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* CommonKnowledge: Everyone "knows" that Lisa attempts to sabotage and humiliate Allison out of petty jealousy. Except it's not Lisa who comes up with the idea and plan to sabotage her, but Bart, who talks a desperate Lisa into going along with the idea so that she can win. This is why [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Lisa relents after witnessing Allison break down crying]].
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This is the first episode focused in Lisa meeting a new friend played by a guest star, plot that would be repeated many times in later seasons to the point of boredom for fans.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: FranchiseOriginalSin:
** This is the first episode focused in Lisa meeting a new friend played by a guest star, plot that would be repeated many times in later seasons to the point of boredom forfans.fans.
** The B-plot of Homer hoarding sugar is also arguably the [[DenserAndWackier most bizarre side story]] found in the first 8 seasons. The episode was written by Mike Scully, whose tenure as showrunner during seasons 9-12 would see a noticeable uptick in absurd plots, making this episode a sign of things to come.
** This is the first episode focused in Lisa meeting a new friend played by a guest star, plot that would be repeated many times in later seasons to the point of boredom for
** The B-plot of Homer hoarding sugar is also arguably the [[DenserAndWackier most bizarre side story]] found in the first 8 seasons. The episode was written by Mike Scully, whose tenure as showrunner during seasons 9-12 would see a noticeable uptick in absurd plots, making this episode a sign of things to come.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This is the first episode focused in Lisa meeting a new friend played by a guest star, plot that would be repeated many times in later seasons to the point of boredom for fans.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was Mr. Taylor (and maybe Allison herself too) really trying to mock Lisa's intelligence at the anagram game, since there are no coherent anagrams that can come out of "Jeremy Irons"? Or it was just a joke about how complicated are the things that Allison and her father like to do and they honestly wanted to integrate Lisa to their hobby?
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* TheWoobie: Allison. She was bullied because of being too smart, and the girl she wanted to befriend with sabotaged her, causing Skinner to scold and belittle her in front of the entire school, making her cry. And even when Lisa fixed things, she still lost the diorama contest against Ralph's entry, who didn't even know what a diorama was. Sure, she forgave Lisa and didn't mind about winning the contest, but the bad time she went through is still there.
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* TheWoobie: Allison. She was bullied because of being too smart, and the girl she wanted to befriend with sabotaged her, causing Skinner to scold and belittle her in front of the entire school, making her cry. And even when Lisa fixed things, everything, she still lost the diorama contest against Ralph's entry, who didn't even know what a diorama was. Sure, she forgave Lisa and didn't mind about winning the contest, but the bad time she went through is still there.
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* TheWoobie: Allison. She was bullied because of being too smart, and the girl she wanted to befriend with sabotaged her, causing Skinner to scold and belittle her in front of the entire school, making her cry. And even when Lisa fixed things, she still lost the diorama contest against Ralph's entry, who didn't even know what a diorama was. Sure, she forgave Lisa and didn't mind about winning the contest, but the bad time she went through is still there.
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* TheWoobie: Allison. She was bullied because of being too smart, and the girl she wanted to befriend with sabotaged her, causing Skinner to scold and belittle her in front of the entire school, making her cry. And even when Lisa fixed things, she still lost the diorama contest because of Ralph's entry, who didn't even know what a diorama was. Sure, she forgave Lisa and didn't mind about winning the contest, but the but the bad time she went through is still there.
* TheWoobie: Allison. She was bullied because of being too smart, and the girl she wanted to befriend with sabotaged her, causing Skinner to scold and belittle her in front of the entire school, making her cry. And even when Lisa fixed things, she still lost the diorama contest because of Ralph's entry, who didn't even know what a diorama was. Sure, she forgave Lisa and didn't mind about winning the contest, but the but the bad time she went through is still there.
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* TheWoobie: Allison. She was bullied because of being too smart, and the girl she wanted to befriend with sabotaged her, causing Skinner to scold and belittle her in front of the entire school, making her cry. And even when Lisa fixed things, she still lost the diorama contest because of Ralph's entry, who didn't even know what a diorama was. Sure, she forgave Lisa and didn't mind about winning the contest, but the but the bad time she went through is still there.
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* TheWoobie: Allison. She was bullied because of being too smart, and the girl she wanted to befriend with sabotaged her, causing Skinner to scold and belittle her in front of the entire school, making her cry. And even when Lisa fixed things, she still lost the diorama contest because of Ralph's entry, who didn't even know what a diorama was. Sure, she forgave Lisa and didn't mind about winning the contest, but the but the bad time she went through is still there.
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** After Lisa’s “Born to Runner-Up” ImagineSpot, she wakes up and asks “Why would [the audience] come to our concert just to boo us?”. Welcome to the concept of Hatewatching, Lisa.
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** After Lisa’s “Born to Runner-Up” ImagineSpot, she wakes up and asks “Why would [the audience] come to our concert just to boo us?”. Welcome to the now-prevalent concept of Hatewatching, hatewatching, Lisa.
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* HilariousInHindsight: When Lisa's plan to humiliate Allison goes wrong and results in Ralph winning the contest, it results in Lisa having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, and setting her feud with Allison aside. Later, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy Homer's Enemy]]", when Frank Grimes' plan to humiliate Homer goes wrong and results in Homer himself winning a contest, it results in him having a mental breakdown that leads to him (accidentally or otherwise) killing himself. Granted, Lisa is more mature than most of the show's adult characters anyway, but Frank's detractors have wasted little time in pointing out how an eight-year-old girl had a much more mature (and much less lethal) reaction to her plan going wrong.
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** When Lisa's plan to humiliate Allison goes wrong and results in Ralph winning the contest, it results in Lisa having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, and setting her feud with Allison aside. Later, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy Homer's Enemy]]", when Frank Grimes' plan to humiliate Homer goes wrong and results in Homer himself winning a contest, it results in him having a mental breakdown that leads to him (accidentally or otherwise) killing himself. Granted, Lisa is more mature than most of the show's adult characters anyway, but Frank's detractors have wasted little time in pointing out how an eight-year-old girl had a much more mature (and much less lethal) reaction to her plan goingwrong.wrong.
** After Lisa’s “Born to Runner-Up” ImagineSpot, she wakes up and asks “Why would [the audience] come to our concert just to boo us?”. Welcome to the concept of Hatewatching, Lisa.
** When Lisa's plan to humiliate Allison goes wrong and results in Ralph winning the contest, it results in Lisa having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, and setting her feud with Allison aside. Later, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy Homer's Enemy]]", when Frank Grimes' plan to humiliate Homer goes wrong and results in Homer himself winning a contest, it results in him having a mental breakdown that leads to him (accidentally or otherwise) killing himself. Granted, Lisa is more mature than most of the show's adult characters anyway, but Frank's detractors have wasted little time in pointing out how an eight-year-old girl had a much more mature (and much less lethal) reaction to her plan going
** After Lisa’s “Born to Runner-Up” ImagineSpot, she wakes up and asks “Why would [the audience] come to our concert just to boo us?”. Welcome to the concept of Hatewatching, Lisa.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The episode ends sweetly with Lisa and Allison becoming best friends, but in her continued role as an extra in the series she'd be a FairWeatherFriend to Lisa at best, shunning her along with the crowd.
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* SignatureScene: While Ralph Wiggum already had his ADayInTheLimelight episode "I Love Lisa", it was this episode where he says a bunch of silly non-sequiturs that established him as not just a little slow, but ''really'' stupid.
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* SignatureScene: While Ralph Wiggum already had his ADayInTheLimelight episode "I Love Lisa", it was this episode where he says a bunch of silly non-sequiturs that established him as not just a little slow, but ''really'' stupid.
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* GeniusBonus: In an ironic way. Anyone who tried various anagram combinations for "Jeremy Irons" would have a very difficult time coming up with something that doesn't sound forced and awkward, let alone an accurate description of the man, which suggests Lisa was set up to fail with that game.
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* {{Woolseyism}}: In the Swedish sub, the bully Sara's insult to Lisa, "brain queen," is translated as ''hjärnlady'' (meaning "brain lady," but also a homophone of ''järnlady'' or IronLady).
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* {{Woolseyism}}: {{Woolseyism}}:
** In the Swedish sub, the bully Sara's insult to Lisa, "brain queen," is translated as ''hjärnlady'' (meaning "brain lady," but also a homophone of ''järnlady'' orIronLady).IronLady).
** The Finnish sub on Disney+ manages to playfully translate Marge's FreudianSlip without affecting the joke at all, even when a more direct translation could have been done.
--->'''What she meant to say''': "Älä toitota saksofonia!" [[note]]"Stop making loud noises with that saxophone!" [[/note]]
--->'''What she blurts out''': "Älä suututa seksioria!" [[note]]"Stop upsetting the sexy [[{{Hunk}} stallion]]!" [[/note]]
** In the Swedish sub, the bully Sara's insult to Lisa, "brain queen," is translated as ''hjärnlady'' (meaning "brain lady," but also a homophone of ''järnlady'' or
** The Finnish sub on Disney+ manages to playfully translate Marge's FreudianSlip without affecting the joke at all, even when a more direct translation could have been done.
--->'''What she meant to say''': "Älä toitota saksofonia!" [[note]]"Stop making loud noises with that saxophone!" [[/note]]
--->'''What she blurts out''': "Älä suututa seksioria!" [[note]]"Stop upsetting the sexy [[{{Hunk}} stallion]]!" [[/note]]
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* AccidentalInnuendo: "I bent my Wookee!"
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Allison Taylor has a few fans who think that she should have had more appearances in the show as a regular friend or rival to Lisa instead of becoming a speechless background character in latter episodes.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Allison Taylor has a few fans who think that she should have had more appearances in the show as a regular friend or rival to Lisa instead of becoming a speechless background character in latter later episodes.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Allison Taylor has a few fans who think that she should have had more appearances in the series as a regular friend or rival to Lisa instead of becoming a background character.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Allison Taylor has a few fans who think that she should have had more appearances in the series show as a regular friend or rival to Lisa instead of becoming a speechless background character.character in latter episodes.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Allison Taylor has a few fans who think that she should have had more appearances in the series as a regular friend or rival to Lisa instead of becoming a background character.
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* SignatureScene: Homer's entire rant after Marge asks when he's gonna give up this sugar scheme, due to how oddly animated the whole thing is alongside Homer's expressions and body language. Preceded by Homer finding the British guy hiding in the sugar pile.
