A ChristmasEpisode — cash-strapped Springfield Elementary is targeted by toymakers who use the kids as a focus group and create a must-have toy with a sinister secret.

!! Tropes:

* FalseReassurance: When Principal Skinner told the students they no longer had to worry about TheMafia threatening them for Money, it was because they'd already gotten it.
* ShoutOut: Mr. Burns decided to donate money to save Springfield Elementary School after receiving a visit from [[AChristmasCarol three spirits of Christmas]] and Moe gave up his suicide attempt after [[ItsAWonderfulLife an angel showed him what the world would be like if he never existed]]. Both events happened offscreen and were just mentioned by a narrator.