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Tag: I Married Marge
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“Oh, honey, do you really think you’re pregnant?” – Homer Simpson “Well, I have the same nausea and craving for pancake mix I did with the other kids.” – Marge Simpson “Yeah, and I have the same tightness in my chest and profuse sweating I always get.” – Homer Simpson
Saturday Night Cartoons
“Our first night together as man and wife.” – Marge Simpson “Hey, lovebirds, keep it down!” – Patty Bouvier “I Married Marge” is a wonderful example of a process that’s not quite world building, but pretty close. We already know Homer and Marge get married, we know their oldest is Bart, we know Homer works at the nuclear plant. All of these elements have already been established. But in showing us how it happened, they deepen and expand both the characters and Springfield as a whole. How does someone like Homer end up working at the plant? He marched into…
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“Oh, honey, you know how it turns out. After all, you wouldn’t be here today if I hadn’t become the responsible head of a household.” – Homer Simpson “Hey, Homer, can we have a can of frosting for lunch?” – Bart Simpson “Okay.” – Homer Simpson
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“Hello, young man.” – Old Lady “Good evening, madam. You have been selected by the good people of Slash-Co to reap the benefits of their new, Nev-R-Dull knife edge. Here, shake hands with the Slash-Co.” – Homer Simpson “Ahhhh!” – Old Lady “Handle first. Handle first.” – Homer Simpson
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“Kid, I won’t let you down! I swear to you, when you come out of there the first thing you’re gonna see is a man with a good job.” – Homer Simpson “Yeah, the doctor.” – Patty Bouvier
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“You’re as pretty as Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda.” – Homer Simpson Goodbye, Carrie Fisher. We love you and you knew it.
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“Hey, why don’t I apply at the nuclear power plant? I hear they pay pretty well.” – Homer Simpson “I don’t know. I heard radiation can make you sterile.” – Marge Simpson “Pfft, now you tell me.” – Homer Simpson
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“Basic ceremony’s twenty bucks, here’s your license. Be sure to get this punched every time. The tenth wedding’s on the house!” – Shotgun Pete’s Receptionist “Hey, this marriage is gonna last forever!” – Homer Simpson “Haha, no matter how many times I hear that, it always makes me laugh.” – Shotgun Pete’s Receptionist Doris Grau would’ve been 92 today. Happy birthday.
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“Homer, does this mean?” – Marge Simpson “Starting tomorrow, I’m a nuclear technician!” – Homer Simpson “Good God.” – Dr. Hibbert
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“Wow, I’ll take that ring.” – Homer Simpson “Yes, sir. And how will you be paying for it?” – The Family Jewels Salesman “I don’t know.” – Homer Simpson
Reading Digest: Marriage Through Simpsons Edition
“There certainly are a lot of stains on the ceiling.” – Marge Bouvier “Marge, I’m sorry. I wish I could afford a better place.” – Homer Simpson “Homer, I’d be lying if I said that this is how I pictured my wedding day. But you are how I pictured my husband.” – Marge Bouvier “I am?” – Homer Simpson “Well, you may not look like Ted Bessell, but you’re just as nice.” – Marge Simpson A cultural touchstone as broadly known and deeply loved as The Simpsons is bound to bring people together, and someone wearing small pigs for cufflinks at…
Rumor Control: Shearer Negotiations Still Open
“Is Mom gonna have another baby, Dad?” – Lisa Simpson “Maybe.” – Homer Simpson Apologies for the lack of Compare & Contrast, Reading Digest, and general radio silence around these parts the last couple of days. My Dad went in for a long planned surgery yesterday (which went fine), but between that, work, and the Shearer kerfuffle, regular blogging fell down a hole without even the benefit of Leonard’s carcass to land on. In terms of actual Simpsons news, there have been two developments of note. The first is Shearer related, though it needs to be kept in context. Good…
Reading Digest: Yet Moar Anniversaries Edition
“I was twenty-four years old with a beautiful girlfriend and a job with a future. . . . Hey, you’re supposed to be listening to my story!” – Homer Simpson “I thought it was over. You had a problem turning blades, you overcame it, the feel good story of the year.” – Bart Simpson So the 25th anniversary of “Bart the Genius” was this week, which gave lots of people another chance to go back and talk about all the things the show has done. Most notably, this included internet pop culture factory The A.V. Club, which had a “Simpsons…
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“I can’t imagine that job of yours is very stimulating.” – Marge Bouvier “But it gives me time to think.” – Homer Simpson “What do you think about?” – Marge Bouvier “Well, girls . . . I mean boys! I, I mean you!” – Homer Simpson
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“Perhaps this pamphlet will prove helpful.” – D. Hibbert “So You’ve Ruined Your Life.” – Marge Bouvier
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“Hmm, if I didn’t know better, I’d swear he was trying to moon us.” – Dr. Hibbert
Behind Us Forever: Labor Pains
“Step aside, I’ll deliver this baby.” – Homer Simpson “Uh, why don’t you let me handle it, Homer?” – Dr. Hibbert “Oh, college boy, eh?” – Homer Simpson “Homer, for God sakes, let him deliver the baby!” – Marge Simpson In its never ending desperation to come up with something – anything – that hasn’t specifically been done before, Zombie Simpsons will try everything from relatively mundane stories to outlandish fantasies. This episode had two of the former. In the A-plot, Homer helps deliver a baby after getting stuck in an elevator. In the B-plot, Lisa tries to help professional…
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“I bet the guy she was singing about was real happy.” – Homer Simpson “Actually, she was singing about God.” – Marge Simpson “Oh, well, he’s always happy. No, wait, he’s always mad.” – Homer Simpson
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“Son, you’ve got to marry that girl.” – Abe Simpson “Because it’s the honorable thing to do?” – Homer Simpson “No! Because you’ll never do any better.” – Abe Simpson