"Lemon of Troy"

In this episode of the Simpsons, Bart starts off riding his skateboard trough the town of Springfield when he arrives at a wet cement sign. Being the trouble maker that he is, he decides to write his name in it. Marge witnesses this and lectures Bart about respecting his community and being proud of the place that he comes from. Shortly after this lecture, Bart experiences firsthand what it is like to have a piece of his community taken away when kids from then town over called Shelbyville. The historic Springfield lemon tree is taken across the town boarder and is locked inside of a car in pound lot. The community of Springfield joins together, both kids and adults, to fight to get their property back. With the help of Flander’s RV, a bunch of Springfield residents park in front of a hospital so they will be towed away into the in pound lot. It turns out that they are successful in returning their tree to the proper spot and Bart is happy that he led his friends in the fight against the Shelbyville Children. Overall I thought this was a good episode and it related greatly to the topic of community. It showed that it is important to take pride in where you live and to protect the things that are most important to that community.

“Eeny Teeny Maya Mo”

In this episode of the Simpsons Marge beings to get on Homers back about not spending enough time with Maggie. He is portrayed as a man that is so obsessed with sports and sitting on the couch that he is not involved in his daughter’s life. I thought it was really funny how Maggie saw the dog as more of a father figure than Homer and also when he called her Mugsie instead of Maggie. Homer begins to spend time with her but only continues to bring her to Moe’s bar where they discover that there is a play ground right outside. He leaves Maggie outside with the other babies but she begins to be tortured and bullied by them. Moe begins to talk to a woman online and when he meets her he discovers that she is a midget. He enjoys spending time with her but does not bring her around any of his friends in fear that they will make fun of her size. As Moe becomes more comfortable he begins to make jokes about her size and then proposes. Maya becomes angry with his jokes and makes him leave. In the meantime, Marge does not trust what Homer is exposing Maggie to during their daily outings so she purchases a camera to spy on them. Later on she discovers Homer’s true ability to be a good father when he saves Maggie from the other children in the playground. Maya tells Moe that she does not want him to make himself her size and that she wants him to stop focusing on her size. At the closing seen of the episode I thought it was really cute when Moe finally realizes how happy Maya makes him no matter what she looks like.