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Ullman Index:

• Goodnight Simpsons
• Watching TV
• Bart Jumps
• Babysitting Maggie
• The Pacifier
• Burp Contest
• Eating Dinner
• Football
• Making Faces
• Maggie's Brain
• Gone Fishin'
• House of Cards
• Space Patrol
• The Funeral
• Bart and Dad Eat Dinner
• The Perfect Crime
• Scary Stories
• Bart's Haircut
• Grampa and the Kids
• World War III
• Skateboarding
• The Pagans
• The Closet
• The Aquarium
• Family Portrait
• Bart's Hiccups
• The Money Jar
• Zoo Story
• The Art Museum
• Shut Up! Simpsons
• Shoplifting
• Home Hypnotism
• The Punching Bag
• Bart the Hero
• The Shell Game
• Echo Canyon
• Scary Movie
• The Bart Simpson Show
• The Krusty the Clown Show
• Simpson Christmas
• Bart's Little Fantasy
• Maggie in Peril: Chapter One
• Maggie in Peril: The Thilling Conclusion
• Bathtime
• Bart's Nightmare
• Bart of the Jungle
• Family Therapy
• TV Simpsons

Season Index:
Ullman 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Specials

General Information

• Season: 0
• Production Code: MG41
• Broadcast Index: U03E08
• Episode Number: 37
• Airdate: 05 February 1989
• Writer: Matt Groening
• Director: Matt Groening
• Editor: Gary M. Gadsdon

Synopsis

Bart tells Lisa and Maggie a story of where the children are parents, and the parents are children.

Maggie's Appearences

• A Grown up Maggie is standing behind a grown up Bart and Lisa when they punish a child Homer and Marge.

Lisa's Appearences

• A Grown up Lisa is standing behind a grown up Bart and Maggie when they punish a child Homer and Marge.

Maggie Framegrabs - 7

Lisa Framegrabs - 9

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Memorable Quotage

• Homer: Get in there!
  Marge: And clean up that mess!
  Lisa: Do we have to?
  Homer: Yup.
  Bart: Why?
  Marge: Because we're the parents, and you're the children.
• Bart: Get in there!
  Lisa: And clean up that mess!
  Marge: Do we have to?
  Bart: Yup.
  Homer: Why?
  Lisa: Because we're the children, and you're the parents.

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Allusions

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Trivia

• The styles of the clothes the characters wear reverses depending on their age
• When Bart and Lisa are kids, the room is filled with toys, but when Homer and Marge are kids, the room is filled with clothes and sports equipment
• Homer retains his 5-o'clock shadow despite being a kid, when adults, Lisa has breasts, but Maggie does not, and Maggie also retains her pacifier.

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