The Strong Arms of the Ma - Revision history

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Undo revision 1211342 by Ohpearmint (talk) This is all already stated in the article

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-{{Desc|[[Marge]] takes up bodybuilding to boost her self-esteem after a mugging, but the family finds they just can't cope with a Marge who can bench-press 500 pounds. And things only get worse after Marge starts taking steroids.}}
+{{Synopsis|[[Marge]] takes up bodybuilding to boost her self-esteem after a mugging, but the family finds they just can't cope with a Marge who can bench-press 500 pounds. And things only get worse after Marge starts taking steroids.}}
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-"'''The Strong Arms of the Ma'''" is the ninth episode of [[season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundredth episode overall. It originally aired on February 2, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Carolyn Omine]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Pamela Reed]] as [[Ruth Powers]].
+"'''The Strong Arms of the Ma'''" is the ninth episode of [[Season 14|broadcast season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundredth episode overall. It originally aired on February 2, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Carolyn Omine]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Pamela Reed]] as [[Ruth Powers]].
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-{{Desc|Marge takes up bodybuilding to boost her self-esteem after a mugging, but the family finds they just can't cope with a Marge that can bench-press 500 pounds.}}
+{{Desc|[[Marge]] takes up bodybuilding to boost her self-esteem after a mugging, but the family finds they just can't cope with a Marge who can bench-press 500 pounds. And things only get worse after Marge starts taking steroids.}}
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 == Reception ==
 As of December 2019, the episode has a 6.8 rating on {{W|IMDb}}<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701218/ IMDb - "The Strong Arms of the Ma"]</ref> and a 7.3 rating on {{W|TV.com}}.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/the-strong-arms-of-the-ma-145099/ TV.com - "The Strong Arms of the Ma"]</ref>
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-[[File:The Strong Arms on the Ma promo.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Promo image for the episode]]
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 An episode of ''[[Eye on Springfield]]'' features [[Rainier Wolfcastle]], who has gone bankrupt. As a result, he throws a bankruptcy sale to make some money back, selling off a lot of his possessions. The [[Simpson family]] attend the sale and buy a lot of Wolfcastle's items, including a set of weights. After loading the car up, they have no room left for Homer. so he has Wolfcastle take him home whilst Marge drives the family home. On the way back, [[Maggie]] needs a diaper change so they stop off at the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] to do so. After [[Apu]] smells Maggie, he lets Marge use the store's toilet to change Maggie's diaper. As they leave the toilet, a [[mugger]] confronts Marge and takes her pearls, leaving Marge incredibly shaken up and panicky.

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 |couchgag= The couch is a cardboard cutout with pictures of the family on it. There are holes where the pictures heads are supposed to be, so the family pokes their heads through the holes, each appearing to be one another.
 |guests= [[Pamela Reed]] as [[Ruth Powers]]
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 In the original pitch by [[Carolyn Omine]], Homer was to be the one who got mugged and became agoraphobic, which she pitched as she had an interest in agoraphobia. [[Al Jean]] then suggested to make Marge a bodybuilder so they changed it to have her mugged instead. The mugging came across as a serious moment for the show.<ref name="Omine">{{Com|Omine, Carolyn|The Strong Arms of the Ma|Fourteenth|(2011).}}</ref> The ''[[Eye on Springfield]]'' opening used both old footage from "[[Flaming Moe's]]", whilst it also added new footage. The episode was the 300th episode to air, although "[[Barting Over]]" was advertised as the 300th episode as Fox wanted the 300th episode to air on a specific day. The show then had fans call up to say that there was a mistake as "The Strong Arms of the Ma" was the 300th episode to air.<ref name="Jean">{{Com|Jean, Al|The Strong Arms of the Ma|Fourteenth|(2011).}}</ref>
-Al Jean thought the scene where Marge is mugged had a lot of emotion and it was something the show hadn't seen before. He also thought the [[Goofy]] hat was to add something innocent to someone who was scary. He then went on to say that if he was to do the episode again, he wouldn't have made Marge so big and muscly.<ref name="Jean"/>  The scene where Marge hallucinates was drawn with a fish-eye lens effect. Marge was given a white and red football helmet because animator [[Mark Ervin]] drew it, and he based it off the {{W|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}. Michels also said that drawing characters lifting weights is a challenge as it's hard to get the perspective of lifting them to look natural. When Bart and Lisa are talking through their teeth, a special mouth chart to work out which way their mouths moved for which letters was used.<ref name="Michels">{{Com|Michels, Pete|The Strong Arms of the Ma|Fourteenth|(2011).}}</ref>
+Al Jean thought the scene where Marge is mugged had a lot of emotion and it was something the show hadn't seen before. He also thought the [[Goofy]] hat was to add something innocent to someone who was scary. He then went on to say that if he was to do the episode again, he wouldn't have made Marge so big and muscly.<ref name="Jean"/> The scene where Marge hallucinates was drawn with a fish-eye lens effect. Marge was given a white and red football helmet because animator [[Mark Ervin]] drew it, and he based it off the {{W|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}. Michels also said that drawing characters lifting weights is a challenge as it's hard to get the perspective of lifting them to look natural. When Bart and Lisa are talking through their teeth, a special mouth chart to work out which way their mouths moved for which letters was used.<ref name="Michels">{{Com|Michels, Pete|The Strong Arms of the Ma|Fourteenth|(2011).}}</ref>
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