The Simpsons/Lisa's Date with Density

Lisa's Date with Density
Season 8, Episode 7
Airdate	December 15, 1996
Production Number	4F01
Written by	Mike Scully
Directed by	Susie Dietter
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The Simpsons — Season Eight

Lisa's Date With Density is the seventh episode of the eighth season of The Simpsons, and the one hundred sixtieth episode overall.

Here, Lisa develops a crush on school bully and Springfield's "bad boy," Nelson Muntz. The two begin a relationship and Lisa tries to reform Nelson, but has he really changed? The subplot involves Homer finding a discarded autodialer and uses it in a telemarketing scheme to make some extra cash.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• "Make Money Fast" scheme: The early online pyramid scheme that, per some sources, was the likely inspiration for Homer's "Happy Dude" telemarketing scheme. (An email is sent and its readers encouraged to forward $1 each to a list of people provided in the email, and to add their own name and address to the bottom of the list after deleting the name and address at the top.)
• Rebel Without a Cause: The main plot – Lisa falling for Nelson – is inspired by the legendary 1955 movie starring James Dean, about a girl from a conservative family falling for a "bad boy."
• Winston Churchill: Lisa remarking that Nelson is "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" is a la Churchill describing the Soviet Union during World War II.

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