# Lisa the Simpson The Simpsons, season 9, episode 17 (S09E17), first aired March 8, 1998. Written by Ned Goldreyer. Directed by Susie Dietter. Production code 4F24. Guest stars: Phil Hartman as Troy McClure. Couch gag: Vegetation. When Lisa can't solve a brain teaser and starts forgetting things, Grampa tells her a Simpson gene makes the family dumber with age. Homer gathers the relatives to prove her wrong; the men are all failures, but the women thrive, including Dr. Simpson, a surgeon who explains the defect strikes only males. Meanwhile, Jasper Beardly freezes himself in the Kwik-E-Mart, and Apu cashes in by renaming it the Freak-E-Mart. Who's in it: Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Milhouse Van Houten, Grampa Simpson, Ned Flanders, Chief Wiggum, Krusty the Clown, Carl Carlson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Mrs. Krabappel, Dr. Hibbert, Nelson Muntz, Kent Brockman, Otto Mann, Jasper Beardsley, Martin Prince, Ralph Wiggum, Groundskeeper Willie, Lewis Clark, Wendell Borton, Jimbo Jones, Miss Hoover, Todd Flanders, Rod Flanders, Sherri Mackleberry, Terri Mackleberry, Kirk Van Houten, Janey Powell, Luann Van Houten, Helen Lovejoy, Sam, Becky Shorter, Dolph Starbeam, Sophie Jensen, Comic Book Guy, Ruth Powers, Jaffee Ziswhisky, Dr. Nick, Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon, Troy McClure, Lunchlady Dora, Yellow Weasel, Just Stamp the Ticket Man, Jack Marley, Kyle Williams, Üter Zörker, The Rich Texan, Elvis Presley, Billy, Architect, Beggar Relative, Channel 6 Executive, Channel 6 Producer, Chet Simpson, Dr. Simpson, Environmental Lawyer, Hurt Leg, Jazz Musician, Jug Band Manager, Millionaire Actor, Museum Guard, Prison Snitch Relative, Professor Provolone, Sales Coordinator, Stanley Simpson, Suing, Unimpressed Spectator, Wesley Wiggum. Every moment of the episode, about ten seconds each: when it is, what happens on screen, and what's said. The descriptions are written by an AI model from frames of each moment and can get small details wrong. The dialogue is from the episode's subtitles. Web page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson From Ultrahouse 3000 (https://ultrahouse3k.com/). Search engines and AI are welcome to use it: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes. ## 0:00–0:12 Homer, the bald heavy man in a white shirt and blue pants, first sits in a pink car in the driveway of the yellow house, then steps out as Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, rolls past on a skateboard. Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress, rides a red bicycle carrying a stack of books while Homer stands beside the car, and he then bends over the front of the pink car with his hands on his head. The scene opens after a sky-blue cloud backdrop with yellow 'THE SIMPSONS' title lettering, and a blue mailbox sits on the lawn, with a garage holding boxes and a bicycle behind them. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1043.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/6256 ## 0:12–0:23 Homer, the bald heavy man in a white shirt and blue pants, stands by a red bed in a purple room, mouth open and one arm outstretched. Green vines then sprout and spread across a pink living room with a red couch, a lamp and a TV, and they transform the family into produce: a strawberry with spiky hair that resembles Bart, a tall asparagus with a face, a yellow squash with Homer's features, and a pineapple. The screen then shows the credits, first 'Created by Matt Groening' in yellow letters on blue, and then 'Developed by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon'. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/13555.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/18143 ## 0:23–0:29 A school cafeteria with long blue picnic tables and a red serving counter, where a lunch lady in a white apron with a purple bow dishes out food while Bart in an orange shirt and Lisa in a red dress sit with other students in the background. The scene slowly brightens from darkness, and a boy in a blue cap, pink shirt and red pants picks up a tray at the counter, then carries it across the floor, weaving past the tables toward the front of the room. Trays, food, and scattered litter are visible on the tables and floor, and paper notices hang on the green wall. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/25025.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/26693 ## 0:29–0:40 Nelson, in his vest, sits at a cafeteria table with Bart, who holds a sandwich, while Milhouse, in his blue hair and glasses, holds a tray with a bowl and Lisa in her red dress sits beside him. A boy with brown hair in a white shirt sits behind them, and another child is seen in the background. Nelson lifts a white mug to drink, then lowers it, and the later frames show Principal Skinner, in a grey-haired suit, walking in from the left holding a mug. Lisa grips a small carton and the group looks on, while the white captions 'Co-Executive Producer' with the names George Meyer, Mike Scully, Steve Tompkins, Jonathan Collier and Ken Keeler appear over the scene. > Salisbury soup again? > My Joe isn't sloppy enough. Talk about wheat coffee. > I'll take that. > What are they doing with our 45 cents? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/30656.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/35035 ## 0:40–0:49 Bart, in an orange shirt, sits at a school lunch counter with a sandwich while Lisa in a red dress and pearls and Milhouse in a green shirt look on, and an unnamed boy in a tan shirt stands at the left and an unnamed man in a white shirt stands at the right. Bart raises his sandwich, gestures angrily and then sets it down on a tray beside a carton of milk and a spoon, where red sauce spills across the tray. Lisa holds up a blue Portion Time box reading "Vegetarian with Apple Sauce" and "Vacuum Packed," and the final moments zoom in on the box held by an unseen figure. > I bought my lunch at the gas station. > It's the kind John Grun eats when he's not in space. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/41708.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/45045 ## 0:49–1:02 Lisa, with her star-shaped spiky hair, red dress and pearl necklace, and Milhouse, with blue hair and red glasses in a pink shirt, stand at a school cafeteria counter with lunch trays. Lisa holds a boxed Professor Provolone's Picto-Puzzle while Milhouse sprays food from his mouth, then grins and eats, and a cafeteria worker with orange-brown hair in a white shirt with a red emblem gestures nearby. The scene then closes in on the puzzle box, showing Professor Provolone pointing a stick at a row of symbols, a speech bubble reading "WHAT COMES NEXT?" and an empty answer box. > Wow! > Just like the commercial. > There's a brain teaser on the back. > Professor Provolone's Pikto puzzle. > That's a tough one. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/50467.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/55889 ## 1:02–1:14 Lisa, Bart, and Milhouse, with Nelson looming behind them, crowd together in a cafeteria, and Milhouse holds a notepad and pencil while a white-shirted cafeteria worker with reddish hair points and talks at the table. Trays of food sit on the table, and the credit 'Consulting Producer DAN McGRATH' appears over the scene. The view then moves to Lisa alone under fluorescent lights, first looking uneasy and then grimacing, with on-screen credits for David Mirkin and John Swartzwelder shown in turn. > Got it. Is this it? Excellent, Milhouse. > How about this? Nice work, Bart. How about you, Lisa? > I'll get it in a second. Don't worry. > Oh, of course. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/63605.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/68402 ## 1:14–1:25 Milhouse, in his blue cap, red glasses and pink shirt, and Nelson, in an orange shirt and blue overalls, stand at a cafeteria table with Bart, who wears an orange shirt, and a boy in a white shirt with a brown hairdo. Nelson, in the foreground of the table scene, grins and raises a fist with a fork in it, then he shouts and waves both fists in the air. On the table sit trays with burgers, a cookie, and a book titled Professor Provolone's Pi-to-Puzzle! showing a cartoon professor asking 'What comes next?' Nelson then pulls the fork down and bangs his fist on the book, while Milhouse watches. Two pieces of paper are taped to the green wall behind them. > It's... > Yeah! > Champion of the world! > Answer this, Professor. > Hey, some of us are still trying to solve it. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/75492.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/79871 ## 1:25–1:36 Lisa Simpson, with her spiky star-shaped yellow hair and red dress, and Milhouse, with blue hair and red-rimmed glasses, sit at a cafeteria table with a small puzzle box in front of them. Lisa looks at the box and then turns to talk, mouth open, while Milhouse leans in with a smile and listens. The scene then shifts to Milhouse alone in the green-walled room with long tables, where he scowls and speaks, then grins with his arms crossed, tilts his head with a sly smile, and finally raises a hand to scratch his blue hair. On-screen credits appear over the scene, including 'Produced by David Silverman', 'Produced by Richard Sakai and Denise Sirkot', and 'Written by Ned Goldreyer'. > Just you. > Maybe I can't concentrate because of all your cooties. > It's called lice, and it's nothing to be ashamed of. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/86128.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/90924 ## 1:36–1:46 Springfield Elementary School stands empty at first, then a crowd of cheering students, including Bart on a skateboard, bursts out through its doors. The scene moves inside to a classroom where Lisa Simpson, in her red dress, sits alone at a desk while a bearded janitor in blue overalls runs a floor buffer between the rows of empty desks. Lisa rests her chin in her hand with a bored, sidelong look, and the on-screen credit "Directed by Susie Dietter" appears over the close-up. > Okay, let's see. > It's not Egyptian. > It's not Prince's names. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/97806.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/101768 ## 1:46–1:59 Lisa Simpson, with her spiky yellow hair and pearl necklace, and Ralph Wiggum, a blond boy in a blue shirt, are first seen at a school desk where Lisa studies a Professor Provolone's Picto-Puzzle booklet with the text 'What comes next?' while resting her chin on her hand. Ralph leans in beside her, grinning, then the two face each other as Lisa gestures and speaks to him while Ralph shrugs and looks pained, and she later sits looking unimpressed with her chin propped up. The scene then shifts to a classroom with a chalkboard, rows of empty desks, and a man with a red mustache in blue overalls standing near the door; Ralph walks across the room toward the front, and the man is seen again as Ralph walks back, while Lisa remains seated at her desk with the puzzle book and the man turns away toward the doorway. > Want a hint? > I don't need a hint, Ralph. But you're suffering. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/108025.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/113030 ## 1:59–2:04 Lisa Simpson, with star-shaped spiky hair and a red dress, sits alone at a desk in an empty classroom while a figure in a red cap and blue overalls appears in the doorway. Later, Lisa walks up the steps of Springfield Elementary School with a crowd of children and a woman in a green sweater, under the school's yellow sign. The scene ends with a yellow cartoon hand turning the numbered dial of a combination lock, moving through the numbers 0 to 35. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/120120.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/121788 ## 2:04–2:14 Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress and pearl necklace, stands at a row of blue school lockers, turning the combination dial with one hand while holding a brown bag and a green Elves lunch box. Beside her, Milhouse, the boy with blue hair, glasses and a pink shirt with a green backpack, stands in a school hallway under fluorescent lights and a purple door. Lisa keeps working the dial, glancing sideways and then back, while Milhouse shifts his stance, scratches his head and looks on, and in the final moments Lisa has her other hand on the locker door and her head turned toward him. > So, Lisa, did you get that brain teaser yet? > For your information, none of your business. > You look tired. > Are you tired, Lisa? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/125751.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/129296 ## 2:14–2:19 Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress and pearl necklace, stands at a row of blue lockers holding a book in one hand. She turns her head and glances over her shoulder with a scowl, then faces forward with a clenched-teeth, indignant expression and her mouth opening to speak. Her other hand rests against the locker door, and the blue lockers with metal handles fill the background. > If you're suggesting I stayed up all night trying to solve that childish puzzle... Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/135344.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/137012 ## 2:19–2:27 Lisa Simpson, in her red dress and pearl necklace, works at a row of blue lockers while holding books, first fiddling with a dial and then gesturing with both arms at the locker doors. She turns away, grimacing and clenching her teeth. Beside her, a heavy boy with a blue cap and red-rimmed glasses, who is not a regular cast member, stands near the purple locker. Later, the boy in a blue sweater and red pants, Ralph Wiggum, leans against the lockers, and Lisa stands beside him as he spins the dial of a locker while she glances over with a sullen expression. > You're right. > I can't remember my combination. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/140974.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/143894 ## 2:27–2:35 Lisa Simpson, in her red dress and pearl necklace, stands at a row of blue lockers in a school hallway beside Ralph Wiggum, a blond boy in a blue sweater and red pants. Ralph holds up a brown paper bag labeled "RALPH'S PROJECT" with red stains dripping from it while Lisa looks at it, then Lisa grows alarmed, pressing her hands to her cheeks with her mouth open in a shocked expression. Ralph grins and shows the bag to her, and blood-like red drips fall from the bottom of the bag as Lisa stares on, her eyes wide and mouth agape. > Look at my agriculture project. > It's a piece of a cow. > The project. I forgot all about it. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/149107.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/152027 ## 2:35–2:49 Mrs. Krabappel, a teacher with glasses and a tall brown hairdo in a white blouse with a red bow, stands in an orange-walled classroom with a notepad, first beside a diorama of green grass and a blue figure, then beside a small blond boy in a blue shirt who holds a pencil near a brown paper bag labeled "RALPH'S PROTECT...". She gestures toward the boy, then turns and walks past a blond girl in a teal shirt, while Lisa, with star-shaped spiky hair and a red dress, sits hunched over her desk as the teacher looks down at her. > Very nice, Janie. > Good use of pipe cleaners, Becky. > Don't open it, Ralph. I'll just give you a C-. > Yay! > Not finished, Lisa? I'm finished. > I just got to... There. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/157032.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/162663 ## 2:49–3:01 A brown-haired teacher with round glasses, a white blouse and a red bow stands before a chalkboard under an alphabet banner, frowning, then scribbling on a notepad while a yellow hand from the right holds out a red pig-shaped eraser with pushpin legs and a curly spring tail. Lisa, in a red dress and pearl necklace beside a September calendar, grins and gestures toward the same pig eraser, which she holds in her palm. The teacher alternates between crossing her arms with a grimace, writing notes, and standing with hands on hips while the pig eraser stays in view on the desk and the wall clock reads about 8:20. > It's a pig. It's an eraser with pushpins. > And a spring for his curly tail. > Oink, oink, oink. > This is terrible at best. I'm surprised at you, Lisa. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/170379.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/175384 ## 3:01–3:06 Lisa Simpson, with her spiky yellow hair, red dress and pearl necklace, sits at a school desk holding a pink eraser and a pencil while an unnamed woman with a brown bob, glasses and a white top sits in front of her, writing in a spiral notebook. Lisa's expression shifts from a sullen, eyes-half-closed look to wide-eyed surprise as she talks, and then the scene cuts to an unnamed older bald man in a green sweater and grey vest in a convenience store, clutching cans of beer and then stooping and turning away past shelves and a 'BUZZ' sign toward the back of the aisle, with a large beer bottle display marked 'Ho' at the right edge. > Me too. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/182683.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/183934 ## 3:06–3:18 Grampa, a wrinkled old man with white tufts of hair and a grey vest, walks into the Kwik-E-Mart carrying cups and a carton, passing the WELCOME mat and a Duff sign on his way to the counter. He gestures and talks while Apu, the shopkeeper behind the counter with the NO checks, credit cards, food stamps sign, grins and sets out more beers. Homer, in a white shirt and blue pants, then walks in from the right, leans on the counter beside Apu, and raises a hand as he talks. > What looks like somebody's Haagen-Dazs ice cream. > I should write this down. > More coming. > I'm looking for something in an after-dinner burrito. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/187479.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/192693 ## 3:18–3:29 Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart clerk in a green sweater, and Homer, the bald man in a white shirt, stand behind the store counter. Homer is first seen at a Log Jams display in the store and then at the counter, where Apu, with a finger raised, gestures at a Great White Hunter machine while the two of them talk. Homer then stands at the counter with a stack of ice cream cartons while Apu stands by, and Homer later holds the cartons in both arms. Apu then grins while holding up a novelty pen, and the last two frames show a close-up of the pen's clear barrel containing a tiny yellow figure in a black swimsuit. On-screen text includes the Strawberrito packaging reading 'Real Fruit Filling' and 'Artificially Flavored', 'Log Jams' on a box, 'Buzz Cola' and 'Jack Pot' signs, 'Great White Hunter' on a machine, and an 'EXIT' sign by the window. > You'll have it in 45 seconds, sir. > To pass the time, please enjoy this novelty pen. > Why would I want to look at a pen with a... Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/199991.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/204371 ## 3:29–3:43 Homer Simpson, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt, stands before a SNACK TREAT sign and red snack racks, handling a slim pen-like object and gesturing with it. He then moves to the counter of the Kwik-E-Mart, where Apu, in a green jacket, watches him while cartons of ice cream labeled COFFEE and ICE CREAM sit on the counter. Homer raises a finger and holds up the slender object, then a faint translucent figure fades over the scene before Homer is shown holding a blue-packaged item in front of the windows as Apu leans in. > Oh no! Her clothes are coming off! > Hey, you know who would love this? > Men. > Five, four, three, two, one... Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/211044.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/216466 ## 3:43–3:55 Homer Simpson, bald and wearing a white shirt, and Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart clerk in a green jacket, stand at the store counter beside a tall pile of ice cream tubs stained with drips and spills. Homer holds a stack of ice cream sandwich-style tubes and stares at them, while Apu gestures and talks, then turns away to walk past the freezer case of milk and bottles. Apu returns to the counter next to two ice cream containers labeled Ice Cream and CHOCOL, with Homer looking on. Apu then waves his hands in an agitated way at a large, pale, white-haired elderly customer in a grey suit seen from behind. Shelves of grocery items, a Kwik-E-Mart sign, and a sun-shaped poster are visible in the background. > Lift off! > Look at this mess. Where is that elderly old man? > Old man! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/224182.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/229187 ## 3:55–4:09 Homer, in his white shirt, and Apu, in his green sweater, stand in the aisle of the Kwik-E-Mart while a frost-covered, pale blue elderly man, who is frozen and has a white beard of frost, emerges from a glass freezer door. The frozen man stares wide-eyed and leans out of the freezer, and then he talks with Homer and Apu while Homer nods and gestures. Homer then holds up a white paper note and reads it closely, with his mouth moving and his eyes wide, as Apu watches from behind him, and shelves of bottles and cups line the background. > Hey! > Look! A freezer man! > Wait a minute. > There is a note. > I have frozen myself so I may live to see the wonders of the future. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/236278.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/242117 ## 4:09–4:18 Apu in a green shirt stands at the left and Homer in a white shirt holds a paper list at the right, both facing an elderly man with a long white beard, frost on his grey-green vest, and a hooked cane, as they stand before open doors of a frosted refrigerated display stocked with milk cartons and a tub of ice cream. The old man's eyes stay wide and his mouth stays open while a small sparkle flashes beside his head and he grips the cane. The scene then cuts to an exterior view of a two-story house at dusk with lit windows, a pink front door, a pink garage door, a small mailbox at the curb, and a fenced yard. > Dome out when robot wives are cheap and effective. > P.S. Please alter my pants as fashion dictates. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/250250.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/253795 ## 4:18–4:28 Lisa Simpson, wearing a red dress and a pearl necklace, sits on a blue bed in her pink bedroom playing a green saxophone, with a Jazz Fest poster and a framed portrait on the wall behind her. Homer Simpson, in a white shirt and blue jeans, peeks in from the doorway at the right, then leaves and walks down the pink hallway, where he stops at a wall picture, reaches toward it and then moves toward a red side table holding a potted plant and a white ball, before bouncing or hopping toward the arched door and pointing upward as the moment ends. > Now you're swinging, honey. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/259634.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/263805 ## 4:28–4:35 Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky yellow hair and a red dress with a pearl necklace, sits on a blue bed in her pink bedroom playing a green saxophone, eyes closed and cheeks puffed as she blows. She then grimaces and clutches her pearls, and the sax slips from her. Later she is seen standing behind the bed, scowling and holding her head, while the oversized green saxophone lies across the red rug in the foreground. A framed picture of a green dog and an elf hangs on the wall, a 'JAZZ FEST' poster is pinned beside the bed, and a lamp sits on the nightstand. > Darn it. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/270061.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/272355 ## 4:35–4:48 Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive and red bead necklace, cuts the hair of Grampa, a wrinkled old man with white tufts, in a kitchen while he sits in a white cape holding a purple hand mirror. Maggie watches from her high chair, clutching a brush, as Marge snips with scissors and combs his hair, and Grampa grimaces, gestures and talks, first with his eyes open and then with them closed. The scene ends in a close-up of Marge leaning in to trim the white tufts on his head with scissors and comb. > Oh, no, no, no. > The George Raft look is dead. I want an Audie Murphy. > If you would just apologize to Louie, you could get your hair cut the way you want. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/276943.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/281948 ## 4:48–4:56 Marge, with her tall blue beehive and green dress, cuts the hair of Grampa, a wrinkled old man in a white robe, while he holds up a hand mirror in a bright kitchen with orange cabinets and a checkered floor. Grampa grimaces and then smiles as Marge snips with scissors and raises a comb, and Lisa, in a red dress and pearl necklace, walks in from the left and watches. Maggie, in blue with a bow, sits in a high chair at the right holding a brush, and the scene ends on a close-up of Lisa, first looking down with a pained expression and then speaking with a hand gesture. > No apology. Not until he admits he's a jerk. > Mom, I think something's wrong with me. I can't do anything right lately. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/289247.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/292375 ## 4:56–5:06 Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive and green dress with a red bead necklace, stands in a kitchen with purple cabinets and a ceiling light, cutting the hair of Homer Simpson, who is seen from behind with his bald head and stubble. Marge holds a pair of scissors in one hand and a black comb in the other, clipping at the back of his head while her expression shifts from grimacing and clenched-teeth to wide-eyed talking. Her scissors and comb move back and forth across Homer's head as she works, and in the final moments she opens her mouth as if speaking while continuing to snip. > You're just having a bad day. I had one last week. > I burned the roast, my cake fell, and I ran out of butter, > so I had to spray the English muffins with Pam. > Maybe you're just a lousy cook. Ow! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/297798.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/301343 ## 5:06–5:19 Grampa, the wrinkled old man with white tufts of hair, sits in a white bathrobe holding a purple hand mirror while Lisa, in her red dress and pearl necklace, stands beside him in a kitchen with a microwave and pink utensils on the wall. He raises a hand to his head, then later sits in a pink sweater and grey trousers on a wooden chair beside a bed, rubbing his chin and gesturing as Lisa looks up at him with a worried expression. Marge's tall blue beehive is partly visible behind them in the early moments, and the scene ends with Grampa laughing with his mouth open as Lisa keeps looking up at him. > I'll go get the back ting. It can't just be a bad day. > I feel like I'm getting dumber by the minute. > Oh, ain't no big deal. > All Simpsons start to lose their smarts around your age. > What are you talking about? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/307182.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/313021 ## 5:19–5:29 Lisa, the spiky-haired girl in a red dress and pearl necklace, and Grampa, the wrinkled old man with white tufts of hair in a pink sweater, first stand in the kitchen beside a table, with Maggie in a blue bow visible at the right edge. Grampa then leads Lisa up into a dim attic with blue walls and exposed rafters, where they lean over a purple chest, and he lifts a framed photo labeled "FIRST GRADE SPELLING BEE" showing a boy with a trophy, captioned "HOMER, AGE 6." > Well, I'll show you. Follow me. > Wow, Dad was a good speller? > Oh, your dad used to be smart as a monkey. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/320946.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/324491 ## 5:29–5:42 Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair and a red dress, stands beside Grampa, the wrinkled old man with white tufts of hair, in a pink sweater and glasses, holding a purple folder in a dark blue attic with exposed rafters and a hanging bulb. Grampa speaks, grins and turns his gaze while Lisa's eyes roll and her mouth opens, and her hand rests at his side as he keeps reading the folder. The scene then cuts to a cardboard box labeled Bart on a blue wooden floor beside a Mansfield Apples sign and a string of green lights, where Grampa's yellow hands tear open the box's flaps and pull out a stack of papers and drop them inside. > Then his mind started getting lazy, and now he's dumb as a chimp. > Grandpa! > Hey, I am too. And your brother's coming along nicely. > Look at Bart's homework. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/330121.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/335961 ## 5:42–5:56 Lisa stands beside Grampa, who sits on a couch in a blue-walled room with a lamp and a partly visible sign reading NUKES, while he holds a stack of papers. The papers are Bart Simpson's report cards, with a red smiley and "Great Work!" on the Grade 2 sheet, and Grampa thumbs through them, grimacing, grinning and laughing while Lisa watches. He flips to a Grade 3 sheet with a frowning face and then a skull-and-crossbones page, with a window and a purple chest visible beside him. > Back when he was your age, he was smart as a chimp. > This is just two years ago. > That's right. > Then the Simpson genes kicked in. > This is crazy. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/343885.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/349516 ## 5:56–5:59 Lisa, in her red dress and pearl necklace, and Grampa, a wrinkled old man with white tufts of hair, pink sweater and glasses, are in a blue-paneled room with a pink lamp, a stool and a red NUKES poster. Lisa sits on Grampa's lap, gesturing with her hands, then he stands up with a suitcase beside him while she stands with her head lowered. She turns and gestures as she talks, and Grampa moves out of the way, leaving her alone looking to the side. > Just because you and Dad and Bart went downhill doesn't mean it's gonna happen to me. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/357232.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/357858 ## 5:59–6:08 Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress, stands with her back to the viewer in a blue-walled attic full of boxes, a lamp and a dresser. Homer, the bald heavy man in a pink sweater and grey pants, first climbs up from a trapdoor in the floor, stepping out and walking across the room, then drops back down into the open hatch. He then pops his head up out of the hatch with a worried look, and his hands grip the edges as he rises into view. Finally he sinks back down until only his head and hands show before he disappears entirely, leaving the open hatch and Lisa still standing in place. > Does it? > Sure. > But it doesn't mean you can't live a long and pointless life. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/360360.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/363905 ## 6:08–6:17 Lisa Simpson, the girl with spiky star-shaped hair in a red dress and pearl necklace, first walks across a dim attic with blue walls, cardboard boxes, and a green-shaded lamp, then stops and glances to the side. The screen fades to black, and the scene shifts to her pink bedroom, where she sits at a lilac desk writing in an open book beside a small orange lamp, her reflection visible in an oval mirror above it. Her blue bed, yellow curtained window, and bookshelf remain in view as she keeps writing. > Dear Log, can it be true? Do all Simpsons go through a process of dumbening? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/369327.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/372873 ## 6:17–6:28 Lisa, in a red dress and pearl necklace, sits at a vanity writing in a diary with a pencil while her reflection in a purple oval mirror crosses its eyes, grimaces, shuts its eyes and opens its mouth, with a green figure on a shelf behind her. She then looks up at her reflection, and a close view shows her hand with a pink eraser rubbing out handwriting that reads "Dear Log" and "Can it be true?" as crumbs fly off the page. > Wait, that's not how you spell dumbening. > Wait, dumbening isn't even a word. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/378295.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/382674 ## 6:28–6:41 Lisa Simpson, with star-shaped spiky hair and a red dress and pearl necklace, sits at a purple vanity writing in a notebook with a pencil while looking at her reflection in the round mirror, her expression shifting from worried to determined. In the mirror and the room beyond, a pink-walled hallway shows Homer, bald with stubble in a white shirt and blue pants, slumping onto the floor, then sitting beside Bart, who wears an orange shirt, and both wearing grey buckets on their heads, while Lisa keeps scribbling. Notable objects include a small green figure on a shelf, a blue suitcase tipped against the dresser, a hairbrush on the vanity, and bookshelves full of books, a globe, a boombox and a potted plant. > I've got to find out more. > That makes 22 to 16. > Time is running out. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/389347.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/394769 ## 6:41–6:53 Lisa Simpson, in her red dress and pearl necklace, is examined by a doctor in a white coat with a stethoscope, who is not named in the who's-who. The scene opens outside a brick building whose sign reads "DR. JULIUS HIBBERT, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE," with a pink bicycle with a basket parked on the lawn. Inside the exam room, the doctor gestures and talks while Lisa looks up at him, then he steps to a film projector and claps his hands while Lisa sits on the exam table, after which he walks toward the door holding a small orange object. > So you're worried about your jeans, huh? > Well, does it hurt when you go like this? > No. > Then will you turn this projector on for me? > I think the film should answer all your questions. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/402277.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/407282 ## 6:53–7:06 Lisa sits on a blue couch in a kitchen beside a film projector as a man in a white lab coat walks in through the doorway. The projector screen shows the title cards "MED-FILMS PRESENTS" and "SOMEONE'S IN THE KITCHEN WITH DNA!", then cuts to a hospital room where a red-haired woman in bed holds a baby while a heavy man in a blue suit holding a green snack stands nearby. The scene ends on a red backdrop with a mustached man in a tie and a woman in a green cheongsam standing beside a large group of their children. > Have you ever wondered why fat parents have fat children? > Or why Chinese parents have Chinese children? > It's no coincidence. It's because of D-N-A. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/414581.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/419794 ## 7:06–7:20 Troy McClure, an actor with swept-back reddish hair, stands in the centre of a lab in an orange hazmat suit, and a second worker in a similar suit with a clear visor works at the lab bench on the left, holding a test tube and then handling petri dishes. Large black letters reading "D.N." and then "D.N.A." appear over the room while Troy raises a finger and points upward. Troy then lifts a clear helmet over his head with both hands, lowers it to his chest, and holds it there as a third suited worker walks toward the back of the room, with a fire extinguisher on the wall and green residue spilled on the counter. > Hi, I'm Troy McClure. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/427093.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/433141 ## 7:20–7:27 Troy McClure, a man with swept-back reddish hair, a white shirt, pink tie and orange-red jumpsuit with a grey collar, holds a clear blue beaker in a lab with blue cabinets, test tubes and pipes. He gazes sideways, lifts a corrugated hose, grins and gestures with his free hand, then smirks with eyes half-closed before turning to gesture toward a machine with a cylindrical drum and red buttons. No on-screen text is visible. > You may remember me from such medical films as Alice Doesn't Live Anymore. > And Mommy, What's Wrong With That Man's Face? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/441066.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/443777 ## 7:27–7:35 Troy McClure, the actor with swept-back reddish hair, wearing an orange jumpsuit, white shirt and pink tie, stands in a lab beside a blue machine stacked with discs and dials, holding a clear container and gesturing with a white-gloved hand. He talks, raises a gloved hand to his chin, then rests his hand on the head of a young boy with blue hair, a green shirt and red shorts, and walks off to the left, pulling the boy along by the arm until he exits to the right and only the machine remains. > But Mr. McClure, what is DNA? > What the? Oh, hi, Billy. > Let's find out together. DNA is God's recipe for making you. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/448573.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/451284 ## 7:35–7:43 A brown-haired man in an orange lab jumpsuit with a red tie, and a blue-haired boy in a green shirt, likely Milhouse, stand in a laboratory with shelves of glowing green, pink, and yellow flasks, beakers labeled "Dad" and "Mom", and a stand holding a light-blue beaker. As the man speaks, the scene shifts into a series of overlays where heads appear inside flasks and test tubes, and the boy's head turns up beside him. The man then raises a hand and waves while wearing a white chef's hat printed with "GOD". > You take a dash of Dad, a pinch of Mom, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/456081.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/459209 ## 7:43–7:51 Troy McClure, wearing a white chef's hat marked GOD over an orange jumpsuit, red tie and apron, stands at a lab bench beside Milhouse, who has blue hair and glasses. He lifts a flask labeled Dad and then pours from a beaker labeled Mom into a blue beaker holding a pink cake-like mass on a stand. He stirs the mixture with a spoon, then raises a glass rod with a pink drop and points upward with his free hand while speaking, and the pink flasks and beakers stay on the bench. > then we bake for nine months and... Mmm, that's good Billy. > Mr. McClure, what does DNA stand for? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/464422.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/467342 ## 7:51–8:04 Milhouse, with blue hair and a green shirt, stands in a room with grey cabinets, gesturing and speaking with wide eyes in the first three images. A stout man in a white lab coat with a stethoscope, a bald-ish figure with short dark hair who resembles Carl's build but is a one-off doctor, stands by a doorway and then talks with Lisa, who sits on a blue bed in a red dress and pearl necklace, before he turns toward a film projector. Across the sequence Milhouse fades to a shot of a man in a white paper hat reading GOD, an orange jacket and red tie, then the screen goes to a black-bordered title card reading THE END, shown twice. A film projector with reels sits on a metal stand beside a blue cabinet with jars, and Lisa's scene is lit by its beam in one image. > That didn't answer anything. > I need more information. > Would you like to see it again? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/472555.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/477978 ## 8:04–8:17 Lisa Simpson, in her red dress and pearl necklace, sits on an examination table in a clinic room with a sink, cabinets and folded towels while a heavy, bald-patched doctor in a white coat with a stethoscope stands beside her. Lisa fidgets, looks up with wide eyes and shrugs, and the doctor grins, rubs his chin in thought, then looks worried before pointing at her and laughing. No on-screen text is visible. > Isn't there any way I can change my DNA like sitting on the microwave? > Not according to any movie I've ever seen. > I'm afraid you're stuck with your genes, Lisa. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/485485.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/490907 ## 8:17–8:28 Lisa, with her star-shaped spiky hair and a pearl necklace, looks worried in a close-up beside a light switch and a blue window. The scene then moves to a freezer case where a frozen old man with white tufts of hair, who may be Grampa, is encased in frost behind the glass. Lenny, in a white lab coat with a stethoscope, walks out through glass doors and waves, then approaches the freezer and taps the glass as cold mist puffs out, while Chief Wiggum in his blue uniform and Apu in a green jacket watch beside it. Frost-covered shelves and drink containers are visible inside the store. > Hi, frozen Bobby. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/498415.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/502585 ## 8:28–8:34 A doctor with black slicked-back hair, a goatee, a white coat and a pink tie listens with a stethoscope pressed to the chest of a pale, wrinkled old man with a long white beard and a green vest, who stands behind him against a blue wall. The doctor's eyes dart around as he listens, his mouth opens and closes as he speaks, and he then breaks into a wide grin while the old man keeps staring wide-eyed with his mouth slightly open. A pink-and-white cabinet or shelf sits at the left edge of the room. > Hmm, he's got a lob, but I don't hear a dub. > Oh, there it is. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/509050.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/511553 ## 8:34–8:48 Chief Wiggum, a heavyset police officer in a blue cap, holds a rolled paper while talking to Apu, who wears a green shirt, as a frost-covered old man with a long white beard stands watching at the left. Wiggum gestures and talks, then Apu points and listens, and Wiggum's mouth opens and closes as he speaks. The scene then changes to a man in a white lab coat with a mustache and goatee gesturing beside the frozen old man in front of a glass freezer door, first speaking, then looking wide-eyed and alarmed, and finally closing his eyes. > Yeah, lucky he's still alive. > This freezer is an attractive nuisance. Just look at all that ice cream. > Damn near irresistible. > Well, we better leave him in there. Moving him now could kill him and tire us out. > Check it out. A freezer geezer. Please, young customers, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/515932.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/521563 ## 8:48–8:59 Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart owner in a green jacket, stands among aisles and freezer cases with Chief Wiggum, a man in a white coat, and a frost-covered old man with a white beard standing inside an open freezer. Apu gestures with open hands and then points at a group of kids, including Nelson in a blue vest and pink shirt, a boy in a purple beanie and skull T-shirt, and a red-haired girl sipping a pink slushie. Nelson grins and holds out a dollar bill toward Apu while the kids crowd together in the store. > ignore the frozen gentleman and return to your impulse buying. > Ah, but we want to stare at the eyes, dude. > We'll give you a buck. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/529487.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/533867 ## 8:59–9:12 Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart owner in a green jacket and black shirt, waves his hands in front of store freezers while a pale blue-skinned old man with a long white beard stands behind him. A group of kids then crowds the counter: a chubby boy in a pink shirt and blue shorts holds out coins, a kid in a purple beanie and skull shirt points, and a girl sips a slushie as Apu scowls at them. The scene ends outside at the Freak-E-Mart storefront, where Apu stands before a red curtain shouting into a red megaphone under a banner reading FREAK-E-MART, with signs advertising a Siamese hot dog and a rubber check. > No, this is a convenience store. Not a freak show. > $1.20? > Come one, come all. > See the amazing frozen man. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/540540.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/545754 ## 9:12–9:22 Apu, the heavy man in a green jacket and white pants, stands on a sidewalk in front of the Kwik-E-Mart with a red balloon, puffing and inflating it while a thin, stooped old man in a brown suit with grey hair at the sides, a boy with blue hair on a small bike, a woman with a tall hairdo and a girl in a pink top and blue shorts look on. The crowd drifts across the parking lot as Apu keeps blowing up the balloon and then holds it up. The scene cuts to a notebook page on a purple background, where a hand with a blue pencil writes the words "Dear Lo". > Also, gaze at the frito found in a bag of Doritos. > Marvel at the floor that just won't come clean. > Dear Log, my worst fears have been confirmed. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/553261.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/557223 ## 9:22–9:33 Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress and a string of pearls, sits at a purple desk in her pink bedroom, chin resting on one hand while she writes in an open notebook with a pen. Her eyes drift upward and she pauses, gazing thoughtfully and sometimes looking weary before resuming writing. A red table lamp sits on a purple dresser with teal drawers beside her, and a yellow curtain hangs at a window showing a purple car outside. In the final frames, a boy with a blue shirt and red pants, who looks like Ralph Wiggum, appears at the window beside a blue mailbox with a red flag and stands by the purple car. > I've hit my mental and creative peak at the tender age of eight. > What will my life be like after I descend into mediocrity? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/563063.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/567859 ## 9:33–9:46 Ralph, a chubby boy with bowl-cut blond hair in a grey shirt and red belt, stands beside a blue mailbox with a red flag on a wooden post, first raising the flag, then gazing up with wide eyes, grinning with his eyes shut, and finally leaning in with a lazy smirk. Lisa, with spiky hair, a red dress and a pearl necklace, sits at a desk behind pink curtains in a window, writing with a pencil in a notebook, glancing up, then half-closing her eyes, and looking down to keep writing. Houses with red and purple roofs line the street behind them. > Well, Ralph seems happy enough. > Maybe I should just give up now and settle into a mindless happy stupor. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/574741.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/579954 ## 9:46–9:59 Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair, red dress and pearl necklace, stands on a staircase in the Simpson home, gripping the banister. In the early frames she looks down the stairs toward a small television set in a doorway. She then climbs upward, and later the scene shifts to a wider view of her walking up the staircase past framed portraits, with a grandfather clock and a potted plant below. At the end she stands at the top of the stairs wearing glasses, holding the rail, and her mouth opens in a wide shout while her eyes are squeezed shut before she turns to look sideways with a tense expression. Notable objects include the television, a round mirror, a small side table, and the dark purple walls. > We now return to When Buildings Collapse! > On Non-Stop Fox! > Yay! > Yeah! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/587253.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/592884 ## 9:59–10:11 Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress and pearl necklace, climbs the stairs of the house, passes framed family portraits on the wall, then peeks around a corner into the living room. Homer, the bald heavy man in a white shirt, sits on the blue couch in front of a small television showing a city skyline, with Bart, the boy with spiky hair in an orange shirt, beside him. Lisa steps into the living room and stands watching them, and then Homer and Bart sit on the couch staring at the television, with Homer's eyes narrowing and closing as he slumps. The dim purple room has a potted plant, a pink lamp, and a telephone on a side table. > Hey, Elise, want to join us? Room for one more. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/600809.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/605396 ## 10:11–10:23 Homer, Bart and Lisa sit on the blue couch in the living room, with Bart on the left and Lisa at first standing by the doorway, then joining the couch on the right, all watching a television on a stand with the words "WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE" over a city skyline. The scene shifts to a close view from behind the family as they face the TV, with Homer's bald head in the middle and Bart and Lisa's spiky hair at the edges, and the camera-like view pulls back to show the set and its on-screen text. Notable objects include a sailboat picture on the wall, a blue lamp, a potted plant, and purple curtains. > We're watching the TV. > Man has always loved his buildings. > But what happens when the buildings say no more? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/612278.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/617492 ## 10:23–10:34 Homer, Bart and Lisa sit together on their blue couch, with Homer laughing and holding his belly while Bart cackles with his arms raised and Lisa looks bored. Outside, a frail, stooped old man with grey hair at the sides, a cane in hand, walks past the Old Printers' Home building, and a thin man in a blue coat stands at its doorway as the building is blown up in a cloud of dust and debris. A shot-by-shot scene shows the family returning to the couch as a Leaning Tower of Pizza sign is hit by a dust explosion. > Ha-ha! > Woo-hoo! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/624582.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/629170 ## 10:34–10:46 Homer, Bart and Lisa sit side by side on the blue living room couch, with Homer in the middle. The scene opens on a cartoon building labeled SOCIETY OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, perched on a cliff on stilts, which tips over and falls in a cloud of dark smoke. Then the view shifts to a purple-roofed castle on a cliff with a sign reading THE HOUSE OF USHER, which bursts into a yellow and white explosion and is swallowed by billowing grey smoke. Meanwhile on the couch, Bart and Homer cheer with arms raised and mouths open, while Lisa looks on with eyes half-closed, and later Bart sits calmly while Homer slumps back and smiles faintly. > Oh! > I didn't think it was gonna follow. > Yay! > Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo! > The best part was when the buildings fell down. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/635844.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/640431 ## 10:46–10:56 Bart and Homer sit together on a blue couch beside a pink lamp, Bart grinning and then talking while Homer smiles and listens. Lisa, in her red dress and pearl necklace, then sits beside them, first laughing with her eyes shut and then turning to look up at Homer. Homer leans in to talk to Lisa, and then he laughs with his eyes squeezed shut and his mouth wide open. Lisa stares up at him, and the scene ends with Homer talking to her again with a wide-eyed expression. > Yeah. > Maybe people got hurt. > Hey, yeah. And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/647313.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/651484 ## 10:56–11:07 Homer Simpson sits in the middle of a blue couch in the living room, holding a remote control, flanked by Bart on the left in his orange shirt and Lisa on the right in her red dress and pearl necklace. The scene opens on a TV screen showing an "EDITORIAL REPLY" title card over a fight between a grey-haired old man and a green-sweater man with a moustache, with cursing symbols floating above them. Back on the couch, Homer looks at the remote and then at the TV while the kids stare ahead, and he shifts and clutches the remote against his chest as he grins. In the last frames, Lisa turns her head toward the viewer and raises her fist and speaks, with Bart and Homer watching the screen. > Boring. > And now, when surgery goes wrong. > All right, sounds good. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/657949.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/662328 ## 11:07–11:18 Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart proprietor in a green jacket, stands behind a red-draped table at a stall under a 'Dead Presidents' banner, presenting 'The Can of Mystery' (a plain metal can with a sign on it). In the opening frames Homer, Bart and Lisa are seen seated together in front of a blue wall and window, Lisa resting her cheek on her hand. The scene then cuts to the storefront of the Freak-E-Mart with a line of townspeople waiting outside, including Mr. Burns' assistant-like figure and a bald man in a hat. Inside the store, Apu gestures animatedly toward the crowd, including Mr. Burns, Patty and Selma, Marge, Milhouse and a dark-skinned man in a pink sweater, while Apu holds up a hand and gestures toward the can. Apu then gestures and touches his head beside the can, with a 'Dead Presidents' banner above the stall. > Behold the can of mystery. > The label vanished many years ago. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/669002.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/673381 ## 11:18–11:29 Apu, in a green vest and white pants, gestures beside a sign reading "Haunted Cash Machine: Dispenses Images of Dead Presidents" while a woman in green stands at left and a curly-haired woman in a pink shirt and blue shorts watches on the right. Otto, in a pink shirt, orange cap and headphones, points at a metal canister on a red-draped table as the tall-haired woman with a pink bow and the baby in a purple hat look on, and then Ned Flanders in his green sweater and glasses stands with a curly-red-haired kid by the store shelves. > What strange wonders lie inside? Treasure? > Dog food? > Something man is not meant to know. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/680054.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/684225 ## 11:29–11:40 Ned Flanders, with his moustache, glasses and green sweater, hugs two curly-haired children, one with dark red hair and one with auburn hair, while a third child in a brown hat peeks over them. The scene opens on a blue backdrop with a sign reading 'THE OFFENSIVE BASEBALL CAP, DO YOU DARE READ IT?' above a lime-green cap on a grey stand that says 'SHOW ME', and a huge black open mouth with yellow lips looms in and engulfs it. The action then moves to a convenience store with a 'NUKE' sign, a 'SQUISHY' drink cup and a register with 'GIVE' buttons, where a brown-bobbed woman in a green sweater stands at the left edge. > Show me your tie! > It says show me your tie. It's cute. Come on, let's go. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/690899.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/694861 ## 11:40–11:52 Grampa, the wrinkled old man with white tufts of hair, stands in a pink sweater and grey trousers at the Kwik-E-Mart, gesturing with one arm outward near a glass freezer case with a 'Behold Frostillicus' banner and a Viking-costumed figure with a round shield inside. Behind the counter a blue-beehived woman and a man with glasses watch, and other shoppers stand around the aisles. Grampa's expression shifts over the sequence from a calm, talking look to a wide-eyed, grimacing face, then a mouth-open shout as he raises a fist, and finally a return to a sideways, unimpressed stare toward the freezer case. > Me and Frostelicus go back a long way. > I used to share a bathroom with Frostelicus. > In fact, I got a real funny story about that. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/701326.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/706331 ## 11:52–12:03 Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart clerk with dark blue-grey hair and a green shirt, stands counting a fan of cash and grinning in front of stacked Duff Beer cartons and a Duff Beer sign. Beside the displays, a bespectacled, moustached man in a pink sweater watches, and a large grey-skinned man in a red horned Viking helmet stands nearby, with a cashier's till and aisle visible through a glass partition. Apu's eyes widen and his expression turns sharp as the scene cuts to a close-up of his face, then ends on a white-cuffed sleeve dripping with frost-like icicles. > Actually, it's not so much funny as it is long. > It seems that there was this... What a goldmine. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/713421.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/718009 ## 12:03–12:15 Apu, with grey hair and a green sweater, counts a fan of cash in front of a Duff Beer sign, then turns a wall thermostat dial pointed at COLD and glances at it before counting bills again beside a poster with the word "Proof!" Afterward Homer, in a white shirt and blue pants, sits on a maroon couch between Bart in an orange shirt and Lisa in her red dress, rubbing his belly and grinning as he leans forward with his hands on his knees while the two kids slump beside him. > Oh, my goodness. > Boy, seeing that stomach surgery made me hungry. > Marge, we need 5,000 cc's of snacks. Stat! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/724682.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/729479 ## 12:15–12:29 Homer, Bart and Lisa sit side by side on a maroon couch in a pink living room, with Bart leaning against Homer's arm. Marge, with her tall blue beehive and green oven mitt, stands in the archway holding a spatula and speaking to them. Homer's eyes widen and he clasps his face in alarm while Lisa slumps, chin in hand, and Bart's eyes go wide. Lisa then turns to look ahead with a worried, grimacing expression, her hands clasped near her mouth as she grows more anxious. A framed picture hangs on the wall above them. > No snacks! Dinner will be ready in three minutes! > Aww! > If she started dinner three minutes earlier, we wouldn't be in this mess. > Relax, Lee. Stat and I always have a plan B. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/736361.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/742200 ## 12:29–12:41 Homer, Bart, and Lisa are in the pink living room with a striped oval rug, a red couch, and a lamp. Homer lifts a dark red couch cushion, and a pile of squashed, melted candy bars spills onto the rug, many wrapped in Krusty Bar and Hot Candy wrappers. Homer and Bart crawl across the rug scooping up the candy, with Homer eating one as Lisa stands watching, and then Lisa talks with raised hands while Homer and Bart look on beside the messy pile. > Cranny, huh? > But those candy bars are all squished and melted. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/750333.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/755129 ## 12:41–12:52 Bart and Homer, both crawling on hands and knees on a rainbow-striped rug in the living room, are eating a red chocolate-covered candy snack that has been torn open and scattered across the rug, leaving smeared brown chocolate on their mouths and faces. Bart and Homer gobble and stare wide-eyed, Homer grinning and pulling a piece toward his mouth before both freeze in alarm, with Homer clutching his chest and Bart shaking his head. Homer then sits with his mouth stained brown and wide open in a panicked expression, and Lisa, in her red dress and pearl necklace, stands beside a pink lamp with a lidded, unimpressed look as her eyes slide sideways. > What? > Come on, Easter. > Join your family. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/762428.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/767016 ## 12:52–12:56 Homer, Bart and Lisa are gathered on a striped rug, with Bart and Homer on their hands and knees beside a pile of red candy pieces with white tips. Lisa, in her red dress and pearl necklace, leans in and picks up a red piece while the others watch, and Bart and Homer have dark brown smears around their mouths. The scene then moves to a pink room where Bart and Homer are still smeared with brown, and Lisa sits with her back to the viewer, eating a red piece of candy. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/773690.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/774315 ## 12:56–13:03 Lisa Simpson, in her red dress and pearl necklace, stands in the pink living room beside Homer and Bart, with a pile of chocolate-covered cookies on the rug in front of her. Homer reaches over holding a cookie, and Lisa looks uneasy while nibbling and holding one up near her mouth, as the scene blurs and shifts into a swirling, distorted transition. Later, Lisa in the blue flowered dress, Grampa, Maggie and other Simpson-like figures sit cramped around a small television in a cluttered room with a pink flamingo lamp and a framed portrait on the wall, Lisa scowling and clutching a cookie while others look on. > Quit it. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/777026.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/779946 ## 13:03–13:11 A large woman in a teal floral dress and pearl necklace sits on a couch in a cluttered living room, with a pink flamingo beside the blue sofa and a framed portrait on the wall. Spiky-haired children gather around an old television set on a small stand: a girl in a white top holds a baby in a green shirt who sticks out his tongue, while a bald, stubbled man on the floor looks up and a small girl in a purple outfit sits nearby. Over the frames the woman's head turns and her mouth opens and closes as she grimaces and leans forward toward the TV, while the children shift around her and the view stays fixed on the room. > You kids knock it off. Mama's watching her stories. > Hi, honey. It's me, your husband, Ralph. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/784742.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/787453 ## 13:11–13:23 A spiky-haired girl in a teal dress with pink flowers and a pearl necklace lies in a netted hammock beside an open louvered window while a boy in a red-and-white striped propeller cap and maroon vest stands nearby. The boy gestures to his chest and grins as she lifts a hand toward her mouth, chews something, then grimaces, talks, and smiles with her mouth open. The bright room has a wall lamp, wood paneling, and a view of a green tree and blue sky outside the window. > Hey, Angel Pie, can you drive me down the library? > I want to rent us up some movies. > Wesley, get Mama's prying bar. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/792458.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/797672 ## 13:23–13:34 A small spiky-haired boy in a white shirt and blue jeans, a one-off character, stands beside a wooden hammock in a living room, where a heavily pregnant woman with spiky yellow hair in a teal flowered dress lies while a man in a red-and-white cap and maroon overalls steadies one end of the frame. The boy raises a wooden paddle and works it under the hammock, and the woman's weight shifts as the hammock tips and she tumbles out onto the green carpet, with a white pillow flying through the air. Afterward she lies sprawled on the floor beside the hammock, the boy holds the paddle, and the man watches, with a purple table holding a pink-ribbon gift box and a lamp on the wall behind them. > Easy does it now. Easy. > Little more. > Get right back to the spot. > I'll get your coat. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/804971.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/809350 ## 13:34–13:42 Homer, Lisa and Bart are in the pink living room, with Homer and Bart kneeling on a rug beside a pile of red-wrapped chocolate candies and spilled chocolate. Lisa stands between them holding a half-eaten red-wrapped candy, then gestures with her hands, shouts with her eyes squeezed shut, and points at Homer, whose mouth and chin are smeared with chocolate as he stares ahead. The scene ends with Bart crawling away across the rug while Homer looks on and Lisa turns toward the archway, with a red fire extinguisher, a lamp and a small wall decoration visible in the room. > No. > Know what? I don't want to turn out that way. > What way, Angel Pie? > Like you. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/815606.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/818526 ## 13:42–13:55 Homer, a bald, heavy man in a white shirt, and Bart, a spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, crouch on a multicolored oval rug in a pink living room, both with messy mouths as they eat red chunks scattered on the rug. The scene then shifts through a black screen to a pink staircase hallway with a chandelier and framed pictures, and then to Marge, with a tall blue beehive and a green dress with red beads, sitting at a table beside Homer while she holds a small bowl. Marge lifts a red food to her mouth, chews, and glances around while Homer's head sits at the edge of the view. > Lisa, come on! > Your tomato soup is getting her skin on top. > Fine. She doesn't get her skin. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/823531.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/828953 ## 13:55–14:07 Homer and Bart Simpson sit at the kitchen table in front of a red flower vase on a purple-and-blue sideboard, each with a bowl of red soup and a spoon. Homer, in a white shirt, gestures with one hand and later holds up a dripping red glob on his spoon while grimacing, then raises his arm and looks sideways. Bart, in an orange shirt, sits with a scowling expression, moves his hands and spoon, and eventually sits alone at the table, pulling a white napkin from the table and holding it up to his chest while looking uneasy. Marge, with her tall blue beehive and red bead necklace, appears in a close-up, talking with her mouth open, before the scene returns to Bart at the table. > Lisa insulted us, Mom. She thinks she is so great. > I'll dance on her grave. Bart! > What? > Oh, napkin, right. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/836669.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/841257 ## 14:07–14:16 Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress and pearl necklace, stands at a purple oval mirror in her bedroom, her reflection showing her in front of a teal desk with a pencil. Across the frames she rests her chin on her hand with a bored, drowsy expression, eyes half-closed, while her reflection mirrors her. Bookshelves, a brown door, and a small green figurine on a shelf are visible, and in the last frames Lisa turns her back to the viewer as a dark briefcase sits on the desk. > Dear log, it won't be long now before my mind melts into a soft, simpson-y sludge. > Soon, the arts and literature I love will be replaced by talk radio and vulgar mudflaps. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/848139.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/851684 ## 14:16–14:25 Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress and pearl necklace, stands in her bedroom holding a pencil and faces a mirror where her reflection stands with a hand to her chin and a pensive look. The reflection's expression shifts to a frown and then to wide-eyed concentration, and the reflection is later seen with a hand at her chin again. Then the girl in the red dress walks away across the teal carpet toward the arched doorway, and finally the reflected girl, wearing an orange dress, is shown walking out of the room. The bedroom contains a pink dresser, a blue bookshelf holding books, a toy bear, a small house and a green figure, a dark wooden chest, and a red rug. > It's time to give my brain its last meal. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/857315.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/860651 ## 14:25–14:38 Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress, stands in a gallery before a large purple abstract painting, with a bronze statue of a nude man with one arm raised nearby, while a uniformed security guard in a red jacket and cap reading SECURITY and purple glasses walks in from the right. Lisa looks up at the painting, then raises her arms in excitement as the guard stands beside her and gestures, first with a fist and then by pointing a finger. The guard's cap, the painting's bright red, yellow and black shapes, and the gallery's wooden floor and rope barrier stay in view throughout. > Oh, Kenny, look at the interplay of light and shadow. > It's so luminous and vibrant. > Oh, thanks, Lisa. I painted that one. > The real one's in my garage. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/866282.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/872121 ## 14:38–14:45 Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair and a red dress, first stands in front of a purple abstract painting with her eyes squeezed shut, then opens them wide and gasps in alarm. The scene moves to The Jazz Hole, a teal club with a pink neon sign and a bottle and litter on the sidewalk outside, where patrons sit at small round tables and a bartender works behind the counter. Inside, a woman in a teal dress with a red sash plays violin on a lit stage, and Lisa, seated at a table with her chin propped on her hand and a water glass in front of her, stares at the performer. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/880046.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/882131 ## 14:45–14:55 Lisa Simpson, with star-shaped spiky hair, red dress and pearl necklace, sits at a bar table with her chin resting on her hands, while a man with swept-back light brown hair, glasses, a green sweater and red tie sits beside her with his arms crossed. Lisa looks sideways, then turns to speak and gestures with an outstretched hand toward him while he listens with a sour, skeptical expression, and at one point he opens his mouth to reply before settling back into a wary frown. The scene takes place in a bar with pink booth seating, small round tables, two water glasses and a red cup on the table. > Hmm, sounds like she's hitting a baby with a cat. > You have to listen to the notes she's not playing. > I can do that at home. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/886511.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/890473 ## 14:55–15:07 Apu, in a green jacket and white pants, sweeps litter across the floor of the Kwik-E-Mart while a heavy man in a white cowboy hat and tan jacket, carrying a briefcase, walks in through the glass doors and approaches him. The man stops beside Apu, gestures with one hand as he talks, and Apu keeps working with his broom while a man in a white shirt and green pants stands near a stool by a display of baseball caps and a sign reading "The Offensive Baseball Cap." > Son, I represent a group of oil tycoons who make foolish purchases. > We already bought us a stained glass bathrobe and the world's fattest racehorse. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/896729.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/901526 ## 15:07–15:15 A stout cowboy-hatted man with dark blue hair, a tan jacket and a bolo tie stands beside a red 'SNACK TREAT' stand and a shelf of jars, talking to a dark-skinned shopkeeper with grey hair and a green shirt who grips a wooden stick. The cowboy grins and points a finger, then gestures with both hands near his chest while his expression turns earnest, and the shopkeeper stares back with a flat, unimpressed look. Behind them, stacked boxes labeled 'Duff' sit beside a 'The Offensive Baseball Cap: Do you dare wear it?' sign and a 'Haunted Cash Machine' sign. > Now we need your Iceman. > Oh, no, I could never sell him. He's like a frozen father to me. > How much for just the head? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/908616.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/911536 ## 15:15–15:27 Apu, in a green shirt and black vest, stands in the Kwik-E-Mart holding a wooden stick and frowning, with stacked Duff boxes behind him. A white-bearded old man in a horned helmet and green sweater, dripping wet and leaving puddles on the floor, staggers past the Haunted Slush Machine, the Film 35 display and the B.C. Donuts freezer, then raises his hands and stands dazed beside the freezer. In the last moment he is bald and stands by the Moon Pie shelves, glancing sideways as he reaches toward a box. > By gum it worked. > I've awakened in the future. > Moon pie. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/916749.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/921337 ## 15:27–15:40 A bald, white-bearded old man in a green sweater and grey vest takes a Moon Pie package from a shelf at the Kwik-E-Mart while Apu, in a green jacket and white pants, sweeps the aisle with a broom and then walks over to the checkout counter. The old man, holding the box, stands by the counter as Apu reaches toward him and then stands facing him with his hand raised. Shelves of Moon Pies, snack treats, a microwave, a Nuke display, and a red-and-white banner reading "HAPPY DELIVERY MAN" are visible. > What a time to be alive. > Hey, who unplugged my freezer? > Return to your state of living death at once, sir. > Is that you, Appu? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/928219.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/933641 ## 15:40–15:46 An elderly bald man with a green sweater and a large white beard-like tuft, along with Apu, a dark-skinned man with black hair, stand at the Kwik-E-Mart counter. The old man's eyes dart and roll while Apu leans in close, and the old man grips Apu's face and head with his hand and arm. The scene shifts to Apu alone at the counter, eyes closed and sipping a drink beside a hot dog roller, with a 'HOT DOG!' sign, candy trays, and a partly visible 'LIVES IN STOREROOM' sign. > Time has ravaged your once-useful looks. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/941357.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/943234 ## 15:46–15:54 A heavy, bald man in a grey vest over green sleeves and blue jeans pushes through the red-curtained glass doors of a store decorated with red, white and blue bunting, walking toward the viewer past a SNACKTREAT display and stacks of magazines. Two men in the foreground, one in a green jacket with black hair and the other in a white shirt, turn to watch him, and the man in green gestures with his hand as the bald man stops in the doorway and then walks out of view. A counter sign reading NO with CHECKS, CREDIT and TOURS is visible at the lower left. > Oh, well, Sanjay, that is the end of our freak show. > We must relinquish the giddy glamour of show business and return to the humble pleasures Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/947196.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/950116 ## 15:54–16:02 Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart owner in his green jacket and yellow pants, stands with his back to the viewer beside a second, unnamed man in a white coat, facing the glass entrance doors of the Kwik-E-Mart, which are hung with a red, white and blue bunting. Apu speaks and turns to face the other man, whose white coat is open over a purple shirt and lime-green pants, and the two stare at each other with wide eyes. Shelves, a counter with a 'NO' sign, and a bag held by the second man are visible in the store. > of the neighborhood shopkeeper. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/955329.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/958249 ## 16:02–16:10 Mr. Burns, the frail stooped old man with a hooked nose and a cane, and a heavy brown-haired man in a green shirt stand outside the Nude-E-Mart under a sign reading TOPLESS DANCERS! BOTTOMLESS COFFEE!, while two nude orange-skinned men with grey hair wait beside a grey podium near red curtains and a mirror ball. A man in a tie walks up the sidewalk past parked cars toward the entrance, and the brown-haired man gestures with raised hands as he talks with Burns, then steps back behind the curtain and out of view while the two nude men remain at the podium. > Time traveler discount! > Come on in! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/963254.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/966382 ## 16:10–16:24 Lisa Simpson, in her red dress and pearl necklace, stands on the sidewalk outside The Jazz Hole, a teal building with a pink sign, then walks over toward a red hatchback whose open trunk displays tapes priced at $6.00 on a sign. A thin young woman with long black hair, a pink top and a blue vest, who is not Apu, stands at the trunk and sorts through the tapes, then turns to face Lisa under a street lamp. The two talk on the sidewalk, with the woman grinning and then looking uneasy while Lisa stands with her arm out and then smiles hopefully, and a bottle and scattered litter lie on the pavement. > Great set. > Oh, thanks. > But the crowd kept looking at me like I was using too many augmented nights. > Uh, they just came for the buffalo wings. > But you really got through to me. > Oh, good. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/971804.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/977643 ## 16:24–16:37 Lisa Simpson, the girl with spiky star-shaped hair, red dress and pearl necklace, stands on a blue sidewalk at night facing a woman with short black hair, a pink top, a blue vest and a red sash, who clasps her hands and talks to her, then gestures with one hand while Lisa looks up wide-eyed and then grins. The woman then stands beside a red car with its trunk open under a purple sky and a street lamp, a sign reading "Tapes $6.00" on the trunk, and she glances around, grimaces and leans slightly forward before turning away while Lisa smiles and smirks. > I figure if you've got something special to say, you have to share it with the world. > Yeah, why, you still can. > Thanks. > Damn, that felt like a sail. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/985568.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/991199 ## 16:37–16:46 Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair and a red dress, sits across a desk from a grey-haired man in a brown suit and red tie, seated in a red chair beneath a SPRINGFIELD sign, who is not one of the regulars and fits no named description. The scene opens on the exterior of the pink CHANNEL 6 building with a white van parked at its side, then cuts to a door marked STATION MANAGER with the man's silhouette visible in the frosted glass. Inside, the man grins and gestures with open hands as Lisa leans toward him, then he folds his hands on the desk and speaks with a sly, dismissive expression while Lisa listens. > I'm sorry, little girl. > We don't just put people on TV. > Unless, of course, they're replying to an editorial. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/998706.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1001834 ## 16:46–16:57 Lisa Simpson sits in a purple chair behind a wooden desk, wearing her red dress and pearl necklace, and talks while shrugging, raising her hands, and touching her chin with a worried, wide-eyed look. The scene then cuts to a grey-haired man in a brown suit and red tie, who matches Kent Brockman, seated at a desk under a banner reading SPRINGFIELD with a row of portrait-like figures above it. He grins, then speaks with his mouth open and his eyes glancing sideways, with a telephone visible on the desk at the left. > Uh, I am. I'm strongly opposed to... Proposition, > uh, 305. > You're against discount bus fares for war widows? > Uh, you bet I am. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1007256.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1011636 ## 16:57–17:08 Lisa Simpson sits at a news desk in a purple chair wearing her red dress and pearl necklace, glancing sideways and shifting slightly while grey-haired news anchor Kent Brockman, in a brown suit and red tie, gestures and looks off to the side beneath a SPRINGFIELD sign. The scene then cuts to the Simpson living room, where Marge, with her tall blue beehive and green dress, stands holding a pink purse beside Homer, who sits wide-eyed on the red couch with Bart next to him. Marge grimaces and speaks, Homer opens his mouth to answer, and Bart scowls, with a framed sailboat picture, a telephone and a lamp on the side table behind them. > Okay. > Makeup! > I'm getting worried about Lisa. She's been gone for hours. > If I were her, I'd be buying me a great big chocolate apology cake. > Authorities believe the wave of towel snappings will get worse before it gets better. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1018100.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1022897 ## 17:08–17:19 Kent Brockman, the grey-haired news anchor in a red suit and blue tie, sits at a desk on a television screen, first centered and then leaning on the desk with a sheet of paper, while behind him an inset picture shows a pink object snapping against a yellow backside with a starburst. He speaks and gestures with a wide-eyed, smirking expression, and then the scene cuts to Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress and pearl necklace, seated in a green chair at a wooden table holding a red booklet and a pen. She looks up with wide eyes and speaks, with the blue curtained backdrop behind her. > And now, with an editorial reply, here's a small girl. > Hello, my name is Lisa Simpson. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1029987.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1034158 ## 17:19–17:24 Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive and red bead necklace, stands in the living room beside a purple lamp and a blue telephone while Homer sits in a maroon armchair in his white shirt. Marge's mouth opens as she speaks, then she turns her wide-eyed gaze sideways and her expression flattens, while Homer keeps a scowl and then his mouth rounds into an O shape. A sailboat picture hangs on the pink wall behind them, and the room stays otherwise still. > I'm supposed to talk to you about Proposition 305. > Mooch and war, widows. But I have something more important to say. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1040414.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1042083 ## 17:24–17:37 Lisa Simpson, wearing a pearl necklace and red dress, sits at a wooden table in front of a blue curtain inside a purple TV-style border. She alternates between a calm, closed-mouth smile, a drowsy half-closed-eyed look, and an animated open-mouthed speech with hand gestures, sometimes resting her hands on the table and sometimes clasping them at her waist. A small pen is tucked at her waist, and the scene has no on-screen text. > For reasons beyond my control, I will soon become vapid, sluggish, and slow-witted. > So before that happens, > I want to share some things with you that have really meant a lot to me. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1045836.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1051050 ## 17:37–17:43 Homer, bald and heavyset in a light blue shirt and headphones, sits at a control room console beside an older grey-haired man in a brown jacket and red tie, with monitors on both sides showing a small spiky-haired yellow girl. Through the studio window they watch a small figure at a podium and a lone microphone under hanging lights, while the older man gestures and talks. Over the sequence Homer stays seated, glancing toward the window, as the older man raises a hand and points while speaking, and then the scene shifts to a window view where Homer is still in headphones beside him, with a wall clock above them. > What is she doing out there? > I'll cut off her mic. > No, no, no. > Let her speak. > I'm trying to get fired. > And please don't deprive yourself of wonderful books like To Kill a Mockingbird, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1058140.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1060434 ## 17:43–17:54 Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress and pearl necklace, sits in a green chair behind a wooden table in front of a blue curtain, inside a purple TV-screen frame. She sits at the table, eyes closed and mouth open as if talking, then opens her eyes wide and looks off to the side with a grin, hands resting on the table and a pencil tucked near her waist. Over the moment she speaks with a range of expressions, from a wide-eyed stare to a half-lidded smirk, with her hands clasped on the table and a small pencil visible on her dress. > Harriet the Spy, and Yertle the Turtle. > Possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1064814.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1069193 ## 17:54–18:04 Chief Wiggum, the fat police chief in his cap, lies in bed reading a green copy of Yertle the Turtle, grinning and then scowling at the page, while a small television sits on a purple nightstand beside him. On the TV screen, Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair, sits at a wooden table in front of a blue curtain, wearing a pearl necklace and an orange skirt, and talks while gesturing with her hands, grimacing, slumping with her eyes half closed, and then gesturing again as she speaks. > She's got that right. Beauty is all around us, and not just in pageants and parlors. > You can find it in the swirl of galaxies or the swirl in the center of a sunflower. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1075658.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1079620 ## 18:04–18:13 Marge, a tall woman with a blue beehive and a green dress with a red bead necklace, stands in the living room with Homer, a bald heavy man in a white shirt and blue jeans, and Bart, a spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, who sits on the dark red couch beside a sailboat painting. Marge stands near the kitchen archway, then gestures with an open hand while Homer stands in front of the couch waving both hands and talking excitedly, and Bart looks on uneasily. Marge later gestures outward toward the kitchen doorway with one arm while talking, and Homer leans out from the couch with his mouth open in a shout while Bart sits nervously beside him. The scene ends with Bart alone on the couch, looking sideways and gesturing with his hands as he speaks, with the pink wall behind him. > That's a good idea. Let's go out for some frosty swirls. > Homer, your daughter is pouring her heart out. > We'll tape it. Why is she saying all this? > Is she dying? > Oh, she's just upset because I told her her brains turn into mush. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1085668.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1089213 ## 18:13–18:25 Grampa, in a pink sweater and grey trousers, stands in the living room with Homer, Marge in her green dress with a tall blue beehive, and Bart seated on the red couch. Grampa grimaces and leans toward Homer, then turns and walks off to the right while Marge folds her arms and later gestures toward Homer. The scene ends with an older man in a tan coat with spiky yellow hair standing at a purple-curtained window beside a potted plant, turning his head. > You know, on account of the Simpson gene. > Simpson gene? That's just foolishness. > No, baldness too. So please, I beg you, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1094844.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1099849 ## 18:25–18:39 Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair, red dress and pearl necklace, sits at a wooden table in front of a blue curtain, first looking wide-eyed and speaking, then looking glum with eyes half-closed, and later looking nervous and fidgeting with her hands. Kent Brockman, the grey-haired news anchor in a brown suit and red tie, sits behind a desk holding a stack of papers on a television-style screen, first looking off to the side, then reading the papers, then looking up and grinning before reading again and speaking. The on-screen setting is framed like a television broadcast with a purple border. > don't take your brain for granted. > It's the best friend you'll ever have. > Little girl likes her brain. > What's your opinion? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1106939.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1112778 ## 18:39–18:47 Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson and Bart Simpson stand in the family living room, with a red couch, a sailboat picture on the pink wall and a striped rug. The opening frame is a black screen with a glowing white four-pointed star, which fades into the room. Homer, in his white shirt and blue pants, is agitated and gestures with a raised fist and hands on hips, while Marge in her green dress and Bart in his orange shirt watch him. Homer then turns and walks quickly out of the room to the left, passing Marge, while Bart remains seated on the couch arm. > Simpson Jean, somebody's got to set that girl straight, and I know how to do it. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1120703.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1123623 ## 18:47–18:56 Homer Simpson, the bald heavyset man in a white shirt, stands in a pink room holding a teal telephone to his ear and gritting his teeth as he grows increasingly agitated, while Marge with her tall blue beehive watches beside him. In the later frames Marge reaches up to place a brown fedora with a black feather on Homer's head as he keeps the phone pressed to his ear, and the scene then cuts to an exterior view of the purple two-story Simpson house with its pink front door and attached pink garage under a sunset sky. Notable objects include a framed landscape picture on the wall, a teal rotary phone, and a lamp on the right. > Arch, get me your address book, four beers, and my conversation hat. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1128628.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1131964 ## 18:56–19:06 Marge, the tall blue-beehived woman in a green dress and red beaded necklace, stands beside a bed where Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair and a red dress, lies under a blue blanket with a grinning blue pillow. Marge leans over the bed, gestures with her hands, and then straightens up and spreads her arms wide while Lisa, groggy and half-asleep, slowly lifts her head and yawns, then sinks back onto the pillow with her eyes drooping. The pink bedroom has a Jazz Fest poster with a saxophone graphic on the wall, a lamp on the nightstand, and a doorway to the right with a light switch beside it; by the last frame Marge has moved out of view toward the doorway, leaving Lisa alone in bed. > Lisa? > Lisa, honey, wake up. > Why bother? > Because your father has a big surprise for you. > I'm adopted? > Better. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1137386.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1141349 ## 19:06–19:09 Marge, with a tall blue beehive and a green dress, pulls the cord to draw the beige curtains open at a bedroom window while a spiky-haired girl in a teal dress stands beside her. The girl steps up to the sill, rubs her eyes, then rests her hands on the ledge and stares out wide-eyed at a night view of houses and trees. A framed picture of a blue gnome hangs on the pink wall beside her. > Come look. > Lisa, it's me, Daddy, your father. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1147605.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1148230 ## 19:09–19:21 Homer, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt and blue pants, stands in the middle of a crowd of look-alike Simpson relatives gathered on a grey pavement, with a bald man in glasses and a brown suit beside him and a man in an olive sweater nearby. Seen from behind, Lisa in her red-and-teal dress, with her star-shaped spiky hair, looks through a pink-framed window at the group, and small Bart in his orange shirt stands at the lower left. Homer gestures with open arms, then raises a finger, points toward the crowd, and gestures again while the relatives, including a tall blue-beehive woman and a grey-haired woman in a pink suit, look on and a Maggie-like baby stays near the back. > I rounded up every Simpson in the Tri-City area so I can prove to you there's nothing > wrong with the Simpson genes. > This is your great-uncle Chet. Go ahead, Chet. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1150941.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1155529 ## 19:21–19:29 Homer, in his white shirt, stands at left beside a heavy, balding older man in a brown jacket, black tie and light shirt, a man who is not one of the regulars, while a woman with a tall brown hairdo and a gray-haired man in a suit stand behind them in front of a pink house with a garage. Homer's eyes dart about as he leans in on the left, and the brown-jacketed man, with his hand in his pocket, pulls a cigarette-like object from his jacket and gestures with his other hand as he talks, his mouth opening and closing as the man's arm moves across his chest and back. Behind them, a man in a blue denim jacket stands with his eyes half-closed and a woman in a purple top wears glasses. > Tell her what you do. I run an unsuccessful shrimp company. > Oh, but you run it, right? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1162411.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1165331 ## 19:29–19:37 Homer, in his white shirt, stands in front of a row of onlookers on a suburban street, with a bald, heavy man in a white shirt and a brown jacket beside him. Behind them stand a woman in a purple top with glasses, a thin man in a brown jacket and tie, Herb in a blue suit and a stubbled man in a blue shirt, while a bearded man in a red-orange jacket faces Homer on the right. Homer gestures with open hands and his mouth moves as he talks to the man in the red-orange jacket, then looks back and forth between him and the group. The man in the brown jacket lifts a hand to his mouth and brushes his face, and the scene ends with the bearded man speaking and gesturing back at Homer. A purple house with pink windows and a blue garage door sits in the background. > Oh, yeah. > Okay, this is your second cousin Stanley. > Um, I shoot birds at the airport. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1170336.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1173255 ## 19:37–19:41 Lisa watches from the foreground through a pink-framed window as Homer, in a white shirt, gestures with his arms among a crowd of look-alike townspeople, with Bart small at the lower left. Homer then turns to face a house, looking up at a window where Marge, with her blue beehive, and Lisa peer out, and his mouth opens to speak. Lisa's eyes shift and narrow as she looks down, while Homer stays still with his head turned toward the window. > Everybody hates birds, right? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1178469.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1179512 ## 19:41–19:53 Homer, the bald heavy man in a white shirt, stands in a crowd outside a blue house with pink windows, with Bart in an orange shirt at the bottom right and a wrinkled old man in a fur-collared coat among the onlookers. He faces a bald man in a blue suit and red vest holding a cigar, which he lifts to his mouth as Homer gestures with open palms, grabs the man's lapel, and points. The suited man puffs on the cigar and glances away while Homer waves an arm and points as the group looks on. > You look pretty successful. > Thanks. > I play a millionaire at parties. > At least I'd like to. > You probably should have researched this first, eh, Dad? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1182640.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1187436 ## 19:53–20:05 Marge and Lisa watch from a window as a crowd of townspeople gathers outside. Homer, in a white shirt and blue pants, pesters Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped old man in a tan suit and red tie, touching his shoulder and then his chin while Burns fidgets with his tie and looks uneasy. Homer then turns to a bald man in a blue denim shirt and a grey-hooded man, clasping and patting their shoulders as bystanders, including a moustached man in a green jacket and a woman in a pink dress, look on. > What about you? > Well, sir, I step in front of cars and sue the drivers. > I beg celebrities for money. I'm a prison snitch. > Jug band manager. > My legs hurt. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1194527.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1199323 ## 20:05–20:17 Homer, the bald heavy man in a white shirt, stands in a residential street in front of a blue two-story house at dusk, with a group of men gathered around him, including Herb in a brown suit look-alike and a grizzled older man in a denim jacket with white tufts. Homer gestures with his hands while talking, then rubs his mouth and nose with a fist, and a lanky man in a brown coat and glasses walks past behind the group. Homer turns and angrily points off to the left, shouting at the crowd while a man in a blue shirt and a bearded man stand near him. Lisa, the girl with spiky star-shaped hair in a green top, appears in a close-up at the start, resting her chin on her arms over a blue table beside a framed picture of a gnome-like figure. > Lisa's right. > We're nothing but a big bunch of losers. > Show's over, folks. Go home. > What about our five bucks? You get it after you leave. > Now get out of here. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1206205.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1211210 ## 20:17–20:28 Lisa Simpson stands at a window ledge in a pink room beside Marge, who wears a green dress and red beads and has a tall blue beehive, while a small framed picture hangs on the wall. Outside on a city sidewalk, Homer, in his white shirt and blue jeans, stands near a balding man in a denim jacket and a man in a tan suit with dark sunglasses, then turns to a frizzy-haired blonde woman in a white lab coat and red skirt who is wearing glasses. Homer leans in and rests his hand on her shoulder, and a woman in an orange-pink suit with dark curly hair appears behind them as the other two men walk by. > Wait a minute, Homer. You didn't ask everybody. > What about the women? Fine, fine. > What do you do, Dr. > Simpson? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1218092.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1222680 ## 20:28–20:35 Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red-and-teal dress, appears first in a pink bedroom beside a purple-framed picture and a yellow curtain, then in a sequence of shots of a woman in a white lab coat with a 'DR. SIMPSON' name tag, spiky blonde hair, glasses and a pink collared shirt against a dark teal background, who tilts her head, smirks, talks and grins. The scene then returns to Lisa, who looks sideways with wide eyes, grins with clenched teeth, and finally laughs with her mouth open while the pink-bedroom picture of a blue gnome-like figure in a pointed hat stays on the wall. > Doctor? > That's right. I'm chief of complicated surgery at the InvasiCare clinic. > That means you went to college, right? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1229145.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1231856 ## 20:35–20:45 Four women stand close together on a suburban sidewalk at dusk, in front of a blue house under a pink sky. On the left, a woman in a magenta jacket and round glasses grins widely, then closes her smile and speaks, while a brown-haired woman in a beige jacket stands behind her. Beside them, a blonde woman in glasses and a white lab coat with a name tag smirks, and at the right a red-haired woman in a salmon jacket with wide eyes and red lipstick opens her mouth, with a smear of red at her lips, before her mouth closes and the group stays still. > You have to if you want to be an architect. > Or an environmental lawyer. > Or regional sales coordinator for the third largest distributor of bunk and trundle beds. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1236861.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1240614 ## 20:45–20:57 Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive and green dress, and Lisa, in a teal top with a white collar, stand together at a window with purple curtains. Marge reaches out to pat Lisa's face and cheek and then rests her hand on Lisa's chin, while Lisa first looks sullen, then grimaces and grins before turning her head toward her mother with a hand on her hip. Behind them a shelf holds a small blue toy elephant. Beyond them, in a later part of the scene, four women stand in a row before a grey-blue wall: a woman with a bob and glasses in a purple jacket, a woman with reddish-brown hair in a tan suit, a blonde woman in a white lab coat, and a woman with a short reddish bob in a pink suit, all with their mouths moving as they talk, with the blonde woman smiling and speaking in the final frames. > Oh, did you hear that, Lisa? > So, all the Simpson women turn out okay. > That's right, sweetie. > The defective Simpson gene is on the Y chromosome, so only men are affected. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1246662.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1251459 ## 20:57–21:05 On a grey street, a ring of onlookers, many resembling Homer and one in a tan suit with sunglasses, surrounds a man in a red jacket and a bucket-helmeted figure in a green shirt, while the crowd raises fists and cheers, and the man in red sits down. Then, in a pink bedroom with a framed picture of a blue bear-like creature and a gnome on the wall, Lisa in a teal dress closes her eyes with a smirk, opens them to a sideways glance, and finally widens her eyes in a toothy grin with one hand raised. > So I'm not doomed! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1258758.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1261469 ## 21:05–21:12 Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive, opens the arched front door of the purple house and peeks out, then Lisa, in a teal dress, steps out beside her. Lisa runs down the walkway past the blue-framed bay window and bushes, then stops in front of Homer, bald and wearing a white shirt and blue pants, in the yard by the light blue picket fence. Homer smiles and hugs Lisa, who squeezes him with her eyes shut, and the hug continues as they stand together. Then Homer pulls back to stand with his hands on Lisa's shoulders, grinning and speaking, while Lisa looks up at him with a wide-eyed, unsmiling expression. The scene ends with Lisa staring up at Homer as he gazes ahead with a serious look. > Oh, Dad, I've never been happier to be your daughter! > Thanks, honey. > Remember, there's nothing that says you can't be a Simpson and a success. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1266474.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1268976 ## 21:12–21:19 Homer, Lisa, and Bart stand in a front yard before a light blue picket fence and a purple house, with Homer holding Lisa's hand and grinning while Bart, wearing a black top hat, looks on. Marge, with her tall blue beehive and green dress, steps in from the right and stands beside them, and Homer releases Lisa's hand as the group gathers. By the end, Homer, Marge, Lisa, and Bart stand together, with Bart at the lower left edge and Marge smiling. > Unless you're a man. So wait a minute. This means I'm gonna be a failure? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1273564.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1276066 ## 21:19–21:29 Bart Simpson, a spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, and Homer Simpson, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt and blue pants, stand together in a backyard in front of a light blue picket fence under a purple wall. Homer grips Bart's shoulder and then his neck while Bart, eyes shut and mouth open, looks stunned, and Homer leans in, smiles, and speaks to him. Bart's eyes roll and he looks uneasy, Homer grins with eyes closed and then looks wide-eyed and startled, and in the final frames Bart holds a grey metal bucket with a black handle while Homer, smiling, rests a hand on his own hip. > Yes, son. > A spectacular failure. > Eh. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1280863.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1284408 ## 21:29–21:42 Lisa Simpson, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair, red dress and pearl necklace, sits at a purple vanity in her pink bedroom writing in a notebook with a pencil while her reflection in an oval mirror mirrors her. The notebook reads "Dearest Log: I am me again! And I feel like there's nothing I can't do..." Next she turns to a Professor Provolone's Picto-Puzzle book, tapping its cover where the cartoon professor asks "What comes next?", then sits at a desk before a bookshelf with a globe, frowning, and then pencil in hand she grins and wags her tongue while writing, with a pearl necklace and an open book in front of her. > Dearest log, I am me again. > And I feel like there's nothing I can't do. > Except this stupid brain teeth. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1290456.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1296086 ## 21:42–21:52 Lisa Simpson, in her red dress and pearl necklace, sits at her desk in her bedroom beside a blue bookshelf with a globe, working on a puzzle. A pair of yellow hands first holds a Professor Provolone's Picto-Puzzle book showing the number sequence and the caption "What comes next?", then a pencil writes in a notebook with numbered tabs 1 to 6 and a partly visible handwritten log. Lisa then pumps her fists and pencil in triumph, grinning and wiggling with excitement, before settling into a smug smile while tapping her pencil on the open book. > I got it! Woo-hoo! > I mean splendid. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1303803.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1307556 ## 21:52–22:01 Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress, sits at a pink table in an upstairs window of the Simpson house, which has a pink facade, brown roof, arched door with a question mark, and a red mailbox out front. Over the static exterior, credits roll: first 'Executive Producers Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein' appears, then 'Executive Producers James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon' in white letters, and the screen fades to black with 'Starring Dan Castellaneta' and then 'Julie Kavner' in gold text. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1313395.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1317149 ## 22:01–22:11 No characters appear in this moment; it is a black title card sequence of Simpsons credits in gold lettering. The names Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer appear one after another on the black screen, followed by 'Special Guest Voice Phil Hartman', a 'Also Starring' list of Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, and Russi Taylor, and finally 'Animation Executive Producer Phil Roman'. Each credit fades in and out in turn against the plain black background. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1322988.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1326742 ## 22:11–22:21 No Simpsons characters appear in this sequence; it is a black title-card segment of end credits in gold lettering. Frames show, in order, 'Animation Producers Bill Schultz and Michael Wolf', then 'Executive Consultant Brad Bird', then 'Executive Story Editors Donick Cary and Dan Greaney', then 'Story Editors Ron Hauge and Ned Goldreyer', then 'Associate Producer Alison Elliott' (held across two frames), then 'Theme by Danny Elfman', then 'Music by Alf Clausen', and finally 'Casting by Bonita Pietila'. Each credit fades in and out against a plain black background with no people or objects visible. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1332581.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1336335 ## 22:21–22:30 No regular Simpsons characters or one-off characters appear in this moment; it is a black closing credits roll over a black background. Gold text appears in sequence: first 'Editors' with Michael Bridge, Don Barrozo and Kurtis Kunsak, then 'Animation Production Manager for Gracie Films' Joel Kuwahara and 'Post Production Coordinator' Dominique Braud-Stiger, then 'Dialogue Sound Editors' Bobby Mackston, Terry Greene and Norm Macleod (held on screen), then 'Music Editor' Chris Ledesma, 'Sound Effects Editor' Travis Powers and 'Re-Recording Mixers' R. Russell Smith and Bill Freesh. Later cards list production staff, 'Animation Produced by Film Roman, Inc.', 'Overseas Animation Director Utit Choomuang' and 'Overseas Production by Rough Draft, Chang, Myung Nam'. > We'll be right back. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1342174.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1345719 ## 22:30–22:40 No characters appear in this moment; it is a black end-credits sequence of text cards for the overseas production by Rough Draft (Chang, Myung Nam), then staff credits in gold lettering, including Assistant Director Orlando Baeza, Storyboard by Christian Roman, Character Design by Matt Groening, and Animation Camera by Patrick Buchanan. The credits scroll in static card form, moving through layout, color, post-production, and a copyright notice reading The Simpsons Episode #4F24, Copyright 1997, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, before the screen fades to Creative Consultant Matt Groening and Executive Creative Consultant James L. Brooks. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1351767.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1355312 ## 22:40–22:51 A row of dark silhouetted audience members, one with a large bushy head at the left, sits in theater seats facing a blank screen beneath three ceiling lights. A blue beam of light sweeps across the screen as the white words GRACIE FILMS appear over the silhouetted seats, and the scene then changes to a gold 20th Television tower with searchlight beams rising against a blue sky, with the caption A NEWS CORPORATION COMPANY appearing beneath the building. The image then fades to black. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S09E17/1361151.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s09e17-lisa-the-simpson/1365531