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Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington

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Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington

Rating: 3.4 (183 votes)

Plot

Lisa enters an essay contest in Reader's Digest and wins a all expenses paid trip for the whole family to go to Washington, D.C. While staying there she explores the building she sees a congressmen taking a bribe for cutting down the Springfield National Forest. She is stunned and starts to lose faith in democracy. She shreds her old essay and prepares a new one exposing the scam to the public during the contest. Everyone is surprised and of course she doesn't win but she goes home feeling she has done the right thing.


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Notes

  • This episode marked the first time The Simpsons used Dolby Digital Surround Sound.
  • Lisa scored 39 out of 40 for her essay originally, however, after the judge talks with Homer, she gives her and extra 5 points, making her score 44/40.
  • Blinky, the three eyed fish, is in the corner of the map of Springfield.
  • Articles in Readers' Digest include: ''Motoring Ms.-Haps,'' ''Can we trust Bermuda?'' and ''They Call Me Dr. Soybeans.''
  • According to the mail Homer received, the Simpsons' address was 59 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, T.A. On the map of America, however, the state intials are N.T.

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References

  • The episode title and general plot for this episode is derived from ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.''

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Vitals

PCode
8F01

Index
3×2

Aired
26 Sep, 1991

Airing (UK)
unknown

Written by
George Meyer

Directed by
Wes Archer

Starring
Dan Castellaneta
Julie Kavner
Nancy Cartwright
Yeardley Smith
Hank Azaria
Harry Shearer

Also Starring
Pamela Hayden
Tress MacNeille
Maggie Roswell
Jo Ann Harris
Lona Williams

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Season 3

  1. Stark Raving Dad
  2. Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
  3. When Flanders Failed
  4. Bart the Murderer
  5. Homer Defined
  6. Like Father, Like Clown
  7. Treehouse of Horror II
  8. Lisa's Pony
  9. Saturdays of Thunder
  10. Flaming Moe's
  11. Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
  12. I Married Marge
  13. Radio Bart
  14. Lisa the Greek
  15. Homer Alone
  16. Bart the Lover
  17. Homer at the Bat
  18. Separate Vocations
  19. Dog of Death
  20. Colonel Homer
  21. Black Widower
  22. The Otto Show
  23. Bart's Friend Falls in Love
  24. Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?