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22 scenes · our breakdownThe family visits a dinosaur museum where a guide gives a lesson.
00:10–01:28The kids argue over toys and Homer denies them all.
01:28–02:21Lisa spots her favorite author and chases him through the museum.
02:21–02:42Lisa learns her favorite author is a fake and books are corporate products.
02:42–04:16Homer realizes he can make money by writing a kids' book with a team.
04:16–05:14Homer recruits Bart, Moe, Skinner, and Frink for the book scheme.
05:14–05:39Homer tries to recruit Patty and Lenny but they decline.
05:39–06:31Neil Gaiman overhears the plan and offers to join the team.
06:31–07:48Lisa decides to write her own novel to prove a point.
07:48–08:09The team creates a troll-based fantasy novel concept.
08:09–08:59Homer assigns Neil Gaiman to get lunch for the team.
08:59–10:56Lisa tries to write at a coffee shop but gets distracted and later reads the team's finished manuscript.
10:56–12:38The team completes their troll book and prints it.
12:38–12:50A publisher rejects the book because it lacks a fake author.
12:50–13:35The team recruits Lisa as the fake author of their book.
13:35–14:12The team celebrates selling the book for a million dollars.
14:12–14:46The publisher reveals they changed the trolls to vampires.
14:46–17:13The team plans to steal back the original manuscript.
17:13–17:19The team sneaks into the publisher's office to swap manuscripts.
17:19–18:24Lisa reveals she tipped off the publisher to get her name on the book.
18:24–19:35Neil Gaiman reveals he switched the flash drives to save the original book.
19:35–21:13The publisher reveals a third flash drive and the team gets poisoned.
21:13–21:54Same DNA
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