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This article contains a controversy. We absolutely take no responsibility for any controversial topics (including this page). Read at your own risk, should you continue. That is all.
The reason given is: Due to the portrayal of Lisa, as well as the excessive focus placed on Lady Gaga, this is considered the worst episode on IMDB.
- "Lisa, you un-tattooed little miracle, I'm not leaving here until I restore your sense of hope."
- ―Lady Gaga told Lisa that she vows not to leave until she restores her sense of hope.
- "Let me explain. I have a chance for a grim but tolerable life, but only if I give up hope. Now if you don't mind, and with all due worship, I would like to be alone."
- ―Lisa Simpson
Lisa Goes Gaga is the twenty-second and final episode of Season 23, and the 508th episode overall.
It is known by many fans and critics as one of the most infamous Simpsons episodes.
Synopsis[]
Lisa tries to reverse her status as the least popular student in school by ghostwriting positive things (naming herself truthteller) about herself on the school blog. When her plan backfires, her social ranking plummets to a new low – until Lady Gaga (guest-starring as herself) arrives.[1]
Full Story[]
On her way to a concert, Lady Gaga passes through Springfield and sees how low the town's self-esteem is. One of the residents who account for the low self-esteem is Lisa, who finds out that her fellow students voted her the most unpopular student. She attempts to become popular by ghostwriting nice things about herself on a school blog titled "Truth Teller."
Bart, however, gets word of this and tells the entire school, and this makes Lisa's social status drop even further. Lady Gaga is alerted via a psychic force about Lisa's depression and goes to help her. When Lady Gaga arrived in Springfield, Kent Brockman went on the TV news at the union station. At home, Lisa reads a Daily Fourth Gradian newspaper, Top Student Hits Bottom. She is upset because she had her integrity and tried to cheer up. Homer watches the news on TV and has a plan to invite Lady Gaga to come to his house. Homer, Marge, and Lisa are heading out to the union station for the concert.
In the union station, Lady Gaga begins the concert and sings "Monster." As Lisa cries after being teased by school bullies, she received another psychic alert and looked and spotted Lisa in the crowds. Subsequently, she left the stage and went into "incognito" to help Lisa and walk together to the Simpsons' house to resolve this problem. Back home, Lady Gaga reads their messages that have written on the school's message board and then reacts negatively, while Lisa cries on her bed. She attempts to teach her to be herself a number one fan. Lisa is still upset and Gaga cannot leave there until she restores her sense of hope. Lisa then asks her to be alone in her bedroom.
In the kitchen later in the evening, Lady Gaga discusses Marge about Lisa. Marge admits she didn't have any ideas to do with Lisa and then tears. As Marge cries, Gaga reaches her hands. She states that handholding isn't going to cheer her up, Gaga thinks of something that could do it, holds Marge's face and kisses her passionately. The following morning, Marge and Lady Gaga discover that Lisa had snuck out last night and she goes after Lisa.
After many attempts to make Lisa happy, Lisa snaps at Lady Gaga, who then feels that she failed her mission. Lisa soon discovers that her outburst helped her in not bottling up her anger and runs to find Lady Gaga. When she finds her, Lisa apologizes and Lady Gaga is relieved to find out that her mission was successful. The two then sing a duet, then Lady Gaga leaves, but not before Moe arrives and asks if she can help him out, but she turns him down.
As the episode ends, the hummingbird flies and carries Grampa while he is sleeping which he almost fell off and the hummingbird saved him from falling.
Behind the Laughter[]
Production[]
During August 2011, it was revealed that Lady Gaga would star as herself in an upcoming episode.[2][3][4] Gaga's recording sessions took place on August 22-26th in Los Angeles. Entertainment Weekly interviewed Gaga, expressing that her appearance was "a little nerve wracking" and that she "[doesn't] do voice-overs every day of the week". "Their characters are so awesomely convincing and sincere and wild and funny, [that] I had to remind myself constantly of the sincerity of the humor. That's what I was trying to focus on, not putting on a character too much and really being as sincere as I could with the lines."
Despite these initial emotions, Gaga exclaimed that working with the staff of the show was "one of the coolest things that [she] has ever done".[5] The show producers were impressed with Gaga's ad-libbing skills and her voice-acting range. Matt Groening was also interviewed by the Entertainment Weekly, he stated that "since the very beginning, I’ve always wanted to have on the most iconic personalities of our time, and she's it". Also, Yeardley Smith was interviewed by Broadway.com, and stated that she "was stunned that she has time in her schedule that she's coming to our studio to record."[6]
Reception[]
This episode is claimed to be one of the most hated episodes by fans because it has a plot relying too much on Lady Gaga, instead of having an actual plot, as well as a lack of humor. IMDb rates this episode 4/10, making it the first Simpsons episode to score less than a 5/10.[7] Other reasons for the episode's controversy is due to the depiction of Lisa's character, which critics have pointed out as an awful representation of her strong independent role in the franchise, and instead makes her look like one of Gaga's rigid fan-sheep.
The episode was harshly panned from both fans and critics with a huge mountain of negative reviews as of the plot, moral, and characterization being criticized by fans of the show and some fans of Lady Gaga, although her performance itself was praised.
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Citations[]
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http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z1z25z1z8&ID=8601(dead link) - ↑
Lady Gaga to spice up The Simpsons(dead link) - ↑ Lady Gaga gets animated for ‘The Simpsons’
- ↑ Lady Gaga To Guest-Star On 'The Simpsons'
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Lady Gaga to guest on 'The Simpsons' -- EXCLUSIVE PHOTO(dead link) - ↑
Lady Gaga To Guest-Star On 'The Simpsons'(dead link) - ↑ IMDb - User Reviews