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* HypocriticalHumor: When Skinner and Chalmers tell Homer and Marge they can't fire Ms. Cantwell because she already has two week tenure, Homer says he hates unions, because they even let a guy who has called three meltdowns keep a job at the nuclear power plant, only for Marge to remind him that he is, in fact, the same guy.
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* HypocriticalHumor: When Skinner and Chalmers tell Homer and Marge they can't fire Ms. Cantwell because she already has two week tenure, Homer says he hates unions, because they even let a guy who has called caused three meltdowns keep a his job at the nuclear power plant, only for Marge to remind him that he is, in fact, the same guy.
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* BecauseISaidSo: When Lisa gives Ms. Cantwell her report in William Dawes, she gives her a B, saying it stands for "Because I say so."
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* BecauseISaidSo: When Lisa gives Ms. Cantwell her report in on William Dawes, she gives her Lisa a B, saying it stands for "Because I say so."
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* BecauseISaidSo: When Ali's gives Ms. Cantwell her report in William Dawes, she gives her a B, saying it stands for "Because I say so."
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* BecauseISaidSo: When Ali's Lisa gives Ms. Cantwell her report in William Dawes, she gives her a B, saying it stands for "Because I say so."
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* BecauseISaidSo: When Ali's gives Ms. Cantwell her report in William Dawes, she gives her a B, saying it stands for "Because I say so."
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* TeachersUnfavoriteStudent: Lisa becomes this to Ms. Cantwell [[HateAtFirstSight from the very first second she arrives to the classroom]].
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* SimpleSolutionWontWork: Lisa's attempt to deal with Cantwell's bullying through alerting the authorities (namely Chambers and Skinner) is completely useless because they refuse to do anything about it and even make sure to escalate Cantwell's hostility to punish Lisa. Lisa telling her parents is not useful initially because they have no idea of how to deal with it. It takes Homer talking to Ned Flanders and Edna to reach a solution that Edna herself considers a crossing of the GodzillaThreshold -- unleash Bart on Cantwell.
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* DisappointedByTheMotive: Lisa's reaction to Cantwell's MotiveRant that Cantwell saw she was pretty and considered her someone that used her looks to get by in life, and thus worth hating. It actually stuns Lisa (and makes her happy, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint because the teacher is calling her "pretty"]]) long enough for Cantwell to deliver one last zing via splashing her with mud as she drives away.
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* DisappointedByTheMotive: Subverted with Lisa's reaction to Cantwell's MotiveRant that Cantwell saw she was pretty and considered her someone that assumed she used her looks to get by in life, and thus was worth hating. It actually stuns Lisa (and makes her happy, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint because the teacher is calling her "pretty"]]) long enough for Cantwell to deliver one last zing via splashing her with mud as she drives away.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Ms. Cantwell's reason for bullying Lisa is because she's jealous that Lisa is pretty, and she assumes that Lisa is popular with the other kids.
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* DramaticIrony: Ms. Cantwell explains the reason why she hates Lisa is because "bookworms like [Cantwell] can't stand party girls like [Lisa]". Due to Lisa always wearing pearls and her blonde hair, Ms. Cantwell actually believes Lisa is one of these even though Lisa is the complete opposite (to the point of having a {{friendless background}} in some episodes).
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* DramaticIrony: Ms. Cantwell explains the reason why she hates Lisa is because "bookworms like [Cantwell] can't stand party girls like [Lisa]". Due to Lisa always wearing pearls and her Lisa's blonde hair, hair and pearls, Ms. Cantwell actually believes Lisa is one of these these, even though Lisa is the complete opposite also an unpopular bookworm (to the point of having a {{friendless background}} in some episodes).
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* EvilIsPetty: Ms. Cantwell bullies Lisa just because she's jealous of Lisa for being pretty.
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* AnAesop: Adult bullying is a real thing -- either adults bullying kids or adults bullying other adults; bullies have no age limit.
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* HardTruthAesop: Adult bullying is a real thing -- either adults bullying kids or adults bullying other adults; bullies have no age limit. Also, as Lisa learns, some people will bully you for little to no reason, and telling on them can sometimes only make things worse.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: At the very end of the episode, Ms. Cantwell reveals that he hatred of Lisa stems from her own childhood, when she was repeatedly bullied by popular, pretty blonde girls. Ordinarily that would explain the situation, except it has been repeatedly proven that Lisa ''isn't'' popular--in fact, she and Ms. Cantwell are identical in their nerdiness and lack of friends. Ms. Cantwell simply saw Lisa's blonde hair and immediately assumed the worst; two minutes of conversation with her (which she never even bothered to try) would have proven otherwise, so her actions don't hold up.
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* JerkassToOne: Cantwell makes Lisa's school life a living hell. All of the other students at her classroom get an exemplary teacher that likes them all and gives them high grades (better than Lisa's, at least). Though the fact that she gave RALPH an "A" for a drawing implies that her grading system may be biased and she might just be doing it to make Lisa feel even worse.
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* JerkassToOne: Cantwell makes Lisa's school life a living hell. All of the other students at her classroom get an exemplary teacher that likes them all and gives them high grades (better than Lisa's, at least). Though the fact that she gave RALPH an "A" for a drawing implies that her grading system may be biased and she might just be doing it to make Lisa feel even worse.
