History Recap / TheSimpsonsS3E18SeparateVocations

** She is broken further when she realize she went too far stealing the textbooks.

'''Homer:''' Oh, we always have one good kid and one lousy kid. Why can't ''both'' our kids be good?\\

* WalkOnTheWildSideEpisode: Lisa becomes a delinquent after getting "Homemaker" in an IneptAptitudeTest and being told that she'll never become a professional Jazz musician due to her stubby fingers. This culminates with her committing an expulsion worthy offense (stealing all of the teachers' guides) to which Bart takes the fall, not wanting her to ruin her life.

** She was broken further when she realize she went too far stealing the textbooks.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Bart gets 400 days detention over some answer books being stolen that he took the fall for (Skinner then increases it to ''600'').

** The teachers have trouble teaching without the teachers' edition textbooks. In fact, they have so much trouble that they are considered to be massive idiots.

* PetTheDog: While Eddie and Lou are often shown to be inefectual or corrupt they are genuinely supportive of Bart's aspirations to become a police officer.

* TheResenter: Mrs. Krabappel slips into this territory[[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud while in front of her class]] briefing them about the Career Aptitude Normalizing Test.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After getting 600 days of detention handed to him for constantly snarking back to Skinner, Bart concedes "Maybe I'll just keep my big mouth shut".

* TheResenter: Mrs. Krabappel slips into this territory [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud while in front of her class]] briefing them about the Career Aptitude Normalizing Test.

** Even Lisa was aware that she went too far, but went through with it anyway feeling she has nothing to lose anymore and cries.

* PetTheDog: While Eddie and Lou are often shown to he inefectual or corrupt they are genuinely supportive of Bart's aspirations to become a police officer.

* PetTheDog: While Eddie and Lou are often shown to he ineefectual or corrupt they are genuinely supportive of Bart's aspirations to become a police officer.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Bart gets a year's detention over some answer books being stolen that he took the fall for.

** Even Lisa was aware that she went too far, but went through with it anyway feeling she has nothing to loose anymore and cries.

-->'''Lisa:''' Dear log: This will be my last entry, for you were a journal of my hopes and dreams. [[{{DespairEventHorizon}} And now, I have none]].

** Even Lisa realized she went too far, but did so anyway feeling she had nothing to loose, and cries.

** Even Lisa realized she went too far, and cries.

* YellowSashOfPower. As hall monitor, Bart rules with ruthless efficiency. The image at the top of this episode's page is a scene from this episode.

** Even Lisa realizes she's gone too far, but does it anyway, and cries.

* YellowSashOfPower. As hall monitor, Bart rules with ruthless efficiency. The image at the trope's page is a scene from this episode.

* GermansLoveDavidHasslehoff: Lisa is an InUniverse example when she describes her plans to become a great jazz musician. While Lisa won't be appreciated by her fellow Americans, she will become hugely popular in France.

* IneptAptitudeTest: According to the CANT, Bart is best suited to be a policeman, while Lisa will be a homemaker. The machine that analyzes the tests is seen malfunctioning when it gets to Bart's test.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lisa bemoans loudly that becoming a housewife is a FateWorseThanDeath, right in front of a hurt Marge.

* UnfortunateName: Mr Glascock, a supply teacher, who was forced to quit because of how people wouldn't stop mocking his name. He quit again after Lisa stole the Teacher's Unions.