"Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" is the eighth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series ''

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''. It originally aired on the

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in the United States on January 4, 2004. After Lindsay Naegle forms an anti-children group, Marge fights back with a group led with Mr. Burns' power. It was written by

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and directed by Bob Anderson. This episode earned Nielsen ratings of 6.7/10.

Plot

When

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and

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fight over what to watch on TV, they accidentally change the channel to a show hosted by a children's singer and guitarist named Roofi, a parody of Canadian-Armenian children's singer/songwriter

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. This does not appeal to Bart and Lisa, but

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adores the show, and after Bart and Lisa accidentally say there is a CD so that they can get the TV back,

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buys the disc and plays it everywhere, much to the annoyance of Bart, Lisa, and

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, all the while Marge is oblivious to their feelings due to pleasing obsessed Maggie. Marge goes as far as to even buy tickets to the concert, which is to be held at

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's farm, in a parody version of the original

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concert. However, because the concert was oversold, it ends up packed, and the

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are the opening act, dismissed by Marge as repetitive. As it starts to rain, Roofi appears on stage to sing "The Nonsense Song", but is then hit in the face with a

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, abruptly cuts the show short and gets on a helicopter. Soon, the babies riot against the police sent to contain them, an event referred to in the news as the " Tot Offensive", as reported by

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. In a response to the disaster, all the adults of

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who do not have children (single people, the elderly, couples who do not have children, teenagers, and homosexuals) are up in arms, because

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has declared they will no longer be Springfield's sister city and

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forcibly takes $1 million from the audience to cover the damages. Lindsay Naegle arrives to form an anti-youth group named "Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays Against Parasitic Parents" (SSCCATAGAPP) to rid the town of anything that provides comfort to families. A statue to America's deadbeat dads is erected, a school bus ignores kids waiting at the stop to take senior citizens on a gambling junket, and a new ordinance allows children who act up in public to be

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ed. A furious Marge lobbies to get an initiative: "Families Come First", as she lobbies "Proud Parents Against Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" (PPASSCCATAG). Her lobbying efforts do poorly at first, and she fends off a $50,000 offer from America's tobacco lobby, but fair support grows after

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loans his signature on Marge's petition because he cares about children (specifically, their "supple young organs"). Other Springfield residents follow his lead, and Proposition 242 gets on the ballot. When the opposition slanders Marge with an ad where an actress posing as Marge says even she is against Prop 242,

tries to help with the campaign but screws up badly by placing the wrong information on bumper stickers and buttons for the voters, and his

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-featuring advertisement is also a disaster. Bart and Lisa soon concoct a plan. When everyone goes to the voting polls, they are stopped in their tracks by the (literally) infectious hugs of children. Proposition 242 passes easily, and Homer decides to celebrate by dumping his kids at an R-rated movie with no supervision while he and Marge go to some nice place by themselves.

Production

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Critical reception

CinemaSentries gave the show a positive review, writing "''Marge Vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays'' is a great example of the way the show used to be able to find hilarity in mocking both sides of an issue when it spoofs both the grueling life of a parent and the grueling lives of those without children who have to put up with the problems caused by other people's kids."Grande, Sombrero. (December 8, 2012)
"The Simpsons: The Fifteenth Season DVD Review: Don't Have a Cow, Man, or Any Hope That This Season Will Be Better Than the Last Five"
''CinemaSentries''. Retrieved July 23, 2015.

References

External links

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