Original air date: 4/18/2004 (produced in 2003)
Production code: FABF-12
Mrs. Krabappel leaves Skinner at the altar and starts dating Comic Book Guy.
Tropes:
- Bros Before Hoes: Nelson's answer when Krabappel asks him why he's mad at her although he doesn't like Skinner.
- Call-Back:
- Milhouse dresses as Fallout Boy at the convention, having previously been cast as Fallout Boy in the failed film production of Radioactive Man during the eponymous episode.
- After Edna and Skinner break up, Skinner laments, "Bart's right, I am a wiener", a reference to the graffiti Bart made back near the beginning of the first season.
- Celebrity Paradox: In-Universe, Matt Groening is famous as the creator of Futurama.
- Commitment Issues: Seymour's are what ultimately make Edna decide not to marry him when she realizes that, though he agreed to go through with the wedding, it's against his will.
- Creator Cameo: Matt Groening appears at the convention, in what essentially amounts to a two-minute promo for Futurama.
- Creator's Show Within a Show: Futurama exists as a work of fiction in The Simpsons.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Even the bully Nelson's mad at Mrs. Krabappel when she leaves Skinner at the altar
- Exiled to the Couch: This episode opens with Marge deciding to sleep on the couch after finding out that Homer has decided to make his own AAA batteries by whittling D batteries.Homer: She sure loves that couch.
- Graceful Loser: Edna refuses to go back to Seymour, but she also turns down Comic Book Guy's marriage proposal. He's pretty much okay with it.Comic Book Guy: There are a million valid reasons, but which one did you pick?
- Jerkass: Moe got Barney off the wagon so he could make more money off him.
- Nerds Speak Klingon: When Comic Book Guy tries to marry Krabappel, it is conducted in Klingon; apparently the guests (sci-fi convention attendees) can all understand it.Comic Book Guy: Edna, the Klingons have a romantic saying. (speaks Klingon) Roughly translated, it means "I would kill the children of a thousand planets just to see you smile".
Edna: Oh, that is the most romantic thing I've ever heard. Which is kinda sad if you think about it. - Oh, Crap!: Groundskeeper Willie's reaction to seeing shredded red material coming out behind his tractor.Groundskeeper Willie: Oh my God! I've shredded a child! AGAIN!
- Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: The title is an allusion to My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
- Runaway Bride: Homer successfully keeps Skinner from running, but when Edna realizes he wanted to, she turns the tables by leaving herself.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Willie's response to having potentially killed a child (albeit inadvertantly): head for the border.Groundskeeper Willie: Venezuela, here I come!
- Snap Back: Two multi-seasons spanning Character Developments are done away with in this episode: Skinner and Krabappel's romance that began back in "Grade School Confidential" and Barney's sobering up arc that begun back in "Days of Wine and D'ohses".
- Sucky School: Springfield Elementary only has one ball and when Willie accidentally runs it over, the only games the children can play during recess are games like "Dodge Rock" and "Volley Brick".Milhouse: I wanna play Dodge Rock! (is hit by a rock)
Nelson: (off-screen) You're out!
