Lisa the Vegetarian

Season 7, Episode 5, Aired
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After a trip to a petting zoo, Lisa finds herself unable to eat lamb exposing her to ridicule and resentment from her father and friends. But with help from Apu and Paul and Linda McCartney, she makes an effort to stick to her new vegetarian view.
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  • Lisa becomes a vegetarian, in this series classic.

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    By WBadger42, Jan 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    One of Lisa's most known character traits is introduced in this episode, as she becomes a vegetarian.Lisa being a vegetarian as stuck throughout the whole series. When I first saw this episode I wasn't very impressed but after watching it again and again, I find it to be an awesome installment by The Simpsons. And one of the most loved guest satrs and that did a heck of a job in this episode, Paul and Linda McCartney. A lot of memorable moments as we see a flying pig, the cutest lamb you ever did see, and a sweet moment between Lisa and Homer. Another one of those Lisa episodes where she stands up for what she believes in.

    This episode also includes my favorite film with Troy McClure on why you should eat meat. Great quote "If a cow had a chance, Jimmy. He'd eat you too" or something along those lines.

    Great episode! Hope you enjoy the review!moreless

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  • I could write a Much better story then this! :idea:

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    By 4EverGreen, Sep 01, 2010 Report Abuse
    I don't know why so many people like this episode, all it shows is Lisa giving up the life of being able to eat real food and becoming even preachier and having a more holier-than-thou attitude than she did before. The only Good thing about this episode is that Paul McCartney appears in it, and even He's over-rated! This is by far Not the Best Simpsons episode ever made! There are tons of episodes better than this, but then again, nearly every episode that doesn't revolve around Lisa Simpson is better than this. My advice, watch "Camp Lazlo" on Cartoon Network, it's much better than this show! :idea: Enough said!moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons lisa goes on trip to the pedding zoo and she seems that she does not want to eat meat afte what she seen has happen to the animals and she start to protest in school and the princeabl gets mad and so he show them a movie with troy maclor in it about meat and homer and his friends are having a barque with a pig roast and so lisa ruins it and lisa goes to see apu and turns out that he is a vegitarn and that apu has a garden up stairs above the kwik mart with linda and paul . this was a good ep i thought.moreless

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  • is eating meat wrong?

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    By futuramarama, Nov 04, 2009 Report Abuse
    This episode shows Lisa questioning eating meat. She thinks it is wrong, so several people {mostly at school} try to prove it is OK to eat meat. But she still doesn't think so. So, Homer throws a barbecue, and she steals a pig that everyone was going to eat. Homer and Lisa have a fight and she runs to the Quik-E-Mart, where she meets Linda and Paul MacCartney. They tell her that it is OK that she is a vegetarian. So, Lisa stays one.

    This is a very funny episode with a good lesson, and a {somewhat} big change for Lisamoreless

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  • After visiting a petting zoo, Lisa realises that eating animals is wrong and therefore becomes a vegetarian. So when Homer throws a barbeque, Lisa ruins it. Her and Homer fall out, but after some persuasion from the McCartneys, Lisa and Homer make up.moreless

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    By Scottstopher28, Jun 24, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is a great example of a Simpsons episode. There are very few funny parts, but these parts are incredibly funny. This episode also revealed that Apu is a vegetarian and guest starred Paul and Linda McCartney, as themselves. Unfortunately, this episode has hardly any allusions and this is a shame because more allusions would improve the standard of this episode greatly for me. The funniest parts are Homer, bart and Marge's chant, how Lisa ruins the barbeque, and the cafeterias vegetarian alternative. Overall, this episode is very good, very funny and so far, the best episode out of season seven.moreless

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    • The meat film that Skinner shows the class has '3F03' at the bottom of the title screen - which is the production code of this episode. Edit

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    • This episode won a 1996 EMA Award for TV Comedy. Edit
    • While the end credits roll, an audio track of Paul McCartney reading a recipe for lentil soup can be heard playing backwards in the background behind his song, "Maybe I'm Amazed". Edit
    • Itchy and Scratchy: "Esophagus Now" Scratchy is at a restaurant and Itchy is a waiter. He asks Scratchy what he wants he points to a lamb-chop. Itchy goes under the table shaves Scratchy's stomach and puts it on the plate. Then Itchy puts the plate on the table in front of Scratchy and he starts to eat it. But when he swallows something it comes back out. He eats the same piece 5x then Itchy comes and gives him a bill of $100 and Scratchy's head explodes. Edit

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    • Lisa: Dad! Can't you have some other type of party, one where you don't serve meat? Homer: But all normal people love meat! If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?!' I'm trying to impress people here, Lisa. You don't win friends with salad. Bart: (singing) You don't win friends with salad! You don't win friends with salad! (Homer joins in, forming a conga line with Bart) Bart, Homer: You don't win friends with salad! You don't win friends with salad! You don't win friends with salad! (Marge joins in) Bart, Homer, Marge: You don't win friends with salad! You don't win friends with salad! You don't win friends with salad! Lisa: Mom!! Marge: I don't mean to take sides, I just got caught up in the rhythm. Edit
    • (The family enjoys an animatronic display at a children's petting zoo.) Wolf: Come out, come out, or I'll blooow your house in. Three Little Pigs: Not by the hairs of our chinny chin chin. Bart: What a load of crappy crap crap. Homer: Quiet, boy. I have a feeling some bad stuff is going to go down. Marge: (to Maggie) This is where the wolf blows down the pigs' house. Bart: (Sarcastically) He blows all right, he blows big time. Marge: That's it honey, get into the spirit. Edit
    • (Upon discovering the barbecue Ned Flanders is hosting in his backyard, which involves the entire Flanders family.) Homer: Hey Flanders-- Everybody: Hi-diddly-ho, neighborino! Homer: Shut up! Everybody: Okily-dokily! Edit

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    • Sheri/Terri: Look at Mrs. Potato Head! Mrs. Potato Head, like her male counterpart: Mr. Potato Head, is a popular children's doll that is in the shape of a plastic potato produced by Hasbro. Children can put a variety of noses, hats, mustaches, and other features on the doll to decorate it. Edit
    • Paul McCartney: If you play "Maybe I'm Amazed" backwords... In the late 1960s there were rumors that Paul McCartney had died and if you played the song "Strawberry Fields Forever" backwards it said, "I buried Paul." Edit
    • Homer: I've got the prescription for you, doctor. Another hot beef injection! "Hot beef injection" is a phrase from the 1985 Brat Pack movie The Breakfast Club. John Bender is trying to bug Claire and he asks her if Andrew slips her the "hot beef injection." Unlike Homer, he wasn't talking about the kind of wieners you eat at a barbecue. Edit

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