Alone Again, Natura-Diddily
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"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons
Synopsis
On a trip to the bird sanctuary, the family sees that a new speedway has been built and is opening today. The family goes to the racetrack and they are surprisingly met by the Flanders family, who come here to see the race. A squad of cheerleaders is giving out free t-shirts, and Homer demands one. The cheerleaders send a full salvo of t-shirts in Homer's direction, but Homer bends down at the last minute to pick up a bobby pin. The t-shirts hit Maude Flanders instead, who is returning from the hot dog stand. They knock her down off the top of the bleachers. Dr. Hibbert is fortunate to be there, because he pronounces Maude Flanders dead.
Everyone shows their condolences for Maude, but Ned has to deal with Maude's death. Homer secretly makes a videotape of Ned Flanders (showing clips of him in the shower and without a shirt, revealing his amazing six-pack) to show to interested single girls across Springfield, helping him, but his dates turn out sour, and on Sunday morning, Ned Flanders says he does not want to go to church, because he doubts the Lord for taking Maude. Guilt-ridden he later rushes to church and sees a Christian rock band, Kovenant, perform, and he likes the singer, Rachel Jordan. He later makes friends with her, as she sings over the end credits.
Trivia
At the cemetery, we see the graves of characters that have died in previous episodes:- Bleeding Gums Murphy, who died in the season 6 episode "'Round Springfield."
- Dr. Marvin Monroe, whose grave resembles a therapist's couch; his death was never documented, but "Dr. Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital" is mentioned in part 2 of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?," and his death is directly mentioned in "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular." However, in a break with continuity, he appears alive and well for some reason in "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife," and he explains that his absence was caused by him being "very sick."
- Bea Simmons (her grave reads "Grampa's Girlfriend"), who died in the season 2 episode "Old Money."
- Frank "Grimey" Grimes, who died in season 8's "Homer's Enemy."
The title of the episode is in reference to the Gilbert O'Sullivan hit, "Alone Again (Naturally)" (1972).
- Most fans consider this episode as a sign of quality decline in the show.
Quotes
- Dr. Hibbert: Hmm, a Ford urinating on a Chevrolet.
Mrs. Hibbert: Don't you usually laugh at everything?
Dr. Hibbert: Yes. Yes, I do. - When Maude goes to get the hot dogs, Ned's last words to her before the incident are "No footlongs!"
- Bart (playing a video game while consoling Rod and Todd): Ooh, full conversion!
Rod: No, you just winged him and made him a Unitarian. - Todd (after Bart beats the first level of the video game): Can we play now?
Bart: We are playing. We're a team.
Rod and Todd: [pause] Yay! - Homer (dancing topless): I need a shirt! Gimme a shirt!
Ralph Wiggum: Mommy has bosoms like that!
Chief Wiggum (sarcastically): Yeah, I wish! - Homer (pulling his car into a pit stop): Hurry! Hurry! Now, now, now!
Chief Mechanic: We're working as fast as we...hey, who the hell are you?
Homer: How kind of you to ask. My name is... (drives off, causing several crashes) - Flanders: Hi-diddly-ho, pedal-to-the-metal-ophiles!
Homer: Flanders, since when do you like anything cool?
Flanders:Oh, I don't care for the speed. I just can't get enough of that safety gear: helmets, roll bars, caution flags...
Maude: I like the fresh air...and looking at the poor people in the infield. - Moe: Ned, I know we ain't hung out much, with you're insane fear of drinking and my being banned from the church and all. But that, that Maude was really something.
Flanders: Wasn't she. Oh, thank you, Moe, I appreciate that.
Moe: No, I really mean it, though. If it had been you that died, I would have been on her so fast.
Flanders: What are you saying?
Moe: What? Nothing, she was hot! What, you can't take a compliment?
Flanders: You Monster! (begins to hit Moe, weak at first, but eventually, he starts pounding him)
Moe: (in between punches) Let it out, that's it...let it out...send me to Maude...Here I come, baby! - Rod: Daddy, can we move closer?
Ned: Abso-not-ly, hot Roddy! We're up here, out of range of the crashes and driver's cussing.
Bart: (shoving Lisa) Move your damn butt!
Lisa: (shoving him back) Bite me! - Ned: That was a lovely song. You really got to me.
Rachel: Been through some rough times yourself?
Ned: I...I recently lost my wife.
Rachel: I'm real sorry to hear that. We just lost our drummer...to a Pentecostal ska band. - Reverend Lovejoy eulogizes Maude at her funeral.
Lovejoy: In many ways, Maude Flanders was a supporting player in our lives. She didn't grab our attention with memorable catchphrases, or comical accents.
Willie: Aye.
Captain McAllister: Yar.
Professor Frink: Oh, glaven, why, glaven?
Lovejoy: But, whether you noticed her or not, Maude was always there ... and we thought she always would be. - Ned:I just keep replaying the whole thing in my head. I can't believe my last words to Maude were, "No foot-longs."
Homer: Yep, it would have been a lot better if you had said, "I love you," or "You're special." You know, something sweet instead of that hot dog crack.
Ned: If I'd only been a gentleman, and got the hot dogs myself, she'd still be here.
Homer: Now, now, now, don't beat yourself up. I'm the one who drove her out of her seat. I'm the one who provoked the lethal barrage of T-shirts. I'm the one who parked in the ambulance zone, preventing any possible resuscitation.(notices Ned glaring at him) Yeah, I, uh, but there's no point in playing the blame game.
Ned: Ah, you're right. I've just got to work through the grief. There's not going to be an easy answer.
Homer: Easy answer, eh? - (In the infield, Cletus and Brandine kiss in the back of a pickup truck)
Brandine: Dang, Cletus, why'd you have to park by my parents?
Cletus: Now, honey, they's my parents, too.
The Band's Songs
A Book about a Man
This is a love song about dude I met in a sleazy motel...A dude named God!
In a motel room in Delacroix,
I was drinking like a Dartmouth boy,
And thinkin' 'bout the wrong turns that I took.
Well I woke up on the puke green floor,
And opened up a dresser drawer,
Lookin' for a bottle but instead I found a book.
A book about a man,
A book about the dude who lives above.
A book about a man,
Who drives a pickup full of sweet, sweet love.
Now if you think he doesn't care,
Or maybe that he isn't there,
It's not too late to see how wrong you are.
So when your soul has gone astray,
Just let God be your Triple A,
He'll tow you to salvation and he'll overhaul your heart!
A Show about Ned
It's a show about Ned,About him losing his sweet wife.
She landed on her head,
But now it's time to get on with his life.
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