He's got this special attraction to Marge, and he sings these songs, and he's got a crush on Lisa.

When Marge gets drunk, she sings Dean Martin's " Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine ".

* When Marge asks for someone to perform CPR, Homer sings the song " Bad Moon Rising.

* The theme song was referenced in The Simpsons episode " Treehouse of Horror X " segment titled " I Know What You Diddly-Iddly Did " Homer sings to the tune of the Golden Crisp theme " Cuz I forgot to put the fog lights in ," just prior to Marge hitting a werewolf Flanders with the car.

* The scene where Homer sings at Moe's Tavern while Marge plays the piano was cut from this episode, but later used in Mommie Beerest as a postscript scene during the end credits.

Marge is the moralistic force in her family and often provides a grounding voice in the midst of her family's antics by trying to maintain order in the Simpson household.

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

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.

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.

" 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.

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 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.

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

" 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.

Lisa plants her own bodhi tree in the back yard and begins to meditate, but Marge grows increasingly worried about Lisa's soul and tries to convince her to come back to Christianity.

* After the Simpsons ' kitchen is renovated, Marge says: " When Virginia Woolf wrote every woman needs a room of one's own, she must have been talking about the kitchen.

Throughout the 1950s, they performed on a number of television variety shows, and in 1957 they starred in their own short-lived CBS sitcom, The Marge and Gower Champion Show, which was based on their actual career experiences.

The next morning, Homer attempts to eat his own head, with Marge reprimanding him.

Homer does admit that he does not know much about his own wife, but despite his faults, Marge reassures him that he really is her true love, not the lovestruck bartender.

The curse soon takes effect, with Marge growing a beard from her blue hair, Lisa turning into a centaur ( starting with horse feet then going up to her armpits ), Bart ’ s neck becoming long and floppy as a result of Homer strangling him, Maggie becoming a ladybug with a human head, Lenny and Carl crushed by a helicopter, and Moe stuffed into his own pickled egg jar ( with Homer wondering how that happened as he was talking to Moe ).

After a bad experience with genetically modified food, including baby corn the size of ordinary corn and a potato that eats Lisa's carrots, Marge decides to plant her own garden.

Meanwhile, Marge and Lisa try to find their own activity at home.

Meanwhile, Marge develops a gambling addiction, Bart starts his own casino, and Burns develops a profound fear of germs.

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.

After it is called off, Homer and Marge try to get Skinner and Krabappel to be engaged again, but it is halted by Homer and Marge's own marriage problems.

Homer and Marge then decide to make their own novel: " Who Really Killed JFK?

", with Homer's unsuccessful theory being that Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK as a distraction so he could steal the " Jack Ruby ", but then refutes his own idea when Marge tells him that Jack Ruby was a man, not a jewel.

This joke begins with Homer and Marge kissing while watching a fireworks display, and Homer says " Now let's make some fireworks of our own!

", which could be interpreted as him wanting to have sex with Marge, but he actually starts to make his own firework.

Over the course of the episode, Marge sets up her own business, selling pretzels.

After some consideration, Lisa convinces Marge to buy her own franchise.

Homer, seeing Marge depressed, decides to take matters into his own hands and searches for someone who can help Marge.