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Lisa's Date with Density

Episode Number: 160    Season Num: 8    First Aired: Sunday December 15, 1996    Prod Code: 4F01
Chalmers buys his dream car…a Honda. Someone has stolen the H from the insignia on its hood, making Chalmers cry like a little girl. Skinner tries to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Homer obtains a telemarketing machine. Skinner conducts a search of the students' lockers and discovers that the usual suspect, Nelson, had stolen it. Nelson gets detention, but also the admiration of Lisa. She falls for his rebellious ways and tells him how much she likes him. Homer's telemarketing machine calls for people in Springfield to send one dollar to "Happy Dude at 742 Evergreen Terrace Springfield." Nelson disgusts Lisa, but Marge tells her to try to change him. Her subsequent attempt leads to her first kiss. Nelson's friends are mad at him for having a girlfriend. They want to attack Skinner's house but Nelson will only join them later. Homer's auto-dialer gets him in trouble with the cops. Nelson gets in trouble for his prank on Skinner. Lisa decides to break up with Nelson, leaving an open window for Milhouse. Homer rigs the telemarketing machine to dial an apology to everybody in town.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Mike Scully
Director: Susie Dietter
Star: Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier),  Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others),  Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson),  Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others),  Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others),  Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others)
Recurring Role: Maggie Roswell (Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and others),  Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others),  Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others),  Tress MacNeille (Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others)

Notes

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Maggie does not appear in this episode. This is the only episode of the series in which one of the five family members is completely absent. (edit)
Blackboard Joke: None.
Couch Gag: The room is upside-down. The family runs in on the ceiling and sits down on the couch, until they fall to the "real" ground. (edit)
This episode is the first hint at Milhouse's crush on Lisa. (edit)

Quotes

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(Homer's auto-dialer message.)
Homer: Greetings, friends. Do you wish to look as happy as me? Well, you've got the power inside you right now. So, use it, and send one dollar to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Don't delay, eternal happiness is just a dollar away. (edit)
Lisa: Do you want to come over to my house after school?
Nelson: Okay, but if anyone sees us, I'm just there to steal your bike. (edit)
(Milhouse chokes on his milk and it sprays out of his nose)
Nelson: Way to drink, Poindexter! (edit)
Homer: Eh, morning Apu.
Apu: Good morning. One doughnut with sprinkles, and (gasps) wait a minute. These are not sprinkles sir.
Homer: What do you mean?
Apu: You've clearly taken items from the candy rack and placed them on top of the doughnut in an attempt to pass them off as sprinkles.
Homer: Well, it was like that when I got here. It really was!
Apu: A mounds bar is not a sprinkle. A Twizzler is not a sprinkle. A jolly rancher is not a sprinkle sir. Perhaps in Shangri-la they are, but not here.
Homer: Oh. (walks out)
Apu: Thank you, come again. (edit)
Mr. Largo: Do you find something funny about the word "tromboner"? (edit)

Trivia

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The auto-dialer shouldn't call Flanders more than once in a row. It should go on to the next number. (edit)
The inside of Skinner's house looks like the Bates Motel in Psycho. (edit)
The first telephone number dialled, 555-0001 (Mr. Burns), is a reference Die Hard With A Vengeance. (edit)
The observatory that appears in this episode looks like the one from Rebel Without A Cause. (edit)
Mr. Burns' phone number is 555-0001, Prof. Frink's lab is 555-5782, and the Flanders' is 555-8904. (edit)

Allusions

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Uter is a character like Augustus Gloop in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Choclate Factory (edit)
Nelson's poster: "Nuke the Whales"
The poster in Nelson's room spoofs Greenspace's 1980s-circa poster "Save the Whales." (edit)
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Lisa's Date with Density
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Opposites collide!
Continue » Posted Apr 18, 2008 9:21 am PST
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Lisa finds love... In Nelson!
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Perfect episode!
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Happy dude wants a dollar!
Continue » Posted Dec 21, 2006 10:30 am PST
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