Line #19 Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E15WeddingForDisaster


1	When Reverend Lovejoy reveals that his license to wed couples expired years ago (meaning that [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided Homer and Marge's second wedding]] was invalid, and they've been legally divorced this whole time), Homer and Marge set up a third wedding to correct the mistake, but Marge's {{Bridezilla}} attitude and Homer's disappearance complicate things.
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3	!! Tropes:
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5	* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: The Parson says he remembers when Helen Lovejoy used to be called Harold.
6	* AmbiguouslyJewish: The Parson says he remembers when Helen's surname used to be Schwartzbaum.
7	* {{Bridezilla}}: ''Marge''. Homer points it out.
8	-->'''Homer:''' Marge, I think you should take a break from the wedding planning. You're becoming a Bridezilla.
9	-->'''Marge:''' ''Bridezilla''? A combination of "bride" and "Godzilla"?
10	* BastardBastard: {{Discussed}} when Bart asks if Homer and Marge not being legally married makes him a "bastard." Lisa clarifies that while he's not a literal bastard since his parents were married at the time of his birth, he ''is'' a bastard "in the sense someone calls you one when they're angry." This becomes a BrickJoke when Homer responds to Bart's latest wisecrack at his expense with "[[CharacterCatchphrase Why, you little]] ''[[PrecisionFStrike bastard]]!"''
11	-->'''Lisa:''' ''[[LittleMissSnarker That's]]'' [[LittleMissSnarker the angry one]].\
12	'''Bart:''' ''(while being strangled)'' Uh-huh!
13	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Bart believes he won't exist if his parents don't get married.
14	* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: Bart and Lisa unwittingly do this when they accuse Sideshow Bob of kidnapping Homer. Bob has an airtight alibi thanks to Krusty, but the kids' trip isn't wasted as Bob gives them advice that's the key to solving the mystery.
15	* ContinuityNod:
16	** Howard's Flowers makes its first appearance since "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E13SomeEnchantedEvening Some Enchanted Evening]]", the very first episode produced for the series.
17	** Bart's fears that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint if Sideshow Bob prevents his parents from marrying]], [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 he'll never be born]] is the same one Homer had [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E10HalfDecentProposal when he saw Marge and Artie Ziff dancing together at the latter's fake prom]].
18	* ContinuitySnarl: The photos used to illustrate the events of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided A Milhouse Divided]] don't match up with the episode. For instance, it shows Homer revealing the divorce by holding the document up to Marge while in bed. In the episode, he told her about it at the second wedding.
19	* GirlyScream: Ned Flanders does a really high-pitched one when he learns the Parson is coming to Springfield.
20	* {{Fangirl}}: Ned is a ''huge'' one of the Parson, he stalks him while talking to Reverend Lovejoy.
21	* FromBadToWorse: Homer's situation in a nutshell--Marge gets obsessive with planning the wedding to the point where her {{Bridezilla}} act occurs resulting in her snapping at Homer more then once, and ''then'' he's kidnapped by Patty and Selma and forced into seclusion until Marge leaves him for good.
22	* HeelRealization: After Homer disappears, Marge believes that what really happened is that Homer ran away because she was being hostile to everybody during the wedding arrangements and breaks down crying.
23	* ItsAllAboutMe: Marge is at her most selfish in this episode during the wedding planning process. When Homer disappears, she (quite understandably) assumes that he ran away because of her treatment of him.
24	* {{Jerkass}}:
25	** Selma and Patty really cross the line this time by kidnapping Homer just so Marge will think he left her. It's only when Bart and Lisa blackmail them to expose what happened that they do something resembling right.
26	** Marge goes full {{Bridezilla}} when planning the wedding.
27	* JerkassBall: Marge isn't usually the type of person to get upset over wedding plans.
28	* KarmaHoudini: Outside of being blackmailed into paying for the proper wedding, Patty and Selma face no comeuppance for their kidnapping and torturing Homer. Granted, the twins admitted that they had to empty their 401k plans in order to pay for Homer and Marge's wedding and will no doubt have to deal with that in the long run.
29	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Patty and Selma get a moment of this when they hear Homer's wedding vows, which he kept on his pocket and tearfully reads thinking that he will be locked in the bathroom forever. We don't see what may have resulted of this because immediately afterwards Bart and Lisa arrive and blackmail them. As mentioned above, Marge also gets this reaction when she finds out that Homer disappeared and assumes it is because of her treatment of him.
30	* NotMeThisTime: When a clue with the initials [="SB"=] was found, Bart and Lisa at first assumed Homer was abducted by Sideshow Bob. Homer was actually abducted by [[ObnoxiousInLaws Patty and Selma Bouvier]]. Bob is actually flattered that the kids thought it was him.
31	* NotReallyMarriedPlot: The whole plot happens because it is discovered that Reverend Lovejoy was not officially working as a reverend during that specific time when Homer divorced and remarried Marge in "A Milhouse Divided" (due to a snafu in paying the church a monthly operating fee), and thus the marriage was not official.
32	* ObnoxiousInLaws: Patty and Selma are this trope on overdrive. They kidnap Homer on the day of his wedding, lock him up, put him through a Franchise/{{Saw}}-esque scenario, and (until Homer professed his love for Marge), seemed to have no intention of letting him go. Neither Patty or Selma were this extreme in the past. They mainly took advantage of a scenario to try to convince Marge to divorce Homer, but in this episode they're willing to ''lock him up and leave him to die'' so that Marge will forget about him.
33	* PrecisionFStrike: A discussion of Bart's legitimacy in light of Homer and Marge being legally unmarried (as Lisa explains to him, he's not a literal "bastard" because they ''were'' married at the time of his birth) offers an opening for Homer to finally [[CurseCutShort complete one of his catchphrases]] when the [[MouthyKid cue]] comes up.
34	-->'''Homer:''' Why, you little ''bastard!''
35	* SequelEpisode: As mentioned above, the whole situation of the episode is a sequel to "A Milhouse Divided".
36	* ShoutOut:
37	** To ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' when Homer finds himself locked in a dirty bathroom. Thankfully there's no gore involved and the most torture Homer gets is having to lick a lollipop made of hot sauce to get to a key (which was really an even hotter sauce).
38	** The Parson's appearance and mannerisms are a clear homage to Bing Crosby's character Father Charles "Chuck" O'Malley in the 1944 film ''Film/GoingMyWay'' (as well as the lesser known 1945 standalone sequel ''Film/TheBellsOfStMarys'').
39	** Bart's assumption under ComicallyMissingThePoint is one to ''Film/BackToTheFuture1''.
40	* StabTheSalad: Sideshow Bob is first seen apparently stabbing someone in the face while laughing maniacally. Turns out, he was actually using the knife to aerate a clay sculpture of Krusty he was making.

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