Iron Marge When Marge is mocked by the neighborhood women because her kids have only ever given her home-made gifts, Bart and Lisa decide to try and get their mother a nice birthday present only to spend her birthday money on a spy kit instead. After hearing Marge confess to Ned Flanders that she feels her family thinks of her as an afterthought, a guilt-ridden Bart and Lisa seek to learn about their mother's past to make it up to her with various results. Meanwhile, Kirk Van Houten thanks Homer for saving him from an exposed live wire as Homer begins scouring Springfield for other dangers to warn everybody about, resulting in him fearmongering the whole town.