- Lisa fears she is losing her intelligence when she learns about the fabled Simpson gene. Meanwhile, Jasper freezes himself in the Kwik-E-Mart freezer.
- At school, Lisa is presented with a brain teaser, which she is unable to solve (despite the relative ease with which her peers are able to do it). Following this incident, Lisa finds herself unable to perform simple tasks, such as remembering the combination for her locker, her saxophone technique, and forgetting to complete a homework assignment (due to the fact that she stayed up late the previous night trying to complete the brain teaser). Later that day, Lisa tells Abraham Simpson about her recent cognitive problems. He tells Lisa about the "Simpson Gene", which according to Abe causes all members of the Simpson family to gradually lose their intelligence as they get older. Although she rejects this theory initially, she soon accepts her fate.
As a subplot, Jasper visits the Kwik-E-Mart and attempts to empty the freezer containing ice cream in order to freeze himself, with the intention of being defrosted sometime in the distant future. Apu decides to take advantage of this unusual situation for financial gain by advertising the frozen Jasper as "Frostillicus" and re-branding the Kwik-E-Mart as the Freak-E-Mart. The convenience store becomes a tourist trap and begins to generate a fair amount of money, until the freezer's cooling system fails, causing Jasper to defrost and walk away. Fearing that he will lose customers, Apu turns the Freak-E-Mart into a combination of a convenience store and a strip club and renames his store to Nude-E-Mart.
After watching Bart and Homer eat candy they had hidden in the sofa, Lisa imagines her future, which involves her being married to Ralph, being severely obese, and having many children. This frightens her, causing her to appear on the TV news program Smartline to tell the citizens of Springfield to treasure their brains. As she does this, Homer decides to prove her wrong, and contacts the entire Simpson family to visit, so he can prove that some of the members of the family are intelligent. However, when they arrive, they are found to also be unsuccessful, unintelligent people, causing Homer to send them home.
However, Marge reminds Homer that he failed to talk to any of the women of his family. He agrees to her terms and recluctantly speaks to them. When Homer did out of Marge's request, he and Lisa both discovers that the women of his family are all successful: doctors, architects, lawyers, bankers and sales coordinators of a large company specializing in bunk and trundle beds. The females reveal that the defective "Simpson Gene" is only on the Y chromosome, meaning only the men are affected. The females on the other hand, because of their "X" chromosomes, she will successful like them. Lisa is relieved that she's ok that she won't suffer the "Simpson Gene", even her mother, Marge despite being a homemaker and Maggie as a baby. However, Bart bemoans that he'll be a unintelligible, unsuccessful failure in life, like the males. However, Homer reassures him that he'll be a rich failure. The episode ends with Lisa finally being able to solve the brain teaser she was unable to finish earlier in the episode.
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