History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS15E18CatchEmIfYouCan

* UnintentionallySympathetic: The episode tries to portray Bart and Lisa’s determination to catch Homer and Marge as cruel, however the two parents just come off as lazy and selfish opting to blame their children for not being able to spend time together instead of actually trying to do it. During FAMILY movie night, instead of getting a movie for the family, Marge only brought a movie for her and Homer, which Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t enjoy. Also the two only chased after their parents because they lied to them about where they were going, not to prevent them from having fun. In fact, Bart was perfectly willing to stay in the paid for hotel room when he and Lisa were ditched by them a second time. Upon finally catching up to them, upon seeing how sad they were, they opted to spend the day by themselves so that their parent could have some alone time. Only to find that Homer and Marge had ditched them again. All in all Bart and Lisa are shown to be perfectly willing to give Homer and Marge some romantic time, their parents are just unwilling to go through the effort to make that time.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: For family movie night, instead of getting a movie for the family, Marge got a movie specifically for her and Homer. When Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t like the movie, Marge acted surprised and hurt, and eventually the two ran off to have vacation online without Bart and Lisa. This problem could have easily been solved if Marge had just gotten two tapes.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: For family movie night, instead of getting a movie for the family, Marge got a movie specifically for her and Homer. When Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t like the movie, Marge acted surprised and hurt, and eventually the two ran off to have vacation online without Bart and Lisa. [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot This problem could have easily been solved if Marge had just gotten two tapes]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: For family movie night, instead of getting a movie for the family, Marge got a movie specifically for her and Homer. When Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t like the movie, Marge acted surprised and hurt, and eventually the two ran off to have vacation online without Bart and Lisa. This problem could have easily been solved if Marge had just gotten two tapes.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: For family game night, instead of getting a movie for the family, Marge got a movie specifically for her and Homer. When Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t like the movie, Marge acted surprised and hurt, and eventually the two ran off to have vacation online without Bart and Lisa. This problem could have easily been solved if Marge had just gotten two tapes.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: The episode tries to portray Bart and Lisa’s determination to catch Homer and Marge as cruel, however the two parents just come off as lazy and selfish opting to blame their children for not being able to spend time together instead of actually trying to do it. During FAMILY movie night instead of getting a movie for the family Marge only brought a movie for her and Homer which Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t enjoy. Also the two only chased after their parents because they lied to them about where they were going not to prevent them from having fun. In fact Bart was perfectly willing to stay in the paid for hotel room then he and Lisa were ditched them a second time. Upon finally catching up to them upon seeing how sad they were they opted to spend the day by themselves so that their parent could have some alone time. Only to find that Homer and Marge had ditched them again. All in all Bart and Lisa are shown to be perfectly willing to give Homer and Marge some romantic time they are just unwilling to go through the effort to make that time.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: For family game night instead of getting a movie for the family Marge got a movie specifically for her and Homer. When Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t like the movie Marge acted surprised and hurt and eventually the two ran off to have vacation online without Bart and Lisa. This problem could have easily been solved if Marge had just gotten two tapes.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: The episode tries to Bart and Lisa’s determined to catch Homer and Marge as cruel however the two just come off as lazy and selfish opting to blame their children for not being able to spend time together instead of actually trying to do it. During FAMILY movie night instead of getting a movie for the family Marge only brought a movie for her and Homer which Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t enjoy. Also the two only chased after their parents because they lied to them about where they were going not to prevent them from having fun. In fact Bart was perfectly willing to stay in the paid for hotel room then he and Lisa were ditched them a second time. Upon finally catching up to them upon seeing how sad they were they opted to spend the day by themselves so that their parent could have some alone time. Only to find that Homer and Marge had ditched them again. All in all Bart and Lisa are shown to be perfectly willing to give Homer and Marge some romantic time they are just unwilling to go through the effort to make that time.
* UnintentionallyUnsysmpathetic: For family game night instead of getting a movie for the family Marge got a movie specifically for her and Homer. When Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t like the movie Marge acted surprised and hurt and eventually the two ran off to have vacation online without Bart and Lisa. This problem could have easily been solved if Marge had just gotten two tapes.

* UnintentionallyUnysmpathetic: For family game night instead of getting a movie for the family Marge got a movie specifically for her and Homer. When Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t like the movie Marge acted surprised and hurt and eventually the two ran off to have vacation online without Bart and Lisa. This problem could have easily been solved if Marge had just gotten two tapes.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: The episode tries to Bart and Lisa’s determined to catch Homer and Marge as cruel however the two just come off as lazy and selfish opting to blame their children for not being able to spend time together instead of actually trying to do it. During FAMILY movie night instead of getting a movie for the family Marge only brought a movie for her and Homer which Bart and Lisa obviously didn’t enjoy. Also the two only chased after their parents because they lied to them about where they were going not to prevent them from having fun. In fact Bart was perfectly willing to stay in the paid for hotel room then he and Lisa were ditched them a second time. Upon finally catching up to them upon seeing how sad they were they opted to spend the day by themselves so that their parent could have some alone time. Only to find that Homer and Marge had ditched them again. All in all Bart and Lisa are shown to be perfectly willing to give Homer and Marge some romantic time they are just unwilling to go through the effort to make that time.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: To many to count as Homer and Marge find it easier to blame Bart and Lisa for not being able to spent time by themselves rather than put in the effort to do so.
** Instead of buying a movie that the entire family could enjoy or two movies (one for the kids and one for her and Homer) Marge got one specifically for herself.
** Telling Bart and Lisa that they wanted to spend some alone time as a couple instead of lying. They did just that at the end of the episode and the two would have gotten the time they wanted if they didn’t try and ditch their kids again. Bart was also perfectly willing to stay in a paid for hotel.