S17E02 · EP
season 17 ·
The Girl Who Slept Too Little
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Episode DNA

23 scenes · 3 threads
absurd 22%petty grievance 12%avoidance 9%scheme 6%triumphant 6%angry 6%impersonation 5%threat 4%menacing 4%awkward 4%

Story threads over runtime

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A · Lisa conquers her fears
B · Homer fights the cemetery
C · Bart torments Lisa
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Every scene

23 scenes · our breakdown
1 · Simpson living room · cold_openCouch gag and opening

The episode begins with the usual couch gag and title sequence.

00:00–00:48lie
2 · Simpson house · act1Homer complains about noise

Homer yells at Ned Flanders for early morning noise from construction.

00:48–01:03petty_grievance
3 · Simpson house · act1Stamp museum protest

The family protests the new stamp museum being built nearby.

01:03–01:57petty_grievance · escalation
4 · Town hall · act1Town meeting

The town meeting decides to move the stamp museum to the cemetery site.

01:57–03:00scheme
5 · Simpson house · act1Cemetery next door

The family is upset about the cemetery being moved next to their house.

03:00–04:16avoidance
6 · Simpson house · act1Bart teases Lisa

Bart torments Lisa about zombies from the cemetery.

04:16–04:57petty_grievance · threat
7 · Simpson bedroom · act1Lisa sleeps with parents

Lisa asks to sleep with her parents because she is scared.

04:57–05:29avoidance
8 · Simpson bedroom · act1Morning after

The next morning, Homer and Marge try to get Lisa to sleep in her own room.

05:29–06:32avoidance
9 · Stamp museum parking lot · act1Trip to stamp museum

The family visits the completed stamp museum but it is now a parking lot.

06:32–06:55scheme
10 · Stamp museum · act1Museum exhibits

The family sees strange exhibits at the stamp museum including inventors and a children's book author.

06:55–09:32coincidence
11 · Cemetery · act1Gravedigger Billy

Lisa meets Gravedigger Billy who tells her about the cemetery.

09:32–10:06threat
12 · Simpson bedroom · act1Parents badmouth friends

Lisa overhears her parents badmouthing their friends.

10:06–11:38petty_grievance
13 · Simpson bedroom · act1I spy game

Homer and Marge try to distract Lisa with a game of I Spy.

11:38–12:08
14 · Lisa's bedroom · act1Sleeping in Lisa's room

Homer and Marge try to sleep in Lisa's room but find it scary.

12:08–12:35avoidance
15 · Simpson living room · act1Lisa watches Bonanza

Lisa watches Bonanza with her parents and refuses to go to sleep.

12:35–12:56obsession
16 · Dr. Nick's office · act1Visit to Dr. Nick

The family visits Dr. Nick who diagnoses Lisa's fear problem.

12:56–14:06scheme
17 · Cemetery gate · act2Lisa decides to conquer fears

Lisa decides to spend the night in the cemetery to conquer her fears.

14:06–14:30obsession
18 · Cemetery · act2Lisa meets Dr. Octopus

Lisa encounters Dr. Nick dressed as Dr. Octopus in the cemetery.

14:30–15:39impersonation
19 · Cemetery · act2Chief Wiggum in cemetery

Chief Wiggum is scared in the cemetery and takes off his uniform.

15:39–16:53avoidance
20 · Simpson living room · act2Homer and Bart watch TV

Homer and Bart watch cartoons while Lisa is in the cemetery.

16:53–17:13petty_grievance
21 · Dream world · act2Lisa's nightmare

Lisa has a nightmare where she is in the Land of the Wild Beasts.

17:13–18:07impersonation · threat
22 · Dream world · act2Lisa faces her fears

Lisa realizes the monsters are not scary and learns to conquer her fear.

18:07–18:57confession
23 · Cemetery · act3Lisa wakes up

Lisa wakes up from her dream and is no longer scared.

18:57–20:06confession
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