Lisa's Pony
The Simpsons, season 3, episode 8. First aired November 7, 1991. 133 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
Homer stops at Moe's before picking up a saxophone reed for Lisa and arrives too late to spare her a humiliating talent show performance. To win her back, he takes out a loan and buys her a pony named Princess, over Marge's objections. The stabling costs force Homer to work nights at the Kwik-E-Mart for Apu, and as exhaustion takes its toll, Lisa gives the pony up.
- Written by
- Al Jean and Mike Reiss
- Directed by
- Carlos Baeza
- Guest stars
- Marcia Wallace as Mrs. Krabappel
- Frank Welker as Princess
- Chalkboard gag
Bart bucks are not legal tender
- Couch gag
- Lying Down Homer
- Production code
- 8F06
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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Bart stands at a classroom chalkboard covered in rows of chalk writing…
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:12 -
Homer holds up a glowing green rod with tongs beside a CAUTION sign while Mr. Burns and Smithers watch…
0:12–0:25 -
Lisa plays in a school band while a heavy older man in an orange sweater conducts from a music stand…
“よっ..!将来”
0:25–0:38 -
Homer enters the living room through a doorway with his arms outstretched and one foot lifted, then sprawls…
“将来”
0:38–0:51 -
Homer Simpson sits among several dark brown apes gathered around a small pale pool in a barren red rock…
0:51–1:00 -
Homer sits beside another ape at a rocky watering hole, gesturing with his hands while the other ape flails…
1:00–1:11 -
A hairy, ape-like primate with a yellow face and dark fur, resembling Homer, appears first in a prehistoric…
“Ooh.”
1:11–1:22 -
Homer Simpson is in a purple rocky canyon with red ground, positioned to the right of a tall blue pillar…
1:22–1:27 -
Homer sits in a blue control room lined with twin screens and a fire extinguisher, first leaning back…
“Yellow? Dad, I'm calling about the school talent show.”
1:27–1:37 -
Lisa stands on a wooden floor by a wall phone, speaking into the receiver and gesturing with her free arm…
“Yellow? Dad, I'm calling about the school talent show.”
1:37–1:48 -
Lisa Simpson stands on a wooden floor before a red curtain and holds a grey telephone to her ear with one arm…
“I called her. She's not home.”
1:48–1:57 -
Homer Simpson sits with a blue phone to his ear beside a wall calendar showing a Miss Atomic Pile poster…
“Wow. And after them, out of all the people in the world, you chose me.”
1:57–2:08 -
Principal Skinner stands at a wooden podium with a microphone in front of a red curtain, holding a card…
“I'd like to point out that the doors are now locked,”
2:08–2:20 -
Homer sits behind the steering wheel of a purple car outside King Toot's Music Store, then a close-up shows…
“Justin and Nick of... Mmm, beer.”
2:20–2:33 -
Moe pours a beer from a tap into a mug at the bar while Homer leans on the counter and gestures with one…
“Well, why don't you go there first? Hey, do I tell you how to do your job?”
2:33–2:45 -
Grampa sits with the crowd in purple auditorium seats while a bald man in a white shirt and tie…
“This is a whole lot of nothing.”
2:45–2:55 -
Homer Simpson checks his watch in a tavern beside a cigarette machine, then joins Milhouse, a blue-haired man…
“Ah!”
2:55–3:05 -
Homer Simpson sits at a bar beside Milhouse, who has blue hair, glasses and a moustache and wears a grey suit…
“No, no, boom, boom! What's the matter, Betty?”
3:05–3:16 -
Milhouse stands in a red spotlight against a dark red curtain, holding two spoons
3:16–3:21 -
Mrs. Krabappel stands beside a dark-haired man in a blue suit and red tie beside a red curtain with a rope…
“Oh, terrible, just terrible.”
3:21–3:33 -
Bart Simpson performs alone on a wooden stage under a red spotlight, watched from behind by a crowd…
“And now, here's Bart Simpson, the boy of a thousand voices.”
3:33–3:43 -
Bart Simpson stands alone on a wooden stage before red curtains, scratching his head, then leans forward…
“Oh, look at me.”
3:43–3:55 -
Bart stands on a red-curtained stage gesturing with one hand while audience members in the foreground watch…
“Hey, it's Lunch Lady Doris. I wonder what she's got for us today.”
3:55–4:07 -
Homer Simpson leans in beside Milhouse, a blue-haired man with glasses, a thin moustache and a suit and red…
“Please, you've got to open that store.”
4:07–4:14 -
Milhouse and Homer in a white shirt stand at a bar under a glowing Duff sign, with a purple pool table…
“Okay, okay.”
4:14–4:21 -
Moe stands at the bar holding a towel and a glass while Homer stands beside a man in a grey suit with blue…
“Well, I don't have one. Come on, Jer, open up.”
4:21–4:31 -
Homer Simpson stands hunched at a wooden bar in a tavern, gesturing with his hands and glaring as he speaks…
“Number... number four and a half...”
4:31–4:43 -
Marge and Lisa sit in a theater audience watching the stage
“Mom, where is he? If I don't get that reed, I'll sound terrible.”
4:43–4:52 -
Marge Simpson leans over a theater seat to speak with Lisa, who holds a saxophone, while baby Maggie watches…
“Don't worry, honey. I'm sure your father's...”
4:52–5:00 -
Marge stands in the foreground while Homer lies strapped to a table under a glowing blue machine tended…
“That's a long shot.”
5:00–5:08 -
Homer stands at a music shop counter facing a thin clerk with blue hair, glasses, a small moustache…
“Clarinet? No. Oboe? No. Saxophone? No. Wait a minute.”
5:08–5:19 -
Milhouse stands on a wooden stage before a red curtain under a spotlight, then scratches his neck…
“My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling,”
5:19–5:32 -
Lisa Simpson stands at the left edge of a stage holding a saxophone
“and let's all enjoy Lisa Simpson's rendition of Stormy Leather.”
5:32–5:40 -
Lisa Simpson stands on a wooden stage and plays a large brass saxophone, first seen…
5:40–5:50 -
Lisa plays a large brass instrument on a stage in front of a red curtain while Marge and baby Maggie…
“Sounds like that gopher I caught in me lawnmower.”
5:50–6:04 -
Homer Simpson appears in a close-up at the start, then Lisa Simpson stands on a stage before red curtains…
“Uh-oh.”
6:04–6:18 -
Lisa Simpson appears in a close-up against a wood-panelled wall, her eyes shifting sideways
“Let's hear it for Lisa Simpson and her wacky sex.”
6:18–6:26 -
Lisa looks sideways in a close-up, then the scene cuts to black before showing Phineas Q. Butterfat's 5600…
“Hey, who ordered the Mount Bellyache? I ordered it for my little girl.”
6:26–6:35 -
Homer Simpson and Lisa Simpson sit across a table in a restaurant with a stained-glass window behind them
“Hey, who ordered the Mount Bellyache? I ordered it for my little girl.”
6:35–6:45 -
Homer and Lisa sit at a green booth table in a diner with stained-glass windows, facing a huge sundae topped…
“Look, I let you down and I apologize.”
6:45–6:58 -
Homer is shown in close-up against a blue wall beside a framed picture, while a yellow hand pushes a Beta…
“Look, Homer.”
6:58–7:05 -
Baby Lisa is a toddler taking wobbly steps across a green carpet in a living room, arms outstretched…
“Look, Homer.”
7:05–7:17 -
Homer first appears in a tight close-up, wide-eyed and staring at a framed picture on the wall
“Hmm.”
7:17–7:27 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson sit together on a blue couch in the living room
“No wonder she hates me.”
7:27–7:37 -
Homer, Lisa, Bart and Milhouse, who has blue hair and glasses, are in a small pink room with a window…
“just spend some time with her. Bye-bye.”
7:37–7:49 -
Lisa appears wide-eyed against a tiled wall beside a blue pipe, and then Homer stands in a backyard in front…
7:49–7:59 -
Homer and Marge sit up in a purple bed in a brown-walled bedroom
“Maybe I should just cut my losses, give up on Lisa, and make a fresh start with Maggie.”
7:59–8:09 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson sit side by side in bed against a purple headboard, with a framed portrait…
“If you keep spending time with Lisa, she'll forgive you.”
8:09–8:21 -
Homer and Marge stand in their living room in front of framed pictures of Maggie with her pacifier and blue…
“Ah, I'll buy her that pony she's always bugging me for.”
8:21–8:30 -
Homer and Marge sit side by side in bed under blue covers in a bedroom with a purple headboard and framed…
“Marge, I've got to get her a pony. When I look in Lisa's eyes, I don't see love anymore.”
8:30–8:44 -
Marge Simpson stands in front of a lamp and a framed picture on a reddish wall
“A pony is very expensive, and we have enough trouble paying bills as it is.”
8:44–8:49 -
Homer Simpson lies in bed under a blue blanket with his eyes closed and a pillow beneath his head…
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. You sound like you're going to buy a pony.”
8:49–9:00 -
Homer stands at the counter of the pet shop All Creatures Great and Cheap, facing a grey-haired shopkeeper…
“Oh, my, what is that smell?”
9:00–9:10 -
Homer stands in a pet shop and talks with a balding, grey-moustached shopkeeper in a green shirt, who grins…
“Oh, it's you. Excuse me, do you sell ponies?”
9:10–9:19 -
An older bald man with a grey moustache and grey hair at the sides, wearing a green shirt, stands close…
“My friend, you're smarter than I gave you credit for.”
9:19–9:31 -
Homer Simpson stands on a paved path with a lavender-haired saleswoman in a dark grey jacket and black vest…
“Now, lady, I'm buying a pony for my little girl, and I don't care what it costs.”
9:31–9:44 -
Homer stands with his back to the viewer at a white railing while a lavender-haired woman in a black jacket…
“He was sired by Seattle Slough and his mother won the Kentucky Derby.”
9:44–9:57 -
Homer Simpson stands on an outdoor track with a fence and trees behind him, talking with a woman who has…
“Uh, sure.”
9:57–10:04 -
Homer Simpson stands at a racetrack fence with trees behind him, facing one of Marge's twin sisters, Patty…
“Mr. Simpson, This check is dated January 1st, 2054.”
10:04–10:15 -
Homer stands on grass beside a white rail fence, gesturing with open hands and speaking…
“Isn't there like a pound where you can pick up cheap ponies that ran away from home?”
10:15–10:26 -
Homer Simpson stands at a bank teller window, speaking to a purple-haired woman with pink glasses and a blue…
“I'd like to borrow $5,000.”
10:26–10:38 -
Homer grins nervously beside a door with an Employee Credit Union sign
“How can I help you? Mr. Burns, you do this personally?”
10:38–10:48 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers sit at a table by a window showing hills and a power plant
“Oh, silly me.”
10:48–10:59 -
Mr. Burns first sits smirking with narrowed eyes in front of a landscape painting, then lowers his eyelids…
“That is it, isn't it?”
10:59–11:07 -
Smithers stands beside Mr. Burns, the frail, hook-nosed old man in a blue suit and black tie, as Burns leans…
“Sorry, do you have any collateral? Oh, Smithers, let's not be so cold.”
11:07–11:18 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers, who wears glasses, a purple bow tie and a brown jacket with an ID…
“Sorry, I was just thinking of something funny Smithers did today.”
11:18–11:28 -
Homer Simpson signs a Springfield loan contract for $5,000 at a desk, then a lavender-haired woman in a dark…
“Mr.”
11:28–11:37 -
Homer Simpson sits at the wheel of a car with a scowling expression and his mouth open, while a brown horse…
“Simpson, you've done it again.”
11:37–11:46 -
Lisa lies in her bedroom beneath a lamp, alarm clock, and a FEST poster on the wall
11:46–11:54 -
Lisa is first seen in bed hugging a brown horse, then gets licked on the face by it and later rides the horse…
“I love you, Dad!”
11:54–12:05 -
Homer and Marge Simpson stand in a doorway in the first frames, Homer smiling and Marge looking stern…
“I am very upset with you.”
12:05–12:19 -
Bart and Homer face each other in a kitchen-like room with a starburst clock on the wall and a hanging basket…
“Hey, how come Lisa gets a pony? Because she stopped loving me.”
12:19–12:26 -
Lisa stands on a checkered floor holding the reins of a brown horse while Santa's Little Helper and Snowball…
“Snowball 2, Santa's little helper, this is Princess.”
12:26–12:37 -
Bart sits at the left of a blue-covered dining table with a bowl in front of him, and Marge stands with arms…
“Homer, just where were you planning to keep this horse?”
12:37–12:48 -
Lisa Simpson and Maggie Simpson sit at the kitchen table beside a brown horse with a leather halter, and Lisa…
“Dad, no!”
12:48–13:01 -
Homer stands facing a woman with a lavender hair bun and a dark blue jacket over a white turtleneck…
“This is what love costs a month? These are standard stable fees, Mr.”
13:01–13:13 -
Lisa rides a brown horse around a sandy paddock behind a white rail, gesturing with one arm, then leans…
“Father, you've made me the happiest girl who ever lived.”
13:13–13:24 -
Grampa kneels in front of a purple television and grips a joystick while Bart kneels beside the set…
“move the joystick to the left. Yes, move the...”
13:24–13:35 -
Bart kneels on a teal carpet in a pink room and points at a television showing a space shooter game…
“Grandpa, you're the spaceship, not the...”
13:35–13:44 -
Homer stands in the living room while Lisa faces him and talks to him
“Wait, Dad.”
13:44–13:52 -
Marge sits at a cluttered desk in the kitchen, holding a long strip of adding-machine tape and a pencil…
“Oh, dear.”
13:52–14:05 -
Marge and Homer stand at the kitchen counter beside a cluttered pile of papers, a wooden board and a basket…
“Actually, I was thinking we could cut down on your beer.”
14:05–14:12 -
Homer and Marge Simpson stand in the purple-cabineted kitchen with a blue countertop
“First you didn't want me to get the pony.”
14:12–14:24 -
Homer Simpson stands in the kitchen holding a jar and gripping Marge Simpson's tall blue beehive, then waves…
“You got us into this, you get us out. Fine, I will.”
14:24–14:36 -
Lisa Simpson brushes and feeds a brown horse in a barn stall, then crawls on the straw floor beside a grey…
“Oh, look, you haven't touched your salt lick.”
14:36–14:49 -
Homer Simpson stands at the counter of the Kwik-E-Mart while Apu sits behind it and faces him
“One scratch for cash, please.”
14:49–14:59 -
Apu stands behind the counter of the Kwik-E-Mart while Homer stands before him
“Woo-hoo!”
14:59–15:09 -
Apu and Homer stand at the store counter near a Snack Tracks display and an EXIT door
“Uh... You pleased to be removing your thumb?”
15:09–15:20 -
Apu and Homer Simpson, the bald man in a white shirt, struggle over a Scratch 'N' Win ticket…
“No! Let go!”
15:20–15:26 -
Apu stands behind the counter facing Homer, a bald man in a white shirt, as the two talk beside a Help Wanted…
“Oh, Mr. Homer. What has reduced you to such cheap chicanery?”
15:26–15:38 -
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and Homer stand behind the store counter beside a cash register and a 'HELP WANTED'…
“You're looking for help? Yes,”
15:38–15:50 -
Lisa rides a brown horse over a hay bale on a sandy track while Bart in an orange shirt, a boy with glasses…
“She certainly tamed that horse. Yes, but what man can tame her?”
15:50–16:02 -
Apu stands at the store counter and opens his jacket to show his bare chest, which is marked with several red…
“Each of these bullock wounds is a badge of honor.”
16:02–16:07 -
Apu and Homer stand behind the store counter in the Kwik-E-Mart
“Badge of honor. Here's a pointer.”
16:07–16:15 -
Apu grips Homer's shoulder behind the store counter, where Homer stands beside a Jack Pot sign and two jars…
“There's only one bozo who comes in and buys them.”
16:15–16:24 -
Homer stands in a pink doorway, then Marge with her tall blue beehive and Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit…
“The perfect crime.”
16:24–16:36 -
Bart in an orange shirt, Lisa with star-shaped spiky hair, and Maggie in her blue bow stand at a kitchen…
“Busted!”
16:36–16:48 -
Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie sit at a kitchen table with a child's drawings on the fridge, then cluster…
“Oh my God, she killed him.”
16:48–17:00 -
Homer cranks a valve on a blue machine while Apu glances sideways beside him
“Homer, are you stealing Squishy's? No, sir.”
17:00–17:11 -
Lisa Simpson kneels in a hay-strewn stable playing a gold saxophone while staring cross-eyed and then closing…
“It's called Wildfire.”
17:11–17:25 -
A brown-skinned man with blue hair and a yellow-skinned woman with auburn hair and a striped pink hat lie…
“I'm sorry, baby.”
17:25–17:34 -
Ned Flanders stands holding a paper bag at the Kwik-E-Mart counter while Homer lies slumped asleep…
“Three dollars and fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three cents.”
17:34–17:46 -
Homer is sprawled face-down on a supermarket floor in front of a Snack Treat shelf, with an auburn-haired…
“Yes, sir. Sorry, baby. Date's over.”
17:46–17:56 -
Homer grips the steering wheel of his car as he drives down a highway behind a purple car, his drowsy…
17:56–18:07 -
Homer drives a car at night with both hands on the steering wheel, first with a tired, squinting expression…
18:07–18:13 -
A frail, thin old man with grey hair at the sides, likely Mr. Burns, drives a yellow-green car at night…
18:13–18:23 -
Homer drives a yellow car through a starry night sky, gesturing with one hand as winged angels with halos…
18:23–18:28 -
Maggie sleeps in a metal crib under a smiling crescent moon in a starry night sky, with the moon's face…
18:28–18:39 -
Homer Simpson is first seen in a pink car driving down a street past a blue mailbox
18:39–18:44 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a bed in a purple-and-pink bedroom, then climbs into the bed and reaches…
“Oh, my. How long do you plan to do this?”
18:44–18:56 -
Homer Simpson first appears in a wide aerial view of the Springfield nuclear plant with its cooling towers…
“Oh, mustn't sleep. Must monitor core.”
18:56–19:07 -
A cartoon man with a yellow hand pulls a green lever on a purple control panel lined with small monitors…
“Thanks.”
19:07–19:17 -
Bart and Lisa Simpson sit side by side on a blue couch in a dim living room, wearing pajamas, while Homer…
“Well, it's still fun to be up late.”
19:17–19:30 -
Homer slumps low over the steering wheel of a car, his head down and arms draped across the wheel…
“Homer?”
19:30–19:40 -
Marge stands beside Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a teal collar, in a purple room lined…
“Lisa, do you know how much it costs to keep a pony?”
19:40–19:51 -
Marge is joined by Lisa in a blue dress, Bart in a teal shirt and a bald Homer in a white shirt
“Where's he working? The quickie mart.”
19:51–20:00 -
Lisa stands beside a pink car on the left, facing Marge, who has a tall blue beehive, a green dress and a red…
“Lisa, we can't make you give up that pony.”
20:00–20:08 -
Lisa Simpson stands in a kitchen-like setting with a purple wall and a wooden window frame, first…
“No one's going to make her. This is something Lisa has to decide for herself.”
20:08–20:19 -
Homer works behind the counter at the Kwik-E-Mart, filling a blue slushie cup from a dispenser…
“Hey, Pink Hat, when I ordered that blueberry squishy, I meant today.”
20:19–20:29 -
Lisa Simpson stands in a hay-strewn stable beside a brown horse with a white blaze while a woman with a tall…
“She likes a little carrot after her oats.”
20:29–20:41 -
Lisa Simpson stands in a wooden stable beside a brown pony with a braided mane while an older woman…
“Please take good care of my princess.”
20:41–20:53 -
Apu stands at the counter of the Kwik-E-Mart, first holding a sheet of paper up and then, in the middle…
“What the?”
20:53–21:03 -
Apu stands at the Kwik-E-Mart counter beside Homer, who wears a white cap and shirt with a TRAINEE badge
“Dad, you don't have to do this. Yes, I do.”
21:03–21:13 -
Homer and Lisa stand in a store lined with magazine racks, a pink wall, and an arcade cabinet
“That's why I gave up the pony. You did?”
21:13–21:24 -
Apu stands behind the store counter while Homer holds up a light blue garment and then gestures with open…
“I mean you, you dummy. Oh, Appu,”
21:24–21:38 -
Homer lifts Lisa, who wears a red dress, into his arms while Apu watches from the left edge of a sunset…
“He slept, he stole, he was rude to the customers.”
21:38–21:48 -
No animated characters appear in this sequence; it is a black title card over a plain black background
21:48–21:59 -
A black screen with yellow credit text that changes in sequence
“We'll be right back.”
21:59–22:09 -
No characters appear in this sequence, which is set against a plain black background with no scenery
22:09–22:20 -
This moment is the end credits of an episode, with no characters visible
“Let's go.”
22:20–22:30 -
An end-credits roll on a black background with yellow text
22:30–22:41 -
A sequence of black title cards from the end credits of a Simpsons episode
22:41–22:51 -
Silhouetted audience members sit in rows of seats in a dark theater, facing a blank screen lit by ceiling…
“Shh.”
22:51–23:04
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Grampa Simpson, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Mrs. Krabappel, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Nelson Muntz, Jasper Beardsley, Martin Prince, Ralph Wiggum, Groundskeeper Willie, Santa's Little Helper, Jimbo Jones, Maude Flanders, Snowball II, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Sherri Mackleberry, Terri Mackleberry, Janey Powell, Adrian Belew, Dolph Starbeam, Long-haired girl, Gareth Prince, Chuck Berger, Lunchlady Dora, Black Weasel, Yellow Weasel, Bleeding Gums Murphy, Princess Kashmir, Coward, Springfield bears, J. Loren Pryor, Johnny Carson, Jer, Princess, Credit Union Employee, Millicent
Everyone who appears in it, from the Simpsons wiki. Every character