Editing Principal Charming

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{{Episode
|name= Principal Charming
|image= Principal Charming.png
|number= 27
|season=2
|snumber=14
|prodcode= 7F15
|airdate= February 14, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "I will not belch the national anthem."
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]]<br>[[Matt Groening]]<br>[[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[David M. Stern]]
|director= [[Mark Kirkland]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''Principal Charming'''" is the fourteenth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twenty-seventh episode overall. It originally aired on February 14, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[David M. Stern]] and was directed by [[Mark Kirkland]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Marge]] enlists [[Homer]]'s help to find Aunt [[Selma]] a husband—and ends up pairing [[Principal Skinner]] with Aunt [[Patty]]. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] gets in trouble for using sodium tetrasulfate (a potent herbicide) to spell his name out in the grass and gets sentenced to reseed the field.}}

== Plot ==
[[Patty]] and [[Selma]] visit the wedding of a man who could have easily been Selma's husband, had Patty not gotten in the way. Selma realizes she needs to find a husband and begs [[Marge]] to help her. Marge enlists Homer's help but he fails to find anyone suitable. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] pulls a big prank by pouring the fictional chemical sodium tetrasulfate onto the grass. As Bart had used it to spell his name, [[Principal Skinner]] easily catches him. In the principal's office, Bart is told to call his father, who is at [[Moe's Tavern]]. 

After Bart asks for Homer Sexual, Skinner takes the receiver as [[Moe]] verbally assaults the principal, thinking Skinner is the person who has been making prank calls to his tavern for years. (Bart, of course, is the culprit.) Realizing his error, Moe hands Homer the phone. Homer goes to the school and decides Skinner is the perfect man for Selma. He invites Skinner to meet her, but he falls for Selma's identical twin sister, Patty, instead. Skinner starts to go out with a slightly unwilling Patty, who has not come out of the closet yet, much to Selma's increasing chagrin. Meanwhile, Bart takes advantage of the opportunity to get out of his punishment of re-seeding the grass field and soon takes control of the school. Skinner enlists Bart's help to get Patty to marry him, while Homer fixes a date between Selma and Barney.

Skinner takes Patty to the top of the Bell Tower to propose. Following Bart's lead, he has written "Marry Me, Patty" in 40-foot letters using the sodium tetrasulfate that got Bart in trouble. Patty is flattered, but declines. In his grief, Principal Skinner sees what has happened to the school, and takes back control by putting Bart back on his punishment. Patty informs Selma of events, so she breaks up her own date. Things then return to normal.

== Production ==
[[File:Principal Charming Moleman, Man With Nice Stride.jpg|thumb|left]]
This was [[Groundskeeper Willie]]'s first appearance and [[Dan Castellaneta]], who was assigned to voice him, didn't know which voice to use. [[Sam Simon]] suggested he use an accent and after going through a Spanish and "big dumb Swede" voice, they settled on a Scottish accent.<ref name="Reiss">{{cite video |people=Reiss, Mike |date=2002 |title=The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Principal Charming" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>

[[Josh Weinstein]] revealed in a tweet that [[Hans Moleman]] was originally known as "Kindly Old Gent" in the planning stages.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Joshstrangehill/status/557289435021058049 Josh Weinstein's Twitter]</ref>

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== Reception ==
"Principal Charming" holds a rating of 7.5 on {{W|IMDb}}.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0767445/ "Principal Charming" on IMDb] (Retrieved 2016-07-01)</ref> Nathan Rabin of {{W|AV Club}} says "This stellar episode ends on an appropriately bittersweet note: "Principal Charming" does justice to both the tragic and comic side of these tragicomic and brilliantly conceived supporting players." The episode also holds an A- rating on AV Club.<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/the-simpsons-classic-principal-charming-48926 AV Club - The Simpsons (Classic): "Principal Charming"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
{{LanguageBox
|hu=yes
|huName=Csábít az igazgató
|huTrans=Principal Charming
|br=yes
|brName=O Amor É Belo
|brTrans=Love Is Handsome
|de=yes
|deName=Der Heiratskandidat
|deTrans=The marriage candidate
|it=yes
|itName=Preside Azzurro
|itTrans=Principal Charming
|jp=yes
|jpName=セルマの結婚願望
|jpTrans=Selma's Marriage Desire
}}

== References ==
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[[Category:1991]]
[[Category:Principal Skinner episodes]]
[[Category:Bart episodes]]
[[Category:Romance-themed episodes]]
[[Category:Episodes written by David M. Stern]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Mark Kirkland]]

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