Lisa's Wedding
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"Lisa's Wedding" is the 19th episode of The Simpsons
Synopsis
While attending a medieval festival with the family, Lisa follows a rabbit, which Chief Wiggum refers to as an "esquilax", into the forest and finds a fortune teller. There, Lisa learns of her first love in the year 2010. As a college student, she meets a British man named Hugh Parkfield and they both fall in love suddenly. While she visits England to see Hugh's family, Hugh asks Lisa to marry him, and she agrees. When Lisa brings him to meet her family, he is disgusted by their way of life. At the wedding, Hugh tells Lisa that they will never see her family again after they are wed. Unable to accept leaving her family, Lisa calls off the wedding suddenly. Back in the present once more, Lisa returns to the fair and meets up with Homer excitedly.In the year 2010:
- Homer still works at his old station at the nuclear plant, which has four cooling towers. Milhouse is now his supervisor. The plant is operated mainly by robots and Lenny and Carl have advanced into executive positions.
- Bart has married twice and is considering marrying once again. He also has a receding hairline, stubble, and works a blue-collar job (operating a wrecking ball), just like his father. He mentions that he's "just getting all his aggression out before I go to law school." (Apparently he fulfills this promise, as in it is revealed he eventually becomes Chief Justice of the United States). He apparently frequents strip clubs.
- Mr. Burns is cryogenically-frozen while his doctors work on a cure for seventeen stab wounds to the back. The doctors are currently up to fifteen. (At the wedding,Mr.Burns breaks in half due to thawing too quickly.)
- Big Ben is now a digital clock, though apparently stuck on 12:00.
- There was a World War III, in which Great Britain saved the United States from defeat.
- Ralph Wiggum is a sideshow and was arrested for being a celebrity. Most celebrities are being arrested and are presumed dangerous. This is seen on a very fast scroll down, and is hard to see unless the viewer slows down the frames. Aside from this, Ralph's fate is quite ambiguous.
- The Simpson house has an additional bedroom built by Homer, who claims it is a window box to the building inspector.
- Mayor Quimby was indicted and has become a taxi driver, using the alias "Mohammed Jafar". He works for a taxi company founded by Otto (Established 2003).
- Martin Prince is presumed dead after a science fair explosion. He is actually in a lair deep underground and has become akin to The Phantom of the Opera. He apparently is also in love with Ms. Hoover.
- Early airplane designs (multiple wings) are being used for commercial flights.
- Kent Brockman works for CNNBCBS (a division of ABC).
- Fox has turned into a hard-core sex channel (so slowly that Marge did not notice).
- The Rolling Stones are still performing, even though they are now in wheelchairs.
- University campuses have holographic images of trees, in memory of real ones. Trees may no longer exist.
- A new snack called "Soy Pops" now has more gag suppressant.
- It is hinted that Lisa has lost her virginity to Milhouse.
- Maggie is a teenager with an apparent wild side, as suggested by her grunge-like style of dress and a motorcycle trophy on her shelf. Dr. Hibbert refers to her as a "hellion" but says she has a remarkable singing voice (which the audience does not get to hear).
- Grandpa Simpson is not mentioned, and as he is not present at Lisa's wedding it can be assumed that he died.
- Moe now has an eyepatch, possibly from serving during World War III.
- Both virtual darts and virtual pool exist (as well as many other new technologies), as well as human androids whose heads explode if they begin to cry.
- Maude Flanders is alive, even though she was killed off in a later episode. Some fans postulate that this is a robot.
Quotes
- Wiggum: Behold, The Two Headed Dog, Born With Only One Head!
- Wiggum: Behold, out of the mists of time, the legendary Esquilax, a horse with the head of a rabbit, and the body....of a rabbit.
- Marge: Remember, in England, an elevator is called a lift, a mile is called a kilometre, and botulism is called steak and kidney pie.
- Lisa: I remember you. You're Mayor Quimby.
Quimby: Uh, no. Check my license. My name is Mohammed Jafar.
Otto (on a video monitor): Hey, Quimby, when you're done with this fare, haul your indicted ass down to the convention center!
Quimby (under his breath): I cut the ribbon at that convention center! - Homer: (planning Lisa's wedding) So, first of all, we'll have the reception at Moe's...In fact, why not have the whole wedding there! We'll do it on a Monday. There'll be less drunks.
Marge: Homer, I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but I have a court order barring you from helping to plan this wedding.
Homer: (Looks over the document) Well, this all appears to be in order. I'll be in the hammock. - Bart: I met this exotic dancer last night at Hugh's bachelor party.
Lisa: Hugh didn't have a bachelor party.
Bart: We had one in his honor. (Lisa looks at Bart as though unconvinced) I had one in his honor. (Lisa looks at Bart as though unconvinced) ...I went to a strip club.
Trivia
- It won an Emmy in 1995 for "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or Less)."
- The first of (to date) three future-themed episodes. The second was Bart to the Future in the 11th season, and Future-Drama in the 16th.
- While both Lisa's Wedding and Future-Drama were nominated for and won an Emmy, Bart to the Future was considered one of the worst Simpsons episodes ever.
- BBC viewers voted for this episode to be shown on "Simpsons Night", broadcast on BBC Two on 23 June 2000. The other options were Life on the Fast Lane, Bart of Darkness, Sideshow Bob Roberts, and Homer the Great.
- In a later episode Homer recounts various stupid things he has done, and he includes "ruining Lisa's wedding in the future." This suggests that this is a canonical future for the continuity of the series. However, the characters have also done clips shows where characters are shown doing things the others either were not aware of, or simply turned the other way about. It may be possible Lisa told Homer about the fortune teller's story, and so may just be including it because it's something Lisa told him was a possibility of happening.
- It is important to note that all the future depictions canon relevancy should be treated lightly, as they are events that have yet to happen. Inconsistencies between continuity of the future depictions in both the show and comic, as well as the fact Future-Drama, which depicts the kids in their final year of High School taking place three years after 2010 all support that the viewer should not take the future depictions too much to heart. They may or may not happen as they happen in these episodes and it is up to the viewer to decide.
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