History Recap / TheSimpsonsS1E6MoaningLisa

* ItsAllAboutMe: Both Homer and Marge are shown to be incredibly neglectful in this episode. Homer cares more about a video game and the fact that the bowling alley is closing down than his daughter’s depression, while Marge tells Lisa to [[StepfordSmiler suppress her sadness and smile]] because it makes her look better. At least, Marge learned the error of her ways.
* ALessonLearnedTooWell: Marge tries to give Lisa a tip to handle her depression by repeating a lesson her own mother gave to her: be a StepfordSmiler and shove it all deep inside. Lisa instead becomes an ExtremeDoormat who allows people to step on her and accepts making their homework with a smile on her face. Marge [[MamaBear however]] defies this after a few seconds of seeing how Lisa is gonna take her lesson by pulling her back into the car and telling her that [[BeYourself it's okay for Lisa to act however she feels like]] and [[YouAreNotAlone Marge will support her every step of the way]].

-->'''Homer:''' In times of trouble you've gotta go with what you know, now hop to it, Boy!
* NeverMyFault: A minor example. In her song, Lisa mentions that Marge gave her last cupcake away, even though Lisa told her to because "A simple cupcake will bring me no pleasure". Bart even tried to point out that [[FatSlob Homer]] clearly didn't even need more cupcakes.

* VengeanceDenied: Homer manages to get ''this close'' to finally beating Bart at the boxing game just once, and then Marge shuts down the game right at the very nanosecond before Homer's character knocks out Bart's, followed by Bart deciding to quit playing the game ever again to maintain his unbroken streak. Homer can only languish at all of this.

Lately, Lisa is feeling depressed about life, but doesn't want to talk about it as no one truly understands what she's going through, so Lisa runs away and befriends "Bleeding Gums" Murphy (Creator/RonTaylor), a homeless, black saxophonist.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Marge only has two cupcakes to give to the other family members, and Bart and Homer are getting ready to plead their cases when a despondent Lisa tells them they can have hers as "a simple cupcake will bring me no pleasure." They look at each other in confusion before cheering and high-fiving.
* CoolShades: Howard wears sunglasses.

* DontYouDarePityMe: Lisa said this to Bart after he was ordered by Marge into cheering her up.

* StrangerDanger: Marge taking Lisa away from Bleeding Gums Murphy, even though the two of them were getting along.

--->'''Bart:''' ''(feeling distraught towards Homer over his lack of skills)'' Gee, Dad, you're really bad at this.

-->'''Bart''': Put up your dukes, Homer! (''swings a left hook at him'')
-->'''Homer''': (''he screams and ducks the punch'') [[OhCrap Bart...!]] (''cowers'') [[AintTooProudToBeg Go easy on me, I'm your Dad!]]
-->'''Bart''': I ''am'' going easy on you. (''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown begins laying into Homer with a barrage of punches]]'') But you're just so old. (''[[PunctuatedPounding punches him hard each time]]'') And ''slow!'' And ''weak!''
-->'''Homer''': (''is sent flying backward'') No!
-->'''Bart''': And ''PATHETIC!'' (''winds up for his finishing punch'')

-->(''Bart throws the final punch; right as it hits, Homer wakes up screaming loudly'')

-->'''Marge:''' ''(to Murphy)'' Nothing personal, I just fear the unfamiliar.

* YankTheDogsChain: After getting tips from a kid at the Noiseland Arcade, Homer goes to face Bart one more time in the boxing game. He had the winning advantage and he would've won after so many beatings if Marge hadn't come in and unplugged the game to get the boys' attention. And then Bart says he gives up on the game to make sure his winning streak remains unbroken.

''And this morning, my own mother gave my last cupcake away.''\\

* FictionalVideoGame: ''Super Slugfest'', a boxing game that Homer becomes obsessed with beating Bart at; it has arcade and console versions (the latter with single button UsefulNotes/Atari2600-style controllers).

* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a pun on ''Art/MonaLisa''.

* OffModel: Special mention goes to [[https://frinkiac.com/img/S01E06/968766.jpg this face Moe makes]], making him almost look like an animal.

** Marge asks Bart if he loves Lisa. Bart says they all know the answer, but he doesn't want to have to actually say it. Marge still urges him to try cheering up Lisa, so Bart decides to put in a prank call to Moe, hoping that it would raise Lisa's spirits as she enjoyed the prank calls. Unfortunately, it doesn't work, but it says a lot about Bart that he still tried.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Marge asks Bart if he loves Lisa. Bart says they all know the answer, but he doesn't want to have to actually say it. When being told by Marge into cheering up Lisa, Bart decides to do so by putting a prank call to Moe, hoping that it would raise Lisa's spirits as she enjoyed the prank calls, though it did nothing to sway her feelings.
** Surprisingly, in spite of gloating his multiple victories against Homer in the boxing video game, Bart briefly feels very sorry towards Homer for his lack of skills:
-->'''Bart:''' ''(feeling distraught towards Homer over his lack of skills)'' Gee, Dad, you're really bad at this.

* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a pun on Mona Lisa.

* NotMeThisTime: Marge tells Homer about a note she received from school, and the latter immediately thinks that Bart is the one in trouble. Bart proves it when he sees the note is about Lisa.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Marge asks Bart if he loves Lisa. Bart says they all know the answer, but he doesn't want to have to actually say it.

* AdultFear: Marge taking Lisa away from Bleeding Gums Murphy, even though the two of them were getting along.
-->'''Marge:''' ''(to Murphy)'' Nothing personal, I just fear the unfamiliar.

Lately, Lisa is feeling depressed about life, but doesn't want to talk about it as no one truly understands what she's going through, so Lisa runs away and befriends a homeless, black saxophonist named Bleeding Gums Murphy. Meanwhile, Homer gets help from a video game master at the local arcade so he can beat Bart in a two-player boxing video game.

Episode - 7G06\\
First Aired - 2/11/1990