Line #5 Recap/TheSimpsonsS27E18HowLisaGotHerMargeBack


1	Lisa and Marge are having problems, so they take a weekend trip to Capital City to attend a performance of Bad News Bears: The Musical. Meanwhile, Bart teams up with Maggie to trick people, after he becomes frustrated that everyone expects his pranks.
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5	* TheAtoner: Marge takes Lisa on a trip in Capital City to make up for hurting her.
6	* BigBrotherInstinct: Bart punches Gerald for taking away Maggie's doll. Only to be punched by Gerald's older brother who gets punched by [[PapaWolf Homer]] who [[RuleOfFunny gets kicked by a kangaroo who hops off with Maggie's doll]].
7	* CallingParentsByTheirName: Lisa starts calling Marge "Marjorie" due to finding out she hates jazz even when Lisa plays it. And when Marge feels upset by this, Homer is unperturbed; he even states that Bart calls him by his first name all the time, to which Marge points out that he does so out of disrespect any time Homer says or does something stupid.
8	-->'''Marge''': Marjorie...... she called me Marjorie.\
9	'''Homer''': (annoyed) So? Bart calls me Homer.\
10	'''Marge''': You know that's out of disrespect.
11	* CashLure: The first prank Bart tries to play in the episode.
12	* ClicheStorm: InUniverse, the musical versions of Film/PaulBlartMallCop, Film/GIJane and Film/MenInBlack are all about the protagonists finding love.
13	* {{Crossover}}: Bart is pranked by ComicBook/ArchieComics characters[[note]]returning from their previous appearance in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E5SideshowBobRoberts Sideshow Bob Roberts]]"[[/note]]. This might also double as an indirect Actor Allusion, as Archie [[WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries was once voiced by]] Andrew Rannells.
14	* GoneHorriblyRight: Bart's pranks with Maggie go well until he pranks Homer by having Maggie pose as him. Unfortunately, it's so convincing that Homer nearly ''strangles'' Maggie in retaliation until Bart quickly intervenes. Homer then rightfully strangles Bart for this very reason of nearly tricking him into strangling his baby girl.
15	* HellIsThatNoise: Marge reveals that she can't enjoy Lisa's saxophone music, much to Lisa's dismay. When Lisa makes a bad noise, Marge compliments it from afar, making Lisa cry.
16	* HypocriticalHumor: "Remember, it’s not all about me, Andrew Randell’s."
17	* IncrediblyLameFun: Marge really enjoys the various stage musical adaptations, while Lisa struggles to even tolerate them. This ends up serving as a moment of empathy for Lisa, as she better understands that there is a difference between loving someone and loving everything they love.
18	* NobodysThatDumb: Bart descends into a funk when his overplayed pranks start to get this reaction from every easy target in Springfield from [[HalfWittedHillbilly Cletus Spuckler]] to [[TheDitz Ralph Wiggum]].
19	* ParentalHypocrisy: When Homer chides Lisa for yelling at Marge.
20	-->'''Homer:''' Lisa, this is a family. You do not take that tone with another family member.
21	-->'''Bart:''' You tell 'em, butterbean!
22	-->'''Homer:''' Shut up, idiot!
23	* PerpetualPoverty: Realizing the bill and string are a prank, Kirk Van Houten is upset since he could use not only the money but also the string.
24	* SelfDeprecation: When Lisa complains about how Broadway makes musical versions of everything until it becomes old, a subtitle announces that the Simpsons' seventeenth season is still available on [=DVD=].
25	* SpecialGuest: Creator/AndrewRannells, [[AsHimself as himself]].
26	* TooDumbToLive: Ralph Wiggum is dumb enough to mistake electric cables for candy and chew them and even he won't fall for Bart's pranks.
27	* TotemPoleTrench: Bart and Maggie use this trick to [[YouMustBeThisTallToRide ride a roller coaster]].
28	* WhatTheHellHero: Andrew calls Lisa out for refusing to forgive her mother despite her attempts at reconciliation. Particularly because she's sharing a bunch of embarrassing secrets about the family to him, a complete stranger, while doing it.

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