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* CanadaEh: Comptroller Atkins mentions he's Canadian as a HandWave for why he allows Springfield Elementary to keep the money after Lisa bravely admitted she cheated... or rather, the fake Comptroller Atkins says this, and there's no telling if the real Atkins would have taken the money back in the face of such a thing.
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* CourteousCanadian: Comptroller Atkins mentions he's Canadian as a HandWave for why he allows Springfield Elementary to keep the money after Lisa bravely admitted she cheated... or rather, the fake Comptroller Atkins says this, and there's no telling if the real Atkins would have taken the money back in the face of such a thing.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Superintendent Chalmers after Lisa threatens to report Principal Skinner to him for covering up the fact that she cheated.
-->'''Chalmers:''' Skinner!!! I am outraged that you kept this from me! You were supposed to call as soon as the new scoreboard was in. Tell me, does it play that song "Charge"?
-->'''Chalmers:''' Skinner!!! I am outraged that you kept this from me! You were supposed to call as soon as the new scoreboard was in. Tell me, does it play that song "Charge"?
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** Miss Hoover when noticing Lisa feels funny after giving her class the tests.
--->'''Miss Hoover:''' ''(sympathetic)'' Aw, don't worry about the test. Just get yourself a nice drink of water. ''(suddenly stern)'' Then come back and finish the test.
** Superintendent Chalmers after Lisa threatens to report Principal Skinner to him for covering up the fact that she cheated.
-->'''Chalmers:''' --->'''Chalmers:''' Skinner!!! I am outraged that you kept this from me! You were supposed to call as soon as the new scoreboard was in. Tell me, does it play that song "Charge"?
** Miss Hoover when noticing Lisa feels funny after giving her class the tests.
--->'''Miss Hoover:''' ''(sympathetic)'' Aw, don't worry about the test. Just get yourself a nice drink of water. ''(suddenly stern)'' Then come back and finish the test.
** Superintendent Chalmers after Lisa threatens to report Principal Skinner to him for covering up the fact that she cheated.
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* CompressedHair: Otto somehow manages to fit his very long curly hair (as well as his hat and headphones) underneath the Comptroller mask. When he takes it off, all his hair bursts out.
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* CompressedHair: Otto somehow manages to fit his very long curly hair (as well as his hat and headphones) underneath the Comptroller LatexPerfection mask. When he takes it off, all his hair bursts out.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Lisa worries that an F on one second-grade test will cost her admission to Harvard University, and the only school that would accept her would be [[TakeThat Brown University]].
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Lisa worries that an F a zero on one second-grade test will cost her admission to Harvard University, and the only school that would accept her would be [[TakeThat Brown University]].
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* InelegantBlubbering: Homer, after accidentally boiling Pinchy, succumbs to eating (and thoroughly enjoying) him, all the while still bawling traumatised.
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* InelegantBlubbering: Homer, after accidentally boiling Pinchy, succumbs to eating (and thoroughly enjoying) him, all the while still bawling traumatised.traumatized.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Homer has one when he realises that he has accidentally killed Pinchy by giving him a hot bath. In the last scene, he is sobbing over Pinchy while eating him.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Homer has one when he realises realizes that he has accidentally killed Pinchy by giving him a hot bath. In the last scene, he is sobbing over Pinchy while eating him.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: Willie recommends Lisa not cheat on the test and just take the F. After all, he got an F once, and his life "turned out just fine." Note that Willie says this while unclogging a school toilet with his bare hands.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: Willie recommends Lisa not cheat on the test and just take the F. failing grade. After all, he got an F a zero once, and his life "turned out just fine." Note that Willie says this while unclogging a school toilet with his bare hands.
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* RedLiveLobster: The subplot involves Homer raising a lobster to eat, but instead makes it his pet. Pinchy, the lobster, is red, even before it ultimately gets boiled.
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* RedLiveLobster: The subplot involves Homer raising a lobster to eat, but instead makes it his pet. Pinchy, the lobster, is red, even before it ultimately gets boiled. It's [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] somewhat in that Pinchy is a dark shade of red when alive, and he turns a much brighter red when boiled.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Lisa has to decide whether to accept her award or confess her cheating and lose the school it's badly needed grant. She ultimately confesses. But, it's Skinner and Chalmers (along with Bart, Marge, Homer, and the audience) who have taken the third option: having her confess to Otto in a comptroller mask at a fake ceremony and then sending her out with her parents. The real comptroller then gives the real check to the school at the real ceremony.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Lisa has to decide whether to accept her award or confess her cheating and lose the school it's badly needed grant. She ultimately confesses. But, it's Skinner and Chalmers (along with Bart, Marge, Homer, and the audience) who have taken the third option: having her confess to Otto in a comptroller mask at a fake ceremony and then sending her out with her parents. The real comptroller then gives the real check to the school at the real ceremony.ceremony, with Bart staying behind and operating a fake Lisa puppet from the audience.
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** The ImagineSpot of Lisa being forced to go to Brown University due to her one "F." Ian Maxtone-Graham, who wrote the story, [[SelfDeprecation went to Brown University]].
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** The ImagineSpot of Lisa being forced to go to Brown University due to her one "F." "zero". Ian Maxtone-Graham, who wrote the story, [[SelfDeprecation went to Brown University]].
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* FateWorseThanDeath: See FelonyMisdemeanor below.
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Somehow didn't pothole it.
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** Ralph calls Superintendent Chalmers "Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Chalmers".
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** Ralph calls Superintendent Chalmers "Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem "[[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] Chalmers".
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** Ralph calls Superintendent Chalmers "UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo Chalmers".
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** Ralph calls Superintendent Chalmers "UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo "Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Chalmers".
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*DeadlyDingos: At one point, a video game dingo is seen and his objective is to eat seven crystal babies.
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I removed the “everyone has standards” example. This was about how everyone was willing to go along with the deception. The conclusion drawn was that everybody (especially Bart) genuine valued education to ensure a better future for the school. I do not believe that was supported by the episode. Bart didn’t even attend class if he could avoid it so there’s no evidence that he really valued education (as opposed to, say, liking the idea of having some nicer gym equipment). Similarly, Skinner chose to spend money on a new fancy score board before fixing up basic maintenance. More significantly though, even if these characters did value education, this trope isn’t simply about caring about something but about having a line the characters will not cross. If the characters refused to do something, because of how much they cared about education, that may be this trope. However, agreeing to work together because you care about something, isn’t this trope.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: A very weird example. At first, it is only shown that Bart, Nelson, Skinner, Groundskeeper Willie, and Chalmers know about the truth that Lisa cheated on the test. However, it turns out that the entire school body (both the students and teachers) already knew about it (as they were presumably informed by Chalmers and Skinner), but they willingly tagged along with Skinner and Chalmers's plan to get the basic grant money from the school district, presumably out of desperation. Even Bart, who has been in hot water with Skinner and Chalmers for his bad behavior, was involved in it as he fooled Lisa into attending a fake presentation with a fake comptroller in case she would come clean; Skinner even got Bart to use a fake Lisa puppet in order fool the real comptroller in handing the grant money during the real presentation. This comes to show that the school body (especially Bart) genuinely valued education to ensure the school for a better future, despite everything what has happened.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Overlooking cheating and emotionally blackmailing a guilty young girl to go along with it might be shady but Skinner and Chalmers are absolutely right that the school desperately needs the grant money and that Lisa confessing won't do anything but make her feel better.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Actually, there are four pluses." "No, that's dramboie."]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Actually, there are four pluses." "No, that's dramboie.Drambuie."]]
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* HighSchoolHustler: For this episode, Nelson is one. He uses one of the stalls in the boys' bathroom as an office and he sells test answers in a way that sort of resembles a drug dealer (after he sells Lisa the answer to the ''Wind in the Willows'' test, he meets her again and offers her the answers to another test -- he'll give her the consonants for free but she will need to buy the vowels).
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* HighSchoolHustler: For this episode, Nelson is one. He uses one of the stalls in the boys' bathroom as an office and he sells test answers in a way that sort of resembles a drug dealer (after he sells Lisa the answer to the ''Wind in the Willows'' test, he meets her again and offers her the answers to another a fraction test -- he'll give her the consonants numerators for free but she will need to buy the vowels).denominators).
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* ChekhovsGag: The decoy of himself Bart made in shop really only serves to set up his making the fake Lisa puppet to fool Comptroller Atkins.
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* ChekhovsGag: The decoy of himself Bart made in shop really only serves to set up his making the fake Lisa puppet to fool Comptroller Atkins.Atkins; even Skinner himself is involved in it as he was the one who assigned Bart to create the fake Lisa puppet in case the real Lisa would come clean during the fake presentation.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: A very weird example. At first, it is only shown that Bart, Nelson, Skinner, Groundskeeper Willie, and Chalmers know about the truth that Lisa cheated on the test. However, it turns out that the entire school body (both the students and teachers) already knew about it (as they were presumably informed by Chalmers and Skinner), but they willingly tagged along with Skinner and Chalmers's plan to get the basic grant money from the school district, presumably out of desperation. Even Bart, who has been in hot water with Skinner and Chalmers for his bad behavior, was involved in it as he fooled Lisa into attending a fake presentation with a fake comptroller in case she would come clean. Even during the real presentation, Bart uses a puppet of Lisa to fool the real comptroller into handing the real grant money as part of the plan. This comes to show that the school body (especially Bart) genuinely valued education to ensure the school for a better future, despite everything what has happened.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Not "evil" exactly but Bart is genuinely unable to fathom why Lisa would have an issue with getting a good grade through cheating rather than earning it honestly, even trying but simply not able to see the issue.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Not "evil" exactly but Bart is genuinely unable to fathom why Lisa would have an issue with getting a good grade through cheating rather than earning it honestly, even trying but simply not able to see the issue.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: A very weird example. At first, it is only shown that Bart, Nelson, Skinner, Groundskeeper Willie, and Chalmers know about the truth that Lisa cheated on the test. However, it turns out that the entire school body (both the students and teachers) already knew about it (as they were presumably informed by Chalmers and Skinner), but they willingly tagged along with Skinner and Chalmers's plan to get the basic grant money from the school district, presumably out of desperation. Even Bart, who has been in hot water with Skinner and Chalmers for his bad behavior, was involved in it as he fooled Lisa into attending a fake presentation with a fake comptroller in case she would come clean. Even during the real presentation, clean; Skinner even got Bart uses to use a fake Lisa puppet of Lisa to in order fool the real comptroller into in handing the real grant money as part of during the plan.real presentation. This comes to show that the school body (especially Bart) genuinely valued education to ensure the school for a better future, despite everything what has happened.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Not "evil"exactly exactly, but Bart is genuinely unable to fathom why Lisa would have an issue with getting a good grade through cheating rather than earning it honestly, even trying but simply not able to see the issue.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Not "evil"
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** She also complained about Homer sparing Pinchy the lobster, despite being a vegetarian and a fierce animal lover. Homer even lampshades it by calling her out on it.
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** She also complained about Homer sparing refusing to cook Pinchy the lobster, despite being a vegetarian and a fierce animal lover. Homer even lampshades it by calling her out on it.it, only for Lisa to admit that she actually enjoyed the smell of cooked lobster.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: A very weird example. At first, it is only shown that Bart, Nelson, Skinner, Groundskeeper Willie, and Chalmers know about the truth that Lisa cheated on the test. However, it turns out that the entire school body (both the students and teachers) already knew about it (as they were presumably informed by Chalmers and Skinner), but they willingly tagged along with Skinner and Chalmers's plan to get the basic grant money from the school district out of desperation. Even Bart, who has been in hot water with Skinner and Chalmers for his bad behavior, was involved in it as he fooled her into attending a fake presentation with a fake comptroller in case Lisa would come clean. Even during the real presentation, Bart uses a puppet of Lisa to fool the real comptroller into handing the real grant money as part of the plan. This comes to show that the school body (especially Bart) genuinely valued education to ensure the school for a better future, despite everything what has happened.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: A very weird example. At first, it is only shown that Bart, Nelson, Skinner, Groundskeeper Willie, and Chalmers know about the truth that Lisa cheated on the test. However, it turns out that the entire school body (both the students and teachers) already knew about it (as they were presumably informed by Chalmers and Skinner), but they willingly tagged along with Skinner and Chalmers's plan to get the basic grant money from the school district district, presumably out of desperation. Even Bart, who has been in hot water with Skinner and Chalmers for his bad behavior, was involved in it as he fooled her Lisa into attending a fake presentation with a fake comptroller in case Lisa she would come clean. Even during the real presentation, Bart uses a puppet of Lisa to fool the real comptroller into handing the real grant money as part of the plan. This comes to show that the school body (especially Bart) genuinely valued education to ensure the school for a better future, despite everything what has happened.
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* BlackComedyPetDeatth: Homer weeping over the death of his beloved pet lobster... while eating him.
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* BlackComedyPetDeatth: BlackComedyPetDeath: Homer weeping over the death of his beloved pet lobster... while eating him.
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* BlackComedy: Homer weeping over the death of his beloved pet lobster... while eating him.
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* BlackComedy: BlackComedyPetDeatth: Homer weeping over the death of his beloved pet lobster... while eating him.
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'''Production code:''' AABF03
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'''Original air date:''' 11/22/1998
'''Production code:''' AABF03
'''Production code:''' AABF03
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** Teasing the WhereTheHellIsSpringfield question:
--->'''Chalmers:''' It's not surprising this school was once classified the most dilapidated in all of Missouri. That's why it was shut down and moved here, brick by brick.
--->'''Chalmers:''' It's not surprising this school was once classified the most dilapidated in all of Missouri. That's why it was shut down and moved here, brick by brick.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Lisa and Skinner react with the same surprise the audience probably has when Chalmers appears to casually reveal [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield where the hell Springfield is]], before he clarifies that the school, after being declared "the most dilapidated in all of Missouri," was shut down and moved to Springfield "brick by brick." Of course, InUniverse they'd be reacting that way because they already know Springfield isn't in Missouri.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Lisa and Skinner react with the same surprise the audience probably has when Chalmers appears to casually reveal [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield where the hell Springfield is]], before he clarifies [[BaitAndSwitchComment clarifies]] that the school, after being declared "the most dilapidated in all of Missouri," was shut down and moved to Springfield "brick by brick." Of course, InUniverse they'd be reacting that way because they already know Springfield isn't in Missouri.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Lisa and Skinner react with the same surprise the audience probably has when Chalmers appears to casually reveal [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield where the hell Springfield is]], before he clarifies that the school, after being declared "the most dilapidated in all of Missouri," was shut down and moved to Springfield "brick by brick." Of course, InUniverse they'd be reacting that way because they already know Springfield isn't in Missouri.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF Bart Gets an F]]". That episode saw Bart trying desperately to avoid getting an F on an upcoming test by intense studying. This sees Lisa trying desperately to avoid getting an F on a test she did not study for by cheating. In this same vein, Bart's F would mean he had to repeat the fourth grade, while Lisa's A+++ meant the school would be (unjustly) using it for grant money.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF Bart Gets an F]]". That episode saw Bart trying desperately to avoid getting an F on an upcoming test by intense studying. This sees Lisa trying desperately to avoid getting an F on a test she did not study for by cheating. In this same vein, Bart's F would mean he had to repeat the fourth grade, while Lisa's A+++ meant the school would be (unjustly) using it for grant money. Both episodes end with the grade being changed and then hung on the family fridge (Bart's D- because it meant he passed after all, Lisa changing the A to an F herself, happy with having stood by her principles).
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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Despite her scrupulous nature, Lisa cheats because she believes that a single bad grade will wreck her future. In a weird way, this trope holds true for the result of that sole incident of cheating, as that one grade wound up bumping up the entire school's GPA and getting them awarded a grant, meaning Lisa has to deal with a barrage of ObliviousGuiltSlinging plus the choice between honesty and what's best for the school and its students (this being Lisa, [[HonorBeforeReason the latter doesn't stand a chance]].)
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* SavedByTheAwesome: {{Subverted}} ForLaughs. Lisa is lead to believe that this happens when she publicly confesses to cheating for the grade that netted Springfield Elementary a much-needed grant, with Comptroller Atkins commending her for having the courage to be honest and giving the school the grant anyway. In fact, [[CrazyPrepared Skinner took her]] HonorBeforeReason tendencies into account and faked the ceremony before it happened with Otto impersonating Atkins, thereby getting rid of Lisa before the real Comptroller shows up to award the grant.
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* SavedByTheAwesome: {{Subverted}} ForLaughs.{{Subverted}}. Lisa is lead to believe that this happens when she publicly confesses to cheating for the grade that netted Springfield Elementary a much-needed grant, with Comptroller Atkins commending her for having the courage to be honest and giving the school the grant anyway. In fact, [[CrazyPrepared Skinner took her]] HonorBeforeReason tendencies into account and faked the grant ceremony before it happened with Otto impersonating Atkins, thereby getting rid of Lisa before the real Comptroller shows up to award the grant.
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* SavedByTheAwesome: {{Subverted}} ForLaughs. Lisa is lead to believe that this happens when she publicly confesses to cheating for the grade that netted Springfield Elementary a much-needed grant, with Comptroller Atkins commending her for having the courage to be honest and giving the school the grant anyway. In fact, [[CrazyPrepared Skinner took her]] HonorBeforeReason tendencies into account and faked the ceremony before it happened with Otto impersonating Atkins, thereby getting rid of Lisa before the real Comptroller shows up to award the grant.
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* CallBack:
** The oblivious rich mother and her rude son Gavin from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E11MargeBeNotProud Marge Not Be Proud]]" return for a brief appearance.
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E8LisaOnIce Once again]], Lisa is worried that failing one test will ruin her life.
** The oblivious rich mother and her rude son Gavin from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E11MargeBeNotProud Marge Not Be Proud]]" return for a brief appearance.
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E8LisaOnIce Once again]], Lisa is worried that failing one test will ruin her life.
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** The oblivious rich mother and her rude son Gavin from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E11MargeBeNotProud Marge Not Be Proud]]" return for a brief appearance.
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E8LisaOnIce Once again]], Lisa is worried that failing one test will ruin her life.
** The oblivious rich mother and her rude son Gavin from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E11MargeBeNotProud Marge Not Be Proud]]" return for a brief appearance.
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E8LisaOnIce Once again]], Lisa is worried that failing one test will ruin her life.
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* TypicalCartoonAnimalColors: In real life, lobsters only turn red once they're cooked. Downplayed with Pinchy being a pale dark red while he was alive, only to turn bright red when he's cooked.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Not "evil" exactly but Bart is genuinely unable to fathom why Lisa would have an issue with getting a good grade through cheating rather than earning it honestly, even trying but simply not able to see the issue.
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* CastAsAMask: An interesting aversion: during the fake ceremomy where Lisa confesses, the "Comptroller Atkins" on stage turns out to be Otto [[LatexPerfection in a latex mask]], and his fake comptroller voice, while sounding radically different from Otto's normal voice, was still done by Creator/HarryShearer (Otto's regular voice actor). And then the ''real'' Comptroller Atkins who shows up for the real ceremony is voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
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* CastAsAMask: An interesting aversion: during the fake ceremomy ceremony where Lisa confesses, the "Comptroller Atkins" on stage turns out to be Otto [[LatexPerfection in a latex mask]], and his fake comptroller voice, while sounding radically different from Otto's normal voice, was still done by Creator/HarryShearer (Otto's regular voice actor). And then the ''real'' Comptroller Atkins who shows up for the real ceremony is voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
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* BrickJoke: The [[https://frinkiac.com/img/S10E07/550582.jpg decoy model]] that Bart made of himself to get out of class seemingly makes [[https://frinkiac.com/img/S10E07/975507.jpg another appearance]] in the scene of Krabappel teaching with the Oscar Myer periodic table.