History Recap / TheSimpsonsS25E21PayPal

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: ZigZagged. When Marge secretly pays Lisa's friend to be her friend, she was outraged and wouldn't talk to her mother. When she was finally moved to tears, Lisa looked guilty for it. But in her head, she was secretly proud of it, but "now, all I want is for Mom to stop crying". And then, when she calms her mother down...

* BaitAndSwitch: at first, it seemed like the bullies' band "Ear Poison" was gonna pla loud music, but then they play calm music.

* {{Jerkass}}:

* SoapboxSadie: Lisa [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere abandons]] her chance at Muni actually being her friend for real when she finds out she eats horse meat.

* BaitandSwitch: at first, it seemed like the bullies' band "Ear Poison" was gonna pla loud music, but then they play calm music.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While paying someone to be Lisa's friend was obviously wrong as Miss Hoover spells out Lisa is too insistent in forcing her classmates to accept her views and doesn't care to respect theirs. When the lie was revealed Tumi admits that she does like Lisa only for Lisa to abandon her the moment she reveals she is not a vegetarian.

* SoapboxSadie: Lisa [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere abandons]] her chance at Muni actually being her friend for real when she finds out she isn't a vegetarian.

'''Gil:''' Ah, give it a shot.

'''Marge:''' [[{{Pun}} Don't you dare say "ostrich eyes"!]]

'''Marge:''' [[IncrediblyLamePun Don't you dare say "ostrich eyes"!]]

* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow The Itchy and Scratchy episode]] Bart watches features Scratchy as a chef and [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Itchy controls him like Remy does with Alfredo Linguini]].

'''Gil:''' Ah, give it a shot.
* UnfortunateNames: The name Wilkes John Booth is too similar to the name of the murderer who killed UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.

** Lisa has driven all of the other kids in Springfield away with her unrelenting drive to make them accept her political views, is perfectly okay with being [[LonersAreFreaks the town weirdo]], and ends up enjoying hurting her own mother emotionally (well, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone maybe with a little reluctance]]).

* {{Jerkass}}: Homer is sorry about ruining Marge's chance to make friends ''only'' when Marge is looking. He is secretly very happy and obviously sees his wife giving up at making any friends as a good thing.

* SoapboxSadie: Lisa [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere abandons]] her chance at Muni actually being her friend for real when she finds out the girl isn't a vegetarian.

* SoapboxSadie: Lisa abandon's her chance at Muni actually being her friend for real when she finds out the girl isn't a vegetarian.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While paying someone to be Lisa’s friend was obviously wrong as Miss Hoover spells out Lisa is too insistent in forcing her classmates to accept her views and doesn't care to respect theirs. When the lie was revealed Tumi admits that she does like Lisa only for Lisa to abandon her the moment she reveals she is not a vegetarian.

-->'''Lisa:''' It's funny, but hurting your feelings made me feel better.
-->'''Marge:''' Hmm...try to forget that.

-->'''Lisa:''' ''"It's funny, but hurting your feelings made me feel better."''
-->'''Marge:''' ''"Hmm...try to forget that."''

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: ZigZagged. When Marge secretly paying Lisa's friend to be her friend, she was outraged and wouldn't talk to her mother. When she was finally moved to tears, Lisa looked guilty for it. But in her head, she was secretly proud of it, but "now, all I want is for Mom to stop crying". And then, when she calms her mother down...

* ButHeSoundsAwesome: To encourage Lisa to make friends, her parents hold a party for her and invite every kid she ever befriended. They give up when the only invitee who shows up is a boy she used to play soccer with. When Lisa sees and recognizes him, he denies being that boy but claims he'd like to because of how good he is as a soccer player.