History Recap / TheSimpsonsS9E24LostOurLisa

* ForWantOfANail:
** Lisa only had to take the bus because Bart glued comedy props to his face and Marge has to take him to hospital to get them removed... when it turned out all Bart needed to do was ''sweat''.
** Lisa wouldn't have gotten lost if she had checked which buses were running that day, as she would have found another way to get to the museum.
** It was also very lucky for Homer that he and Lisa spotted each other before the cherry picker went out of control.

--> [[NoSuchAgency "You are here.]] [[IWasNeverHere We are not."]]

--> "Well, I've already got some balloons - but they're not this nice. Deal!"

-->'''Mr. Burns:''' Shouldn't you be at work?
-->'''Homer:''' (Nervously) Yes, sir... Mr. Burns... sir.
-->'''Mr. Burns:''' Then go back to wherever it is you work, whoever you are.

-->'''Homer:''' I'm not much of a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, {{Franchise/Superman}}!

--->"Well, I've already got some balloons, but...they're not this nice. Deal!"

-->'''Marge:''' You'd better go up and apologize.
-->'''Bart:''' But my apologies always sound so forced.
-->'''Marge:''' (sternly) '''DO IT.'''

-->'''Lisa:''' Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the museum?
-->'''Man #1:''' (''shouting in Russian'') My pleasure. It's six blocks that way.
-->(''Lisa runs away'')
-->'''Man #1:''' (''shouting in Russian'') Hey, she went the wrong way.
-->'''Man #2:''' (''in Russian'') Checkmate. (''the other man throws the chess board to the ground'')
-->'''Man #1:''' (''shouting in Russian'') Good game. How about another?

--> '''Lenny''': [[WhatTheHellHero You sent your little girl downtown on a bus? Alone?]]
--> '''Homer''': Maybe. But you don't know Lisa. I mean, she's so smart they hooked her up to a big computer to try to teach it some things. But she had so much knowledge, it overloaded. And then it got really hot and caught on fire!
--> '''Carl''': That never, uh, happened, did it, Homer?
--> '''Homer''': [[OhCrap Uh, yes]]. But now, I have to leave on a totally unrelated matter. ''(runs out of the cafeteria)'' Oh, Lisa!

-->'''Marge:''' You'd better go up and apologize.
-->'''Bart:''' [[LampshadeHanging But my apologies always sound so forced.]]
-->'''Marge:''' (sternly) '''[[IResembleThatRemark DO IT.]]'''

-->'''Lisa:''' How could I confuse Bus 22 with 22A? Area 51? Ha, I found Area 51!
-->'''Guard:''' No, ma'am. [steps back] This is Area 51-A.

** Bart, for gluing comedy props to his face so they won't fall off. Partly defied when he says he didn't eat any of the glue when Marge thinks he did.

-->''' Lisa:''' Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the museum?
-->''Man #1:''' (''shouting in Russian'') My pleasure. It's six blocks that way.

* SillyPrayer: When Homer fears he's about to die, he prays... not to {{God}}, but to [[Franchise/{{Superman}} the Man of Steel]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While Lisa and Bart are typically FreeRangeChildren to the extent the plot requires, this episode has 8-year-old Lisa attempting an unsupervised bus trip and getting lost due to her cluelessness about how Springfield's public transport system works, despite her high intelligence.

* IResembleThatRemark: Happens when Marge tells Bart to apologize to Lisa after they get home from the doctor (but Lisa isn't home, unbeknownst to them).