Marge Gamer
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"Marge Gamer" is the seventeenth episode of the eighteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 22, 2007. It was written by J. Stewart Burns and featured a guest appearance from Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo.
This episode was first broadcast three days after the twenty-year anniversary of the first ever appearance of The Simpsons on television, in The Tracey Ullman Show's short "Good Night".
Plot
Suddenly, everyone hides as a knight named "The Shadow Knight" appears riding a menacing black horse. The Shadow Knight is the most powerful and deadly character in the game (having once beaten Moe to death with his own
Meanwhile,
Homer and Bart go to Moe's Tavern to escape the troubles that have occurred with Marge and Lisa. Moe gives them surprisingly good advice about their situations. Homer jokingly asks "What have you done with the real Moe?" and everyone laughs. A cutaway shot reveals that the real Moe is bound and gagged in the room next-door. Acting on fake Moe's advice, Bart makes up for killing his mother's character by reviving her with two-thirds of his life force. Revived, Marge tends to the Shadow Knight; however, other characters raid the castle to take advantage of his weakened state and brutally kill the Shadow Knight. Surprisingly, Bart is blasé about his character's death and decides to go outside and play.
In the real world, Homer enters Lisa's room. He offers her a BBC documentary produced in cooperation with Canal+ about "floppers", hoping that she will forgive him. Watching the documentary, Lisa realizes it was she that was at fault. Instead of forgiving Homer, Lisa apologizes for her injustice against him. Homer, Bart, Lisa and Maggie play a game of soccer in their back yard; however, Marge continues gaming inside. Feeling sorry for Bart, Marge dons the Shadow Knight armor and begins a revenge campaign for him starting by juggling Moe's character head like a soccer ball as he wonders why he pays $14.95 a month to play the game.
Cultural references
Earthland Realms is a parody of 2000s MMORPGs, combining elements of RuneScape, Asheron's Call and World of Warcraft.
In the documentary Lisa watches about "floppers", a fight scene occurs between the
The scene where the townsfolk kill the Shadow Knight is a reference to a similar scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Reception
Adam Finley of
In 2007, Simon Crerar of The Times listed Ronaldo's performance as one of the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of the show.[3]
Robert Canning of IGN gave the episode a 4.5/10 rating.[4]
References
- ^ "Marge Gamer". IMDb. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- TVSquad. April 24, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
- ^ Crerar, Simon (July 5, 2007). "The 33 funniest Simpsons cameos ever". The Times. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
- ^ Canning, Robert (April 23, 2007). "The Simpsons: "Marge Gamer" Review". IGN. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
External links
- "Marge Gamer" at IMDb
- Earthland Realms