L

"Lady Bouvier's Lover" (Episode 102), 86

language, philosophy of, 65-66

langue, 255

Lao-Tzu, 290

"Last Exit to Springfield" (Episode 76), 245

"The Last Temptation of Homer" (Episode 90), 15

"The Last Temptation of Krust" (Episode 193), 49

Leibniz, Gottfried, 292

'Lenny,' 8, 12, 114, 245

Letterman, David, 109

Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 254

"Life on the Fast Lane" (Episode 9), 16

"Like Father Like Clown" (Episode 41), 136

Li'l Lisa's Patented Animal Slurry, 183, 196

'Lionel Hutz,' 143

Limbaugh, Rush, 174

"Lisa on Ice" (Episode 111), 13, 141-142

'Lisa Simpson'

'Bart Simpson' and, 31, 74, 75, 114, 121, 136, 138, 141-142, 156-157, 240-241

career test results, 85, 134

on cartoons, 2, 259

'Comic Book Guy' and, 176

'Dr. Hibbert' and, 176

'Dr. Nick Riviera' and, 31

duty vs. desire, 154-157

Groening on, 143

'Homer Simpson' and, 12-13, 14, 15, 19, 142-143, 155, 158, 247

hypocrisy and, 189-190

ideal child, 166

an intellectual, 30-32, 137

isolation, melancholy, 156-158

Itchy & Scratchy episode written by, 259-260, 265-267

'Jebediah Springfield' and, 15, 31, 121, 154-155, 190n3

'Krusty the Klown' and, 141

'Marge Simpson' and, 49, 50, 53-54, 134-135, 137, 158-159, 168

Mensa, 136, 138-139, 176-177

moral causes, 136-139, 142

'Mr. Burns' and, 53

Nietzschean ideals, 60-61, 64

patriotism, 157

political activism, 113-114, 138, 166, 176-177, 241, 243

'Principal Skinner' and, 85, 168, 176

'Professor Frink' and, 176

smart/nerd, 16, 17, 30n10, 126, 137-138

song Jazzman, 113-114

vegetarianism, 155

a virtuous character, 8

voice of, 136

wedding canceled, 44, 143

"Lisa the Beauty Queen" (Episode 63), 15

"Lisa the Greek" (Episode 49), 137, 167n12

"Lisa the Iconoclast" (Episode 144), 15, 31n13, 154-155, 190n3

"Lisa the Simpson" (Episode 195), 17, 82, 143

"Lisa the Skeptic" (Episode 186), 16, 32, 55, 138

"Lisa the Vegetarian" (Episode 133), 31n14, 137, 155

"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" (Episode 95), 32n18, 136

"Lisa's Pony" (Episode 43), 13, 30n12, 167n13

"Lisa's Rival" (Episode 105), 7

"Lisa's Sax" (Episode 181), 15, 42

"Lisa's Wedding" (Episode 122), 44, 88, 142-143

Locke, John, 292

Lombardo, J. R., 93, 96

"Lost Our Lisa" (Episode 202), 15

'Lou, Officer,' 187, 188

love, neighborly, 202-214

love of life, 20-22

'Lovejoy' family See 'Helen Lovejoy'; 'Jessica Lovejoy'; 'Reverend Lovejoy'

loving, 207-208

'Luann Van Houton,' 50, 129

Lukács, Georg, 248

'Lunchlady Doris,' 129

'Lurleen Lumpkin,' 17, 85

M

MacGregor, Jeff, 138

'Maggie Simpson'

Ayn Rand School for Tots, 85, 111

'Homer Simpson' and, 13, 15, 40

'Marge Simpson' and, 39

'Mr. Burns' and, 35-36, 43, 64

'Ned Flanders' and, 40

speechlessness, 36, 40-43, 44

thoughts of, 37-38, 40-41

"Make Room for Lisa" (Episode 219), 87

'Malibu Stacy,' 31, 32, 128, 136

'Manjula,' 129

"The Mansion Family" (Episode 238), 50

"Marge Be Not Proud" (Episode 139), 54n14

"Marge Gets a Job" (Episode 66), 134

"Marge in Chains" (Episode 80), 134, 135, 188

"Marge on the Lam" (Episode 87), 13, 129, 166n10

'Marge Simpson' (née 'Bouvier')

'Abe Simpson' and, 50

actress, 111

'Bart Simpson' and, 54, 106, 151, 168

blue hair, 64

bourgeois ideology, 244

compared to 'Maude Flanders,' 50

conformist, 20

duty vs. desire, 152-154

friendlessness, 52

hair color, 64, 263

'Homer Simpson' and, 11-12, 12n4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 50, 55, 133-134, 135, 148-149, 167

'Lisa Simpson' and, 49, 50, 53-54, 134-135, 137, 158-159, 168

'listen lady,' 56, 172

'Maggie Simpson' and, 39

Marxist sensibility, 242-243

'Moe Szyslak' and, 56

as a mother, 39, 166, 168

'Mr. Burns' and, 49-50, 60, 140-141

'Ned Flanders' and, 46, 56, 153-154

nude art, reaction to, 56

as a parody/satire, 140-141

'Patty Bouvier' and 'Selma Bouvier' and, 52

real estate agent, 143, 152-154

'Reverend Lovejoy' and, 56

as satire, 140-141

social climber, 118-119, 190n3, 242-243

TV wife and mother, 131-135

on the unfamiliar, 159

virtue, 46-58

working life, 152

"Marge vs. the Monorail" (Episode 71), 14, 133

Marx, Groucho, 242-243, 244

Marx, Karl, 235, 248, 293

Marxism, 241

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, 109, 110

Mash, 113

masochist problem, 207-208

materialism, 194

'Maude Flanders'

compared to 'Marge Simpson,' 50

death of, 114, 129

'Homer Simpson' and, 114

'Ned Flanders' and, 149-150

self-righteousness, 170

'Mayor Quimby' ('Diamond Joe Quimby')

abdication, 139, 176

'Abe Simpson' and, 173

character traits, 182

corruption, 46

urban machine politician, 161

"Mayored to the Mob" (Episode 212), 87

'McBain,' 174

McCartney, Linda, 155

McCartney, Paul, 155

Mecherey, Pierre, 240

'Mega-Saver Chuck Garabedian,' 50

Mellencamp, Patricia, 131

Mensa

'Lisa Simpson' and, 136, 138-139, 176-177

members, 32, 176

as town rulers, 17, 32-33, 139

See also intellectuals

Meredith, George, 238-239

metaphysical freedom, 211

'Milhouse Van Houton,' 168

"A Milhouse Divided" (Episode 159), 15

Mill, John Stuart, 60, 293

Mirkin, David, 81

"Moaning Lisa" (Episode 6), 157-159

A Modest Proposal (Swift), 238, 245

'Moe Szyslak'

amorality, 148

bowler, 195

a face in the crowd, 127

'Homer Simpson' and, 148

'Marge Simpson' and, 56

self-centeredness, 148, 150

Molière, Tartuffe, 183

Moore, G. E., 294

moral acts, 210-214

moral dilemmas, 149

moral duty, 147-159, 204-206

morality, 69-72, 179-180

"Mother Simpson" (Episode 136), 13, 17, 183

"Mountain of Madness" (Episode 165), 183

movies. See films

'Mr. Burns' ('C. Montgomery Burns')

age, 64, 201n4

art collector, 196

'Bart Simpson' and, 73

bowler, 194-196

capitalist, 133, 140

changes of heart, 57, 195-196

compared to Oscar Schindler, 196, 249-250

extravagance, 49-50

a face in the crowd, 127

as a father, 196

fig pickler, 119

greyhounds, 187

'Homer Simpson' and, 14, 15, 18, 35, 40, 119

hypocrite, 183, 184

'Lisa Simpson' and, 53

local boy, 173, 174

'Maggie Simpson' and, 35-36, 43, 64

'Marge Simpson' and, 49-50, 60, 140-141

negotiator, 245

possessions, 187, 191-192

public image, 196

recycler, 196

sun blocker, 114, 196

unhappiness, 191-201

wedding, 86

"Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" (Episode 37), 30n11, 52, 92, 126, 155, 182

'Mrs. Jacqueline Bouvier,' 86, 129

"Much Apu About Nothing" (Episode 151), 14, 189, 236-237

N

narcissism, 208

"Natural Born Kissers" (Episode 203), 86

'Ned Flanders'

actor, 111

compared to Marge, 46

foster parent, 55, 168-172, 202-203

goody-goody, 75

'Homer Simpson' and, 12, 15-16, 18, 20, 150, 213-214

indifference to pleasure, 48

'Maggie Simpson' and, 40

'Marge Simpson' and, 56, 153-154

'Maude Flanders' and, 149-150

neighborly love, 202-205

nude art, reaction to, 56

personal desires lacking, 150

piety/religiosity, 46, 54-56, 57, 154, 170

as principal, 74

'Reverend Lovejoy' and, 55, 169, 170, 184

Nehamas, Alexander, 68

neighborly love, 202-214

'Nelson Muntz,' 8-9, 70, 73

"The New Kid on the Block" (Episode 67), 129

Nietzsche, Friedrich, 43, 59, 60-77, 178, 293

nihilism, 76-77, 246

Nozick, Robert, 29

Nussbaum, Martha, 216-221