Marge decides to purge Springfield of the cola, but in spite of her valiant efforts, the drink still maintains its popularity.

" Marge has a good relationship with Lisa and the two are shown to get along quite well.

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.

* Paths of Resistance: The Art and Craft of the Political Novel ( 1989, with Isabel Allende, Marge Piercy, Robert Stone and Gore Vidal )

* 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.

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

After the two had been dating for several years, Marge discovered she was pregnant with Bart, and she and Homer were married in a small wedding chapel across the state line.

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

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

To draw Marge, the animators generally start off with a sphere, similar to the way Lisa and Maggie are drawn.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

He then wipes his mouth with the Magna Carta and sets out to dump Queen Catherine ( Marge Simpson ).

The ghosts of Homer and Marge watch Bart taunt Milhouse, and Homer attempts to talk Marge in to having ghost sex with him, only for Marge to tell him that " ghost sex is nothing.