General Information

Season: : 20
Production Code: : LABF04
Broadcast Index: : S20E13
Episode Number: : 433
Airdate: : 15 March 2009
Writer: : Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham
Director: : Chris Clements
Executive Producer: : Al Jean
Episode Capsule: : Gary M. Gadsdon
DVD Commentary: : Matt Groening, Al Jean, Billy Kimball, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Chris Clements
Guest Stars: : Ed Begley Jr

Synopsis
When Marge is blinded in a Solar Eclipse she has to remain blindfolded for two weeks. Lisa and Homer find that rats have taken over the kitchen so Homer, along with Maggie and Santa's Little Helper go buy some poison but Maggie keeps reaching for the poison, and the dog keeps reaching for Maggie's Doll. At a lake, Homer leaves Maggie on the door step of a convent while he transports the dog and poison in his boat. The Convent notices and refuse to give Maggie back to Homer to care for her.

At home, Lisa makes a plan to go undercover as a nun while Homer has to keep Marge from noticing that Maggie's disappeared, by disguising his arm as Maggie. At the convent, Lisa is told that if she found the jewel, she will find Maggie. Lisa follows several clues behind the organ, of which is to find Springfield's Biggest Man-Made Ring.

Lisa finds that the biggest ring would be caused by the Springfield's Biggest Bell, where Principal Skinner and Comic Book Guy follow her there and the find that the bell is paper machee and that the biggest ring is really the "RING" in the Springfield Sign. At the sign, they run into Mr. Burns who's been after the jewel. Where they come across a Latin phase which is really an anagram. They discover that the jewel, is Lisa.

At the convent, Lisa announces that she is the gem, but upon re-arranging the anagram again, it turns out to be Maggie. At sunrise the light shines through a window onto Maggie's bow which sheds out multi-coloured rays which leads to Springfieldians setting their differences.

Marge then comes bursting in having known that Maggie was missing the entire time. While it would be nice for piece in Springfield, Homer and Marge takes Maggie home. Homer gives them a new gem-child which happens to be Bart, which as always, is a devil child.

Maggie's Appearences

Maggie is looking at the solar eclipse with her view finder
Maggie gives Marge flowers
Maggie is playing with a Binky doll at Pest Bye
Maggie wants to eat some poison
Maggie fights with Santa's Little Helper for her doll
Maggie is taken in by the convent
Homer uses one of Maggie's baggies and his arm to subsistute for her
Maggie is the gem-child
Sunlight shines on Maggie's Bow
Maggie removes Marge's blindfold
Maggie is asleep in her carseat

Lisa's Appearences

Lisa commentates on the Solar Eclipse
Lisa notifies Homer that the Kitchen is filled with Rats
Lisa infiltrates the Convent as a Nun
Lisa solves the mystery of the lost gem

Maggie Soundbites

Laugh 2 (42 KB)
Laugh 2 (57 KB)
Whine (50 KB)

Lisa Soundbites

Laugh 2 (42 KB)
Laugh 2 (57 KB)
Whine (50 KB)

Maggie Framegrabs

Lisa Framegrabs

Maggie Videos

The Best of Maggie
Maggie, even though she doens't speak, I have been able to create a music video using music that fits with Maggie scenes well! Classic Maggie scenes like Maggie flying over the porch in the Shorts are included in The Best of Maggie!
Music: Nobuo Uematsu - You're Not Alone

Lisa Videos

Memorable Quotage

Wise Guy: That's not for you sweetheart. What is it with kids and candy coloured poisons huh?
Homer: I'll be watching you too incase God is busy creating tornados or not existing
Mother Superior: Oh Please, how many sentences start with the word "Reagoly?"
Lisa: Uh... This one?
Mother Superior: Give the that!
Lisa "It's really Maggie, Sherlock". I have to point out that this only makes sense if I get the wrong answer first

Allusions

Insert Reference to a previous episode here

Trivia

Lisa looks through her Eclipse viewer with her left eye throughout the event, while Homer and Maggie are shown switching from right to left. Marge uses her right eye before giving her viewer to Homer and Bart is off camera at first, but is shown using his left eye.
That Maggie has a plush Binky doll
Submitted by: Margera1987