Lisa's Pony
| "Lisa's Pony" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
| "Lisa's Pony" | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 |
| Directed by | Carlos Baeza |
| Written by | Al Jean, Mike Reiss |
| Original air dates | November 7, 1991 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "'Bart Bucks' are not legal tender." |
| Couch gag | Homer gets there first and lies down. The rest of the family arrive and sit on him. Homer flails his arms. |
"Lisa's Pony" is the eight episode of the The Simpsons' third season. The episode aired on November 7, 1991, and like the later episode Flaming Moe's, is considered to be one the finest Simpsons episodes.
Synopsis
Template:Spoiler Lisa requires a reed for her saxophone because there is a talent show that evening. After calling Marge, Flanders, Patty and Selma and "the nice guy who lives across the street", she finally calls Homer at work. Homer agrees but goes into Moe's before the music shop, which is right next door. The shop closes in 5 minutes. Homer, thinking he has enough time to drink the beer, enters Moe's. He walks out with 15 seconds to spare but is too late as the shop is closed. Dejected, he goes back to Moe's where the shop owner is enjoying a drink. Moe helps Homer convince the man to re-open his store. Homer, who barely remembers what he is suppose to pick up for Lisa, purchases the reed and heads for the school. He arrives just in time to hear Lisa humiliate herself by butchering the song she's chosen to play.
To make Lisa love him again, Homer takes out a shifty loan from Burns. He purchases a pony for Lisa. In order to pay for all the care it requires, Homer takes a second job working for Apu at the Kwik-E-Mart. Homer becomes visibly exhausted after trying to work both jobs. Finally, Marge admits to the kids that their Father has been working two jobs to pay for the pony. Making a heart-wrenching decision, Lisa agrees to give up the pony allowing Homer to go back to solely working his regular job.
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Trivia
- The scene in which Lisa first awakes with the Pony in her bed is a tip of the hat to the infamous scene in Part 1 of The Godfather, in which a Producer awakens to discover the head of his favourite horse removed and placed in his bed. The musical chords used in the episode are almost exactly the same, but shortened.
- Apu can be seen sleeping with Princess Kashmir (from Homer's Night Out).
Quotes
- Homer :Well, you know, we're always buying Maggie vaccinations for diseases she doesn't even have.
- Lisa: All the years I have lobbied to be treated like an adult have blown up in my face."
- Lisa: "There is a big dumb animal I love even more than that horse."
Homer: Oh no! What is it - a hippopotamus?
Lisa: Noooo... I mean you, you dummy."
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