When Maggie does better than Lisa on an IQ test, Lisa becomes upset over no longer being the smart one and tries to lead Maggie astray.
WAR
17.3
Wins Above Replacement
“Smart And Smarter” ranks #541 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 68.8 — Mixed. The episode packs 54 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 6.4 on craft and 6.2 on impact, with Homer landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Homer: Katie Couric didn't just become the world's most famous dwarf. She escaped from the circus and went for it!
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: If we have another one, it could build a time machine, which we could use to go back in time and not have any kids!
Homer Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Child · Henry: You're a poopie! / You nurse with that mouth?
Homer: Don't try to be something you're not, namely food.
Homer Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Lisa: Maggie, you're such a quick learner. Why don't you learn how to fly?
Lisa Dark/Subversive Character Comedy All Jokes — 54 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bart: Wait till he puts his unsuspecting butt on that toilet seat!
Bart Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick Bart · Homer: Huh? Where's the Ee-yow? / I didn't have to. I'm a dude.
Bart Homer Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart · Homer: Butt on bowl, little man! (BOTH STRUGGLING) Hey, my pants aren't down! It doesn't matter!
Homer · All: I'm taking you all out for pancakes. / ALL: Yay! Yeah!
Bart · Lisa: It's old lady Simpson! Run!
Homer: They just painted the tower brown. Either way, everyone who works in the kitchen speaks Spanish.
Homer Observational Dark/Subversive Apu: The fast track begins at birth. That's it! Claw and bite for position! We have only enough tuition money for two. For the rest of you, better luck next life.
Apu Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Marge: All they should be worried about is the Raspberry Monster! (MARGE BLOWING RASPBERRIES)
Marge Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Homer: Which one? Tri-City, Omni-Pay, lnsta-Threat? I've beaten 'em all!
Homer Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Henry: I could go to any Chuck E. Cheese in America and hear what animals say. Do you know what I say? I say, 'Next.'
Henry Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Child · Henry: You're a poopie! / You nurse with that mouth?
Henry: Maggie, we're not a mime school, so we can't take a non-talker. But here's some good news. The Gap will always need sweater folders.
Henry Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Homer · Apu: She'll have plenty of money, because she'll marry a grocer... who steals from the till. Would ya let me finish? Jeez!
Maggie: Rice. Why not caviar?
Maggie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Henry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Marge: Einstein didn't speak till he was three. And even then, he could only speak German.
Marge Setup/Punchline Observational Henry: Fine. I'll give her an lQ test if only to extinguish all hope.
Henry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Henry: Well, congratulations. You're now as intelligent as a pig.
Henry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: Woo-hoo! I got that one right, too. (LAUGHING ENTHUSIASTICALLY)
Homer Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Henry: Your baby is brilliant. Why, she could already teach at Florida State.
Henry Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Philippa: One sixty-seven! That's amazing for a Christian.
Henry: That's right, because 167 is a bigger number than 159. Do you see how that works?
Henry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: If we have another one, it could build a time machine, which we could use to go back in time and not have any kids!
Homer Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Marge · Lisa: Welcome to the others. (SCREAMS)
Homer: I'm slapping this sucker right over 'Support Our Troops.'
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Marge: Did the last of something die?
Marge Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: Katie Couric didn't just become the world's most famous dwarf. She escaped from the circus and went for it!
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa: Stuffed cabbage? Can you believe they found a way to make cabbage worse?
Lisa Setup/Punchline Observational Lisa · Martin: Hey, why do they call them 'field trips'? We never go to a field. / Oh, untrue. Last Thursday, we visited a battlefield.
Martin: I'm bem-barrassed for you. The following 'ha-ha' is not from amusement but an expression of contempt. Ha-ha!
Martin Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Lisa: My new name is Ravencrow Never Smiles.
Lisa Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Milhouse: We'll go to the cemetery and summon the dark lord by kissing and junk.
Lisa: But first, you must apprentice by kissing the goddess lronica, uh, who lives in this rock. Do it for an hour, hour and a half.
Lisa Character Comedy Misdirection Homer: When you're a baby, you spend all day just rolling around on the floor. Boy, I miss that. Ow!
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bart · Lisa · Bart: Yeah? Well, you're gay. / People who accuse others of being gay are often covering up their own latent homosexuality. / Um, uh... (GRUNTS) Bullies rule!
Phonic Frog · Homer: Huh-Oh-Muh-Eh-Er. That's me. Huh-Oh-Muh-Eh-Er. / This is Huh-Oh-Muh-Eh-Er's doctor. He's too sick to work today.
Marge: You are purposely teaching her the wrong word!
Marge Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Phonic Frog: I agree with your mother. You are a disappointment to Huh-Oh-Muh-Eh-Er.
Lisa: Maggie, you're such a quick learner. Why don't you learn how to fly?
Lisa Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Chief Wiggum · Marge: Oh, I thought you said 80. / But she's only eight. / Oh, I thought you said 80. Well, we'll get right on it.
Chief Wiggum · Marge: 'Somewhat satisfied.' I see. Well, maybe I'll just somewhat find your daughter, huh? / Fine. 'Extremely satisfied.' / Looking good, boys. Now, let's go get some smoothies.
Museum visitor: Go ahead and search. You will never find it all. I'm baking muffins as I speak.
Museum guide: Some trees are big. Some trees are small. But all trees have bark. Except for poplar, ash and maple.
Comic Book Guy: Why do you always take the children and not the fondue sets? Why, Santa? Why?
Chief Wiggum: Well, if you drop a feather and a bowling ball in a vacuum, they'll fall at the same rate. (CHUCKLES) You think you've seen it all in this job, and then something like that comes along.
Chief Wiggum · Lou: Like how does a helicopter fly? And what causes thunder? / I say it's angels bowling.
Lou · Chief Wiggum: I see a vase, but Eddie sees two people in profile. / Now, this may shock you, but you're both right.
Homer: I know, we'll use reverse psychology. Maggie, don't press the red button. / Damn it!
Homer Setup/Punchline Misdirection Homer: Bart, you were a worthy foe.
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: Don't try to be something you're not, namely food.
Homer Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Philippa · Homer: Your butler let us in. / Play along. I'll explain later.
Philippa: She's as common as an angry woman in an lbsen play. (LAUGHS) Zing!
Henry · Marge: She could be at sweeping up hair. (CHUCKLES) / That's my baby, jerk!
Henry: I felt it, but it was like, 'So what?' / Oh! Again with the nose. I have a chin, you know?
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