Lisa the Skeptic
- Episode aired Nov 23, 1997
- TV-14
- 30m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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Townspeople believe that Lisa has unearthed the fossilized remains of an angel.Townspeople believe that Lisa has unearthed the fossilized remains of an angel.Townspeople believe that Lisa has unearthed the fossilized remains of an angel.
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Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
Hank Azaria
- Chief Wiggum
- (voice)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Eddie
- (voice)
- …
Phil Hartman
- Lionel Hutz
- (voice)
- …
Marcia Wallace
- Edna Krabappel
- (voice)
Tress MacNeille
- Jimbo Jones
- (voice)
- …
Maggie Roswell
- Miss Hoover
- (voice)
Russi Taylor
- Martin Prince
- (voice)
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Did you know
- TriviaDavid X. Cohen was inspired to write the episode after a trip to Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History, where he decided to turn the visit into a "business trip", and think of a possible episode connection to the museum. He initially wanted Lisa to find a "missing link" skeleton, and do an episode reminiscent of the Scopes Monkey Trial. George Meyer convinced him instead to have the focus be on an angel skeleton, while keeping an emphasis on the conflict between religion and science.
- GoofsWhen Professor Gould runs up and tells Lisa that the test results are inconclusive, Apu's skin color changes to white (or rather, yellow as is usually animated for white) for one shot.
- Quotes
Principal Skinner: [over intercom] Attention. All honor roll students will be rewarded by a trip to an archaeological dig. Also, all detention students will be punished with a trip to an archaeological dig.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bad Movie Beatdown: X-Men Origins Wolverine (2010)
- SoundtracksUp, Up and Away
(uncredited)
Original written by Jimmy Webb
Parody lyrics by David X. Cohen
Performed by Dan Castellaneta
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Season 9 part 2 Lisa the skeptic
Now it's time to look at the most frustrating episode of season 9 which is Lisa the skeptic. The whole angle v. skeleton thing is so stupid that it will lower your IQ by infinity points just thinking about it, and the ending about capitalism is more of a jump than fonzie jumping the shark. The town is also very mean spirited. So much so that they arrest Lisa, A SEVEN YEAR OLD for supposedly stealing the fossil, even though it was on a hill that they could easily see through the window. This is the second worst episode of season 9. This is the episode that rivals the splinter from spongebob. But this isn't the worst episode of season 9, but this piece of horse crap is definitely bottom ten material.
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- schneidertonyr
- Sep 23, 2017
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