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| caption = A young Homer and Marge
| season = 20
| episode = 5
| director = [[Matthew Faughnan]]
| writer = [[Billy Kimball]]<br /> [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]]
| production = KABF18
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| guests = [[Maurice LaMarche]] as
| blackboard = "I did not see teacher siphoning gas"
| couch_gag = The family is a group of wooden figures that come out of a set of [[cuckoo clock]]s.
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"'''Dangerous Curves'''" is the fifth episode of the [[The Simpsons
==Plot==
On the [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]], the [[Simpson family]] visit a cabin in the woods. While driving there, they pick up hitchhikers [[List of recurring The Simpsons characters#Squeaky-Voiced Teen|Squeaky Voiced Teen]] and his girlfriend, Beatrice. [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] flashes back twenty years earlier to 1988, when he and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] ride their bikes down a highway. While trying to kiss, Homer crashes his bike, forcing them to walk. [[Ned Flanders|Ned]] and [[Maude Flanders]] are driving by, see them and pick them up. Ned and Maude
In the present, the family drops off the Squeaky-Voiced Teen and Beatrice, and continue to their cabin. In 1988, Ned barricades unmarried Homer and Marge chastely in separate rooms of the cabin to discourage [[premarital sex]]. In 2003, Alberto comforts Marge, who leaves the party with him for a private airplane ride, while Homer, seeing them in the sky, drives off with Sylvia. They each decide to spend the night together but end up at the cabin, where Homer sees Marge through the window but does not see Alberto. Upon hearing Homer calling out for Marge, Alberto panics and hides in a trunk just before Homer arrives. Despite his initial misgivings, Homer concludes that he and Marge were both there to recapture the memories of their dating years. On Marge's insistence, Homer pulls the trunk out of the room, where he promptly pushes Sylvia into out of Marge's eyesight. Alberto and Sylvia fall in love in the trunk while Homer and Marge rekindle their love.
In the present, Homer and Marge meet Alberto and Sylvia, now married with a daughter named Ruthie, and learn of each other's near-affairs. Marge is disgusted, but Homer points out she was just as bad as he was. Homer regrets marrying Marge and, trapped in a ball of their luggage which happened while unpacking, has Ruthie roll him into the woods.▼
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▲In the present, Homer and Marge meet Alberto and Sylvia, now married with a daughter named Ruthie and learn of each other's near-affairs. Marge is disgusted, but Homer points out she was just as bad as he was. Homer regrets marrying Marge and, trapped in a ball of their luggage which happened while unpacking, has Ruthie roll him into the woods.
▲Back in their dating years, Ned tells Homer that if he was married to Marge, he could make all the love to her he wants. Taking a walk through the woods with Marge, Homer carves the message "Marge + Homer 4ever" into a tree. In the present, Homer sees this message, then Marge arrives and accidentally knocks the tree over a ravine. Homer clings onto the bark and falls down the ravine toward the river below with Marge falling after. They are saved by [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] in their [[pedal car]], which Bart had accidentally driven into the river.
==Cultural references==
The episode's non-linear plot showing various points in Homer and Marge's relationship is a reference to the 1967 film ''[[Two for the Road (1967 film)|Two for the Road]]'', starring [[Audrey Hepburn]] and [[Albert Finney]], and the episode's musical score mimics the film's [[Henry Mancini]] score.<ref name="ign">{{cite news |url=
[[Toucan Sam]], [[Trix (cereal)|Trix]], [[Cap'n Crunch]] and [[General Mills monster-themed breakfast cereals|Count Chocula]] are all featured on Bart's ''Cereal Killer'' game; they are, respectively, the mascots for [[Froot Loops]], Trix, Cap'n Crunch and Count Chocula breakfast cereals.<ref name="ult">{{cite book |title=Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 |publisher=[[HarperCollins|Harper Collins Publishers]] |year=2010 |editor=Bates, James W. |editor2=Gimple, Scott M. |editor3=McCann, Jesse L. |editor4=Richmond, Ray |editor5=Seghers, Christine |isbn=978-0-00-738815-8 |edition=1st |pages=968–969|title-link=Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 }}</ref> The handheld system Bart is playing on is a [[Game Boy Advance]].<ref name="cultref">{{cite web |url=http://rkproject.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/the-simpsons-dangerous-curves/ |title=The Simpsons: Dangerous Curves |
==Reception==
Since airing, the episode has received mixed reviews from television critics.
Robert Canning of [[IGN]] said, "I did find Bart and Lisa as the bickering couple...to be very funny. It added a fresh twist to this generally stale outing. ...There were other fun laughs...but none of that could make up for the poor story being told or the overall unfunniness of the episode." He gave this episode a 5.8.<ref name="ign"/>
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb episode|1291169}}
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{{The Simpsons episodes|20}}
▲[[Category:The Simpsons (season 20) episodes]]
[[Category:2008 American television episodes]]
[[Category:Television episodes directed by Matthew Faughnan]]
[[Category:Television episodes written by Ian Maxtone-Graham]]
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