Lisa's Date with Density
The Simpsons, season 8, episode 7. First aired December 15, 1996. 131 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
When Nelson Muntz turns out to have stolen the Honda emblem from Superintendent Chalmers' new car, Lisa finds herself falling for the school bully and sets out to reform him. They share a kiss at the observatory, but Nelson's lies about pelting Principal Skinner's house with rotten coleslaw end the romance. Meanwhile, Homer finds a con artist's discarded autodialer and uses it to beg the whole town for money.
- Written by
- Mike Scully
- Directed by
- Susie Dietter
- Chalkboard gag
I will not yell "She's dead" during roll call
- Couch gag
- Topsy Turvy
- Production code
- 4F01
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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Bart stands on a board atop a pink car in a driveway, while Homer leans over the open hood and works on it
0:00–0:12 -
Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge and Grampa tumble across the floor of the pink living room, with Homer's bald head…
0:12–0:23 -
Two seated men in a small office appear with on-screen captions: a man in a blue jacket and pink shirt…
“Skinner!”
0:23–0:36 -
A bald man in a navy suit and red tie leans toward a man with brown hair in a grey-blue suit and orange tie…
“What's wrong?”
0:36–0:40 -
A brown-haired man in a blue suit, pink shirt and orange tie stands beside a green wall and a blue table…
“Nothing. I just bought myself a car. Oh.”
0:40–0:51 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers with glasses walk together along a sidewalk past a playground swing…
“You know, I used to think a car was just a way of getting from point A to point B,”
0:51–1:02 -
A bald older man in a dark blue suit and red tie stands beside a brown-haired man in a blue suit and orange…
“That man died the moment I laid eyes on the 1979 Honda Accord.”
1:02–1:13 -
Mr. Burns and Smithers stand outdoors on a street with a flagpole, houses, and an orange-brown object…
“Yeah, yeah, unfortunate. Well, Seymour, I make superintendent money,”
1:13–1:24 -
A bald, heavyset man in a blue suit and red tie and a thin, brown-haired man in a blue jacket stand…
“I... Holy jumping scissors, catfish! My H has been stolen!”
1:24–1:35 -
Homer leans from a window and glowers while a figure in blue overalls bends over a blue Hyundai parked…
“Here we... I'll just... Hey! Get away from my car!”
1:35–1:47 -
Ned Flanders reaches into the self-serve donut case while Homer stands beside him
“Hey, morning, Appu.”
1:47–1:57 -
Apu and Homer stand across the store counter from each other
“Good morning.”
1:57–2:08 -
Apu stands at the counter holding a pink-frosted donut crowded with Mounds bar, Twizzler and candy pieces…
“You've clearly taken items from the candy rack and placed them on top of the donut in an”
2:08–2:19 -
Apu holds a pink-frosted donut up at the counter while Homer in his white shirt looks on, then Apu leans…
“Perhaps in Shangri-La they are, but not here.”
2:19–2:30 -
Chief Wiggum stands outside a brick building with a metal door while a second officer walks…
“Looks like we put the kibash on another two-bit telephone, Swindle Boys.”
2:30–2:40 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a dumpster with an uniformed police officer who gestures toward a beige AT-5000…
“Hey, what's this thing?”
2:40–2:45 -
Chief Wiggum leans over the roof of a white police car while a dark-haired man in a brown jacket sits…
“Ah, that's an auto-dialer. This bird was using it to pull a telemarketing scam.”
2:45–2:55 -
Chief Wiggum sits at a desk with a red object in the corner, first smiling, then grinning with a clenched…
“And the only way out is suicide.”
2:55–3:01 -
In a school hallway lined with blue lockers, Nelson stands with his fists at his sides and glares…
“Oh,”
3:01–3:12 -
Principal Skinner leans down and scolds a group of students at a row of blue lockers, and in the final…
“you think this stolen H is a laugh riot, don't you?”
3:12–3:22 -
Principal Skinner stands before a row of blue lockers in a school hallway
“I guess it is a little funny.”
3:22–3:33 -
A red-bearded man in green overalls grips a large wrench by a row of blue school lockers while Bart watches…
“Um, I don't think you want to look in there, sir.”
3:33–3:41 -
Principal Skinner stands by a row of lockers with a red-bearded man in green overalls and a white towel…
“Half a dozen eggs.”
3:41–3:50 -
Homer stands by a row of blue lockers while a boy in a black shirt and jeans with a pink-topped head faces…
“And so we reach the bottom of the barrel, Nelson Muntz.”
3:50–3:59 -
Sideshow Bob and Principal Skinner in a blue suit stand in a school hallway with Nelson, a bully in an orange…
“hard process of elimination places the H squarely in your locker.”
3:59–4:12 -
No characters appear in this moment
4:12–4:14 -
In a school hallway lined with lockers, a tall man in a blue suit and orange tie leans toward Nelson…
“A principal's ransom in stolen goods.”
4:14–4:27 -
Lisa Simpson and Milhouse stand together at a row of blue lockers in a hallway
“Who does Nelson think he's impressing anyway, acting so cool all the time?”
4:27–4:33 -
Principal Skinner and Nelson stand by a hallway locker and a corkboard covered in notices
“All right, Mr. Smartenheimer, that does it.”
4:33–4:44 -
Principal Skinner stands at left beside Nelson, a bully in a pink vest and blue shorts with his arms crossed…
“Janitorial work.”
4:44–4:54 -
Principal Skinner stands in a school gym with Marge, Grampa in his sailor cap, Lisa, Bart and a group…
“After you claim your stolen merchandise, go directly to Mr.”
4:54–5:07 -
Lisa Simpson stands with her hands on her hips in front of a blue tarp covered in scattered toys, a globe…
“Why do you have to be such a pain all the time?”
5:07–5:17 -
Marge Simpson and Homer Simpson stand in a pink room with an arched doorway and a potted plant on a shelf
“An automatic dialer?”
5:17–5:30 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson with her tall blue beehive and green dress stand in a pink room…
“This baby has every phone number in town programmed into it.”
5:30–5:41 -
Mr. Burns sits in a tall red high-backed chair behind a large wooden desk in a library-like study lined…
“Ahoy, ahoy.”
5:41–5:55 -
No characters appear in these frames; the scene shows a close-up of a beige AT-5000 fax machine on a teal…
“So use it and send one dollar to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield.”
5:55–5:57 -
Mr. Burns sits in a tall red high-backed chair behind a large wooden desk in a book-lined study, with a skull…
“So use it and send one dollar to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield.”
5:57–6:10 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson sit side by side on a red couch in the living room with pink walls, a teal…
“Now we just sit by the mailbox and watch the money roll in.”
6:10–6:23 -
Lisa Simpson sits in a purple music classroom holding a saxophone, while Mr. Burns stands at the blackboard…
“And should there be a request for an encore, we will reprise Pop Goes the Weasel.”
6:23–6:36 -
A bald, red-bearded man in blue overalls and a grey shirt stands on a grassy backyard lawn beside a hedge…
“Now you take the hoose. The moose? The hoose!”
6:36–6:46 -
Lisa Simpson first peers through a classroom window clutching a trombone while a stern older man in a grey…
“The noozle at the end of the hoose!”
6:46–6:57 -
Lisa sits at the lower left of a circle of young band members in a music room with purple curtains, orange…
“She was looking at Nelson! Lisa likes Nelson.”
6:57–7:08 -
Lisa Simpson with a saxophone, Bart Simpson, and Milhouse with blue hair and glasses sit in a circle…
“She does not.”
7:08–7:13 -
Lisa Simpson stands with a saxophone in a music classroom while a stern, thin, stooped old man with a hooked…
“Nobody likes Milhouse. Lisa, you've got detention.”
7:13–7:24 -
Lisa Simpson stands in a purple room beside a Fall Concert poster, first holding a piece of white chalk…
“Oh, how does Bart do this every week?”
7:24–7:36 -
Nelson leans out of a window holding a pitchfork and grins with a smirk, then leans forward slightly…
“Ha, yeah.”
7:36–7:48 -
Lisa Simpson stands in a purple room beside a bookshelf and a bench, with a "FALL CONCERT NOV
“Thanks, but I prefer the honest way. Whatever.”
7:48–7:59 -
Lisa works in a purple music classroom decorated with staff notation signs labeled TURN, MORDENT, SHARP…
“Wow, that was a good idea. And I can't believe it came from Nelson.”
7:59–8:10 -
Nelson crouches on the grass beside a tree with picnic tables and pokes a rake up toward a beehive hanging…
“He's not like anybody I've ever met He's like a riddle wrapped in an enigma Wrapped in a”
8:10–8:17 -
Lisa Simpson sits at a classroom desk in front of a blackboard filled with the lines 'I WILL NOT BE…
“vest Sure he's ugly though”
8:17–8:30 -
A brown-haired boy in an orange vest pushes a rake covered in a swarm of bees against a yellow wall…
“He thinks I'm getting a crush on Nelson Muntz Hey Willie,”
8:30–8:42 -
Lisa Simpson stands at a lunch counter across from Milhouse, who has blue hair and red glasses and holds…
“I don't... Melhouse, I've never told anyone this kind of thing before.”
8:42–8:55 -
Lisa and Milhouse are in a school cafeteria with an EXIT sign, long benches, and a red tray
“On Nelson Month.”
8:55–9:06 -
Lisa Simpson sits across a cafeteria table from Milhouse, who has blue hair and red-framed glasses and wears…
“But I bet underneath he's a sweet, sensitive person.”
9:06–9:15 -
Milhouse stands in the cafeteria in a pink shirt, arms spread wide while he talks, and then his face and body…
“But I'm all Milhouse.”
9:15–9:24 -
Lisa Simpson and Milhouse sit at a cafeteria table in a school lunchroom with other children seated…
“You're more like a big sister.”
9:24–9:35 -
Lisa Simpson holds out a stack of papers in the first frame, and Milhouse appears in close-up looking…
“When she sees you'll do anything she says, she's bound to respect you.”
9:35–9:45 -
In a classroom with pink walls and fluorescent ceiling lights, Milhouse with blue hair and red glasses first…
“Oh, I shouldn't have said that.”
9:45–9:57 -
Two paramedics in white caps and orange vests wheel a stretcher carrying Milhouse, who has blue hair…
“Milhouse, I'm so sorry.”
9:57–10:07 -
Lisa Simpson first stands on a sidewalk beside a white door while a man in an orange vest and white cap looks…
“We had to pack his ears with gauze.”
10:07–10:21 -
Nelson and Lisa stand outside a yellow building with purple-framed windows and green shrubs
“You?”
10:21–10:27 -
Nelson stands on a sidewalk in front of a yellow building and faces Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky…
“Are you wearing a wire? I don't know why I like you.”
10:27–10:39 -
Lisa stands on a sidewalk in front of a school while Nelson grins and then glares beside her
“Well, would you like to come over to my house after school?”
10:39–10:51 -
Homer Simpson stands by a blue mailbox on a suburban street, first tearing up a white paper…
“Woohoo!”
10:51–11:04 -
Nelson sits on the blue bed in a pink bedroom with a purple vanity, a red lamp on a purple nightstand…
“Oh, you gotta see this. It's so cute when she does.”
11:04–11:17 -
Nelson and Lisa are in a pink bedroom with striped curtains
“You don't understand.”
11:17–11:24 -
Bart Simpson rides on Snowball II then stands wide-eyed beside a door
“Hey, Lise, Mom said you had the toenail clippers and...”
11:24–11:31 -
Lisa Simpson and Bart Simpson stand in a pink bedroom
“Nelson's my new friend.”
11:31–11:39 -
In Lisa's pink bedroom, Lisa stands with her hand near her mouth while Nelson holds a teddy bear…
“Please don't ruin this for me, Bart. I think he's starting to like me.”
11:39–11:50 -
A thin, bespectacled scientist with spiky green-yellow hair, a blue bow tie, white lab coat and pink trousers…
“Oh, Ponce can't move that way, you stupid arm.”
11:50–12:00 -
A bespectacled, yellow-skinned scientist with green spiky hair, a white lab coat, blue bow tie and pink…
“Why, it's the AT5000 auto dialer, my very first patent.”
12:00–12:10 -
A scientist in a white lab coat, pink trousers, blue bow tie, round glasses and spiky olive-green hair stands…
“You were designed to alert school children about snow days and such.”
12:10–12:20 -
Homer Simpson struggles outdoors on a suburban lawn, first pulling a potted shrub and a walker-like frame…
“Oh, no you don't.”
12:20–12:32 -
Lisa Simpson in her orange skirt and Nelson in his blue vest and blue shorts walk along a sidewalk…
“You're the first person I've had over to the house since my dad went nuts.”
12:32–12:42 -
Lisa Simpson stands in the doorway of a messy bedroom beside a boy in a vest who stands near the open closet
“Nuke the whales?”
12:42–12:49 -
Lisa Simpson stands facing Nelson, the bully in a vest, who sits on a green bed in a wood-paneled bedroom…
“You don't really believe that, do you?”
12:49–13:01 -
Lisa stands beside a bed in a wood-paneled bedroom, holding a battered acoustic guitar, while 'BOMB THE'…
“Would you play a song for me?”
13:01–13:12 -
Lisa stands at the left of a wood-paneled bedroom with a purple backpack on her back and watches a skinny…
“Joy to the world, the teacher's dead.”
13:12–13:22 -
Lisa stands with her arms crossed at the left of a wood-paneled bedroom with orange curtains, a red cap…
“What happened to her body?”
13:22–13:32 -
Lisa Simpson stands with her arms crossed in a wood-paneled bedroom, glancing sideways and then speaking…
“I wish I could laugh at the idea of a teacher being decapitated I know, haha,”
13:32–13:42 -
Lisa and Nelson are in a wood-paneled bedroom with a lamp, a red cap on a shelf, posters on the wall…
“I'm getting pretty tired I'm gonna go to sleep for a while Smell you later How am”
13:42–13:52 -
Lisa Simpson sits in the passenger seat of a red car with a seatbelt across her, while Marge Simpson drives…
“I feel so stupid, Mom.”
13:52–14:03 -
Marge Simpson drives a red car while Lisa sits in the passenger seat wearing a seatbelt
“But those women are quitters.”
14:03–14:16 -
Lisa Simpson sits belted in the back seat of a red car while Marge Simpson grips the steering wheel beside her
“Mom?”
14:16–14:27 -
Lisa Simpson and an unnamed brown-haired man in a blue argyle sweater vest and grey trousers stand…
“Very sharp!”
14:27–14:36 -
Lisa and Nelson sit together on a plaid picnic blanket on a hilltop overlooking a grid of city lights…
“Isn't it nice up here?”
14:36–14:47 -
Lisa Simpson in her red dress and pearl necklace and Nelson sit together on a pink picnic blanket on a grassy…
“What do you feel? What's inside you right now?”
14:47–14:58 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a purple picnic blanket beside a brown-haired boy in a plaid vest and white shirt…
“A rolling green hillside,”
14:58–15:08 -
Lisa Simpson and a boy with brown swept-back hair and a blue plaid vest over a white collar face each other…
“My first kiss! I always wondered what it would be like.”
15:08–15:18 -
Lisa shares a kiss with a brown-haired boy in a white shirt and blue argyle vest on a pink checkered picnic…
“That was pretty fine.”
15:18–15:28 -
Lisa Simpson and Nelson sit side by side on a pink checkered picnic blanket under a purple night sky…
“That was pretty fine.”
15:28–15:38 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a picnic blanket under a purple night sky with Nelson, the bully in a blue argyle vest…
“Oh, man!”
15:38–15:52 -
Homer stands beside a red-haired man in a green sweater on the left and a one-off character with shaggy…
“You'll be so sorry when you realize how you've hurt the feelings of a sweet young man.”
15:52–15:54 -
Lisa Simpson stands in her red dress and pearl necklace under a purple starry sky, while Homer Simpson…
“You'll be so sorry when you realize how you've hurt the feelings of a sweet young man.”
15:54–16:07 -
Homer stands with the red-haired young man in a green shirt and a young man in a black skull shirt and purple…
“Crumbums?”
16:07–16:13 -
Lisa Simpson and Nelson stand on a pink checkered blanket under a purple night sky with picnic tables…
“I'll handle this, Lisa. You go have a fig bar.”
16:13–16:24 -
Nelson stands on a dark hilltop under a purple night sky with Homer, bald and heavy in a white shirt and blue…
“You asked for it, man. You're broadcasting geek rays over the entire valley.”
16:24–16:37 -
Nelson stands at night on a purple-sky hill with pine trees, first grinning with clenched fists…
“We found a bunch of rancid coleslaw in the dumpster behind Krusty Burger.”
16:37–16:50 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a red picnic table at a dusk beach with a purple sky and a domed building on a hill
“Chicken!”
16:50–17:03 -
Nelson sits at a reddish table with Lisa, who has spiky star-shaped hair, a red dress and a pearl necklace…
“Yeah, I know you don't like that stuff.”
17:03–17:08 -
Snowball II lies draped over an AT-5000 telephone with its tongue hanging out, its display reading 555-8904…
“Hadley-deadley. Greetings, friend.”
17:08–17:19 -
Dark silhouettes of children in beds are seen through a small attic window framed by green curtains…
“Do you wish to look at... Ugh, was that darn recording again?”
17:19–17:30 -
Ned Flanders sits up in bed beside a woman with curly orange-red hair and a light blue nightgown…
“I told you to unplug the phone. But it could be my mother.”
17:30–17:44 -
Homer joins two red-haired figures in dark clothes in a nighttime egg attack on the Simpson house…
“Great Barrier Reef, we're under attack!”
17:44–17:56 -
Homer stands at night under a purple starry sky with a smug expression and raises a small white cup in one…
“Nelson doesn't know what he's missing.”
17:56–18:08 -
Homer Simpson in his white shirt and blue shorts, Nelson in a vest, and a one-off woman with long red hair…
“I missed you guys. Let's never fight again”
18:08–18:18 -
A man in blue-and-white striped pajamas with tan hair peers through the slatted blinds of a bluish house…
“Give me your names so I can tell the police Go”
18:18–18:32 -
Mr. Burns peers through purple venetian blinds at four bent-over men showing their bare buttocks on a street…
“I've got it under control listen you crumbums if you think I'm impressed.”
18:32–18:44 -
A man in light blue pajamas stands with his arms spread on a purple rug at the top of a staircase…
“Cops, everybody split up.”
18:44–18:55 -
A man with swept-back reddish-brown hair and a white shirt with tan trousers hides in a dense hedge…
“Lisa, the cops are chasing me. I need a place to hide.”
18:55–19:03 -
A bald, heavy man with stubble, in a blue shirt, leans from an upstairs window of a green house at night…
“At least this window is the next one.”
19:03–19:16 -
A man with swept-back reddish hair in a light shirt and tan trousers stands grinning nervously on blue tiles…
“Skinner's just out to get me! That's so unfair!”
19:16–19:22 -
Chief Wiggum and two other police officers, one of them a Black officer, search a blue-walled house…
“Aha!”
19:22–19:35 -
Chief Wiggum stands with two other uniformed officers in a blue-walled hallway beside a smoking, sparking…
“Well, that thing's been driving the whole town nuts.”
19:35–19:46 -
Chief Wiggum stands in a purple room with two other officers while Homer kneels on the floor holding a paper
“Oh, and bring that evidence with you. Otherwise, I got no case,”
19:46–19:57 -
Chief Wiggum stands with two uniformed officers in a blue-lit station hallway: a tall one on the left…
“You know, in most cities, the chief of police doesn't even go out on calls like these.”
19:57–20:08 -
Lisa Simpson and a brown-haired man in a white shirt and tan trousers stand on a rooftop observation deck…
“I think they're giving up.”
20:08–20:15 -
An unnamed man in pale clothes, not clearly Principal Skinner since his hair and suit cannot be seen, works…
“Hey, check it out. Skinner's mopping the goo off his house.”
20:15–20:27 -
Lisa Simpson and an unnamed brown-haired man in a white shirt and khaki trousers stand on a city-view…
“I thought you weren't there.”
20:27–20:39 -
Lisa Simpson stands on a waterfront promenade facing a brown-haired boy in a white shirt, with a harbor full…
“Let's kiss. No, you don't understand, Nelson.”
20:39–20:44 -
Lisa stands facing a brown-haired man in a light blue button-up shirt and brown trousers, a character…
“Um, there's a niceness to it. I was foolish to think I'd actually changed you.”
20:44–20:56 -
Lisa stands at a blue railing facing a man with flat brown hair and a light blue shirt, a one-off character…
“Then why did you want to be with me? Mm-hmm.”
20:56–21:07 -
Lisa Simpson and a heavyset boy with swept brown hair in a light blue shirt stand at an observation deck…
“Well, I guess this is it. You mean, like, goodbye?”
21:07–21:18 -
Lisa Simpson walks along a sidewalk, first near a domed observatory marked with letters and later past a blue…
21:18–21:30 -
Lisa Simpson stands on a sidewalk in front of a suburban house with a purple door at dusk
“Hi, Lisa.”
21:30–21:41 -
Milhouse and Lisa are on a sunset-lit suburban sidewalk
“Really?”
21:41–21:52 -
Milhouse leaps into the air while holding a leash attached to a fluffy tan dog with a pink bow…
“Yes!”
21:52–22:03 -
A beige AT-5000 telephone unit with a 555-0001 display, dial and redial buttons, and a keypad sits on a teal…
“Hello, this is Homer Simpson, a.k.a.”
22:03–22:14 -
A beige AT-5000 answering machine with a 555-0001 display, twin tape reels, and dial and redial buttons sits…
“The court has ordered me to call every person in town to apologize for my telemarketing”
22:14–22:25 -
No regular characters appear in this moment; it is a credits sequence over a beige answering machine, model…
“742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. You have the power.”
22:25–22:39 -
Dark silhouettes of an audience sit in a theater, one with a tall, puffy hairdo on the left, facing a blank…
22:39–22:50
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Milhouse Van Houten, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Chief Wiggum, Grampa Simpson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Mrs. Krabappel, Mr. Burns, Nelson Muntz, Jasper Beardsley, Martin Prince, Groundskeeper Willie, Ralph Wiggum, Lou, Lewis Clark, Eddie, Wendell Borton, Miss Hoover, Richard, Todd Flanders, Snowball II, Jimbo Jones, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Maude Flanders, Sherri Mackleberry, Terri Mackleberry, Nina Skalka, Janey Powell, Professor Frink, Adrian Belew, Agnes Skinner, Horatio McCallister, Becky Shorter, Dolph Starbeam, Buck-toothed boy, Girl with glasses, Dewey Largo, Long-haired girl, Superintendent Chalmers, Jaffee Ziswhisky, Lewis' lookalike, Buck-toothed girl, Chuck Berger, Boy with shades, Black Weasel, Coward, White-Haired Girl, Allison Taylor, Brown-haired boy, Kyle Williams, Üter Zörker, Girl playing soccer, Jimmy the Scumbag, Mrs. Muntz, Milhouse's Shih Tzu, Paramedic 1, Paramedic 2
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