The Secret War of Lisa Simpson

"The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" is the season finale of The Simpsons<nowiki>'</nowiki> eighth season, first aired by the Fox network on May 18, 1997. Bart gets sent to a military academy as punishment for bad behavior. While visiting the academy, Lisa sees that the school is far more challenging than hers and she decides that she wants to attend as well. It was directed by Mike B. Anderson, written by Richard Appel and featured Willem Dafoe in a guest spot as the school's commandant.Richard Helm, "TV gets spring refresher; From myth to mobsters, sweeps give TV four- week tweak," Edmonton Journal, April 27, 1997, pg. C.2. Lisa graduates from the second grade in this episode, (as does Bart from the fourth, apparently) but in all subsequent seasons they remain at their original grade levels.

Plot

After a day of watching mind numbing videos in class, Lisa becomes increasingly concerned that her education is not advanced enough and confronts Principal Skinner about it; however, he is unable to do anything for her. Meanwhile, Bart's class visits the Springfield Police department, where Bart is left alone with several megaphones. After putting them all end-to-end and saying "Testing"...
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