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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The scene in which the female Moe look-a-like proceeds to hang herself (After Moe muses that there's a woman out there for every man) is censored on the UK's Channel 4 and Sky Showcase airings, but to different degrees - the former ends the scene as quickly as it starts, with her looking sadly out her window, whilst the latter keeps the scene largely intact up until the last couple of seconds where she slips the noose around her neck.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Moe was a Satanist, u til they asked him to leave.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Moe was a Satanist, u til until they asked him to leave.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Moe was a Satanist, u til they asked him to leave.
* ExactWords: Homer tries to distract himself from Marge’s gray hair by imagining her as a Bond Girl. He gets Creator/JudiDench.


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* LiteralMinded: Mr. Burns’s wingman is actually a World War 1 era tail-gunner, who served under him.
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* DatingCatwoman: In the final gag of the episode, Maggie gives her longtime nemesis Gerald a BigDamnKiss, much to his delight.
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* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents make Marge look like the Wicked Witch from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey is briefly seen in the background. The Witch's {{Leitmotif}} also plays.
* SkunkStripe: Marge's initial grey hair is quickly reveal by her stylist to really be something he has been hiding from her for a while. He parts her beehive hairdo in half to show a grey core.

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* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents make Marge look like the Wicked Witch from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey is briefly seen in the background. The Witch's {{Leitmotif}} also plays.
* SkunkStripe: Marge's initial grey hair is quickly reveal by her stylist to really be something he has been hiding from her for a while. He parts her beehive hairdo in half to show a grey core.
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Patty & Selma are revealed to be respectively blonde and redheaded, but their hair turned gray because of the smoke and ash that comes from their constantly smoking cigarettes. Marge is, obviously, the brunette.
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* CallBack: In ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E9TheLastTemptationOfHomer The Last Temptation of Homer]]'', Mr. Burns tried to deploy a team of winged monkeys but they couldn't fly and he told Smithers to continue the research. [[WildMassGuessing It now seems to have paid off]].

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* CallBack: In ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E9TheLastTemptationOfHomer "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E9TheLastTemptationOfHomer The Last Temptation of Homer]]'', Homer]]", Mr. Burns tried to deploy a team of winged monkeys but they couldn't fly and he told Smithers to continue the research. [[WildMassGuessing It now seems to have paid off]].
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Though Patty and Selma don't have a high opinion of Homer, they know him well enough to point out to Marge how he really feels about her hair; something Marge doesn't realize until they tell her.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The episode lampshades how Bart, Lisa and Maggie don't have any distinction between their head and their hair. All three go into a panic mode [[BellisariosMaxim thinking about it too much]], with Lisa shouting "What ARE we?!" and trying to forcibly draw herself a hairline with a sharpie.

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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The episode lampshades how Bart, Lisa and Maggie don't have any distinction between their head and their hair. All three go into a panic mode [[BellisariosMaxim thinking about it too much]], with Lisa Bart shouting "What ARE we?!" and Lisa trying to forcibly draw herself a hairline with a sharpie.
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Removing nitpicking about continuity (which is also redundant, since the info is mentioned below).


Moe hires Homer to be his wingman so he can score a date, but Homer ends up being the babe magnet. Meanwhile, Marge is shocked to find that her hairdresser has been dyeing her hair blue all these years[[note]] (despite that the season five episode "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge "...has been as gray as a mule since she was 17" and that she regularly dyes her hair herself rather than visit a salon)[[/note]] and decides to go gray for a new, mature look.

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Moe hires Homer to be his wingman so he can score a date, but Homer ends up being the babe magnet. Meanwhile, Marge is shocked to find that her hairdresser has been dyeing her hair blue all these years[[note]] (despite that the season five episode "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge "...has been as gray as a mule since she was 17" and that she regularly dyes her hair herself rather than visit a salon)[[/note]] years and decides to go gray for a new, mature look.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The episode lampshades how Bart, Lisa and Maggie don't have any distinction between their head and their hair. All three go into a panic mode [[BellisariosMaxim thinking about it too much]], "What ARE we?!"

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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The episode lampshades how Bart, Lisa and Maggie don't have any distinction between their head and their hair. All three go into a panic mode [[BellisariosMaxim thinking about it too much]], with Lisa shouting "What ARE we?!"we?!" and trying to forcibly draw herself a hairline with a sharpie.



** Patty and Selma never went grey. It’s just smoke and ash covering up their natural colours.

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** Patty and Selma never went grey. It’s just smoke and ash from their constant smoking covering up their natural colours.colours, ginger and blonde, respectively.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The episode lampshades how Bart, Lisa and Maggie don't have any distinction between their head and their hair. All three go into a panic mode [[BellisariosMaxim thinking about it too much]], "What ARE we?!"



* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents make Marge look like the Wicked Witch from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey is briefly seen in the background. The Witch's {{Leitmotif}} also plays.

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* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents make Marge look like the Wicked Witch from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey is briefly seen in the background. The Witch's {{Leitmotif}} also plays.plays.
* SkunkStripe: Marge's initial grey hair is quickly reveal by her stylist to really be something he has been hiding from her for a while. He parts her beehive hairdo in half to show a grey core.
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* TheReveal:
** Sherri and Terri are actually conjoined triplets, with the third one seeking revenge.
** Patty and Selma never went grey. It’s just smoke and ash covering up their natural colours.


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** However, the episode does justify this by stating that the dye she uses is erasing her memory of needing it whenever she uses it.
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* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents makes Marge look like the Wicked Witch from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey is briefly seen at the background. The Witch's {{Leitmotif}} also plays.

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* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents makes make Marge look like the Wicked Witch from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey is briefly seen at in the background. The Witch's {{Leitmotif}} also plays.
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* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents made Marge look like a wicked witch from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey was briefly seen at the background.

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* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents made makes Marge look like a wicked witch the Wicked Witch from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey was is briefly seen at the background.background. The Witch's {{Leitmotif}} also plays.
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* SameSurnameMeansRelated: Lisa picks up a supermarket tabloid to read about "[[Music/JessicaSimpson Cousin Jessica]].

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* SameSurnameMeansRelated: Lisa picks up a supermarket tabloid to read about "[[Music/JessicaSimpson Cousin Jessica]]."
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* SameSurnameMeansRelated: Lisa picks up a supermarket tabloid to read about "[[Music/JessicaSimpson Cousin Jessica]].

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* CrazyCatLady: The TropeNamer discovers her SpearCounterpart in a Crazy Dog Man.



* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents made Marge look like a wicked witch from ''TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey was briefly seen at the background.

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* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents made Marge look like a wicked witch from ''TheWizardOfOz'', ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey was briefly seen at the background.
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* ActorAllusion: This episode features a hair salon named Hairy Shearer's. Harry Shearer is one of the voice actors who work on this series.
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* ActorAllusion: This episode features a hair salon named Hairy Shearer's. Harry Shearer is one of the voice actors who work on this series.
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* CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise: As Marge goes to find Homer, a series of mishaps gradually make her look like [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West]].
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* SeriesContinuityError: Marge is shocked that she's had gray hair for all these years, when the season five finale "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge has been "...gray as a mule" since she was 17 and regularly dyes her hair herself. Though another question remains: Marge was seen with blue hair when Homer first met her in "The Way We Was" when both of them were high school seniors (or, at least, Marge was. It's implied that Homer is younger than her, though he could have been left back due to bad grades). Did she dye her hair then or was this before she started going gray?

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* SeriesContinuityError: Marge is shocked that she's had gray hair for all these years, when the season five finale "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge has been "...gray as a mule" since she was 17 and regularly dyes her hair herself. Though another question remains: Marge was seen with blue hair when Homer first met her in "The Way We Was" when both of them were high school seniors (or, at least, Marge was. It's implied that Homer is younger older than her, though he could have been left back due to bad grades). Did she dye her hair then or was this before she started going gray?
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* CharlieBrownHair: {{Lampshaded}} when the Simpson kids freak out over how there's no border between their hair and their heads.

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* CharlieBrownHair: CharlieBrownBaldness: {{Lampshaded}} when the Simpson kids freak out over how there's no border between their hair and their heads.
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* CharlieBrownHair: {{Lampshaded}} when the Simpson kids freak out over how there's no border between their hair and their heads.

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* SeriesContinuityError: Marge is shocked that she's had gray hair for all these years, when the season five finale "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge has been "...gray as a mule" since she was 17 and regularly dyes her hair herself. Though another question remains: Marge was seen with blue hair when Homer first met her in "The Way We Was" when both of them were high school seniors (or, at least, Marge was. It's implied that Homer is younger than her, though he could have been left back due to bad grades). Did she dye her hair then or was this before she started going gray?

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* CallBack: In ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E9TheLastTemptationOfHomer The Last Temptation of Homer]]'', Mr. Burns tried to deploy a team of winged monkeys but they couldn't fly and he told Smithers to continue the research. [[WildMassGuessing It now seems to have paid off]].
* SeriesContinuityError: Marge is shocked that she's had gray hair for all these years, when the season five finale "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge has been "...gray as a mule" since she was 17 and regularly dyes her hair herself. Though another question remains: Marge was seen with blue hair when Homer first met her in "The Way We Was" when both of them were high school seniors (or, at least, Marge was. It's implied that Homer is younger than her, though he could have been left back due to bad grades). Did she dye her hair then or was this before she started going gray?gray?
* ShoutOut: When a series of accidents made Marge look like a wicked witch from ''TheWizardOfOz'', a flying monkey was briefly seen at the background.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Marge is shocked that she's had gray hair for all these years, when the season five finale "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge has been "...gray as a mule" since she was 17 and regularly dyes her hair herself. Though another question remains: Marge was seen with blue hair when Homer first met her in "The Way We Was." Did she dye her hair then or was this before she started going gray?

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* SeriesContinuityError: Marge is shocked that she's had gray hair for all these years, when the season five finale "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge has been "...gray as a mule" since she was 17 and regularly dyes her hair herself. Though another question remains: Marge was seen with blue hair when Homer first met her in "The Way We Was." Was" when both of them were high school seniors (or, at least, Marge was. It's implied that Homer is younger than her, though he could have been left back due to bad grades). Did she dye her hair then or was this before she started going gray?

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* ContinuityNod: In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E9TheLastTemptationOfHomer "The Last Temptation of Homer"]], Mr. Burns tried to send a team of [[TheWizardOfOz flying monkeys]] but they all revealed themselves unable to fly. Now we got to see one flying next to Marge when she accidentally looked like one of the Wicked Witches.
* SeriesContinuityError: Marge is shocked that she's had gray hair for all these years, when the season five finale "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge has been "...gray as a mule" since she was 17 and regularly dyes her hair herself. Though another question remains: Marge was seen with blue hair when Homer first met her in "The Way We Was." Did she dye her hair then or was this before she started going gray?
* ShoutOut: See the ContinuityNod above.

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\n* ContinuityNod: In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E9TheLastTemptationOfHomer "The Last Temptation of Homer"]], Mr. Burns tried to send a team of [[TheWizardOfOz flying monkeys]] but they all revealed themselves unable to fly. Now we got to see one flying next to Marge when she accidentally looked like one of the Wicked Witches.\n* SeriesContinuityError: Marge is shocked that she's had gray hair for all these years, when the season five finale "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge has been "...gray as a mule" since she was 17 and regularly dyes her hair herself. Though another question remains: Marge was seen with blue hair when Homer first met her in "The Way We Was." Did she dye her hair then or was this before she started going gray?
* ShoutOut: See the ContinuityNod above.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Marge is shocked that she's had gray hair for all these years, when the season five finale "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge has been "...gray as a mule" since she was 17 and regularly dyes her hair herself. Though another question remains: Marge was seen with blue hair when Homer first met her in "The Way We Was." Did she dye her hair then or was this before she started going gray?
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Moe hires Homer to be his wingman so he can score a date, but Homer ends up being the babe magnet. Meanwhile, Marge is shocked to find that her hairdresser has been dyeing her hair blue all these years[[note]] (despite that the season five episode "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" revealed that Marge "...has been as gray as a mule since she was 17" and that she regularly dyes her hair herself rather than visit a salon)[[/note]] and decides to go gray for a new, mature look.

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* ContinuityNod: In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E9TheLastTemptationOfHomer "The Last Temptation of Homer"]], Mr. Burns tried to send a team of [[TheWizardOfOz flying monkeys]] but they all revealed themselves unable to fly. Now we got to see one flying next to Marge when she accidentally looked like one of the Wicked Witches.
* ShoutOut: See the ContinuityNod above.

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