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A Fish Called Selma
1996 - Season 7
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| Mobster: |
Hey, I thought you said Troy McClure was dead? |
| Fat Tony: |
No, what I said was, he sleeps with the fishe |
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Overview |
Troy McClure's acting career has been on a downward spiral, since rumours emerged of a perverse aquatic fish fetish. But following a traffic violation in his Delorean, Police Chief Wiggum instructs him to take an eye test. In exchange for Selma renewing his licence, Troy takes her out on a hot dinner date and inadvertently resurrects his floundering career when he and Selma are snapped by the local paparazzi.
Realising that being romantically linked to a 'human woman' is a way back to the big times, Troy asks for Selma's hand in marriage. Selma is of course happy to accept and the two of them are wed. Marge and Patty try to convince Selma that the marriage is a sham, and when she confronts Troy, he comes clean. Selma agrees that despite the phoney marriage, she is having a great time and vows to keep up the charade.
However, Selma draws the line at bringing a baby into a loveless marriage after McClure's manager tells him all the big Hollywood parts are going to family men. |
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| [The Simpsons are watching the Mupets on TV] |
| Bart: |
Why did they make that one mupet out of leather? |
| Marge: |
That's not leather, that's Troy McClure |
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| News reader: |
Tonight, Seventies leading man Troy McClure has finally met the woman of his dreams. We may remem.. Woman? Huh! Okay |
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| McCarther Parker: |
Listen, you keep getting seen in public, with human females, and I can get you work in the entertainment industr |
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| Lisa: |
Hi, I remember you from such film strips as 'Locker room towel fight - the blinding of Larry Driscoll'. |
| Troy: |
You know I was one of the first people to speak out against horse play |
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My Two Cents |
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Troy McClure has to be one of the best Simpsons characters (behind Krusty of course). He's a complete fraud - all glitz and no substance.
This is a simple, well paced story line with fantastic dialogue. It doesn't have any of the overblown guest character parts that so many of the post Season 8 episodes suffer from.
It's also a novel episode in that it involves hardly any of the immediate Simpsons family members, which goes to show the depth and diversity of show's characters. |
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| Troy: |
Hello, Selmer Bouvier, it's Troy McClure, you may remember me from such dates as last nights dinner |
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| Homer: |
Who'd have thought he'd turn out to be such a weirdo! |
| Marge: |
What are you talking about? |
| Homer: |
You know, his bizarre personal life, those weird things they say he does down the aquarium, why I heard... |
| Marge: |
[interrupts]:Oh Homer, that's just an urban legend, people don't do that type of thing with fish |
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| Musical Number from hit show; "Stop the Planet of the Apes, I want to get off!" |
| Troy: |
I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-A to chimpan-Zee, No you'll never make a monkey out of me |
| Apes: |
[Point to rising Statue of Liberty in the background] |
| Troy: |
Oh my God! I was wrong. It was Earth, all along. You've finally made a monkey... |
| Apes: |
Yes, we've finally made a monkey... |
| All: |
Yes, you've finally made a monkey out of meeee |
| Troy: |
[under his breath] I love you Dr Zeus |
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