History Recap / TheSimpsonsS8E7LisasDateWithDensity

** The title refers to ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', when George [=McFly=] introduces himself to Lorraine Baines as [[{{Malaproper}} "[her] density"]], fixing it to "destiny".

** When Nelson is playing the guitar, he does a move similar to [[Music/{{ACDC}} Angus Young]]'s (and Music/ChuckBerry's) "Duck Walk." He also mimics [[Music/TheWho Pete Townshend]]'s "Windmill", doubling as another shout-out to ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', as Marty did the same things during his performance of "Johnny B. Goode" at the "Enchantment Under The Sea" dance.

** Mr. Largo gives Lisa detention and makes her write lines on all the chalkboards just for briefly snickering in class once. While her giggling ''did'' spark off a chain reaction of MockingSingSong taunts from the rest of the class, that was more on the other students, who Largo doesn't punish at all.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Skinner says his mother makes him pay for the food he ate as a child. This actually happened to author, Ernest Thompson Seton whose father presented him with a bill on his 21st birthday for all his childhood expenses including the doctor delivering him.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: ZigZagged. Lisa gets a crush on Nelson Muntz, and even Bart thinks this is crazy, telling her, "I'll probably never say this to you again, but you can do better!" It's not that Lisa doesn't know that Nelson is a rotten kid, she just honestly believes that he might have a sensitive side, and she might be able to change him. By the end of the episode, however, she realizes that Nelson is rotten through and through, and they break up. Although, in a subsequent episode, she does a favor for him, and when asked why, she shrugs and says, "Well, we used to date." Some later episodes also do show them being on friendly terms with each other.

--->'''Skinner:''' I'll tell you something that's not so funny. Right now, Superintendant Chalmers is at home crying like a little girl. ''(Among the subsequent laughter of the students, he chuckles.)'' I guess it is a little funny.

* BaitAndSwitch: It appears Chief Wiggum has tracked down Nelson and shot him ("Chief, no!"), but it turns out he was actually taking out Homer's autodialer, and Wiggum has no idea where Nelson is.

** Instead of singing "Uter likes Janey!", the class sing "Uter likes Milhouse!" even though they already saying "Janey likes Milhouse!".

--->'''Skinner:''' Well, sir, who's "haw-haw"-ing now?\\

''[The other students (except Lisa) all "ooh"'d at his remark.]''\\
'''Lisa:''' ''(disgusted)'' Who's he trying to impress acting so "cool" all the time?\\

'''Nelson''': ''(thinking)'' This oughta shut her up. (beat) Hey, this is ain't so bad.

-->"Rather than tempt fate, I'll just move along."

** This also technically applies to Largo, as most teachers would just reprimand Lisa, rather than giving her a detention.

* MistakenForGay: Possibly what's implied when Nelson mistakes Milhouse, the emissary of a love note from Lisa, for the writer; the other reading is that he simply thought Milhouse was mocking him. He gives Milhouse an unusually rough beating even by his standards to the point where the poor kid's taken away in an ambulance.

* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Nelson doesn't care either way that Lisa likes him and listlessly goes along with her attempts to date him. By the end of the episode she's lost interest in him after realizing that she was mistaken in believing [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he was hiding a better nature]], while he's fallen for her [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe simply because she made that mistake]] (and gave him his FirstKiss).

-->'''Skinner:''' I'll tell you something that's not so funny. Right now, Superintendant Chalmers is at home crying like a little girl. ''(Among the subsequent laughter of the students, he chuckles.)'' I guess it is a little funny.

* FirstKiss: Nelson's ShutUpKiss turns out to be this for Lisa.
* GilliganCut: After Nelson receives a love note from Lisa and initially thinks Millhouse wrote it. Cut immediately to an unconscious Millhouse being carried out of the school on a stretcher, having been badly beaten up by Nelson.

'''Class:''' ''[sing-song]'' Uter likes Milhouse.\\

* YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses: Oh yes, Nelson would ... after he gets a note from Millhouse (who is acting as a go-between to deliver Lisa's note to the bully) proclaiming love for him. Nelson gets the wrong idea and we see the outcome in a GilliganCut.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: ZigZagged. Lisa gets a crush on Nelson Muntz. (Even Bart thinks this is crazy, telling her, "I'll probably never say this to you again, but you can do better!") It's not that Lisa doesn't know that Nelson is a rotten kid, she just honestly believes that he might have a sensitive side, and she might be able to change him. By the end of the episode, however, she realizes that Nelson is rotten through and through, and they break up. Although, in a subsequent episode, she does a favor for him, and when asked why, she shrugs and says, "Well, we used to date." Some later episodes also do show them being on friendly terms with each other.

* ConformingOOCMoment: During the MockingSingSong section, Janey and Uter can be seen singing "Milhouse likes Lisa" and "Janey likes Milhouse" respectively along with the rest of the kids, even though they both refute it immediately afterward. This might be due to an animation error though.

** During the MockingSingSong section, Janey and Uter can be seen singing "Milhouse likes Lisa" and "Janey likes Milhouse" respectively along with the rest of the kids, even though they both refute it immediately afterward. This might be due to an animation error though.

Episode - 4F01\\
First Aired - 12/15/1996