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| 3 | ''Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens From Its Nap"'' is a 2021 animated short based on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Franchise/StarWars''. Directed by David Silverman, it is the third Simpsons cartoon short following ''[[WesternAnimation/MaggieSimpsonInTheLongestDaycare The Longest Daycare]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/MaggieSimpsonInPlaydateWithDestiny Playdate With Destiny]]''. |
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| 5 | Marge drives Maggie to a ''Star Wars'' themed daycare called the Jabba's Hut Jedi Preschool. In there, they see a Jedi prepare sandwiches with the use of a lightsaber and the force, and a baby being put in carbonite for being bad. When General Grievous takes Maggie's pacifier and throws it away, Maggie teams up with BB-8 to get it back. |
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| 7 | The cartoon was released on Creator/DisneyPlus May 4th in honor of "Star Wars Day", marking this as the first short not to be given a theatrical release. It is also the first in a series of Creator/{{Disney}} themed shorts with ''The Simpsons''. |
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| 9 | !!Tropes appearing in this short: |
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| 11 | * AscendedMeme: "''Film/TheForceAwakens'' ''Film/TheLastJedi'' From His Nap" [[DiscreditedMeme was a popular meme before the official title of]] ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' was formally announced. Hence; ''The Force Awakens From Its Nap''. |
| 12 | * BilingualBonus: The text on the blackboard translated from Aurebesh reads, "Good job, nerds you figured it out". |
| 13 | * CallBack: At the beginning, Maggie refuses to go to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge The Ayn Rand]] [[WesternAnimation/MaggieSimpsonInTheLongestDaycare School for Tots]]. |
| 14 | * TheCameo: Several ''Star Wars'' species and characters appear as babies. |
| 15 | * CreativeClosingCredits: The credits feature images of Simpson character with/as Star Wars characters. |
| 16 | * {{Crossover}}: Between ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Franchise/StarWars''. |
| 17 | * DayInTheLimelight: The third short to focus on Maggie. |
| 18 | * DisneyDeath: Maggie is crushed under a cabinet, and comes back as a force ghost. Maggie shows BB-8 that one of the "Star Wars Rules" is that beloved characters never really die. |
| 19 | * DisproportionateRetribution: When a baby pulls another baby's hair, Ahsoka Tano freezes him in carbonite and hangs him on a time out rack with other babies who are frozen in carbonite. |
| 20 | * LogoJoke: The Gracie Films logo is the same variant featuring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse in the audience from ''WesternAnimation/MaggieSimpsonInPlaydateWithDestiny''. |
| 21 | * MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon |
| 22 | * NoDialogueEpisode |
| 23 | * PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a reference to ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. |
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