* Marge Piercy's He, She and It presents a rather feminist view on the cyborg issue with Yod who, however, is provided with some male attributes.

Following the real staff is a lengthy list of pun-filled fictional staffers and sponsors such as statistician Marge Innovera (" margin of error "), customer care representative Haywood Jabuzoff (" Hey, would you buzz off "), meteorologist Claudio Vernight (" cloudy overnight "), optometric firm C. F.

The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

Marjorie " Marge " Simpson ( née Bouvier ) is a fictional main character in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family.

Marge is the well-meaning and extremely patient matriarch of the Simpson family.

Marge Simpson is the wife of Homer and mother of Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson.

In " The Way We Was " ( season two, 1991 ), it is revealed via flashback that Marge attended Springfield High School, and in her final year met Homer Simpson.

" While Marge is her most famous character, Kavner's favorite characters to voice are Patty and Selma because " they're really funny and sad at the same time.

Marge is generally a stereotypical sitcom mother, and she also plays the " long-suffering wife " who puts up with the antics of her children and her oafish husband.

He is at first unsuccessful, but gains the interest of the class when he starts giving away family secrets, many of which concern Marge.

Upon finding this out, Marge is incensed and throws him out of the house.

The next day, Homer is dirty and disheveled, and begs Marge to take him back, saying the one thing he can offer her that nobody else can is " complete and utter dependence.

Marge is a caring, understanding, and nurturing parent to Bart, but she refers to him as " a handful " and is often embarrassed by his antics.

Marge is the only member of the family who encourages church attendance.

As Lisa rants about the people who believe it is an angel, Marge informs her that she also believes it is an angel.

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.

" Various episodes in which Marge is prominently featured have been nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program, including " The Way We Weren't " in 2004 and " Life on the Fast Lane ", which won the award in 1990.

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.

The cover and a three-page picture spread, as well as a story inside entitled The Devil in Marge Simpson, is a celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons, but is also part of a plan to appeal to younger readers.

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They force Homer to make a phone call to Marge, telling her that if the family provides 50, 000 dollars to the kidnappers, he will be released.

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.

" Mirkin said the episode was also a tour de force for Kavner, who in one scene voices Marge, Marge's two sisters, and Marge's mother.

" Molly Griffin of The Observer said " I Married Marge " is one of the season three episode that turned the show into " the cultural force it is today.

In 2000, Marge, along with the rest of her family, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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

These include working as a nuclear technician alongside Homer at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant in " Marge Gets a Job " ( season four, 1992 ); selling houses in " Realty Bites " ( season nine, 1997 ); owning her own pretzel business in " The Twisted World of Marge Simpson " ( season eight, 1997 ), and working at an erotic bakery in " Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes " ( season 20, 2008 ).

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

In " The Springfield Connection " ( season six, 1995 ), Marge decided that she needed more excitement in her life and became a police officer.

An original idea the animators had for when Marge walked through doorways was that her hair would be forced down as she walked through, then once clear of the door, it would spring back and forth.

Marge in her first televised appearance in " Good Night ".

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

Marge over-mothers Maggie, which causes her to become too clingy and dependent on Marge.

Marge begins to miss Maggie, but at the end of the episode, Maggie starts to need her again.

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.

" In spite of her morals, Marge struggles with vices, such as a gambling addiction.

Politically, Marge generally aligns with the Democratic Party, having supported the candidacy of her state's progressive governor Mary Bailey, and voting for Jimmy Carter in both of his presidential elections.

Matt Groening first conceived Marge and the rest of the Simpson family in 1986 in the lobby of producer James L. Brooks ' office.

Marge debuted with the rest of the Simpson family on April 19, 1987, in The Tracey Ullman Show short " Good Night ".

Marge and the Simpson family remained the main characters on this new show.

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.

In 2000, Marge, along with the rest of the Simpson family, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2000, Marge and the rest of the Simpson family were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.

He survived his car blowing up, catching on fire due to the powerful magnifying effect of his glasses, a hallucinating Montgomery Burns drilling into his brain, capital punishment ( in a local jail ) after Homer eats his last meal, left inside a fluoroscope for possibly an entire weekend, being buried alive, being left forgotten and alive in a purgatory and being engulfed by an " anti-escape bubble " that was attempting to catch Marge ( a parody of a similar device from the ' 60s show The Prisoner ), and he also was run over by Homer in The Parent Rap, after the whole family promised they would not commit any crimes for a whole year.

Additionally, in one scene of The Simpsons Movie, when the family moves to Alaska, Marge knits a doormat that reads " Nome Sweet Nome ", revealing their exact location.

Meanwhile, Marge attempts to stimulate Bart with a little culture by taking the family to the opera.

After Bart, Lisa and Marge all misbehave, Homer sees that Burns is drawn to a " normal " family that treats one another with respect, and he wonders why he is cursed with his troubled family.

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, note: " It's very strange to see Homer pawning the TV set in an attempt to save the family ; if this episode had come later Marge would surely have taken this stance.

Marge acts poorly in public and doesn ’ t care about the upkeep of the family?

Homer is seen watching the event on television, sitting on his couch as Marge, Lisa, Bart, the Flanders family, and other characters are holding hands through his living room.

11-year-old brain tumor victim Harry Moseley raised £ 500, 000 for charity but Marge Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church criticized his family for not teaching him to " obey God ".

Lenny appears to be well liked by the Simpson family – on one occasion, Marge and the kids build a prayer shrine for him when learning he was taken to the hospital.

She is best known for her starring roles on television as Ma Larkin in The Darling Buds of May, and as Laura Thyme in Rosemary & Thyme, and for her parts in the family films based on works by British authors as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda and as Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.