Marge vs. the Monorail

Episode aired Jan 14, 1993
TV-14
30m

IMDb RATING

9.1/10

5.3K

YOUR RATING

Animation Comedy

After receiving a considerable donation of money, Springfield builds a monorail system with Homer as the conductor, unaware they've just boarded a one-way train to Hell.After receiving a considerable donation of money, Springfield builds a monorail system with Homer as the conductor, unaware they've just boarded a one-way train to Hell.After receiving a considerable donation of money, Springfield builds a monorail system with Homer as the conductor, unaware they've just boarded a one-way train to Hell.

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IMDb RATING

9.1/10

5.3K

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
Homer's lines "I call the big one Bitey" and "Doughnuts, is there anything they can't do?" are among Matt Groening's favorites.

Goofs
When Marge remarks that a family of possums live in the fire extinguisher compartment of the monorail, her necklace and Maggie's pacifier are gray-brown instead of red.

Quotes
[Homer can't stop the monorail]
Marge: Homer, there's a man here who thinks he can help you.
Homer: Batman?
Marge: No, he's a scientist.
Homer: Batman's a scientist.
Marge: It's *not* Batman.

Connections
Featured in The Simpsons: The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular! (1995)

Soundtracks
The Monorail Song
(uncredited)
Written by Jeff Martin, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, George Meyer, Jon Vitti, John Swartzwelder, Conan O'Brien and Frank Mula
Performed by Phil Hartman and Cast

User reviews16

Review

Featured review

7/10

Bit of a messy episode

Overall merely a mediocre episode. The problem is that for the most part it just focuses on "laugh-moments", and the storyline gets affected by it. On the other hand, there's some good stuff too, some of the gags are really excellent. The story also gets quite interesting during act 2, only to crash back down again in act 3 due to too many unnecessary (though sometimes funny) gags (the story doesn't develop at all anymore in the third act). The good laughs and fast pace in this episode save it, however you can't help feel that - as Ryan Williams has already pointed out - the episode could have been done better.

Still a 8/10, or a B.

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