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| The Simpsons episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 |
| Directed by | Jeffrey Lynch |
| Written by | George Meyer |
| Original air dates | February 27, 1992 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I will not barf unless I'm sick. I will not barf unless I" - at cutoff |
| Couch gag | Bart leaps into everyone's lap |
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| The Simpsons season 3 | |
| List of episodes | |
"Separate Vocations" is the 18th episode of The Simpsons' third season.
Synopsis
Template:Spoiler After taking career aptitude tests (which were scored by a malfunctioning computer), Lisa discovers that the occupation she's best suited for is homemaker while Bart is pegged as a future police officer. Each takes the opportunity to explore their options as Lisa spends the day doing chores with Marge and Bart goes on a ride along with the police. Lisa hates her role and rebels by becoming a troublemaker at school. Police life fits Bart like a glove and he becomes a hall monitor, handing out demerits to his classmates for minor infractions. When Lisa secretly steals all of the teachers' manuals, it's up to Bart and Principal Skinner to figure out who did it. Realizing his sister is the culprit, Bart takes the rap and returns to his life as a bad student and detention regular, while Lisa goes back to playing her saxophone.
Trivia
- Bart imagines himself as a Mafia narc who is shown with Steve Allen's voice. Allen would appear again in Round Springfield.
- Dr. Pryor would not speak again until Lisa's Sax.
- The first reference to Principal Skinner having fought in Vietnam. This would later become an important character trait.
Cultural References
- The episode title is a play on the 1986 film Separate Vacations.
- When Principal Skinner is questioning Lisa about her newfound sense of irresponsibility, he asks "What are you rebelling against?" She responds "Whaddaya got?" like Marlon Brando in the movie The Wild One.
Quotes
- Homer: We always have one good kid and one lousy kid. Why can't both our kids be good?
Marge: We have three kids, Homer.
Homer: Marge, the dog doesn't count as a kid!
- Homer: So what are you going to be, boy?
Bart: Policeman.
Homer:
- Lisa: Well, I'm going to be a famous jazz musician. I've got it all figured out. I'll be unappreciated in my own country, but my gutsy blues stylings will electrify the French. I'll avoid the horrors of drug abuse, but I do plan to have several torrid love affairs, and I may or may not die young. I haven't decided.
- Skinner: Bart Simpson on the side of law and order? Has the world gone topsy-turvey?
Bart: That's right, man. I got my first taste of authority... And I liked it!
- Skinner: The school is a police state. Students are afraid to sneeze. And I have you to thank.
- Skinner: Complete collections of Mad, Cracked, and even the occasional Crazy!
- Bart: Seymour, I'll bet you a steak dinner those books are still here. All we have to do is search every locker.
Skinner: Oh, Bart, I'm not sure random locker searches are permitted by the Supreme Court.
Bart: Pfffffft. Supreme Court. What have they done for us lately?
Skinner: Let's move.