"She Used to Be My Girl" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | 339 |
Directed by | Matthew Nastuk |
Written by | Tim Long |
Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
Production code | FABF22 |
Original air date | December 5, 2004 |
Chalkboard gag | "Poking a dead raccoon is not research" |
Couch gag | Everyone in the family looks like Moe Szyslak--including the female members of the family. |
Commentary |
Al Jean Matt Selman Tim Long Ian Maxtone-Graham Tom Gammill Max Pross Michael Price Kim Cattrall |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Kim Cattrall as Chloe Talbot |
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Kim Cattrall as Chloe Talbot
"She Used to Be My Girl" is the fourth episode in the sixteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 5, 2004. It features actress Kim Cattrall from Sex and the City. It was the last episode to-date animated by Toonzone Entertainment.
The episode opens with the family attempting to give Santa's Little Helper a pill, but he refuses to take it. They then move into the living room, but they quickly become distracted by a throng of news vans rolling down the street, including a Fox News van, blaring Queen's "We Are the Champions" with a large "Bush-Cheney 2004" banner. On television Kent Brockman explains that Mayor Quimby has had 27 different paternity suits filed against him, with the mayor eventually placating most of the reporters with a cute puppy.
But one reporter is not distracted: Marge's old high school friend Chloe Talbot, herself from Springfield, who continues to ask Quimby tough questions and lambasting her male coworkers.
Marge sees her friend on TV and is jealous of her success, and later they meet on the street. An embarrassed Marge confesses she never left Springfield, but the two are genuinely glad to see each other again. Chloe comes to the Simpsons' house for dinner; however, her exciting stories — taking place all over the world and involving famous people — annoy Marge and inspire Lisa, who goes out to dinner with Chloe.
In a flashback, we learn the story of Marge and Chloe's friendship: both were reporters for their high school newspaper, but after high school Marge stayed with her sweetheart Homer after Bart was born, with Chloe leaving her sweetheart Barney when he proposed. With all of Chloe's success, Marge seems to begin to resent both her decision and her family, but receives supporting words from Homer.