Kavner has won several awards for voicing Marge, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992.

Marge has been unemployed for most of the series, choosing to be a homemaker and take care of her family.

While Marge has never expressed discontent with her role as a homemaker, she has become bored with it.

Marge was named after Groening's mother Margaret " Marge " Groening, who has said she bears little similarity to the character, stating, " It's really weird to have people think you're a cartoon.

He felt that they could achieve a " deeper vein " of comedy in an episode where Marge has a nervous breakdown, and James L. Brooks quickly approved.

Marge often provides a grounding opinion for Homer and their marriage has often been shaky.

Marge admits that she " put up with a lot in marriage ," and has left Homer or thrown him out of the house on several occasions.

Through it all, Marge has remained faithful to Homer, despite temptations to the contrary such as the one in " Life on the Fast Lane " ( season one, 1990 ), where she resists the charming Frenchman Jacques and instead chooses to remain with Homer.

Marge has expressed understanding for her " special little guy " and has defended him on many occasions.

Marge has tolerated their criticism, but has occasionally lost patience with them, once referring to them as " ghouls.

Marge has higher morals than most other characters, once leading a family values crusade against the violent Itchy & Scratchy Show and being a prominent member of the " Citizens ' Committee on Moral Hygiene.

While Marge has learned to cope with her addiction, it has never completely disappeared and remains an underlying problem that is referenced occasionally on the show.

Marge has been ranked highly in lists of the top television mothers of all time.

AOL has named Marge the 24th " Most Memorable Female TV Character ".

Religious writer Kenneth Briggs has written that " Marge is my candidate for sainthood [...] She lives in the real world, she lives with crises, with flawed people.

* Woman on the Edge of Time ( 1976 ) by Marge Piercy, the story of a middle-aged Hispanic woman who has visions of two alternative futures, one utopian and the other dystopian.

He has long been infatuated with Marge Simpson, whom he calls ' Midge ', and has on occasion tried to win her away from Homer.

When Marge objects that the Bible has strict guidelines concerning marriage and divorce, Lovejoy states that " according to the bible, just about everything is a sin, technically we can't even go to the bathroom ".

Marge maintains a good relationship with her mother Jacqueline and her sisters Patty and Selma, though they disapprove of Homer and are vocal about it.

Despite being well aware that he is not a good Cop, Clancy does not like of being criticized about his work or his mistakes, visible in Smart and Smarter when Clancy ask to Marge write her opinion about his work before he continue his search for Lisa, but when Marge writes her concern about the latter's incompetence, Clancy is offended and refuses in find Lisa unless Marge gives a more positive critic about him, much to Marge's anger.

Things get worse when Moe says to Marge that " I don't got enough booze to make you look good ".

* Marge MacDougall-A bar acquaintance ( good character woman, minor singing.

Homer and Marge, thinking the children are chasing them again, run from the pair to find refuge in a giant inflatable castle ( which is not a good idea, as it is under repair ), which their lovemaking antics cause to fall into the Niagara River.

" Dave Foster of DVD Times said that " thanks to the keen eye of the writers and the rarely shown good side of Bart, this episode works very well as both an amusing insight to the way a child ’ s mind works and as a strong relationship building episode between Bart and Marge.

The episode has the wit of the best of All in the Family, and benign mother Marge becomes a force for good, in the Edith Bunker tradition.

The final sequence on the rooftop with Lisa and Bart is lovely, and Homer's comment to Marge is a magical wrap-up to a good episode.

He ended up liking the design, though, and Dietter thought it looked " good " on Marge.

However, despite Homer's best attempts, he gets an F. To Homer's delight, the nerds hack into the school's student records and change his grade to an A-plus, but unfortunately, Marge finds out and forces him to take the course again in order to give Bart a good example.

Max seems to be more well-adjusted with his new name as all the negative attention had faded away for good, but Marge is somewhat unhappy that he changed his name without consulting her, saying that she fell in love with " Homer Simpson ", though she understands that his new name is opening new doors to success for him.

Marge tells Homer that he is not being a good Christian, and Homer decides to repay them by throwing a big party.

Marge takes Bart off Focusyn for good and puts him back on " hugs, fresh air, and good old-fashioned Ritalin ".

They have a good time until Artie tricks Marge into making out with him against her will in a fake prom made to mirror the one they attended in " The Way We Was " ( with even its original attendants who were paid by Artie to show up ).

After a while, Marge is happy that she has had plenty of time to get things done, but Homer feels left out of Maggie's life and worries because she is his last chance to be a good father.

Marge and Homer later learn that Moe has installed his own baby-monitoring system in Maggie's room and they decide that they have had enough, and as a result, they bar Moe from their house for good.

It uses the silliness attached to Marge ’ s chest to good comic effect, and the secondary plot with Bart and Krusty ties into things in a fun manner.

Both ' Large Marge ' and ' Strong Arm of the Ma ' prove that writing good episodes about Marge seem to be out of the question by this point.

Upon catching on, Marge actually thinks it is a good idea ( since Homer is actually using his intellectual faculties and that he's making enough money to support the family ), though Lisa does not, prompting Homer and Marge to send her to her room.

In the eighth season, the episode " In Marge We Trust " would examine the relationship between Lovejoy and Flanders, and shows the history of their relationship and how Lovejoy became increasingly uninterested in Flanders ' problems.

At the gay bar, Homer tells Grady and Julio that his relationship with Marge is low.

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, wrote: " A Christmas special in all but name, and a touching look at the relationship between Marge and her growing Bart.

Following this, he questions his relationship with Marge and goes on a journey to find his soulmate.

To save Bob and Selma's relationship, Homer explains to Bob his solution for his and Marge's dissonant tastes in television: when Marge watches TV, Homer goes out for drinks and returns " in the mood for love ".

Marge does not approve that he is seeing her, as she fears that something more will come of the relationship.