Lisa Simpson

The Simpsons uses a floating timeline in which the characters do not physically age. The show itself is perpetually set in the year of broadcast (except for occasional flashbacks and flashforwards). In several episodes, events have been linked to specific time periods, although this timeline has been contradicted in subsequent episodes.{{sfn|Turner|2004|pp=78–79}} Lisa's year of birth is given in "Lisa's First Word" (season 4, 1992) as 1984, during the Summer Olympics.{{cite episode |title=Lisa's First Word |episode-link=Lisa's First Word |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Martin, Jeff; Kirkland, Mark |network=Fox |airdate=October 24, 2021 |season=33 |number=5}} The episode "That '90s Show" (season 19, 2008), however, contradicts much of the established backstory; for example, it presents Homer and Marge as being childless in the late 1990s.{{cite web |title=The Simpsons: That '90s Show Review |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/847/847940p1.html |website=IGN |date=January 28, 2008 |author=Canning, Robert |access-date=May 6, 2010}}{{cite episode |title=That '90s Show |episode-link=That '90s Show (The Simpsons) |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Selman, Matt; Kirkland, Mark |network=Fox |airdate=January 27, 2008 |season=19 |number=11}} Despite this, Lisa is portrayed as being 8 years old.{{Sfn|Groening|2010|p=17}} Lisa is a lover of music, with jazz as her favorite genre; she specifically singles out Miles Davis's 1957 album Birth of the Cool as her favorite album.{{Cite web|title=Birth of the Cool|url=https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Birth_of_the_Cool|access-date=August 19, 2020|website=Wikisimpsons|language=en}} She enjoys and excels at playing the saxophone and became friends with jazz musician Bleeding Gums Murphy, whom she regards as an idol. Murphy helps pull Lisa out of her depression in "Moaning Lisa" (season 1, 1990).{{cite episode |title=Moaning Lisa (The Simpsons) |episode-link=Moaning Lisa (The Simpsons) |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Jean, Al; Reiss, Mike; Archer, Wes |network=Fox |airdate=February 11, 1990 |season=01 |number=06}} She is later deeply saddened by Murphy's death in {{"-}}'Round Springfield" (season 6, 1995).{{cite episode |title='Round Springfield |episode-link='Round Springfield |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Sternin, Joshua; Ventimilia, Jeffrey; Moore, Steven Dean |network=Fox |airdate=April 30, 1995 |season=06 |number=22}}

Lisa has had a few brief relationships with boys, including Ralph Wiggum in "I Love Lisa" (season 4, 1993),{{cite episode |title=I Love Lisa |episode-link=I Love Lisa |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Mula, Frank; Archer, Wes |network=Fox |airdate=February 11, 1993 |season=04 |number=15}} Nelson Muntz in "Lisa's Date with Density" (season 8, 1996){{cite episode |title=Lisa's Date with Density |episode-link=Lisa's Date with Density |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Scully, Mike; Dietter, Susie |network=Fox |airdate=December 15, 1996 |season=08 |number=07}} and Colin in The Simpsons Movie (2007).{{cite video |title=The Simpsons Movie |medium=Film |publisher=20th Century Fox |year=2007}} Bart's best friend Milhouse Van Houten has a crush on her, but despite dropping unsubtle hints about his feelings, he has been unsuccessful in winning her affection. Her voice actor Yeardley Smith said Muntz would make a good match for Lisa.{{cite news |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Yeardley-Smith-Life-as-Lisa-Simpson/tabid/418/articleID/299015/Default.aspx |work=3 News NZ |title=Life as Lisa Simpson |date=May 24, 2013}} In 2019, Simpsons showrunner Al Jean said he saw Lisa as being "possibly polyamorous" in the future.{{cite web|url=http://inmagazine.ca/2019/04/the-simpsons-showrunner-says-lisa-is-possibly-polyamorous/ |title=The Simpsons Showrunner Says Lisa Is "Possibly Polyamorous" – IN Magazine |publisher=Inmagazine.ca |date=April 8, 2019 |access-date=April 17, 2019}} In the Season 23 episode "Holidays of Future Passed" Lisa is shown holding hands with an unnamed dark-haired woman in a photo, and then shown in a second photo where she is holding hands with two different women at once, suggesting polyamory; she later ends up with Milhouse. However, this episode is non-canon.{{cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/simpsons-lisa-trivia/ |title=The Simpsons: 20 Ridiculous Facts About Lisa |publisher=TheGamer |date=June 29, 2018 |access-date=April 17, 2019}}{{cite web|author=Bradford Evans |url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/10/18-things-youd-be-surprised-happened-on-the-simpsons-if-you-stopped-watching-in-2003.html |title=18 Things You'd Be Surprised Happened on 'The Simpsons' If You Stopped Watching in 2003 |publisher=Vulture.com |date=October 25, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://player.fm/series/magic-xylophone-podcast/23-holidays-of-future-passed-season-23-episode-09 |title=#23 Holidays Of Future Passed, Season 23, Episode 09. Magic Xylophone podcast |publisher=Player.fm |date=April 28, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2019}}

Lisa is the most intellectual member of the Simpson family (she has an IQ of 159), and many episodes of the series focus on her fighting for various causes.{{cite news |last=De Waal |first=Shaun |title=Yellow peril |url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2007-07-27-yellow-peril |access-date=October 6, 2010 |newspaper=Mail & Guardian |date=July 27, 2007}} Lisa is often the focus of episodes with "a real moral or philosophical point", which according to former writer David S. Cohen is because "you really buy her as caring about it."Cohen, David S.; Groening, Matt; Meyer, George; Michels, Pete; Scully, Mike; Smith; Yeardley. (2005). Commentary for "Lisa the Skeptic", in The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. Lisa's political convictions are generally left-wing and liberal and she often contests other's views. She is a vegetarian, feminist, environmentalist and a supporter of gay rights, universal healthcare, and the Free Tibet movement.{{cite news|title=Character Profiles: Lisa Simpson |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-simpsons/articles/lisa-simpson |access-date=October 6, 2010 |publisher=Channel 4 |date=February 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001182102/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-simpsons/articles/lisa-simpson |archive-date=October 1, 2010 }}{{cite episode |title=I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can |episode-link=I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Curran, Kevin; Kruse, Nancy |network=Fox |airdate=February 16, 2003 |season=1 |number=12}} In a special Christmas message for the UK in 2004 Lisa showed her support for Cornish nationalism, even speaking the Cornish language to get her message across.{{cite news |title=Lisa puts cool into Cornish cause |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3866927.stm |access-date=April 8, 2012 |publisher=BBC |date=July 5, 2004}} While supportive of the general ideals of the Christian church in which she was raised, Lisa became a practicing Buddhist in the episode "She of Little Faith" (season 13, 2001) after she learned about the Noble Eightfold Path.{{cite episode |title=She of Little Faith |episode-link=She of Little Faith |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Freiberger, Bill; Moore, Steven Dean |network=Fox |airdate=December 16, 2001 |season=13 |number=06}}

Matt Groening conceived Lisa and the rest of the Simpson family in 1986 in the lobby of producer James L. Brooks's office. Groening had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts for The Tracey Ullman Show and had intended to present an adaptation of his Life in Hell comic strip. When he realized that animating Life in Hell would require him to rescind publication rights, Groening went in another direction,{{cite video |people=BBC |year=2000 |title='The Simpsons': America's First Family (6-minute edit for the season 1 DVD) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250735/ |format=DVD |location=UK |publisher=20th Century Fox}} hurriedly sketching his version of a dysfunctional family, named after members of his own family. Lisa was named after Groening's younger sister, but little else was based on her.{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2003818762_realsimpsons030.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525111318/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2003818762_realsimpsons030.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 25, 2012 |title=The real people behind Homer Simpson and family |author=Rose, Joseph |date=August 3, 2007 |website=The Oregonian}} In The Tracey Ullman Show shorts, Lisa displayed none of the intelligence for which she later became known. She was more of a "female Bart" and was originally described as simply the "middle child", without much personality.

Lisa made her brief debut with the rest of the Simpson family on April 19, 1987, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night".{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=14}} On December 17, 1989, the shorts were adapted into The Simpsons, a half-hour series on the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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The entire Simpson family was designed to be easily recognized in silhouette.Groening, Matt. (2005). Commentary for "Fear of Flying", in The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. The family was crudely drawn, because Groening had submitted basic sketches to the animators, assuming they would clean them up; instead, they just traced over his drawings. Lisa's physical features are generally unique. In some early episodes, minor background characters occasionally had a similar hairline. However, in the later seasons, no character other than Maggie shares her hairline.Groening, Matt; Reiss, Mike; Kirkland, Mark. (2002). Commentary for "Principal Charming", in The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. While designing Lisa, Groening "couldn't be bothered to even think about girls' hairstyles". At the time, Groening was primarily drawing in black and white; when designing Lisa and Maggie, he "just gave them this kind of spiky starfish hair style, not thinking that they would eventually be drawn in color".Groening, Matt. (2006). "A Bit From the Animators", illustrated commentary for "All Singing, All Dancing", in The Simpsons: The Complete Ninth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.

To draw Lisa's head and hair, most of the show's animators use what they call the "three-three-two arrangement". It begins with a circle, with two curving lines (one vertical, one horizontal) intersecting in the middle to indicate her eyeline. The vertical line continues outside of the circle to create one hair point, with two more added towards the back of her head. Three more points are then added in front (in the direction Lisa is facing), with two more behind it.Archer, Wes; Groening, Matt; Kirkland, Mark. (2005). "A Bit From the Animators", illustrated commentary for "Summer of 4 Ft. 2", in The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. Several Simpsons animators, including Pete Michels and David Silverman, consider Lisa the most difficult Simpsons character to draw.Michels, Pete. (2006). "A Bit From the Animators", illustrated commentary for "All Singing, All Dancing", in The Simpsons: The Complete Ninth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. Silverman explains that "her head is so abstract" due to her hairstyle.Silverman, David; Reardon, Jim; Groening, Matt. (2005). Illustrated commentary for "Treehouse of Horror V", in The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.

While the roles of Homer and Marge were given to Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner because they were already a part of the Tracey Ullman Show cast,{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/27/1046064146568.html |title=D'oh, you're the voice |access-date=August 18, 2007 |date=February 27, 2003 |author=Lee, Luaine |work=The Age |location=Melbourne}} the producers decided to hold casting for the roles of Bart and Lisa. Nancy Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa, but disliked the character's bland description—Lisa was described simply as the "middle child"—and read for the role of Bart instead.{{harvnb|Cartwright|2000 |pp=35–40}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1017238.stm |title=Bart's voice tells all |access-date=May 16, 2007 |date=November 10, 2000 |work=BBC News}} Casting director Bonita Pietila brought Yeardley Smith in for an audition after seeing her performing in the play Living on Salvation Street. Smith was hesitant to audition for an animated series, but her agent had persuaded her to give it a try. Smith originally auditioned for the role of Bart but Pietila believed her voice was too high. Smith later recalled: "I always sounded too much like a girl, I read two lines as Bart and they said, 'Thanks for coming!'"{{cite news |title= She who laughs last |date= December 8, 2007 |page=8E |work= The Daily Telegraph |first= Charles |last=Miranda }}{{cite news |url= http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml |title= 'Simpsons' Trivia, From Swearing Lisa To "Burns-Sexual" Smithers |access-date= July 29, 2007 |date= October 26, 2008 |author= Larry Carroll |publisher= MTV |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071220140402/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml |archive-date= December 20, 2007 }} Pietila offered Smith the role of Lisa instead.{{cite news |title= She's happy as Lisa Simpson, although she'd like more d'oh |date= April 4, 2004 |work= The Spokesman-Review |agency= Associated Press |author= Heidi Vogt}}

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Smith and the show's writers worked to give Lisa a more defined personality, and she has developed greatly during the series. In her 2000 memoir My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy, Cartwright wrote: "with the brilliant wit of the writers and the wry, in-your-eye, honest-to-a-fault interpretation, Yeardley Smith has made Lisa a bright light of leadership, full of compassion and competence beyond her years. Lisa Simpson is the kind of child we not only want our children to be but also the kind of child we want all children to be. But, at the time, on The Tracey Ullman Show, she was just an animated eight-year-old kid who had no personality."

Lisa is the only regular character voiced by Smith, who raises the pitch of her voice slightly for the role.{{cite news |title=She who laughs last |date=December 8, 2007 |page=8E |work= The Daily Telegraph |author=Charles Miranda}} In some earlier episodes she provided some of Maggie's squeaks and occasional speaking parts, and has voiced other characters on very rare occasions.{{cite video |people=Smith, Yeardley |year=2007 |title=Audio commentary for The Simpsons Movie |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}} Usually they are derivative of Lisa, such as Lisa Bella in "Last Tap Dance in Springfield" (season 11, 2000) and Lisa, Jr. in "Missionary: Impossible". (season 11, 2000)Hauge, Ron. (2008). Commentary for "Missionary: Impossible", in The Simpsons: The Complete Eleventh Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.

{{quote box |width=30em |bgcolor=transparent |align=right |quote=It's a happy fluke. When she was cast back in 1987, I just liked the sound of her voice. She's also a great actress. In general, people who make their living doing voices on cartoons aren't always great for us. Most cartoons want things peppy and cartoony. Yeardley can go through moments of great emotion and wring it for all she's worth. |salign=right |source=—Matt Groening on Smith's vocal style}}

Despite Lisa's fame, Smith is rarely recognized in public, which she does not mind. She said, "it's wonderful to be in the midst of all this hype about the show, and people enjoying the show so much, and to be totally a fly on the wall; people never recognize me solely from my voice."{{cite news |title=Meet the Simpsons |date=May 6, 2004 |work=Daily Express |author=Peter Sheridan}} In a 2009 interview with The Guardian she commented that "It's the best job ever. I have nothing but gratitude for the amount of freedom The Simpsons has bought me in my life."{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/16/lisa-simpson-yeardley-smith-film |title=From Springfield to Tinseltown |date=January 16, 2009 |author=Lisa Marks |work=The Guardian |access-date=February 16, 2009 |location=London}} Although Smith received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992, she considers it unimportant, saying "there's part of me that feels it wasn't even a real Emmy." The award is a Creative Arts prize not awarded during the primetime telecast and, at the time, a juried award without nominations. Still, Smith considers her work on the show a success. "If I had to be associated with one character in fiction," she said, "I will always be thrilled that it was Lisa Simpson." Matt Groening has described Smith as being very similar to Lisa: "Yeardley has strong moral views about her character. Some lines are written for Lisa that Yeardley reads and says, 'No, I wouldn't say that.'"{{cite news |title=Yeardley Smith Confesses: "I Love Lisa" |work=Simpsons Illustrated Magazine, Volume 1, Number 5 |date=Spring 1992 |author=L.W. Michion |pages=20–23}} Former Simpsons writer Jay Kogen praised her performance on the show, particularly in the episode "Lisa's Substitute", as able "to move past comedy to something really strong and serious and dramatic."

Until 1998, Smith was paid $30,000 per episode. A pay dispute erupted in 1998, during which Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing for casting of new voices. The dispute was soon resolved, and Smith received $125,000 per episode until 2004 when the voice actors sought an increase to $360,000 per episode.{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/02/1080544690429.html |title=Simpsons actors demand bigger share |access-date=October 26, 2008 |date=April 3, 2004 |author=Glaister, Dan |work=The Age |location=Melbourne}} The issue was resolved a month later,{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/simpsons-cast-goes-back-to-work/ |title='Simpsons' Cast Goes Back To Work |access-date=September 21, 2008 |date=May 1, 2004 |publisher=CBS News}} and Smith earned $250,000 per episode. New salary negotiations took place in 2008, and the voice actors currently receive approximately $400,000 per episode.{{cite news |title=Simpsons cast sign new pay deal |work=BBC News |date=June 3, 2008 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7434296.stm |access-date=October 26, 2008}} Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Smith and the other cast members accepted a 30 percent pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode.{{cite news |last=Block |first=Alex Ben |title='The Simpsons' Renewed for Two More Seasons |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/simpsons-renewed-two-more-seasons-245748 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=October 15, 2011 |date=October 7, 2011}}

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In The Tracey Ullman Show shorts, Lisa was something of a "female Bart": equally mischievous but lacking unique traits.Mirkin, David. (2004). Commentary for "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood", in The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. As the series progressed, Lisa began to develop into a more intelligent and more emotional character. She demonstrates her intellect in the 1990 episode "Krusty Gets Busted" (season one), by helping Bart reveal Sideshow Bob's plot to frame Krusty the Clown for armed robbery.Reiss, Mike. (2001). Commentary for "Krusty Gets Busted", in The Simpsons: The Complete First Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. Many episodes focusing on Lisa have an emotional nature, such as "Moaning Lisa" (season one, 1990). The idea for the episode was pitched by James L. Brooks, who wanted to do an emotional episode involving Lisa's sadness, to complement the many "jokey episodes" in the first season.Reiss, Mike. (2001). Commentary for "Moaning Lisa", in The Simpsons: The Complete First Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.

In the seventh-season episode "Lisa the Vegetarian" (1995), Lisa permanently becomes a vegetarian, distinguishing her as one of the first primetime television characters to make such a choice. The episode was written by David S. Cohen (in his first solo writing credit), who jotted down the idea one day while eating lunch. Then-executive producer David Mirkin, who had recently become a vegetarian himself, quickly approved the idea. Several of Lisa's experiences in the episode are based on Mirkin's own experiences. The episode guest stars musician Paul McCartney, a committed vegetarian and animal rights activist. McCartney's condition for appearing was that Lisa would remain a vegetarian and would not revert the next week (as is common on situation comedies). The trait stayed and is one of the few permanent character changes made in the show.Cohen, David S.; Groening, Matt; Mirkin, David. (2005). Commentary for "Lisa the Vegetarian", in The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/08/26/paul-mccartney-insisted-lisa-simpson-stay-veg/ |title=Paul McCartney Insisted Lisa Simpson Stay VEG |date=August 26, 2009 |publisher=ecorazzi |access-date=November 15, 2009 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917210805/http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/08/26/paul-mccartney-insisted-lisa-simpson-stay-veg/ |url-status=usurped }}{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sideswipe/news/article.cfm?c_id=702&objectid=10593582 |title=Sideswipe: McCartney keeps Lisa vegetarian |date=August 28, 2009 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=August 27, 2009}} In the season 13 episode "She of Little Faith" (2001), Lisa underwent another permanent character change when she converted to Buddhism.{{harvnb|Pinsky|2007 |p=171}}

Lisa plays the baritone saxophone, and some episodes use that as a plot device. According to Matt Groening, the baritone saxophone was chosen because he found the thought of an eight-year-old girl playing it amusing. He added, "But she doesn't always play a baritone sax because the animators don't know what it looks like, so it changes shape and color from show to show." One of the hallmarks of the show's opening sequence is a brief solo Lisa plays on her saxophone after being thrown out of music class. The Simpsons composer Alf Clausen said that the session musicians who perform her solos do not try to play at the second-grade level and instead "think of Lisa as a really good player."{{cite magazine |title=Sax and the Single Simpson |last=Rhodes |first=Joe |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 26, 1991 |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/07/26/why-lisa-simpson-plays-blues/ |access-date=March 8, 2010 |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109201759/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,314958,00.html |url-status=live }}

{{quote box |width=30em |bgcolor=transparent |align=right |quote=[Lisa is] a good soul. I love that she is so compassionate. She is wise beyond her years. She has remarkable optimism, despite the fact that she's disappointed so often.|salign=right |source=—Yeardley Smith{{cite news |title=Local actress finds a voice in 'Simpsons' |date=November 20, 1994 |work=The Washington Times |first=Paul |last=Freeman}}}}

Lisa, despite being a child prodigy, often sees herself as a misfit within the Simpson family and other children due to possessing an unusually high level of intelligence. She shows characteristics rarely seen in Springfield, including spirituality and commitment to peaceful ways,{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=78}} and is notably more concerned with world affairs than her life in Springfield,{{cite news |title=Eat my lab coat |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/oct/30/research.highereducation2 |work=The Guardian |date=October 30, 2003 |access-date=March 19, 2010 |author=Gross, Michael |location=London}} with her rebellion against social norms being depicted as constructive and heroic, yet she can be self-righteous at times.{{harvnb|Pinsky|2001 |p=46}} In "Lisa the Vegetarian", an increasing sense of moral righteousness leads her to disrupt her father's roast-pig barbecue, an act for which she later apologizes. Like most children her age, she thinks in images rather than words.{{cite episode |title=Lisa the Vegetarian |episode-link=Lisa the Vegetarian |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Cohen, David X.; Kirkland, Mark |network=Fox |airdate=October 15, 1995 |season=07 |number=05}} Episodes often take shots at Lisa's idealism.{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=229}} In "Bart Star" (season nine, 1997), Lisa, who is departing from her typically more genuine nature and apparently looking for a new cause to crusade over,{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=230}} defiantly declares that she, a girl, would like to join the football team. In the 1990s, it was considered odd to allow a girl to play football. However, when coach Ned Flanders reveals that several girls already play for the team, she hesitates and claims football is "not really [her] thing". She then expresses distaste about a ball made of pig's skin, but one of the girls informs her that their footballs are synthetic and that proceeds are donated to Amnesty International. Upset by being unable to gain moral superiority, Lisa runs off.{{cite episode |title=Bart Star |episode-link=Bart Star |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Cohen, David X.; Kirkland, Mark |network=Fox |airdate=November 9, 1997 |season=09 |number=06}}

Lisa is said to have an IQ of 159,{{cite episode |title=Homer's Enemy |episode-link=Homer's Enemy |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Swartzwelder, John; Reardon, Jim |network=Fox |airdate=May 4, 1997 |season=08 |number=23}} and in "They Saved Lisa's Brain" (season ten, 1999) she becomes a member of the Springfield chapter of Mensa.{{cite episode |title=They Saved Lisa's Brain |episode-link=They Saved Lisa's Brain |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Selman, Matt; Michels, Pete |network=Fox |airdate=May 9, 1999 |season=10 |number=22}} Even prior to becoming a Buddhist, Lisa at times is seen meditating.{{cite episode |title=Dead Putting Society |episode-link=Dead Putting Society |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Martin, Jeff; Moore, Rich |network=Fox |airdate=November 15, 1990 |season=02 |number=06}} When unable to attend school due to a teachers' strike in "The PTA Disbands" (season six, 1995), she suffers withdrawal symptoms because of the sudden lack of praise.{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=201}} She even demands that her mother grade her for no obvious reason.{{cite episode |title=The PTA Disbands |episode-link=The PTA Disbands |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Crittenden, Jennifer; Scott III, Swinton O. |network=Fox |airdate=April 16, 1995 |season=06 |number=21}} In Planet Simpson, Chris Turner writes that these traits make Lisa more realistic because "No character can aspire to realism without a few all-too-human flaws."{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=201}}

Although she is wise beyond her years, Lisa has typical childhood issues, sometimes requiring adult intervention. One episode to show this is "See Homer Run" (season seventeen, 2005) where she goes through a developmental condition which causes her to get into trouble at school.{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=203}} In "Lost Our Lisa" (season nine, 1998), she tricks Homer into allowing her to ride the bus alone, only to become hopelessly lost and in need of aid from her father.{{cite episode |title=Lost Our Lisa |episode-link=Lost Our Lisa |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Scully, Brian; Michels, Pete |network=Fox |airdate=May 10, 1998 |season=09 |number=24}} Chris Turner writes in Planet Simpson that incidents like this illustrate that "Even when Lisa's lecturing like a college professor or mounting yet another protest, she never becomes a full-grown adult trapped in a child's body."{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=203}} In The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer, Aeon J. Skoble states that although Lisa is an intellectual, she is still portrayed as a character who enjoys normal childhood and girl activities, plays with Malibu Stacy dolls, loves ponies, obsesses over teenage heartthrobs such as Corey, and watches The Itchy & Scratchy Show along with Bart. He writes, "One might argue that this is typical childhood behavior, but since in so many cases Lisa is presented not simply as a prodigy but as preternaturally wise, the fondness for Itchy & Scratchy and Corey seem to be highlighted, taking on greater significance. Lisa is portrayed as the avatar of logic and wisdom, but then she also worships Corey so she's 'no better [than the rest of us]'."{{harvnb|Skoble|1999 |pp=31–32}} Lisa occasionally worries that her family's dull habits will rub off on her, such as in "Lisa the Simpson" (season nine, 1998) she worries that the "Simpson gene" will make her a dimwit later finding out the gene only goes through the male side.{{cite news |title=Men on TV: Dumb as Posts And Proud of It |date=April 9, 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/09/arts/men-on-tv-dumb-as-posts-and-proud-of-it.html?pagewanted=3 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 8, 2010 |author=Gates, Anita}}{{cite episode |title=Lisa the Simpson |episode-link=Lisa the Simpson |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Goldreyer, Ned; Dietter, Susie |network=Fox |airdate=March 8, 1998 |season=09 |number=17}}

She is also concerned that Maggie may grow up to be like the rest of the family and tries to teach her complex ideas. Chris Turner writes in Planet Simpson that "Lisa embarks on quests to find solace for her yearning spirit ... but the most reliable source of truth she finds is the one she always believed in: her family. It is from the other Simpsons that Lisa draws stability, meaning, contentment."{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=233}} Her loyalty to her family is most clearly seen in the flashforward "Lisa's Wedding" (season six, 1995), in which she must reconcile her love for them with the distaste of her cultured fiancé.{{cite episode |title=Lisa's Wedding |episode-link=Lisa's Wedding |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Daniels, Greg; Reardon, Jim |network=Fox |airdate=March 19, 1995 |season=06 |number=19}} In the episode "Mother Simpson" (season seven, 1995) she meets her paternal grandmother Mona Simpson for the first time.{{cite episode |title=Mother Simpson |episode-link=Mother Simpson |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Appel, Rich; Silverman, David |network=Fox |airdate=November 19, 1995 |season=07 |number=08}} Mona is also well-read and articulate, and the writers used the character as a way to explain the origins of Lisa's intelligence.Appel, Rich. (2005). Commentary for "Mother Simpson", in The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.

Lisa's sexuality has become the subject of speculation amongst viewers of the show. Lisa is shown to have heterosexual crushes on Nelson Muntz and Langdon Alger in "Lisa's Date with Density" and "Bart on the Road" respectively. In some episodes Lisa is shown to have a boyfriend, such as Edmund Dracula in "Treehouse of Horror XXI" or Colin in "The Simpsons Movie".{{cite news|url=https://screenrant.com/simpsons-movie-colin-lisa-boyfriend-what-happened/|title=The Simpsons: What Happened To Lisa's Boyfriend Colin After The Movie?|last=Tyler|first=Adrienne|date=August 19, 2020|work=Screen Rant|access-date=October 28, 2020}} Lisa becomes engaged to, and later almost marries, Hugh Parkfield in "Lisa's Wedding" and the episode "Holidays of Future Passed" suggests that Lisa will go on to marry Milhouse Van Houten. However, "Holidays of Future Passed" also show Lisa being in both a monogamous, and later polyamorous, lesbian relationships.{{cite news|url=https://screenrant.com/simpsons-lisas-best-romances/|title=The Simpsons: Lisa's 10 Best Love Interests, Ranked|last=Cvitesic|first=Magdan D.|date=December 1, 2019|work=Screen Rant|access-date=October 28, 2020}}

Although Lisa's sexuality has never been confirmed on screen, showrunner Al Jean said in a 2019 interview with The Metro that he had always envisaged for Lisa to grow up to become polyamorous.{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/02/simpsons-showrunner-teases-lisas-sexuality-become-polyamorous-president-9090903/|title=The Simpsons showrunner teases Lisa's sexuality and could become polyamorous president|last=Pearce|first=Tilly|date=April 2, 2019|work=Metro|access-date=October 28, 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lisa-simpson-is-possibly-bisexual-and-polyamarous-says-showrunner/|title=Lisa Simpson is 'possibly bisexual and polyamorous', says showrunner|last=Morgan|first=Joe|date=April 9, 2019|work=Gay Star News|access-date=October 28, 2020|archive-date=March 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319080653/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lisa-simpson-is-possibly-bisexual-and-polyamarous-says-showrunner/|url-status=dead}} In a 2020 interview with the Stryker & Klein show on KROQ Radio, Yeardley Smith said that she believed that Lisa was "still exploring her sexuality". Smith also asked fans to stop speculating on Lisa's sexuality, as she was "ultimately an eight-year old girl".{{cite news|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/26/lisa-simpson-bisexual-lesbian-gay-yeardly-smith-voice-actor/|title=Lisa Simpson voice Yeardley Smith sets the record straight on those bisexual theories|last=Singh|first=Rajdeep|date=October 26, 2020|work=PinkNews|access-date=October 28, 2020}}

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Lisa has been a popular character since the show's inception. She was listed at number 11 (tied with Bart) in TV Guide's "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time."{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters/ |title=Bugs Bunny tops greatest cartoon characters list |access-date=August 25, 2007 |date=July 30, 2002 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811182438/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters/ |archive-date=August 11, 2007 }} She appeared in Comcast's list of TV's Most Intriguing Characters{{cite web|title=TV's Most Intriguing Characters |url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/tv-intriguingcharacters/6/ |publisher=Comcast |access-date=February 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012064105/http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/tv-intriguingcharacters/6/ |archive-date=October 12, 2013 }} and was also included in AfterEllen.com's Top 50 Favorite Female TV Characters.{{cite web |title=AfterEllen.com's Top 50 Favorite Female TV Characters |url=http://www.afterellen.com/content/2012/02/afterellencoms-top-50-favorite-female-tv-characters?page=0%2C1 |publisher=AfterEllen.com |access-date=April 29, 2016 |date=February 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206202628/http://www.afterellen.com/content/2012/02/afterellencoms-top-50-favorite-female-tv-characters?page=0%2C1 |archive-date=February 6, 2013}} On a less positive note, she was ranked third in AskMen's top 10 of the most irritating '90s cartoon characters.{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment_200/234c_top_10_list.html |title=Top 10: Irritating '90s Cartoon Characters |last=Murphy |first=Ryan |publisher=AskMen |access-date=July 7, 2012}} Yeardley Smith has won several awards for voicing Lisa, including a Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance" in 1992 for "Lisa the Greek".{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php |title=Primetime Emmy Awards Advanced Search |publisher=Emmys.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715011545/http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php |archive-date=July 15, 2009 }} Various episodes in which Lisa stars have won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program, including "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" in 1991, "Lisa's Wedding" in 1995 and "HOMR" in 2001. In 2000, Lisa and the rest of the Simpson family were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.{{cite web |access-date=September 4, 2008 |url=http://www.tibp.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.dll/wlx/dir/wlxdirectory?cc=WOFAME++++&lcName=The+Simpsons |title=Hollywood Icons |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce }}

Lisa's environmentalism has been especially well received. In 2001, Lisa received a special "board of directors Ongoing Commitment Award" at the Environmental Media Awards.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2001-11-15-simpsons.htm |title=Lisa Simpson animates environmental awards |author=W. Reed Moran |date=November 15, 2001 |access-date=October 17, 2007 |work=USA Today}} "Lisa the Vegetarian" won both an Environmental Media Award for "Best Television Episodic Comedy"{{cite news |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/awards |title=Awards for 'The Simpsons' |access-date=October 17, 2007 |publisher=IMDb}} and a Genesis Award for "Best Television Comedy Series, Ongoing Commitment".{{cite news|url=http://www.hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/hsus_hollywood_office/the_genesis_awards/genesis_award_winners_and_memorable_moments/1996_genesis_awards.html |title=1995 Genesis Awards |access-date=October 21, 2007 |publisher=Humane Society of the United States |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723130120/http://www.hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/hsus_hollywood_office/the_genesis_awards/genesis_award_winners_and_memorable_moments/1996_genesis_awards.html |archive-date=July 23, 2008 }} Several other episodes that feature Lisa speaking out in favor of animal rights have won Genesis Awards, including "Whacking Day" in 1994,{{cite news |title='Free Willy', 'Simpsons' win Genesis Awards |newspaper=Rocky Mountain News |page=56A |date=January 30, 1994}}{{cite news |url=http://www.hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/hsus_hollywood_office/the_genesis_awards/genesis_award_winners_and_memorable_moments/1994_genesis_awards.html |title=1994 Genesis Awards |access-date=October 27, 2008 |publisher=Humane Society of the United States |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225050341/http://www.hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/hsus_hollywood_office/the_genesis_awards/genesis_award_winners_and_memorable_moments/1994_genesis_awards.html |archive-date=December 25, 2007}} "Bart Gets an Elephant" in 1995,{{cite news |title=Films, TV Programs praised for treatment of Animal issues |newspaper=Daily News of Los Angeles |page=L9 |author=Yardena Arar |date=January 19, 1991}}{{cite news |url=http://www.hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/hsus_hollywood_office/the_genesis_awards/genesis_award_winners_and_memorable_moments/1995_genesis_awards.html |title=1995 Genesis Awards |access-date=October 27, 2008 |publisher=Humane Society of the United States |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510112145/http://www.hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/hsus_hollywood_office/the_genesis_awards/genesis_award_winners_and_memorable_moments/1995_genesis_awards.html |archive-date=May 10, 2008}}Cohen, David X.; Groening, Matt; Kirkland, Mark; Mirkin, David. (2005). Commentary for "Lisa the Vegetarian", in The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. "Million Dollar Abie" in 2007{{cite news |url=http://www.hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/hsus_hollywood_office/the_genesis_awards/21st-genesis-awards/the_21st_annual_genesis.html |title=2007 Genesis Awards |access-date=October 21, 2007 |publisher=Humane Society of the United States |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011181552/http://hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/hsus_hollywood_office/the_genesis_awards/21st-genesis-awards/the_21st_annual_genesis.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007}} and "Apocalypse Cow" in 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/hsus_hollywood_office/the_genesis_awards/23rd-genesis-awards/the_23rd_genesis_awards.html |title=The 23rd Genesis Awards Nominees |access-date=February 25, 2009 |date=February 24, 2009 |publisher=Humane Society of the United States |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228053536/http://www.hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/hsus_hollywood_office/the_genesis_awards/23rd-genesis-awards/the_23rd_genesis_awards.html |archive-date=February 28, 2009 }}

Jonathan Gray, author of the book Watching The Simpsons, feels that Lisa "is probably the best and certainly longest-running feminist character that television has had. She's the heart of the show and she quite often questions gender politics."{{harvnb|Ortved|2009 |p=86}} Christopher Borrelli of The Toledo Blade wrote, "Has there ever been a female TV character as complex, intelligent, and, ahem, as emotionally well-drawn as Lisa Simpson? Meet her once and she comes off priggish and one-note – a know-it-all. Get to know her and Lisa is as well-rounded as anyone you may ever meet in the real world."{{Cite news |title=She's not even real and she's a feminist role model liberated Lisa |work=The Toledo Blade |author=Borrelli, Christopher |date=March 11, 2001}}

According to PETA, Lisa was one of the first vegetarian characters on primetime television. In 2004 the organization included Lisa on its list of the "Most Animal-Friendly TV Characters of All Time".{{cite news|url=http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=4375 |title=Friends' Phoebe tops PETA's list of most animal-friendly TV characters of all time |access-date=October 27, 2008 |date=May 4, 2004 |publisher=PETA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001205755/http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=4375 |archive-date=October 1, 2012 }} In 2008, environmentalist website The Daily Green honored Lisa's role in The Simpsons Movie with one of its inaugural "Heart of Green" awards, which "recognize those who have helped green go mainstream." They wrote "young Lisa Simpson has inspired a generation to wear their hearts on their sleeves and get educated, and involved, about global issues, from justice to feminism and the environment."{{cite web |title=The Daily Green's Heart of Green Awards 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124040208/http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/heart-of-green-47032710|archive-date=January 24, 2009|url=http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/heart-of-green-47032710 |website=The Daily Green |access-date=March 13, 2010 |year=2008}} Japanese broadcasters reversed viewer dislike of the series by focusing marketing of the show on Lisa. Lisa's well-intended but ill-fated struggles to be a voice of reason and a force of good in her family and community struck a chord with Japanese audiences.{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=327}} Mario D'Amato, a specialist in Buddhist studies at Rollins College in Florida, described Lisa as "open-minded, reflective, ethical, and interested in improving herself in various ways, while still preserving a childlike sense of innocence. These are all excellent qualities, ones which are espoused by many Buddhist traditions."{{harvnb|Pinsky|2007 |p=180}}

Lisa and the rest of the Simpsons have had a significant influence on English-language idioms. The dismissive term "meh"—used by Lisa and popularized by the show—{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/05/newmedia.broadcasting |title=Meh – the word that's sweeping the internet |access-date=October 14, 2007 |date=March 5, 2007 |work=The Guardian |author=Michael Hann |location=London}} entered the Collins English Dictionary in 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=f216bac2-8f0b-4202-a1ae-8f7ed4de2bd7 |title=Canadian politics: The definition of 'meh' |access-date=November 21, 2008 |date=November 18, 2008 |work=The Vancouver Sun |publisher=Canwest News Service |author=Boswell, Randy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206011004/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=f216bac2-8f0b-4202-a1ae-8f7ed4de2bd7 |archive-date=December 6, 2008 }} In 1996, The New York Times published an article saying that Lisa was inspiring children, especially young girls, to learn to play the saxophone.{{cite news |title=A Sax Craze, Inspired by 'The Simpsons' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/14/weekinreview/january-7-13-a-sax-craze-inspired-by-the-simpsons.html |work=The New York Times |date=January 14, 1996 |access-date=March 12, 2010 |author=Barron, James|author-link=James Barron (journalist)}}

Lisa Simpson was mentioned at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference when Senator Ted Cruz called the Democratic Party "The Party of Lisa Simpson", as opposed to the Republican Party being the party of several other family members.[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/02/22/ted-cruz-simpsons/364747002/ "Ted Cruz: 'Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson' "] by William Cummings, USA Today, February 23, 2018

"Lisa the Skeptic" and "The Monkey Suit" are episodes of The Simpsons that delve into themes of skepticism, religion, and science. These episodes demonstrate the show's commitment to encouraging critical thinking and questioning of established beliefs, while also acknowledging the complexities and challenges that arise in such discussions. Despite occasional missteps, The Simpsons has provided a platform for exploring these important topics in an entertaining and thought-provoking manner.{{cite web |last1=Sloughter |first1=Trevor |title=25 years ago today, Lisa the Skeptic became The Simpsons' critical thinking icon |url=https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2022/11/25-years-ago-today-lisa-the-skeptic-became-the-simpsons-critical-thinking-icon/ |website=The Skeptic |date=November 23, 2022 |access-date=16 May 2023}}

Lisa has been included in many The Simpsons publications, toys, and other merchandise. The Lisa Book, describing Lisa's personality and attributes, was released in 2006.{{Cite book |last=Groening |first=Matt |author2=Bill Morrison |title=The Lisa Book |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-06-074823-4}} Other merchandise includes dolls, posters, figurines, bobblehead dolls, mugs, and clothing such as slippers, T-shirts, baseball caps, and boxer shorts.{{cite web|url=http://thesimpsonsshop.resultspage.com/search?SESSID=048852c33e126efae65e0a2e9f957e7d&p=Q&ts=custom&w=Lisa |title=Search Results for Lisa |access-date=October 27, 2008 |publisher=The Simpsons Shop |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006150617/http://thesimpsonsshop.resultspage.com/search?SESSID=048852c33e126efae65e0a2e9f957e7d&p=Q&ts=custom&w=Lisa |archive-date=October 6, 2011 }} Lisa has appeared in commercials for Burger King,{{cite news |title=Burger King, Simpsons team up, could face trouble from networks |work=Miami Herald |date=August 20, 1990}} C.C. Lemon, Church's Chicken, Domino's Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ramada Inn, Ritz Crackers, Subway and Butterfinger.{{cite news |title=10 Things You Never Knew About The Simpsons |url=http://flavorwire.com/44520/10-things-you-never-knew-about-the-simpsons |work=Flavor wire |date=October 20, 2009 |access-date=October 20, 2009}}

On April 9, 2009, the United States Postal Service unveiled a series of five 44-cent stamps featuring Lisa and the four other members of the nuclear Simpson family. They are the first characters from a television series to receive this recognition while still in production.{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifcc0b6f995bc3974307adf134bb3a5a5 |title=Postal Service launching "Simpsons" stamps |date=April 1, 2009 |access-date=May 8, 2009 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |author=Szalai, George |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404084132/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifcc0b6f995bc3974307adf134bb3a5a5 |archive-date=April 4, 2009}} The stamps, designed by Matt Groening, went on sale in May 2009.{{cite web|title=The Simpsons stamps launched in US |url=http://newslite.tv/2009/05/08/the-simpsons-stamps-launched-i.html |publisher=Newslite |date=May 8, 2009 |access-date=May 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828035658/http://newslite.tv/2009/05/08/the-simpsons-stamps-launched-i.html |archive-date=August 28, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_048.htm?from=home_newsandannounce&page=SimpsonsStandingOvation |title=The Simpsons Get 'Stamping Ovation' To Tune of 1 Billion Stamps |date=May 7, 2009 |publisher=United States Postal Service |access-date=May 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080140/http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_048.htm?from=home_newsandannounce&page=SimpsonsStandingOvation |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }}

Lisa has also appeared in other media relating to The Simpsons. She has appeared in each Simpsons video game, including The Simpsons Game, released in 2007.{{cite magazine |last=Walk |first=Gary Eng |title=Work of Bart |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 5, 2007 |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/11/09/bart-and-homer-guns-n-roses/ |access-date=September 7, 2008 |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111004829/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20158366,00.html |url-status=live }} In addition to the television series, Lisa regularly appeared in issues of Simpsons Comics, which were published from 1993 until 2018. The comics focus on the sweeter, more naïve incarnation from the early seasons.{{cite news|title=Groening launches Futurama comics |work=The Gazette |date=November 19, 2000 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20001119/ai_n9979492 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |first=Bill |last=Radford |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915091731/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20001119/ai_n9979492 |archive-date=September 15, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/features/simpsons_sundays/simpsons_on_sundays.asp |title=Sundays with the Simpsons |access-date=September 7, 2008 |author=Shutt, Craig |publisher=MSNBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708094751/http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/features/simpsons_sundays/simpsons_on_sundays.asp |archive-date=July 8, 2007}} Lisa also plays a role in The Simpsons Ride, launched in 2008 at Universal Studios Florida and Hollywood.{{cite news|url=http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/simpsons-ride-featur-1657/ |title=Simpsons ride features 29 characters, original voices |access-date=September 7, 2008 |date=April 9, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |author=MacDonald, Brady |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080914144851/http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/simpsons-ride-featur-1657/ |archive-date=September 14, 2008 }}

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• {{cite book |last=Pinsky |first=Mark I |title=The Gospel According to The Simpsons, Bigger and Possibly Even Better! Edition |year=2007 |publisher=Westminster John Knox Press |location=Louisville, Kentucky |isbn=978-0-664-23265-8|url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/gospelaccordingt0000pins }}
• {{cite book |last=Skoble |first=Aeon J. |editor=Irwin, William |editor2=Conrad, Mark T. |editor3=Skoble, Aeon |title=The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer |chapter=Lisa and American anti-intellectualism |year=1999 |location=Chicago |publisher=Open Court |isbn=978-0-8126-9433-8|title-link=The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer }}
• {{cite book |last=Turner |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Turner (author) |title=Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation |others=Foreword by Douglas Coupland. |edition=1st |year=2004 |location=Toronto |publisher=Random House Canada |oclc=55682258 |isbn=978-0-679-31318-2|title-link=Planet Simpson }}
• {{cite book |last=Groening |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Groening |title=Simpsons World: The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 |title-link=Simpsons World: The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 |date=2010-10-28 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=9780061711282 |editor1-last=Richmond |editor1-first=Ray |editor1-link=Ray Richmond |edition=1st |editor2-last=Gimple |editor2-first=Scott M. |editor2-link=Scott M. Gimple |editor-last3=McCann |editor-first3=Jessie L. |editor-last4=Seghers |editor-first4=Christine |editor-last5=Bates |editor-first5=James W.}}

• {{cite book|editor-last=Alberti|editor-first=John|year=2003|title=Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=978-0-8143-2849-1|url=https://archive.org/details/leavingspringfie00albe|ref=none}}
• {{cite book |last=Brown |first=Alan |author2=Chris Logan |year=2006 |title=The Psychology of The Simpsons |publisher=BenBella Books |isbn=978-1-932100-70-9|title-link=The Psychology of The Simpsons|ref=none}}
• {{cite book |last=Groening |first=Matt |title=The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album |year=1991 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-06-096582-2|title-link=The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album|ref=none}}
• {{Cite book |last=Groening |first=Matt |author2=Bill Morrison |title=The Lisa Book |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-06-074823-4|ref=none}}

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