The Harpooned Heart
The Harpooned Heart
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The Harpooned Heart is a romance novel written by Marge Simpson.
The book has been made into a spoken form. Marge also began to write a sequel for the book, titled The Harpooned Heart II: Thunder Down Under.
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Synopsis[edit]
In 1840, Temperance Barrows lived on the island of Nantucket and was married to a loveless, selfish, and uncaring whaler named Captain Mordecai. In addition to his personal shortcomings, Mordecai was such an inept fisherman that he hardly made a catch for the family.
One day while doing laundry, Temperance met Cyrus Manly, a man who was new on the island. The two started a relationship, without the knowledge of Captain Mordecai, and it soon turned into an emotional affair. Mordecai soon found out about the affair, confronted Cyrus, and trapped him at a cliff edge. Mordecai then impaled Cyrus with his harpoon, sending him down the cliff and into the water, where the harpoon hooked onto a whale. Just then, Temperance arrived at the scene and Captain Mordecai gloated at his victory, but failed to notice that the rope from the harpoon was caught around his leg. As the whale swam away, the rope went taut and pulled Mordecai off the cliff and into the water with the whale and Cyrus. Temperance watched from the cliff as the whale dragged the two men she had loved into the depths.
Influences[edit]
Temperance Barrows was based on Marge and Captain Mordecai on Homer. Originally, Captain Mordecai was depicted as a caring, loving, and successful whaler, but Homer's oafish behavior and indifference to Marge's writing prompted her to rewrite the character of Captain Mordecai as a selfish slob to resemble Homer.
Marge based Cyrus Manly on Ned Flanders, after he gave Marge a brand-new free stud detector since they were two for one at Krusty Home Depot, so Ned got an extra one for the Simpsons.
Reactions[edit]
When Marge's book was released, widespread speculation circulated throughout Springfield that the book was actually about Homer, Marge, and Ned. Otto noticed that "Temperance" changed to "Marge" for three paragraphs, lending truth to the speculations. Homer, however, remained indifferent to the gossip as he hadn't read the book (but let everyone think that he had). When Homer finally read the book, he immediately sought out Ned Flanders and demanded to talk to him. Ned, thinking that Homer was angry at him, fled the scene, but Homer caught up to him at a cliff edge, in a scene strikingly similar to Mordecai's confrontation with Cyrus in the book. Ned, expecting to be killed, resigned himself to his fate, but was surprised when Homer said that he wanted Ned's advice on how to be a better husband as the book had made him aware of his failures. Marge arrived at the scene expecting to find Ned dead (or Ned and Homer locked in mortal combat), but was relieved to see Ned giving Homer "good husband" tips while Homer listened raptly.
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Appearances[edit]
Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" 
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out (billboard)
