Original air date: 11/13/2005
Production code: GABF-20
Bart fears his spending time with Marge will make him a mama's boy; Homer gets into arm wrestling.
Tropes:
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Bart is having a good time with Marge until she humiliates him in front of the bullies at the mall, causing him to denounce her just to save face.
- Attack of the Killer Whatever: The Couch Gag of the episode has Springfield at the mercy of their couches.
- Comically Missing the Point: When Marge points to Skinner indicating what she doesn't want her son to become, Skinner replies with “What, a wall?”
- Coordinated Clothes: Several people wear matching outfits for singing during a karaoke night at school.
- Marge and Bart wear light violet outfits for their duo. Marge starts to feel uneasy because she realizes it's a bit too much.Bart: You know, Mother, I wasn't sure about tonight. But seeing us dressed the same really feels right.Marge: Well, now I'm not so sure about the bells on the painters pants.Bart: Are you kidding? I love my tinklies!
- Agnes and Seymour Skinner both wear white outfits with black notes print. They sing "Ebony and Ivory".
- Kearney, Jimbo and Dolph dressed alike for their performance — they all wear white shirts, blue sweaters and light-colored pants.
- Marge and Bart wear light violet outfits for their duo. Marge starts to feel uneasy because she realizes it's a bit too much.
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Marge fondly refers to Bart as a "heckraiser."
- Insistent Terminology: Parodied:Marge: (To Bart) My name isn't "Mother"; it's "Mom"!
- Irony: Bart declines a mother and son bike ride with Marge to play a video game. Namely, “Mother and Son Tandem Bike Ride”.
- Lies to Children: Parodied. When Marge finds out that the tea house she and Bart loved to visit is now permanently closed due to rat droppings in their tea cakes and Bart, who was addicted to said cakes, asks what happened to the lady who used to run the place, Marge tells him "she died" as the less harsh option.
- Mama's Boy: What Marge eventually realizes Bart is becoming, much like Principal Skinner and his mother.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Bart once he realizes how much he hurt his mother's feelings by refusing to keep doing things with her. She later has a similar feeling upon fearing she's turning him into the same kind of mama's boy Principal Skinner is.
- No, You: Homer trying to order pizza first thing in the morning:Homer: No, you call me back during business hours! I'll show you who's a recorded message!
- Police Are Useless: All Wiggum and the Springfield police can do as Homer bumps into them with his bumper car is to complain about how "this ride sucks".
- Take That!: Subverted. Towards the end, Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney are outside the house, singing "My Sharona" by The Knack. Homer throws his arm-wrestling trophy at the trio, saying that the song "is a pop music footnote." Then Homer tells them that he didn't want them to stop, and thus the bullies continue singing.
- Temporary Bulk Change: Subverted with Homer: due to his weight lifting, his right arm becomes freakishly large and well-built, which helps him win the arm wrestling competitions.
- Tempting Fate: Once Homer drives a bumper car into the street, Marge is reassured he can't go far without being connected to any power source. The car's metal rod then hits an overhead wire for trams, allowing Homer to continue his rampage.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: We don't see Marge invite Lisa to ride the tandem bike with her, but it can be assumed that she declined.
