Lisa later discovers that they are a toy company that's just using the children for research to make a toy, through the use of hidden cameras, tape recording and clear, two-way blackboards. When Bart leaves and turns off the classroom lights, Lisa finds a light shining through the blackboard. Bart visits Lisa writing lines on the blackboard, gloating about how he's the straight A student and she's the troublemaker now. Lisa of course unlike the other kids wants to do actual school work and is later given detention for doing math problems. Burns) prove futile until Jim Hope, the president of a company named Kid First Industries, buys the school and privatizes it.Īt the school, an all-new staff do no actual teaching and instead teach the children about toy design and marketing, which makes Lisa suspicious when her class is asked to name a new toy that they will sell for Christmas. In response, Principal Skinner chooses to close Springfield Elementary due to lack of funds. Fat Tony informs Principal Skinner that he will have to pay $200,000. They build too many ramps around the school, which later crumble because they are made of paint, bread sticks, and shellac. When Bart goes to school the next day, he and Lisa notice the school does not have any ramps for the disabled, which changes when Fat Tony and his construction company, 'Valdazzo Brothers Olive Oil', plans to build the ramps.

Hibbert informs Homer and Marge that Bart has cracked his coccyx and will have to wear a cast over his butt and use a wheelchair for the time being. They enjoy this, but when Homer knocks on the door (which is locked), Bart panics and falls onto Homer's bowling ball and breaks one of the bones in his lower back. Bored, Milhouse convinces Bart to dress up as a girl and they jump on his parents' bed. Milhouse was outside at the time and takes cover at the Simpsons' house. On an ordinary day, Kent Brockman announces on Channel 6 News that the hole in the ozone layer has landed over Springfield, and advises people to stay inside. The toy is a huge success, in part because it is programmed to destroy other toys. A sinister toy company unveils Funzo, the next 'Tickle Me Elmo'-style fad to Springfield's Christmas shoppers.

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