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Here, you can find reviews of some of my favourite episodes of the Simpsons. Keep checking back, because more will be added frequently.
Bart's Girlfriend
Episode #: 9F13
Original Airdate: Feb. 11th 1993
Chalboard Gag: I will not call the principal Spud Head
Plot: On Valentines Day, everyone gets valentines except Ralph. Lisa feels sorry for Ralph, so she gives him a valentine out of pity. Ralph takes it the wrong way and thinks Lisa has a crush on him. Ralph invites Lisa to a Krusty anniversary show. Lisa really wants to go, but she doesn't want to give Ralph the impression that she likes him. Eventually Lisa decides that she will go. First, Ralph spills chocolate ice cream on Lisa by accident. Then when Krusty interviews members of the audience, he interviews Ralph. He asks Ralph if Lisa is his girlfriend and Ralph proudly says yes, and says that he loves her. Lisa freaks out at Ralph and tells him the truth, that she only gave him the valentine out of pity. Ralph feels humiliated and is mad at Lisa. A few days later Lisa and Ralph have to put on a presidential play together. Ralph does an amazing job. After the play, Lisa gives Ralph a valentine that says "Let's Be Friends". Ralph is happy and then they go on the swings.
Favourite Quote:
Bart: We have to that show!
Lisa: In order to get tickets, our parents would have to be part of Springfields cultural elite
(Homer walks in trying out a toothbrush from the Flanders trash)
Homer: Can you believe Flanders threw out a perfectly good toothbrush?
Rating: * * * * */ 5 "I Love Lisa" is one of my favourite Simpsons episodes ever. They should make more episodes revolving around Ralph!
Episode #: 5F20
Original Airdate: Aug. 23 1998
Guest Voice: Lisa Kudrow as Alex
Plot: Homer gets into the grease selling industry with Bart in hopes of making some extra cash. Meanwhile, Lisa is asked to show the new girl, Alex Whitney (voiced by Lisa Kudrow) around. Lisa displays interest in dolls, while Alex tells Lisa about her interest in perfume and cell phones. All of Lisa's friends take an interest in Alex and practically ignore Lisa. After Alex convinces Principal Skinner to change the annual "apple picking" to a dance, Lisa is distraught to find out that everyone except her has a date. She even resorts to bullying Milhouse into ditching his date and going with her. She then realizes that she's not being herself or standing up for what she believes in, so she goes dateless. At the dance, the boys and girls are too embarrassed to dance. Alex is shocked that they're being so immature. Lisa explains to Alex that they don't have to be mature, because they're just kids. During the dance, Homer and Bart sneak into the school to steal the grease from the cafeteria oven. They're caught by Willie, and Homer and Willie get into a fight. This causes a large grease explosion in which the gym is flooded by lard. Alex is enraged, but Lisa shows her how to have a good time, and a massive grease fight is started.
Favourite Quote:
Homer: Lisa, I cant imagine anyone being more likeable than you. But apparently this new girl is. So my advice would be to start copying her in every way.
Lisa: But Dad
Homer: Uh-uh! Think, Is that what Alex would say?
Rating: * * * * */5 Another great episode which shows that being yourself is more important than "fitting in"
Bart's Girlfriend
Episode #: 2F04
Original Airdate: Nov. 6th 1994
Chalkboard Gag: I will not send lard through the mail
Guest Voice: Meryl Streep as Jessica Lovejoy
Plot: The episode starts when Bart has a crush on Reverend Lovejoy's seemingly angelic daughter, Jessica (voiced by Maryl Streep). He even joins Sunday school to get her to notice his good behaviour, but she is not impressed. Then at school, Bart gets in trouble. Jessica feels sorry for him and invites him over for dinner. Bart is promptly kicked out at dinner due to him using the word "butt". But Jessica likes that he's "bad" which prompts them to going through town commiting vandalism. Bart decides that she is too "bad", even for him. But Bart continues to get blamed for things Jessica really did, including stealing money that she stole from the church. Lisa is determined not to let her brother take the blame. She brings some people from the church to Jessica's bedroom where they find the stolen money. Jessica fesses up and admits it was a scheme to get attention from her busy father.
Rating: * * * * */ 5 A great episode that shows that things aren't always what they seem.
Favourite Quote:
Lisa:There is someone here with a guilty conscience. After much soul I decided it would be wrong to name names, but I urge the guilty person here, under the eyes of God, to come forward to confess and save yourself from the torment of your own personal hell!
Skinner: I smelled Marijuana smoke in Vietnam!
Grampa: I was the one that cancelled Star Trek!
Dr. Hibbert: I left my porche keys inside of Mrs. Glick!
Lisa: I was talking to the collection money theif; only you can come forward and put an end to this injustice!
(Waits for Jessica to confess)
Lisa: Oh, what the heck, it was Jessica Lovejoy.
Episode #: 5F11
Original Airdate: Feb. 15th 1998
Guest Voice: James Earl Jones as narrarator
Plot: The kids of Springfield Elementary are headed for a Model UN conference, but due to a race on the bus involving fruit, the bus drives off the bridge and into a river, which leads to an ocean. Otto is separated when he's washed away in the current, and the kids wash up on shore on a nearby island. The kids can't find anything to eat, so Bart swims back to the sunken bus and retrieves a cooler of food. The kids have to ration their food and split it up evenly. But when they wake up in the morning, they find Milhouse surrounded by candy wrappers and accuse him of eating all the food. The kids set up their own court room with Bart as the judge, Lisa as the defence, and Nelson as the prosecuter, and Milhouse is put on trial. The verdict is that Milhouse is innocent because there wasn't enough evidence. The rest of the kids are mad and decide to turn on Bart, Lisa and Milhouse. While escaping the angry students, the trio runs into the "monster" that turns out to be a wild boar. They figure out that he is the one that ate their food because of the potato chip bag on one of his tusks. The kids cook him for dinner, and according to the narrator are rescued by Moe.
Favourite Quote:
Bart (Watching Noahs Ark movie): Whoa, cool! God is so in-your-face!
Homer: Yeah, Hes my favourite fictional character.
Rating: * * * * */ 5 One of the best episodes that revolves around the kids.
Episode #: AABF07
Original Airdate: Jan 17th 1999
Chalkboard Gag: Sherri does not got back
Guest Voice: Cyndi Lauper as herself
Plot: After the Springfield Isotopes win the league championship, Homer, Barney, Carl and Lenny go celebrate around Springfield. While they are drunk, they break into and trash Springfield Elementary. The children are immediately blamed and a curfew is put in place to make sure it doesn't happen again. When Bart, Lisa, Milhouse and their friends see an ad for a new scary movie called the Bloodening, they sneak out and break curfew to see it. The movie is about scary children who know all the adults' secrets and make the adults hurt each other. But unfortunately, Bart, Lisa and their friends get caught at the movie by Chief Wiggum. They decide to start their own radio show where they reveal all the adults' secrets, until they lift the curfew. The police trace the show, We Know all Your Secrets, to their very own billboard. The adults face off with the kids of Springfield, each voicing their complaints about the other age group in a musical number. The senior citizens of Springfield come and voice their own complaints and break up the argument. They go on to enforce a curfew that no one under 70 can be out after sunset.
Favourite Quote: Homer: Kids! The carnival is in town for one night only! And theyve got cotton candy and hats with feathers, and theres no lines because all the stupid kids have curfew so...Oh, right, sorry.
Rating: * * * *.5/ 5 another excellent episode about the kids of Springfield and the unfair battle they have to fight.
Episode #: CABF06
Original Airdate: Dec. 17th 2000
Chalkboard Gag: Science class should not end in tragedy
Plot: When a big snow storm hits Springfield Bart and Lisa are sure that Springfield Elementary will be closed for a snow day, because all the other schools in the area had been. To their dismay, school is still on for the day. When they arrive, they find that only a handful of students had shown up, along with principal. When the bell rings for them to go home, they find that there is a giant wall of snow outside the door that prevents them from being able to leave. Homer and Ned make an effort to save the kids, but due to bad road conditions, Homer crashes the car into a fire hydrant, causing the water to spray onto their car, and freeze to ice so they can't escape. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner is having problems keeping the kids inline at school. Bart tries to dig an escape tunnel, but Skinner catches him before he can escape. Skinner figures he can collapse the tunnel, but in the process he gets partially trapped in it. The kids take this oppertunity to take control of the school. They free Skinner, but put him in a dodgeball sack while trashing the school. Skinner put the school hampster, nibbles, in a hampster ball and sets him free in search of help. Nibbles crashes through the windshield of Homer's car, saving him and Ned from the car fumes. Homer drives in search of the school, but loses control of the car and crashes it into the salt silo at the cracker factory. It slides down the hill and deposits its salty contents infront of the school causing the snow to melt. The kids and skinner are freed and sent home to celebrate the holidays.
Favourite Quote:
Marge: This is terrible! How will the kids get home?
Homer: I unno...internet?
Rating: * * * * */ 5 Another excellent episode revolving around the kids of Springfield Elementary.
Episode #: CABF12
Original Airdate: Feb. 25th 2001
Chalkboard Gag: I will not buy a presidential pardon
Guest Voices: N Sync as themselves
Plot: Bart runs the Springfield Marathon, but wins by disguising himself and entering the race near the end. The town is disgusted and an angry mob then chases him. He is saved by a stranger named L.T. Smash. L.T. tells him that he is making a new boy band called The Party Posse and he wants Bart in it because of his bad boy image. Bart then discovers that the rest of the band consists of Millhouse, Ralph and Nelson. L.T. then reveals a voice enhancer made by NASA that they will use to perfect their sound. Party Posse is instant success and even receives encouragement from another boy band, N*SYNC. Party Posses first video is released on national TV. Lisa finds something odd about it and finds out that it is really encouraging people to join the navy! Lisa rushes to Party Posses headquarters only to find out that L.T. Smash is actually the head recruitment officer for the US navy. Lt. L.T. Smash and the band are boarding a Navy aircraft, but Lt. L.T. Smash is told to shut down the band because MAD Magazine is planning to do a spoof of the band, which would ruin their image. L.T. launches a missile, which destroys MAD Magazine. The lieutenant is led away by the police, and the boys are disappointed that they wont get on the cover of MAD Magazine.
Favourite Quote:
Marge: Now hold on! I have some concerns!
Bart: Please, Mom! My dream is to be a rockstar!
Homer: And my dream is to get rid of Bart!
Marge: But...
Homer: How many lives must you ruin?
Rating: Though many hardcore Simpson fans slammed this episode, I thought it was very funny well thought out * * * * / 5
Episode #: 1F17
Plot: When a new student, Allison Taylor, arrives at Springfield Elementary, and is as smart as Lisa, AND beats her for a spot in the band, Lisa knows she may have met her demise. With the grade diorama contest coming up, Lisa knows she has to sabotage Allison in order to keep her reputation. She gets Bart to place a real cow heart in her diorama, The Telltale Heart. But Lisa feels guilty and uncovers Allisons real project. But the two girls are shocked when they both lose to Ralph Wiggums action figure collection.
Favourite Quote:
Lisa: Hey Ralph. Want to come with Allison and me to play anagrams?
Allison: We take proper names and rearrange the letters to form a description of the person
Ralph: My cats breath smells like cat food.
Rating: A great episode that shows that theres always someone smarter than you, and you cant always win everything. * * * * / 5
Episode #: 9F02
Original Airdate: Oct. 15th 1992
Chalkboard Gag: I will not prescribe medication
Guest Voices: Lona Williams as Amber Dempsey and Bob Hope as himself
Plot: When an unflattering picture of Lisa is shown to her, her self-esteem drastically drops. Homer sees there is something wrong, so (with a bit of prompting) enters Lisa in the Little Miss Springfield Beauty Pageant. At first Lisa doesnt want to join, but when she realizes Homer did it to help her, she agrees to participate. She is groomed and educated for the pageant, and is devastated when she loses to a beauty pageant guru, Amber Dempsey, making her runner-up. But when Amber gets struck by lightning, Lisa takes the crown as Little Miss Springfield. She is then in a parade as a spokesperson for a cigarette company. Following her ethics, Lisa attempts to tell everyone about the dangers of smoking. Even though she is stripped of her crown, Lisa still feels better about her self, and sees her true inner beauty.
Favourite Quote:
Homer: Youre as cute as a bugs ear.
Lisa: Fathers have to say that stuff.
(Grampa walks by)
Homer: Dad, am I as cute as a bugs ear?
Grampa: No! Youre as ugly as a mules butt!
Homer (to Lisa): There, see?
Rating: A great episode revolving around Lisa! * * * * * / 5
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Episode #: 3F07
Original Airdate: Dec. 17th 1995
Chalkboard Gag: I will stop talking about the twelve inch pianist
Plot: When Bart sees a commercial on TV for a new videogame called Bonestorm, he tries to get his parents to buy it for him, unsuccessfully. So he resorts to tying to steal it from the local discount store, but he is caught on the security camera, and is told that he is banned for life from that store. Then, Bart finds out that Marge is planning to have the family Christmas photo there. Bart tries to avoid it at all costs, but when they enter the store, the security guard tell Homer and Marge about his shoplifting attempt. They (especially Marge) are very disappointed in Bart, and he wants to make it up to them. So, as a present Bart gives Marge a picture of him smiling, with a receipt to prove hes paid for it.
Favourite Quote:
Rich Suburban Mom: Gavin, dont you already this game?
Spoiled Boy: No Mom, you idiot! I have Bloodstorm and Bonesquad and Bloodstorm II!
Rich Suburban Mom: Oh, Im sorry honey, well take a Bloodstorm
Spoiled Boy: Get two. Im not sharing with Caitlin.
Rating: A great episode that reinforces the fact that you shouldnt shoplift. * * * * / 5
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last updated November 7th 2004
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