History Recap / TheSimpsonsS15E3ThePresidentWorePearls

* ComicalOverreacting[=/=]DisproportionateRetribution: All the adults didn't take it well when Martin Prince revealed that the school casino was fake. To make it worse, Marin was forced to resign as class president while Skinner had to deal with the rental company whose equipment the adults trashed.

* CharityBall: The "casino" version (GoneHorriblyWrong because none of the adults cared to read the ads Martin had sent out well in advance and didn't know the casino didn't hand out money prizes--and [[{{Jerkass}} their reaction to finding this out (thanks to Homer getting angry when he found out)]] [[PowderKegCrowd was to erupt into a riot and smash everything]]) is what starts the whole plot.

In this loose parody of the musical ''Evita'', Lisa is elected Student Body president, but is unaware that the school staff plans to use her to their own ends.

* CharityBall: The "casino" version (GoneHorriblyWrong because none of the adults cared to read the ads Martin had sent out well in advance and didn't knew the casino didn't hand out money prizes--and [[{{Jerkass}} their reaction to finding this out (thanks to Homer getting angry when he found out)]] [[PowderKegCrowd was to erupt into a riot and smash everything]]) is what starts the whole plot.

* NeverASelfMadeWoman: When Marge saw how Lisa was dressed-up, she said Lisa looked successful and compared her to "the wife of a businessman".

* CharityBall: The "casino" version (GoneHorriblyWrong because none of the adults cared to read the ads Martin had sent out well in advance and didn't knew the casino didn't handed out money prizes--and [[{{Jerkass}} their reaction to finding this out (thanks to Homer getting angry when he found out)]] [[PowderKegCrowd was to erupt into a riot and smash everything]]) is what starts the whole plot.

* BlatantLies: [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope On advise from their lawyers]], the people responsible for the episode swear they have never heard of a musical based on the life of Eva Perón.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: On a similar vein to GradeSchoolCEO being unrealistic, there is no real way whatsoever that Skinner's plan of using Lisa as the FallGuy for his corner cutting would fly in real life-school presidents ''cannot'' do anything regarding the manipulation of school funding (especially the removal of classes). Of course, [[CrapsackWorld Springfield]] runs on the RuleOfFunny.

* CuttingCorners: Skinner decides to do just that, removing various study subjects and making Lisa the [[FallGuy fall girl]] for the deed.

* DirtyCoward: Skinner for using Lisa as TheScapegoat for his budget cuts

** It might have worked in Japan though, assuming the plan was to get rid of student clubs.

** It might have worked in Japan though, assuming the plan was getting rid of student clubs.

* ComicalOverreacting=/=DisproportionateRetribution: All the adults didn't take it well when Martin Prince revealed that the school casino was fake. To make it worse, Marin was forced to resign as class president while Skinner had to deal with the rental company whose equipment the adults trashed.

* ComicalOverreacting/DisproportinateRetribution: All the adults didn't take it well when Martin Prince revealed that the school casino was fake. To make it worse, Marin was forced to resign as class president while Skinner had to deal with the rental company whose equipment the adults trashed.

* ComicalOverreaction: All the adults didn't take it well when Martin Prince revealed that the school casino was fake. To make it worse, Marin was forced to resign as class president while Skinner had to deal with the rental company whose equipment the adults trashed.

* BlatantLies: [[OurLawyersAdvicedThisTrope On advice from their lawyers]], the people responsible for the episode swear they have never heard of a musical based on the life of Eva Perón.

* BlatantLies: On advice from their lawyers, the people responsible for the episode swear they have never heard of a musical based on the life of Eva Perón.

* AdamWesting: Controversial documentary maker and Simpsons fan Creator/MichaelMoore, who has something of an appetite for accusations of factual flippancy, has a ten-second cameo appearance as himself, introduced as a “professional butt-in-ski” to offer rhetorical support to Lisa’s student strike. He rather readily admits to Kent Brockman that he found his claim that “kids who don’t have music and art are ten times more likely to fail in life and appear in one of [his] movies” from this source: “{{Your mo|m}}ther!”
** He also provides extensive commentary about the episode on the Season 15 DVD.

* AdamWesting: A certain PromotedFanboy by the name of Creator/MichaelMoore, who has something of an appetite for accusations of factual flippancy, has a ten-second cameo appearance as himself, introduced as a “professional butt-in-ski” to offer rhetorical support to Lisa’s student strike. He rather readily admits to Kent Brockman that he found his claim that “kids who don’t have music and art are ten times more likely to fail in life and appear in one of [his] movies” from this source: “{{Your mo|m}}ther!”

In this loose parody of the musical Evita, Lisa is elected Student Body president, but is unaware that the school staff is using her for their own devices.

!! Tropes:

* BlatantLies: On advice from their lawyers, the people responsible for the episode swear they neaver heard of a musical based on the life of Eva Perón.