History Recap / TheSimpsonsS2E14PrincipalCharming

* MayDecemberRomance: Played with. At first, Patty is reluctant as normal and even goes as far as using martial arts on him to keep Skinner's romantic advances at bay. However she warms up to Skinner and even kisses him at least once onscreen. However due to her loyalty and protectiveness to her sister and later on in the series, her lesbianism, it stops.

* TheOneThatGotAway: The twins go to a wedding of two coworkers that fell in love by chance (he initially was going to sit next to Selma in the cafeteria, but Patty scared him away, only to sit next to the woman he would eventually marry. Even worse, he says in their wedding vows that had he not sat next to her, "who knows what kind of woman would I have married?", [[ButForMeItWasTuesday implying that the memory with Selma meant nothing to him/does not even register anymore.]] [[TearJerker Ouch.]]

* CallBack and FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Principal Skinner is talking about how much in love he is with Patty, we see the school plunging into chaos. If you look closely, there's grafitti on the wall of Principal Skinner saying, "I Am Still a Weiner," a reference to the "I Am A Weiner" graffito on season one's "Bart the Genius."

* DisproportionateRetribution: Principal Skinner threatens to suspend Bart, Milhouse, Wendell and Louis for dropping their pencils at 2:15pm.

* MayDecemberRomance: Played with. At first Patty is reluctant as normal and even goes as far as using martial arts on him to keep Skinner's romantic advances at bay. However she warms up to Skinner and even kisses him at least once onscreen. However due to her loyalty and protectiveness to her sister and later on in the series, her lesbianism, it stops.

* WouldHitAChild: Skinner wishes he could still do this after Bart's latest.

-->'''Wilile''': You'll be back! They always comes back!\\

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: When Homer sets out to find a man to introduce to Selma, he starts doing ''Film/TheTerminator'' -like scans to everyone around him to analyze their pros and cons. He rejects Smithers ("Cons: Jerk") and one of his coworkers ("Cons: Not a man"), but later realizes that Principal Skinner is a good candidate ("Pros: Uses big words, dislikes the boy, well groomed." "Cons: [[MistakenForGay Possible Homer Sexual]].

* OhCrap: Moe, when he discovers it's Principal Skinner calling him]]note]]he was in the middle of his ranting at Bart's prank calling when Skinner got a hold of the phone[[/note]].

* OhCrap: Moe, when he discovers it's Bart calling him.

** Skinner climbing a bell tower is an homage to ''Film/{{Vertigo}}, complete with VertigoEffect.

* MayDecemberRomance: Played with. At first Patty is reluctant as normal and even goes as far as using martial arts on him to keep Skinner's romantic advances at bay. However she warms up to Skinner and even kisses him at least once onscreen. However due to her loyalty and protectiveness to her sister and later on in the series, her lesbianism, it stops.
* OhCrap: Moe, when he discovers it's Bart calling him.
-->"Oh no."

* {{CallBack}} and FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Principal Skinner is talking about how much in love he is with Patty, we see the school plunging into chaos. If you look closely, there's grafitti on the wall of Principal Skinner saying, "I Am Still a Weiner," a reference to the "I Am A Weiner" graffito on season one's "Bart the Genius."

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Patty's sexuality. In this episode, she is established as being willingly celibate [[note]](while Selma has had celibacy thrust upon her and is trying to break it by finding a man to marry or, at least, have sex with so she can have a child and not die alone)[[/note]] due to her hatred of men[[note]]Homer in particular[[/note]], but warms up to Skinner (until she realizes how miserable Selma is). In later episodes, it's established that Patty is a lesbian and has known about her sexual orientation since she was a child (while Marge was too naive to notice, or was in denial).

Worried that Selma is depressed over being single and childless, Marge orders Homer to find Selma a man -- but ends up pairing Principal Skinner with Patty by mistake. Meanwhile, Bart is sentenced to reseed Groundskeeper Willie's field after spelling his name out on it with a herbicide he created in science class.

Worried that Selma is depressed over being single and childless, Marge orders Homer to find Selma a man -- but ends up pairing Principal Skinner with Patty. Meanwhile, Bart is sentenced to reseed Groundskeeper Willie's field after spelling his name out on it with a herbicide he created in science class.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Patty's sexuality. In this episode, she is established as being willingly celibate [[note]](while Selma has had celibacy thrust upon her and is trying to break it by finding a man to marry or, at least, have sex with so she can have a child and not die alone)[[/note]] due to her hatred of men, but warms up to Skinner (until she realizes how miserable Selma is). In later episodes, it's established that Patty is a lesbian and has known about her sexual orientation since she was a child (while Marge was too naive to notice).

* IToldYouSo: Doubles as a BrickJoke. After Skinner dates Selma the first time, he lets Bart off his punishment. Bart promptly throws the bag of seeds to Willie and runs off but Willie doesn't seem deterred.

At the end of the episode, Skinner is dumped by Selma and retakes the school from Bart's control. Making him reseed the field. Guess whose helping Skinner oversee this?
---> '''Willie''': I told ya ye be back!

Episode - 7F15

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Patty in a straight relationship. She's later established as a lesbian.