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Revision as of 00:09, February 27, 2010
"Regarding Margie"
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Episode Information
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Regarding Margie is the 20th episode of The Simpsons seventeenth season.
Contents
Synopsis
Looking for a way to get easy money, Bart, Milhouse, and Nelson go around town spray-painting people's addresses on their curbs and make them pay them ten dollars, and when [Ned Flanders] pay them and ask them to paint his garage for $100, they freak out. After they already add the "7" and the "4" to the Simpsons' curb, Homer tells them that he won't pay, so they leave without finishing. The next day, the letter carrier delivers them someone else's mail, thinking that their address is 74 Evergreen Terrace. Homer continues to accept the mail. One day, Marge gets a letter claiming that she has won a contest from a magazine she doesn't even subscribe to. Nonetheless, her prize is that a maid will clean the house for a day while she relaxes. Not wanting to look bad, Marge cleans the house until it's entirely spotless. That is, except for a small stain on the kitchen floor. She combines all of her different cleaners together, but the fumes make her woozy. She falls and hits her head on a stool. When she wakes up in the hospital, it is revealed that she has amnesia and can't even remember her own family.
After failing to jog her memory, the family returns home. However, when Marge hears Maggie suck on her pacifier, she suddenly remembers her. Then, when Lisa uses a slew of fancy words, Marge then remembers her. And then, when Milhouse comes in to tell Bart that he's now lactose tolerant, she remembers both Bart and Milhouse. But she still forgets everything about Homer.
Homer tries to get her to remember him, but to no avail. He then decides to try to make her fall in love with him again, but he only makes her disgusted in him, saying that the greatest thing that's ever happened to her was forgetting about him. She kicks him out of the house. Patty and Selma excitedly take Marge to a speed date, and she meets a man who shares her same interests. But when Marge tells him that she has amnesia and three kids, he leaves her. Homer catches up with him and scolds him for leaving her, saying that she is the most beautiful and kind woman he'll ever meet. Still, he leaves. Marge then tells Homer that even though she may not remember him, he knows the most wonderful things about her. As they drive back home, Homer brings up beer, and she suddenly remembers him. The episode ends with Homer driving (drunk, apparently) into the sunset. During the credits, Homer is asking Marge if she knows any of the people listed.
Trivia
- It is revealed Milhouse is (or was) lactose intolerant. This has also been mentioned in the flashback episode 'Lisa's Sax" wherein Milhouse says that the normal kind of milk could kill him.
- Homer shows Marge a picture of him punching former president George Bush, a reference to the seventh season episode "Two Bad Neighbors", and then shows a picture of him punching current president, George W. Bush. This is the first appearance of George W. Bush and now every living president has made an appearance on the show. The most recent President who has not been shown in animated form is Herbert Hoover.
- During the credits, Homer claims that Danny Elfman is only there because he's friends with Richard Sakai.
- The opening gag 'I will not leak the plot of the movie' is a reference to the upcoming Simpsons movie.
- Bart's scheme of painting house numbers on curbs to make money is possibly based on the real childhood of longtime Simpsons writer George Meyer.[1]
Cultural References
- The title is reference to the movie Regarding Henry, in which Harrison Ford plays a man with amnesia.
- The scene where Marge and Homer go to a wedding uninvited is similar to various scenes from Wedding Crashers.
- Homer writes on the sidewalk that the '74 Oakland A's are the best team ever. Soon after, several members of the team drive by and thank Homer for remembering them. Sal Bando and Gene Tenace, two members of the actual team, make cameo appearances.
- Marge's amnesia is caused when she passes out and hits her head on a stool, a reference to the film Million Dollar Baby.
- Marge's quote, "Et tu Zud?" is reference to 'Et tu Brute,' from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare.
- When Ned holds the comics for Bart and the others, the one on top is called Little Jesus, a parody of the Little Lulu comics.
- One of the cleaning products Marge used was Mop 'n' Brag, a spoof of the product Mop 'n' Shine.
Goofs
- Homer states that he and Marge first had sex in the "Plywood Castle" at the mini-golf, but an earlier episode shows them in the "Windmill", although they both look similar. However, in the episode where they first , they do so in the castle, and Homer (idly) promises Marge he'll buy her a real castle one day.
