 Back in the present day, Homer takes Maggie to bed, commenting on how the sooner kids learn to talk, the sooner they learn to talk back, and tells Maggie that he hopes she never says a word. But as soon as he turns off the light and closes the door, Maggie takes her pacifier out of her mouth and utters the word "daddy", before going to sleep. This takes on added significance because as shown earlier in the episode, when both Bart and Lisa first learn to speak, they address their dad for the first time as "Homer" and not "daddy" as Homer tries to admonish against the use of his first name.
