 Originally, the subplot would involve Marge trying to get Homer to build model rockets with Bart.Homer would not want to at first, but after Marge convinces him, he would soon get more into it than Bart.The plot idea was encouraged by some of the writers who thought that Marge had "gotten short shrift," and, according to Freiberger, Marge would have had a "really big part motivating the story" had the subplot remained intact.