History Recap / TheSimpsonsS13E20LittleGirlInTheBigTen

* PainToTheAss / ShotInTheAss: After Marge tells Homer that his pellet gun was in the tree, Homer then shakes it until the gun fell to the ground and shot him. Homer then goes inside so he could try to relieve the pain.

** A virus is [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E21MargeInChains once again]] transported from China to Springfield, resulting in at least one person being quarantined.

** Lugash yells at a little girl, calling her a "failure child" and telling her to do a running jump out of the window back to her parents when she fails to stick the landing, which she does. He also "rewards" Lisa's progress by returning Snowball II to her which he had taken hostage offscreen.

* KidsMealToy: [[invoked]] At Krusty Burger, Bart gets a plastic Krustysaurus from his meal and Grampa's "Nostalgia Meal" contains ration stamps and a bullet shell full of butter.

-->'''Homer:''' (''singing'') I get knocked down, I get knocked down again! You're never gonna bring me down!
-->'''Homer:''' (''singing'') I take a whiskey drink, I take a chocolate drink, and when I have to pee, I use the kitchen sink! I sing the song that reminds of the urinating guy!

** To a lesser extent, Lisa's friends count as this since, when they discover she's not a college student, [[HonorBeforeReason don't want anything to do with her]] [[AlphaBitch for being an 8-year old]] even if they connected so well with her. This goes double with her actual schoolmates and teachers, who also belittle her until she steals Bart's bubble to regain their trust.

* StoryBreakerPower: The fact that Lisa's GPA is so high it's the only thing ''keeping the school accredited'' is certainly something that, frankly, ''should have been'' one; between her, in some cases, knowing and teaching more than her ''teachers'' and, then and now, her apparent ability to bring guest stars in by showing even the slightest of emotional issues (such as former First Lady Michelle Obama and singer Lady Gaga), by all respects, if she used her full potential, she'd be so powerful at the school she'd outrank the principal... which is most likely why he never leads on as to ''how'' smart she is, except here. And also never brings anything of the sort up again.

* StoryBreakerPower: The fact that Lisa's GPA is so high it's the only thing ''keeping the school accredited'' is certainly something that ''should have'' been one; between her, in some cases, knowing and teaching more than her ''teachers'' and her apparent ability to bring guest stars in (such as former First Lady Michelle Obama and singer Lady Gaga), by all respects, if she used her full potential, she'd outrank the principal... which is most likely why he never leads on as to ''how'' smart she is. And also never brings anything of the sort up again.

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Parodied; in "Passive Analysis of Visual Iconography" class, students are shown an ''Itchy and Scratchy'' short where Itchy makes butter out of Scratchy. When the class is asked what the cartoon means, one student comes to the conclusion that it's a metaphor for how "the depletion of our natural resources has pitted our small farmers against each other."

** Marge isn't exactly shown in a good light when she and Homer are mad at Lisa for pretending to be a college student, getting pissy & guilt trippy because Lisa wasn't stimulated at home.

* BrokenPedestal: Lisa after the college kids, Springfield Elementary kids and her parents find out for entering a college. It's eventually mended with the Springfield Elementary kids after Lisa uses Bart's bubble.

** To a lesser extent, Lisa's friends count as this since, when they discover she's not a college student, [[HonorBeforeReason don't want anything to do with her]] [[AlphaBitch for being an 8-year old]] even if they connected so well with her. This goes double with her actual schoolmates, who also belittle her until she steals Bart's bubble to regain their trust.

** To a lesser extent, Lisa's friends count as this since, when they discover she's not a college student, [[HonorBeforeReason don't want anything to do with her]] [[AlphaBitch for being an 8-year old]] even if they connected so well with her.

* HumiliationConga: After being exposed as a kid in college, Lisa is scolded by her parents and taunted by the kids and even Groundskeeper Willie in Springfield Elementary.

* ArtShift: Several shots during the first act have shading in them, which stand out compared to the rest of the episode. May also count as an AnimationBump.

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: In "Passive Analysis of Visual Iconography" class, students are shown an ''Itchy and Scratchy'' short where Itchy makes butter out of Scratchy. When the class is asked what the cartoon means, one student comes to the conclusion that it's a metaphor for how "the depletion of our natural resources has pitted our small farmers against each other."

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: In "Passive Analysis of Visual Iconography" class, students are shown an ''Itchy and Scratchy'' short where Itchy makes butter out of Scratchy. When the class is asked what the cartoon means, one student comes to the conclusion that's it's a metaphor for how "the depletion of our natural resources has pitted our small farmers against each other."