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* Averted with the eventual main plot, as a caption confirms that the school generated the funding to restore the creative arts by cancelling flu shots.

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* ** Averted with the eventual main plot, as a caption confirms that the school generated the funding to restore the creative arts by cancelling flu shots.
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Nelson tries winning the Presidential election by offering answer keys to the students, but he loses support once Lisa makes an impassioned song encouraging people to vote for someone who will actually fix the school’s problems rather than helping them cheat.


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* HiddenDepths: [[TheStoner Otto]] and [[LazyBum Krusty]] were class president of Springfield Elementary at different times.


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* LateToTheRealisation: It takes Chalmers mocking him for Nelson to realise that he didn’t win the election.


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* Averted with the eventual main plot, as a caption confirms that the school generated the funding to restore the creative arts by cancelling flu shots.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Martin gets the idea for the school to run a fake casino from an episode of Saved by the Bell but doesn't consider it may end the same way.
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** "Don't Vote For Me, Kids of Springfield" is a parody of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina"
** "I Am Their Queen" is a parody of "Rainbow High"
** "Skinner's Evil Plan" is a parody of "Rainbow Tour"
** "A Tango Takes Two" is a parody of "Waltz for Eva and Che"
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In this loose parody of the musical {{Music/Evita}}, Lisa is elected student body president, but is unaware that the school staff plans to use her to their own ends.

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In this loose parody of the musical {{Music/Evita}}, ''{{Music/Evita}}'', Lisa is elected student body president, but is unaware that the school staff plans to use her to their own ends.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Skinner wants to lower Springfield Elementary's budget. A worthy endeavor, that. How does he plan to carry this out? By removing gym, music and art from the school's curriculum. Right, that won't hurt the kids at all.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Skinner wants to lower Springfield Elementary's Elementary School's budget. A worthy endeavor, that. How does he plan to carry this out? By removing gym, music and art from the school's curriculum. Right, that won't hurt the kids at all.all.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Martin disappears after the Casino Night fiasco.
** Nelson also stops making any further appearances after he loses the election.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Willie drinks on the job, drives his tractor while being "so drunk he can barely see", and soon winds up falling in the school swimming pool.
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** Martin's scheme with the fake casino is mentioned by him to [[SawItInAMovieOnce have been based on an episode]] of ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' (probably a fictional one). Of course, the fact that ''the exact same thing'' (people rioting when it's discovered that they didn't really win anything) happened on the ''Saved by the Bell'' episode [[DidntThinkThisThrough didn't clue Martin about how the adults would react...]]

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** Martin's scheme with Martin mentions that his idea for the fake casino is mentioned by him to [[SawItInAMovieOnce have been was based on off an episode]] of ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' (probably a fictional one). Of course, the fact that ''the exact same thing'' (people rioting when it's discovered that they didn't really win anything) happened on the ''Saved by the Bell'' episode [[DidntThinkThisThrough didn't clue Martin about how the adults would react...]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: When Homer was trying to cash in his winnings at the casino, he threatened Martin, saying "You think I won't manhandle a little boy?!".

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When Homer was trying to cash in his winnings at the casino, he threatened Martin, saying "You think I won't manhandle a little boy?!".
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'''Original air date:''' 11/16/2003

'''Production code:''' EABF-20
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* ContinuityNod: When interviewed about the student strike, Bart revives (and expands) his "Skinner is a nut, he has a rubber butt" chant from "Lisa's Sax," making it about Lisa instead.
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* CardCarryingVillain: Skinner sings a song called "Evil Plan" while slashing programs from the school budget.
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* MisBlamed: MisplacedRetribution:
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** The repo man simply laugh at Milhouse's pain after they take the gym equipment away, complete with one of them literally taking the gym mat from under him just before landing.

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Don't pothole Sarcasm Blind for all instances of use of sarcasm. It's about sarcasm being marked as such, but isn't meant to label sarcasm by itself.


* WellIntentionedExtremist: Skinner wants to lower Springfield Elementary's budget. A worthy endeavor, that. How does he plan to carry this out? By removing gym, music and art from the school's curriculum. [[SarcasmMode Right, that won't hurt the kids at all.]]

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Skinner wants to lower Springfield Elementary's budget. A worthy endeavor, that. How does he plan to carry this out? By removing gym, music and art from the school's curriculum. [[SarcasmMode Right, that won't hurt the kids at all.]]



* YankTheDogsChain: Lisa is transferred to a much better school by Skinner to get rid of the student strike leadership and Lisa is okay with it... but she never so much as puts a foot in the school because Homer stops in front of her, says that there is no way he will let her study here because he will ''not'' drive an extra half an hour every day to get her to the campus, and takes her away.

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* YankTheDogsChain: Lisa is transferred to a much better school by Skinner to get rid of the student strike leadership and Lisa is okay with it... but she never so much as puts a foot in the school because Homer stops in front of her, says that there is no way he will let her study here because he will ''not'' drive an extra half an hour every day to get her to the campus, and takes her away.away.
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* BrickJoke: Part of Willie’s ObliviousMockery of Milhouse is that he confides everything in the former. Later, Milhouse decides to [[IgnoredEpiphany tell Willie about his day]].
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In the introduction, I made "Evita" into a hyperlink to the page of the musical & film.


In this loose parody of the musical ''Evita,'' Lisa is elected student body president, but is unaware that the school staff plans to use her to their own ends.

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In this loose parody of the musical ''Evita,'' {{Music/Evita}}, Lisa is elected student body president, but is unaware that the school staff plans to use her to their own ends.
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* MakeoverMontage: The school faculty gives Lisa one upon being elected, and as a parody of "Rainbow High," no less!
-->'''Teachers:''' Nails, dimples, ears, scrunchie\\
Purse, lunchbox, teeth, Milhouse!\\
''(Milhouse in a tux extends his arm to Lisa, who gives him a suspicious glare)''

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