I Married Marge
The Simpsons, season 3, episode 12. First aired December 26, 1991. 139 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
While Marge sees Dr. Hibbert about a possible pregnancy, Homer tells Bart, Lisa and Maggie how an unplanned pregnancy in 1980 led to their wedding. Unable to support Marge, he slips away and ends up working at a Gulp 'n' Blow fast-food joint until she brings him home. He then storms into Mr. Burns's office, lands a power plant job and makes it to Bart's birth.
- Written by
- Jeff Martin
- Directed by
- Jeffrey Lynch
- Chalkboard gag
I will not torment the emotionally frail
- Couch gag
- Cartwheels
- Production code
- 8F10
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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No regular characters appear in this opening sequence
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:10 -
Bart Simpson is seen first outside a yellow school building with an Elementary School sign above its double…
0:10–0:20 -
Bart Simpson rides a green skateboard through the blue sky past the edge of an orange building, then Homer…
0:20–0:32 -
Marge pushes a wire cart in an orange-tiled space while Maggie peeks over the top, and then Marge waves…
“Oh,”
0:32–0:44 -
Homer Simpson grips the wheel of a pink car, eyes squeezed shut and then wide open, one hand raised
0:44–0:55 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive and Maggie with her pacifier and blue bow ride in an orange car…
“my God.”
0:55–1:07 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart are in the living room, with Homer and Marge leaning over the brown couch where…
1:07–1:19 -
Homer holds up a light blue Barnacle Bill's Home Pregnancy Test box showing a captain's face in a life ring…
“Barnacle Bill's home pregnancy test?”
1:19–1:32 -
Homer and Marge Simpson stand in a pink-tiled bathroom, with Homer in a white shirt holding a blue box…
“Okay, let's see.”
1:32–1:45 -
Marge holds a blue box with a small white item visible in a room with flowered wallpaper, first frowning…
“Hmm.”
1:45–1:54 -
Marge and Homer stand in a pink hallway and dining area decorated with framed family portraits and a green…
“Oh, honey, do you really think you're pregnant?”
1:54–2:02 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson stand together in the pink kitchen beside a green teapot on a shelf
“Yeah, and I have the same tightness in my chest and profuse sweating I always get.”
2:02–2:10 -
Marge walks out the front door of the house and down the path, clutching a purse, as Homer stands…
“Hey, Homer, how come Mom's going to the doctor?”
2:10–2:21 -
Lisa and Bart stand in the pink living room with Homer, bald and wearing a white shirt and blue pants…
“Your mother, uh, just broke her leg. What?”
2:21–2:32 -
Lisa and baby Maggie sit together on a couch in a living room with a pink wall, a framed sky picture…
“Did you hear that, Maggie? Another baby in the house.”
2:32–2:43 -
Lisa Simpson grins nervously in the foreground against a rainbow-striped backdrop, while Homer Simpson sits…
“Doesn't Mom do that stuff? Yeah, but I have to hear about it.”
2:43–2:49 -
Homer Simpson sits on a brown couch in the family living room with Bart and Lisa, the girl with star-shaped…
“It all happened at the beginning of that turbulent decade known as the 80s.”
2:49–2:59 -
Homer sits on a brown couch with Bart in an orange shirt beside him, under a framed sailboat picture…
“The candidacy of John Anderson, the rise of Super Tramp.”
2:59–3:09 -
Marge stands beside a small girl with spiky orange hair and a man with orange-red hair and glasses as they…
“For several years, I'd been dating your mother and working at the local fun center.”
3:09–3:18 -
A cartoon man with reddish-brown hair, a thick moustache, and a lavender short-sleeved shirt stands…
“That's better.”
3:18–3:20 -
Homer stands at an open doorway facing a moustached man in a purple shirt with a crown logo, who raises one…
“That's better.”
3:20–3:33 -
Homer sits on the brown couch in the living room, then in the backyard Bart in an orange shirt and Lisa…
“Hey, you're supposed to be listening to my story.”
3:33–3:38 -
Bart stands at the left edge in front of a wooden backyard fence, his wide-eyed face turning toward Lisa…
“I thought it was over.”
3:38–3:49 -
Homer is first seen gripping the bottom sash of a window and shouting angrily out of it, then leans…
“We watch an appalling amount of TV. Don't you ever, ever talk that way about television.”
3:49–3:59 -
Maggie crawls across a colorful rug in a room with wooden furniture, then sits on Homer's lap as he holds…
“Minds on any, uh... Where do you think you're going?”
3:59–4:10 -
Marge Simpson sits between her twin sisters, Patty and Selma, with their grey-violet hair, on a red couch…
“Okay, girls, you can smoke now.”
4:10–4:21 -
Marge Simpson walks across a pink living room lit by a floor lamp while two grey-violet-haired women, Patty…
“I don't know what you see in that ugly meatball.”
4:21–4:24 -
Patty and Selma sit on a pink couch in a pink living room, smoking cigarettes, while Marge with her tall…
“Uh-huh.”
4:24–4:36 -
Marge Simpson stands on a staircase with red walls and wooden railings, first grinning with wide eyes…
“You don't know Homer like I do. He's sensitive and sweet.”
4:36–4:47 -
Homer and Marge stand outside at night in front of a theater board reading "COMING SOON" and "SPACE MUTANTS"…
“You mean like will apes be our masters?”
4:47–4:57 -
Homer, Marge, and a woman with a tall white beehive-like hairdo in an orange dress stand against a pink wall…
“What do you think about?”
4:57–5:08 -
Homer in his green jacket and Marge with her tall blue beehive stand near the front of a line of people…
“Wow, what an ending!”
5:08–5:17 -
Marge stands close to a yellow-skinned man with brown hair, a green jacket and a white collar, who has…
“Marge, you're as pretty as Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda.”
5:17–5:24 -
Marge and a dark-haired man in a green jacket ride in a green car with purple trim and a 'DISCO SUCKS' plate…
“You light up my days”
5:24–5:37 -
Homer and Marge sit side by side in the front seats of a green car at night, with a starry sky visible…
“with song.”
5:37–5:49 -
Marge Simpson and Homer Simpson sit side by side in the back of a dark car at night, with Marge leaning…
“Cause you”
5:49–6:00 -
Marge Simpson and Homer Simpson sit side by side in the front seats of a car at night, with stars visible…
“Our song I bet the guy she was singing that about was real happy”
6:00–6:09 -
Marge Simpson with her tall blue beehive and a pearl necklace sits beside Homer Simpson, in his green shirt…
“Our song I bet the guy she was singing that about was real happy”
6:09–6:17 -
Homer and Marge sit close together on a ledge in a purple-walled room, each holding a small cup
“Someday I'll buy you a real castle. You don't have to do that.”
6:17–6:22 -
Herb and Marge stand close together indoors against a purple striped wall
“Whew, good.”
6:22–6:34 -
A yellow-skinned man in a blue cap and purple shirt stands on a circular tee at a dim, neon-lit night…
“What if we get caught?”
6:34–6:46 -
Homer and Barney sit together on a brown couch in a cluttered living room
“Pass the cookie dough Dust off your holiskards,”
6:46–6:59 -
Homer sits on a brown couch beside Barney, a heavy man with messy brown hair in an orange shirt who holds…
“Yellow”
6:59–7:11 -
Homer holds a red telephone to his ear while a spiky-haired man in an orange shirt sits beside him…
“Oh.”
7:11–7:21 -
A yellow-skinned man with a bandaged head and bandaged arms lies in a hospital bed with an IV drip…
“No!”
7:21–7:31 -
A man with reddish-brown spiky hair, a light blue shirt, red suspenders and an orange tie sits at a kitchen…
“Son, you've got to marry that girl because it's the honorable thing to do.”
7:31–7:42 -
A brown-haired man in a green jacket and white shirt stands in a room with an orange wall and a grey canister…
“All you gotta do is whack her with the oar!”
7:42–7:50 -
Marge Simpson sits in the back seat of a teal car at night, while Homer grips the steering wheel with both…
“Marge, there's something I wanna ask you, but I'm afraid because if you say no,”
7:50–7:58 -
Marge sits beside a dark-haired man in a green jacket and white shirt inside a dim car with a chain wrapped…
“Marge, I... Dammit, where's that card? What card?”
7:58–8:05 -
Marge Simpson sits in the front of a dim car while a dark-haired man in a green sweater sits behind her
“Oh, I wrote down what I was gonna say in a card.”
8:05–8:12 -
Marge sits in a dark room holding a small pink card in her left hand while looking down at it with wide eyes…
“Is this it? What's it say?”
8:12–8:26 -
Marge Simpson stands in a dark, starry setting holding a small white card in both hands
“That's the card. Give it here. Oh, Homer.”
8:26–8:38 -
Marge sits beside Homer, who wears a green jacket over a white shirt and has a chain across his waist…
“Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!”
8:38–8:39 -
Outdoors on a dark, starry night, a teal station wagon with its headlights on is parked on the edge of a tall…
“Yeah!”
8:39–8:53 -
Homer, Lisa, Bart and Maggie are crowded together on a brown couch in front of a pink wall
“I'm sorry. The baby's name will be Cool Moe Dee Simpson.”
8:53–9:06 -
Homer and Marge stand at a jewelry store counter with glass cases of rings while an older grey-haired man…
“Homer, I've been thinking, if the baby's a boy, what do you think of the name Larry?”
9:06–9:17 -
Marge stands facing a brown-haired man in a green jacket and white shirt, first at a jewelry counter…
“Well, how about Louie? We'll call him Screwy Louie.”
9:17–9:30 -
Homer in a green jacket and Marge with her tall blue beehive and pearl necklace stand at a jewelry counter…
“Wow.”
9:30–9:40 -
Homer and Marge sit in a yellow convertible parked beside Shotgun Pete's Wedding Chapel, a stucco building…
“so we went to a quaint little chapel just across the state line.”
9:40–9:51 -
Homer in a blue suit and Marge in a white wedding gown with a daisy crown and blue beehive stand at a chapel…
“Be sure to get this punched every time.”
9:51–10:01 -
A white-suited officiant with a dark pompadour and moustache stands at a pink pedestal in a chapel…
“Cletus, do you take Aileen?”
10:01–10:12 -
Herb stands arm in arm with Marge, who wears a tall blue beehive, a daisy headpiece, and a pink beaded…
“There certainly are a lot of stains on the ceiling.”
10:12–10:20 -
Marge Simpson stands in a doorway-like setting with brown walls and wears a pink dress, her eyes wide…
“Homer, I'd be lying if I said that this is how I pictured my wedding day.”
10:20–10:28 -
Herb stands arm in arm with Marge, who has a tall blue beehive, a white flower headband and a pink dress…
“I am? Well, you may not look like Ted Bessel, but you're just as nice.”
10:28–10:39 -
Homer Simpson stands in a wood-paneled room with his eyes wide and a smug, closed-mouth smile while a hand…
“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in the sight of God and his casino to join...”
10:39–10:42 -
Marge stands beside a black-haired man with a moustache in a white jacket and red tie, who is officiating…
“Homer and... Marge. ...in holy matrimony.”
10:42–10:54 -
Homer and Marge stand at a pink podium in a wood-paneled wedding chapel while a one-off officiant…
“Then, by the power vested in me by the State Gaming Commission,”
10:54–11:06 -
Marge sits close to a brown-haired man in a white shirt on a red couch, holding his hands and smiling at him…
“What a perfect day.”
11:06–11:19 -
Marge sits at a desk punching a calculator that shows 538.95 beside a paper marked BILL, then looks up…
“Look what I got, Marge, a baby monitor.”
11:19–11:32 -
A brown-haired man in a white shirt stands at a window with gold curtains, first glancing sideways…
“I don't know how we can afford all these things on your salary.”
11:32–11:42 -
Herb is first seen scowling in a waiting area, then sits with his hand on his chin beside a red-tied man…
“Now you tell me.”
11:42–11:55 -
A man with swept reddish-brown hair in a navy suit and red tie stands gesturing, facing a bespectacled man…
“But it won't be my old frat buddy Lou Collier.”
11:55–12:04 -
Troy McClure stands with Kent Brockman and a bespectacled man in a dark jacket and pink bow tie beside a wall…
“Well, hey, I'm from the Alabama chapter.”
12:04–12:15 -
Three men in suits stand together in a hallway, the man on the right with reddish swept-back hair, the middle…
“Roll on, roll on, alpha-tow. Toe! Whoa, whoa,”
12:15–12:28 -
A doctor with an afro and stethoscope holds a swaddled pink baby with a pacifier and blue bow, while Marge…
“If I didn't know better, I'd swear he was trying to moon us.”
12:28–12:41 -
Herb first sits with a finger raised to his lips, then jumps up with his arms flung wide and knocks his chair…
“I'm kind of a goof-off. Okay, that'll do.”
12:41–12:53 -
Homer first holds up a stack of envelopes marked SECOND NOTICE and then a bundle marked PLEASE REMIT…
“Did you get the job?”
12:53–13:02 -
Marge Simpson sits on a pink couch in a pink room with a red arched door behind her
“Oh, homie.”
13:02–13:10 -
Marge Simpson sits on a red couch in a pink room while a brown-haired man in a blue suit, who resembles…
“Kid, I won't let you down. I swear to you, when you come out of there,”
13:10–13:18 -
Patty and Selma laugh together in close-up before the scene changes to Olde Springfield Towne, a row of red…
“Yeah, the doctor.”
13:18–13:30 -
Homer holds up a dripping candle on a string at a candle-making counter while a boy in a red cap with curly…
“And when ye tallow hardens, we remove it from yon mold.”
13:30–13:42 -
Herb and an elderly woman with lavender hair in a bun, pink shawl and glasses stand at a purple front door…
“Oh, hello, young man.”
13:42–13:50 -
Herb stands in a doorway under a red awning with a house and trees behind him
“You have been selected by the good people of Slash Co.”
13:50–14:01 -
Herb first stands outside a house with his hand pressed to his forehead, then appears in an orange jumpsuit…
“Handle first, handle first. They just use your mind and they never give you credit.”
14:01–14:11 -
Principal Skinner stands behind a chain-link fence beside a paned window, hands pressed together…
“I thought you said you liked dogs.”
14:11–14:23 -
Homer stands in a crowd of excited onlookers that includes a man in sunglasses, a bald man, and a blond woman…
“Hey, who wants to get rich today?”
14:23–14:34 -
Troy McClure gestures beside a projector screen while a seated audience including Homer in a blue suit, Marge…
“Our model is the trapezoid that guarantees each investor an 800% return within hours”
14:34–14:43 -
Homer and Marge Simpson sit on a red couch in a pink living room, with a document, a small object, and a blue…
“Fourth notice.”
14:43–14:52 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson stand in their front doorway while a thin repo man in a red jacket…
“I don't know.”
14:52–15:03 -
Marge grips the arm of a grey-haired repo man in a red jacket with a REPO DEPOT patch, who holds a clipboard…
“Oh, dear!”
15:03–15:13 -
Only a cartoon hand is shown, with no full characters visible: a yellow hand rests on a sheet of paper headed…
“Dear Marge, by the time you read this, I will be gone.”
15:13–15:16 -
Homer sits at a table under a blue desk lamp in a dim room with a staircase visible through an arch…
“Dear Marge, by the time you read this, I will be gone.”
15:16–15:26 -
Homer sits at a desk lit by a blue lamp in a dim room with a staircase visible through an arched doorway…
“they will be repossessed and I will be hunted down like a dog.”
15:26–15:36 -
Marge sleeps under a purple blanket in a dim bedroom while Herb sets a note reading "TO: MARGE"…
“I will send you every cent I earn for the baby.”
15:36–15:46 -
A green car with blue upholstered seats sits on a street beside a pink building, and an unseen person's…
15:46–15:51 -
Outside at night under a large yellow moon, a figure in a blue jacket stands beside a parked green car…
“That is so sad.”
15:51–16:01 -
Homer Simpson sits on the brown couch in a pink living room, holding baby Maggie with her blue bow…
“You know how it turns out. After all,”
16:01–16:11 -
Homer and Lisa in her red dress and pearl necklace sit together on a brown couch in a purple-walled living…
“Okay.”
16:11–16:21 -
Marge Simpson sits with her eyes closed, then on a couch between her twin sisters Patty and Selma, who have…
“Oh, Homer.”
16:21–16:33 -
Patty and Selma stand at a counter in an orange-booth restaurant, each holding a taco
“This taco is full of hair. Uh-huh.”
16:33–16:45 -
Patty and Selma stand side by side at a counter with a plate of food, Patty in a blue tank top with an orange…
“Ah!”
16:45–16:55 -
Patty and Selma stand side by side in the first two frames, Selma-like figure in orange beads and earrings…
“Marge, listen, we just saw... Don't be stupid.”
16:55–17:07 -
Homer stands outside a barbed-wire chain-link fence at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, under signs…
“Dear Marge, XXX Homer.”
17:07–17:18 -
A man in a blue cap and striped jacket stands beside a white van while a driver in a white cap, pink apron…
“They get donuts. That's right. All the colors of the rainbow.”
17:18–17:29 -
Marge Simpson stands in a doorway with a red-brown wall behind her, facing Selma, who has grey-violet curly…
“Marge, what are you doing up? You need your rest, dear.”
17:29–17:41 -
Marge sits behind the wheel of a car at a drive-thru, speaking toward the ORDER HERE speaker beneath a menu…
“Gulp and blow.”
17:41–17:52 -
Marge walks past an orange car toward the pink Gulp 'n' Blow building with its red sign and drive-thru arrow
“Homer!”
17:52–18:00 -
Marge Simpson stands beside Homer Simpson, the bald, heavy man in a striped uniform cap and jacket…
“Holy cow, you're as big as a house. Homer, come home with me.”
18:00–18:09 -
Marge and Homer stand against a purple wall beside a window
“They won't even tell me what's in the secret sauce.”
18:09–18:18 -
Homer and Marge stand in a purple room near a window
“Marge, poor Vu.”
18:18–18:28 -
Marge Simpson stands close to Homer, who wears a striped cap, a red vest and a name tag, and holds a small…
“Would you mind if I took it off now? The oil is burning my finger.”
18:28–18:38 -
Homer and Marge first sit in a car beside a fast-food menu board listing items such as pizza and burger…
“Homer, do you know why I married you? Because I knocked you up?”
18:38–18:46 -
Homer first stands on a lawn in a red vest with a TRAINEE tag and blue cap beside a large red mailbox…
18:46–18:57 -
Homer leans toward the window of an orange security booth where a uniformed guard in a cap sits…
“That's it.”
18:57–19:06 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers stand in a wood-panelled room beside a blue arcade cabinet
“Ironic, isn't it? The hunter has become the hunted.”
19:06–19:16 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers, who wears glasses, a purple bow tie and an ID badge, are…
“Oh, God, Smithers, I feel so alive.”
19:16–19:20 -
Herb stands beside a wooden door with a brass plaque reading "OWNER C.M. BURNS," gesturing toward it…
“Well, listen to me, Mr. Big Shot.”
19:20–19:28 -
Mr. Burns and Herb stand against a dark wood-paneled wall
“himself, I'm your man. You can treat me like dirt,”
19:28–19:35 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers in glasses and a purple bow tie appear in a wood-paneled office…
“Hold the phone, Smithers.”
19:35–19:42 -
Smithers stands behind the C.M. Burns nameplate desk with a purple telephone and red chair, first talking…
“Sir, this man not only failed the aptitude test,”
19:42–19:52 -
Homer stands in a wood-paneled room in the first frames, his eyes wide and his mouth tight
“You mean?”
19:52–20:01 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers stand together in a wood-paneled hallway beside a blue curtain
“Only in America could I get a job. Who was that young Hellcat Smithers?”
20:01–20:07 -
Herb and a woman with a tall grey-violet beehive, pink sleeveless top and blue beaded necklace stand…
“March!”
20:07–20:17 -
Homer stands beside a hospital bed where Marge lies with her tall blue hair under a lavender sheet…
“March! March! Where's the baby? Right where you left it.”
20:17–20:28 -
Patty and Selma sit side by side looking sideways with open mouths, while Homer in a white shirt and tie…
“so if you want to stay, you better give me some respect.”
20:28–20:36 -
Homer and Marge lie together in a bed with lavender sheets in a bedroom with a teal wall, a framed painting…
“And tomorrow morning, I'm gonna buy your ring back, then I'm going house hunting.”
20:36–20:46 -
In a hospital delivery room, Carl stands beside Homer in a white shirt and tie while Marge's sister…
“Step aside.”
20:46–20:58 -
Herb stands in an office holding baby Bart, while Marge watches beside him
“Hey, as long as he's got eight fingers and eight toes, he's fine by me.”
20:58–21:07 -
Homer and Bart are first seen at a kitchen counter where Homer dips a dripping, stained object into a glass…
“Why, you little... He did that on purpose!”
21:07–21:18 -
Homer sits on the brown couch in the pink living room, holding baby Maggie in a blue outfit with a blue bow…
“Bart, Nietzsche, come here for a minute.”
21:18–21:28 -
Homer sits on the brown couch in a pink living room with Lisa, Maggie with her pacifier and blue bow…
“As the years went by, your mother and I were blessed twice more.”
21:28–21:39 -
Homer and Marge are in a pink room with a red lamp and a framed picture
“Whoa!”
21:39–21:49 -
A plain black background with yellow cast-credit text in a rounded cartoon font
21:49–21:59 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it is a black closing credits sequence with no animation…
21:59–22:09 -
A black closing credits sequence of yellow text on a plain black background
22:09–22:19 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it is a black closing credits sequence with no people on screen
22:19–22:30 -
A black closing credits roll of Simpsons end-credit text in yellow lettering
22:30–22:40 -
No Simpsons characters appear; this is the opening credits sequence against a plain black background
22:40–22:50 -
Silhouetted audience members sit in rows of theater seats facing a blank, glowing movie screen, and one…
“Shh.”
22:50–23:02
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Barney Gumble, Grampa Simpson, Dr. Hibbert, Waylon Smithers, Mr. Burns, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Jacqueline Bouvier, Hazel, Grim Reaper, Aileen, Darth Vader, Farrah Fawcett, Milford Alexander, Cletus, Lou Collier, Ms. PAC-MAN, Wedding Organizer, Yoda
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