I Married Marge

Season 3, Episode 12, Aired
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While Marge pays a visit to the hospital on a pregnancy scare, Homer gathers the kids around and tells them how he and Marge met and fell in love.
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  • Superb

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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    While Marge pays a visit to the hospital on a pregnancy scare, Homer gathers the kids around and tells them how he and Marge met and fell in love.
    Overall, another superb episode that gets a nine out of ten from myself.

    9 out of 10

    SUPERB!!!!!!!!!

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  • great

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    By futuramarama, Aug 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    what i liked- homer ruining the ending to the Star Wars film for the people who hadn't seen it, the ending with homer and marge celebrating marge not being pregnant, the plot and the way they show us how much homer really does love marge, amongst a few other things.
    great episode. not one of the best of the series, or even the season, i did not think, but it was good and had, as usual, great laughs. B/B+ or so is going to be my final grade for this episode, i think is fair.moreless

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  • this was a good ep i thought

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    By cube2k8, May 15, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons show its flash back of homer and marges early married life and it shows how homer tried his best to earn a job at the power plant and it showed how homer and marge had a casino wedding and he we learn mr smithers first name is waylon and it showed how they had bart and how bart started to act when he was younger. this was a classic ep i thought and it shed some light on there early days as a married couple and i think this ep deseved the grade i gave itmoreless

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  • We know how much Homer really loves Marge

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    By mobbs456, Jan 30, 2009 Report Abuse
    This is quite a nice episode for a change. We have the humor of Marge and Homer thinking baby number four is on the way and we have the beauty of Homer and Marge's ultimate love for one another.

    We see the trials Homer had to endure to earn the title of Mister Homer Simpson and how Bart was brought into the world - in a humourous way!

    We see the sadness of Homer leaving Marge and not returning until he becomes a man and we see just how nasty Patty and Selma can be - thought eventually Patty's love for her sister breaks through and she decides to divert Marge to Homer to be reunited.

    Overall emotional stuff - Homer and Marge forever!moreless

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  • Great episode on how Homer first knocked Marge up

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 29, 2008 Report Abuse
    Marge and Homer are worrying that Marge may be pregnant again. After a home pregnancy test gives inconclusive results, Marge drives to Dr. Hibbert's office. Homer begins to tell Bart, Lisa, and Maggie about how he and Marge got married, and Bart's birth thereafter.

    In 1980, Homer works at a miniature golf course and continues dating Marge. One night, Homer and Marge have sex inside of a golf course castle after seeing The Empire Strikes Back. While they are procreating, a customer wins a free game and causes the castle to light up. Shortly afterwards, Marge discovers that she is pregnant. Homer decides to propose to Marge, and she eagerly accepts. The two marry in a small wedding chapel across state lines, while Marge is visibly pregnant. The two spend their "wedding night" at Marge's parents' house, sleeping on a couch in the living room. Needless to say, this aggravates Marge's mother and sisters extremely.

    Unfortunately for Homer and Marge, Homer's wages at the miniature golf course are insufficient to pay for his new family. Homer attempts to get a job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, but fails. When Homer and Marge's newly purchased baby supplies and Marge's wedding ring are repossessed, Homer decides to leave and find a job, in order to provide for Marge and his unborn son, leaving a letter to a sleeping Marge explaining his actions. Marge is brought to tears by Homer's absence. However, even in sorrow, Homer still winds up irritating Patty, who complains for Homer to "not scratch the pen so loud".

    Homer gets a job at a "Gulp 'N Blow" taco restaurant, where Patty and Selma find him. Selma, feeling sorry for Marge and some pity for Homer, decides to tell Marge the truth in spite of Patty's reluctance. Marge, now well into her third trimester of pregnancy, finds Homer and convinces him to come back home with her. When Homer says he cannot provide much material wealth for Marge, she reminds him that anything he gives her is valuable, because it is from him. Homer decides to try to apply for a job at the Nuclear Power Plant once more, this time marching into Mr. Burns' office and telling him dramatically that he will be the perfect spineless employee. Mr. Burns is so impressed that he hires Homer on the spot. Homer, glad that he has this well-paying job, is able to now reclaim the repossessed wedding ring and baby items.

    When Homer returns to Marge's house, he discovers she has gone into labor and is already at the hospital. He arrives at the hospital with Marge's mother, telling Marge of his success. After the baby is born, Homer and Marge decide to name him Bart. Bart takes Homer's cigarette lighter and lights his tie on fire. Homer quickly dips the tie into a glass of water, gets mad at Bart ("Why you little--!!") and tells Marge that he did it on purpose, but Marge tells Homer that Bart is only ten minutes old.

    After Homer finishes telling his flashback story, he tells Bart that the day he was born, Homer received the greatest gifts for the family, and has always been overjoyed to have Lisa and Maggie join the family. Marge arrives home with the news that she is not pregnant. Homer and Marge are overjoyed and high-five.moreless

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    • The man in the waiting room at the Nuclear Power Plant is reading "Fission Illustrated". Edit
    • Homer and Marge shop for wedding rings at a shop called "The Family Jewels" Edit
    • This episode places Bart's birth in 1981; if he was conceived after a viewing of The Empire Strikes Back, which according to the IMDb, was released in May 1980, he would be born nine months later, or around January or February 1981. Edit

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    • This episode marks the first time we hear Smither's first name, Waylon. Edit
    • In 1992, Julie Kavner won an Emmy for, Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, for this episode. Edit
    • Blackboard Joke: I will not torment the emotionally frail. Couch Gag: The family all cartwheel and make a "ta-da" pose once on the couch. Edit

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    • Selma: Marge, I've got two and a half words for you: Gulp N' Blow. Edit
    • (After Homer rejects other names for boys based on rhyming nicknames) Marge: What about Bart? Homer: Let's see. Bart, dart, cart, e-art. Nope can't see any problems with that. (Missing fart due to only 4 fingers) Edit
    • Smithers: (About Homer) This man not only failed the aptitude test, he got trapped in a closet on the way out. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • I Married Joan The title of this episode is a take on the radio/television show, I Married Joan. Edit
    • Homer: Who would have guess Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's father?
      A quick and funny reference to the end of the film Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Edit
    • Shirt: I Shot J.R.
      Homer wears a shirt saying "I shot J.R.". This refers to J.R. Ewing, the anti-hero of the TV series Dallas. At the end of the 1979-80 season, a mysterious intruder shot J.R. in the chest. This resulted into a huge "Who Shot J.R.?" publicity and merchandizing (including shirt like this one) through the entire globe. Edit

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