1 | '''Original air date:''' 4/18/2004 ''(produced in 2003)'' |
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3 | '''Production code:''' FABF-12 |
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5 | Mrs. Krabappel leaves Skinner at the altar and starts dating Comic Book Guy. |
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7 | !! Tropes: |
8 | * BrosBeforeHoes: Nelson's answer when Krabappel asks him why he's mad at her although he doesn't like Skinner. |
9 | * CallBack: |
10 | ** 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 [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan eponymous episode]]. |
11 | ** After Edna and Skinner break up, Skinner laments, "Bart's right, I am a wiener", a reference to the graffiti Bart made back [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E2BartTheGenius near the beginning of the first season]]. |
12 | * CelebrityParadox: InUniverse, Matt Groening is famous as the creator of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}.'' |
13 | * CommitmentIssues: 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. |
14 | * CreatorCameo: Creator/MattGroening appears at the convention, in what essentially amounts to a two-minute promo for ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. |
15 | * CreatorsShowWithinAShow: ''Futurama'' exists as a work of fiction in The Simpsons. |
16 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Even the bully Nelson's mad at Mrs. Krabappel when she leaves Skinner at the altar |
17 | * ExiledToTheCouch: 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. |
18 | -->'''Homer:''' [[LampshadeHanging She sure loves that couch.]] |
19 | * GracefulLoser: 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. |
20 | -->'''Comic Book Guy''': There are a million valid reasons, but which one did you pick? |
21 | * {{Jerkass}}: Moe got Barney off the wagon so he could make more money off him. |
22 | * NerdsSpeakKlingon: When Comic Book Guy tries to marry Krabappel, it is conducted in Klingon; apparently the guests (sci-fi convention attendees) can all understand it. |
23 | -->'''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".\ |
24 | '''Edna''': Oh, that is the most romantic thing I've ever heard. Which is kinda sad if you think about it. |
25 | * OhCrap: Groundskeeper Willie's reaction to seeing shredded red material coming out behind his tractor. |
26 | -->'''Groundskeeper Willie''': Oh my God! I've shredded a child! '''''[[NoodleIncident AGAIN!]]''''' |
27 | * PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is an allusion to ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding''. |
28 | * RunawayBride: Homer successfully keeps Skinner from running, but when Edna realizes he wanted to, she turns the tables by leaving herself. |
29 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Willie's response to having potentially killed a child (albeit inadvertantly): [[RunForTheBorder head for the border]]. |
30 | -->'''Groundskeeper Willie''': Venezuela, here I come! |
31 | * SnapBack: Two multi-seasons spanning {{Character Development}}s are [[StatusQuoIsGod done away with]] in this episode: Skinner and Krabappel's romance that began back in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E19GradeSchoolConfidential Grade School Confidential]]" and Barney's sobering up arc that begun back in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E18DaysOfWineAndDohses Days of Wine and D'ohses]]". |
32 | * SuckySchool: 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". |
33 | --> '''Milhouse:''' I wanna play Dodge Rock! (''is hit by a rock'')\ |
34 | '''Nelson:''' (''off-screen'') You're out! |
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