10 Worst Things Lisa Simpson Has Ever Done
9. Sabotaging Clara At The Dude Ranch
The Jerkass Homer period of the show is well known, but over the years Lisa has gotten significantly meaner too. In Season 14, this side of her was just starting to shine through, as it did in the episode Dude, Where’s My Ranch?
The Simpsons take off for a Dude Ranch to escape Homer & David Byrne’s novelty record, which has gone viral. There, Lisa is unimpressed by the violence involved in each activity; even the peaceful clouds show a cow getting its head chopped off.
However, a young rancher named Luke stops her from stepping on some snake eggs, and all is right in the world. He shares her kind natured sensibilities, and she falls for him hard. There’s a big dance coming up and she’s excited about sharing this with him, until she hears him talking on the phone to a ‘Clara’.
On the day of the dance, Lisa meets Clara by chance in the woods and deliberately sends the girl the wrong way down a dangerous path. She’s eventually saved by Homer & Bart’s beaver subplot, but Lisa wasn’t to know this.
She does admittedly confess what she did, but only when she found out Clara was Luke’s sister, not girlfriend.