Lisa the Beauty Queen

Season 4, Episode 4, Aired
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Homer tries to boost Lisa's confidence by entering her into a beauty pageant. By default, Lisa earns the crown and she uses her new platform to inundate Springfield with public service announcements.
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  • Hey there, blimpy boy.

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    By fenway98, Aug 25, 2010 Report Abuse
    When Lisa feels that she is ugly, Homer signs her up for a beauty pageant, to get her self esteem higher. Lisa is very reluctant at first, but she goes to it anyway, knowing that Homer gave away his blimp ticket for it.

    Lisa does not win, but a girl named Amber does. Amber is at the grand opening of a store, but she gets electrcuted holding her septor thing. Lisa is now the beauty queen, but she has to promote Laramie Cigarettes. She sees this is wrong, so she quits.

    This was a great episode. There were so many funny scenes, such as Principal Skinner beating the lawyers, the rocket ship ride, Barney crashing the blimp, and much more.

    Overall Grade: 95%/A+moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 15, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons homer enters lisa in the beatuy contest due to the self condence she has and she wins be dault from a freak accident that happens and she uses her power to make public annocements but the smoking company that runs the contest alest sponcers it want lisa to start to sponcer them by anoccing them. and she will be able to ride in the miss sunshine parade but lisa is faced with a delmela of either sponcering them or give up the crown. this was a great ep i thougth that involved lisa and it was a good epmoreless

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  • Lisa enters a Beauty Pageant

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    By futuramarama, Jan 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    After seeing an artist's characiture of her, Lisa begins to think she is ugly. To make her believe she's not, Homer trades Duff Blimp tickets he got for money to enter her in the Little Miss Springfield Pageant. She doesn't win, a girl named Amber ends up winning, but she gets electrocuted because the rod she got was metal and she was outside during a thunderstorm. So now Lisa, who was in second place was Little Miss Springfield. But Lisa goes crazy telling all her beliefs and is quickly stripped of her sash.

    A good, funny, perfect episode of the seriesmoreless

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  • Good episode

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    By GrandCross21, Feb 11, 2009 Report Abuse
    In this episode, Homer enters Lisa in a beauty pageant. When the family goes out, Lisa gets a caricature of herself and shes that she is not as good looking as she thought. Meanwhile, Homer wins a blimp ride on the Duff blimp. Later at the bar, he sees and ad for a beauty pageant and strikes a deal with barney to give him the money to enter the pageant in exchange for Homer's blimp ride. At the pageant, Lisa comes in second place, but she is later named pageant queen. This was a good episode that feature Lisa, whom an episode does not usually revolve around.moreless

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  • A touching father daughter episode that is yet hilarious... Every true Simpsons fan should see this episode.

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 23, 2008 Report Abuse
    To help Lisa get over her insecurities about her looks, Homer enters her into the Little Miss Springfield Pageant. At first, Lisa looks down on the event, but when she becomes first runner-up after Amber Dempsey, Lisa begins to like being a beauty queen. Soon thereafter, Amber is struck by lightning and Lisa is crowned the official Little Miss Springfield, an honor she relishes until she discovers that she must sit atop a parade float sponsored by Laramie cigarettes. Lisa denounces smoking and is stripped of her crown by pageant officials. But in the end, they can't strip Lisa of her newfound confidence.moreless

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    • According to this episode, Homer weighs 239 pounds and is 36 years old. Edit
    • When Bart comments that Lisa's statue in Springfield's Wax Museum doesn't really resemble her, someone answers that they used Dr. Ruth's body. The camera then flashes to the Chamber of Horrors where Dr. Ruth, Mr. T. and Ronald Reagan's heads are stuck on poles. Edit

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    • Blackboard Joke: I will not prescribe medication. Couch Gag: Maggie gets to the couch first, while the rest of the family literally go outside the film frame. Edit

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    • (Homer tires out the "Guess Your Age and Weight" booth at the school carnival.) Booth Operator: I'd say 53 and 420 pounds. Homer: Ha ha, you lose! 36 and 239! Edit
    • Lisa: Do you remember why you entered me in that pageant? Homer: I dunno. Was I drunk? Lisa: Possibly. But the point is you wanted me to feel better about myself, and I do. Homer: Will you remember this the next time I wreck your life? Lisa: It's a deal! Edit
    • Girl: (about Amber Dempsey) Eyelash implants. Lisa: I thought those were illegal. Girl: Not in Paraguay. Edit

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    • Farrah Fawcett One of the drawings displayed above the carnival caricaturist is of the famous 1976 Farrah Fawcett poster, one of the most popular posters of all time. Edit
    • Apu's Niece: Tonight I will be playing "MacArthur Park" on the tabla. "MacArthur Park" is a song written by Jimmy Webb in the 1960s. It is a mournful ode to lost love although some people find it silly and cliche. The tabla version of it in this episode is very long. Edit
    • Betty Grable Right after Bart says, "I'm starting to think I can win," he strikes a pose that resembles a famous pin-up of actress Betty Grable. The photograph showed her from the back, wearing high heels and a bathing suit, and looking back over her shoulder with a smile. This pin-up was a popular item for World War II servicemen to hang in their lockers. Edit

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