History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail

* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot (and it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos [Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself], Homer being the main focus of the plot and showing him with a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one).
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The scene towards the end where Creator/LeonardNimoy announces "My work here is done" and beams away is very sad in light of his death in 2015. [[HeartwarmingInHindsight Conversely]], it's a very fitting tribute, given all that he's done in life.
* HilariousInHindsight: When Marge tells Homer that Sebastian Cobb is here to help stop the out-of-control monorail, Homer asks "Is it Franchise/{{Batman}}?", Marge tells him "He's a scientist.", Homer tells her "Batman's a scientist...", making Marge say "It's not Batman!". Years later, the climax of ''Film/BatmanBegins'' has Batman trying to stop an out-of-control elevated train. Even more hilariously, [[spoiler:he doesn't actually ''stop'' the train at all; he just thwarts [[BigBad Ra's al Ghul]]'s plan, then lets the train crash]].

** The mutated squirrel and the appearance of the EPA become this when watching this episode after having seen ''WesternAnimation/The Simpsons Movie''.

** The mutated squirrel and the appearance of the EPA become this when watching this episode after having seen ''Film/The Simpsons Movie''.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The scene towards the end where Creator/LeonardNimoy announces "My work here is done" and beams away is very sad in light of his death in 2015. Conversely, it's a very fitting tribute, given all that he's done in life.
* HilariousInHindsight: When Marge tells Homer that Sebastian Cobb is here to help stop the out-of-control monorail, Homer asks "Is it Franchise/{{Batman}}?", Marge tells him "He's a scientist.", Homer tells her "Batman's a scientist...", making Marge say "It's not Batman!". Years later, the climax of ''Film/BatmanBegins'' has Batman trying to stop an out-of-control elevated train.

YMMV tropes for TheSimpsons episode Marge Vs. The Monorail.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome / EarWorm: The "Monorail" song

* FranchiseOriginalSin and SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot (and it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos [Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself], Homer being the main focus of the plot and showing him with a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one).

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The scene towards the end where Creator/LeonardNimoy announces "My work here is done" and besmd away is very sad in light of his death in 2015. Conversely, it's a very fitting tribute, given all that he's done in life.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: As mentioned in the Memetic Mutation entry below, the part near the end where Leonard Nimoy announces "My work here is done" and fades away is very sad in light of his death in 2015. Conversely, it's a very fitting tribute, given all that he's done in life.

* MemeticMutation: Many people, including ''Series/TheDailyShow'', used the "My work here is done" scene in tributes to Creator/LeonardNimoy after his death in 2015.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome / EarWorm: '''MONO-RAAAAILLLL!'''

* FranchiseOriginalSin and SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot (and it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos [Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself], Homer being the main focus of the plot and showing him with a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one).

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Flintstones part (where Homer sings the Flintstones theme as he's driving home from work) at the beginning of the episode. It has no place in the actual plot and it's never mentioned again.

* FranchiseOriginalSin and SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot (and it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos [Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and LeonardNimoy as himself], Homer being the main focus of the plot and showing him with a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one).

* HilariousInHindsight: When Marge tells Homer that Sebastian Cobb is here to help stop the out-of-control monorail, Homer asks "Is it ComicBook/{{Batman}}?", Marge tells him "He's a scientist.", Homer tells her "Batman's a scientist...", making Marge say "It's not Batman!". Years later, the climax of ''Film/BatmanBegins'' has Batman trying to stop an out-of-control elevated train.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot (and it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos [Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and LeonardNimoy as himself], Homer being the main focus of the plot and showing him with a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one).

* FunnyAneurysmMoment[=/=]MemeticMutation: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot (and it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos [Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and LeonardNimoy as himself], Homer being the main focus of the plot and showing him with a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one).

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Flintstones part (where Homer sings the Flintstones theme as he's driving home from work) at the beginning of the episode. It has no place in the actual plot and it's never mentioned after Homer crashes his car into a tree.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment[=/=]MemeticMutation: This episode is the one that is most often fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot. The common thread of these rewrites is that Lisa becomes the main character and the monorail is depicted as a good thing that Springfield needs.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment[=/=]MemeticMutation: This episode is the one that is most often fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot. The common thread of these rewrites is that Lisa becomes the main character, the monorail is depicted as a good thing that Springfield needs, and that there's a special celebrity guest star added in.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Flintstones part (where Homer sings the Flintstones theme as he's driving home from work) at the beginning of the episode.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment[=/=]MemeticMutation: This episode is the one that is most often fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate the series SeasonalRot. The common thread of these rewrites is that Lisa becomes the main character, the monorail is depicted as a good thing that Springfield needs, and that there's a special celebrity guest star added in.
* TheWeirdAlEffect: Several fans of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' called that show's song in "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" a takeoff on "The Monorail Song," unaware that both are actually based on "Trouble" from ''The Music Man''.

* TheWeirdAlEffect: Several fans of ''WesternAnimtion/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' called that show's song in "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" a takeoff on "The Monorail Song," unaware that both are actually based on "Trouble" from ''The Music Man''.

* TheWeirdAlEffect: Several fans of ''{{My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic}}'' called that show's song "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" a takeoff on "The Monorail Song," unaware that both are actually based on "Trouble" from ''The Music Man''.

* TheWeirdAlEffect: Several fans of ''{{My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic}}'' called that show's song "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" a takeoff on "The Monorail Song," unaware that both are actually based on "Trouble."

YourMileageMayVary tropes for TheSimpsons episode Marge Vs. The Monorail.

FunnyAneurysmMoment MemeticMutation: This episode is the one that is most often fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate the series SeasonalRot. The common thread of these rewrites is that Lisa becomes the main character, the monorail is depicted as a good thing that Springfield needs, and that there's a special celebrity guest star added in.

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FunnyAneurysmMoment MemeticMutation: This episode is the one that is most often fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate the series SeasonalRot. The common thread of these rewrites is that Lisa becomes the main character, the monorail is depicted as a good thing that Springfield needs, and that there's a special celebrity guest star added in.