S7.E16

Lisa the Iconoclast

Episode aired Feb 18, 1996
TV-14
30m

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Dan Castellaneta and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)

While researching for an essay, Lisa discovers that Springfield's founding father was actually a murderous thief.While researching for an essay, Lisa discovers that Springfield's founding father was actually a murderous thief.While researching for an essay, Lisa discovers that Springfield's founding father was actually a murderous thief.

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Dan Castellaneta

Man in Film #2
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Julie Kavner

Marge Simpson
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Nancy Cartwright

Bart Simpson
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Yeardley Smith

Lisa Simpson
(voice)

Hank Azaria

Man in Film #3
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Harry Shearer

Film Narrator
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Phil Hartman

Troy McClure
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Donald Sutherland

Hollis Hurlbut
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Marcia Wallace

Edna Krabappel
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Pamela Hayden

Tress MacNeille

Woman in Film
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Maggie Roswell

Miss Hoover
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Trivia
Lisa jokes she was getting over her "Chester A. Arthuritis", a play on the word "arthritis" and the 21st US President, Chester Alan Arthur. Donald Sutherland ad-libbed the line "you had arthritis?", and the producers liked it so much that they kept it.

Goofs
In syndicated reruns on TV, the closed captioning represents Homer's line "Aw, what a gyp" as "Aw, screw that," since "gyp" is a slur upon the Romani people. Yet the spoken line is not redubbed.

Per IMDb Guidelines for "Unacceptable Goofs": "Errors in ... subtitles [have] nothing to do with the film makers, so are not acceptable as goofs."

Quotes
Homer: Dig him up. Dig up that corpse. If you really love Jebediah Springfield, you'll haul his bones out of the ground to prove my daughter wrong. Dig up his grave. Pull out his tongue.
Mayor Quimby: Can't we have one meeting that doesn't end with us digging up a corpse?

Connections
Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best Lisa Simpson Storylines (2016)

Soundtracks
Gwine to Rune All Night
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Written by Stephen Foster
Performed by Hank Azaria

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We All Have Our Myths

It's the bicentennial of Springfield and its founder is being praised. But Lisa comes upon evidence that the guy was a pirate and a cad. But delivering the message is hard to do because of an adoring populace. Donald Sutherland makes an appearance as the curator of the local museum.