Lisa lets her imagination run wild when she makes a new friend and they create a magical kingdom together called Equalia, complete with characters and plotlines. But they find themselves facing a nightmare when the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred. With the voice of Emily Blunt.
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“Lisa The Drama Queen” ranks #485 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.5 — Solid. The episode packs 53 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.4 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
Marge · Homer: We could be murderers. -Could have been if we hadn't had kids.
Marge · Homer · Bart: Use as many big words as possible. I call computer. Bart, you can have doorbell.
Bart · Homer: You're older. Why don't you do these fun activities? Uh, cause no one's making me.
Bart: Girls are so lame. Isn't that right, headless starvader? What's that? You missed your girl friend armless Malibu Stacey wrapped in hockey tape?
Bart Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: I'm Bart Simpson's mother. You think you've got any tricks I haven't seen?
Marge Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 53 analyzed
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Bart · Homer: You're older. Why don't you do these fun activities? Uh, cause no one's making me.
Kung Fu instructor: Ten thousand years of knowledge will be passed on to those whose parents have signed the permission slip. Rest of you have just purchased very expensive pajamas.
Homer: Pardon me, master. But what does a big fat wad like you know about Kungfu?
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Kung Fu instructor: Kungfu is not about phisique. But the channelling of ones energy or Qi. If you doubt my skill, please feel free to attack at my signal.
Homer Physical/Slapstick Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Lisa: Do we have any more paints? My orange isn't the orange of that orange.
Lisa Character Comedy Observational Art instructor: Just paint the damn fruit. Lower your expectation, Lisa.
Juliet: I was painting with my heart. And if you look carefully, you can see that the knight is Josh Groban, our young centry's greatest vocalist.
Juliet Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Art instructor: Oh! Another Grobanite.
Art instructor: I do not need this! My family owns a gas station.
Art instructor: What are you staring at? Everyone paint me 20 laps.
Lisa · Bart: I need some candy for our first play date, but I don't wanna come on too strong. M&Ms? Well, if i pick plain, she'll think I'm cheap. But if I pick peanut, she may have an allergy. You just killed her, Bart!
Bart · Store clerk: You asked for my help, then you don't want it. Excuse me, but why not consider a Norman Joy? It looks like you only bought something for yourself. But then you just have fun to have two pieces.
Lisa · Bart: Finally, a real suggestion. If she doesn't like coconut, you're screwed!
Lisa · Juliet: Hi, juliet. -So what do you want to do? I don't know. It's been so long since i've had a play date. Not that i couldn't get one if i wanted, I...
Lisa · Juliet: My parents bought me a membership card to the fake art museum. Does it get you into special exhibits? On Wednesdays. -That's today!
Bart Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Marge · Homer: We could be murderers. -Could have been if we hadn't had kids.
Homer: Told you, Marge. Told ya!
Homer Callback Character Comedy Lisa · Juliet: Equalia~where everyone is equal, but we're in charge. I mean somebody has to be, right?
Juliet · Lisa: Lisa, do you want to be best friends? Gosh, this is all happening so fast, I don't know what to say. Say yes! Say yes!
Lisa · Juliet: You heard me say that, didn't you? -I did. We're still cool, alright? -We are. My best friend is so cool.
Marge · Homer: Friendship is like marriage. The key is listening. Also, if her dog bites you... don't make a big deal out of it. -I just said that. Ok, honey. If it is that important to you, you said it.
Juliet Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bart: Girls are so lame. Isn't that right, headless starvader? What's that? You missed your girl friend armless Malibu Stacey wrapped in hockey tape?
Bart Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge · Homer · Bart: Use as many big words as possible. I call computer. Bart, you can have doorbell.
Bart · Homer: Nice doorbell, is it computerized? Hey, that wha... Homer. -Uh..Uh...we...I You come up with an excuse.
Homer: Huh huh...if you say so my lord.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Juliet's father: If you show me to your bath room, I'd like to pretend to wash my hands.
Homer: When they make a movie for this book, does *** free tickets?
Homer Character Comedy Observational Juliet: I hate track three. I hate it! I hate it!(sobbing)
Juliet Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Juliet's father: Mmm, that's chewing gum.
Homer Character Comedy Callback Callback Fantasy character/Juliet's imagination: I'm a giraffopus, I'm uncomfortable in water and on land.
Lisa · Marge · Juliet: Mom, please don't do that. Who is this mom of which you speak? Mom, stop! This is our thing, not yours. Um, I'm just trying to... It's better if you don't.
Principal Skinner: I search all the children's facebook pages for unflattering references to me.
Skinner · Homer: By the way, I enjoy the photos of your trip to your sanity. Huh huh that. We were actually just going out for brunch and I get lost.
Marge: I'm Bart Simpson's mother. You think you've got any tricks I haven't seen?
Marge Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Lisa: I'd love to! Oh, but I'm supposed to attend the model UN this weekend. I'm the delegate from Azerbaijan, and I'm threatening a rice tariff.
Lisa Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Communist/equality officer · Groundskeeper Willie: Name. -Dr. William McDougle. From now on, you're ground keeper Willy. Next.
Homer · Marge: I wonder if Lisa has threaten the model UN with the rice tariff yet. I doubt it. Friday is usually just comedy assignments and procedure old rules.
Martin: Total chaos. We're two minutes away from a roll call vote on the nonbinding resolution, and no Azerbaijan!
Martin Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Martin: To the extent you can trust the word of a Belgian, yes!
Martin Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer · Marge: What about a jacket and jeans with a nice T-shirt? Just go!
Homer: You know what I think killed this place. No one wanted to drive to the middle of the forest for clams.
Homer Observational Deadpan/Understatement Dolph · Jimbo: This place is where we came after my bar mitzvah. You said you weren't having one. Uh, it was just family.
Dolph: At least my dad didn't smoke after his stroke.
Dolph Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Bully: I like those ones. Tell me about those.
Bully Character Comedy Misdirection Dolph: An ambitious first novel by the two brightest young writers this side of the Iowa workshop. I bet it'll burn up good!
Dolph Misdirection Dark/Subversive Homer Character Comedy Reaction Beat Homer: You and your friend, princess nutjob inspired me to write my own fantasy novel based on my experiences as a dad.
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: Oh~Writing is hard!
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