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Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life

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Season 22 Episode
468 "Treehouse of Horror XXI"
469
"Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life"
"The Fool Monty" 470
"Lisa, one of the hardest jobs I have is throwing cold water on young children's dreams. Ralph, you're not a kangaroo."
Principal Skinner
"Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life"
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Episode Information
Episode number: 469
Season number: S22 E5
Production code: MABF20
Original airdate: November 14, 2010
Title screen: A crow flies past the logo
Couch gag: Lance Murdock jumps over the family and sits on the couch. Hurt himself when jumped out of the door.
Showrunner(s): Al Jean
Written by: Joel H. Cohen
Directed by: Matthew Nastuk


"Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" is the fifth episode of season 22 of The Simpsons and the four-hundred and sixty-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on November 14, 2010. The episode was written by Joel H. Cohen and directed by Matthew Nastuk.

Synopsis[edit]

"Discovering that Marge was once a stellar A+ student whose grades plummeted after being distracted, Lisa fears that she will end up just like her mom unless she pledges to focus solely on academics in an encore episode. When Marge makes a secret deal allowing Lisa to attend her dream school, Lisa learns a lesson in family and altruism. Meanwhile, Bart puts Nelson Muntz in his place and unintentionally claims the title of "School Bully"."


Plot[edit]

After finding out that Maggie is upset about missing one of the collectable Happy Little Elves, Homer drives the family to a Texxon station. This leads to Homer continually buying gas to try and win the rare Baby Musthave toy. Failing, they end up driving through the district of town where Marge grew up. When visiting her old house, Lisa discovers Marge was a top-grade student. Meanwhile, during a stunt through the poorly-drained school playground, Bart gets the mud all over Nelson. When Nelson goes to punch him, Bart slips and inadvertently kicks him in the face, leading Bart to become the new school bully.

Lisa discovers that Marge's grades plummeted after she met Homer and so aims not to get distracted, by clearing everything in her room out, including her saxophone. Marge finds out and finds out Lisa wants to be nothing like her.

At school, Nelson confronts Bart at the tetherball pole, where he hits it by mistake and knocks himself over, and in the hall, where he walks into a locker and gets trapped inside.

Lisa finds out about Cloisters Academy, and tries to persuade her parents to let her go. After the principal and Marge discuss Lisa's record, she is offered a scholarship there. Meanwhile, Bart tries to stop Nelson attacking him by making him feel good about himself. Lisa discovers that she has not been offered a scholarship and that she was only accepted due to Marge offering to do all the school's laundry. She decides to turn down the scholarship to help her mother, albeit reluctantly.

At the end, Homer steals a Baby Musthave from the Texxon store to keep Maggie happy.

Production[edit]


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