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| "'''My Big Fat Geek Wedding'''" is the |
"'''My Big Fat Geek Wedding'''" is the seventeenth episode of the ] of the American animated television series '']''. It first aired on the ] in the United States on April 18, 2004. The episode was written by ] and directed by ]. | ||
| In this episode, Edna Krabappel ends her relationship with Principal Skinner on their wedding day, which causes tension between Homer and Marge. Series creator ] appeared as himself. The episode received negative reviews. | |||
| ==Synopsis== | |||
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| ==Plot== | |||
| Love is in the air when ] and ] are finally getting married. They each have their ], with Mrs. Krabappel having hers at the Simpson house with ] and a topless ] as | |||
| At night, ] is annoyed by ] shaving batteries in bed. The next day, ], who is engaged to ],{{efn|As depicted in the ] episode "]"}} announces that they are to be married that weekend. Edna has her bachelorette party at the Simpson house with ] as a stripper. When ] tries to stop the party after a complaint from ], they coerce him into stripping as well. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner has his party at Moe's Tavern with Homer. After getting drunk, Skinner admits to Homer that he has doubts about marrying Edna. Homer tells Marge, and they agree to make sure Skinner and Edna get married. On the day of the wedding, Edna overhears Skinner and Homer discussing his doubts. After picturing a future anniversary in which Skinner is still unable to commit as well as continuing to be nagged by his mother ], she runs away during the ceremony. | |||
| strippers, and Principal Skinner having his at ] with ]. However, at his party, Skinner admits that he has doubts about marrying Mrs. Krabappel. When the wedding is held at Springfield Elementary's gymnasium, Edna learns that Skinner does not want to marry her, and runs away from the ceremony. The wedding is called off. | |||
| Left at the altar, Marge tries to comfort Skinner. Later, Marge tries to convince Edna to reconcile with Skinner for pragmatic reasons, but Edna would rather have a passionate relationship, which gives Marge her own doubts. With Skinner sad without Edna, Homer decides to help Skinner win her back. Outside her apartment, Homer feeds Skinner lines to woo Edna, while Marge feeds lines to Edna to reject him. Realizing Marge is there, Homer and Marge begin fighting about their own relationship. Later, Edna returns a wedding gift to ], and they bond. | |||
| After it is called off, Homer and ] try to get Skinner and Krabappel to be engaged again, but it is halted by Homer and Marge's own marriage problems. Mrs. Krabappel returns a wedding gift to the ], and she finds him to be an interesting man. Homer gets Skinner to serenade Krabappel using a band made up of ], ], and ], but that fails when he learns that the Comic Book Guy and Krabappel are in love. The family visits the ] to confront Comic Book Guy, who proposes to marry Krabappel after the family sees '']'' and the Simpsons creator Matt Groening. Skinner, dressed up as ], battles the Comic Book Guy. Krabappel interrupts their fight to declare that she has no interest in either man. Later, at the Simpson house, Homer asks Marge to remarry him, by which she does. | |||
| After some time, Homer gets Skinner to serenade Edna outside her apartment with the schoolchildren as a backup choir, but Comic Book Guy reveals that he and Edna are now in a relationship. Learning they are going to the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, Homer and the family plan to confront them there and break them up. They find Edna and Comic Book Guy, who asks her to marry him immediately. Skinner arrives and fights Comic Book Guy until Edna tells them to stop. She tells Skinner he cannot win her back, and she also declines to marry Comic Book Guy because they are too different. He accepts her decision, but Skinner is upset. Edna receives support from Marge, who is still upset with Homer. Later at home, Homer apologizes to Marge and asks her to remarry him. She accepts, and the ceremony is conducted by a man dressed as a ] while the schoolchildren play music from the closet. | |||
| ==Trivia== | |||
| *After Bart, his friends, and Skinner sing their song, a superman tattoo can be seen on Comic Book Guy's butt when he turns around. | |||
| ==Production== | |||
| *One interesting note is that it states '']'' is a fictional series in the ''Simpsons'' universe. Previously, it had been stated that ''The Simpsons'' is a fictional series in ''Futurama's'' world, when Bender finds a large stack of Bart Simpson dolls on a giant meteorite made of trash. Also, there have been two crossover stories between the series in comic form - however, these seem to exist in separate continuities This creates a rather interesting ]. | |||
| Series creator ] appeared as himself. In the episode, he is identified as the creator of the television series '']''.{{Sfn|Groening|2010|p=750}} | |||
| *When ] is mowing the lawn and drives over the ball Nelson kicked, he is clearly whistling the theme song of '']''. | |||
| *The wedding altar in Multi-Purpose Room B is adorned with four consonants out of the Klingon writing system pIqaD. When transliterated into romanized Klingon they read '''l''', '''ng''', '''v''' and '''w''' in that order from left to right. The word '''lngvw''' is not an actual Klingonese word. | |||
| ==Cultural references== | ==Cultural references== | ||
| ]'s rabbit sponsor is a reference to a similar situation in the 1950 film '']''. Principal Skinner is wearing a ] costume similar to the one worn in the 1992 film '']''.{{Sfn|Groening|2010|p=751}} | |||
| *the catwoman costume skinner uses loomks like the one from ]. | |||
| *The title is a play on '']''. | |||
| The band at the wedding reception is playing the song "]" by ] The children and Skinner sing a parody of the song "]" by ].{{Sfn|Groening|2010|p=751}} | |||
| *At one point in the episode, ] speaks to an imaginary life-sized ], a likely reference to the ] play ], and the movie ]. | |||
| *The song that Bart, his friends, and Seymour Skinner sing to try to win Edna's heart back is a parody of ]/]' hit '']. | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| ===Viewing figures=== | |||
| The episode earned a 3.3 rating and was watched by 9.21 million viewers, which was the 35th most-watched show that week.<ref>{{cite web|work=]|date=April 20, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707085950/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=042004_05|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Apr. 12-18)|access-date=June 10, 2023|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=042004_05|archive-date=July 7, 2011}}</ref> | |||
| ===Critical response=== | |||
| ''DVD Movie Guide''{{'}}s Colin Jacobson said that he "never felt particularly interested in the Skinner/Edna relationship, so falls in the red. It never quite rebounds from that deficit, as it fails to find much inspiration". He added that "A few laughs crop up along the way, but not enough to redeem it."<ref name=Jacobson>{{cite web|last=Jacobson|first=Colin|title=The Simpsons: The Complete Fifteenth Season Blu-Ray (2003)|url=http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonfifteen.shtml|website=DVD Movie Guide|accessdate=2014-03-13|date=2011-12-16|archive-date=August 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806152020/http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonfifteen.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| On ''Four Finger Discount'', Brendan Dando liked the episode except for the subplot of Homer and Marge fighting while Guy Davis thought the fighting ruined the entire episode.<ref>{{cite podcast|first1=Guy|last1=Davis|first2=Brendan|last2=Dando|title=My Big Fat Geek Wedding (S15E17)|work=Four Finger Discount (Simpsons Podcast)|date=June 16, 2022|url=https://fourfingerdiscount.podbean.com/e/my-big-fat-geek-wedding-simpsons-podcast-review/|time=2:45|access-date=August 23, 2024|archive-date=December 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202144011/https://fourfingerdiscount.podbean.com/e/my-big-fat-geek-wedding-simpsons-podcast-review/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| '']'' rated the relationship of Edna and Seymour one of the "10 Most Heartbreaking Separations", specifically calling out this episode saying, "After so much build-up and interference from Skinner's mother Agnes, it was sad for Simpsons fans to see that this relationship would probably never go anywhere."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Munton |first1=Rebecca |title=The Simpsons: 10 Most Heartbreaking Separations |url=https://screenrant.com/simpsons-saddest-breakups/#seymour-skinner-amp-edna-krabappel |website=] |date=June 13, 2021 |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=August 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824043617/https://screenrant.com/simpsons-saddest-breakups/#seymour-skinner-amp-edna-krabappel |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ==Notes== | |||
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| *During Skinner first trip to Moe's he drinks an entire mug of beer, but when it zooms out, the mug is full again. | |||
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| *Homer says to Marge he wants to borrow her car because his is "acting up" and then we see his car upside-down on the front garden and on fire, but a second before that conversation Homer's car is shown parked in front of the garage and in ok condition. However, this could be a use of 'Alternate Reality', similar to what John Swartwelder uses in his episodes; (such as the nuclear plant car park being right next to the Simpson home) | |||
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| *When ] is hit by a rock, the colors of the map behind him change. | |||
| * {{cite book |last=Groening |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Groening |title=Simpsons World: The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 |title-link=Simpsons World: The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 |date=2010-10-28 |publisher=] |year= |isbn=9780061711282 |editor1-last=Richmond |editor1-first=Ray |editor1-link=Ray Richmond |edition=1st |editor2-last=Gimple |editor2-first=Scott M. |editor2-link=Scott M. Gimple |editor-last3=McCann |editor-first3=Jessie L. |editor-last4=Seghers |editor-first4=Christine |editor-last5=Bates |editor-first5=James W.}} | |||
| *Edna tells Nelson to stay after class. He says, "I'll be there. Will you?". The bell then rings, and he leaves, instantly putting a hole in his statement. | |||
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| == External links == | |||
| ==Quotes== | |||
| {{Wikiquote|The_Simpsons/Season_15#Episode_17.My_Big_Fat_Geek_Wedding|"My Big Fat Geek Wedding"}} | |||
| *'''Chief Wiggum:''' Sorry to bother you, but we got an anonymous tip about loud music and a strip-da-diddily-dipper. | |||
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| *'''Edna:''' Now, who can name the center of the ]? (''all students are silent'') <br/> '''Edna:''' It's the heart. <br/> '''Nelson:''' The heart? You mean like Principal Skinner's, ''which you broke''? <br/> '''Edna:''' What do you care? You ''hate'' Principal Skinner! <br/> '''Nelson:''' Eh, bros before hoes. <br/> '''Edna:''' Nelson! I'll see you after class! <br/> '''Nelson:''' I'll be there. ''Will you? '' | |||
| * {{IMDb episode|0701187}} | |||
| *'''Skinner:''' Oh god. I've lost the love of my life. Bart's right. I am a wiener. (reference to Bart writing in ] "I Am A Weiner" from "]") | |||
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| *''']:''' Oh, my goodness, it's Matt Groening! <br/>''']:''' Whoa, the creator of ''Futurama''! <br/> '''Milhouse:''' Mister Groaning, will you autograph my ] doll? <br/> '''Matt Groening:''' Sure, I'm happy to give anyone my autograph anytime or anywhere; on the street, in a store or on my private property, but why be happy with just an autograph? What about an original sketch or a snip of my hair and don't forget to pull on my beard; they say it's good luck! | |||
| *'''Skinner:''' Homer, this bachelor party seems to have peaked. Could you please return my pants, and/or underpants, so I can go home?<br/>''']:''' Come on, it's your last night of freedom. You gotta have some fun!<br/>'''Skinner:''' Who are all of you people?<br/>''']:''' We're your buddies! Come on, Homer's kid's principal, have a ]. | |||
| *'''Comic Book Guy:''' Edna, the ]s have a romantic saying. ''(says something in mock Klingon. All the other Klingons affectionately go "ahhhhhh")'' Roughly translated, it means "I would kill the children of a thousand planets just to see you smile". <br/> '''Edna:''' That's the most romantic thing I've ever heard...which is kind of sad when you think about it. <br/> '''Comic Book Guy (get down on one knee):''' Marry me, Edna. If you do, we'll ] in Nebulon V, also known as ]. | |||
| *'''Chalmers:''' Skinner! You've been asked to chug a lug and a lug you shall chug! <br/> '''Skinner (drunk):''' There's something I've been wanting to tell you...for a long time! ... Am I a good principal? <br/> '''Chalmers:''' You are the best we could afford with the funds at our disposal. (''all of the barflies cheer'') | |||
| *'''Bart (after Skinner enters Multi-Purpose Room B):''' Why are you dressed as ]? <br/> '''Skinner (groans):''' Oh, they told me it was ]! | |||
| *'''Klingon Nerd 1 (in mock Klingon):''' Should we help our brother in his blood feud? <br/> '''Klingon Nerd 2 (in mock Klingon):''' Are you kidding? My mom worked really hard on this costume. | |||
| *'''Skinner:''' (After Skinner and Comic Book Guy stop fighting & Edna has left) Well, at least I went down like a man. <br/> '''Agnes Skinner:''' You look like a Malaysian transexual. | |||
| *'''Edna:''' Is there a "Mrs. Comic Book Guy"?<br/>'''Comic Book Guy:''' Well, I was married once...in an ]. We were thinking of having children, but that would have severely drained my power crystals.<br>'''Edna:''' Oh you kidder.<br/>'''Comic Book Guy:''' Yes...kidder.<br/>'''Edna:''' Wanna get some coffee?<br/>'''Comic Book Guy:''' ''And'' a family bucket of chicken!<br/>''(They walk to his car. It appears he has tinted windows)''<br/>'''Comic Book Guy:''' We've made it to my car and you haven't left! A new record! ''(gets in his car)'' <br/> '''Edna:''' Oh, I love your black, tinted windows.<br/>'''Comic Book Guy (from inside the car):''' No, these are trash bags. Now could you give me a pushing start? | |||
| *'''Edna:''' Seymour, it's too late to win me back. And this man worships me! He wants to be my husband!<br/>'''Comic Book Guy:''' The female has made her decision! Prepare the feast of ]s! <br/>'''Edna:''' I'm not marrying you either. <br/> '''Comic Book Guy:''' There are a million valid reasons, but which did you pick? <br/> '''Edna:''' We had a great time. But, we're too different. <br/> '''Comic Book Guy:''' I don't understand. <br/> '''Edna:''' It's like I'm ] and you're ]. <br/> '''Comic Book Guy (pause):''' I understand completely now. | |||
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Not to be confused with My Big Fat Greek Wedding.17th episode of the 15th season of The Simpsons
| "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" | |||
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| The Simpsons episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 15 Episode 17 | ||
| Directed by | Mark Kirkland | ||
| Written by | Kevin Curran | ||
| Production code | FABF12 | ||
| Original air date | April 18, 2004 (2004-04-18) | ||
| Guest appearances | |||
| Matt Groening as himself Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel | |||
| Episode features | |||
| Couch gag | Original airing: The back wall is a Play-Doh Fun Factory press that creates Play-Doh figures of the Simpsons. Repeats and syndication: The couch is a slot machine that shows Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa in the tumbler windows. Maggie, however, is replaced by lucky number "7" which signals a jackpot as a pile of gold coins spill out. | ||
| Commentary | Matt Groening Al Jean Kevin Curran Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman Tom Gammill Max Pross Mike Reiss Mark Kirkland | ||
| Episode chronology | |||
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| The Simpsons season 15 | |||
| List of episodes | |||
"My Big Fat Geek Wedding" is the seventeenth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 18, 2004. The episode was written by Kevin Curran and directed by Mark Kirkland.
In this episode, Edna Krabappel ends her relationship with Principal Skinner on their wedding day, which causes tension between Homer and Marge. Series creator Matt Groening appeared as himself. The episode received negative reviews.
Plot
At night, Marge is annoyed by Homer shaving batteries in bed. The next day, Principal Skinner, who is engaged to Edna Krabappel, announces that they are to be married that weekend. Edna has her bachelorette party at the Simpson house with Duffman as a stripper. When Chief Wiggum tries to stop the party after a complaint from Ned, they coerce him into stripping as well. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner has his party at Moe's Tavern with Homer. After getting drunk, Skinner admits to Homer that he has doubts about marrying Edna. Homer tells Marge, and they agree to make sure Skinner and Edna get married. On the day of the wedding, Edna overhears Skinner and Homer discussing his doubts. After picturing a future anniversary in which Skinner is still unable to commit as well as continuing to be nagged by his mother Agnes, she runs away during the ceremony.
Left at the altar, Marge tries to comfort Skinner. Later, Marge tries to convince Edna to reconcile with Skinner for pragmatic reasons, but Edna would rather have a passionate relationship, which gives Marge her own doubts. With Skinner sad without Edna, Homer decides to help Skinner win her back. Outside her apartment, Homer feeds Skinner lines to woo Edna, while Marge feeds lines to Edna to reject him. Realizing Marge is there, Homer and Marge begin fighting about their own relationship. Later, Edna returns a wedding gift to Comic Book Guy, and they bond.
After some time, Homer gets Skinner to serenade Edna outside her apartment with the schoolchildren as a backup choir, but Comic Book Guy reveals that he and Edna are now in a relationship. Learning they are going to the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, Homer and the family plan to confront them there and break them up. They find Edna and Comic Book Guy, who asks her to marry him immediately. Skinner arrives and fights Comic Book Guy until Edna tells them to stop. She tells Skinner he cannot win her back, and she also declines to marry Comic Book Guy because they are too different. He accepts her decision, but Skinner is upset. Edna receives support from Marge, who is still upset with Homer. Later at home, Homer apologizes to Marge and asks her to remarry him. She accepts, and the ceremony is conducted by a man dressed as a Klingon while the schoolchildren play music from the closet.
Production
Series creator Matt Groening appeared as himself. In the episode, he is identified as the creator of the television series Futurama.
Cultural references
Barney's rabbit sponsor is a reference to a similar situation in the 1950 film Harvey. Principal Skinner is wearing a Catwoman costume similar to the one worn in the 1992 film Batman Returns.
The band at the wedding reception is playing the song "Just the Two of Us" by Grover Washington Jr. The children and Skinner sing a parody of the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens.
Reception
Viewing figures
The episode earned a 3.3 rating and was watched by 9.21 million viewers, which was the 35th most-watched show that week.
Critical response
DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson said that he "never felt particularly interested in the Skinner/Edna relationship, so falls in the red. It never quite rebounds from that deficit, as it fails to find much inspiration". He added that "A few laughs crop up along the way, but not enough to redeem it."
On Four Finger Discount, Brendan Dando liked the episode except for the subplot of Homer and Marge fighting while Guy Davis thought the fighting ruined the entire episode.
Screen Rant rated the relationship of Edna and Seymour one of the "10 Most Heartbreaking Separations", specifically calling out this episode saying, "After so much build-up and interference from Skinner's mother Agnes, it was sad for Simpsons fans to see that this relationship would probably never go anywhere."
Notes
- As depicted in the fourteenth season episode "Special Edna"
References
- Groening 2010, p. 750.
- ^ Groening 2010, p. 751.
- "Weekly Program Rankings (Apr. 12-18)". ABC Medianet. April 20, 2004. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- Jacobson, Colin (December 16, 2011). "The Simpsons: The Complete Fifteenth Season Blu-Ray (2003)". DVD Movie Guide. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- Davis, Guy; Dando, Brendan (June 16, 2022). "My Big Fat Geek Wedding (S15E17)". Four Finger Discount (Simpsons Podcast) (Podcast). Event occurs at 2:45. Archived from the original on December 2, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- Munton, Rebecca (June 13, 2021). "The Simpsons: 10 Most Heartbreaking Separations". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on August 24, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- Bibliography
- Groening, Matt (October 28, 2010). Richmond, Ray; Gimple, Scott M.; McCann, Jessie L.; Seghers, Christine; Bates, James W. (eds.). Simpsons World: The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 (1st ed.). HarperCollins. ISBN 9780061711282.
