Smart and Smarter

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The Simpsons episode
"Smart and Smarter"
Episode no.	326
Prod. code	FABF09
Orig. airdate	February 22, 2004
Written by	Carolyn Omine
Directed by	Steven Dean Moore
Chalkboard	None
Couch gag	The family is in bags attached to a dry-cleaning conveyor above the couch. Each member is above their regular place on the couch.
Guest star(s)	Simon Cowell as Henry; he also voices himself over the credits
Season 15 November 2 2003 – May 23 2004
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"Smart and Smarter" is the thirteenth episode of The Simpsons' fifteenth season. The episode aired on February 22, 2004.

Plot

The family, after visiting a pancake house, visits Mrs. Wickerbottom's Pre-Nursery School, where Apu and Manjula are sending two of their octuplets. Homer and Marge have a talk with Dr. Hibbert about getting in, and decide to have Maggie go in. However, Maggie fails the initial screening because she cannot talk, until Lisa discovers some traits of intelligence. Homer and Marge make another screening. The results show that not only is Maggie brilliant, but her IQ of 167 is higher than Lisa's IQ of 159. Lisa is no longer considered "the smart one" of the Simpson family. Her attempts to find a new identity, including a goth named Ravencrow Neversmiles, a cheerleader, a rapper, a soccer player, a cowgirl, and even a stand-up comedian, do not work out well.

At home, Lisa teaches Maggie false information. Homer {with the Phonics Frog} and Marge denounce her for trying to sabotage her sister's education. She leaves the house and hides in the Natural History Museum, where there is no chance of Homer and Marge finding her, until Chief Wiggum, Lou and Eddie find her in there. The family goes in the human body, but Maggie accidentally presses the swallow button, swallowing Homer, Marge and Bart. Maggie presses many buttons until she finally presses the evacuate button, following a visual cue from Lisa as to its color. Ironically, after Maggie saves Homer, Marge, and Bart, she no longer has a secret to her intelligence — it turns out Lisa was subconsciously showing her answers. Maggie, however, plays Lisa's saxophone in the end, showing another sign of intelligence; a worried Lisa reclaims her saxophone and tells her that it is not for babies.

Trivia

• When Marge walks inside the room angry at Lisa for purposely teaching Maggie the wrong words, along with the whole entire deck of cards she drops in surprise, two of them actually show the words on them, one spelling "Cat" (as seen before), and one spelling "Beer".
• The "You are Lisa Simpson" paper Marge gives Lisa references the episode Lisa's Substitute.
• When Lisa enters the tongue, she is first on the bitter side when she again becomes jealous of Maggie's intelligence. However, in reality the tongue does not have specific tastes in specific locations.

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