THE CHARACTER Lady Gaga (from ''Lisa Goes Gaga,'' 2012)

When Lisa falls into a funk, the pop queen and her egg-bearing mantourage breeze into town to cheer up the middle Simpson. It goes about as smoothly as a meat dress at a PETA benefit, with Lisa reducing Gaga to tiny diamond tears before realizing that the megastar — who tore through 18 animated outfits in 23 or so minutes — might be on to something with her spiel about self-esteem. Say it with us now: You're on the right track, Lisa, you were born this way! —Lanford Beard