- Angered by the vacuous phrases her Malibu Stacy doll utters, Lisa works with Malibu Stacy's original designer to create a doll with admirable traits.
- Upon thinking how little time he has left to live, Grandpa Simpson decides to give the family his collection of Silver Dollar coins. The family's first thoughts on receiving this gift?...take them to the amll and spend them.
Lisa soon finds herself at a toy store in the mall, where a new Talking Malibu Stacy doll has just been released. Naturally being a fan of the doll line, she purchases one.
Upon bringing the doll home and playing with it, she is appalled that the doll seems decidedly sexist in its speech patterns.
Lisa eventually gets the chance to tour the factory where the dolls are made, but is unable to properly voice her opinion on the new toy.
While on the plant tour, she sees a video that tells of the doll's history, started by a woman named Stacy Lavelle. Mr Smithers is also in the video, touted as one of the largest collectors of the doll line, and Lisa asks him if he may have information on where Ms Lavelle can be found.
Mr Smithers' information leads Lisa to Lavelle's 'dream house,' but finds that the doll's creator has no power over being able to control what the company does with the Malibu Stacy doll.
Lisa soon proposes to make a new doll, that will embody a more positive message, and manages to break Stacy out of her lethargy.
After some work on the doll, Lavelle decides to name the new creation Lisa Lionheart, and stores are soon alerted to the doll's upcoming release.
However, the company that produces Malibu Stacy wants the new doll stopped. Their plans to threaten the family fail, and an emergency boardroom meeting is held, to update the doll "for the 90's."
On the day of Lisa Lionheart's release, a number of girls mob the local toy store, but are stopped from reaching the new dolls, when a clerk pushes a cart of Malibu Stacy dolls in the way, with the 'updated figure' only having a new hat.
Even so, this is enough incentive for the girls to be sidetracked from Lisa's doll...except for one girl, who did manage to purchase one...though at an exorbitant price.
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