History Recap / TheSimpsonsS3E12IMarriedMarge

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Marge and Homer saw a ''Franchise/StarWars'' film (specifically, ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''). Most future episodes call it ''Cosmic Wars''.

* MarryForLove: Homer thought that Marge agreed to marry him because he got her pregnant--in fact, Abe encouraged him to propose because he believed that the situation was Homer's only opportunity to keep someone as great as Marge. In fact, she married him because she loved him, and tells him so.

-->'''Burns:''' [[FlashbackToCatchphrase Simpson, eh?]] I'll remember that name.

* HonorableMarriageProposal: After Marge gets pregnant, Homer asks Abe what to do, and he suggests that Homer marry her, Homer asks if it's because it's the right thing to do, and Abe responds that he should do it because he "will never do any better."

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Homer tells his kids that he's happy that he has kids and that each of them was a blessing. When Marge comes back from the doctor with news that she isn't pregnant, Homer yells, "YES!" and high-fives her.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Homer first suggests getting a job at the power plant, Marge expresses concern that the radiation could make him sterile, to which he says, ''"Now'' you tell me." In the season finale, "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?", [[spoiler:Burns discovers that working at the power plant ''has'' made Homer sterile and pays him off with a $2000 check to avoid a lawsuit, setting the stage for the events that follow.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: Played with; three people apply for two positions are open at the nuclear plant -- Homer and two people whom Smithers was at college with. While this would probably have doomed Homer from the word go, he ''still'' manages to screw up the interview completely by himself, when he mishears Smithers' asking him what he'd do in the event of a meltdown, and then runs out of the interview room screaming, thinking a meltdown actually ''is'' happening.

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Homer tells his kids that he's happy that he has kids and that he can't wait for Marge to have another baby. When Marge comes back from the doctor with news that she isn't pregnant, Homer yells, "YES!" and high-fives her.

* DistantReactionShot: Upon learning from Dr. Hibbert that Marge is pregnant with Bart, Homer shouts [[CatchPhrase D'OH!]], loud enough that a patient from the ''other side'' of the hospital can hear him.

* YouRemindMeOfX: When Smithers is protesting Burns' hiring of Homer, Burns replies that Homer's "feisty, yet spineless" attitude reminds him of "a young bootlick named Waylon Smithers."

While Marge is at the doctor's to see whether or not she's pregnant, Homer tells the kids the story of his post-high school life with Marge, which includes Homer and Marge having sex on the golf course, Homer marrying Marge to make an honest woman out of her, and how Homer got his job at the nuclear plant.

Episode - 8F10\\
First Aired - 12/26/1991

--> '''Homer:''' [gathers the kids into his lap] You know, son, the day you were born, I received the greatest gift a man could have. As the years went by, your mother and I were blessed twice more. And not a day goes by that we don't thank God for all three of you.
--> '''Marge:''' Homer, I'm not pregnant!
--> '''Homer:''' [gets up, the kids on his lap falling to the floor] Yeah! Whoa! Excellent, Marge!
--> '''Marge:''' Yes! [they high five]

-->'''Marge''': Tenth notice... 90 days overdue... we break thumbs?

-->'''Child:''' ''*sobs*'' What a crappy candle!!!

-->'''Homer:''' I bet the guy she was singing that about was ''real'' happy.
-->'''Marge:''' Actually, she was singing about God.
-->'''Homer:''' Oh. Well, he's always happy. No, wait, he's always mad...

-->'''Homer''': ''[rushing into the delivery room]'' Marge! Where's the baby?!
-->'''Patty''': Right where you left it!
-->'''Homer''': Shut up!
-->'''Patty''': Hey listen, fat boy-!
-->'''Homer''': NO, ''YOU'' LISTEN! This is ''my'' wife, this is ''my'' kid, and I'm paying for this delivery, so if you wanna stay, you'd better show me some respect!

* ExactWords: When Homer says the first thing Bart will see upon being born is a man with a good job. His sisters-in-law say it'll be the doctor.
* TheExitIsThatWay: When Mr. Burns decides to give Homer a job, Smithers objects on the grounds that Homer failed the aptitude test and got stuck inside a locker trying to get out.

* HonorableMarriageProposal: After Marge gets pregnant, Homer asks Abe what to do, and he suggests that Homer marry her, Homer asks if its because its the right thing to do, and Abe responds that he should do it because he "will never do any better."

* BurgerFool: Homer works at a place called Gulp n Blow; it's just as bad as Krusty Burger.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Patty, at least, reunites Marge with Homer, when she sees how upset Marge is. And she felt guilty for not telling Marge sooner.

* PetTheDog: Patty tells Marge where Homer is working when she and Selma find out, while Jacqueline Bouvier at least has the decency to drive Homer to the hospital.