Marge finds Nelson and acts as a mother figure towards him due to her children's loss of interest in her. Meanwhile, Lisa gets teased about her big butt, and becomes obsessed with her weight.
WAR
36.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Sleeping With The Enemy” ranks #304 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.8 — Great. The episode packs 60 scored jokes at 3.7 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.5 on impact, with Marge landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Marge: Go home to your son, Mrs. Muntz, and try not to have intercourse on the way!
Marge Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Agnes Skinner · Principal Skinner: Seymour! Do you want your vitamin in applesauce? Or are you gonna take it like a big boy? Applesauce.
Nelson: He went out for a pack of cigarettes and never came back. He said 'smell ya later,' but he never smelled me again.
Nelson Dark/Subversive Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Bart · Nelson: So, now that you're happy again, I guess you won't beat me up at school anymore. I wish it were that simple. I really do.
Bart Nelson Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Marge · Nelson: You've never had one before? No, but I saw some in a catalog once. People in sweaters were eating them at a picnic.
All Jokes — 60 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ unknown: 68 squares of ankle-busting fury. That's right, A double-dogleg, hamstring knotting Hop-Way to Hell.
unknown: What insane kangaroo dreamed this fevered nightmare?
unknown · unknown: What? - Nothing.
Bart: Lisa has a big butt.
Bart Character Comedy Setup/Punchline unknown child: Don't make Lisa mad. She might crush us all with her giant butt.
Groundskeeper Willie: Stop teasing the big-bottomed lass. She's just as God made her... Plump as a Christmas goose.
Homer: Every Simpson starts with a circle. Daddy has one big circle here... then a smaller one up here... two big, sexy circles for eyes...
Homer Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: And for some reason, my hair and ear form an 'M' and a 'G.'
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Homer: Party! Party! Party! Party!
Homer Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Marge: Oh, Homer, you're wasting away to nothing. You simply must eat something.
Marge Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer: Here's a mistake. It says the capital of Kentucky... is Frankfort. Dream on, pal.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: Really? Frankfurter... is that anything?
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Mrs. Krabappel: Bart really did get a hundred. I gave a test on state capitals, but I forgot to roll up the map. Everyone got a hundred.
Bart: I win. P-A-R-T. Par-tee.
Bart Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Edna Krabappel · Seymour Skinner: This means nothing. Yes, yes, you've made that quite clear.
unknown: I heard she's back to her birth weight. Must be nice.
unknown Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement store worker: I make four bucks an hour planing down the thighs.
Lisa · unknown: Now you've got no choice. Non!
Marge: He sure is... if he can keep up with these party animals. Aunt Patty, Aunt Selma, Grandma Bouvier and... Grampa.
Marge Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Marge · Ralph: Plus your school-yard chums: Martin and Ralph. Bart's my bestest boyfriend.
Milhouse: Rock on. You know, the first time I met Bart was at recess in first grade... Oh, I told him to use a land line.
Marge: Okay, gang, let's get this party started. or should I say Barted?
Marge Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort Martin: I drew him with Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent. Their relationship was frosty at best.
Martin Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch children: Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck... Say 'goose,' you stupid freak.
children Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Lisa: What? I'm not fat enough already? How could you say that to me?
Lisa Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Milhouse: I had to leave 'cause my French bread pizza dinged.
Homer: Remember that maple leaf ironed between the sheets of wax paper? What was that? That was crap.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer: Soon they'll be leaving the nest, and you'll have time for yourself. hundreds of thousands of hours, And then, the peace of the grave.
Homer Dark/Subversive Escalation Bart: Mom, after that lame party you threw, I'd rather hang out with thunder-thighs here.
Bart Character Comedy Callback Callback Agnes Skinner · Principal Skinner: Seymour! Do you want your vitamin in applesauce? Or are you gonna take it like a big boy? Applesauce.
Maggie: Stop struggling and get in my mouth, jerks!
Maggie Character Comedy Absurdist Nelson: Oh, yeah. Bart Simpson. Spiky hair, soft kidneys, always hitting himself?
Nelson Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Marge · Nelson: Those tadpoles are your lunch? Technically, brunch.
Nelson: I have a sister... I think she's dead now who had the same problem.
Nelson Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Marge: You're nocturnal. You don't have to impress me by making fun of others. I already like you.
Marge Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Nelson: Whatever. Take it sleazy.
Nelson Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Moe · Marge: Nelson? I thought you were sleeping in the park tonight. Oh, that's okay, the kid don't bother me none.
Marge: Hey, kids, I just heard they canceled league night down at the bowling alley. You know what that means? Open lanes!
Marge Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bart · Milhouse: Mom, when I want lame and needy, I'll call Milhouse. No offense.
Marge · Nelson: You've never had one before? No, but I saw some in a catalog once. People in sweaters were eating them at a picnic.
Nelson: So, my mom works at Hooters, but her dream is to go to Vegas and work in a real strip club.
Nelson Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Nelson: He went out for a pack of cigarettes and never came back. He said 'smell ya later,' but he never smelled me again.
Nelson Dark/Subversive Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Nelson · Marge: That's how we get our Kaypro. Sometimes I think he's more interested in his 'Itchy and Mitchy' cartoons than me.
Bart · Lisa: That's because your butt blocks your ears. That doesn't make any sense. Neither does your butt.
Marge: Now, I know there's a handsome young man behind all that hair and dirt. Maybe not, but you did a great job on the lawn.
Marge Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Mrs. Muntz · Marge: Here's the money you gave my son. We don't want your charity. I didn't give your son charity. I gave him self-respect.
Marge: Go home to your son, Mrs. Muntz, and try not to have intercourse on the way!
Marge Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Nelson Character Comedy Reaction Beat Nelson · Bart: I'm your new roommate. I call top bunk. But... it's a single bed. I said top bunk!
Marge: Be nice to Nelson, and I'll give you a Tootsie Pop.
Marge Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Nelson: My teeth hurt all the time. I just try to think about motorcycles.
Nelson Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nelson: A doctor for your teeth? What's next, a lawyer for your hair?
Nelson Absurdist Character Comedy Bart: I gotta do something about him.
Bart Reaction Beat Visual Gag Lisa: If I can have one dab of frosting and then stop, I'll know I've conquered food at last.
Lisa Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: Well, at least she's not singing Streisand.
Homer Callback Deadpan/Understatement Callback Nelson: I have a sister... I think she's dead now who had the same problem. And I know just the solution.
Nelson Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Nelson: He who haw haws last, haw haws best.
Nelson Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bart · Nelson: So, now that you're happy again, I guess you won't beat me up at school anymore. I wish it were that simple. I really do.
Bart Nelson Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Lisa: Like many women, I still have an unhealthy obsession with my weight.
Lisa Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Marge · Lisa: Come on, say something conclusive. I'm afraid this is a very open-ended problem. Oh, open-ended?!
Marge Lisa Meta/Self-Referential Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — The Simpsons
