Little Big Girl
episode of The Simpsons (S18 E12)
"Little Big Girl" is the twelfth episode of the eighteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 11, 2007. The episode was written by Don Payne and directed by Raymond S. Persi.
In this episode, Lisa claims to be Native American for a school presentation while Bart gets a driver's license and starts a romantic relationship with a girl. Natalie Portman guest starred as Darcy. The episode received positive reviews.
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Lisa cannot find anything interesting in her family heritage for a school presentation, so she decides to take creative license. Inspired by Bart's "Indian butter trick", the family's cornstalk-pattern kitchen curtains and the Hitachi brand of the family's microwave oven, Lisa claims to be Native American, from the "Hitachi" tribe. After impressing Principal Skinner with her presentation, she is chosen to represent the school for a performance at City Hall, making her feel guilty. Lisa gives a presentation about her fake heritage, and a Native American reporter questions her story.
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