In the “Coralisa” segment (a parody of the film Coraline) of this annual non-canonical anthology of short scary stories, Homer takes advantage of versions of his family from an alternate universe.
Homer: I got everything just the way I want it, including an extra me to go to parent-teacher conferences.
[The alternate universe Homer returns to Homer’s living room, holding Bart’s test on addition.
Having been elected mayor but failing to deliver on campaign promises, Marge delivers a live televised address from home where she must keep Homer in line. Her advisors watch the address and note that Marge’s treatment of Homer delights the focus group and results in increased approval ratings.
Lindsay Naegle: That’s it. She’s turned a gaffe-making tubby into a laugh-yielding hubby. Does that work?
[Professor Frink looks at a tablet containing mathematical notation.]
Frink: Let’s see, the subtrahend is alright . . . The math checks out.
On a flashforward to her 14th birthday, Lisa awakens wearing a T-shirt with a
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At a STEM conference, Bart and Lisa walk past a booth on “The Math of Itchy & Scratch,” where some geometric figures and trigonometric notation are visible.
Professor Frink argues his point with the Springfield members of Mensa, preparing to launch into song.
Prof. Frink: In order to defuse your obvious hostilities, I will make my presentation entertaining, all right? With a one, and a two, and a 3.14159 . . .
Surprisingly, Lisa encouraged by her music teacher and principal to give up her dreams of becoming a musician, because there are so many others who are far more talented.
Skinner: For every Yo-Yo Ma, there’s a million Ma-Ma Yos. And for every Shaun White, there are a million white Shauns. And for every Albert Einstein, there are a million Herman Schmidbergs.
[During his presentation, Skinner shows a photo of Einstein at the chalkboard with some equations.]
Ned Flanders, as Bart’s new fourth grade teacher, writes fraction arithmetic questions on the board. A 2 Times Table is posted at the back of the classroom.
As Bart lies in a coma to recover from electrocution, an audio-visual depiction of the left and right halves of his brain includes mathematical symbols and equations from single-variable and multi-variable calculus.