S15 E13
Status
Continuing
Next episode
3 years ago
Airs
Sundays 8:00 PM on Disney+

Season 15  "Smart and Smarter"  15x13

Aired 20 years ago - Feb 22, 2004

Apu and Manjula are signing up two of the octuplets for Miss Wickerbottom's Pre-Nursery School and after a verbal exchange with Dr. Hibbert, Homer decides they should do the same for Maggie. Because she can't talk, she doesn't pass the initial screening. Afterwards Lisa discovers that even though Maggie can't talk she does show signs of brilliance. Another screening at the pre-pre school shows of her talents and reveals that she has a higher IQ than Lisa. Maggie's new brilliance leaves Lisa searching for a new identity, since she no longer has her status as "the smart one." Lisa tries stand-up comedy, becoming a goth ‘Ravencrone Neversmiles,' cheerleader, rapper, soccer player, cowgirl; none of which workout for her. After she is discovered trying to sabotage her sister's education Lisa leaves home with 2¢ to her name. She decides to stay at the Natural History Museum, where her family is sure to never find her; however Springfield's "finest" do discover her location and they bring the family to help them find her. An accident gets Marge, Bart and Homer trapped in an exhibit and they look to Maggie to get them out, but Maggie's secret to her brilliance is nowhere to be found.

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...who steals from the till. Would ya let me finish? Jeez!
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we've got pita, hummus, tempeh, tofu.
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Rice. Why not caviar?
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Einstein didn't speak till he was three.
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Well, congratulations. You're now as intelligent as a pig.
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four arrows to make five arrows.
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Your baby is brilliant. Why, she could already teach at Florida State.
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But my lQ is only 159.
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I'm slapping this sucker right over "Support Our Troops."
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Sweetie, you seem so blue.
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I already have one of those.
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All right. If I'm second-rate as the smart kid,
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Stuffed cabbage? Can you believe
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Oh, untrue. Last Thursday, we visited a battlefield.
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Every me they reject gets me closer to the me they'll like.
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Cool. We can be goth together.
#20
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Yes, my mistress.
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Oh, none of these feel right. Wait, wait. Did I try soccer player?
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Boy, I miss that. Ow!
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People who accuse others of being gay
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Huh-Oh-Muh-Eh-Er.
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(WHINING)
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(HESITANTLY) No, that's wrong.
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Your sister just wants to learn and be like you!
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Maggie, you're such a quick learner.
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(SNORING)
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(SIGHING)
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I'm sure a lot of great people have started with less.
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Oh, I thought you said 80.
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Fine. "Extremely satisfied."
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And I'll never run into my family here!
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Would you please step out of the line, sir?
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(SOBBING)
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Why do you always take the children and not the fondue sets?
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Oh, my God! What?
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MARGE: Lisa? HOMER: Lisa?
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Everyone, take off your shoes.
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Yo, Chief, we got a problem here.
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HOMER: Ew!
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Bart, you were a worthy foe.
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Oh, good. She's here in time to see us die.
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