History Recap / TheSimpsonsS7E25SummerOf4Ft2

** Bart tries to mock Lisa with this trope the morning after he outs her. [[RageBreakingPoint She almost kills him.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Bart regrets seemingly ruining Lisa's relationship with her beach friends, and makes up for it by having them sign her yearbook.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Lisa may have been restrained, but she got absolutely ''vicious'' with Bart the day after he showed her new friends her yearbook. She yanks him by his shirt, hisses at him over what he'd done, and was prepared to do something horrible to him with a bottle of honey before Marge comes back in the room.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Bart sees Lisa with Erin and the other kids, then tries to swoop in and impress them with his skateboarding so they'll become his friends instead. Erin and the rest aren't impressed by how hard he tries and by the slingshot in his back pocket (Erin: Who does he think he is, Dennis the Menace?), allowing Lisa to call him "Her dorky brother" as payback for trying to steal her new friends.

-->'''Bart''': Hey, Lise. I guess my little yearbook stunt was pretty rough but it did teach you a lesson. It's important to be yourself.
-->'''Lisa''': ''(Yanks him by the shirt into her face)'' I know '''''exactly''''' who I am. I am the sister of a ''rotten'', jealous, '''''mean''''' little sneak! ''You cost me my only friends''! '''''You've ruined my life'''''!

* TranquilFury: Bart, out of pure jealousy reveals to Lisa's new friends her nerdy and unpopular nature, seemingly destroying her new relationships. The next morning, Bart finds Lisa quietly eating breakfast:
--->'''Bart:''' ''[Snidely]'' Hey, Lise. I guess my little yearbook stunt ''was'' pretty rough, but it did teach you a lesson. It's important to be yourself.\\
''[Marge leaves the room; the very second she's gone, Lisa violently grabs Bart and yanks him into her face, brandishing a bottle of honey threateningly]''
'''Lisa:''' ''[Never speaking above a cold, vicious hiss]'' I know '''''exactly''''' who I am. I am the sister of a ''rotten'', jealous, '''''MEAN''''' little sneak! ''You cost me my only friends''! '''''You've ruined my life!'''''
** What makes this better is that while she's hissing, she has a syrup bottle positioned over his head and is about to squeeze syrup onto his face. When Marge enters the room, Lisa puts the bottle down, releases Bart, and goes back to quietly eating, all within roughly half a second, leaving Bart visibly unnerved.

--->'''Bart:''' Hey, Lise. I guess my little yearbook stunt was pretty rough, but it did teach you a lesson. It's important to be yourself.\\
'''Lisa:''' ''[grabs him by the shirt and yanks him into her face]'' [I know '''''exactly''''' who I am. I am the sister of a ''rotten'', jealous, '''''mean''''' little sneak! ''You cost me my only friends''! '''''You've ruined my life!'''''

--->'''Bart:''' Hey, Lise. I guess my little yearbook stunt was pretty rough but it did teach you a lesson. It's important to be yourself.\\
'''Lisa:''' ''[grabs him by the shirt and yanks him into her face]'' [-I know '''''exactly''''' who I am. I am the sister of a ''rotten'', jealous, '''''mean''''' little sneak! ''You cost me my only friends''! '''''You've ruined my life!'''''-]
** What makes this better is that while she's hissing, she has a syrup bottle positioned over his head and is about to squeeze syrup onto his face. When Marge and Homer enter the room, Lisa puts the bottle down, releases Bart, and goes back to quietly eating, all within roughly half a second, leaving Bart visibly unnerved.

* RealityEnsues: When the family gets to the Flanders' beach house, Lisa and Homer have both forgotten their swimming clothes. While she and Marge go shopping for clothes, Homer decides to make impromptu trunks with the welcome mat and duct tape. He immediately gets in trouble with the police for indecent exposure.
* ShutUpHannibal: Lisa, [[TranquilFury quietly but furiously]], blows up at Bart for (apparently) sabotaging her relationship with her friends.

* RageBreakingPoint: The morning after Bart outs her as a super-nerd and her friends appear to walk away in disgust, Bart tries to (somewhat mockingly) tell Lisa that the lesson of what he did is "BeYourself". Lisa grabs him by the collar, [[ShutUpHannibal calls him out on his bullshit]] and nearly tortures him with maple syrup in revenge before Marge walks in.

* PlotHole: The entire meat of the episode is Lisa being upset that she has no friends. Even ignoring that she plays with other kids (like Janey) in plenty of other episodes, the other yearbook staff from the very beginning of ''this'' episode are clearly very friendly with her.

* JerkassBall: Lisa does so after Bart's prank ruins her chance of having new friends.

On the last day of school, no one bothers to sign Lisa's yearbook, making her feel depressed about her lack of true friends[[note]]meaning that the girls she hangs out with at school -- Janey, Sherri and Terri, and the pigtail girl who bought her Lisa Lionheart doll -- don't like her enough to sign her yearbook or even be considered her best friends[[/note]] and, during a trip to Flanders' beach house, Lisa decides to ditch her nerdy persona and be one of the cool kids, which makes her popular with some local teenagers (one of which is voiced by guest star Creator/ChristinaRicci). Meanwhile, Homer goes to the beachside Kwik-E-Mart to buy some illegal fireworks.

* BeYourself

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The entire sequence of Homer going to the beachside Kwik-E-Mart to score fireworks (and covering his tracks by ordering a bunch of risque personal hygiene and sexual items[[note]]big box of condoms, porno mag, two enemas, some panty shields, and a bottle of Old Harper[[/note]]) was cut in the UK and Australia, but the scene in which Marge picks through the bag and says, "Ew, Homer, I don't know what you have planned tonight, but count me out" was ''not'' edited. In the Italian dub the scene is kept in, but the box of condoms is replaced with one of glycerin suppositories.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The entire sequence of Homer going to the beachside Kwik-E-Mart to score fireworks (and covering his tracks by ordering a bunch of risque personal hygiene and sexual items[[note]]big box of condoms, porno mag, two enemas, some panty shields, and a bottle of Old Harper[[/note]]) was cut in the UK and Australia, but the scene in which Marge picks through the bag and says, "Ew, Homer, I don't know what you have planned tonight, but count me out" was ''not'' edited.
** In the Italian dub the scene is kept in, but the box of condoms is replaced with one of glycerin suppositories, even though: a) the box wasn't digitally altered to conform with the line change, and b) glyercin suppositories are used for constipation, meaning that the Italian censors are okay with [[ToiletHumor a subtle poop joke]], but not a subtle sex joke (the condoms).

* CompletelyMissingThePoint:

** In the Italian dub the scene is kept, but the box of condoms is replaced with one of glycerin suppositories (even though you can still see "Condom" written on the box)

** Milhouse flips out when the school bell rings, and rushes off. Mrs. Krabappel reminds the rest of the class that Summer break starts at the ''end'' of school.

* ChaosWhileTheyreNotLooking: Lisa becomes furious at Bart for revealing her true geeky nature to her new beach friends. In one scene, when Marge leaves the room, Lisa grabs Bart by his collar and prepares to pour syrup on his eyes, only to put everything back the second she reenters.

** Marge's motherly advice to Lisa about her lack of friends. Lisa tries the opposite, and makes herself into some beatnik. However, her intellectual nature still shines through, but her beach friends actually appreciate Lisa's lessons on nature and why you can't drink seawater.

* BlatantLies: Lisa tries to make friends by not acting like her normal self, and accidentally uses the word crustacean in conversation. When asked if she heard it from a teacher, she says she got it from ''Series/{{Baywatch}}''.

* PoliceAreUseless: Averted, the police actually manage to catch Milhouse when he rushes out of school (admittedly because Martin seemingly tipped them off).

* SeriesContinuityError: Since when did the Simpsons' orange car belong to Homer and not Marge?

* CoverupPurchase: Homer wants to buy fireworks to celebrate Independence Day but the family are holidaying in a state where the sale of fireworks is illegal. He finds a store which looks like it stocks fireworks below the counter, and tries to make the order as nonchalant as possible by also buying a porno magazine, a large box of condoms, a bottle of alcohol, some panty shields and 2 disposable enemas, spoofing the aforementioned scene from ''Film/AmericanGraffiti''. As Marge unpacks his shopping bag later she tells him "[[NoodleImplements I don't know what you've got planned later]], but count me out."

* JerkassHasAPoint: What Bart did was cruel, but he was rightfully angry by the fact Lisa lied to the other kids and convinced them he was a nerd and stole some of his personality traits to make herself look cooler. Subverted in that Lisa only convinced them he was a nerd and used some of his traits ''after'' he tried to show off in front of them in a blatant attempt to make himself look cooler than Lisa and steal them from her.