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Season 7  "Lisa the Iconoclast"  7x16

Aired 28 years ago - Feb 18, 1996

While researching into Jebediah Springfield's past for an essay, Lisa discovers that the town founder wasn't the hero that everyone thinks he was.

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 1
Dangerous river crossings threatened life and limb...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 2
You know, some historians consider Jebediah Springfield a minor patriot...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 3
Well, thankily-dank, Mayor. I shan't disappoint.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 4
Chooseth Homer Simpson, and he shalt rock thy world.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 5
The Homer broadcasting system is on the air!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 6
Here's his fife, upon which he sounded the sweet note of freedom...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 7
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 8
Secondly, I have not always been known as Jebediah Springfield.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 9
"I write this confession so that my infamy will live on...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 10
Is everything okay? You look a bit flushed.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 11
- Toast. - I don't understand thee, Marge.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 12
No tongue, eh? How did he talk- and eat and laugh and love?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 13
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 14
Well, I'll use it, but I'm not paying for it.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 15
- I believe you, honey. - You do?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 16
dead-white-male bashing from a P.C. thug.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 17
Well, I've been called a greasy thug too, and it never stops hurting.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 18
- Hi, Mr. Hurlbut. - Oh, you're back.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 19
That's Jebediah's secret confession. It proves he was a fraud.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 20
But it explains why there's no record ofJebediah before 1795.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 21
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 22
You don't have to help me with this, Dad.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 23
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 24
- He wouldn't let me put it up. - Okay. Well, that's not gonna stop us.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 25
than an evil bloodthirsty pirate who hated this town.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 26
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 27
A pirate? Well, that's hardly the image we want for Long John Silver's.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 28
Dig him up! Dig up that corpse!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 29
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 30
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 31
All right. Here goes. Forgive us, Jebediah. We mean no disrespect.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 32
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 33
and tri-corner hat.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 34
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 35
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 36
Well, I'll just have to find another little girl to be president.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 37
I'm not Mommy, Ralph. I'm Miss Hoover.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 38
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 39
I'm an antiquarian, damn it. It's my job to seek out the truth.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 40
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 41
- But I thought I had you fooled. - You did.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 42
We've got to get the word out to every man, woman and child in town.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 43
- What? - What's goin' on here?

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 2
You know, some historians consider Jebediah Springfield a minor patriot...
#2 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 3
Well, thankily-dank, Mayor. I shan't disappoint.
#3 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 4
Chooseth Homer Simpson, and he shalt rock thy world.
#4 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 5
The Homer broadcasting system is on the air!
#5 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 6
Here's his fife, upon which he sounded the sweet note of freedom...
#6 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 7 #7 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 8
Secondly, I have not always been known as Jebediah Springfield.
#8 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 9
"I write this confession so that my infamy will live on...
#9 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 10
Is everything okay? You look a bit flushed.
#10 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 11
- Toast. - I don't understand thee, Marge.
#11 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 12
No tongue, eh? How did he talk- and eat and laugh and love?
#12 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 13 #13 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 14
Well, I'll use it, but I'm not paying for it.
#14 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 15
- I believe you, honey. - You do?
#15 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 16
dead-white-male bashing from a P.C. thug.
#16 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 17
Well, I've been called a greasy thug too, and it never stops hurting.
#17 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 18
- Hi, Mr. Hurlbut. - Oh, you're back.
#18 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 19
That's Jebediah's secret confession. It proves he was a fraud.
#19 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 20
But it explains why there's no record ofJebediah before 1795.
#20 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 21 #21 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 22
You don't have to help me with this, Dad.
#22 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 23 #23 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 24
- He wouldn't let me put it up. - Okay. Well, that's not gonna stop us.
#24 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 25
than an evil bloodthirsty pirate who hated this town.
#25 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 26 #26 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 27
A pirate? Well, that's hardly the image we want for Long John Silver's.
#27 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 28
Dig him up! Dig up that corpse!
#28 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 29 #29 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 30 #30 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 31
All right. Here goes. Forgive us, Jebediah. We mean no disrespect.
#31 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 32 #32 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 33
and tri-corner hat.
#33 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 34 #34 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 35 #35 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 36
Well, I'll just have to find another little girl to be president.
#36 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 37
I'm not Mommy, Ralph. I'm Miss Hoover.
#37 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 38 #38 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 39
I'm an antiquarian, damn it. It's my job to seek out the truth.
#39 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 40 #40 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 41
- But I thought I had you fooled. - You did.
#41 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 42
We've got to get the word out to every man, woman and child in town.
#42 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 43
- What? - What's goin' on here?
#43