Lisa Decodes Subliminal Message · New Kids on the Blecch

S12E14 · SCENE 24/26 · 17:03

New Kids on the Blecch · USS Sea Spanker bridge

Lisa Decodes Subliminal Message

Lisa realizes the boy band video contains a hidden Navy recruitment message.

17:03→19:09

in the episode · 2m 06s · S12E14

What happens

17:03–19:09

Lisa watches the Party Posse video and notices the repeated phrase 'Yvan eht Nioj'. She plays it backwards and hears 'Join the Navy', realizing it is a subliminal recruitment tactic.

WhereUSS Sea Spanker bridge

DriverLisa Simpson

Positionact3 · complication

ThreadParty Posse finale

Key lines

from this scene

17:26
You won't say it's crazy when you see next week's issue of Mad magazine.

18:11
You leave me no choice.

18:50
Pop music's hard work.

19:02
All right, Posse, that's our target.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1

tense0.6

betrayal0.4

chaotic0.4

violence0.3

escalation0.3

argument

Beats

17:19Project is shut down

18:26L.T. goes crazy

Scene in the episode

17:03–19:09

A · Homer runs marathon

B · Bart joins boy band

5 8 23

C · Lisa uncovers Navy plot

20 21 22

D · Party Posse finale

2 4 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 24 25 26 27

escalation → scene 22

Clips from this episode

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The Simpsons - ★NSYNC - "Drop Da Bomb (Yvan Eht Nioj)" (Sing-Along Lyrics Available!) · SimpsonsEps03

The Simpsons S12ep14: Springfield Marathon · tilthenightclosesin

The Simpsons - ★NSYNC - "Sign Me Up" (Sing-Along Lyrics Available!) · SimpsonsEps03

The Simpsons - ★NSYNC - "Special Girl" (Sing-Along Lyrics Available!) · SimpsonsEps03

The Simpsons - New Kids on the Blecch (Censored Dialogue Comparison) · Babo's Extra Stuff

The Simpsons - ★NSYNC - ★NSYNC's Gift Basket · SimpsonsEps03

The Simpsons - ★NSYNC - ★NSYNC Endorses the Navy · SimpsonsEps03

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