Top Five Season Seven Simpsons Episodes: #4 – Lisa the Iconoclast
by malik on Jul.24, 2007, under tv
At Number Four is Lisa the Iconoclast. This episode introduced us to such fantastic words like “embiggens” and “cromulent.”
Plot Summary: Lisa finds a confession written by Jebediah Springfield revealing that he was a murderous pirate. Meanwhile, Homer replaces Flanders as the town crier during the Springfield Day parade.
Notable Quotes:
Jebediah: [on film] A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Edna: Embiggens? I never heard that word before I moved to Springfield.
Ms.Hoover: I don’t know why. It’s a perfectly cromulent word.
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Quimby: You are tampering with forces you cannot understand. We have major corporations sponsoring this event.
Lisa: I hope you know you’re sponsoring a celebration of a murderous pirate.
Man: A pirate? Well, that’s hardly the image we want for Long John Silver’s!
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Homer: You su-diddely-uck, Flanders! [grabs a bell from him] Hear ye, hear ye! Ye olde town crier proclaimed crappy by all! Chooseth Homer Simpson, and he shalt rock thy world!
Wiggum: Good God, he is fabulous.
Skinner: Yes, he’s embiggened that role with his cromulent performance.
Quimby: Top-notch criering, I admit, but the hat and bell belong to Ned Flanders, so no dice.
Ned: Oh, they’re just family heirlooms. They shouldn’t stand in the way of Homer taking my job.
Homer: Less chat, more hat. [Ned hands it over. Homer puts it on and it rips] Woo-hoo! Hear ye, hear ye! The Homer Broadcasting System is on the air! All hollering, all the time! I’m going to–
[Quimby stops him]
Quimby: You’re going to restrict your criering to the parade and selected pre-approved publicity events!
Homer: [meek] Okay.
