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Plot

Lisa tries to solve a brain teaser, and she fails as Martin, Milhouse, and even Bart and Nelson can solve it. She does not remember the code combination for her school locker, also forgets to do an agriculture project, and does a last minute job of an "eraser pig", and loses her saxophone technique. These things point to evidence that Lisa fears she is losing her gift of intelligence. When she tells about this to Grampa, he tells her that all the members of the Simpson family—including himself, Homer, and Bart—started smart at first, but later became dumber, as part of the Simpson genes. Eventually, Lisa becomes dumb like the rest of the family, but she rejects her new-found idiocy. Lisa Marie Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Yeardley Smith; Lisa is the only character Smith voices on a regular basis. ... A brain teaser is a form of puzzle that involves a lot of thinking (mental/cognitive activity). ... Martin Prince, Jr. ... Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Pamela Hayden. ... For the comic book series of the same name, see Bart Simpson comics. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family. ... For other uses, see Intelligence (disambiguation). ... Abraham J. Simpson also known as Abe, Grampa or Grampa Simpson is a fictional character featured in the animated cartoon television series The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... The Simpson Family The Simpson family is the family featured in the United States animated sitcom The Simpsons. ... Homer Simpson is also a character in the book and film The Day of the Locust. ... For the comic book series of the same name, see Bart Simpson comics. ...

She appears on Smartline and demands that the citizens of Springfield treasure their brains. As she does this, Homer brings all the Simpson family relatives to come to the house as an indication that the whole family is not a bunch of idiots. When all the Simpsons visit, Homer goes and asks all the men what their jobs are. These include shooting birds at the airport, running an unsuccessful shrimp company, dressing up like a millionaire and going to parties, and jumping in front of cars and suing the drivers. Lisa is even sadder, and Homer sends all of them away. But then Marge says that Homer should ask the women. He finds one in a white lab coat, reads her name tag, and asks her career, "Dr.... Simpson." "I'm the chief of complicated surgeries at the invasive care unit." Lisa finds out that all the women have great careers and that the defective gene is on the Y chromosome, so only males are affected. She regains her confidence in being smart, and solves the brain teaser that she could not solve before (which was simply numbers laterally inverted). At which point she exclaims "woohoo!!", before correcting herself. Proving that she is still a Simpson. In the television show The Simpsons, Smartline is a parody of network television cultural affairs programs. ... For other uses, see Springfield. ... For other uses, see Brain (disambiguation). ... Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ... For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... Marge is a female name, often a shortened form of Margaret. ... The human Y chromosome is one of two sex chromosomes, it contains the genes that cause testis development, thus determining maleness. ...

Meanwhile, Jasper visits the Kwik-E-Mart and empties all the ice cream in a walk-in cooler so he can freeze himself in that cooler and survive to see the future. Apu sees a money-making opportunity and advertising the frozen Jasper as "Frostilicus" renames the Kwik-E-Mart the Freak-E-Mart, which becomes a tourist trap. The Freak-E-Mart lasts briefly until the freezer fails, and Jasper thaws and emerges alive and well. Fearing he will lose his customers, Apu makes the Kwik-E-Mart into the Nude-E-Mart, a combination of a convenience store and a strip club. Jasper Beardley is a fictional character from the animated television series The Simpsons. ... An exterior of a fictitious typical Kwik-E-Mart store. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ... Apu redirects here. ... Billboards are used to advertise the attractions Tourist trap is a phrase for any establishment or set of establishments that have been created to attract travelers or tourists and provide products for the tourist to purchase. ... The word nude may refer to: The state of nudity. ... For the book or movie Striptease see Striptease (book) and Striptease (movie) A striptease is a performance, usually a dance, in which the performer gradually removes their clothing for the purposes of sexually arousing the audience, usually performed in nightclubs. ...

This is the Final episode with Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein as show-runners. An easter egg on the Season 9 DVD for this episode includes a farewell message from Bill and Josh. Bill Oakley (born in 1966) is an American televison writer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. ... This article is about The Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein. ... The first easter egg. ...

Cultural references

• When Lisa is figuring out the puzzle, one of the clues she rules out is that it's not one of Prince's names, a reference to the period between 1993 and 2000 that Prince changed his name to a symbol and was known as "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince" (or simply "The Artist").
• Lisa's story is similar to the book, Flowers For Algernon, where a man writes in a journal about his slide into mental retardation (the season 12 episode "HOMR" would follow a similar plot that Flowers For Algernon does).
• Jasper's subplot calls to mind the Frozen Dead Guy Days festival, held annually in Nederland, Colorado. The events of this festival are in homage to Grandpa Bredo, a cryogenically-frozen corpse who, since 1989, has remained in stasis inside a Tuff Shed and inspired two documentaries. It is unknown whether this festival inspired the scenario.
• In the show "When Buildings Collapse", the last building to fall is the House of Usher, a reference to an Edgar Allan Poe book of the same name.
• Lisa recommends some books to TV viewers: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee; Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh; and Yertle the Turtle, by Dr. Seuss ("possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking", according to Lisa, and to which Police Chief Clancy Wiggum heartily agrees).
• Lisa creates a small pig from a rubber eraser and push-pins, which was featured in a Life in Hell comic strip.

For another person sometimes known as The Artist, see Michael Haynes III. Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician. ... Flowers for Algernon is a soft science fiction story and play written by Daniel Keyes. ... HOMR is the ninth episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons. ... Flowers for Algernon is a soft science fiction story and play written by Daniel Keyes. ... Frozen Dead Guy Days is an annual celebration held in the town of Nederland, Colorado. ... Nederland is a scenic mountain town in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. ... Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story in the horror genre written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1839, and included in a collection of his stories entitled Tales of the Grotesque and of the Arabesque, published the same year. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a Southern Gothic bildungsroman novel by Harper Lee. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist known for her Pulitzer Prize – winning 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, her only major work to date. ... Harriet the Spy is a novel for children by Louise Fitzhugh, published in 1964. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a book containing three stories written by famous childrens author Dr. Seuss. ... Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist best known for his classic childrens books under the pen name Dr. Seuss, including The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and One Fish Two Fish Red... Life in Hell is a weekly comic strip by Matt Groening. ...

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