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4F01
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"Lisa's Date with Density"
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December 15, 1996
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Susie Dietter
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Mike Scully
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S8 E7
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| After Nelson is found guilty of theft, Lisa falls for his rebellious ways and soon develops a crush. However, Lisa wants to try to change Nelson for the better. Meanwhile, Homer obtains a telemarketing machine, which ends up driving the town mad.
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4F02
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"Treehouse of Horror VII"
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October 27, 1996
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Mike B. Anderson
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Ken Keeler, Dan Greaney & David S. Cohen
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S8 E1
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| In the seventh annual "Treehouse of Horror" episode, Bart discovers his long-lost twin, Lisa grows a colony of small beings, and Kang and Kodos impersonate Bill Clinton and Bob Dole in order to win the 1996 Presidential election.
Guest starring: Phil Hartman as Bill Clinton.
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4F03
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"The Homer They Fall"
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November 10, 1996
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Mark Kirkland
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Jonathan Collier
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S8 E3
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| After Bart is beaten up by the school bullies, Homer goes to confront the parents of the boys in Moe's Tavern and promptly receives a beating of his own. During the beating, however, Homer remains completely unfazed; Moe sees this and proposes to Homer that he become a professional boxer.
Guest starring: Michael Buffer as himself and Paul Winfield as Lucius Sweet.
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4F04
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"A Milhouse Divided"
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December 1, 1996
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Steven Dean Moore
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Steve Tompkins
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S8 E6
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| After Kirk and Luann announce that they are getting a divorce, Homer begins to question his own marriage and enlists the help of Lisa to save it.
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4F05
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"Burns, Baby Burns"
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November 17, 1996
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Jim Reardon
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Ian Maxtone-Graham
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S8 E4
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| After Mr. Burns' illegitimate son Larry comes back into his life, Burns finds him to be insulting and lazy. So, Homer and Larry come up with a plan to change Burns' mind.
Guest starring: Rodney Dangerfield as Larry Burns.
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4F06
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"Bart After Dark"
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November 24, 1996
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Dominic Polcino
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Richard Appel
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S8 E5
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| After Bart accidentally damages a burlesque house while Marge and Lisa are away, Homer demands that he works for the proprietor, Belle. However, when Marge returns home, she isn't happy with Homer's decision or the burlesque house.
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4F07
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"Hurricane Neddy"
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December 29, 1996
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Bob Anderson
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Steve Young
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S8 E8
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| After a hurricane blows through Springfield and destroys only Ned Flanders' home, Ned snaps after his friends and neighbors, including Homer, crudely rebuild his house. He is checked into a psychiatric ward to discover the source of his sudden uncontrollable rage ever since his childhood.
Guest starring: Jon Lovitz as Jay Sherman.
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4F08
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"The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
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January 19, 1997
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Chuck Sheetz
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Jennifer Crittenden
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S8 E11
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| After being kicked out of the Springfield Investorettes, Marge is determined to best her ex-club members, so she invests in a pretzel franchise. But when pretzel sales struggle, Homer unwittingly turns to Fat Tony and the mob to help Marge corner the snack business in Springfield.
Guest starring: Jack Lemmon as Frank Ormand and Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony.
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4F09
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"Grade School Confidential"
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April 6, 1997
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Susie Dietter
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Rachel Pulido
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S8 E19
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| After stumbling across Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel making out, Bart strikes a deal with them to keep it a secret, but unknown to Bart, the deal he makes lands him in the middle of this love affair.
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4F10
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"Mountain of Madness"
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February 2, 1997
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Mark Kirkland
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John Swartzwelder
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S8 E12
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| After the power plant employees fail miserably at a routine fire drill, Mr. Burns organizes a retreat to promote teamwork. The employees are paired up and race for a cabin at the top of the mountain, with the last one to arrive getting fired. Homer gets paired with Burns, to his horror.
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4F11
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"Homer's Phobia"
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February 16, 1997
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Mike B. Anderson
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Ron Hauge
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S8 E15
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| A shop owner befriends the Simpson family, but after discovering he is a homosexual, Homer fears Bart will emulate him. However, the rest of the family think that Homer is in the wrong.
Guest starring: John Waters as John.
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4F12
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"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"
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February 9, 1997
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Steven Dean Moore
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David S. Cohen
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S8 E14
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| When Itchy & Scratchy's ratings start to fall, the producers decide to introduce a new character, Poochie. They hold auditions for the voice of the new dog and Homer wins the job. However, Poochie isn't as popular as Homer thought he'd be.
Guest starring: Phil Hartman as Troy McClure and Alex Rocco as Roger Meyers, Jr..
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4F13
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"My Sister, My Sitter"
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March 2, 1997
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Jim Reardon
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Dan Greaney
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S8 E17
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| After reading The Baby Sitter Twins, Lisa decides to become a babysitter. However, Lisa's babysitting reputation is put to the test when she is assigned the task of babysitting Bart and Maggie, for which Bart is determined to make Lisa's life a living hell.
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4F14
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"Brother from Another Series"
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February 23, 1997
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Pete Michels
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Ken Keeler
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S8 E16
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| Bart suspects a sinister motive when Sideshow Bob reunites with his estranged brother Cecil, who promptly places Bob in charge of supervising the building of Springfield's Hydroelectric Dam.
Guest starring: Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob and David Hyde Pierce as Cecil Terwilliger.
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4F15
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"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
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March 16, 1997
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Bob Anderson
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John Swartzwelder
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S8 E18
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| When prohibition hits the town, enforced by U.S. Treasury officer Rex Banner, Homer teams up with Bart to keep Springfield drinking.
Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony and Dave Thomas as Rex Banner.
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4F16
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"The Canine Mutiny"
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April 13, 1997
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Dominic Polcino
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Ron Hauge
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S8 E20
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| After obtaining a fraudulent credit card, Bart purchases a new purebred dog, Laddie. However, when everything Bart bought, including the dog, gets taken back, Santa's Little Helper is taken away instead.
Guest starring: Frank Welker as Laddie.
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4F17
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"The Old Man and the Lisa"
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April 20, 1997
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Mark Kirkland
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John Swartzwelder
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S8 E21
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| After Mr. Burns loses his vast fortune, he turns to Lisa for help in getting it back through environmental means. However, Lisa soon learns that people like Burns can never change their ways.
Guest starring: Bret Hart as himself.
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4F18
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"In Marge We Trust"
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April 27, 1997
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Steven Dean Moore
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Donick Cary
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S8 E22
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| Marge volunteers as an over-the-phone counselor for the church, and the congregation starts turning to Marge more than Reverend Lovejoy. Meanwhile, Homer goes on a quest to find out why his likeness is the logo for a Japanese detergent company.
Guest starring: Sab Shimono as Mr. Sparkle, Gedde Watanabe as the factory foreman, and Frank Welker as the baboons.
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4F19
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"Homer's Enemy"
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May 4, 1997
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Jim Reardon
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John Swartzwelder
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S8 E23
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| Frank Grimes, the new employee at the power plant, is annoyed with Homer's incompetence and work ethic and becomes extremely irritated with this, declaring himself an enemy of Homer. Meanwhile, Bart buys a factory for a dollar and operates it along with Milhouse.
Guest starring: Frank Welker as the executive vice president dog.
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4F20
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"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"
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May 11, 1997
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Neil Affleck
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Ken Keeler, David S. Cohen, Dan Greaney and Steve Tompkins
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S8 E24
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| Troy McClure presents three Simpsons spin-off spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.", Clancy Wiggum becomes a detective and moves to New Orleans with Seymour Skinner as his assistant. Next, Grampa's soul is trapped inside Moe's Love Tester machine in "The Love-Matic Grampa". Finally, the Simpson family host a '70s-style variety show in "The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour".
Guest starring: Tim Conway as himself, Phil Hartman as Troy McClure, and Gailard Sartain as Big Daddy.
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4F21
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"The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"
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May 18, 1997
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Mike B. Anderson
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Richard Appel
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S8 E25
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| After Bart destroys the windows in town with several megaphones, he is sent to military school. Lisa decides she wants to go and is determined to stick it out as the only girl at boot camp.
Guest starring: Willem Dafoe as The Commandant.
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4F22
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"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"
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September 21, 1997
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Jim Reardon
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Ian Maxtone-Graham
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S9 E1
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| Driven to the brink of insanity by his appointed status as designated driver, Barney Gumble drives to New York City in Homer's car, leaving it there. But when the family journeys to the Big Apple to retrieve the car, Homer finds it has a wheel clamp on.
Guest starring: Joan Kenley as the telephone operator.
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4F23
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"The Principal and the Pauper"
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September 28, 1997
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Steven Dean Moore
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Ken Keeler
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S9 E2
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| During a celebration to honor his twentieth anniversary as principal, Seymour Skinner's true identity is revealed to be Armin Tamzarian when the real Seymour Skinner shows up. Now established as an impostor, Tamzarian retires and relocates to his old neighborhood in Capital City.
Guest starring: Martin Sheen as the real Seymour Skinner.
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4F24
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"Lisa the Simpson"
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March 8, 1998
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Susie Dietter
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Ned Goldreyer
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S9 E17
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| Thanks to the unfounded predictions of Grampa, Lisa is convinced that she's genetically predisposed to lose her intelligence. Meanwhile, Apu discovers Jasper Beardley frozen in his freezer and turns the Kwik-E-Mart into a tourist trap.
Guest starring: Phil Hartman as Troy McClure.
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