History Recap / TheSimpsonsS9E7TheTwoMrsNahasapeemapetilons

--> '''Marge''': Uh, excuse me, excuse me, we have one more bachelor!\\

* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: It turns out the girl who was promised to him grew up into a lovely woman. Manjula didn't feel any more inclined to marry Apu than he did, and did say if it didn't work out she was willing to get a divorce, but they ended falling in love with each other.

-->'''Apu:''' Is it me or do your plans always have some horrid web of lies?
-->'''Homer:''' It's you.

* ShoutOut: Moe walking onstage at the bachelor audition, and immediately heading to the "Rejects" section was a parody of an incident involving Redd Foxx at Las Vegas. He was planning on doing stand-up, but when he realized there were very few people in the audience, he walked straight off. This was also parodied in "Trash of the Titans" this same season.

** Originally, the book Bart used as kindling for the sacred fire was a Bible. When Mike Scully (the showrunner at the time of this episode's premiere) realized how tasteless the joke was, the scene was re-animated so that way the Bible was redrawn as a hymnal.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: The UK version of this episode edits out Bart and Lisa's InnocentlyInsensitive questions about the bindi on Apu's mother's head (particularly Bart and Lisa asking if it changes color based on mood and if it's a third eye that can see into the future).
** Originally, the book Bart used as kindling for the sacred fire was a Bible. When Mike Scully (the showrunner at the time of this episode's premiere) realized how tasteless the joke was, the scene was re-animated so that way the Bible was redrawn as a hymnal. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes The "hymnal" cut of this episode is the one seen most often while the original version is pretty much non-existent]].

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* ContinuityNod: When Bart see Apu pass by on an elephant, he says he'd like one, to which Lisa reminded him of Stampy.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: After finding out that Apu's not actually married to Marge, she apparently decides to just have the wedding at the Simpson house. Marge goes along with it for some reason, and Lisa is the one to ask why Apu's mother is still staying with them.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Subverted with Apu's mother. After finding out that Apu's not actually married to Marge, she apparently decides to just have the wedding at the Simpson house. Marge goes along with it for some reason, and Lisa is the one to ask why Apu's mother is still staying with them.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: In the scene of Bart using a holy book as kindling in the sacred fire, the original cut of the episode had the holy book as The Bible. When Mike Scully got complaints (and realized how tasteless the joke is), the scene was altered so that way Bart would be shown using a hymnal for the sacred fire.

* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: It turns out the girl who was promised to him grew up into a lovely woman. Manjula didn't feel any more inclined to marry Apu that he did, and did say if it didn't work out she was willing to get a divorce, but they ended falling in love with each other.

An arranged marriage looms for Apu — can he throw his family off by convincing them that he's already married to Marge?

* BachelorAuction: Apu wins, being the most desirable man of the bunch. He quite enjoys it, too, dating several women.

* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: It turns out the girl who was promised to him grew up into a lovely woman. Manjula didn't feel any more inclined to marry Apu that he did, but they ended falling in love with each other.

* ArrangedMarriage

* [[spoiler:PerfectlyArrangedMarriage]]

* FawltyTowersPlot