town, but they didn't. They had a family meeting to vote, and Edna decided to stay to help boys like Bart that need her, that need to recognize the good that's trapped inside of them and is trying to get out.

Bart gives Ned the diary back, and he reads one paragraph in it, saying her thoughts on their time together, that made her life a living dream come true. A montage of the pictures in the diary is then shown in her memory.

== Production ==
The episode was supposed to air on January 10, 2021, but was delayed due to the {{W|National Football League|NFL}} playoffs.<ref name="DQD">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1338269692524294144 Al Jean's Twitter - "Diary Queen Delayed"]</ref><ref name="DQPAD">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1337061667545419778 Al Jean's Twitter - "Diary Queen previous air date"]</ref>

Then, the episode was scheduled to air on February 14, 2021, but was pre-empted again to February 21, 2021 due to Daytona 500 delays.<ref name="FebruaryMarchSAD">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1361449415546920964 The Simpsons on Twitter - "February and March Scheduled Air Dates"]</ref><ref name="DQWGAD">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1338965819884150784 Al Jean's Twitter - "Diary Queen and Wad Goals initial air dates"]</ref><ref name="DQPE">[https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/1361153367863681029 The Simpsons on Twitter - "Diary Queen pre-emption"]</ref>

The episode was released on Amazon and iTunes on February 14, 2021, but was later removed.
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== Promo videos ==
*[[File:Twitter - logo.png|20px]] [https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/1359985634627248131 "Looks like we've got some catching up to do! 🎭 The show goes on with an all-new episode of The Simpsons — Sunday at 8/7c on @FOXTV." on '''Twitter''']
*{{youtube|kvIiL-cmTtQ|"Today Garage Sale" Musical Sequence}}
*{{youtube|n70au6Kzwac|Bart Finds Krabappel's Journal}}
*{{youtube|CYzDqdmKY1w|Bart Is The Most Improved Student}}
== References ==
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{{Season 32}}

[[Category:2021]]
[[Category:Bart episodes]]
[[Category:Education-themed episodes]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Jeff Westbrook]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Matthew Nastuk]]