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* RejectedApology: When Lisa finally apologizes to Miss Hoover and buys her the recliner she wanted, Hoover rejects the apology because it was given too late. However, the next day, Lisa is ultimately forgiven after pointing out that [[LampshadeHanging no second grader can ever really buy a recliner like she did.]]
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* RejectedApology: When Lisa finally apologizes to Miss Hoover and buys her the recliner she wanted, Hoover rejects the apology because it was given too late. However, the next day, Lisa is ultimately forgiven after pointing out that [[LampshadeHanging no second grader can ever really buy a recliner like she did.]] Plus it had a massage feature.
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Bart, who typically only does this to his dad, demotes his mother to "Marge" for the first time in the entire series after she attempts to serve the family a healthy breakfast of cantaloupe slices.
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Bart, who typically only does this to his dad, demotes his mother to "Marge" for the first time in the entire series after she attempts to serve the family a healthy breakfast of cantaloupe slices.
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Bart, who typically only does this to his dad, demotes his mother to "Marge" for the first time in the entire series after she attempts to serve the family a healthy breakfast of cantaloupe slices.
-->'''Homer:''' See? Your fruit breakfast has turned him into a first-name user.
-->'''Homer:''' See? Your fruit breakfast has turned him into a first-name user.
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** The end credits show the projects of all the other kids in Lisa's class, including Blake, Lisa's band rival from two episodes prior, who's presented ''himself'' as his hero.
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** The end credits show the projects of all the other kids in Lisa's class, including Blake, Lisa's band rival from two episodes prior, prior ("Three Dreams Denied"), who's presented ''himself'' ''[[ItsAllAboutMe himself]]'' as his hero.
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** The end credits show the projects of all the other kids in Lisa's class, including Blake, Lisa's band rival from two episodes prior, who's presented ''himself'' as his hero.
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* RejectedApology: When Lisa finally apologizes to Miss Hoover and buys her the recliner she wanted, Hoover rejects the apology because it was given too late. However, Lisa is ultimately forgiven because [[LampshadeHanging no second grader can ever really buy a recliner like she did.]]
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* RejectedApology: When Lisa finally apologizes to Miss Hoover and buys her the recliner she wanted, Hoover rejects the apology because it was given too late. However, the next day, Lisa is ultimately forgiven because after pointing out that [[LampshadeHanging no second grader can ever really buy a recliner like she did.]]
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* RejectedApology: When Lisa finally apologizes to Miss Hoover and buys her the recliner she wanted, Hoover rejects the apology because it was given too late. However, Lisa is ultimately forgiven because she bought the chair, which allows Hoover to teach while seeing her students' faces again.
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* RejectedApology: When Lisa finally apologizes to Miss Hoover and buys her the recliner she wanted, Hoover rejects the apology because it was given too late. However, Lisa is ultimately forgiven because [[LampshadeHanging no second grader can ever really buy a recliner like she bought the chair, which allows Hoover to teach while seeing her students' faces again. did.]]
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* HardTruthAesop: Similar to season 24's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E15BlackEyedPlease Black Eyed Please]]" Lisa has to face a reality that an authority figure may not appreciate her and that, however justified her anger may be, her outburst is still disrespecting an authority figure.
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* HardTruthAesop: Similar to season 24's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E15BlackEyedPlease Black Eyed Please]]" Lisa has to face a reality that an authority figure may not appreciate her and that, however justified her anger may be, her outburst is still disrespecting an authority figure. She ends the episode sitting on the roof looking at the sky trying to figure out how she is supposed to feel about it.
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* HardTruthAesop: Similar to season 24's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E15BlackEyedPlease Black Eyed Please]]" Lisa has to face a reality that an authority figure may not appreciate her and that, however justified her anger may be, her outburst is still disrespecting an authority figure.
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Lisa calls her teacher Miss Hoover a hack and refuses to apologize. Then, she learns about Miss Hoover's painful private life.
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Lisa calls her teacher Miss Hoover a hack and refuses to apologize. Then, Bart suggests the non-apology "I'm soggy" but that gets Lisa nowhere. So then she learns decides to take Marge's advice. This leads Lisa to learn about the pathetic tribulations of Miss Hoover's painful private personal life.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the first time that Ms. Hoover has gotten a major role in an episode.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the first time that Ms. Miss Hoover has gotten a major role in an episode.
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%% * AssholeVictim: Miss Hoover's behaviour at work is a result of poor living conditions and chronic back pain, however, Lisa is still right to call her a "hack". Miss Hoover is still the same teacher who skives off work, only does it for the money, bullies a student with an intellectual disability in front of the class, and has openly stated how she doesn't know how to do her job. The reason why Lisa got a B-? Miss Hoover found it easier to just give all her students a B- than select a different grade for each one.
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* JerkJustifications: Miss Hoover's apathy towards work is a result of living in poor conditions and lacking a personal relationship.
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Isn’t the crummy life Ms. Hoover lives supposed to be a Freudian Excuse?
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* AssholeVictim: Miss Hoover's behaviour at work is a result of poor living conditions and chronic back pain, however, Lisa is still right to call her a "hack". Miss Hoover is still the same teacher who skives off work, only does it for the money, bullies a student with an intellectual disability in front of the class, and has openly stated how she doesn't know how to do her job. The reason why Lisa got a B-? Miss Hoover found it easier to just give all her students a B- than select a different grade for each one.
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%% * AssholeVictim: Miss Hoover's behaviour at work is a result of poor living conditions and chronic back pain, however, Lisa is still right to call her a "hack". Miss Hoover is still the same teacher who skives off work, only does it for the money, bullies a student with an intellectual disability in front of the class, and has openly stated how she doesn't know how to do her job. The reason why Lisa got a B-? Miss Hoover found it easier to just give all her students a B- than select a different grade for each one.
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* AssholeVictim: Miss Hoover's behaviour at work is a result of poor living conditions and chronic back pain, however, Lisa is still right to call her a "hack". Miss Hoover is still the same teacher who skives off work, only does it for the money, bullies a student with an intellectual disability in front of the class, and has openly stated how she doesn't know how to do her job. Tragic home life or not, Lisa and Ralph had nothing to do with it.
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* AssholeVictim: Miss Hoover's behaviour at work is a result of poor living conditions and chronic back pain, however, Lisa is still right to call her a "hack". Miss Hoover is still the same teacher who skives off work, only does it for the money, bullies a student with an intellectual disability in front of the class, and has openly stated how she doesn't know how to do her job. Tragic home life or not, The reason why Lisa and Ralph had nothing got a B-? Miss Hoover found it easier to do with it.just give all her students a B- than select a different grade for each one.
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* AssholeVictim: Miss Hoover's behaviour at work is a result of poor living conditions and chronic back pain, however, Lisa is still right to call her a "hack". Miss Hoover is still the same teacher who skives off work, only does it for the money, bullies a student with an intellectual disability in front of the class, and has openly stated how she doesn't know how to do her job. Tragic home life or not, Lisa and Ralph had nothing to do with it.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the first time that Ms. Hoover has gotten a major role in an episode.
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* ShoutOut: To ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' in TheStinger. Homer is lying on top of the roof and daydreams of being a WWI flying ace, in a near perfect recreation of Snoopy fighting the Red Baron in ‘’WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown''.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Moe's advice to Lisa on dealing with Miss Hoover is the same advice he gives to people dealing with bad drivers: to follow her home and pee in her gas tank.
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* ApatheticTeacher: Deconstructed with Miss Hoover. After witnessing Miss Hoover's private life, Lisa realizes why Miss Hoover is the way she is and apologizes to her.
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** Chalmers' dancing talent, first seen in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E11HowTheTestWasWon How the Test was Won]]," is seen again here.
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* GratuitousRap: Lisa's presentation on Gladys West consists of a rap performance--not by her, but a recorded voice inside her mobile.
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* GratuitousRap: Lisa's presentation on Gladys West consists of a rap performance--not by her, but a recorded voice inside her mobile. The entire school runs into her classroom and dances.
* NeverWinTheLottery: Lisa learns that Miss Hoover buys a lottery ticket every day on the way home, and dreads losing every time.
* NeverWinTheLottery: Lisa learns that Miss Hoover buys a lottery ticket every day on the way home, and dreads losing every time.
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* TheUnapologetic: Lisa, who refuses to apologize to Miss Hoover due to belief she was in the wrong.
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* StinkBomb: Bart threatens to use a deadly one on the bullies giving Lisa a hard time in detention. He ends up throwing it at a teacher, but it turns out to be a lavender bath bomb. The teacher thanks him for it.
* TheUnapologetic: Lisa, who refuses to apologize to Miss Hoover due to belief she was in thewrong.wrong.
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Lisa calls her teacher Miss Hoover a hack and refuses to apologize. Then, she learns about Miss Hoover's painful private life.
!!This episode provides examples of:
* TheBGrade: After getting one B-minus, Lisa worries her dreams of going to Yale are dashed.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Lisa is correct in that Miss Hoover was wrong to give her an unfair grade, but Miss Hoover is correct in that Lisa should have apologized for calling her a hack.
* ContinuityNod:
** The animation of Lisa dancing on Miss Hoover's smart board is of the same dance she did in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E13RadioBart Radio Bart]]."
** The a cappella song the Yale men sing at the end of the episode has the same melody as "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet Baby on Board]]."
* CrackOhMyBack: Despite her chronic back problems, Miss Hoover still comes to class but can only teach while lying down on her back.
* GratuitousRap: Lisa's presentation on Gladys West consists of a rap performance--not by her, but a recorded voice inside her mobile.
* RageBreakingPoint: Miss Hoover yawns throughout all of Lisa's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, but it's not until she calls her a hack that she snaps and sends her to detention.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lisa gives one to Miss Hoover after getting a B- on her presentation, the same grade as everyone else. She calls Miss Hoover uncaring and apathetic.
* RejectedApology: When Lisa finally apologizes to Miss Hoover and buys her the recliner she wanted, Hoover rejects the apology because it was given too late. However, Lisa is ultimately forgiven because she bought the chair, which allows Hoover to teach while seeing her students' faces again.
* TheUnapologetic: Lisa, who refuses to apologize to Miss Hoover due to belief she was in the wrong.
!!This episode provides examples of:
* TheBGrade: After getting one B-minus, Lisa worries her dreams of going to Yale are dashed.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Lisa is correct in that Miss Hoover was wrong to give her an unfair grade, but Miss Hoover is correct in that Lisa should have apologized for calling her a hack.
* ContinuityNod:
** The animation of Lisa dancing on Miss Hoover's smart board is of the same dance she did in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E13RadioBart Radio Bart]]."
** The a cappella song the Yale men sing at the end of the episode has the same melody as "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet Baby on Board]]."
* CrackOhMyBack: Despite her chronic back problems, Miss Hoover still comes to class but can only teach while lying down on her back.
* GratuitousRap: Lisa's presentation on Gladys West consists of a rap performance--not by her, but a recorded voice inside her mobile.
* RageBreakingPoint: Miss Hoover yawns throughout all of Lisa's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, but it's not until she calls her a hack that she snaps and sends her to detention.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lisa gives one to Miss Hoover after getting a B- on her presentation, the same grade as everyone else. She calls Miss Hoover uncaring and apathetic.
* RejectedApology: When Lisa finally apologizes to Miss Hoover and buys her the recliner she wanted, Hoover rejects the apology because it was given too late. However, Lisa is ultimately forgiven because she bought the chair, which allows Hoover to teach while seeing her students' faces again.
* TheUnapologetic: Lisa, who refuses to apologize to Miss Hoover due to belief she was in the wrong.
