Moe Szyslak becomes lonely and decides to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. However, he inadvertently saves Maggie Simpson when she is sent flying from the Simpsons' car window and into his arms. He starts playing with Maggie and becomes attached to her, telling her the story of The Godfather. Homer and Marge become upset about how much time Moe is spending with Maggie and forbid him from seeing her again. One night, Maggie wakes up and hears Fat Tony and the Springfield Mafia outside the house and decides to follow them. When Homer and Marge find her missing, they automatically assume that Moe kidnapped her. When Moe is told that Maggie is missing, his request to help find her is granted by Homer. Maggie follows the mobsters to Luigi's restaurant, where Fat Tony's gang gets into a gun battle with a rival family. Homer, Marge and Moe track Maggie down and Moe decides to go inside and save Maggie. After Moe saves Maggie's life, Homer allows the two to spend more time together.
WAR
51.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Moe Baby Blues” ranks #192 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.2 — Elite. The episode packs 56 scored jokes at 2.9 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Moe landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Moe: 'I'd prefer that you push me... seeing how I'm desperate for any human contact.'
Moe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Moe: 'You know, it gave me kind of a good, warm feeling... like when you get drunk and fall asleep in snow.'
Moe Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer: Stupid prey. They never suspect anything... Ooh, a hotdog. [HOMER GRUNTING]
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Moe: 'You guys mind if I, uh, kiss your tummies?'
Moe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Moe: Aw, jeez, there's something in my eye. Oh, it's just some glass.
Moe Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 56 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer · Family: Homer laughs at a sign and asks if anyone wants to know why it's funny
Homer · Lisa: Homer always picks seven because 'there were seven apostles'
Homer: 'Boy, that's a big staff. And still he wasn't that funny.'
Homer Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Homer: Stupid prey. They never suspect anything... Ooh, a hotdog. [HOMER GRUNTING]
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Moe: 'Flower power my ass.'
Moe Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Moe: 'Hey, those are my customers-slash-only friends.'
Moe Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Moe: 'I've been replaced by a cooler?'
Moe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Security Guard: Someone who's alone, already bitter... someone who's been trampled on so many times... one more won't make any... Oh, Moe.
Moe: 'I'd prefer that you push me... seeing how I'm desperate for any human contact.'
Moe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: 'Oh, man. The plant cut one.'
Bart Wordplay/Pun Observational Moe: 'That smells worse than James Coco's ski boots.'
Moe Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Moe: Moe thinks he's found someone worse off than him (a baby in a carriage) but the mother appears
Moe Irony/Sarcasm Visual Gag Homer · Unknown: 'Well, at least we're outside instead of sitting at home watching TV.' 'I hear that. Hey, that car has a TV in it.'
Granny (TV): 'Well, now it's a didgeri-don't.'
Homer: 'A dream deferred is a dream denied.'
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Woman: 'That hideous man is a hero.'
Woman Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Lisa: 'They're standing up with no one in them.'
Lisa Visual Gag Observational Moe: 'What's the gag? Is it full of chiggers?'
Moe Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Moe: Aw, jeez, there's something in my eye. Oh, it's just some glass.
Moe Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Grampa: 'The Swedish are coming! The Swedish are coming!'
Grampa Absurdist Character Comedy Grampa: 'Look at me, I'm Speedy Alka Seltzer. Whoa!'
Grampa Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Grampa: Look at me, I'm Speedy Alka Seltzer. Whoa!
Moe · Maggie: Moe dislocates his arm to entertain Maggie
Moe: 'Raggedy Andy over there has been giving you the button eye.'
Moe Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Moe: 'You know, it gave me kind of a good, warm feeling... like when you get drunk and fall asleep in snow.'
Moe Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Moe: 'I was gonna erase those apostrophes and replace them with G's.'
Moe Character Comedy Observational Moe: Why's she crying? Oh, that's right. I still got her nose. Here you go, you little idiot.
Moe Callback Character Comedy Moe · Woman: 'You calling her repellent?' / 'You ain't Karen Allen yourself, you know?'
Homer · Bart: 'Hey, wait. That's supposed to be me.' / 'You could be my father figure.' / 'No way. I'm not getting my fingerprints on that train wreck.'
Homer: 'I said pipe down, Amtrak.'
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Callback Moe: Maggie, look what's in your ear. A penny. Okay, we won't tell no one about that.
Moe Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Elmo Doll: 'No means no for Elmo.'
Moe: 'This must be a takeoff on that Alice in Underpants movie I saw.'
Moe Character Comedy Observational Moe: Ha. It's nice to be with someone... who can't understand the horrible things I say.
Moe Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Moe: 'White rabbit, chicks popping mushrooms? This is like the Playboy Mansion.'
Moe Character Comedy Observational Moe: 'We could scare that movie producer... by putting a horse's blanket in his bed.' / 'Imagine waking up and seeing you got the wrong blanket.'
Moe Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Moe · Maggie: Moe puts orange in his mouth like Vito Corleone and growls at Maggie
Moe: 'And he shuts the door on Annie Hall.'
Moe Character Comedy Misdirection Moe: 'Yeah, sure he was, Nahasapasa-I'm-Raising-A-Pervert.'
Moe Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer: [SINGING] The squirmy wormy spider Squirts out of Daddy's hands Daddy feels rejected He's gonna eat some cake
Moe: 'Yeah, great present, Selma. Nice of you to break a five.'
Moe Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Selma: 'Ah, get a neck, Frankenstein.'
Selma Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: 'I recorded that for private use.'
Homer Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Moe: 'Yeah, I had to. It's so weird watching the video and not getting any sound.'
Moe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Marge · Moe: You have your own baby monitor in our child's room? Yeah, I had to. It's so weird watching the video and not getting any sound.
Moe: 'Last night at the bar, you called her Raquel.'
Moe Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Moe: 'Is that, uh, "get out" like "leave"? Or "get out" as in, "Get out, you banged Bridget Fonda?"'
Moe Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Moe: 'You guys mind if I, uh, kiss your tummies?'
Moe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Homer: What are you screaming about? Did you discover my snake farm? Because I can explain. I'm going to farm and sell snakes.
Homer Misdirection Absurdist ★ Rewatch Chief Wiggum: 'I mean, freeze, scumbag. You can't write stuff like that.'
Chief Wiggum: 'No. Now that I'm off duty, I'm the world's worst soccer coach. Ha.'
Moe: Here's a clue. A discarded orange wedge. Orange wedge? [GROWLING]
Moe Callback Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Moe: 'I'm president of the Italian-American Anti-Defamation League. And this really burns my cannoli.'
Moe Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Moe: 'Gee, ha. This is the second most guns ever pointed at me.'
Moe Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Mobster: 'I ain't cried like this since I paid to see Godfather III.'
Mobster Observational Setup/Punchline Callback Moe: 'Oh, great. I'm caught in another tree.'
Moe Running Gag Character Comedy Callback Top Episodes — The Simpsons
