Homer and Marge celebrate Valentine's Day by going on the Tunnel of Love ride at a carnival, but they end up stranded when Bart pulls a prank involving gelatin. To pass the time, Homer tells the love story of Bonnie and Clyde, Marge tells her version of "Lady and the Tramp," and Bart tells the love story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.
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“Love Springfieldian Style” ranks #466 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 73.2 — Solid. The episode packs 67 scored jokes at 4.3 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.2 on impact, with Shady/Homer landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Comic Book Guy: Your music violates everything punk stands for, which is nothing!
Homer: They were the Bonnie and Clyde of their day. Their names were Bonnie and Clyde.
Homer Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Sheriff: Unmarried?! That's it. I'm turning them in.
Sheriff Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Store Owner: You could've had anything you want for free! You're a co-owner!
FDR: I am recalling all our air defense forces from Pearl Harbor. Somebody please remind me to move them back.
All Jokes — 67 analyzed
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Mr. Burns Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: For the next two hours, we'll be kid-free. It'll be just like the time we lost them at the mall.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Marge: That was the best Christmas ever.
Marge Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer: Nothing gets a woman in your arms faster than scary robots and simulated privacy.
Homer Observational Character Comedy Lisa: if Dad kisses Mom too much, a stork will lay an angel egg in her tummy, and the next thing you know, we find a baby brother in the cabbage patch!
Lisa Absurdist Character Comedy Bart: Do whatever you want. I'm getting a candy apple.
Bart Reaction Beat Character Comedy Carnival Announcer: You will be charged for the extra time.
Marge Observational Meta/Self-Referential Homer: They were the Bonnie and Clyde of their day. Their names were Bonnie and Clyde.
Homer Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Bonnie/Marge: This is Texas, future home of Akeem Olajuwon!
Clyde/Homer: No one calls me 'chicken' without goading me into doing something stupid!
Store Owner: You could've had anything you want for free! You're a co-owner!
Clyde/Homer: Oats! Texas caviar!
Clyde/Homer: Well, there might be others, but I'm too lazy to figure out what they are. So violence it is!
Bank Customer: It's a sex thing! Say no more!
Bank Driver: Well, deposit yourselves in a seat because you've earned my interest!
Narrator: A nation, crippled by unemployment and bored by Seabiscuit
Bonnie/Marge: Because gee, it's swell to have all that money.
FDR: I am recalling all our air defense forces from Pearl Harbor. Somebody please remind me to move them back.
Sheriff: I've been played like a pair of spoons!
Sheriff Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Sheriff: Hey, keep it down, will ya? The part where all my men get killed is coming up.
Sheriff Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Sheriff: Unmarried?! That's it. I'm turning them in.
Sheriff Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Sheriff: Even I'm offended by this, and I'm a fat Southern sheriff.
Sheriff: the battery seems to be dead. I'll get some help by hiding in that bush.
Sheriff: Come on, shoot! Shoot! Oh! Not me!
Sheriff Physical/Slapstick Misdirection Bonnie/Marge · Officer: Say, Officer, I like how you handle that gun. Thanks. I like the way you take a bullet.
Bart: Cool. Now we're shooting the birds that are pecking at the bodies.
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: This is a story of two dogs with a love so strong, no hose could separate them.
Homer Setup/Punchline Visual Gag Fancy Dog: A mutt like you could never get a fancy dame like that. Even her fleas have more class than you.
Fancy Flea: Oh, no! Chompy and I have taken a cottage in West Leg. It's where all the fleas are fleeing.
Shady/Homer: You know, heaven must have left its doggie door open because you are one...
Shady/Homer: I like those chicks with them head cones when they start talking, you can drop below the horizon.
Luigi · Shady/Homer: You say it's goin' kinda-a rough? That is precisely what I'm saying.
Shady/Homer: You're pretty feisty for an upper-class bitch.
Lady/Marge: Oh, I like that you use the technical term for a female dog.
Luigi: Why didn't I listen to Mama? 'Serve-a food to humans!'
Luigi Character Comedy Escalation Lady/Marge · Shady/Homer: And I am in heat. That's the safe time, right? Oh, the safest.
Shady/Homer: Is that a foxhunt I hear?
Chorus: Any minute now You'll be stuck with her brood
Chorus: Come on, with all this high-class tail around?
Puppy/Bart: Yeah, he's gotta teach me how to lick my... Oh, I figured it out.
Dog Catcher: where you're put to sleep... by my boring stories. And then you'll be killed!
Dog Catcher: Unless you want to.
Goofy/Shady: Gawrsh, you can't kill me. I'm half-human! Look, I wear clothes! I speak English! I'm speaking it right now!
Dog Catcher: It's Cycle 5, specially formulated for dogs with five minutes to live.
Shady/Homer: This place is no picnic, but it sure beats working for Disney.
Shady: I want to stay, sit, roll over and beg! Please, please, please, please, please, please, please...!
Shady Wordplay/Pun Physical/Slapstick Shady/Homer: Uh... you know, there are nine other puppies.
Punk Band: Smash the flag Burn the queen Kick the sky Antichrist!
Nancy/Marge: Yeah, I'm really lucky you saved me from meeting other people and having new experiences.
Sid Vicious: Hitler and her majesty / Sittin' in a tree / B-O-R-R-I-N-G!
Nancy/Marge: I've spelled 'unrequited.' Now I know what it means.
Sid Vicious: S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night!
British Punks · Nancy/Marge: Look, an American nerd bird. Nerd bird? Would a nerd bird have chocolate, huh? Would a nerd bird? Stop saying 'nerd bird!'
Band Member: We're gonna go out and play our songs like we've never played them before: competently!
Band Manager: Sidney Sheldon Vicious!
Band Manager: When I hired a guy named Sid Vicious, I assumed it would be a 30-year business relationship.
Sex Pistols: Education's bollocks! Bollocks! America is bollocks! Bollocks! Politeness is bollocks! Bollocks! Bollocks!
Sid/Bart: Can't reach me bass. Me back is front ward!
Sid/Bart Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Audience Member: Dang it, I wanted to hear what else was bollocks!
Band Member: You gobbed up our gig, you git!
Band Member: Ho!! Just stop talking and bang your head against the wall!
Punk Fan: This song doesn't make me feel angry at all. If anything, it makes my anger ebb!
Nancy/Marge: 'Cause love is the elixir The potion of emotion The world-saving fixer The lotion of devotion.
Comic Book Guy: Your music violates everything punk stands for, which is nothing!
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