Sunday, February 06, 2005

Simpson's Sports moments---

5. Lisa on Ice: Lisa is forced to join a pee-wee hockey league to avoid failing P.E., and her concept of such leagues is dead-on: "You mean those leagues where parents push their kids into vicious competition to compensate for their own failed dreams of glory?" But when she finds out she's a world-class goalie, even she buys into the hype.

Homer rewards sports achievement by letting Bart sit in the front seat, and when he offers that seat to Lisa after a good game, she says "it's wrong to reward violent competitive behavior" and will only sit up front if it's a fatherly gesture of love. Homer agrees, but after Lisa gets in, he screams "Sucker! Competitive violence, that's why you're here!"

You soon have a brother-sister rivalry, culminating in a showdown between Bart's team (The Mighty Pigs, coached by Chief Wiggum) and Lisa's team (The Kwik-E-Mart Gougers, coached by Apu). When Bart lines up for a penalty shot against Lisa in a tie game with four seconds left, the two embrace at center ice and settle for the tie rather than succumb to the town's taste for blood. Homer's sad realization? "They're both losers. Losers!"

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