Ms. Edna Krabappel begins to lose faith in her relationship with Principal Skinner and becomes depressed. Bart wants to cheer her up and decides to nominate her for the Teacher of the Year Award. Ms. Krabappel and the Simpsons are given a free trip to Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. Skinner decides that he needs to do something to win Edna back, so he follows them there. He tries to sabotage Edna's chances of winning the award, in hopes that she will become so depressed that she will come back to him. However, he has a change of heart and proposes to her.
WAR
42.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Special Edna” ranks #360 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.4 — Great. The episode packs 62 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.6 on impact, with Skinner landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Skinner: This woman carried me for nine-and-a-half months. I was out for two weeks and then went back in.
Skinner Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ned · Rod · Todd: Well, boys, good thing we brought the eye soap. ROD & TODD: Ow! The burning is love.
Ned Rod Todd Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Judges: The Bart Simpson? - I thought he was an urban legend. If she's danced with the devil in the blue shorts and lived...
Judges Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Mrs. Krabappel: Oh, God. I've created a Prankenstein.
Bart: Well, if I may dust off an old chestnut: Ay caramba.
Bart Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 62 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Student · Other Student: Was that the war with Hitler or Merlin? - Oh, you idiot. Merlin was in Vietnam.
Student · Milhouse: Instead of writing a report, can I do a dance? [HUMMING] [MILHOUSE GRUNTS] - Sorry.
Mrs. Krabappel: Martin? He's gone now. But you gotta admire his spirit.
Skinner: Mother's neck wattle got caught in a zipper. I've, uh, got a long night of boo-boo kissing ahead of me.
Skinner Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Edna · Skinner: The apples weren't the point. - Then why were we going apple picking?
TV Announcer: Uncle Slam has defeated Osama bin Rotten... Here comes Secretary of Hate, Colin Kapow!
Random Man: Why did I pay for a hundred Xeroxes when I only wanted one? Well, I guess someone else will use the other 99.
Bart: Prank or study? Prank or study?
Bart Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Bart · Divine Providence: What should I do, Lord? Give me a sign. [Divine intervention with copies]
Ned · Rod · Todd: Well, boys, good thing we brought the eye soap. ROD & TODD: Ow! The burning is love.
Ned Rod Todd Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Milhouse: It's your last chance. He's probably gonna get court-martialed for this.
Bart · Milhouse: Attention, teenage boys. Take your hands off my daughter. Now, kiss each other.
Grampa: World War I? I fought in that. Of course, to enlist, I had to lie about my age.
Grampa Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Officer · Young Grampa: Lieutenant Simpson, you've been up for hours. Take a nap. You're no good to us cranky. But I'm not tired. [CRYING]
Bart · Grampa: Good night, sleepyhead. - Do you have to poop? - Always.
Bart · Mrs. Krabappel: F? There must be some mistake. It's as long as you asked for. - Counting six pages of ads.
Bart: Well, if I may dust off an old chestnut: Ay caramba.
Bart Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mrs. Krabappel: Ay caramba indeed.
Skinner: I was looking for my girlfriend, not Pam Dawber.
Skinner Character Comedy Observational Skinner: I'll be back in three hours. Maybe less. But almost certainly more.
Bart: He's a Wiener, Mrs. K. Just say the word and his desk is full of boogers.
Bart Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mrs. Krabappel: A pity date from a 10 year old? I'll take it.
Documentary Narrator: From the widest gully to the deepest trench... holes define who we are and where we are going.
Documentary Narrator: Even they have holes. Blowholes.
Documentary Narrator: And did you know the hole's only natural enemy is the pile?
Lisa · Homer: Dad, you bought that because it was full of gummy worms. And you only wanted those as bait to catch gummy fish.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Homer: Hey, they have Latin Grammys.
Homer Observational Setup/Punchline Judge: Dead Poets Society has destroyed a generation of educators.
Judge Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Bad Teacher: Well, enough jawing. Reach for it, pilgrim. And the missiles are like, 'Oh, praise Jesus! Can I hear an amen?'
Judges: The Bart Simpson? - I thought he was an urban legend. If she's danced with the devil in the blue shorts and lived...
Judges Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Announcer: Nelson Muntz, you've been nominated for Bully of the Year.
Mrs. Krabappel: I thought that nipple would haunt me forever.
Cletus: Reporter Cletus, Outhouse Times-Picayune.
Cletus Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Cletus: Mrs. K, if you win this here learning derby... will you forget your kith and kin and leave us all forever?
Cletus Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Skinner: Webster's Dictionary defines Mrs. Krabappel as-- [PAGER BEEPING]
Skinner Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Lisa: Wait a minute. I know where we're going. Oh, it's horrible!
Lisa Reaction Beat Escalation Lisa: It's what people in 1965 imagined what life would be like in 1987.
Lisa Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Ride Announcer: Because at Eastern Airlines, world conquest is part of our master plan.
Electric Car: Hello. I'm an electric car. I can't go very fast or very far. And if you drive me, people will think you're gay.
Willie: Damn straight she will, you brunch-eating popinjay.
Willie Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Willie: Make sure you fill it up with Techron gas. You don't want a case of the knocks.
Marge: Le Pizza, Der Hamburger, Seior Grilled Cheese. I hope I don't accidentally order an elephant.
Marge Wordplay/Pun Escalation Agnes: My fanny is baboon red after that car ride.
Agnes Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Skinner: This woman carried me for nine-and-a-half months. I was out for two weeks and then went back in.
Skinner Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Enron Ride Passengers: We broke even. [SCREAMING] Mm, that's good satire.
Lisa: He's never going to get up. He's got no legs.
Lisa Observational Deadpan/Understatement Award Announcer: We're also pleased to announce that our winner will receive enough money... so they'll never have to teach again.
Bart · Skinner: Because I like you, I'll even do it pro boner. - It's pro bono. - I know what I said.
Soldier in Vietnam: You're gonna get your parade, down my esophagus.
Homer: Oh, who will take home the Rampy?
Homer Wordplay/Pun Observational Little Richard: Michael Jackson just told me to shut up.
Bart: I'm sorry. I can't read. Mrs. Krabappel never taught me to read.
Bart Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Mrs. Krabappel: Oh, God. I've created a Prankenstein.
Skinner: If she can teach me to love, then she can teach anything.
Skinner Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Agnes: Seymour! Your feelings are ugly and wrong.
Agnes Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Skinner: Now, I must warn you, two months' salary only bought me the ring box.
Agnes: Oh, great. Three in a bed.
Agnes Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Announcer: Julio Estudiante... an inner-city math teacher who taught teenage gang members that differential equations are more powerful than bullets.
Vendor · Homer: That'll be $14. [HOMER WAILING]
Pie Contest Judge: Open your gullet, you human blob.
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