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| The Simpsons episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 14 |
| Directed by | Steven Dean Moore |
| Written by | Tim Long |
| Original air dates | November 17, 2002 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "Fish do not like coffee." |
| Couch gag | Homer goes through a series of doorways, into a telephone booth, and onto the couch with his family, a la the TV series Get Smart. |
| Episode chronology | |
| The Simpsons season 14 | |
| List of episodes | |
"Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade" is the third episode of The Simpsons' fourteenth season. It aired on November 17, 2002.
Synopsis
The family is just bored with reality shows on the six major networks. Luckily, Bart has a suggestion: buy a satellite dish. They do when Homer makes money from betting on a horse named No Risk. Eventually, they buy a satellite system, with over 500 channels. Homer and Bart get addicted to it, leading Bart to not study for an important achievement test that is about to occur, even as Lisa is studying. During the test, Bart begins hallucinating, showing what he's seen on TV in the school. Once the test is done, the results are in: Bart fails the test and is held back to the third grade, but Lisa also passes the test and goes up to the third grade, where they meet their new teacher. Sibling rivalry ensues.
In third grade, Bart and Lisa each have their own results. Bart is doing extremely well on tests, while Lisa has a hard time adjusting to the conditions of third grade. They are made buddies as part of the "buddy system" on a field trip to Capital City. When they are there, they hear that the flag for the state Springfield is an embarrassment (it contains a Confederate flag, despite the state being from the North), and their teacher assigns for homework an assignment to design a new flag. Lisa's calls Marge as she designs her flag, which says "To Fraternal Love". On the phone, she complains about and makes fun of Bart, unmindful of the fact that Bart is overhearing the conversation on another phone. A vengeful Bart then changes the flag.
The next day, Bart, Lisa and the other third-graders hand over their flag designs to the Governor. When the Governor sees Lisa's flag, she starts to cry and displays the flag which now says "Learn to Fart". This appalls Lisa, as Bart innocently admonishes her for making the Governor cry. Later, Bart again teases Lisa and they get in a fight and miss the bus heading back to Springfield. The fight brings them out of the parking lot and into the forest. As a result, the two wind up getting lost.
Back in Springfield, Principal Skinner informs Homer and Marge that Bart and Lisa are missing. He says that they will not spare any expense to find Lisa, and have already elected a Class Clown pro tem (Milhouse) in Bart's absence. They go to Capital City to find them, but Bart and Lisa are confronted by a family of hillbillies, who save them by driving them back to Capital City. Marge is ecstatic on seeing her children safe and sound. Principal Skinner, worried about the effects of placing Bart and Lisa in the same class, suggests that they return to the "status quo" - both Simpson kids go back to their proper grades. Everything is back to the way it should be.
Trivia
- In Bart's vision in class, Bender from Futurama, Pikachu from Pokémon, robots from Robot Rumble and Japanese-style Friends appear. He also turns Mrs. Krabappel into Tom Brokaw barfing. The Japanese Friends, Tom Brokaw , and Robot Rumble were all things Bart saw on the satelite TV, and Robot Rumble reoccurs in "I, D'oh-Bot"
- Governor Mary Bailey beat Mr. Burns in the gubernatorial race for governor in the episode "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish".
- When the Simpsons are watching Animal Survivor at the beginning of the episode, the Hypnotoad from Futurama can be briefly seen.
- When he learns that Bart and Lisa got lost on their trip to Capital City, Skinner orders Willy to engrave their names on the memorial to the kids who got lost on a school trip; on the black wall, one can see the name of members of punk band NoFX such as El Hefe (mispelled as El Jefe) and Fat Mike.
Quotes
- (Unamed) Clown: It's finally happened Bart... You've lost your mind!
- Homer: You can't fool us! We're from the Learn to Fart State!
- Homer: Oh, it's red wire to red wire. What idiot thought that up?
- Bart: And the Lord said, "let there be crap"!
- TV announcer: We're back with "Who Wants To Marry an Internet Billionaire?"! Uh, no, millionaire. Well, now he's broke.
- Teacher: (after Nelson laughs at Lisa) Young man, you're not in this class! What are you doing here?
Nelson: Laughing at jerks.
Bart:I'm gonna be in the same class as her?
Lisa:I'm gonna be in the same class as him?
Homer:They're gonna be in the same class as each other?]
Homer:An old Army buddy is visiting Mannix?
- Teacher: (after Nelson laughs at Lisa's ruined flag) You're not on this field trip.
Nelson: I biked here.
- Skinner: Lisa and Bart are missing... and presumed crying.
- Bart: Ha ha, they left without you!
Lisa: They left without you too, you idiot.
Bart: If I'm such an idiot, how come I'm the smartest kid in the third grade?
Lisa: Because you've taken it before!
(pause)
Bart: You lost me.
Lisa: Oh, forget it!
Marge:The plastic casing from the tip of Bart's shoelace!
Marge:A mother knows.
Homer:Bart! Is that you?
Random Bum:No.
- Mr. Murray Lindsay: Here is your test, Lisa.
Lisa: What is this weird mark next to my A?
Audrey: That's an A-(A minus).
Lisa: M-minus?!
- TV Announcer: Coming up next on the Clock Channel: 6 o'clock!
- TV Announcer: We now return to Robo Trumble... I mean, Robot Rumble.