"The Daughter Also Rises" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | 499 |
Directed by | Chuck Sheetz |
Written by | Rob LaZebnik |
Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
Production code | PABF06 |
Original air date | February 12, 2012 |
Chalkboard gag | "I will not replace a candy heart with a frog's heart" |
Couch gag | Moe and a group of ancillary characters come in and congratulate the show for reaching 500 episodes, but Lisa (using a Simpsons guide book) tells Moe and the others that this is only the 499th episode. |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Michael Cera as Nick |
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Season 23 episodes
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Seasons | |
Michael Cera as Nick
Jamie Hyneman as himself
Adam Savage as himself
"The Daughter Also Rises" is the thirteenth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 12, 2012. The episode parodies the MythBusters program in that Bart and Milhouse are inspired by a show called MythCrackers to debunk some urban schoolyard legends. The hosts of MythBusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, guest starred in the episode as themselves, while actor Michael Cera played Lisa's new love interest Nick. "The Daughter Also Rises" received a 2.0 Nielsen rating in the demographic for adults aged 18–49, and was viewed by around 4.26 million people. The reception from critics has been mixed to negative.
In a very surprising move on Valentine's Day, Marge allows Homer to have a guys' night out with Bart as her Valentine's Day gift to him while she and Lisa go to a restaurant for dinner. While Homer and Bart have a good time and bond as father and son, Marge finds she has little in common with Lisa and distracts herself at the buffet table. During this, Lisa spots a handsome boy named Nick through a crack in the wall between their tables. The two become attracted to each other and begin dating.
Eventually, Lisa invites Nick over to meet the rest of her family. However, despite being impressed by Nick, Marge warns Lisa not to spend too much time with him, worried that Lisa is becoming too different from her. Confused at this, Lisa goes to Grampa for advice.
Grampa tells her a story about Pyramus and Thisbe, two lovers who would talk through a crack in the wall between their houses as their families hated each other. They kissed underneath a Mulberry tree, signifying their eternal love. Inspired by this, Lisa asks Grampa to drive her and Nick to Mulberry Island by sunset so they can share a moment of eternal love, and he agrees, stealing his retirement home's shuttle van to drive them. However, he drops them off to make the rest of the journey when the police arrest him for stealing the van and the TV remote from the home.