History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS16E10TheresSomethingAboutMarrying

* HilariousInHindsight: While looking at himself in the mirror, Homer imagines himself marrying and making love to a clone of himself. In the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS35E5TreehouseOfHorrorXXXIV Treehouse Of Horror XXXIV]]" segment "Lout Break", Homer accidentally sets loose a virus that turns everybody in town (except Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, who are immune thanks to already having his DNA) into clones of himself, including Marge, whom he finds attractive, which makes him ignore Professor Frink's pleas to help him stop the spread of the virus.

* CondemnedByHistory: The episode was met with widespread attention when it first aired, with groups like GLAAD praising the show for it's willingness to discuss what was a widely controversial subject at the time as well as its choice to have a notable secondary character come out as gay. In the years since, however, the episode would become far more known with fans for the infamous plot twist where [[UnsettlingGenderReveal Patty's fiancée is revealed to be a man in disguise]], which is now viewed as wildly transphobic (not helped by this being discovered when [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Marge walks in on "her" in the bathroom]]), with the episode's attempts at social commentary being viewed as generally shallow in comparison to the classic era's more nuanced takes on the subject. It doesn't help that the show would spend the next 15 years [[QueerPeopleAreFunny using Patty's sexuality as a punchline]], making what was at the time a widely publicized creative choice seem far more like a publicity stunt.

* FairForItsDay: This episode drew a lot of praise and controversy in the lead-up to its debut and was the only episode in the show's history to have a disclaimer about content before its original broadcast, since same-sex marriage was still a touchy and divisive topic at the time. With the growing acceptance of same-sex marriage and the prioritization of other LGBTQ+ issues, the episode at best doesn't come off as particularly groundbreaking. And at worst, unintentionally transphobic, given the reveal of Patty's partner being a man in disguise.

* ValuesDissonance: The ending reveals Veronica is a man named Leslie who dressed up as a woman to be allowed to play women's professional golf. When Leslie asks Patty to marry him anyway, Patty refuses, reaffirming her interest in women. While the episode was [[FairForItsDay praised at the time]], even getting a nod of approval from GLAAD, the narrative of a man pretending to be a woman in order to play in women's sports or get into a relationship with a gay woman is a common negative stereotype about lesbian trans women, making the episode a rather uncomfortable viewing experience for some.

* ValuesDissonance: The ending reveals Veronica is a man named Leslie who dressed up as a woman to be allowed to play women's professional golf. When Leslie asks Patty to marry him anyway, Patty refuses, reaffirming her interest in women. While the episode was [[FairForItsDay praised at the time]], even getting a nod of approval from GLAAD; the plot of a man pretending to be a woman in order to be able to get into a relationship with a gay woman is a common negative stereotype about lesbian trans women, making the episode a rather uncomfortable viewing experience for some.

* ValuesDissonance: The ending reveals Veronica is a man named Leslie who dressed up as a woman to be allowed to play women's professional golf. When Leslie asks Patty to marry him anyway, Patty refuses, reaffirming her interest in women. While the episode was [[FairForItsDay praised at the time]], even getting a nod of approval from GLAAD; the plot of a man pretending to be a woman in order to be able to get into a relationship with a gay woman is a common negative stereotype about lesbian transwomen. Making the episode a rather uncomfortable viewing experience for some.

* ValuesDissonance: The ending reveals Veronica is a man named Leslie who dressed up as a woman to be allowed to play women's professional golf. When Leslie asks Patty to marry him anyway, Patty refuses, reaffirming her interest in women. While the episode was [[FairForItsDay praised at the time]], even getting a nod of approval from GLAAD; the plot of a man pretending to be a woman in order to be able to get into a relationship with a gay woman is a frequent negative stereotypes about lesbian transwomen. Making the episode a rather uncomfortable viewing experience for some.

* FairForItsDay: This episode drew a lot of praise and controversy in the lead-up to its debut and was the only episode in the show's history to have a disclaimer about content before its original broadcast, since same-sex marriage was still a touchy and divisive topic at the time. With the growing acceptance of same-sex marriage and the prioritization of other LGBTQ+ issues, the episode at best doesn't come off as particularly groundbreaking. And at worst [[UnfortunateImplications unintentionally transphobic]], given the reveal of Patty's partner being a man in disguise.

* FairForItsDay: This episode drew a firestorm of controversy in the lead-up to its debut, and was the only episode in the show's history to have a disclaimer about content before its original broadcast, since same-sex marriage was still a touchy, divisive topic. Polls in 2005 showed Americans opposed it by about a 60-40 margin. With the dramatic shift on the issue that has happened since (as of TheNewTwenties, polls show Americans favoring same-sex marriage rights by approximately a 70-30 margin), it just seems like a typical early Al Jean-era ''Simpsons'' episode and doesn't come off as particularly groundbreaking.

* UnfortunateImplications: Marge publicly exposing a character who appears to be female as a man by showing them to have an Adam's apple during the wedding, as well as said character shaving apparently proving them as a man, is understandably not very comfortable from a {{Transgender}} lens. The premise of a man disguising as a woman to marry Patty with biology used to expose him as a predator also hits remarkably uncomfortably in light of bigoted arguments and harmful stereotypes often perpetuated against trans women, especially with the rise of the trans-exclusionary radical feminism movement. The fact that this is in the middle of Patty's coming out story [[BrokenAesop greatly muddles the message the show's creators seemingly intended.]][[https://www.them.us/story/bbc-trans-women-article-statement]]