At the mall, Lisa eagerly buys the new talking Malibu Stacy doll, but is disappointed when the doll utters sexist phrases such as "Thinking too much gives you wrinkles" and "Don't ask me, I'm just a girl." After Lisa and Grampa bemoan how they are treated because of their age, they decide to change: Grampa will get a job and Lisa will find Malibu Stacy's creator, Stacy Lovell, and convince her to come out of retirement. During the entire trip to the mall and back home, Grampa tells far-fetched stories and spouts useless advice, making the family shun him. Grampa decides to give the Simpson family their inheritance early. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 11.6, and was the second-highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired. The episode has received mostly positive critical reviews. It features cultural references to action figures such as Ken and G.I. Its plot was inspired by the Teen Talk Barbie doll, which "spoke" short phrases stereotypical of a middle-class American teenager. The episode was written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, and directed by Jeffrey Lynch. With Malibu Stacy's original creator, Stacy Lovell, Lisa creates the doll Lisa Lionheart to positively influence young girls. Lisa challenges the Malibu Stacy dollmakers to make a less sexist doll. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 17, 1994. Malibu Stacy" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 95th episode overall. The family gets crushed by the foot from Monty Python's Flying Circus. Lisa grows frustrated at the sexism displayed by Malibu Stacy dolls.
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