Line #0 Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E20BrakeMyWifePlease


1	'''Original air date:''' 5/11/2003
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3	'''Production code:''' EABF-15
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5	Homer loses his license ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E16Duffless and not for the first time]]) and discovers the joys of walking everywhere. However, the fact that Marge is the only driver in the house puts her under so much stress that she subliminally tries to murder Homer.
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7	!!Examples
8	* AsHimself: Creator/SteveBuscemi and Music/JacksonBrowne both appear in Homer's walking song.
9	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: After getting his license revoked. Homer complains that he cannot drive to work, he cannot drive to the store, and he cannot drive to the store ''during'' work.
10	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: The first four things Homer tests out in his car yield this result.
11	-->'''Homer:''' DVD player, check. Snow cone machine, check! Lite-Brite, ''(turns on a Lite-Brite with the pegs shaped like his face)'' check! Fog machine... ''(fog starts filling up car)'' Even ''[[TheDitz I]]'' think [[EveryoneHasStandards this is crazy]].
12	* ContinuityNod: At the marriage counselor, Apu and Manjula are walking out after sorting out their problems from "The Sweetest Apu" (Well, sort of).
13	* DeconstructiveParody: [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Mr. Wilson]] appears briefly, deciding to divorce his wife for not letting him get annoyed at the neighbours.
14	-->'''Martha:''' Oh George, this is the happiest you’ve ever made me.
15	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The marriage counselor gives Homer and Marge an exercise to make a list of the people most important to them; Homer's list is [[ItsAllAboutMe "1. Homer, 2. Homer J. Simpson, 3. Commander Cool (Me)."]]
16	* DisneyAcidSequence: Homer's song about walking eventually turns into one, where he walks across a globe.
17	* IdiotHoudini: PlayedForDrama. Marge gets so fed up that Homer just bounces back better than ever from any mishap that she develops a full-on hatred of him and subconsciously tries to [[CarFu run him over]].
18	* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Once Homer is rescued by the UsefulNotes/CoastGuard.
19	-->'''Homer:''' I'll never mock the Coast Guard again! ''(thumbs up)'' You [[UsefulNotes/NavySeals Navy]] rejects are alright!
20	* KarmaHoudini: Outside of having to tend to Homer after running him down. Marge is never shown, or mentioned as getting much, if any, punishment for it.
21	* KickMePrank: Marge takes a "Kick Me Hard" sign from Principal Skinner's back and he understands why he's been kicked harder than usual.
22	* MoodWhiplash:
23	** Homer goes from singing a cheerful song about walking to getting hit by Marge's car.
24	** An in-universe example happens when Homer is at the video store and looks at screens showing a comedy about a monkey as a newspaper editor and a dramatic [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Lifetime movie]].
25	* MusicalisInterruptus: Homer's song about walking gets interrupted by Marge hitting him with her car.
26	* NeverTrustATrailer: The TV spot for this episode takes Homer and Marge's argument out of context.
27	-->'''Marge:''' I hate you!\
28	'''Homer:''' It's like you hate me, your own husband, whom you're contractually obligated to like.
29	** And in the actual episode...
30	--->'''Homer:''' It's like you hate me, your own husband.\
31	'''Marge:''' That's ridiculous. I don't like you. I mean ''hate'' you. Hate you. Hate you! I hate you!
32	* PunBasedTitle: The comedy about a monkey as a newspaper editor is titled "Editor-In-Chimp".
33	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: During Homer's song about walking, two guards deny him entry in Turkmenistan but change their minds upon being bribed.
34	* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: When Homer's license is revoked, Judge Harm cuts it in half with a mini-guillotine, shreds the halves, feeds it to her dogs and tells one of the guards to burn their poop.
35	* TheUnfairSex: Marge’s mistreatment of Homer and Homer’s response to it shows how Marge as a wife gets away with several abuses by painting it like it was Homer’s fault. In the episode; Marge insures Homer in many different ways while saying that she hates him and desires to kill him because she is feeling stressed from having to do all the driving while Homer enjoys walking. Despite the domestic abuse however, the episode paints Homer as the one in the wrong and needing to make amends because of the fact that he lost his license and was seen as treating Marge like a doormat.
36	* UnimpressiveProgressReveal: Homer complains that he has to walk to Moe's. When he arrives he is actually surprised that he made it, then we see Bart congratulating him from their home just a few houses away.

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