Lisa, who is becoming increasingly self-righteous regarding her vegetarianism, brings gazpacho to the barbecue even telling people they don't have to eat any meat, but is laughed at both in the yard and in her room. Soon enough Homer's barbecue day has come and is in the backyard. Lisa's newfound vegetarian stance is not tolerated nor understood very well, either, with Homer and Bart both mocking her for rejecting meat and tease her singing, "You don't win friends with salad!" Homer then comes in and shows off his pig-shaped invitations, which advertise his "BBBQ," with the extra "B" standing for "BYOBB" (The extra "B", according to Homer, is a typo). At home, after watching an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon about eating meat, Lisa cannot believe the message the show is promoting but Bart tells her there are no lessons in this cartoon, just pointless humor. Everyone is fine with the film, even helping themselves to some animal parts from the meat house Lisa tries to speak against it but some of the students call her a "grade A moron" Ralph even says he'll go to Bovine University when he grows up. Skinner then tells Lisa's class that there is an independent thinker (whom he will not reveal, but unknowingly does so) in the class and shows them a (rather dated) Troy McClure video of Troy and Jimmy looking at cows getting killed and proposing the idea that "cows might eat us if we don't eat them". He orders Groundskeeper Willie to have all of the colored chalk removed from the classrooms, but he furiously rants that he warned them before because, in his opinion, the chalk had been "forged by Lucifer himself". Lisa's caustic questioning of the exact point when Doris lost her enthusiasm for her job results in the second secret "independent thought alarm" she triggered that day, prompting Seymour Skinner to think that the students have become overstimulated. At lunch, the only vegetarian option is a hot dog bun, which Lunchlady Doris proclaims "rich in bunly goodness". Lisa is a little confused ("Why does it talk like a lamb?"), but no less committed to her cause, so she refuses to dissect it, causing an independent thought alarm to be hit. The next day, at school, her newfound vegetarianism becomes a problem when she is almost forced to dissect a live worm whom she imagines pleading, "Li-i-isa, what did I ever do to you-u-u-u?". Marge, trying to help, offers her rump roast, chicken breast, and hot dogs instead, but Lisa makes the connection between these dishes and their living counterparts and decides to become a vegetarian. Marge serves lamb chops for dinner, but Lisa cannot bring herself eat them as she keeps hearing the bleating voice of the lamb at the petting zoo. That night, Homer tells the family about the BBQ he is going to host, Marge thinks this would be a great way to get to know everyone outside the usual court setting. Of course, when Flanders asks if he can come, Homer says “Sure!” without thinking, and follows it up with a trademark “D’oh!”. In his typical impulsivity, Homer decides to throw his own barbecue and only invite who he wants, i.e., not Flanders. Upon returning home, Homer finds out that Ned Flanders is throwing a family reunion. ( Marge had previously said that the trip would be fun for everyone, including Lisa, who is eight.) They also visit the park's petting zoo and are immediately enraptured as they see one little lamb after another, each more absurdly adorable than the one before it. Grampa and the Simpson family visit Storytown Village, which is a boring amusement park for 1-7½ year olds. Meanwhile, Homer holds his own barbecue after seeing Flanders have one of his own (which is actually a family reunion). After Lisa cuddles with the animals at the Storytown Village petting zoo, she feels bad for eating meat and becomes a vegetarian, which nobody is willing to accept, least of all Homer.
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