History Recap / TheSimpsonsS7E5LisaTheVegetarian

-->'''Mr. Burns:''' You know, Smithers, I think I'll donate a million dollars to the local orphanage... when pigs fly!\\
''[They laugh, until the pig sails across the sky before them, at which point the laugh awkwardly peters out.]''\\
'''Smithers:''' Will you be donating that million dollars now, Sir?\\
'''Mr. Burns:''' Nooo, I'd still prefer not.

* DoWrongRight: Don't eat beef. Eat deer.

** '''Skinner:''' In the interest of creating an open dialogue...sit silently and watch this film.

-->'''Marge:''' ''[to Lisa who is hauling away the pig roast]'' BART... NOOOOO!!!!\\

'''Marge:''' ''[embarrassed]'' Sorry, force of habit. ''[to Lisa]'' LISA... NOOOOO!!!

* SoapboxSadie: Lisa quickly becomes disgusted with everyone else's carnivorous diet after becoming attached to a cutesy baby petting zoo lamb at a storybook village park, culminating in her ruining Homer's big barbecue because the guests did not want to eat the vegetarian food she prepared. Granted that Homer was a bit of a {{Jerkass}} to her while rousing the family in a catchy conga line tune: "You don't win friends with salad". It also doesn't help to call your 8-year old daughter a "know-nothing know-it-all" but that doesn't justify her dangerously irresponsible behavior. The point of that episode was Lisa learning that she shouldn't force other people to become vegetarians and Homer learning to respect his children's choices, and they do apologize to each other at the end.

-->'''Lisa:''' ''(angrily)'' THAT'S ''IT''!! I CAN'T ''LIVE'' IN A HOUSE WITH THIS PREHISTORIC CARNIVORE!! I AM ''OUT'' OF HERE!!! ''(leaves in a huff)''
-->'''Homer:''' THAT'S IT!! GO TO YOUR ROOM!!

* WhamEpisode: Lisa becomes a vegetarian. And the series would never be the same, ever again.

Following a day trip to the petting zoo, Lisa begins to realize that the meat she called food was once an animal that was cute and cuddly, so she decides to become a vegetarian, which gets her ridiculed by her friends and family. Meanwhile, Homer sets up his own barbecue after not being invited to one at the Flanderses' house (which was strictly a family reunion).

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Apu's rendition of "Sgt.e Dark Arts, encouraged (or coerced) into torturing younger students (and tortured if they refuse), and a Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", although Paul and Linda don't mind.

* LiteralMetaphor: After the class watches a propaganda video made by the meat industry, Lisa explodes, "[[TemptingFate They can't seriously expect us to swallow that tripe!]]" In fact, they've literally provided the class with complimentary tripe to eat.

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Apu's rendition of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", although Paul and Linda don't mind.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: While the episode sympathizes with Lisa's perspective and shows why she can't eat meat in good conscience, it's not so much about vegetarianism as it is about the importance of respecting the beliefs of others. While society pressures Lisa to eat meat, Lisa herself pressures her family to go vegetarian, even ruining Homer's barbecue. Ultimately the happy ending is achieved by Lisa and Homer's decision to [[AgreeToDisagree respect each other's choices]].

* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: Bart faced the opposite problem at the Mother Goose train ride for not being short enough. He did make the ride more fun for the preschoolers, though.[[note]]Bart, sitting at the front of the train, smacks face-first into a tunnel, causing the train — dragging the tunnel along with it — to crash into several prop trees and telephone poles, before coming to a stop onto statues of Myth/PaulBunyan and Babe the ox (Bart’s face smacking right into the Bunyan statue’s crotch), the former of which somehow breaks in half and beheads a nearby Mother Goose statue with its axe.[[/note]]

* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: Bart faced the opposite problem at the Mother Goose train ride for not being short enough. He did make the ride more fun for the preschoolers, though.[[note]]Bart, sitting at the front of the train, smacks face-first into a tunnel, causing the train — dragging the tunnel along with it — to crash into several prop trees and telephone poles, before coming to a stop onto statues of Myth/PaulBunyan and Babe the ox (Bart’s face smacking right into the Bunyan statue’s crotch), the former of which somehow breaks in half, with his axe beheading a Mother Goose statue next to where the train stopped.[[/note]]

* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: Bart faced the opposite problem at the Mother Goose train ride for not being short enough. He did make the ride more fun for the preschoolers, though.[[note]]Bart, sitting at the front of the train, smacks face-first into a tunnel, causing the train — dragging the tunnel along with it — to crash into several prop trees and telephone poles, before coming to a stop onto a statue of Myth/PaulBunyan and his ox Babe (Bart’s face smacking right into the statue’s crotch), which somehow breaks in half, with his axe beheading a Mother Goose statue next to where the train stopped.[[/note]]

* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: Bart faced the opposite problem at the Mother Goose train ride for not being short enough. He did make the ride more fun for the preschoolers, though.[[note]]Bart smacks face-first into a tunnel, causing the train — with tunnel in tow — to crash into several trees and prop telephone poles, before coming to a stop upon running into a statue of Paul Bunyan and his ox Babe (Bart’s face smacking into the statue’s crotch), which somehow breaks in half, with his axe beheading a Mother Goose statue next to where the train stopped.[[/note]]

* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: Bart faced the opposite problem at the Mother Goose train ride for not being short enough. He did make the ride more fun for the preschoolers, though.

-->'''Mr. Burns:''' You know, Smithers, I think I'll donate a million dollars to the local orphanage... when pigs fly!
--> [They laugh, until the pig sails across the sky before them, at which point the laugh awkwardly peters out.]
-->'''Smithers:''' Will you be donating that million dollars now, Sir?
-->'''Mr. Burns:''' Nooo, I'd still prefer not.

* TheDoorSlamsYou: When Lisa doesn't laugh after seeing the ''[[JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow Itchy and Scratchy]]'' episode, "Esophagus Now", feeling that it sends the message that violence against animals is funny, Bart tells her that cartoons don't have messages and are meant to be hilarious with things like people getting hurt. As if on cue, Homer opens the door and knocks Bart over with it.

-->'''Troy:''' Come on, Jimmy! Let's take a peek at the killing floor.
-->'''Jimmy:''' ''[gasp]!''
-->'''Troy:''' Don't let the name throw you, Jimmy. It's not really a floor, it's more of a steel grating that allows material that's loose through so it can be collected and exported.

-->'''Lisa:''' ''(deadpan)'' Do you remember when you lost your passion for this line of work?

-->'''Lisa''' Um, excuse me, isn't there anything here that doesn't have meat in it?\\

-->'''Marge:''' ''(to Lisa who is hauling away the pig roast)'' BART... NOOOOO!!!!
-->'''Bart:''' ''(standing next to Marge, annoyed)'' What?!
-->'''Marge:''' ''(embarrassed)'' Sorry, force of habit. ''(to Lisa)'' LISA... NOOOOO!!!

-->'''Jimmy:''' I was a grade-A moron to ever question eating meat.
-->'''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Yes, you were, Jimmy. Yes, you were.

-->'''Lisa:''' It's bad enough they're all eating meat. They don't have to rub it in my face. ''(burger lands on her face)'' ARRGGGH!!!

* InsaneTrollLogic: Homer argues against vegetarianism, saying that "If God wanted us to be vegetarians, He wouldn't have made animals out of meat".

* NeverMyFault: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. Lisa uses a riding mower to destroy a barbecue organized by her father. But at the end, she admits to being at fault, but not completely.
-->'''Homer:''' Ohhhh. Lisa. I was looking for you. I wanted to apologize. I don't know exactly what went wrong, but it's always my fault.
-->'''Lisa:''' Actually Dad, this time, [[HeelRealization I was wrong]]...
-->'''Homer:''' Oooh!
-->'''Lisa:''' ...too.
-->'''Homer:''' Ohh.

* GoToYourRoom: Parodied. Homer says this twice to Lisa, once when she decides to go to her room, the second time after Lisa runs away. Homer also says it to Bart once.

-->'''Bart:''' You dunkin' your sausages in that syrup, homeboy? Because if you are, Lisa won't pass it over.

-->'''Marge:''' Tell him yourself, you're ignoring Lisa, not Bart.

-->'''Bart:''' Uh, Dad. Lisa's the one you're not talking to.
-->'''Homer:''' Stop playing smart, Bart, or go to your room!
-->'''Lisa:''' Hey, leave Bart out of this, or are you just gonna eat him, Dad?!

-->'''Lisa:''' It's bad enough they're all eating meat. They don't have to rub it in my face. ''(burger lands on her face)''

-->'''Marge:''' Erm, please pass your father the syrup, Lisa.

-->'''Bart:''' You dunkin' your sausages in that syrup, homeboy?

-->'''Marge:''' Homer, you're not not-talking to me, and secondly, I heard what you said.

-->'''Homer:''' Bart, go to your room!
-->'''Lisa:''' Why don't you just eat him, Dad?!