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#79 I Married Marge
Season 3, Episode 12 (Guide from the Simpsons Archive)
Marge leaves to visit Dr. Hibbert after an inconclusive result from Barnacle Bill’s home pregnancy test (which Homer bought because it came with a free corncob pipe). The kids catch onto what’s going on, and Homer tells the tale of how he first knocked up their mother and married her (though he ends up telling the story to Maggie after the other two lose interest). Homer was working at the local mini golf establishment, turning the windmill blades. One night, he and Marge “joined the castle club.” She goes to the doctor and they discover that she’s pregnant. Homer then proposes and they get married at a quaint quicky wedding chapel across the state line. He moves in with her family and starts looking for more gainful employment. When that fails, and all the baby stuff they’d bought (along with Marge’s wedding ring) are repossessed, Homer leaves until he can adequately support her. Patty and Selma find him working at a fast food joint and eventually tell Marge where he is. After she confronts him, he goes to the power plant again and demands a job. A now gainfully employed Homer makes it to the hospital just in time for Bart’s birth. At the end of the episode, Marge announces that she’s not pregnant, much to the joy of Homer and Marge. Memorable moments include when they find out Marge is pregnant, Abe’s advise to Homer, Homer’s proposal, their wedding, the Barnacle Bill home pregnancy test, miniature golf stuff, Homer’s job interview, the montage of Homer’s various jobs (including the Cutco knock-off, reminding me of my old job) and the trapezoid scheme, “repossessing stuff is the hardest part of my job”, Homer demanding a job from Mr. Burns, and the celebration of Marge not being pregnant.