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Bart, Milhouse and Homer lines up at Comic Book Guy's store to purchase the 1st issue of a Radioactive Man reboot comic. CBG finds out that his competitor, Milo, the owner of Coolsville (first appeared in [[Husband and Knives]]) is now married to his girlfriend. CBG cries and sings a song about him being lonely in his entire life. Suddenly, an imaginary Stan Lee appears to CBG and tells him that he has another chance in love. A Japanese girl named Kumiko Nakamura enters the store, Stan Lee advises CBG not to waste the opportunity. Kumiko is in America to research about America's saddest cities for her autobiographical manga. CBG asks her out for a date, and then asks Homer for dating advice, since Homer is the only fat man in real life who's married to a hot woman. During the date, Marge advises CBG to not to be himself, however Kumiko actually likes CBG's real personality. |
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Homer offers dating advice to Comic Book Guy when he meets a Japanese manga author who catches his fancy. |
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CBG continues to date Kumiko, and they both decide to move in together. While dropping off a gift for Kumiko and CBG, Homer met Kumiko's father in front of the store. Homer tells him about CBG being an obese nerd, which prompts Mr. Nakamura to objects their relationship and takes Kumiko away. Marge tells Homer to fix things up, so Homer takes Mr. Nakamura to a Japanese bar, they both drink Snake Rice Wine, an incrediby strong form of rice wine. On their way home, Homer and Mr. Nakamura are highly intoxicated and in result, they both see Springfield and its residents in a Japanese form (which contains numerous references of [[Studio Ghibli]]'s film), Mr. Nakamura learns that by forbiding the relationship, he is taking away Kumiko's life. |
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CBG tries to impress Mr. Nakamura by getting a real job using his hitherto unmentioned chemical engineering degree. Mr, Nakamura tells him that he doesn't have to get a real job since he already likes CBG the way he is. The episode ends with CBG and Kumiko getting married by Stan Lee in CBG's store. |
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Revision as of 05:53, 13 January 2014
| "Married to the Blob" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 25 |
| Directed by | Chris Clements |
| Written by | Tim Long |
| Original air date | January 12, 2014 |
"Married to the Blob" is the tenth episode of the 25th season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, and the 540th episode of the series. The episode was written by Tim Long and premiered on January 12, 2014, on Fox.[1]
Plot
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Bart, Milhouse and Homer lines up at Comic Book Guy's store to purchase the 1st issue of a Radioactive Man reboot comic. CBG finds out that his competitor, Milo, the owner of Coolsville (first appeared in Husband and Knives) is now married to his girlfriend. CBG cries and sings a song about him being lonely in his entire life. Suddenly, an imaginary Stan Lee appears to CBG and tells him that he has another chance in love. A Japanese girl named Kumiko Nakamura enters the store, Stan Lee advises CBG not to waste the opportunity. Kumiko is in America to research about America's saddest cities for her autobiographical manga. CBG asks her out for a date, and then asks Homer for dating advice, since Homer is the only fat man in real life who's married to a hot woman. During the date, Marge advises CBG to not to be himself, however Kumiko actually likes CBG's real personality.
CBG continues to date Kumiko, and they both decide to move in together. While dropping off a gift for Kumiko and CBG, Homer met Kumiko's father in front of the store. Homer tells him about CBG being an obese nerd, which prompts Mr. Nakamura to objects their relationship and takes Kumiko away. Marge tells Homer to fix things up, so Homer takes Mr. Nakamura to a Japanese bar, they both drink Snake Rice Wine, an incrediby strong form of rice wine. On their way home, Homer and Mr. Nakamura are highly intoxicated and in result, they both see Springfield and its residents in a Japanese form (which contains numerous references of Studio Ghibli's film), Mr. Nakamura learns that by forbiding the relationship, he is taking away Kumiko's life.
CBG tries to impress Mr. Nakamura by getting a real job using his hitherto unmentioned chemical engineering degree. Mr, Nakamura tells him that he doesn't have to get a real job since he already likes CBG the way he is. The episode ends with CBG and Kumiko getting married by Stan Lee in CBG's store.
Reception
Critical reception
Dennis Perkins of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B–, saying "I don’t want to be too hard on this episode. It’s always promising when the show tries something new, even if the results ultimately prove that not all experiments work out. And while I can’t say I’m clamoring for Comic Book Guy to enter The Simpsons’ regular rotation, the ending was a touching example of catchphrase re-purposing."[2]
