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* CallBack: The episode starts with Mayor Quimby trying to turn [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail the monorail tracks into something useful for the town]].
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** The episode starts with Mayor Quimby trying to turn [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail the monorail tracks into something useful for thetown]].town]].
** The title is a reference to the song "The Old Gray Mare Ain't What She Used To Be", which was sung by a crazy homeless man in "Krusty Gets Kancelled" (an act that, ironically, made him a TV celebrity).
** The episode starts with Mayor Quimby trying to turn [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail the monorail tracks into something useful for the
** The title is a reference to the song "The Old Gray Mare Ain't What She Used To Be", which was sung by a crazy homeless man in "Krusty Gets Kancelled" (an act that, ironically, made him a TV celebrity).
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* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: [[RunningGag As we've seen several times]], Homer can tell when someone says something that would cue his "Mmm" {{Catchphrase}}, and bothers to call up Marge just to utter it when she mentions a pie chart.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Upon being voted out, Mayor Quimby rekindles his romance with his long-suffering wife, realizing that he still loves her and that it was only the stress of being mayor that lead to his constant philandering.
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* NoodleIncident: Marge eventually was impeached under disgraceful circumstances that we never find out.
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* HappyEndingOverride: "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail Marge vs. the Monorail]]" ended with the runaway monorail successfully stopped before anything serious can happen. This episode opens with the abandoned monorail reactivating and causing devastation in Springfield.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Marge decides to stop mocking Homer and instantly gets impeached, leaving the town back in the hands of a dangerous jerk like Quimby. Not that there was much "reason" -- the danger of being impeached was dangling over her head thanks to Helen Lovejoy and a very fickle audience anyway.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Marge decides to stop mocking Homer and instantly gets the citizens turn against her. It's revealed she got impeached, leaving the town back in the hands of a dangerous jerk like Quimby. Not that there was much "reason" -- the danger of being impeached was dangling over her head thanks to Helen Lovejoy and a very fickle audience anyway.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: After Marge stops mocking Homer, she's impeached and Quimby regains his position as Mayor of Springfield.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: After The main story ends with Marge still mayor even after she stops mocking Homer, she's Homer and a TimeSkip shows that she did many important things as mayor later on, but she was still impeached and Quimby regains regained his position as Mayor of Springfield.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Turns out being the mayor had made Quimby's wedded life a pain in the neck that he resorted to constantly cheating his wife multiple times. Not being the mayor actually mended their marriage. Marge being the new mayor, her wedded life goes to crap because she makes fun of Homer.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Turns out being the mayor had made Quimby's wedded life such a pain in the neck that he resorted to constantly cheating on his wife multiple times. Not being the mayor actually mended their marriage. Marge being the new mayor, her wedded life goes to crap because she makes fun of Homer.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Marge’s attempts to reason with the guy stopping her from demolishing the tire fire only brings up his [[ShellShockedVeteran traumatising experience in Vietnam]].
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* NeverRecycleABuilding: The events of the episode happen because of an aversion: the creation of a skywalk complete with gardens and an amusement park on the abandoned rails of the Springfield Monorail. The drama that then ensues is because [[DidntThinkThisThrough nobody thought of getting rid of]] '''[[DidntThinkThisThrough the train]]'''.
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* NeverRecycleABuilding: The events of the episode happen because of an aversion: the creation of a skywalk complete with gardens and an amusement park on the abandoned rails of the Springfield Monorail. The drama that then ensues is because [[DidntThinkThisThrough nobody thought of getting rid of]] '''[[DidntThinkThisThrough the train]]'''.[[note]]To be fair, the kind of demolition required for monorail tracks would be ''very'' expensive.[[/note]]
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Turns out being the mayor had made Quimby's wedded life a pain in the neck that he resorted to constantly cheating his wife multiple times. Not being the mayor actually mended their marriage. Marge being the new mayor, her wedded life goes to crap because she makes fun of Homer.
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* EvilIsPetty: The constant humiliation that has Marge in danger of being impeached started by Helen Lovejoy calling her useless in a town hall meeting... becuse someone (revealed instantly to be her in an inner monologue of her husband Tim) brought a lousy cake to a cake sale and she's putting the blame on Marge.
* HonorBeforeReason: Marge decides to stop mocking Homer and instantly gets impeached, leaving the town back in the hands of a dangerous jerk like Quimby. Not that there was much "reason" anyway -- the danger of being impeached was dangling over her head thanks to Helen Lovejoy and a very fickle audience anyway.
* HonorBeforeReason: Marge decides to stop mocking Homer and instantly gets impeached, leaving the town back in the hands of a dangerous jerk like Quimby. Not that there was much "reason" anyway -- the danger of being impeached was dangling over her head thanks to Helen Lovejoy and a very fickle audience anyway.
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* EvilIsPetty: The constant humiliation that has Marge in danger of being impeached started by Helen Lovejoy calling her useless in a town hall meeting... becuse because someone (revealed instantly to be her in an inner monologue of her husband Tim) brought a lousy cake to a cake sale and she's putting the blame on Marge.
* HonorBeforeReason: Marge decides to stop mocking Homer and instantly gets impeached, leaving the town back in the hands of a dangerous jerk like Quimby. Not that there was much "reason"anyway -- the danger of being impeached was dangling over her head thanks to Helen Lovejoy and a very fickle audience anyway. anyway.
* IResembleThatRemark: After Marge roasts Homer at a show with Krusty, Krusty points out they're all here to support whales. Homer stupidly believes he was talking about him and defends himself by saying he's not a whale despite having harpoon scars. Cue a harpoon suddenly hitting him and making him flop around like a whale.
* HonorBeforeReason: Marge decides to stop mocking Homer and instantly gets impeached, leaving the town back in the hands of a dangerous jerk like Quimby. Not that there was much "reason"
* IResembleThatRemark: After Marge roasts Homer at a show with Krusty, Krusty points out they're all here to support whales. Homer stupidly believes he was talking about him and defends himself by saying he's not a whale despite having harpoon scars. Cue a harpoon suddenly hitting him and making him flop around like a whale.
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* NeverRecycleABuilding: The events of the episode happen because of an aversion: the creation of a skywalk complete with gardens and an amusement park on the abandoned rails of the Springfield Monorail. The drama that then ensues is because [[Didn'tThinkThisThrough nobody thought of getting rid of]] '''[[DidntThinkThisThrough the train]]'''.
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* NeverRecycleABuilding: The events of the episode happen because of an aversion: the creation of a skywalk complete with gardens and an amusement park on the abandoned rails of the Springfield Monorail. The drama that then ensues is because [[Didn'tThinkThisThrough [[DidntThinkThisThrough nobody thought of getting rid of]] '''[[DidntThinkThisThrough the train]]'''.
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* NeverRecycleABuilding: The events of the episode happen because of an aversion: the creation of a skywalk complete with gardens and an amusement park on the abandoned rails of the Springfield Monorail. The drama that then ensues is because nobody thought of getting rid of '''the train'''.
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* NeverRecycleABuilding: The events of the episode happen because of an aversion: the creation of a skywalk complete with gardens and an amusement park on the abandoned rails of the Springfield Monorail. The drama that then ensues is because [[Didn'tThinkThisThrough nobody thought of getting rid of '''the train'''.of]] '''[[DidntThinkThisThrough the train]]'''.
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* KickTheDog: In case you don't like the monorail (and Quimby's stupidity as a result), its runaway rampage ends by flattening a statue of Creator/LeonardNimoy (which was dedicated to his role helping in the first monorail crisis, ironically). Quimby also spends his whole time deflecting Marge's questions afterwards by being a sexist jerk.
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* KickTheDog: KickTheDog:
** In case you don't like themonorail Monorail (and Quimby's stupidity as a result), its runaway rampage ends by flattening a statue of Creator/LeonardNimoy (which was dedicated to his role helping in the first monorail crisis, ironically). Quimby also spends his whole time deflecting Marge's questions afterwards by being a sexist jerk.jerk.
** Helen Lovejoy calls for Marge's impeachment because of a lousy cake sale that is ''[[NeverMyFault her]]'' fault.
** In case you don't like the
** Helen Lovejoy calls for Marge's impeachment because of a lousy cake sale that is ''[[NeverMyFault her]]'' fault.
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* KickTheDog: In case you don't like the monorail (and Quimby's stupidity as a result), its runaway rampage ends by flattening a statue of Creator/LeonardNimoy (which was dedicated to his role helping in the first monorail crisis, ironically). Quimby also spends his whole time deflecting Marge's questions afterwards by being a sexist jerk.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Marge decides to stop mocking Homer and instantly gets impeached, leaving the town back in the hands of a dangerous jerk like Quimby. Not that there was much "reason" anyway -- the danger of being impeached was dangling over her head thanks to Helen Lovejoy ND a very fickle audience anyway.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Marge decides to stop mocking Homer and instantly gets impeached, leaving the town back in the hands of a dangerous jerk like Quimby. Not that there was much "reason" anyway -- the danger of being impeached was dangling over her head thanks to Helen Lovejoy ND and a very fickle audience anyway. anyway.
* NeverRecycleABuilding: The events of the episode happen because of an aversion: the creation of a skywalk complete with gardens and an amusement park on the abandoned rails of the Springfield Monorail. The drama that then ensues is because nobody thought of getting rid of '''the train'''.
* NeverRecycleABuilding: The events of the episode happen because of an aversion: the creation of a skywalk complete with gardens and an amusement park on the abandoned rails of the Springfield Monorail. The drama that then ensues is because nobody thought of getting rid of '''the train'''.
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* EvilIsPetty: The constant humiliation that had Marge in danger of being impeached started by Helen Lovejoy calling her useless in a town hall meeting... becuse someone (revealed instantly to be her in an inner monologue of her husband Tim) brought a lousy cake to a cake sale and she's putting the blame on Marge.
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* EvilIsPetty: The constant humiliation that had has Marge in danger of being impeached started by Helen Lovejoy calling her useless in a town hall meeting... becuse someone (revealed instantly to be her in an inner monologue of her husband Tim) brought a lousy cake to a cake sale and she's putting the blame on Marge.
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* BackForTheDead: Sebastian Cobb, the scientist who helped Marge back in "Marge vs. the Monorail", returns saying that "IWarnedYou about keeping that monorail!" gag before being run over by said derelict monorail.
* EvilIsPetty: The constant humiliation that had Marge in danger of being impeached started by Helen Lovejoy calling her useless in a town hall meeting... becuse someone (revealed instantly to be her in an inner monologue of her husband Tim) brought a lousy cake to a cake sale and she's putting the blame on Marge.
* HonorBeforeReason: Marge decides to stop mocking Homer and instantly gets impeached, leaving the town back in the hands of a dangerous jerk like Quimby. Not that there was much "reason" anyway -- the danger of being impeached was dangling over her head thanks to Helen Lovejoy ND a very fickle audience anyway.
* HonorBeforeReason: Marge decides to stop mocking Homer and instantly gets impeached, leaving the town back in the hands of a dangerous jerk like Quimby. Not that there was much "reason" anyway -- the danger of being impeached was dangling over her head thanks to Helen Lovejoy ND a very fickle audience anyway.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: After Marge stops mocking Homer, she's impeached and Quimby regains his position as Mayor of Springfield.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: After Marge stops mocking Homer, she's impeached and Quimby regains his position as Mayor of Springfield.Springfield.
* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: Sebastian Cobb, the scientist who helped with the chaos of the original runaway Springfield monorail, reappears for a few seconds yelling that he warned about keeping the damn thing unscrapped before being run over by the runaway monorail and killed.
* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: Sebastian Cobb, the scientist who helped with the chaos of the original runaway Springfield monorail, reappears for a few seconds yelling that he warned about keeping the damn thing unscrapped before being run over by the runaway monorail and killed.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When Marge tells Homer her position as Mayor of Springfield doesn't place them above the law, he assumes she's saying it because her office is bugged.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: If not for the man who prevented her from fulfilling her promise regarding the Springfield Fire Tire, she wouldn't need to humiliate Homer to retain public support.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: If not for the man who prevented her Marge from fulfilling her promise regarding the Springfield Fire Tire, she wouldn't need to humiliate Homer to retain public support.
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* CallBack: The episode starts with Mayor Quimby trying to turn [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail the monorail tracks into something useful for the town]].
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* ShoutOut: The title is an allusion to folk song "The Old Gray Mare".
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Frustrated with the local government, Marge decides to run for mayor, and to win public support, she begins making Homer the butt of her jokes.
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* NominalImportance: Two Mayoral candidates make a brief appearance before it's announced they didn't get enough votes at surveys to qualify for the debate. Their names aren't revealed to the viewers.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: If not for the man who prevented her from fulfilling her promise regarding the Springfield Fire Tire, she wouldn't need to humiliate Homer to retain public support.
* StatusQuoIsGod: After Marge stops mocking Homer, she's impeached and Quimby regains his position as Mayor of Springfield.
!! Tropes:
* NominalImportance: Two Mayoral candidates make a brief appearance before it's announced they didn't get enough votes at surveys to qualify for the debate. Their names aren't revealed to the viewers.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: If not for the man who prevented her from fulfilling her promise regarding the Springfield Fire Tire, she wouldn't need to humiliate Homer to retain public support.
* StatusQuoIsGod: After Marge stops mocking Homer, she's impeached and Quimby regains his position as Mayor of Springfield.
