Yellow Goes Gaga

"Yellow Goes Gaga" is the twenty-second episode of Season 23, and the season finale.

Synopsis
Yellow Pikmin tries to reverse his status as the least popular student in school by ghostwriting positive things about herself on the school blog. When his plan backfires, his social ranking plummets to a new low – until Lady Gaga (guest-starring as herself) arrives.

Plot
On her way to a concert, Lady Gaga passes through Pikminville and sees how low the town's self-esteem is. One of the residents who account for the low self-esteem is Yellow Pikmin, who finds out that her fellow students voted her the most unpopular student. He attempts to become popular by ghostwriting nice things about himself on a school blog titled "Truth Teller."

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Production
During August 2011, it was revealed that Lady Gaga would star as herself in an upcoming episode. Gaga's recording sessions took place on August 22-26th in Los Angeles. Entertainment Weekly interviewed Gaga, expressing that her appearance was "a little nerve wracking" and that she "[doesn't] do voice-overs every day of the week". "Their characters are so awesomely convincing and sincere and wild and funny, [that] I had to remind myself constantly of the sincerity of the humor. That's what I was trying to focus on, not putting on a character too much and really being as sincere as I could with the lines."

Reception
This episode is claimed to be one of the most hated episodes by fans because it has a plot relying too much on Lady Gaga, instead of having an actual plot, as well as a lack of humor. IMDb rates this episode 44%, making it the only Simpsons episode in the first thirty seasons to score less than 50%. Other reasons for the episode's controversy is due to the depiction of Yellow Pikmin's character, which critics have pointed out as an awful representation of his strong independent role in the franchise, and instead makes her look like one of Gaga's rigid fan-sheep.