| “ | I'll die before I'll surrender, Tim. | „ |
| ~ The motto of Rommelwood Military School |
Rommelwood Military School (named after the famous German general Erwin Rommel) is a military boarding school that Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson attended in the episode "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson". After Bart's destructive prank, Chief Wiggum suggests to Marge and Homer they send Bart there. Inspired by the challenge of Rommelwood, Lisa chooses to enrol too. But while Bart enjoys the experience, Lisa feels she doesn't fit in as the only girl and battles intense homesickness.
As well as traditional academic subjects, Rommelwood students also learn military activities including weapons training and drill. But before graduating, cadets must be able to cross the "Eliminator", a 150 foot rope suspended 40 feet over a field of Connecticut Valley thorn bushes, in order to pass their academic year. Prior to the introduction of the Eliminator, classmates were pitted against each other in a two-day battle royale until a Supreme Court ruling made it illegal. The "Eliminator" was also scrapped after Bart and Lisa's year at Rommelwood Military School after the Supreme Court ruled it was "barbaric and malicious" for Rommelwood to subject the students to the course.
The school features its own firing range, an airfield, a cafeteria, and a statue of a general on horseback with a plaque with the school's motto carved on it.
Principal[]
Teachers[]
Students[]
- Franklin
- Cadet leader
- Platt
- Anderson
- Bart Simpson (former)
- Lisa Simpson (former)
Appearences[]
Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out (as Rommelwood Academy)