The Great Wife Hope
- Episode aired Oct 11, 2009
- TV-14
- 30m
Marge takes on the owner of an ultimate fighting league in the ring in order to get the sport banned in Springfield.Marge takes on the owner of an ultimate fighting league in the ring in order to get the sport banned in Springfield.Marge takes on the owner of an ultimate fighting league in the ring in order to get the sport banned in Springfield.
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- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
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- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- …
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
- Moe Szyslak
- (voice)
- …
- Lenny Leonard
- (voice)
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- Chuck Liddell
- (voice)
- Edna Krabappel
- (voice)
- Milhouse Van Houten
- (voice)
- …
- Crazy Cat Lady
- (voice)
- …
- Luann Van Houten
- (voice)
- …
- Martin Prince
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe "fight" between Bart and Lisa at the end of the episode is an homage to the "fight" between Rocky and Apollo at the end of Rocky III.
- GoofsRight before the fight starts, Barney is at the arena, but in the next scene he is seen on drunk and on the floor at Moe's Tavern.
- Quotes
Bart Simpson: Dad loves Ultimate Punching more than I do. Tell her, dad.
Homer Simpson: [Flatly] Ultimate Punching is immoral and dangerous. Many studies confirm what your mom just said.
Bart Simpson: Wait a minute.
[Sniffs Homer's breath]
Bart Simpson: Chocolate, frosting, cherry... She got to you! With a piece of Bavarian chocolate cake!
Homer Simpson: [Crying] It wasn't just a piece, it was the whole cake! Frosting like snow, on the eaves of a Bavarian castle!
Bart Simpson: At least you didn't come cheap.
Homer Simpson: I couldn't help it! She knew my one weakness: That I'm weak!
- ConnectionsReferences General Hospital (1963)
- SoundtracksBoola Boola
(uncredited)
Written by James L. Boyce, Allan M. Hirsch, Albert Marckwald, and F. M. Van Wicklen
Performed by The Sing-A-Long Gang
Chet Engelbert, the promotion's president, challenges her to a fight with the condition that if she wins the promotion will fold. Marge doesn't know anything fighting, and the morons who wrote this crap don't know anything about contemporary MMA training, initially trains in rhythmic gymnastics but later learns some judo, boxing and bullying from Kearny, Jimbo and the other children. She of course wins her MMA fight after taking a beating and seeing Bart threatened with physical harm.
This show's lame attempt at latching on to a popular sport like "ultimate fighting," or MMA to anyone know who actually knows what the sport is, shows The Simpsons' age and cultural irrelevance. It also does real disrespect to the legitimate athletes, many of whom have an extensive amateur collegiate athletic background in wrestling or football with even some Olympians like Freestyle Wrestling Gold Medalist Henry Cejudo taking up the sport, who compete to make a living and feed their families.
- HawkHerald
- Feb 5, 2014