History Recap / TheSimpsonsS23E5TheFoodWife

** Marge's first attempt to have a fun outing with Bart and Lisa was taking them to the X-Games, but it turns out the flyer was deceiving and the "X" was actually a cross turned 45 degrees and was more of a religious revival ran by Flanders and Lovejoy.

* CompressedVice: Marge is able to make foodieism her parental niche because Homer, though a BigEater, [[EveryoneHasStandards is not an adventurous one]] and has a basic, blue-collar taste, meaning that he's uninterested in the more exotic fare Marge and the kids are trying. This strongly contrasts with prior and subsequent episodes that make him anything from an enthusiastic gourmand with an often-BizarreTasteInFood to an all-out ExtremeOmnivore (though it ''does'' [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat recall]] Season 2's "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish").

* CompressedVice: Marge is able to make foodieism her parental niche because Homer, though a BigEater, [[EveryoneHasStandards is not an adventurous one]] and has a basic, blue-collar taste, meaning that he's uninterested in the more exotic fare Marge and the kids are trying. This strongly contrasts with prior and subsequent episodes that make him anything from an enthusiastic gourmand to an all-out ExtremeOmnivore (though it ''does'' [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat recall]] Season 2's "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish").

* CompressedVice: Marge is able to make foodieism her parental niche because Homer, though a BigEater, [[EveryoneHasStandards is not an adventurous one]] and has a much more basic, blue-collar taste, meaning that he's uninterested in the more exotic fare Marge and the kids are trying. This strongly contrasts with other episodes that make him anything from an enthusiastic gourmand to an all-out ExtremeOmnivore (though it ''does'' [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat recall]] Season 2's "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish").

* CompressedVice: Marge is able to make foodieism her parental niche because Homer, though a BigEater, [[EveryoneHasStandards is not an adventurous one]] and has a much more basic, blue-collar taste, meaning that he's uninterested in the more exotic fare Marge and the kids are trying. This strongly contrasts with other episodes that make him anything from an enthusiastic gourmand to an all-out ExtremeOmnivore (though it ''does'' [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat recall]] Season 2's "One Fish Two Fish Blowfish Blue Fish").

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone / JerkassRealization: Marge when her selfish actions have led Homer to be caught (literally) in the crossfire of a Meth lab.

* BorrowedCatchphrase: In her desperation to get the kids' minds off Homer's absence to be known as the fun mom, she starts scarfing down her food while saying "D'oh!" rapid-fire.

* OneConversationTwoDialogues: Marge redirected Homer away from the science-themed restaurant they were going to, but the address given turned out to be a meth lab. Homer thus knocks on the door asking if they are the ones cooking some science-stuff...

Marge, Bart and Lisa start a food blog, and the ever-hungry Homer wants in on it.

* TheBore: Another episode about Marge dealing with this. However this time it's deconstructed since Marge is upset about it since it means that her children would rather spend time with Homer than her. Attempts to be fun end in diaster and lead to her children almost outright hating her before they stumble on the Etheopian restaurant.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Marge when her selfish actions have led Homer to be caught (literally) in the crossfire of a Meth lab.
* PickyEater: Homer (believe it or not) tells the family he hates exotic food over regular and plain items like burgers or whatevers in the fridge.

!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS23E5TheFoodWife here]]):

!! Tropes:

* WomenAreWiser: Deconstructed. Marge resents that she has to do all the 'mom stuff' while her husband gets to act like their children's best friend and do fun stuff with them.

* ShoutOut: A dessert from one of the restaurants Marge, Bart and Lisa visit for their blog causes the man who eats it to have a similar reaction to the one [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Anton Ego had when he ate ratatouille.]]

* FoodPorn: The episode has many detailed shots of exotic food.

* FoodPorn: The episode has many detailed shots of foreign food.

!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS23E5TheFoodWife here]]):