Marge's Son Poisoning

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The Simpsons episode
"Marge's Son Poisoning"
Episode no.	361
Prod. code	GABF20
Orig. Airdate	November 13, 2005
Writer(s)	Daniel Chun
Director	Mike B. Anderson
Couch gag	Dozens of couches are seen attacking Springfield residents.
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Season 17 September 11, 2005 – May 21, 2006
Bonfire of the Manatees The Girl Who Slept Too Little Milhouse of Sand and Fog Treehouse of Horror XVI Marge's Son Poisoning See Homer Run The Last of the Red Hat Mamas The Italian Bob Simpsons Christmas Stories Homer's Paternity Coot We're on the Road to D'ohwhere My Fair Laddy The Seemingly Never-Ending Story Bart Has Two Mommies Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife Million Dollar Abie Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore The Wettest Stories Ever Told Girls Just Want to Have Sums Regarding Margie The Monkey Suit Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play
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"Marge's Son Poisoning" is an episode in Season 17 of The Simpsons.

1 Synopsis
2 Trivia
3 Cultural References
4 Broadcasting Information

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The family is at Paradise Pier, where Marge was looking forward to riding the Ferris wheel all her life, only to find out that it is being dismantled with some of its equipment being sold. Homer purchases a dumbbell while Marge gets a tandem bicycle. When Marge wants to take the bike for a ride, she finds that Homer is a less than willing participant.

She tries it on her own and falls. Realizing that his mother might actually be lonely, Bart offers to go for a ride with her. They ride into an unincorporated part of the county and come upon a small village that features a tea house. Later the tea house closes forever causing Bart to invite his mother to his treehouse for tea.

Marge redecorates the treehouse and the pair goes off to get a new tea service where he gets a Krusty Teapot. Outside the store the bullies accuse Bart of being a Mama's Boy, which causes Bart to rebel. Marge goes into a depression and eventually sells the bike.

Feeling bad, Bart offers to compete with her in a karaoke contest. While seeing Skinner and his mother perform, Marge has visions of a terrible future for Bart and she stops the show to let Bart know that he shouldn’t worry about her, it’s her job to worry about him.

Meanwhile at Moe’s Homer shows off the strength in one of his arms he’s gained from working with the dumbbell and Moe has an idea on how to capitalize on it. Moe takes Homer to the arm wrestling championships, where Homer readily wins, but finds that he really misses his wife.

[edit] Trivia

During the talent show, Apu is singing Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone".
The song Bart and Marge sing on their tandem after splashing Hans Moleman by riding through a puddle, and then later and Marge and Homer return home, is Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[edit] Cultural References

The store Marge and Bart go to is called "The China Syndrome". A "china syndrome" is a catastrophic nuclear accident and a 1979 movie of the same name.
The Tea Shop Marge and Bart go to, named "The Leaf Garrett Tea Shop" is a reference to Leif Garrett, a Teen idol, Actor and Singer popular in the 1970s.
In the "attack of the couches" couch gag, Professor Frink's couch loosely resembles a war machine from The War of the Worlds.