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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
− | After Great Aunt Gladys dies, the Simpsons attend the funeral and subsequent reading of the will. On the video will, Great Aunt Gladys warns [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] not to die alone without a husband and children as she did. Selma starts to worry that her biological clock may be ticking, and decides to find a way to become pregnant. Selma tries video dating and eventually considers an anonymous sperm donor. | + | After Great Aunt Gladys dies, the Simpsons attend the funeral and subsequent reading of the will. On the video will, Great Aunt Gladys warns [[Patty Bouvier|Patty]] and [[Selma Bouvier|Selma]] not to die alone without a husband and children as she did. Selma starts to worry that her biological clock may be ticking, and decides to find a way to become pregnant. Selma tries video dating and eventually considers an anonymous sperm donor. |
− | Meanwhile, Homer promises Bart and Lisa that they will go to [[Duff Gardens]], a popular amusement park, but | + | Meanwhile, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] promises [[Bart Simpson|0Bart]] and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] that they will go to [[Duff Gardens]], a popular amusement park, but Homer becomes ill after eating a spoiled sandwich. [[Marge Simpson|Marge]], in an effort to give Selma a chance to experience the responsibilities of motherhood, nominates her to take the two. Bart and Lisa wear Selma out at Duff Gardens. Lisa begins to hallucinate after drinking some "water" in an aquatic ride (under Selma's order) and Bart is detained by park security. After these negative experiences caring for Bart and Lisa for a day, Selma decides she can live without children, and adopts [[Jub-Jub]], Gladys' iguana, instead. |
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
− | *Seven Duffs: Sleazy, Queasy, Edgy, Surly, Tipsy, Remorseful, and Dizzy. | + | *Seven Duffs: Sleazy, Queasy, Edgy, Surly, Tipsy, Remorseful, and Dizzy. Surly is the only one who speaks, and he appears again in "[[Mommie Beerest]]." |
− | *Lisa's exclamation of | + | *Lisa's exclamation of "I am the Lizard Queen!" and her subsequent trip is reference to "Lizard King" Jim Morrison of the Doors, she also dances like him. |
− | * | + | *"Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead" is from ''The Wizard of Oz''. |
− | *The poem Aunt Gladys starts in her will is Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken. | + | *The poem Aunt Gladys starts in her will is Robert Frost's ''The Road Not Taken''. |
*Aunt Selma had four beer smoothies. | *Aunt Selma had four beer smoothies. | ||
− | *Marge and Homer are watching Yentl, they then watch | + | *Marge and Homer are watching ''Yentl'', they then watch ''The Erotic Adventures of Hercules''. |
− | *The | + | *The Duff beer for me, Duff beer for you ride is reference to the It's a Small World After All ride at Disneyland. |
== Appearances == | == Appearances == |
Revision as of 11:01, August 23, 2009
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Episode Information
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"Selma's Choice" is the 13th episode of The Simpsons' fourth season.
Synopsis
After Great Aunt Gladys dies, the Simpsons attend the funeral and subsequent reading of the will. On the video will, Great Aunt Gladys warns Patty and Selma not to die alone without a husband and children as she did. Selma starts to worry that her biological clock may be ticking, and decides to find a way to become pregnant. Selma tries video dating and eventually considers an anonymous sperm donor.
Meanwhile, Homer promises 0Bart and Lisa that they will go to Duff Gardens, a popular amusement park, but Homer becomes ill after eating a spoiled sandwich. Marge, in an effort to give Selma a chance to experience the responsibilities of motherhood, nominates her to take the two. Bart and Lisa wear Selma out at Duff Gardens. Lisa begins to hallucinate after drinking some "water" in an aquatic ride (under Selma's order) and Bart is detained by park security. After these negative experiences caring for Bart and Lisa for a day, Selma decides she can live without children, and adopts Jub-Jub, Gladys' iguana, instead.
Quotes
- Lisa: (After drinking tainted water): I am the Lizard Queen!
- Troy McClure: Hey, Lance Murdock, you just jumped sixteen blazing school buses. What are you going to do now?
- Lance Murdock: I'm going to... Duff... Gardens.
- Groundskeeper Willie (watching at the video of Selma): Ough, back to the loch with you, Nessie
- Surly: Hey, Surly only looks out for one guy...Surly!
- Selma: Oh, sorry Surly.
- Surly: Shut up.
- Animatronic puppets in "The Little Land of Duff": Duff Beer for me! Duff Beer for you! I'll have a Duff, You have one too!
- Homer (before passing out in the car): Duff... Gardens... HURRAH! (car horn)
Trivia
- Seven Duffs: Sleazy, Queasy, Edgy, Surly, Tipsy, Remorseful, and Dizzy. Surly is the only one who speaks, and he appears again in "Mommie Beerest."
- Lisa's exclamation of "I am the Lizard Queen!" and her subsequent trip is reference to "Lizard King" Jim Morrison of the Doors, she also dances like him.
- "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead" is from The Wizard of Oz.
- The poem Aunt Gladys starts in her will is Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken.
- Aunt Selma had four beer smoothies.
- Marge and Homer are watching Yentl, they then watch The Erotic Adventures of Hercules.
- The Duff beer for me, Duff beer for you ride is reference to the It's a Small World After All ride at Disneyland.
Appearances
Characters
- Captain Lance Murdock
- Homer Simpson
- Bart Simpson
- Lisa Simpson
- Marge Simpson
- Maggie Simpson
- Patty and Selma Bouvier
- Gladys Bouvier
- Jacqueline Bouvier
- Lionel Hutz
- Jub-Jub
- Groundskeeper Willie
- Princess Opal
- Hans Moleman
- Dolph Starbeam
- Jimbo Jones
- Kearney Zzyzwicz
- Lou
- Barney Gumble
- Carl Carlson
- The Seven Duffs