Lisa's Belly - Revision history

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|After taking prescribed steroids for a medical issue from contaminated water at [[Quiet Rivers]], [[Lisa]] and [[Bart]] gain weight. While Lisa suffers from body anxiety, made worse by [[Marge]] calling her "chunky", Bart becomes popular with the bullies.}}
+{{Synopsis|After taking prescribed steroids for a medical issue from contaminated water at [[Quiet Rivers]], [[Lisa]] and [[Bart]] gain weight. While Lisa suffers from body anxiety, made worse by [[Marge]] calling her "chunky", Bart becomes popular with the bullies.}}
 == Plot ==

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-'''"Lisa's Belly"''' is the fifth episode of [[season 33]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the seven hundred eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on October 24, [[2021]]. The episode was written by [[Juliet Kaufman]] and directed by [[Timothy Bailey]].
+'''"Lisa's Belly"''' is the fifth episode of [[Season 33|broadcast season 33]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the seven hundred eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on October 24, [[2021]]. The episode was written by [[Juliet Kaufman]] and directed by [[Timothy Bailey]].
 == Synopsis ==

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 To treat the issue caused by the water, [[Dr. Hibbert]] prescribes a four-week course of taxing Lorexo-Cortisone, a steroid with weight gain as a side effect. After four weeks, they have gained noticeable belly fat, just as the new school year begins.
-Lisa starts feeling anxious about her body, especially after Marge calls her "chunky," while Bart gains popularity with the bullies in the Meat Castle, where they bulk up through exercise. Meanwhile, Marge assumes Lisa’s anxiety is due to not having new school clothes and takes her to [[Springfield Mall]]. There, Lisa causes trouble at the [[Club Lounge]] after being told to wear clothes meant for 10-year-olds.
+Lisa starts feeling anxious about her body, especially after Marge calls her "chunky," while Bart gains popularity with the bullies in the Meat Castle, where they bulk up through exercise. Meanwhile, Marge assumes Lisa's anxiety is due to not having new school clothes and takes her to [[Springfield Mall]]. There, Lisa causes trouble at the [[Club Lounge]] after being told to wear clothes meant for 10-year-olds.
 Back at home, Lisa slams the door and runs upstairs. Marge sends Homer to talk to her, and Lisa confesses that her real issue is caring too much about what people think. Homer tells her that not caring would mean not being human, and suggests that [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] might be able to help.
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 At [[King Toot's Music Store]], [[Luann]] gives Marge the number for Dr. [[Wendy Sage]], a hypnotherapist. Meanwhile, at [[Springfield Elementary School|school]], Bart enters the castle only to find the bullies with their new girlfriends and leaves feeling left out.
-At Wendy Sage’s office, she uses a hypnowheel to hypnotize Marge and Lisa into exploring Lisa's mind, where they find a large mental sign labeled "chunky." They then travel into Marge’s mind and discover a sign labeled "plain," left by her mother, [[Jacqueline Bouvier]].
+At Wendy Sage's office, she uses a hypnowheel to hypnotize Marge and Lisa into exploring Lisa's mind, where they find a large mental sign labeled "chunky." They then travel into Marge's mind and discover a sign labeled "plain," left by her mother, [[Jacqueline Bouvier]].
 By recognizing their shared emotional wounds, the mental signs shrink, and both feel better. They wonder if everyone carries similar mental burdens, and multiple characters are shown with big signs in their heads—Homer having the most—while he lounges in a hammock.

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|After taking prescribed steroids, [[Lisa]] and [[Bart]] gain weight. Whilst Lisa suffers from body anxiety, Bart becomes popular with the bullies.}}
+{{Desc|After taking prescribed steroids for a medical issue from contaminated water at [[Quiet Rivers]], [[Lisa]] and [[Bart]] gain weight. While Lisa suffers from body anxiety, made worse by [[Marge]] calling her "chunky", Bart becomes popular with the bullies.}}
 == Plot ==
-[[Homer]] wakes the entire [[Simpson family|family]] up to get ready to visit the [[Quiet Rivers|Riot Rivers]] water park, where he worked with [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] in the past and had a bad reputation, resulting in lawsuits, of injuries.
+[[Homer]] wakes the entire [[Simpson family|family]] up to get ready to visit the [[Quiet Rivers|Riot Rivers]] water park, where he used to work with [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] and had a bad reputation, resulting in lawsuits and injuries.
-However, when they arrived, the placed had changed names to Quiet Rivers, a place completely changed to quiet, piece and no injuries. Homer goes venturing further with [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] however to find the most dangerous ride there was, the Devil's Deluge.
+However, when they arrive, the place has changed its name to Quiet Rivers—a completely rebranded park focused on peace, quiet, and zero injuries. Homer ventures further with [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] to find the most dangerous ride: the Devil's Deluge.
-Homer goes to open the water up and grabs the kids for a dangerous ride splashing in some weird water at the end. When they rejoin [[Marge]] and [[Maggie]] however their bellies felt weird and they get brought to the [[Springfield General Hospital]].
+Homer turns the water back on and grabs the kids for a dangerous ride, which ends with them splashing into some contaminated water. When they reunite with [[Marge]] and [[Maggie]], their bellies feel strange, and they are taken to [[Springfield General Hospital]].
-To cure the problem caused by the water, a four weeks regiment of taxing Lorexo-Cortisone, steroids, was issued by [[Dr. Hibbert]], with weight gain as side effect, and after four weeks they've gained a big belly, right before the start of the new school year.
+To treat the issue caused by the water, [[Dr. Hibbert]] prescribes a four-week course of taxing Lorexo-Cortisone, a steroid with weight gain as a side effect. After four weeks, they have gained noticeable belly fat, just as the new school year begins.
-Lisa starts getting anxious over it, after Marge tells her she's chunky, while Bart gets accepted by the bullies in the Meat Castle, where they get swole by exercising. Meanwhile Marge things her anxiety is caused by not having new school clothes for the new year and takes her to [[Springfield Mall]], where she causes trouble at the [[Club Lounge]] for having to wear clothes for 10 years old.
+Lisa starts feeling anxious about her body, especially after Marge calls her "chunky," while Bart gains popularity with the bullies in the Meat Castle, where they bulk up through exercise. Meanwhile, Marge assumes Lisa’s anxiety is due to not having new school clothes and takes her to [[Springfield Mall]]. There, Lisa causes trouble at the [[Club Lounge]] after being told to wear clothes meant for 10-year-olds.
-Bart's adventures in the castle, Lisa gets back home slamming the door and running upstairs, so Marge sends Homer up, who tries to solve the problem, but Lisa confessed the problem is she cares too much of what people think, and Homer says that to not care about that wouldn't be human, so he thinks [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] could help her solve the problem.
+Back at home, Lisa slams the door and runs upstairs. Marge sends Homer to talk to her, and Lisa confesses that her real issue is caring too much about what people think. Homer tells her that not caring would mean not being human, and suggests that [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] might be able to help.
-They teach Lisa how to don't care with a song at the park and she starts meditating at the house, but Marge, after apologizing for causing the problem, remembers her that after the medicines were off, she'd return to "normal" and being her "perfect" little girl again, furthering off her problem by mistake.
+Patty and Selma teach Lisa how not to care with a song at the park, and Lisa begins meditating at home. However, when Marge apologizes, she unintentionally makes things worse by reminding Lisa that once the medication ends, she'll return to "normal" and be her "perfect" little girl again.
-At the [[King Toot's Music Store]], [[Luann]] tries to help Marge fix the issue with Lisa by giving her the number of Dr. [[Wendy Sage]], a hypnotherapist. Meanwhile at the [[Springfield Elementary School|school]] Bart enters the castle just to find out that the bullies brought their new girlfriends in, and leaves feeling left out.
+At [[King Toot's Music Store]], [[Luann]] gives Marge the number for Dr. [[Wendy Sage]], a hypnotherapist. Meanwhile, at [[Springfield Elementary School|school]], Bart enters the castle only to find the bullies with their new girlfriends and leaves feeling left out.
-At Wendy Sage's office she uses a hypnowheel to hypnotize them to visit Lisa's mind, where Marge finds out the big sign of "chunky", before traveling to Marge's mind where they discover the "plain" sign caused by her [[Jacqueline Bouvier|mother]].
+At Wendy Sage’s office, she uses a hypnowheel to hypnotize Marge and Lisa into exploring Lisa's mind, where they find a large mental sign labeled "chunky." They then travel into Marge’s mind and discover a sign labeled "plain," left by her mother, [[Jacqueline Bouvier]].
-By discovering their shared problem, their mental signs shrink down and they both feel better, wondering in the end if everyone had the same problem in their head, then multiple characters are shown with their big signs inside their heads, with Homer having the most, while he's in the hammock.
+By recognizing their shared emotional wounds, the mental signs shrink, and both feel better. They wonder if everyone carries similar mental burdens, and multiple characters are shown with big signs in their heads—Homer having the most—while he lounges in a hammock.
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