| "The Daughter Also Rises" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 23 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Chuck Sheetz |
| Written by | Rob LaZebnik |
| Production code | PABF06 |
| Original air date | February 12, 2012 |
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| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I will not replace a candy heart with a frog's heart" |
| Couch gag | Moe and a group of ancillary characters come in and congratulate the show for reaching 500 episodes, but Lisa (using a Simpsons guide book) tells Moe and the others that this is only the 499th episode. Moe reveals that Fox is only going to do the congratulations once, much to everyone else's disappointment. |
"The Daughter Also Rises" is the thirteenth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. The episode was directed by Chuck Sheetz and written by Rob LaZebnik. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 12, 2012.
The episode parodies the MythBusters program in that Bart and Milhouse are inspired by a show called MythCrackers to debunk some urban schoolyard legends. The hosts of MythBusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, guest starred in the episode as themselves, while actor Michael Cera played Lisa's new love interest Nick. "The Daughter Also Rises" received a 2.0 Nielsen rating in the demographic for adults aged 18–49, and was viewed by around 4.26 million people. The episode received mixed reviews.