Lisa's Pony

Season 3, Episode 8, Aired
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Homer is entrusted with an important task for Lisa, and when he doesn't come through for her, she is crushed. To try and buy Lisa's love back he gets her a pony, but consequences arise, as Homer is forced to work a second job to pay for the pony.moreless
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  • Harry Shearer

    Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others

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    Hank Azaria

    Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others

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    Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others

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  • Classic.

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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    Homer is entrusted with an important task for Lisa, and when he doesn't come through for her, she is crushed. To try and buy Lisa's love back he gets her a pony, but consequences arise, as Homer is forced to work a second job to pay for the pony.
    Overall, a classic episode, especially the Chuck Berry reference.

    overall a 10 out of 10

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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 show lisa relies on homer to go out and get her a saxaphone but he does not come through and she is humiltated at the school play and homer feels sorry for her and goes out and buys a pony for lisa and she is feeling better and is excited about the pony thing is homer had to work a second job at the kewi mart and homer is not getting sleep and lisa is feeling sorry for her dad and they talk and they get rid of the pony and homers second job and lisa is glad to have her fathers lovemoreless

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  • Emotional

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    By futuramarama, Jan 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    Homer makes Lisa really upset when he fails to get her a reed for her sax in time for the talent show, so Lisa ends up looking like a fool. Soon Lisa starts not talking to Homer, and Homer buys her a horse. All is great until Homer needs a second job, and his daily routines start to clash. Now Lisa needs to decide if she wants to keep the horse or not. In the end she doesn't.

    A good episode, some parts were a little emotional near the end, but emotion in a show isn't ever a bad thingmoreless

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  • A more emotional episode...

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    By titiembe, Mar 21, 2008 Report Abuse
    This wasn't the best episode when featuring comedy, but it was still touching and showed a growing relationship between Lisa and Homer. The beggining was funny though when Homer couldn't get the reed from the music store... so Homer got all guilty because of that incident and Lisa didn't love him anymore, so he buys her a pony. For awhile she's happy but after Homer takes two jobs and gets too over-worked she has to give it up... but still afterwards they love each other. Yay. This is another one of those episodes I will always remember, one of the best of season 3.moreless

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  • Another touching episode presented by the Simpsons season 3

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 29, 2008 Report Abuse
    Homer needs to pick up a reed for Lisa's sax so she can play at the talent show that night, but Homer turns up too late and she's made a spectacle of herself already. Lisa is unable to forgive Homer, so he buys Lisa the pony she always wanted. He takes a loan out from the plant's credit union. There's still not enough money to take care of the pony, so Homer takes an overnight job at the Kwik-E-Mart. With no free time, this makes him a zombie. Marge tells Lisa about what Homer has been through, and although she adore's the pony, she has to do what's right for her father. She returns the pony.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • Flanders buys $2.53 worth of merchandise from Apu while Homer is sleeping on the counter, and counts out the last 3 cents. Edit
    • Homer first looks for Lisa's pony at a pet store named 'All Creatures Great and Cheap.' Edit
    • A sign inside the pet store reads: ''You pet it, you bought it.'' Edit

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    • The woman who sells the pony to Homer is based on Katharine Hepburn. Edit
    • First Appearance: Lunchlady Doris Edit
    • The song "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry was one of the hardest songs to clear for the show. Mainly because it was one of Berry's greatest hits. Edit

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    • Groundskeeper Willie: (While hearing Lisa's bad saxophone playing) Sounds like the gopher I caught in me lawnmower. Edit
    • Marge: Homie, how long do you plan to do this? Homer: I don't know. How long do horses live? Marge: Thirty years. Homer: D'oh. Edit
    • (Homer quits his job at the Kwik-E-Mart) Apu: He slept, he stole, he was rude to the customers. Still, there goes the best damned employee a convenience store ever had. Edit

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    • Fantasy Island The show Homer is watching, while Lisa makes her first steps, is none other than Fantasy Island. Edit
    • Mel Blanc Bart's nickname, "The Boy of 1000 Voices," is a parody on voice actor Mel Blanc. He performed virtually all the voices of the Looney Tunes characters except for Elmer Fudd and a few others. He was called "The Man of 1000 Voices." Edit
    • 2001: A Space Odyssey In a sci-fi dream, an ape version of Homer takes a nap while perching on the monolith from the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. While the other apes are discovering tools, Homer invents goofing off. Edit

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