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 == Synopsis ==
-{{desc|After looking after the Simpson children, [[Comic Book Guy]] and [[Kumiko]] contemplate having a baby. Comic Book Guy goes back to his childhood home, where he confronts his feelings over [[Postage Stamp Fellow|his own absent father]].}}
+{{Synopsis|After looking after the Simpson children, [[Comic Book Guy]] and [[Kumiko]] contemplate having a baby. Comic Book Guy goes back to his childhood home, where he confronts his feelings over [[Postage Stamp Fellow|his own absent father]].}}
 == Plot ==

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-'''"The Dad-Feelings Limited"''' is the eleventh episode of [[season 32]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six-hundred and ninety-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on January 3, [[2021]]. The episode was written by [[Ryan Koh]] and directed by [[Chris Clements]]. It guest stars [[Dan Aykroyd]] as [[Postage Stamp Fellow]] and [[Bob Balaban]] as the narrator.
+'''"The Dad-Feelings Limited"''' is the eleventh episode of [[Season 32|broadcast season 32]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six-hundred and ninety-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on January 3, [[2021]]. The episode was written by [[Ryan Koh]] and directed by [[Chris Clements]]. It guest stars [[Dan Aykroyd]] as [[Postage Stamp Fellow]] and [[Bob Balaban]] as the narrator.
 == Synopsis ==

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 Comic Book Guy grew up surrounded by childless relatives who focused on collecting rather than affection. Marge tries to convince him to return, but he declares he'll live there from now on. Marge grabs a framed picture of him on a baseball team.
-The story continues with how he turned to baseball, though he never got to play. The day before the big game, the other pitchers were injured and he was called to pitch, but his father didn’t show up to witness his moment. He failed, and his teammates threw him into the trash.
+The story continues with how he turned to baseball, though he never got to play. The day before the big game, the other pitchers were injured and he was called to pitch, but his father didn't show up to witness his moment. He failed, and his teammates threw him into the trash.
 In the trash, he found discarded comics and began his passion, becoming Comic Book Guy. Marge confronts his father over his absence and lack of love.
-Marge threatens to lick one of Postage Stamp Fellow's prized stamps, and he explains that he was buying a signed baseball from [[Sandy Koufax]], believing that if his son lost, he wouldn’t know how to comfort him, so he gave him a collectible instead.
+Marge threatens to lick one of Postage Stamp Fellow's prized stamps, and he explains that he was buying a signed baseball from [[Sandy Koufax]], believing that if his son lost, he wouldn't know how to comfort him, so he gave him a collectible instead.
 The two reconcile and play catch with the encased ball, and the experience changes Comic Book Guy. He returns home, now ready to have a baby.

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 |airdate= January 3, [[2021]]
 |guests= [[Dan Aykroyd]] as [[Postage Stamp Fellow]]<br>[[Bob Balaban]] as the narrator
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{desc|[[Comic Book Guy]] and his wife [[Kumiko]] debate having a baby and we learn his awesome origin story.}}
+{{desc|After looking after the Simpson children, [[Comic Book Guy]] and [[Kumiko]] contemplate having a baby. Comic Book Guy goes back to his childhood home, where he confronts his feelings over [[Postage Stamp Fellow|his own absent father]].}}
 == Plot ==
-[[Comic Book Guy]] and his wife [[Kumiko]] and the [[Simpson family]] are the protagonists of two stories. On one side, the couple are enjoying their Sunday together, while ignoring the requests at the [[The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop|Android's Dungeon]] of the family for presents for the birthday parties they're going to attend.
+[[Comic Book Guy]], his wife [[Kumiko]], and the [[Simpson family]] are the protagonists of two stories. On one side, the couple enjoy their Sunday together while ignoring the family's requests at the [[The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop|Android's Dungeon]] for birthday presents.
-[[Marge]] and [[Homer]] barely manage to finish the day after so much time spent in the middle of children and grabbed the wrong kid when picking up [[Bart]], picking up [[Leland Huebner III]], a kid that looks like him. They took the kids home and tricked [[Ned]] to babysit them while they escaped for a trivia night at [[Moe's]].
+[[Marge]] and [[Homer]] barely manage to get through the day after spending so much time around children and accidentally grab the wrong kid when picking up [[Bart]], mistakenly taking home [[Leland Huebner III]], a child who resembles him. They bring the kids home and trick [[Ned]] into babysitting them while they escape to a trivia night at [[Moe's]].
-At the trivia, they join Comic Book Guy and Kumiko's team and win, so after a messy dinner with their husbands, Marge invites Kumiko at her house, where she gives her advice for dealing with Comic Book Guy's life style, and when [[Maggie]] starts crying, she asks her to take care of her while she prepares the bottle to feed her.
+At the trivia night, they join Comic Book Guy and Kumiko's team and win. After a messy dinner with their husbands, Marge invites Kumiko to her house and offers her advice for handling Comic Book Guy's lifestyle. When [[Maggie]] starts crying, Marge asks Kumiko to take care of her while she prepares a bottle.
-Kumiko is not familiar with dealing with babies, however after giving her the doll that fell from the crib, she holds her and sings a Japanese lullaby, making her happy. Marge makes notice of how she's a natural and Kumiko makes a decision: to ask her husband to have a baby with her, however after spending his life around children at the Android's Dungeon, he says he doesn't want any.
+Kumiko is unfamiliar with babies, but after handing Maggie the doll that fell from the crib, she holds her and sings a Japanese lullaby, soothing her. Marge comments on how natural she is with Maggie, and Kumiko decides to ask her husband to have a baby. However, after spending his life around children at the Android's Dungeon, he says he doesn't want any.
-At night, Marge notes how much the situation affected Kumiko on her [[Instasnap]] posts, and Homer agrees to help them to "ruin their happy life without kids around the house". At the [[Springfield Forever Cemetery]], it's movie night, and Homer promises Bart and [[Lisa]] gift cards if they show Comic Book Guy and Kumiko how good they are. The movie shown is [[Forward to the Past]], however Comic Book Guy gets angry when Bart and Lisa starts watching stuff on their phone, to the disappointment of Kumiko.
+That night, Marge notices how affected Kumiko is through her [[Instasnap]] posts, and Homer agrees to help them "ruin their happy life without kids." At the [[Springfield Forever Cemetery]], it's movie night, and Homer promises Bart and [[Lisa]] gift cards if they show Comic Book Guy and Kumiko how well-behaved they are. The film shown is ''[[Forward to the Past]]'', but Comic Book Guy becomes angry when Bart and Lisa start watching videos on their phones, disappointing Kumiko.
-Homer and Marge walks in a platinum crypt, where they start kissing but get stuck in the crypt. At the movie, Bart and Lisa show how much they loved the movie ending and this fills up Comic Book Guy's heart. However when they go to search for Homer and Marge, the kids get scared by them trying to open the crypt door, while acting like zombies trying to open it, and Comic Book Guy runs away after they search for support from him.
+Homer and Marge wander into a platinum crypt, where they start kissing but end up stuck inside. At the movie, Bart and Lisa express how much they love the ending, which warms Comic Book Guy's heart. However, when they search for Homer and Marge, the kids get scared by them trying to push open the crypt door while looking like zombies. Comic Book Guy panics and runs off instead of helping.
-Homer and Marge gets released from it by [[Raphael]] and they reunite, while Kumiko tells them that Comic Book Guy has run to a place where there is no hope, and he's shown to have returned to his childhood home where his father, [[Postage Stamp Fellow]] lives. Kumiko angrily convinces Homer and Marge to bring back Comic Book Guy so they go to his house, where the story of his childhood is told.
+[[Raphael]] frees Homer and Marge, and the family reunites. Kumiko tells them Comic Book Guy has gone to a place without hope—his childhood home, where his father, [[Postage Stamp Fellow]], lives. Frustrated, Kumiko convinces Homer and Marge to bring him back. They go to his childhood home, where his backstory is revealed.
-He lived surrounded by childless family members that spent their time into collecting stuff instead of loving him. Marge tries to convince him to go back, but Comic Book Guy says he'll live at the house only from now on. Marge grabs a framed picture of Comic Book Guy in a baseball team.
+Comic Book Guy grew up surrounded by childless relatives who focused on collecting rather than affection. Marge tries to convince him to return, but he declares he'll live there from now on. Marge grabs a framed picture of him on a baseball team.
-The story continues telling how he turned to baseball but the team never had him play, till the day before the big game, where the other pitchers were injured. He got called to the pitch but his dad wasn't there seeing his accomplishment and he failed his pitches, with his team mates throwing him into the trash.
+The story continues with how he turned to baseball, though he never got to play. The day before the big game, the other pitchers were injured and he was called to pitch, but his father didn’t show up to witness his moment. He failed, and his teammates threw him into the trash.
-In the trash, many comics were thrown in too and he started his passion that way, becoming Comic Book Guy. Marge confronts his father about his lack of love for his son.
+In the trash, he found discarded comics and began his passion, becoming Comic Book Guy. Marge confronts his father over his absence and lack of love.
-Marge threatens him to lick one of his beloved stamps and Postage Stamp Fellow explains he was buying a signed baseball from [[Sandy Koufax]], because if he lost he'd not know how to comfort him and so he purchased him the collectible.
+Marge threatens to lick one of Postage Stamp Fellow's prized stamps, and he explains that he was buying a signed baseball from [[Sandy Koufax]], believing that if his son lost, he wouldn’t know how to comfort him, so he gave him a collectible instead.
-The two reconcile and play a game of catch with the encased ball, and the experience changed him enough so he returned home, him ready to have a baby.
+The two reconcile and play catch with the encased ball, and the experience changes Comic Book Guy. He returns home, now ready to have a baby.
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 |airdate= January 3, [[2021]]
 |guests= [[Dan Aykroyd]] as [[Postage Stamp Fellow]]<br>[[Bob Balaban]] as the narrator
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 == Reception ==
-The episode was nominated for an Emmy Award in July 2021 for the ''Outstanding Animated Program'' category.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/07/2021-emmy-nominations-list-1234791599/ Deadline - "Emmy Nominations: 'The Crown', 'The Mandalorian' Top List; HBO/HBO Max Edges Netflix For Top Spot – Full List Of Nominees"]</ref><ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-animated-program Outstanding Animated Program - 2021]</ref>
+"The Dad-Feelings Limited" was nominated for a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}} in the {{W|73rd Primetime Emmy Awards}}. However, it lost to "Plague of Madness" from ''{{W2|Primal|TV series}}''.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"]</ref>
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 == Production ==
-*Originally, [[Postage Stamp Fellow]] had a voice similar to [[Sideshow Bob]], but after producer [[Brian Kaufman]] pointed it out, Dan Aykroyd changed it to a more nerdy voice.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1345919171553501186 Matt Selman's Twitter - "Postage Stamp Fellow's voice]</ref>
+*Originally, [[Postage Stamp Fellow]] had a voice similar to [[Sideshow Bob]], but after producer [[Brian Kaufman]] pointed it out, Dan Aykroyd changed it to a more nerdy voice.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210104022531/https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1345919171553501186 Matt Selman's Twitter - "Postage Stamp Fellow's voice]</ref>
-*A line was cut where [[Marge]] would have asked for ranch dressing for her ramen.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1345959962200064000 Matt Selman's Twitter - "Marge's cut line"]</ref>
+*A line was cut where [[Marge]] would have asked for ranch dressing for her ramen.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210104050733/https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1345959962200064000 Matt Selman's Twitter - "Marge's cut line"]</ref>
-*The cast wanted to animate the Wes Anderson sequence in stop-motion, but time constrictions didn't allow it.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1345920437495033856 Matt Selman's Twitter - "Wes Anderson sequence"]</ref>
+*The cast wanted to animate the Wes Anderson sequence in stop-motion, but time constrictions didn't allow it.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210104023035/https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1345920437495033856 Matt Selman's Twitter - "Wes Anderson sequence"]</ref>
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