Marge reconnects with a close group of mothers she used to be friends with; Bart tries to break up their group when his playdates stop being fun.
WAR
11.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Moms Id Like To Forget” ranks #535 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 69.1 — Mixed. The episode packs 53 scored jokes at 3.3 per minute, averaging 6.5 on craft and 5.9 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 · Homer: Why do you have to eat peanuts in the shower? Can't start the day without that fresh-from-the-circus feeling.
Marge: Sand makes me sad because it used to be big rocks. But not anymore. Not anymore...
Marge Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Fourth Graders: There goes the fifth grade, floatin' down the Delaware, chewin' on their underwear, can't afford another pair. Ten days later, bitten by a polar bear. That's how the polar bear died.
Nelson: January 9, whaled on Jimbo with this book. Awaiting results. Unqualified success.
Nelson Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Groundskeeper Willie: I only took this refereeing job 'cause I was cold and needed a shirt!
All Jokes — 53 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Gym Teacher: We're down to our final four huckers!
Gym Teacher: Three wily fourth graders and one scrappy fifth gradesman! To the death!
Student: Where do you want your ball mark, face or belly? How about... in your dreams! Hee-yah!
Student Misdirection Character Comedy Student: I'm not the coach! There is no coach! I just wanted to see if you were wearing a bra.
Student Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort Bart: Your four eyes saw a lot today, Milhouse. What's the skinny?
Milhouse: The fifth graders played a great game. They got a great program up there. Great fans! But this was just our day.
Groundskeeper Willie: I only took this refereeing job 'cause I was cold and needed a shirt!
Martin · Fourth Graders: I deem this victory Pyrrhic! ALL Pyrrhic! Pyrrhic! Your response is puerile! ALL Puerile! Puerile!
Fourth Graders: There goes the fifth grade, floatin' down the Delaware, chewin' on their underwear, can't afford another pair. Ten days later, bitten by a polar bear. That's how the polar bear died.
Edna Krabappel: How dare they dishonor the lyrics of 'Old Gray Mare'! How dare they!
Edna Krabappel · Mike: I like to think my kids would know how to lose gracefully. In the fifth grade, we teach character. Mike, let's be adults here. You're right, Edna. Fourth sucks. Oh, that's it!
Fifth Grader: Hey, fourth graders, can you help us with our fractions? Oh, wait, you can't. They ain't even read Where the Red Fern Grows yet.
Student · Other Students: A real rumble, just like in that movie where the Jets fought the Sharks. Hmm...
Students: Anybody want to wait for shine? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely shine.
Students: no biting, no throwing rocks, no face farts, flying face farts, backdoor haircuts, 'nad noogies, moist Michaels, and absolutely no 'Brazilian hardwood.'
Students: Is this a rumble or a harvest dance? Okay, you want hardwood? No, no, no, no.
Teacher · Student: Did you wear those same clothes yesterday? No. I have two identical sets of these clothes. I see. With a stain on the shirt in the exact same place?
Student: Things aren't good at home.
Student Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Students: Rumble! Why don't you head on home, pal. Bless you.
Nelson · Other Kid: You call that a scar?! This is a scar! That's your belly button. Everybody's got one. I thought I was special.
Nelson: January 9, whaled on Jimbo with this book. Awaiting results. Unqualified success.
Nelson Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Marge · Homer: Why do you have to eat peanuts in the shower? Can't start the day without that fresh-from-the-circus feeling.
Bart · Marge: Ew! You're sitting on the toilet! When it's closed, it's a chair.
Bart: You don't look like a mom, you look happy.
Bart Observational Dark/Subversive Marge · Narrator/Writer: We called ourselves the 'Cool Moms.' There's nothing cooler than calling yourself cool.
Bart · Marge: You can't buy white wine! Why not? Are you having red meat? Oh! Are you through with the chair?
Husbands: Been a while since our wives got together, huh? Mm. Whatever. Why are we getting together again? I was so happy when it stopped.
Husbands Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Homer · Other Dad: No, that page isn't optimized for cell phone use... Why am I talking to you?! Because you're my best friend in the room.
Kid: Check out my gnarly backwards foot!
Kid Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag Dad · Other Dad: Anyone see a good beer commercial lately? Asinine. Everything you say is asinine.
Homer · Other Dad: Stupid Flanders' Wi-Fi. Uh, that wasn't the Wi-Fi. My Bell's palsy's acting up.
Marge: Go out on a Tuesday? Who am I, Charlie Sheen?
Marge: Sand makes me sad because it used to be big rocks. But not anymore. Not anymore...
Marge Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kids: Kind of weird, us all being naked in here. We're not naked. Right. Neither am I.
Kids Awkward Silence Cringe/Discomfort Bart: They dared me to see how many TV remotes I could stick in my mouth.
Bart Absurdist Character Comedy Dr. Hibbert: Tell him it's the worst prognosis ever.
Comic Book Guy: Although frankly, I thought it would have been a long time ago. You are very uncurious about your body.
Comic Book Guy: I can say it in Na'vi or Klingon, which are pretty much the same.
Comic Book Guy: Our story begins with the creation of Middle Earth, as recounted in the Ainulindal and the Valaquenta. Behold Melkor, proudest of the Ainu!
Comic Book Guy: Fine. Children just want to know what is and not why it is.
Comic Book Guy: Your scar, like Tom Cruise's last good movie, was born on the Fourth of July.
Comic Book Guy: It was seven years ago, a time when 'twilight' meant the end of the day and not the most barftastic horror franchise of all time.
Comic Book Guy: a time when 'twilight' meant the end of the day and not the most barftastic horror franchise of all time.
Mayor Quimby: Even though most of this town collaborated with the British, and we are still in informal talks to return to their empire, we all love fireworks!
Comic Book Guy: Traditionally, the Fourth of July fireworks were operated by the person most likely to be sober and dateless. Once again, the honor fell to me.
Homer: This is your TV for the year, kids. And the embers is your dinner.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Comic Book Guy: God, how I miss you.
Bart · Marge: I made you a coffee mug on Mother's Day! Isn't that enough? It's close, but no.
Cool Mom · Marge: Your son always was the bad apple of the bunch. You know nothing about my son and even less about apples.
Marge: Maybe true friends aren't random people you meet at a Mommy-and-Me class. They're random people you meet in a college dorm.
Marge Observational Irony/Sarcasm Homer · Ned: Oh, you beautiful man! Oh... that feeling is Mutual of Omaha.
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