Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"

Maggie Simpson attends the Ayn Rand School for Tots, where a brain scanner categorizes children by their intelligence. Because she is labeled as average, Maggie is placed in a room for unremarkable toddlers rather than the group for gifted children. While trying to ignore her classmates, she befriends a caterpillar and attempts to protect it from a cruel peer who enjoys killing butterflies.

This 2012 animated short was produced by 20th Century Fox and Gracie Films. The screenplay was written by Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and David Mirkin, with Groening, Brooks, and Richard Sakai serving as producers. David Silverman directed the film; it is the second of 13 films he directed, following The Simpsons Movie and preceding Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny."

The film has received generally positive feedback from viewers. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.2/10 based on 6,300 votes, while on TMDB, it has a rating of 7/10 from 394 votes.