Lisa on Ice
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| "Lisa on Ice" | |
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| Lisa playing hockey. | |
| Episode no. | 111 |
| Prod. code | 2F05 |
| Orig. Airdate | November 13, 1994 |
| Writer(s) | Mike Scully |
| Director(s) | Bob Anderson |
| Chalkboard | I will not dissect things unless instructed |
| Couch gag | Family jumps on to the couch, get trampolined into the ceiling. |
| DVD commentary by | Matt Groening David Mirkin Mike Scully Bob Anderson |
| SNPP capsule | |
| Season 6 September 4, 1994 – May 21, 1995 |
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"Lisa on Ice" is the eighth episode of The Simpsons' sixth season. With Principal Skinner's advent of "academic alerts," Lisa discovers that she is in peril of failing a class for the first time in her life. In trying to salvage her gym grade, she finds she possesses a bent for hockey, and rivalry with Bart in the rink escalates into their home life and beyond, fueled considerably by parents and coaches.
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[edit] Synopsis
When Principal Skinner calls all the students down for an assembly to tell them what subjects they are failing, Lisa discovers to her horror that she is flunking gym class. In order to pass, she must join an outside of school sports program. Lisa tries basketball and volleyball but finds that she is no good at either. One day, the Simpsons go to see Bart play ice hockey for his team, the defending champions, Mighty Pigs, coached by Chief Wiggum. In an angry rage after the match, Bart begins shooting pieces of garbage at Lisa with his stick, which she successfully fends off. Apu, the coach of the Kwik-E-Mart Gougers, notices that she’s a natural at hockey and instantly makes her goalie for his team. Lisa soon becomes the star player, leading them to their best season ever, and gets all the attention. When bullies at school beat Bart up, she saves him and he begins to resent her. The sibling rivalry between Bart and Lisa continues to increase, not helped by Homer, the hyper-competitive dad. Marge tries without success to stop the feuding and resolve their conflicts by reminding them that they are not in competition with each other. Things get complicated when the Gougers face off against the Mighty Pigs. Years of sibling rivalry come out on the ice, but just as Bart is supposed to slap a penalty shot into the goal, they both throw aside their equipment and the match is tied. Bart and Lisa realize that their loyalty to each other is stronger than their loyalty to their teams. Marge feels proud of them, while a sobbing Homer declares them both losers and decides to choose Maggie as his favorite child. The residents of Springfield, not satisfied with this revelation, riot, tearing the stadium to pieces.
[edit] Trivia
- When Chief Wiggum is talking to Snake in the prison, Snake's shirt has the number 7F20 on it. This is the production code for "The War of the Simpsons," the first episode in which Snake makes an appearance.
- Lou and Eddie sit behind Marge and Homer in the "Lisa vs. Bart" game, although Eddie has a different hair styling than usual.
- During Bart's penalty shot, the clock counts down, which is not supposed to happen (the clock should remain stopped).
- Lisa's notice that she is failing gym contains the word "WARNING:" followed by strings of letters which do not form valid words in the English Language such as "Tsnhoji", "Namreb", "Toi", "Easlnpxit", "Alne", "Saeonarf" and "Trauts".
- This episode aired during the 1994-95 NHL Lockout.
- This theme heard in the episode's final credits, an arena-style electric organ remix of The Simpsons theme song, is occasionally played at Calgary Flames' hockey games on the organ.
- While singing the national anthem, Krusty says that he shouldn't have turned down cue cards, despite the fact that he can't read. However, as this episode takes place a while after Krusty Gets Busted, wherein it is revealed that Krusty is illiterate, it is possible that Krusty has begun learning to read and would thus be able to use cue cards.
[edit] Cultural references
- During the school assembly, Principal Skinner says "The times they are a-becoming quite different", which is a reference to Bob Dylan's song "The Times They Are A-Changin'".
- Chief Wiggum's team is called The Mighty Pigs. This is a parody of the Disney Movie, The Mighty Ducks.
[edit] External links
- "Lisa on Ice" episode capsule at The Simpsons Archive
