History Recap / TheSimpsonsS20E5DangerousCurves

* AlreadyMetEveryone: According to this episode, Homer and Marge Simpson met their eventual neighbors Ned and Maude Flanders for the first time when the former two were a teen couple whose bikes had crashed and the latter two, on their honeymoon, gave them a lift. Homer's reaction to Ned was one of instant love until they got to the lodge and Ned forced him and Marge to sleep in separate rooms. (Ten seasons later, "My Way or the Highway to Heaven" would situate Ned's first encounter with Homer even ''further'' back, when Homer was a child.)

* AlreadyMetEveryone: Homer and Marge Simpson met their eventual neighbors Ned and Maude Flanders for the first time when the former two were a teen couple whose bikes had crashed and the latter two, on their honeymoon, gave them a lift. Homer's reaction to Ned was one of instant love until they got to the lodge and Ned forced him and Marge to sleep in separate rooms.

* PairTheSpares: In the plot taking place five years earlier, Alberto and Sylvia took Marge and Homer, respectively, to the lodge. Upon encountering each other, Homer and Marge [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike hid their abortive flings in the same trunk]] and spent a romantic evening together, while, in the trunk, Alberto and Sylvia were getting to know each other. In an unusual use of this trope to ''create'' conflict rather than resolve it, this comes back to bite Homer and Marge in a big way during the present-day plotline, when Alberto and Sylvia—visiting the scene of their first encounter with their little girl in tow—thank them for their role in getting them together, causing both to find out what was really going on that evening.

* PairTheSpares: In the plot taking place five years earlier, Alberto and Sylvia took Marge and Homer, respectively, to the lodge. Upon encountering each other, Homer and Marge [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike hid their abortive flings in the same trunk]] and spent a romantic evening together, while, in the trunk, Alberto and Sylvia were getting to know each other. In an unusual use of this trope to ''create'' conflict rather than resolve it, this comes back to bite Homer and Marge in a big way during the present-day plotline, when Alberto and Sylvia, visiting the scene of their first encounter with their little girl in tow, thank them for their role in getting them together, causing both to find out what was really going on that evening.

-->'''Ned:''' ''(chuckling)'' Wordplay! Never cared for it.

* PairTheSpares: In the plot taking place five years earlier, Alberto and Sylvia took Marge and Homer, respectively, to the lodge. Upon encountering each other, Homer and Marge [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike hid their abortive flings from each other in the same trunk]] and spent a romantic evening together, while, in the trunk, Alberto and Sylvia were getting to know each other as well. In an unusual use of this trope to ''create'' conflict rather than resolve it, this comes back to bite Homer and Marge in a big way during the present-day plotline, when Alberto and Sylvia, visiting the scene of their first encounter with their little girl in tow, thank them for their role in getting them together, causing both to find out what was really going on that evening.

* PairTheSpares: In the plot taking place five years earlier, Alberto and Sylvia took Marge and Homer, respectively, to the lodge. Upon encountering each other, Homer and Marge [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike hid their abortive flings from each other in the same trunk]] and spent a romantic evening together, while, in the trunk, Alberto and Sylvia were getting to know each other as well. In an unusual use of this trope, this comes back to bite Homer and Marge in a big way during the present-day plotline, when Alberto and Sylvia, visiting the scene of their first encounter with their little girl in tow, thank them for their role in getting them together, causing both to find out what was really going on that evening.

-->'''Ned:''' What a charming single entendre

* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[NoodleIncident At some point]] Edna and Seymour apparently got back together, which we only find out about when Edna is in the process of dumping him again, a task she finally leaves to Homer. This time ''Seymour's'' the one who wants to get married.

* AwfulWeddedLife: Ned and Maude encouraged Homer and Marge, then a teenaged couple, to think about marriage, but didn't make the greatest case for it when they quickly devolved into bickering. Homer was then horrified to find [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple they'd only been married for a couple of hours]], as if this had set in the second they crossed the altar.

* AlreadyMetEveryone: Homer and Marge Simpson met their eventual neighbors Ned and Maude Flanders for the first time when the former two were a teen couple and the latter two, on their honeymoon, gave them a lift. Homer's reaction to Ned was one of instant love until they got to the lodge and Ned forced him and Marge to sleep in separate rooms.

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: [[IncestSubtext Bart and Lisa's]] arguments in the pedal-car definitely have this vibe.

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: [[IncestSubtext Bart and Lisa's]] arguements in the pedal-car definitely have this vibe.

* TickleTorture: Little Bart and Lisa try this on Grampa, so he would tell them where the cookies are; but he can't remember.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: Patty and Selma in both flashbacks, as per usual.