History Recap / TheSimpsonsS12E4LisaTheTreeHugger

[[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px_lisa_the_tree_hugger_promo.jpg]] Lisa's crush on an environmentalist (voiced by Joshua Jackson, who was on ''Dawson's Creek'' at the time) leads her to camp out on Springfield's tallest tree in protest over plans to have it felled. Meanwhile, Bart gets a job as a menu delivery boy for a Thai restaurant so he can raise money for a new video game system.

** Marge's "Put It In Your Cap" song is sung to the same tune as "Just Don't Look" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E6TreehouseOfHorrorVI Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores]]."

-->'''Snake''': Dude, we've been here all morning! Could you at least remoisten my head sponge?

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Bart's storyline about raising money for a new video game system seemed to disappear after Bart is trained ''Matrix''-style in leaving menus behind. It gets two more acknowledgements (the Thai restaurateur bidding for logging rights on the redwood, and Bart's care package including food from the restaurant), but it's never explained if he got his console or why he left a decently-paying job he liked.

* HighVoltageDeath: Subverted. When Lisa visits him in prison for a second time, Jesse reveals he convinced the cops install a solar-powered electric chair. Cut to Snake sitting in said chair, which is barely tingling him.

* CallBack: The Thai restaurant that Bart works at is named "You Thai Now", after Music/YoYoMa's exclamation of "You die now!" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible Missionary: Impossible]]".

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Moe, when hearing Lisa's ''last request'' says he hasn't refused a dead girl yet.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Bart's storyline about raising money for a new video game system seemed to disappear after Bart is trained ''Matrix''-style in leaving menus behind. It gets two more acknowledgements (the Thai restaurateur bidding for logging rights on the redwood, and Bart's care package including food from the restaurant), but it's never explained if he got his game or why he doesn't still have the job.

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The plot of Bart getting a job to earn money for a new video game console takes a backseat once the Simpsons discover Dirt First on the roof of Krusty Burger. It gets two more acknowledgements (the Thai restaurateur bidding for logging rights on the redwood, and Bart's care package), but that's it.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Bart's storyline about raising money for a new video game system seemed to disappear after Bart is trained ''Matrix''-style in leaving menus behind.

* BaitAndSwitch: When Bart asks for money to buy the new vídeo game system, Marge says she'll help him... by singing a song about being thrifty.

-->'''Lisa:''' ''(on tape)'' Dad, I can't--
-->'''Homer:''' ''(on tape)'' Read it!

'''Homer:''' ''(on tape)'' Read it!

* OffModel: [[http://download.lardlad.com/framegrabs/index.php?album=CABF01 Check out some of the characters in the background of the shot when the Rich Texan addresses the crowd.]] Particularly Lenny (with his extra long lips) and Apu and Largo (who have huge pupils).
* TreesIntoToothpicks: The logging rights for the Oldest Redwood in Springfield are sold for $100,000 to make a drive-through humidor. One of the other bidders is a restaurateur who wants to turn it into Thai takeout menus.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse [=/=] PlotHole: Bart's storyline about raising money for a new video game system seemed to disappear after Bart is trained ''Matrix''-style in leaving menus behind.

** He has the money, but uses it instead to buy Krusty burgers for the family.
*** He most likely had enough leftover to do that.
** He does give Lisa some Thai soup when she goes to the Redwood, so apparently he still had the job at that point.

* CallBack: The Thai restaurant that Bart works at is named "You Thai Now", after Music/YoYoMa's exclamation of "You die now!" from "[[Reacp/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible Missionary: Impossible]]".

*** He most likely had enough left over to do that.

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The plot of Bart getting a job to earn money for a new video game console takes a backseat once the Simpsons discover Dirt First on the roof of Krusty Burger. It gets two more acknowledgements (the Thai restauranter bidding for logging rights on the redwood, and Bart's care package), but that's it.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse and PlotHole: Bart's storyline about raising money for a new video game system seemed to disappear after Bart is trained ''Matrix''-style in leaving menus behind.

** He does give Lisa some Thai soup when she goes to the Redwood, so apparently he still had the job at that point.

Lisa's crush on an environmentalist (voiced by Joshua Jackson, who was on ''Dawson's Creek'' at the time) leads her to camp out on Springfield's tallest tree in protest over plans to have it felled. Meanwhile, Bart gets a job as a menu delivery boy for a Thai restaurant so he can raise money for a new video game system.

*** He most likely had enough left over to do that.

* DyingWish: When Lisa was mistaken for dead, Homer took advantage of this to make Moe believe it was her dying wish that he poured his egg jar's contents down his pants and ripped Homer's tab.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse and PlotHole: Bart's storyline about raising money for a new video game system seemed to disappear after Bart is trained ''Matrix''-style in leaving menus behind. He has the money, but uses it instead to buy Krusty burgers for the family.

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