History Recap / TheSimpsonsS20E15WeddingForDisaster

* GenderBender: The Parson says he remembers when Helen Lovejoy used to be called Harold.

* 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 "[[{{Catchphrase}} Why, you little]] ''[[PrecisionFStrike bastard]]!"''

** Bart's assumption under ComicallyMissingThePoint is one to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

** Bart's fears that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint if Sideshow Bob prevents his parents from marrying]], [[Film/BackToTheFuture 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]].

-->'''Lisa:''' ''[[LittleMissSnarker That's]]'' [[LittleMissSnarker the angry one]].
-->'''Bart:''' ''(while being strangled)'' Uh-huh!

* ContinuityNod: Howard's Flowers makes its first appearance since "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E13SomeEnchantedEvening Some Enchanted Evening]]", the very first episode produced for the series.

* PrecisionFStrike: A discussion of Bart's legitimacy in light of Homer and Marge not currently being married (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.

* PrecisionFStrike: A discussion of Bart's legitimacy in light of Homer and Marge not currently being married (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 [[CurseCutShort complete one of his catchphrases]] when the cue comes up:

* 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 they 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 "[[{{Catchphrase}} Why, you little]] ''[[PrecisionFStrike bastard]]!"''

-->'''Lisa:''' ''[[LittleMisSnarker That's]]'' [[LittleMissSnarker the angry one]].

When Reverend Lovejoy reveals that his license to wed couples expired years ago (meaning that [[RecapTheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided 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.

When Reverend Lovejoy reveals that his license to wed couples expired years ago (meaning that Homer's divorce from Marge on "A Milhouse Divided" was legal and Homer ''was'' legally married to Amber from "Viva Ned Flanders"), Homer and Marge set up a third wedding to correct the mistake, but Marge's {{Bridezilla}} attitude and Homer's disappearance complicate things.

* VillainsOutShopping: Bart and Lisa find a keychain with the intials "SB," causing them to think Sideshow Bob abducted Homer. However, Bob has an airtight alibi as he was with Krusty the whole day and watched ''Film/HouseOfSandAndFog''. They then slept in the same bed to share warmth and watched ''House Of Sand And Fog'' again with the commentary. According to Bob, the director was an ass.

* VillainsOutShopping: Bart and Lisa find a keychain with the intials "SB," causing them to think Sideshow Bob abducted Homer. However, Bob has an airtight alibi as he was with Krusty the whole day and watched ''Film/HouseOfSandAndFog''.

* FromBadToWorse: Homer's situation in a nutshell--starting from the very moment that Lovejoy says that his marriage act was not "legal", Marge goes into a HairTriggerTemper mode that nearly has her walking out on Homer, and then her {{Bridezilla}} act occurs and ''then'' he's kidnapped by Patty and Selma and forced into seclusion until Marge leaves him for good.

* HairTriggerTemper: The very second Marge hears that the second wedding was null, she takes ''everything'' Homer says as some kind of insult and nearly divorces him right then and there--her attitude during the wedding's planning is no better at all.

** Marge goes full {{Bridezilla}} and treats Homer worse than she's ever treated him.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: Patty and Selma are this trope on overdrive. The story never directly tells how long they could have kept Homer locked in the bathroom, but they wanted Marge to go find a better husband, [[FridgeHorror and they had previously shown no lack of desire for him to die... or regard for the trauma that they would create for anybody else finding Homer (they explicitly mention that the bathroom is a rented location)]].
** This can be considered a MoralEventHorizon because neither Patty or Selma were this extreme in the past. They mainly took advantage of a scenario (like Marge getting amnesia or Homer having gotten a heart attack and potentially dying) to try to convince Marge to divorce Homer, but in this episode they try to kidnap Homer so that Marge would cross the DespairEventHorizon and leave Homer or to have Homer die or force him to leave Springfield out of fear for his own safety or for his family's safety.

When Reverend Lovejoy reveals that his license to wed couples expired years ago (meaning that Homer's divorce from Marge on "A Milhouse Divided" was legal and Homer ''was'' legally married to Amber from "Viva Ned Flanders"), Homer and Marge set up a third wedding to correct the mistake, but Marge's bridezilla attitude and Homer's disappearance complicate things.

%% * 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.
* 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 the wrong reason.

* {{Bridezilla}}: ''Marge''.

* ContinuityNod: Howard's Flowers makes its first appearance since "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E13SomeEnchantedEvening Some Enchanted Evening]]", the very first episode produced for the series (and ironically, the finale of the first season due to many TroubledProduction issues that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have ended the show prematurely]]).

* {{Jerkass}}: 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.

** 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 wasn't to his lock).

* ContinuityNod: Howard's Flowers makes its first appearance since "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E13SomeEnchantedEvening Some Enchanted Evening]]", the very first episode produced for the series (and ironically, the finale of the first season due to a TroubledProduction).

** Marge goes full Bridezilla and treats Homer worse than she's ever treated him.

* StabTheSalad: Sideshow Bob is first seen holding a knife while laughing maniacally. Turns out, he was using the knife to aerate a sculpture of Krusty he was making.

* 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.

* {{Bridezilla}}: '''MARGE'''.