# The Simpsons Classic Madness - FINALS! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895 "2008-09-10T03:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/1 "2008-09-10T03:45:06Z")
One really great episode made it through, and another very over rated (in my opinion) but still funny episode. This thing ends Friday night at 10PM. Vote! Marge vs the Monorail vs You Only Move Twice ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/2 "2008-09-10T04:01:37Z")
Well, I think “Deep Space Homer” is getting screwed, but… You Only Move Twice ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/3 "2008-09-10T04:07:15Z")
Marge v. The Monorail. If I had to choose, it’s my favorite episode, so this game is working out for me. (so far.) Homer, I’ve brought someone who can help! Is it Batman? No, it’s a scientist. Batman’s a scientist. It’s. Not. Batman. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/4 "2008-09-10T04:37:39Z")
You Only Move Twice ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/5 "2008-09-10T05:42:10Z")
You only Move twice Can’t go against Hank Scorpio. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/6 "2008-09-10T05:44:07Z")
You Only Move Twice ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/7 "2008-09-10T06:16:51Z")
You only move twice ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/8 "2008-09-10T06:54:40Z")
You Only Move Twice. Albert Brooks’ finest (half) hour. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/9 "2008-09-10T07:31:10Z")
You Only Move Twice. Scorpio! He’ll sting you with his dreams of power and wealth. Beware of Scorpio! His twisted twin obsessions are his plot to rule the world And his employees’ health. He’ll welcome you into his lair, Like the nobleman welcomes his guest. With free dental care and a stock plan that helps you invest! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/10 "2008-09-10T11:40:16Z")
I may have to get back to you Friday. At the very least it’s a great excuse to watch both episodes again. Sorry you don’t like You Only Move Twice, but I think these are two very worth candidates and they’d probably both make my top ten. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/11 "2008-09-10T11:57:49Z")
You Only Move Twice A worthy winner as it’s easily in the Simpsons top 5. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/12 "2008-09-10T12:36:32Z")
I DO like You Only Move Twice, but I’d hardly consider it the best episode of the first 8 seasons…more like top 5 of season 8. And Scorpio? The best part of that episode is Canadian Ralph from the Leg Up Program! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/13 "2008-09-11T17:01:44Z")
Ah well…with what we have left, I’ll have to give it to…ummm… Marge vs the Monorail \ \*The monorail is really…\*D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/14 "2008-09-11T17:57:25Z")
Marge vs. the Monorail “Donuts…is there anything they can’t do?” It wins because it takes place in Springfield, the best Simpson episode ever has to take place in Springfield, not someplace else. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/15 "2008-09-11T18:16:21Z")
**Marge vs. the Monorail**. It’s got everything I love in _The Simpsons_, from outrageous humor to family warmth to relatively obscure cultural homages such as _The Music Man_ (and it’s one of Phil Hartman’s two finest appearances, the other being _A Fish Called Selma_). Plus, as **Gangster Octopus** says, unlike YOLT it’s a very Springfieldy episode – the whole town and its citizens are featured, which highlights one of the show’s greatest strengths, i.e. the sense that we know so many members of this quirky community. The Hank Scorpio ep is great and I voted for it to be in the final, but IIRC, most of the other Springfieldites aren’t in the ep. It seems more of a ‘one-off’ episode than **Monorail**. Well, them’s my thoughts. Gotta say unlike most of these Madness threads, I’m pretty content with either of the finalists winning! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/16 "2008-09-11T18:28:30Z")
**You Only Move Twice.** That was a perfect episode. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/17 "2008-09-12T02:49:52Z")
Definitely **You Only Move Twice**. It’s my favorite episode, actually. I thought there were a lot of suspect choices in the rest of the field, but I’m glad to see the cream is rising to the top (Marge vs. The Monorail is excellent as well). > [@fusoya](#): > > The best part of that episode is Canadian Ralph from the Leg Up Program! If you listen to the teacher rattling off names, you’ll find that the Canadian kid is called “Gordy.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/18 "2008-09-12T03:03:56Z")
Marge vs the Monorail ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/19 "2008-09-12T04:17:07Z")
Monorail! Mono… D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-classic-madness-finals/462895/20 "2008-09-13T02:17:57Z")
Results: Marge vs the Monorail - 6 \*\*You Only Move Twice \*\*- 10 I watched both of these episodes tonight. Marge Vs the Monorail is a non-stop laugh fest for me (true or false, you can get Mono from riding the monorail?), and would get my vote, and You Only Move Twice is a pretty great episode, but the only time I really laughed out loud was at the “hang my coat on the wall” scene and everything in the Leg Up Program. … but whatever, this episode has its fans. I’ll be back in October for the Simpsons Halloween Madness. Justin\_Bailey, you’re up for the neglectorino tournament.