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| episode_name = The Secret War of Lisa Simpson

| image = [[Image:The Simpsons 4F21.png|200px]]

| episode_no = 178

| prod_code = 4F21

| airdate = [[May 18]], [[1997]]

| show runner = {{ListGenBot-SourceStart|SimpsonsRunners|SimpsonsRunnersS08}}[[Bill Oakley]]{{ListGenBot-SourceEnd}}

<br>&<br>{{ListGenBot-SourceStart|SimpsonsRunners|SimpsonsRunnersS08}}[[Josh Weinstein]]{{ListGenBot-SourceEnd}}

| writer = {{ListGenBot-SourceStart|SimpsonsWriters|SimpsonsWritersS08}}[[Richard Appel]]{{ListGenBot-SourceEnd}}

| director = {{ListGenBot-SourceStart|SimpsonsDirectors|SimpsonsDirectorsS08}}[[Mike B. Anderson]]{{ListGenBot-SourceEnd}}

| couch_gag = {{ListGenBot-SourceStart|SimpsonsCouchGags|SimpsonsCouchGagsS08}}With the living room upside down, the family falls from the couch and onto the ceiling.{{ListGenBot-SourceEnd}}

| guest_star = {{ListGenBot-SourceStart|SimpsonsGuests|SimpsonsGuestsS08}}[[Willem Dafoe]] as the Commandant{{ListGenBot-SourceEnd}}

| commentary = [[Matt Groening]]<BR>[[Josh Weinstein]]<BR>[[Yeardley Smith]]<BR>[[Mike B. Anderson]]

| season = 8

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"'''The Secret War of Lisa Simpson'''" is the last episode in the [[The Simpsons (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]''.

==Synopsis==

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While [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] becomes increasingly concerned that her [[education in The Simpsons|education]] is not advanced enough, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] creates a massive sonic feedback loop in a wayward stunt involving the police station's full set of [[megaphone]]s. Consequently, both Lisa and Bart transfer to Rommelwood, a [[military school]]; Bart as punishment and Lisa searching for a challenge. Bart is completely against the move, only later warming up to military life. Meanwhile, Lisa originally was enthusastic about her new environment, but gradually her presence stirs discontent among the other students, since she is the first female student and gets her own barracks to herself. Bart and Lisa are both subject to harsh [[hazing]].

Bart generally tried to distance himself from Lisa to keep in the good graces of the other students. Lisa thus grapples with isolation and has second thoughts about staying. Nevertheless, during a compulsory end-of-year military exercise, the Eliminator, Bart cheers her on and she passes successfully. The other students begin to turn against Bart, but graduation time has already come.

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==Cultural references==

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*The episode is a play on the [[1968]] film ''[[The Secret War of Harry Frigg]]''.

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==Release==

The episode originally aired on May 18, 1997, as the [[season finale]], along with a rerun of "[[The Springfield Files]]."<ref name="Helm">Richard Helm, "TV gets spring refresher; From myth to mobsters, sweeps give TV four- week tweek," ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', April 27, 1997, pg. C.2.</ref> The episode was mistakenly anticipated as being about Lisa launching "a legal battle" to be enrol at the military school.<ref name="Helm"/>

The episode was one of four in 2005 released on a DVD called ''[[Bart Wars]]'' focused on crossed between ''The Simpsons'' and ''[[Star Wars]]''. However, one critic wrote that with this episode and "[[Marge Be Not Proud]]" and "[[Dog of Death]]," both of which are also on the DVD, the "''Star Wars'' connection" is "tangential at best."<ref name="National">"Mark Hamill advises Homer to 'use the forks' in new Simpsons release," ''[[National Post]]'', May 14, 2005, pg. TO.32.</ref> The other epsisode was "[[Mayored to the Mob]]."<ref name="National"/>

==Reception==

A critic argued Dafoe's casting was "rare" and "somewhat offbeat."<ref>Ian Johnston, "TV's great cameo cavalcade! The sitcoms are pulling out the big (and old) guns to get you watching this sweeps week," ''Daily News'', Halifax, Nova Scotia: April 27, 1997, pg. 40.</ref> One critic wrote that in this episode, "''The Simpsons'' have succinctly laid out our eventual future." This referred to the rise of [[robot]]s in the real world and the quote from this episode, "The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots."<ref>Raju Mudhar, "Even robots need to let off steam; Homemade bots get in the ring Sumo challenge an annual event," ''[[Toronto Star]]'', March 11, 2006, pg. H.03.</ref>

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