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"Large Marge" is the fourth episode of The Simpsons' fourteenth season. The episode aired on November 24, 2002.

Synopsis

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Lisa and Homer make a bet on who would win the 1948 presidential election, with Lisa betting Harry S. Truman and Homer going for Thomas Dewey. In the end, Lisa wins, and she has to choose the activity for Daddy-Daughter Day. Her activity is taking part in building homes for the homeless alongside Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George H. W. Bush. When Homer paints a house, he takes off his wedding ring in order not to get paint on it, and Lindsay Naegle and Cookie Kwan mistake Homer for being a bachelor. Marge, driving by, sees Homer flexing for the women (though he is actually discussing the history of how Marge gave birth to Bart). She worries that Homer has no interest in her anymore, so she decides to get liposuction, on the advice of Manjula.

Unfortunately, a mix-up causes her to get breast implants, which Mayor Quimby wanted for one of his interns, who gets the surgery. Marge's doctor says that she has 48 hours to live with her breasts until she makes a decision. Meanwhile, Bart and Milhouse watch an old episode of Batman, featuring Krusty as a villain named Clownface, who puts the Dynamic Duo on a carousel. They like it, which inspires them to recreate it, with Bart putting Milhouse on a roundabout in school. It causes him to spin extremely fast, the roundabout to go flying through the air and knocking over the flag. Milhouse throws up on the flag when Iwo Jima veterans visit the school. Bart says that he saw Krusty do it, and in response, Principal Skinner leads a group protesting against Krusty, who is now seen as a dangerous influence to children. At home, Homer sees Marge with her breast implants, and the family goes to dinner, with Homer and several men singing about Marge's breasts. She meets a trade show executive, who gives her a modeling job.

Marge prepares for the spot in the show, but her new appearance gives her problems (unable to lift Maggie because her breasts block the way) when she is there. Bart recruits Krusty to win back his trust, using Milhouse and Stampy (Bart's old pet elephant, which he won on the radio) in a stunt, which of course goes out of control. Things go horribly wrong, until Marge distracts the crowd by revealing her breasts to everyone (which is worth 25 pages of photos in the Springfield Shopper). Krusty, hated by residents of Springfield, saves the day by uttering Stampy's safety word, Magumbo (he called Marge's breasts magumbos), while referring to Marge's giant breasts in an exclamation of surprise. Marge later decides that she wants her implants removed, and everything goes back to normal.

Trivia

• The word "breast" is said only once in this episode.
• "Large Marge" is also the name of a trucker in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
• This is the last episode where Marcia Mitzman Gaven would provide a voice for one of Maggie Roswell's character's. Marcia voiced Helen Lovejoy in this episode.
• When Krusty couldn't remember "Magumbo", he said other words. For example, he mentions the word "Nintendo".
• It should be noted that Marge was shown with no recovery process after the operation and was given an immediate 48 hours of activity, whilst in reality breast augmentation faces months of rest, light activity, soreness, and tenderness after the surgery, and painkillers are often prescribed to help the patient recover.
• This is the first episode in years to use the "floor board" gag. In older episodes, frequently the camera would pan up (or down, depending) to the next level of the house and reveal bizarre objects, such as pirate gold. In this episode, reptiles are seen hatching from eggs.

Burt Ward and Adam West guest star.

Cultural references

• The three former US presidents parody The Three Stooges.
• The Baha Men sing a pair of parodies of their hit song "Who Let the Dogs Out?" in this episode. The first is a kid-friendly version on Radio Disney, called "Who Left the Milk Out?", that even Maggie dislikes. The second, Who Let Her Jugs Out, plays over the credits (with repeated yells of D'oh in place of the dogs barking). Both songs parody the episode's premise of Marge's breasts.
• In the parody of the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima, the episode features five marines, which is technically correct, as the sixth member of the group in the photo was a US Navy Corpsman.
• Krusty yelling Stampy's safety word "Magumbo" is a reference to The Day the Earth Stood Still, where the character Helen has to yell "Klaatu barada nikto" to stop a robot from destroying the Earth. Helen even had a hard time yelling it out, much like Krusty.
• The shoe store Marge stands on is called "The Keds Are Alright", a reference to "The Kids Are Alright" by The Who.
• When the citizens are seen protesting Krusty, Principal Skinner is seen with a sign that says "Cancel Beavis & Butt-Head (Beavis & Butt-Head has been crossed out) Krusty"

Quotes

• (Batman episode)
  Batman: Struggling in vain! Gather your wits, old chum. It seems we've been captured by that painted Pagliacci of perversity!
  Robin: You mean...Clownface?
  Batman: None other.
  Clownface (Krusty): (trademark Krusty laugh) Well, if it isn't "Batmensch" and the "Goy Wonder"! (Krusty laugh)
  Batman: Clownface, what in the name of Huntley-Brinkley do you plan to do to us?!
  Clownface: I'm just gonna take you for... a spin! (Clownface's aides hold up a rope) Hoo, Hah, Hee, show our guests to the "Twirley Gates"! (Krusty laughs)
  (Hoo, Ha, and Hee begin pulling their rope which spins the carousel)
  Robin: Holy G-force, Batman! The blood's rushing to my head!
  Batman: That's right my panicky chum. In a few minutes you and I will literally... blush ourselves to death.
  Clownface: Oh, my, this is taking a long time.
  (cut to the Dynamic Duo, escaped and arresting Clownface)
  Police chief: (Irish accent) Faith and begorra, Batman! How'd ya ever escape?
  Batman: Fortunately, I always carry my "Carousel Reversal Spray".
  Clownface: Oh. What don't you have in that belt?
  Batman: Patience! For harlequin hoodlums like yourself!
  Police chief: Truer words were never spoken, Crusader.
• Marge: Anyway, you're the only man I want ogling me.
  Homer: Oh, we're gonna do a little more than just ogling...
  Marge: Oh, Homey...
  Homer: Let's go get fried chicken!
• Milhouse: Sweet Valley High! Krusty played a Batman villain?
  Bart: Well sure, he played Uncle Velderschmoink on Bewitched
• (Milhouse knocks down the American flag and then vomits on it.)
  Skinner: Wait, this just doesn't add up. Milhouse has never been anything but a... comic foil!
  Bart: (arrives on scene) Hey, what's going on here? Something crazy?
  Skinner: There's your queen bee! Explain yourself, Simpson!
  Bart: Uh... I saw Krusty do it on TV!
  Skinner: Then Krusty will feel my wrath. The spritz has hit the fan!
• Marge: Hey, cops! Check out this all-points bulletin! (unhooks her bra, causing men to stare at her)
  Krusty: (staring at her) Whoa, look at those magumbos!
  (Stampy makes a trumpeting noise and looks at Krusty)
  Krusty: Hey, that's it! Magumbo!
  (Stampy falls on his side, causing Bart, Milhouse, and Homer to come out of his mouth in a pool of saliva)
  Homer: I came out of the elephant's mouth, right? 'Cause I already showered once today.
• Lisa: Dad, you're getting paint on your wedding ring.
  Homer: Oh, yeah. Could you hold it for me? (takes off the ring)
  Lisa: (examines the ring) This is a Band-Aid wrapped in tin foil!
  Homer: (shamefully) My real ring's inside a turtle.

• Wiggum: OK, aim for the hose coming out of its face!
  Louie: You mean the trunk?
  Wiggum: Easy there, college boy.

• The Simpsons episodes, season 14