Line #6 Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E17MyBigFatGeekWedding


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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