History Recap / TheSimpsonsS2E19LisasSubstitute

* HardTruthAesop and SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Bart is depressed because he lost a class election in which he was the massively more popular candidate because all his constituents forgot to vote, letting Martin Prince win by default. After questioning him about it, [[DumbassHasAPoint Homer rather perceptively points out]] that the position didn't actually come with anything Bart would want--other than the title, all it entails is extra responsibilities.
-->'''Homer:''' So let the baby have his bottle, huh? That's my motto.

* HardTruthAesop: Bart is depressed because he lost a class election in which he was the massively more popular candidate because all his constituents forgot to vote, letting Martin Prince win by default. After questioning him about it, [[DumbassHasAPoint Homer rather perceptively points out]] that the position didn't actually come with anything Bart would want--other than the title, all it entails is extra responsibilities.

* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: In the end, from Bart's (and Homer's) POV. Bart is dejected at first when he loses the election to Martin, but Homer convinces him that as a class president, he would have to do more work without any special reward.

* CheerThemUpWithLaughter: Homer pretends to be a monkey to make Lisa laugh which manages to cheer her up.

* ContinuityError: A tiny one: Marge's family Christmas letter in "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" says that the family bought Snowball II to replace [[PosthumousCharacter the original Snowball]], while in this episode it appears that they fostered Snowball II's pregnant mother and kept one of her kittens. ("We were gonna keep the gray one, but the mother ate her.")

* NiceGuy: Mr Bergstrom is easily one of the best people to ever have been in Springfield. He's kind, considerate and a talented teacher who understands children and recognizes Lisa's intellect.

* ReactionShot: Bart brings a video of his cat giving birth for Show and Tell. We only see the class' squicked-out reaction, and then Bart says "If I hit rewind, I can make them go back in!". Cue ScreamingAtSquick.

* HardTruthAesop: Bart is depressed because he lost a class election in which he was the massively more popular candidate because all his constituents forgot to vote, letting Martin Prince win by default. After questioning him about it, [[DumbassHasAPoint Homer rather perceptively points out]] that the position didn't actually come with anything Bart would want--other than the title, all it entails is some extra responsibilities.

* GoldenMoment: Gets a little {{Deconstruction}} with Homer specifically trying to pull one off for Lisa. [[ParentsAsPeople Like most real parents]], [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he doesn't automatically know how to make sense of a situation or get something helpful out of it just because he's the adult]]. Still, he forges forward and does a decent job before realizing the best thing he can do is make Lisa laugh. (After leaving her room, he almost instantly achieves his own HardTruthAesop version with Bart by pointing out that Martin Prince won't get much out of being class president other than a lot of work Bart doesn't want to do anyway.)

* ChickMagnet: Besides Lisa's crush on him, Mr. Bergstrom also attracts the attention of Mrs. Krabappel and the women in his former apartment building is pretty infatuated with him.

Episode - 7F19\\
First Aired - 4/25/1991

* DeweyDefeatsTruman: Parodied after Martin wins.

* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Homer tries his best to cheer Lisa up by telling her that there are many special people waiting for her in the future, but loses his train of thought and can only describe them in a place "where the food is real good, and guys like me are serving drinks." He [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] his inability to speak in metaphor and ends up trying to be silly to cheer Lisa up instead.

* ActorAllusion: To the famous moment from ''Film/TheGraduate'' with [[BetweenMyLegs the guy framed under a woman's leg]], which is kind of odd since Creator/DustinHoffman was credited under the name "Sam Etic" rather than his actual name.

* SpecialGuest: Creator/DustinHoffman as Mr. Bergstrom (credited as Sam Etic).

* ActorAllusion: To the famous moment from ''Film/TheGraduate'' with the guy framed under a woman's leg, which is kind of odd since Creator/DustinHoffman was credited under the name "Sam Etic" rather than his actual name.

* ActorAllusion: To the famous moment from ''Film/TheGraduate'', which is kind of odd since Creator/DustinHoffman was credited under the name "Sam Etic" rather than his actual name. (Incidentally, the same happens in the Japanese dub in an odd way, as Creator/RyuseiNakao, Mr. Bergstrom's dub voice, appeared as a singer during a cameo in ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman''.)

** This is lampshaded in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E6ItchyAndScratchyTheMovie Itchy And Scratchy: The Movie]]" when Lisa mentions that Dustin Hoffman and Michael Jackson had cameos but didn't use their own names.

* PrecociousCrush: 8-year-old Lisa seems to be crushing Mr. Bergstrom who is her teacher. The promotions all but confirm it.