History Recap / TheSimpsonsS16E10TheresSomethingAboutMarrying

* TransparentCloset: In the words of Patty regarding her sexuality, "You could see it from space!"
** To help drive this trope home, Homer (of all people) got it when Marge didn't:
--->"Here's another bomb for ya, Marge: I like beer."

* Fingore: Patty stabs Homer in the hand with her cigarette butt the first time he makes a joke about her sexuality, promising him next time, she'll hit him in the eye. [[TooDumbToLive He doesn't take the hint]].

* EyeScream: As promised, Patty nails Homer with a cigarette in the eye as punishment for making wise-cracks about her relationship. She had threatened to do it to him earlier.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Reverend Lovejoy forbids homosexual marriage because the Bible forbids it, Marge asks which book. Lovejoy repeats 'The Bible' as if it were a stupid question, forgetting that the sections of the Bible are split into different books.

* VisualPun: Howell Huser rides into Springfield by falling off the back of a turnip truck. See the main entry for explanation.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Marge was proud of Homer for marrying homosexuals but was disappointed when Patty revealed herself to be a lesbian.

* {{Content Warning|s}}: In America, this became the first episode to open with a "Viewer Discretion Advised" card (usually reserved for Creator/{{Seth MacFarlane}}'s cartoons, some of the racier episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''[[note]]''Bob's Burgers'' is usually rated TV-PG for suggestive dialogue (D), sexual content (S), offensive language (L), and/or violence (V), but some episodes like "The Unnatural" and "It Snakes a Village" contain content that's a little too risque for the TV-PG rating[[/note]], and even the short-lived ''WesternAnimation/SitDownShutUp'') before the opening, due to homosexual marriage being a hot-button issue with most U.S. viewers.

* ComincallyMissingThePoint: When Reverend Lovejoy forbids homosexual marriage because the Bible forbids it, Marge asks which book. Lovejoy repeats 'The Bible' as if it were a stupid question, forgetting that the sections of the Bible are split into different books.

* SoundEffectsBleep: When Reverend Lovejoy refuses to marry the gay couples that came to the church, Marge tries to convince him otherwise, only for Lovejoy to drown her out with the church's bell.

* EverybodyCanSeeIt: When Homer is looking for more gay couples to marry.

* EverbodyCanSeeIt: When Homer is looking for more gay couples to marry.
-->'''Homer''': Where's Lenny and Carl?!

* {{Hypocrite}}: Marge was proud of Homer for marrying Homosexuals but was disappointed when Patty revealed herself to be a lesbian.

* {{Content Warning|s}}: In America, this became the first episode to open with a "Viewer Discretion Advised" card (usually reserved for Creator/{{Seth MacFarlane}}'s cartoons, some of the racier episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', and ''WesternAnimation/SitDownShutUp'') before the opening, due to homosexual marriage being a hot-button issue with most U.S. viewers.

* VisualPun: Howell Huser rides into Springfield by falling off the back of a turnip truck. [[note:The phrase "I didn't fall off the back of the turnip truck" is roughly equivalent to "I wasn't born yesterday."]]

* TransparentCloset: In the words of Patty regarding her sexuality, "You could see it from space!"

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The reason Homer became a minister. In fact, he was holding a sign reading "Death before gay marriage" before learning a minister can get $200 for each marriage he celebrates.

* ContentWarning: In America, this became the first episode to open with a "Viewer Discretion Advised" card (usually reserved for SethMacFarlane's cartoons, some of the racier episodes of ''BobsBurgers'', and ''SitDownShutUp'') before the opening, due to homosexual marriage being a hot-button issue with most U.S. viewers.

* ContentWarning: In America, this became the first episode to open with a "Viewer Discretion Advised" card before the opening, due to homosexual marriage being a hot-button issue with most U.S. viewers.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The reason Homer became a minister. In fact, he was holding a sign reading "Death before gay marriage" before learning a minister can get $200 for each marriage he celebrates.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The reason Homer became a minister. In fact, he was holding a sign reading "Death before gay marriage" before learning a minister can get 200 dollars for each marriage he celebrates.