Principal Charming
- Episode aired Feb 14, 1991
- TV-PG
- 23m
Homer tries to set Selma up with Principal Skinner, only for him to fall for Patty instead.Homer tries to set Selma up with Principal Skinner, only for him to fall for Patty instead.Homer tries to set Selma up with Principal Skinner, only for him to fall for Patty instead.
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
- …
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- …
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
- Stanley
- (voice)
- …
- Milhouse Van Houten
- (voice)
- …
- Edna Krabappel
- (voice)
- Martin Prince
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Featured reviews
Marge's sisters (Patty and Selma) can be appalling and despicable at several moments but we also get to see a unique side of them in this episode. It caused me to develop a love-to-hate relationship with them for the first time ever.
To me, this is not necessarily an underrated episodes because it isn't one of my favorites but it's definitely an underrated character study regarding The Simpsons as a whole but also individual character studies throughout all television shows.
In this episode, "Principal Charming," a depressed Selma asks Marge to help her find a husband so she enlists Homer for the job. Homer gets Principal Skinner to ask Selma out, but he ends up asking Patty out. Now here will come the merry-go-round.
Overall, this is a good episode, but not the greatest. The romance didn't sit well with me, but that doesn't stop this from being a well-crafted episode. Still pretty funny too with such cultural references from Gone with the Wind. I rate this episode 8/10.
Did you know
- TriviaWhile searching for a man worthy of Selma, Homer uses a computer-enhanced overlay on his vision similar to characters from the filmsWestworld (1973) andTerminator (1984).
- GoofsAfter Bart uses herbicide to write his name in the grass in 40-foot letters, Principal Skinner punishes him by making him re-seed the lawn by hand. This however wouldn't work, as the herbicide would kill the seeds; the topsoil would need to be replaced first.
- Quotes
Bart Simpson:[Bart makes a crank call to Moe's after being ordered to call his father by Skinner]Hello, is Homer there?
Moe: Homer who?
Bart Simpson: Homer... Sexual.
Moe: Uh, wait one second, let me check.
[announces to the bar]
Moe: Uh, Homer Sexual? Ah, come on, come on! One of you guys has gotta be Homer Sexual!
[Patrons laugh]
Homer Simpson:[laughing]Don't look at me!
Moe: Oh, no.
[on the phone]
Moe: You rotten little punk! If I ever get a hold of you...
[cut to Skinner holding the phone]
Moe: I'll sink my teeth into your cheek and rip your face off!
Principal Skinner: You'll do what, young man?
Moe:[shocked]What? What? Wait, who is this?
Principal Skinner: I think the real question is who is this AND WHERE IS HOMER SIMPSON?
Moe: Whoa! Whoa! Sorry, Principal Skinner, sorry! I-It's a bad connection, I think.
[to Homer]
Moe: Gah, it's for you. I think Bart's in trouble again.
Homer Simpson: D'oh!
- ConnectionsFeatured inThe Simpsons: So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show (1993)





















