S12E04 · EP
season 12 ·
Lisa the Treehugger
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Episode DNA

23 scenes · 2 threads
scheme 16%cheerful 16%absurd 9%tense 9%chaotic 7%sad 5%deal 4%pursuit 4%violence 4%tender 4%

Story threads over runtime

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0:005:0010:0015:0020:00
A · Lisa tree-sitting protest
B · Bart job quest
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Every scene

23 scenes · our breakdown
1 · TV studio · cold_openKrusty show cold open

Krusty ends his show; announcer promotes GameStation 256.

00:00–00:17scheme
2 · Simpson living room · act1Bart wants new console

Bart asks Marge for money to buy the new GameStation.

00:17–00:43scheme
3 · Simpson kitchen · act1Homer tells Bart get job

Homer tells Bart to get a job to earn money.

00:43–01:48scheme
5 · Kwik-E-Mart · act1Bart gets menu job

Apu hires Bart to hang Thai restaurant menus.

02:10–03:23deal
6 · Springfield streets · act1Bart chased by dogs

Bart tries to hang menus but is chased by dogs.

03:23–03:34pursuit · humiliation
7 · Springfield streets · act1Lisa scolds Bart

Lisa scolds Bart for wasting paper menus.

03:34–04:06
8 · Krusty Burger · act1Family at Krusty Burger

Bart takes the family to Krusty Burger with his earnings.

04:06–04:23scheme
9 · Krusty Burger roof · act1Dirt First protest at Krusty Burger

Dirt First protesters are arrested after a demonstration.

04:23–06:04violence
10 · Simpson living room · act1News report on protest

The family watches a news report about the protest.

06:04–06:51
11 · Police station jail · act1Lisa visits Jesse in jail

Lisa visits Jesse Grass in jail after his arrest.

06:51–07:02seduction
12 · Police station jail · act1Lisa asks to join Dirt First

Lisa asks Jesse if she can join Dirt First.

07:02–07:54deal
13 · Dirt First meeting hall · act1Dirt First meeting

Dirt First discusses a secret tree auction.

07:54–09:21scheme
14 · Dirt First meeting hall · act1Lisa volunteers to tree-sit

Lisa volunteers to live in the redwood to stop logging.

09:21–10:00scheme
15 · Simpson living room · act1Lisa tells family about plan

Lisa tells her parents she is going to tree-sit.

10:00–10:44misunderstanding
16 · Redwood forest · act1Lisa climbs the redwood

Lisa climbs the giant redwood and sets up camp.

10:44–10:51pursuit
17 · Redwood forest · act1Family reacts to tree-sit

Homer and Marge worry about Lisa in the tree.

10:51–12:51scheme
18 · Redwood tree · act1Lisa endures days in tree

Lisa endures days in the tree, missing home.

12:51–13:23obsession
19 · Redwood forest · act1Lisa falls asleep and tree falls

Lisa falls asleep and the tree is struck by lightning.

13:23–13:57coincidence
20 · Simpson living room · act2Lisa presumed dead

Everyone thinks Lisa died in the tree collapse.

13:57–15:46misunderstanding · secret_exposed
21 · Simpson living room · act2Lisa wants to stay dead

Lisa wants to stay dead to protect the forest.

15:46–16:19lie · scheme
22 · Springfield Elementary · act2Bart gets straight A's

Bart gets straight A's at school due to Lisa's death.

16:19–18:32scheme
23 · Forest · act3Texan plans amusement park

The Texan announces an amusement park on the forest land.

18:32–18:37violence
24 · Springfield streets · tagFalling tree causes chaos

The falling tree rolls through town causing destruction.

18:37–21:30comeuppance
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