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* StrawFeminist: When Comic Book Guy gets a new job to impress Kumiko's father, Lisa says she's not sure about how to feel about his new employers because they're polluters whose CEO is a woman.

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* StrawFeminist: When Comic Book Guy gets a new job to impress Kumiko's father, Lisa says she's not sure about how to she should feel about his new employers because they're polluters whose CEO is a woman.
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: Kumiko's Dad is initially against her marriage to Comic Book Guy.


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* StrawFeminist: When Comic Book Guy gets a new job to impress Kumiko's father, Lisa says she's not sure about how to feel about his new employers because they're polluters whose CEO is a woman.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: When offered a wine made of rice and snakes, Homer expresses disgust at the idea of making wine from ''rice''.
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** The chalkboard gag is "Judas Priest is not 'Death Metal'". This is a reference to how, in the previous episode, Judas Priest was labelled as such.
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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' (with Otto as the Catbus), ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' (Chief Wiggum as Porco), ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea (Ralph as Ponyo), ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' (with [[spoiler:Mr. Nakamura]] as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby, the three bullies as Haku, Agnes Skinner as Yubaba), ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...

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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' (with Otto as the Catbus), ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' (Chief Wiggum as Porco), ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' (Ralph as Ponyo), ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' (with [[spoiler:Mr. Nakamura]] as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby, the three bullies as Haku, Agnes Skinner as Yubaba), ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...
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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' (with Otto as the Catbus), ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' (Chief Wiggum as Porco), ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' (with [[spoiler:Mr. Nakamura]] as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...

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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' (with Otto as the Catbus), ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' (Chief Wiggum as Porco), ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea (Ralph as Ponyo), ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' (with [[spoiler:Mr. Nakamura]] as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and baby, the three bullies as Haku), Haku, Agnes Skinner as Yubaba), ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...
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* ArtShift: Yet another CouchGag from Creator/BillPlympton.

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The Comic Book Guy falls in love again -- this time, with a manga writer/fan named Kumiko Nakamura, but Homer's bad love advice and Kumiko's father may split them apart.
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* ArtShift: Yet another CouchGag from Creator/BillPlympton.Creator/BillPlympton, and Homer and Mr. Nakamura's drunken vision of a Hayao Miyazaki wonderland.



** Milo, a rival Comicbook store owner from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E7HusbandsAndKnives Husbands and Knives]], appears to taunt Comic Book Guy over his lack of a life. ''(There is even a footnote!)''

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** Milo, a rival Comicbook store owner from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E7HusbandsAndKnives Husbands and Knives]], appears to taunt Comic Book Guy over his lack of a life. ''(There is even a footnote!)''
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*** Some of the costumes in the audience include [[Disney/AliceInWonderland The Mad Hatter]] and {{Catwoman}}.

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*** Some of the costumes in the audience include [[Disney/AliceInWonderland The Mad Hatter]] and {{Catwoman}}.Comicbook/{{Catwoman}}.
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*** And she changes into these by means of the ''{{Stargate}}'' costume that Comic Book Guy is wearing!
*** Some of the costumes in the audience include [[AliceInWonderland The Mad Hatter]] and {{Catwoman}}.

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*** And she changes into these by means of the ''{{Stargate}}'' ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' costume that Comic Book Guy is wearing!
*** Some of the costumes in the audience include [[AliceInWonderland [[Disney/AliceInWonderland The Mad Hatter]] and {{Catwoman}}.
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I\'ve listed this as a spoiler because it\'s the moment when Mr. Nakamura realizes he was wrong and that he \"was the monster\".


** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' (with Otto as the Catbus), ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' (Chief Wiggum as Porco), ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' (with spoiler:Mr. Nakamura as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...

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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' (with Otto as the Catbus), ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' (Chief Wiggum as Porco), ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' (with spoiler:Mr. Nakamura [[spoiler:Mr. Nakamura]] as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...
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** Milo, a rival Comicbook store owner from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E7HusbandsAndKnives Husbands and Knives]], appears to taunt Comic Book Guy over his lack of a life. ''(There is even a footnote!)''

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Kumiko first appeared in TheSimpsonsTappedOut a few days prior to this episode airing.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Kumiko first appeared in TheSimpsonsTappedOut ''TheSimpsonsTappedOut'' a few days prior to this episode airing.



* MushroomSamba: Homer and Mr. Nakamura have a hallucination from the cobra rice wine that's an extended Creator/HayaoMiyazaki homage.

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* HeelRealization: During the MushroomSamba sequence, Mr, Nakamura realizes that "''I'' am the monster!", which leads him to give his blessing to Kumiko and Comic Book Guy's marriage.
* MushroomSamba: Homer and Mr. Nakamura have a hallucination from the cobra rice wine (and following meal at White Castle) that's an extended Creator/HayaoMiyazaki homage.



*** And she changes into these by means of the {{Stargate}} costume that Comic Book Guy is wearing!

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*** And she changes into these by means of the {{Stargate}} ''{{Stargate}}'' costume that Comic Book Guy is wearing!



** Comic Book Guy and Kumiko listen to "[[StarWars Cosmic Wars]]: The Crucifixion of Jim Jam Bonks".

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** Comic Book Guy and Kumiko listen to "[[StarWars "[[Franchise/StarWars Cosmic Wars]]: The Crucifixion of Jim Jam Bonks".



** Comic Book Guy's lament song features shots of vintage {{Spiderman}} and {{Superman}} comics, as well as a cardboard image of ScarlettJohansson as the [[TheAvengers Black Widow]].
** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to MyNeighborTotoro (with Otto as the Catbus), PorcoRosso (Chief Wiggum as Porco), KikisDeliveryService (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), SpiritedAway (with [[spoiler:Mr. Nakamura]] as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), HowlsMovingCastle (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) PrincessMononoke (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...

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** Comic Book Guy's lament song features shots of vintage {{Spiderman}} ''Franchise/{{Spiderman}}'' and {{Superman}} ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comics, as well as a cardboard image of ScarlettJohansson as the [[TheAvengers [[Film/TheAvengers Black Widow]].
** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to MyNeighborTotoro ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' (with Otto as the Catbus), PorcoRosso ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' (Chief Wiggum as Porco), KikisDeliveryService ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), SpiritedAway ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' (with [[spoiler:Mr. Nakamura]] spoiler:Mr. Nakamura as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), HowlsMovingCastle ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) PrincessMononoke ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...
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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to MyNeighborTotoro (with Otto as the Catbus), PorcoRosso (Chief Wiggum as Porco), KikisDeliveryService (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), SpiritedAway (with [[spoiler:Mr. Nakamura]] as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), HowlsMovingCastle (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) PrincessMononoke (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...

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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to MyNeighborTotoro (with Otto as the Catbus), PorcoRosso (Chief Wiggum as Porco), KikisDeliveryService (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), SpiritedAway (with [[spoiler:Mr. Nakamura]] as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), HowlsMovingCastle (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) PrincessMononoke (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...priest)...
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* ShoutOut: Some of the kids lined up at Comic Book Guy's store are dressed as members of the {{X-Men}}, as well as DoctorDoom and Radioactive Man.
** HarlanEllison and StanLee show up.
** Some of Kumiko's cosplay outfits reference HarryPotter and SailorMoon.

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* ShoutOut: Some of the kids lined up at Comic Book Guy's store are dressed as members of the {{X-Men}}, Franchise/XMen, as well as DoctorDoom SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom and Radioactive Man.
** HarlanEllison Creator/HarlanEllison and StanLee Creator/StanLee show up.
** Some of Kumiko's cosplay outfits reference HarryPotter ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' and SailorMoon.''Franchise/SailorMoon''.
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* ArtShift: Yet another CouchGag from Creator/BillPlympton.


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** Kumiko mentions Homer's resemblance to Japanese detergent mascot Mr. Sparkle, as seen in season 8 episode "In Marge We Trust".


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* GargleBlaster: The cobra rice wine Homer and Mr. Nakamura drink.
* MushroomSamba: Homer and Mr. Nakamura have a hallucination from the cobra rice wine that's an extended Creator/HayaoMiyazaki homage.
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* ContinuityNod: When Milhouse reminds Comic Book Guy he was [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan Fallout Boy]].

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* ContinuityNod: When Milhouse reminds Comic Book Guy he was [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan Fallout Fall Out Boy]].
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* ContinuityNod: When Milhouse reminds Comic Book Guy he was [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan Fallout Boy]].
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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to MyNeighborTotoro (with Otto as the Catbus), PorcoRosso (Chief Wiggum as Porco), KikisDeliveryService (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), SpiritedAway (No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), HowlsMovingCastle (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) PrincessMononoke (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...

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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to MyNeighborTotoro (with Otto as the Catbus), PorcoRosso (Chief Wiggum as Porco), KikisDeliveryService (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as Jiji), SpiritedAway (No (with [[spoiler:Mr. Nakamura]] as No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), HowlsMovingCastle (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) PrincessMononoke (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...
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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to MyNeighbourTotoro (with Otto as the Catbus), PorcoRosso (Chief Wiggum as Porco), KikisDeliveryService (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as JiJi), SpiritedAway (No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), HowlsMovingCastle (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) PrincessMononoke (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits) ...

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** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to MyNeighbourTotoro MyNeighborTotoro (with Otto as the Catbus), PorcoRosso (Chief Wiggum as Porco), KikisDeliveryService (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as JiJi), Jiji), SpiritedAway (No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), HowlsMovingCastle (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) PrincessMononoke (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits) ...spirits, and Krusty as the priest)...
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** Comic Book Guy's lament song features shots of vintage {{Spiderman}} and {{Superman}} comics, as well as a cardboard image of ScarlettJohansson as the [[TheAvengers Black Widow]].

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** Comic Book Guy's lament song features shots of vintage {{Spiderman}} and {{Superman}} comics, as well as a cardboard image of ScarlettJohansson as the [[TheAvengers Black Widow]].Widow]].
** Homer and Mr. Nakamura's Miyazaki hallucination includes shoutouts to MyNeighbourTotoro (with Otto as the Catbus), PorcoRosso (Chief Wiggum as Porco), KikisDeliveryService (with Patty and Selma both as Kiki, and Snowball V as JiJi), SpiritedAway (No Face, Smithers as a frog worker, Gerald as the giant baby and the three bullies as Haku), HowlsMovingCastle (with the Kwik-E-Mart as the actual castle and Moe as Turnip Head) PrincessMononoke (with Martin and the other nerds as the tree spirits) ...
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*** Some of the costumes in the audience include [[AliceInWonderland The Mad Hatter]] and {{Catwoman}}.
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*** And she changes into these by means of the {{Stargate}} costume that Comic Book Guy is wearing!
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** Comic Book Guy and Kumiko listen to "[[StarWars Cosmic Wars]]: The Crucifixion of Jim Jam Bonks".
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** KyaryPamyuPamyu, of all people, has her song "PONPONPON" featured during Kumiko and Comic Book Guy's montage.

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** KyaryPamyuPamyu, of all people, has her song "PONPONPON" featured during Kumiko and Comic Book Guy's montage.montage.
** Kumiko mentions she's writing an autobiographical manga, and the volume she shows Comic Book Guy is in the style of ScottPilgrim.
** Comic Book Guy's lament song features shots of vintage {{Spiderman}} and {{Superman}} comics, as well as a cardboard image of ScarlettJohansson as the [[TheAvengers Black Widow]].
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** KyaryPamyuPamyu, of all people, has her song "Pon Pon Pon" featured during Kumiko and Comic Book Guy's montage.

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** KyaryPamyuPamyu, of all people, has her song "Pon Pon Pon" "PONPONPON" featured during Kumiko and Comic Book Guy's montage.
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* HarlanEllison and StanLee show up.
* Some of Kumiko's cosplay outfits reference HarryPotter and SailorMoon.
* KyaryPamyuPamyu, of all people, has her song "Pon Pon Pon" featured during Kumiko and Comic Book Guy's montage.

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* ** HarlanEllison and StanLee show up.
* ** Some of Kumiko's cosplay outfits reference HarryPotter and SailorMoon.
* ** KyaryPamyuPamyu, of all people, has her song "Pon Pon Pon" featured during Kumiko and Comic Book Guy's montage.
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* NegativeContinuity: Averted. Comic Book Guy is now married to Kumiko Nakamura.

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* NegativeContinuity: Averted. Comic Book Guy is now married to Kumiko Nakamura.Nakamura.
* ShoutOut: Some of the kids lined up at Comic Book Guy's store are dressed as members of the {{X-Men}}, as well as DoctorDoom and Radioactive Man.
* HarlanEllison and StanLee show up.
* Some of Kumiko's cosplay outfits reference HarryPotter and SailorMoon.
* KyaryPamyuPamyu, of all people, has her song "Pon Pon Pon" featured during Kumiko and Comic Book Guy's montage.
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*EarlyBirdCameo: Kumiko first appeared in TheSimpsonsTappedOut a few days prior to this episode airing.
*NegativeContinuity: Averted. Comic Book Guy is now married to Kumiko Nakamura.

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