The Strong Arms of The Ma
| "Strong Arms of the Ma" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | 300 |
| Directed by | Pete Michels |
| Written by | Carolyn Omine |
| Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
| Production code | EABF04 |
| Original air date | February 2, 2003 |
| Chalkboard gag | "The school does not need a 'regime change' " |
| Couch gag | The couch is a novelty cardboard cut-out with holes in it. The family members go behind the standup and stick their faces through the holes: Lisa becomes the face for Homer, Homer becomes Marge, Maggie becomes Lisa, Bart becomes Maggie and Marge becomes Bart. Instead of the TV, a photographer is standing in front of the Simpsons and takes their picture. |
| Commentary |
Al Jean Carolyn Omine Matt Selman Kevin Curran Michael Price Matt Warburton Pete Michels |
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Pamela Reed as Ruth Powers |
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Season 14 episodes
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Pamela Reed as Ruth Powers
"Strong Arms of the Ma" is the ninth episode of The Simpsons' fourteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 2, 2003. It is the 300th episode to be broadcast; though "Barting Over" is indicated on-screen to be the 300th episode, it is actually the 302nd. In the episode, Marge develops agoraphobia in response to a traumatic mugging and overcomes the fear through exercise and bodybuilding, which ultimately leads to her taking anabolic steroids and experiencing a change in personality.
Carolyn Omine wrote the episode, and Pete Michels directed. Pamela Reed guest starred as recurring character Ruth Powers.
The Simpson family goes to Rainier Wolfcastle's bankruptcy garage sale. Homer asks Rainier if he has anything that will increase in value when he dies, and is shown an old weight-lifting set, complete with dumbbells and bench press. Homer takes it and packs everything and everybody in the car in the style of a Tetris game. The car ends up being so overpacked that Homer has no room in it for himself and ends up being carried home by Rainier Wolfcastle in a baby harness built for an adult.
On the way home, Marge and the kids discover that Maggie has soiled her diaper. Marge pulls into the Kwik-E-Mart, and changes Maggie in the restroom. As she is leaving the store, a shady character in a Goofy hat accosts her and threatens her with a gun. Finding only diapers in Marge's purse, he grabs Marge's pearl necklace and takes off. Marge, stunned, walks to her car in a daze and breaks down sobbing at the wheel in front of her kids.
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