Lisa the Greek

Season 3, Episode 14, Aired
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Homer discovers that Lisa has the uncanny ability of correctly picking the winners of pro football games 100% of the time and uses this knowledge to make some money by placing wagers on the games.
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  • Urgh.... Hate this ep

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    By Spongeyfan, Dec 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    It proves lisa is acting about 3 or 4 in this ep she's a spoiled brat in this ep like Angelica Pickles from Rugrats they both have simarlarities they both call their dad daddy and they both are brats spoiled ones.
    She is exactly like Angelica Pickles even when she is mad they both look the same
    lisa is acting about 2 in this ep.
    and tuck in her blanket. it proves that lisa is actually not 8 she's just a pathetic 4 year old who swears.moreless

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  • perfect

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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    Homer discovers that Lisa has the uncanny ability of correctly picking the winners of pro football games 100% of the time and uses this knowledge to make some money by placing wagers on the games.
    Overall, a ten out of ten

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    By futuramarama, Aug 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    This was a really good episode. On top of jokes, it was a good episode that shows Homer and Lisa's relationship. Homer finds out Lisa is good at betting on who will win football games and uses this to make some extra money and treat Lisa better. But when he wants her to make a bet on the superbowl game, she feels hurt because she realizes Homer only wanted to be around her because she was always right. How will Homer make this up to Lisa and prove he really does love her? Watch this humorous and sweet father/daughter episode of The Simpsons and find out.
    This was pretty good. I can't remember a lot of laughs but I do know that the plot is good and the execution of it is even better.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 is watching a football game and lisa pickes the winner of the game and homer starts to realize that she can pick the winners correctly and then askes her opion on each time they watch a game and he starts to use lisa to bet on the games by using moe the bookie and homer starts to doubt that lisa loves him and then homer makes a bet on the superbowl after a typical half time show he realizes lisas pick is on the money and that she really loves him this was a good epmoreless

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  • Go football one of my favorites of the whole season

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 29, 2008 Report Abuse
    Ignored by Homer when she tries to show him a shoebox apartment she made for her Malibu Stacy dolls while he is watching football, Lisa complains to Marge, who suggests spending some "quality time" with Homer by taking up his interests. Lisa decides to join her father on the couch, and an annoyed Homer reluctantly agrees. Meanwhile, Homer loses his bet on Denver.

    After being ripped off by 1-900 betting advice hotlines, a desperate Homer turns to Lisa to pick a winner, and she picks the Miami Dolphins, prompting Homer to call Moe's Tavern to place his $50 wager, in spite of Lisa's moral concerns. In the end, the Dolphins win, and Homer and Lisa celebrate. Meanwhile, Marge has taken Bart shopping for new (dorky) clothes, but the bullies taunt him.

    Lisa becomes very adept at choosing winners of football games, and Homer declares every Sunday "Daddy-Daughter Day." With his new money, he starts buying expensive presents for the family and treating them to fine dining. Marge eventually wants to know where Homer's extra income is coming from and gets the truth, but Homer says it is not really a big deal. Eventually, Lisa realizes all Homer wanted was to exploit her prognostic abilities to help him gamble. Completely heartbroken, Lisa then gives up all the Malibu Stacy toys that Homer bought for her.

    Homer realizes he needs to make amends with Lisa, but she is too hurt to even talk with him. In fact, she makes a cryptic prediction as to the winner of the game: If she still loves Homer, Washington will win; if she does not, Buffalo. Homer becomes even more anxious over his relationship with Lisa as Super Bowl Sunday approaches.

    Homer mopes throughout the game as he watches it at Moe's Tavern, especially after Buffalo gets a 14-7 halftime lead. In the end, Washington rallies in the second half and scores at the last second to win the game. Homer becomes happy and Bart proudly says to Lisa that she still loves Homer, in which she agrees. Homer cancels his bowling date with Barney and on the Sunday after the Super Bowl makes good on his promise to go hiking up Mount Springfield with Lisa.moreless

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    • When Homer and Lisa are watching TV, a football player wearing a red jersey is being interviewed and says "We came here to play!", causing Homer to get excited and pick up the phone. However it is then revealed that he plays for the Philadelphia Eagles, who have green and white jerseys, not red. Edit
    • If you look closely, you can see Cesar and Ugolin, from episode 1-11, "The Crepes Of Wrath." They appear to live in a new house or apartment. Edit
    • At the discount clothing outlet, Marge and Bart shop at Wee Monsieur. Edit

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    • This episode premiered three days before Super Bowl XXVI which was, just as it is in the episode, between the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills. Lisa's prediction that Washington would come out the victors turned out to be correct, they won 37 to 24. Edit
    • Blackboard Joke: None. Couch Gag: Homer accidentally sits on Santa's Little Helper. Edit
    • In 1992, Yeardley Smith won an Emmy for, Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, for this episode. Edit

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    • Lisa: Dad, you must have bought me every Malibu Stacy accessory there is! Homer: Not quite. They were out of Malibu Stacy lunar rovers. Edit
    • Homer: You see, Lisa, your mother has this crazy idea that gambling is wrong. Even though they say it's okay in the Bible. Lisa: Really? Where? Homer: Uh, somewhere in the back. Edit
    • Marge: Homer, those were very thoughtful presents, but you have to tell me where you got the money from. Homer: All right, Marge, I'll tell you, but first you have to promise you will not get mad. Marge: I promise I will get mad, because I always do when you make me promise I won't. Homer: All right, if you must know. Lisa and I have been gambling on pro football. Marge: Homer! Homer: You promised you wouldn't get mad! Marge: I did not! She's an eight year old girl! Homer: Marge, she never loses. Aren't parents supposed to encourage their kids whenever they show talent? Marge: But gambling is illegal. Homer: Oh, only in 48 states. Besides, it's a victim less crime. The only victim is Moe! Edit

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    • The Bud Bowl The commercial in which helmeted beer bottles play in "The Duff Bowl" is a reference to a series of ads that were popular in the early 90's in which computer animated bottles of Budweiser and Bud Lite played in a bowl game called "The Bud Bowl". Edit
    • Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder Smooth Jimmy Apollo looks just like Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, which is also who this episode is named after. Edit
    • Homer: I used to hate the smell of your sweaty feet. Now it's the smell of victory. This is a take-off of a line from the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, in which Kilgore (Robert Duvall) says, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Smells like victory." Edit

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