Lisa tries to make herself more popular by writing good things about herself on the school blog, but the plan backfires; Lisa helps Lady Gaga and learns the importance of being yourself.
WAR
30.3
Wins Above Replacement
“Lisa Goes Gaga” ranks #438 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.4 — Great. The episode packs 51 scored jokes at 2.6 per minute, averaging 6.8 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: I try not to cry till you're asleep.
Marge Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Milhouse: If gasoline is their food, then why do they have teeth?!
Milhouse Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ned Flanders · Lady Gaga: Darn it, the Bible said the Devil would be attractive. What makes you think I'm the Devil?
Lisa · Homer: It's not a frown. It is a straight line of resignation. Looks just the same upside down. What are you talking about? Y-You're right!
Homer: I thought she knew.
Homer Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 51 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Narrator: Birthplace of the brass knuckle, the Nigerian Prince scam, and putting a tomato on your grilled cheese sandwich.
Ralphie's father · Ralphie: Aw, he's a dumb kid, but he's an above-average dog. Roll over, son. Yay! Aw, nobody saw.
Narrator: Then the Mormons got a heads-up.
Farmer Pa · Farmer Ma: Horses are spooked, cows ain't milkin', and look what the chickens laid. Sparkle eggs?!
Lady Gaga · Conductor: Conductor, you know the rules. Take off some clothes. Oh, uh, yes, ma'am. sorry, ma'am.
Train assistant: has the lowest self-esteem of any place on the planet
Lady Gaga · Assistant: Don't you remember what happened at LaGuardia? Ready. Yeah, well, uh, you missed your flight. Then we'll party on the boarding ramp!
Lady Gaga: We spend 90 minutes training 'em and off they go.
Lady Gaga: I just can't ignore a billboard in pain.
Award presenter · Lisa: Campus Clown. Bart Simpson. That's my brother. Four years out of four.
Bart: Prank you! Prank you very much!
Bart Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Principal Skinner: Call back.
Homer: What?! Without awards shows, how would I know what movie has the best beheading, or that Glee is a comedy?
Homer Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Students: She actually accepted it!
Lisa · Superintendent Chalmers: You said they'd take it easy on me. I know very little about children.
Lady Gaga: Burn it. Burn it now.
Train passenger: I've been on here since Chicago! I just want my life back!
Train passenger: I'm missing a terrible winter!
Homer: And that's how Berber carpet got its name according to some.
Homer: I thought she knew.
Homer Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Milhouse: If gasoline is their food, then why do they have teeth?!
Milhouse Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Message boards are never wrong.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Observational Student: Lisa, what you did is like my mom sticking ten bucks in her own G-string.
Student Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Students: Truth Teller? More like Lie Smeller!
Marge · Homer · Kids: That's it, I am off of this stuff. Me, too, sweetheart. Kids? Yes, Mama. No exceptions!
Kent Brockman: the McKinley funeral cortege paused to pick up casket ice
Marge: I try not to cry till you're asleep.
Marge Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa · Homer: It's not a frown. It is a straight line of resignation. Looks just the same upside down. What are you talking about? Y-You're right!
Homer: I will, but you know me and my crazy number thing where I always have to get to 17. Voop! Voop! Voop!
Homer Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Audience member: Uh, actually, I'm half monster, half Armenian. Pick your poison.
Disco Stu · Professor Frink · Grampa: Disco Stu-tiful. Square root-iful. Old coot-iful
Students: Lie Smeller! Lie Smeller!
Audience member: That kind of thing sounds hollow from anyone but you!
Ned Flanders · Lady Gaga: It's one of those music industry superstars who's turning our innocent children into ladies of the night. What sweater drawer did you crawl out of?
Ned Flanders · Lady Gaga: Darn it, the Bible said the Devil would be attractive. What makes you think I'm the Devil?
Homer: Unless you're gonna slap some wieners on those, turn 'em off.
Homer Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lady Gaga: Joke's on you; I needed a trim.
Comic Book Guy: You idiots! She meant we should disperse.
Marge: I wish I was one of those young women who could just wave their hands in front of their eyes and not cry, because it doesn't work for me.
Marge Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: This is like the night Hillary won the New Hampshire Primary.
Homer · Lady Gaga: Some of that meat is me. Can I just trim the hem?
Students: Her eyes shoot loser lasers!
Lisa · Lady Gaga: Are you crying... glitter? Tiny diamonds. Hurts like hell.
Homer: I cheat on my diet, but nobody knows 'cause the damage is on the inside, and the first warning sign is sudden death.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: I cheat on my diet, but nobody knows 'cause the damage is on the inside, and the first warning sign is sudden death.
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer: Parenting. It's the one job you know you're always doing right.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Why is she doing in defeat what I do in victory?
Homer Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa (singing): On a one-way train to be Milhouse's bride
Ralph: Can you help me with my self-esteem? I'm not that good.
Ralph Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Narrator: I was one of Gaga's dancers. The one with the spangliest crotch.
Homer: I love my Homer face. Yeah, that's what I said. Right where it should be on the front of my head.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Top Episodes — The Simpsons
