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* AndThisIsFor: Nelson punches a blind boy for mocking him (before realising he's blind).

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* AndThisIsFor: Nelson punches a blind boy for mocking him (before realising realizing he's blind).blind).
* BirdsOfAFeather: Bart and Nikki initially get along thanks to their similar interests while being professional skaters.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Skinner organizes an anti-kissing play for the school to watch with him and Willie as the leads. They realize too late that they have to actually kiss each other to get their message across regardless if all the children laugh at them for doing so.



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Grampa gives Bart outdated advice on how to win a girl's heart, leading Bart to be accused of sexual harassment, and the school is forced to instate a "no-touching" policy so it doesn't get sued by the girl's parents.

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* SoProudOfYou: Nelson is proud of Kevin for tricking him into thinking his blindness was cured along with being given the "ha-ha" treatment.
* ThisIsMySide: Nikki uses a fruit-roll up to divide her desk with Bart.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Grampa gives Bart outdated advice on how to win a girl's heart, leading Bart to be accused of sexual harassment, and the school is forced to instate a "no-touching" policy so it doesn't get sued by the girl's parents.parents.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After Bart fell off the building, Seymour uses a skimmer to move him to the curb, then Nikki says that she knows CPR, but Seymour forbade her from doing so, and she had no choice but to use her skateboard to dodge the principal in order to save Bart.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Nelson was initially ready to bully his desk mate, until he realizes the kid is blind. He then announces he is under his protection from any bullying or harassment.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards:
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Nelson was initially ready to bully his desk mate, until he realizes the kid is blind. He then announces he is under his protection from any bullying or harassment.harassment.
** After Marge asks Abe why he didn't tell Bart to club Nikki on the head and drag her into a cave which is second base, Abe points out that Bart is too young to do that.


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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After Bart thanks Nikki for saving his life, she asks him if they could pretend that never happened so other people won't go around thinking she likes him.

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* FunWithAcronyms: First Lady Of The United States One

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* FunWithAcronyms: First Lady Of The United States OneOne.
* GirlOfTheWeek: Naturally, Nikki is out of the picture from this episode on despite the fact that she and Bart attend the same school.
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* BrokenAesop: Arguably, Michelle Obama standing up for Lisa for being different was a bit mitigated by the fact that she was still famous enough to get the ''First Lady'' to come to the school just by posting '''one sad message''' on a blog. If anything, this could have the unintentional consequence of having ''more'' people bully Lisa, if not others, out of a hope it would somehow get a famous celebrity to talk to their school.



* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The scene immediately after Lisa gets an F makes it seem as if that would be the tip-off for another "Lisa learns to be a regular kid by hanging out with regular kids" plot. Mrs. Hoover immediately nipped that in the bud, revealing her grade was, in fact, a fuck-up on her part and the plot instead focuses on Lisa ''trying'' to get new friends.[[note]] [[FridgeBrilliance It's entirely possible, however, that maybe Lisa did actually fail, and perhaps Mrs. Hoover was quick to realize]] [[UnwittingInstigatorofDoom she'd end up unintentionally responsible if she ended up rebelling and raising hell because of it.]] [[/note]]

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* AndThisIsFor: Nelson punches a blind boy for mocking him.

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* AndThisIsFor: Nelson punches a blind boy for mocking him.him (before realising he's blind).



* KissOfLife: When Bart falls off the school rooftop and is found unnconcious, Nikki administers [=CPR=] saving Bart's life.

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* KissOfLife: When Bart falls off the school rooftop and is found unnconcious, unconscious, Nikki administers [=CPR=] saving Bart's life.



** The kissing montage, and the music accompanying it, is an homage to ''Film/CinemaParadiso''.

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** The kissing montage, and the music accompanying it, is an homage to ''Film/CinemaParadiso''.''Film/CinemaParadiso''.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Grampa gives Bart outdated advice on how to win a girl's heart, leading Bart to be accused of sexual harassment, and the school is forced to instate a "no-touching" policy so it doesn't get sued by the girl's parents.

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* GuestStar: Creator/SarahSilverman as Nikki and Creator/AngelaBassett as Michelle Obama

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* GuestStar: Creator/SarahSilverman as Nikki and Creator/AngelaBassett as Michelle ObamaObama.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The scene immediately after Lisa gets an F makes it seem as if that would be the tip-off for another "Lisa learns to be a regular kid by hanging out with regular kids" plot. Mrs. Hoover immediately nipped that in the bud, revealing her grade was, in fact, a fuck-up on her part and the plot instead focuses on Lisa ''trying'' to get new friends.[[note]] [[FridgeBrilliance It's entirely possible, however, that maybe Lisa did actually fail, and perhaps Mrs. Hoover was quick to realize]] [[UnwittingInstigatorofDoom she'd end up unintentionally responsible if she ended up rebelling and raising hell because of it.]] [[/note]]
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* BrokenAesop: Arguably, Michelle Obama standing up for Lisa for being different was a bit mitigated by the fact that she was still famous enough to get the ''First Lady'' to come to the school just by posting '''one sad message''' on a blog. If anything, this could have the unintentional consequence of having ''more'' people bully Lisa, if not others, out of a hope it would somehow get a famous celebrity to talk to their school.

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Bart becomes the object of affection and contempt for a {{Tsundere}} fourth grader named Nikki. Meanwhile, Michelle Obama encourages Lisa to be smart and Nelson teaches a blind boy how to be a bully.

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Bart becomes the object of affection and contempt falls for a {{Tsundere}} girl named Nikki in the other fourth grader named Nikki. grade class and she proves to be a {{Tsundere}}, which initiates a new school policy of "no touching." Meanwhile, Michelle Obama encourages Lisa to be smart and Nelson teaches a blind boy how to be a bully.


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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Sherri and Terri express dislike of the other fourth grade class because ''their'' twins are one boy and one girl.


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* EveryoneHasStandards: Nelson was initially ready to bully his desk mate, until he realizes the kid is blind. He then announces he is under his protection from any bullying or harassment.


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* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Bart decides to be up front with his feelings, while Nikki switches hard from reciprocating to disgust. He's constantly flustered trying to figure her out, but she shows just enough affection to keep him hooked.
* RememberTheNewGuy: There was no indication the school had more than one fourth grade class, and all the characters seen are unique to this episode.

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** The ''Itchy and Scratchy'' movie Homer and Bart watch is an extended {{parody}} of the experimental film ''Koyaanisqatsi''.
** Among the montage of various kisses from famous movies is [[Film/Alien3 a Xenomorph's inner-mouth kissing Ridley]], which was one of [[CouchGag movie spoofs]] used in the opening of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.

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** The ''Itchy and Scratchy'' movie Homer and Bart watch is an extended {{parody}} of the experimental film ''Koyaanisqatsi''.
''Film/{{Koyaanisqatsi}}''.
** Bart reads a parody of ''Literature/TheVeryHungryCaterpillar'' called ''The Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar''.
-->'''Bart:''' Damn, that caterpillar can eat. [turns page] Damn! [turns page] '''DAMN!'''
** Among the montage of various kisses from famous movies is [[Film/Alien3 a Xenomorph's inner-mouth kissing Ridley]], which was one of [[CouchGag movie spoofs]] used in the opening of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.
** The kissing montage, and the music accompanying it, is an homage to ''Film/CinemaParadiso''.

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* FirstKiss: Bart steals a kiss from Nikki while thay are sitting on top of the slide and Nikki panics because it was her first kiss.

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* FirstKiss: Bart steals a kiss from Nikki while thay they are sitting on top of the slide and Nikki panics because it was her first kiss.



* ShoutOut: Among the montage of various kisses from famous movies is [[Film/Alien3 a Xenomorph's inner-mouth kissing Ridley]], which was one of [[CouchGag movie spoofs]] used in the opening of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The ''Itchy and Scratchy'' movie Homer and Bart watch is an extended {{parody}} of the experimental film ''Koyaanisqatsi''.
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Among the montage of various kisses from famous movies is [[Film/Alien3 a Xenomorph's inner-mouth kissing Ridley]], which was one of [[CouchGag movie spoofs]] used in the opening of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.
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* FirstKiss: Bart steals a kiss from Nikki while thay are sitting on top of the slide and Nikki panics because it was her first kiss.


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* KissOfLife: When Bart falls off the school rooftop and is found unnconcious, Nikki administers [=CPR=] saving Bart's life.
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* GuestStar: Creator/SarahSilverman as Nikki and Angela Bassett as Michelle Obama

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* GuestStar: Creator/SarahSilverman as Nikki and Angela Bassett Creator/AngelaBassett as Michelle Obama



* ShoutOut: Among the montage of various kisses from famous movies is [[Film/Alien3 a Xenomorph's inner-mouth kissing Ridley]], which was one of [[CouchGag movie spoofs]] used in the opening of WesternAnimation/TheCritic

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* ShoutOut: Among the montage of various kisses from famous movies is [[Film/Alien3 a Xenomorph's inner-mouth kissing Ridley]], which was one of [[CouchGag movie spoofs]] used in the opening of WesternAnimation/TheCritic''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.
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* ShoutOut: Among the montage of various kisses from famous movies is [[FilmAlien3 a Xenomorph's inner-mouth kissing Ridley]], which was one of [[CouchGag movie spoofs]] used in the opening of WesternAnimation/TheCritic

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* ShoutOut: Among the montage of various kisses from famous movies is [[FilmAlien3 [[Film/Alien3 a Xenomorph's inner-mouth kissing Ridley]], which was one of [[CouchGag movie spoofs]] used in the opening of WesternAnimation/TheCritic
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* LoopholeAbuse: To avoid violating the school's no-touch policy when Bart needed a mouth-to-mouth, Principal Skinner tried to roll him outside the school's area with a pool skimmer.

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* LoopholeAbuse: To avoid violating the school's no-touch policy when Bart needed a mouth-to-mouth, Principal Skinner tried to roll him outside the school's area with a pool skimmer.skimmer.
* ShoutOut: Among the montage of various kisses from famous movies is [[FilmAlien3 a Xenomorph's inner-mouth kissing Ridley]], which was one of [[CouchGag movie spoofs]] used in the opening of WesternAnimation/TheCritic
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* GuestStar: SarahSilverman as Nikki and Angela Bassett as Michelle Obama

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* GuestStar: SarahSilverman Creator/SarahSilverman as Nikki and Angela Bassett as Michelle Obama
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* AndThisIsFor: Nelson punches a blind boy for mocking him.
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* GuestStar: SarahSilverman as Nikki and Angela Bassett as Michelle Obama
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* FunWithAcronyms: First Lady Of The United States One
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Bart becomes the object of affection and contempt for a {{Tsundere}} fourth grader named Nikki. Meanwhile, Michelle Obama encourages Lisa to be smart and Nelson teaches a blind boy how to be a bully.

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* LoopholeAbuse: To avoid violating the school's no-touch policy when Bart needed a mouth-to-mouth, Principal Skinner tried to roll him outside the school's area with a pool skimmer.

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