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== Cultural references ==
*When spying on [[Lisa]], [[Database]] says he feels like {{w|Harriet the Spy}}.
*When Lisa says "Ich bin ein Gymnast" ("I am a gymnast"), it is a reference to [[John F. Kennedy]]'s words in West Berlin in 1963, "Ich bin ein Berliner."
*In Lisa's dream, John F. Kennedy speaks with the Boston accent for which he was known, including pronouncing "Lisa" as "Liser" and "vigor" as "vigah."
*When Lisa's friends drive, the song that plays is ''{{w|All Star (song)|All Star}}'' by {{w|Smash Mouth}}.
*The song Homer plays while drinking is ''{{w|Tubthumping}}'' by {{w|Chumbawamba}}.
*"Cafe Kafka" is a reference to {{w|Franz Kafka}}.
**The pictures of cockroaches on the wall are references to {{w|Gregor Samsa}}, who wakes up as an insect in Kafka's most famous work, ''{{w|The Metamorphosis}}''.
**The color picture on the back wall behind [[Lisa]] is of the {{w|Hindenburg Disaster}}.
**The roadie doing the mic check uses the phrase "April is the cruellest month," which are the first words of T.S. Eliot's famous poem, ''{{w|The Waste Land}}''.

== Trivia ==
*[[Francine]]'s last name is revealed to be "Rhenquist".
*According to this episode, [[Principal Skinner]] has been an interim principal for 20 years.
*The gym teacher says that Coach [[Lugash]] "defected ''into'' East Germany." But in the episode "[[Children of a Lesser Clod]]", Lugash is said to have escaped ''from'' East Germany by cartwheeling over the Berlin Wall.
*Skinner is the only one to get chocolate cake splattered on him.
*Skinner's estimated life as listed on the plaque is "1953-2010" making him only 57 when he dies.
*It is revealed in this episode that [[Moleman]] is 80 years old, altrhough in a [[Duffless|previous episode]] he claims to be only 31.
**Though he was said to be an 80 year old by someone who doesn't know him, to her he may look 80, but is really 31.
*The [[Itchy]] and [[Scratchy]] episode's production code was DABF06 which is really the production code for an episode of The Simpons entitled "[[The Bart Wants What it Wants]]".

== Goofs ==
*The dining room is where the downstairs closet should be.
*When she gets dragged off, [[Agnes]]' mouth was closed when she started talking.
*One of the girls in Lisa's gymnastics class jumped out the window just as Lisa got there, but about a minute later, the girl that jumped out the window is on the balance beam.
**''She could have come in during Lisa's hallucination.''
*The night that Lisa sneaks out to go to the poetry reading, as [[Homer]] walks by the kids rooms saying goodnight, Bart and Lisa's rooms seem to have switched positions.
*In the part with the Itchy and Scratchy cartoon, you see Itchy pour the butter on the toast and Scratchy's eyes are no where to be seen but in the next shot, Itchy's takes a bite out of one of Scratchy's eyes.
*When Homer is throwing the frisbee to get Bart out of the tree, we see the pieces of wood nailed onto the tree for Bart's treehouse, but then moments later they are gone, so that Lisa can use her gymnastics to get to the top.
*When [[Bart]] is eating (slurping) his soup in the bubble, Homer gets mad and fills Bart's bubble with water. When Homer picks up the bubble, the soup is no where to be seen.
*[[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] are participating in the 2nd grade gymnastics class but they're in the 4th grade.
*When Bart is at [[Krustyburger]] with Grampa, he is sitting in a booth, and his legs are not shown.

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Little Girl in the Big Ten/References

2014-08-27T14:25:55Z

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== Cultural references ==
*When spying on [[Lisa]], [[Database]] says he feels like {{w|Harriet the Spy}}.
*When Lisa says "Ich bin ein Gymnast" ("I am a gymnast"), it is a reference to [[John F. Kennedy]]'s words in West Berlin in 1963, "Ich bin ein Berliner."
*In Lisa's dream, John F. Kennedy speaks with the Boston accent for which he was known, including pronouncing "Lisa" as "Liser" and "vigor" as "vigah."
*When Lisa's friends drive, the song that plays is ''{{w|All Star (song)|All Star}}'' by {{w|Smash Mouth}}.
*The song Homer plays while drinking is ''{{w|Tubthumping}}'' by {{w|Chumbawamba}}.
*"Cafe Kafka" is a reference to {{w|Franz Kafka}}.
**The pictures of cockroaches on the wall are references to {{w|Gregor Samsa}}, who wakes up as an insect in Kafka's most famous work, ''{{w|The Metamorphosis}}''.
**The color picture on the back wall behind [[Lisa]] is of the {{w|Hindenburg Disaster}}.
**The roadie doing the mic check uses the phrase "April is the cruellest month," which are the first words of T.S. Eliot's famous poem, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waste_Land The Waste Land]''.

== Trivia ==
*[[Francine]]'s last name is revealed to be "Rhenquist".
*According to this episode, [[Principal Skinner]] has been an interim principal for 20 years.
*The gym teacher says that Coach [[Lugash]] "defected ''into'' East Germany." But in the episode "[[Children of a Lesser Clod]]", Lugash is said to have escaped ''from'' East Germany by cartwheeling over the Berlin Wall.
*Skinner is the only one to get chocolate cake splattered on him.
*Skinner's estimated life as listed on the plaque is "1953-2010" making him only 57 when he dies.
*It is revealed in this episode that [[Moleman]] is 80 years old, altrhough in a [[Duffless|previous episode]] he claims to be only 31.
**Though he was said to be an 80 year old by someone who doesn't know him, to her he may look 80, but is really 31.
*The [[Itchy]] and [[Scratchy]] episode's production code was DABF06 which is really the production code for an episode of The Simpons entitled "[[The Bart Wants What it Wants]]".

== Goofs ==
*The dining room is where the downstairs closet should be.
*When she gets dragged off, [[Agnes]]' mouth was closed when she started talking.
*One of the girls in Lisa's gymnastics class jumped out the window just as Lisa got there, but about a minute later, the girl that jumped out the window is on the balance beam.
**''She could have come in during Lisa's hallucination.''
*The night that Lisa sneaks out to go to the poetry reading, as [[Homer]] walks by the kids rooms saying goodnight, Bart and Lisa's rooms seem to have switched positions.
*In the part with the Itchy and Scratchy cartoon, you see Itchy pour the butter on the toast and Scratchy's eyes are no where to be seen but in the next shot, Itchy's takes a bite out of one of Scratchy's eyes.
*When Homer is throwing the frisbee to get Bart out of the tree, we see the pieces of wood nailed onto the tree for Bart's treehouse, but then moments later they are gone, so that Lisa can use her gymnastics to get to the top.
*When [[Bart]] is eating (slurping) his soup in the bubble, Homer gets mad and fills Bart's bubble with water. When Homer picks up the bubble, the soup is no where to be seen.
*[[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] are participating in the 2nd grade gymnastics class but they're in the 4th grade.
*When Bart is at [[Krustyburger]] with Grampa, he is sitting in a booth, and his legs are not shown.

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2014-08-26T22:38:07Z

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HOMЯ/References

2014-08-26T22:20:41Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The title and plot are both references to ''{{W|Charly|CHAЯLY}}''.
*The ''[[Sick, Twisted and Totally F***ed up Animation Festival]]'' may be modeled after ''{{W|Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation}}''.
*The clay animation watched by Flanders and his kids, ''The New Gravey and Jobriath'', is a parody of ''{{W|Davey and Goliath}}'', a similarly Christian-themed animation. This is one of the few scenes in the show to depart from traditional cel or cel-style animation.
**"Gravey" intends to blow up Planned Parenthood, a pro-choice collection of organizations.
**"Jobriath" was also the stage name of a {{W|Jobriath|1970s glam rock singer}}.
*The faux old footage of ''[[Itchy & Scratchy]]'' advertising for [[Laramie Cigarettes]] is likely a reference to the first season of ''{{W|The Flintstones}}'', when commercials aired featuring Fred and Barney enjoying {{W|Winston (cigarette)|Winston Cigarettes}}.
*[[Ozmodiar]], a parody of {{W|The Great Gazoo}} from ''The Flintstones'', appears twice during this episode, once after [[Bart]] says cartoons do not have to make sense, and once more after all the employees are laid off from the plant.
*Homer blames {{W|eBay}} (rapidly gaining fame at the time this episode premiered) for the poor-quality cowbell he purchased.
*Intelligent Homer solves multiple [[Rubik's Cube]]s in his spare time.
*The Film ''Love is Nice'', starring Julia Roberts, Richard Gere and Bill Pullman (but not Bill Paxton) is a parody of the other Roberts and Gere films, ''{{W|Runaway Bride (1999 film)|Runaway Bride}}'' and ''{{W|Pretty Woman}}''.
*The line "Is that your final answer?" refers to ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]''
*When the researchers examine the X-ray of Homer's brain, they use a visual enhancement machine similar to the one used by Deckard in Ridley Scott's film ''{{W|Blade Runner}}''.
*The name of the animation firm, [[Animotion]], is probably taken from {{W|Animotion|the band of that name}} known for their 1985 hit "{{W|Obsession (song)|Obsession}}".
*''[[Peanuts]]'': The animated dog that dances to Homer's movements while he wears Animotion's motion-capture suit resembles {{W|Snoopy}}.
*''{{w|The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!|The Naked Gun}}'': When Homer goes to the men's room (still wearing the motion-capture suit), it is a reference to a scene in the movie when Lt. {{w|Frank Drebin}} leaves a press conference to use the bathroom, unaware that his lapel microphone is still turned on, which results in the sounds of his visit being audible to everyone at the press conference. In Homer's case, the situation is compounded by the motion-capture suit, which means the motions of his bathroom visit are projected onto the display and visible to the audience.
*During the couch gag in the opening credits, [[Philip Fry]] from ''[[Futurama]]'' is dropped onto the sofa, before being sucked away again.
*While mailing his suggestions in the suggestion tube, Homer is humming {{W|Johann Sebastian Bach}}'s Concerto Brandenburg #3.
*When the Simpson family visit the animation convention, Bob and Larry from {{W|VeggieTales}} are shown on one of the booths.
*After Homer becomes smart, he says "library" instead of "li-berry" and "tomorrow" instead of "to-morrie" when he speaks. This is what most little kids say.
*[[Moe]], who says he is an unlicensed surgeon, describes his procedure as "the old {{W|Crayola}} oblongata". This refers to the {{W|Medulla Oblongata}}, the lower half of the brainstem.

== Trivia ==
*Some of the booths seen at the [[Totally Sick, Twisted, F***ed-Up Animation Festival]]:
**Happy Little Elves
**Chesire cat/bus
**Itchy & Scratchy Show
**Lance Murdock cartoon
**Radioactive Man
**Cel-Out
**Veggie Tales
**History of Animation
**Trek Toons
**Poochie
*Comic Book Guy's t-shirt reads: "Worst Convention Ever!"
*Signs Homer walks past:
**"Smart People Not Welcome"
**"Dum-Dum Club"
**"Lunkheadz - a place for drooling"
**"Disney Store"

== Goofs ==
*[[McBain]]'s name at the [[Sick, Twisted and Totally F***ed up Animation Festival]] is misspelled as McBane.
*When Homer is hooked up to the animation suit, a dog on the screen emulates his moves. As Homer tries to scratch his ear with his foot, he opens his mouth as he moans, but the dog on the screen doesn't.
*In the flashback scene with 6-year-old Homer, there are three crayons on the floor to begin; yellow, red and pink. 6-year-old Homer shoves the pink crayon up his nose first. When he shoves the other two up his nose, they are both pink instead of one being yellow and the other being red.
**As 6-year-old Homer shoves the last two crayons up his nose, two crayons stick out of his ears.
*When Homer tells [[Lisa]] that he will go for a walk, he actually goes for a drive in his car.
*If Homer was the only Animotion stockholder, how did the stock price change? A stock price depends on what somebody pays for it.
**Also, if he is the only stockholder, then he owns the company. It is unlikely the company would go bankrupt without his knowing it.
*When Homer gets kicked out of the movies, the handles on the movie theater door are different sizes when the door closes.

== Continuity ==
*The crayon lodged within Homer's brain is referenced in the comic "[[Laughter is the Worst Medicine]]" when [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]] shows an X-Ray of Homer's head.
*This episode's explanation of Homer's foolishness is contrary to the "[[Simpson gene]]" theory established in "[[Lisa the Simpson]]."

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HOMЯ

2014-08-26T22:19:00Z

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|image = Crayon in Homer's Brain - HOMЯ.png
|Episode Number = 257
|productionCode = BABF22
|originalAirdate = January 7, [[2001]]
|blackboardText = "Network TV is not dead"
|couchGag = The Simpsons get dropped out of five {{IS|Tube Transport System|tubes}}; [[Fry]] appears instead of Bart, but Fry gets sucked back up and gets replaced by Bart.
|Written By = [[Al Jean]]
|Directed By = [[Mike B. Anderson]]
|DVD features=yes
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{{Quote|Mr. Simpson, I'm afraid you have a crayon lodged in your brain.|[[Female researcher|A pharmaceutical researcher]] to [[Homer]]}}

"'''HOMR'''", stylized as "'''HOMЯ'''", is the two hundred and fifty-seventh episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the ninth episode of the [[Season 12|twelfth season]].

== Synopsis ==
An X-ray reveals that [[Homer]] has a crayon lodged in his brain that has been there since childhood. Upon removal of the crayon, Homer's IQ suddenly jumps to a very high level; he and [[Lisa]] form a great new bond, but when his way of life changes drastically he wonders whether removing the crayon was a good idea.

== Plot ==
=== Act I ===
<div style="display:none;">Don't change the animation festival name. It will constitute to vandalism and possible blocking.</div>
When the family visits the ''[[Sick, Twisted and Totally F***ed up Animation Festival]]'',<ref>[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF22 SNPP]</ref> [[Homer]] discovers Animotion, a motion capture technology that enables a cartoon character to mimic a human's movements. He likes it so much that he invests the family's life savings in Animotion. The next day at work, Homer checks his stocks, the operator tells him that Animotion's stock is up by one. Homer shouts,"Yahoo!" and the operator tells him that Yahoo!'s stocks are up by six. Homer says,"Huh? What the hell is this crap?" and the operator tells him FOX's stocks are down by eight. The next day, Homer learns that the Animotion has gone into "super-duper" bankruptcy.

=== Act II ===
To earn the family's life savings money back, Homer takes a job at a medical testing center. During one experiment, the doctors find a crayon lodged in Homer's brain from when he was a child, which has been the cause of his life-long stupidity.
After the crayon is removed, Homer's IQ goes up from 55 to 105 points, which allows him to form a bond with [[Lisa]]. Homer gives a speech at [[Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary]], where [[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]] gives him a fake question, saying,"A-moron-says-what?" Homer responds with,"Not being a moron, I wouldn't know. However, [mumbles]" tricking Nelson into saying "what?" Homer says,"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your moron!" And all the children 'ha-ha!' Nelson. Homer then writes a report on the nuclear plant's safety, which results in the plant being shut down, and the laying off of all employees.

=== Act III ===
Homer's friends, initially thrilled to have a smarter Homer around, quickly reject him, and a Homer model is even burned at [[Moe's Tavern]], which he is not allowed in. Lisa tries to explain, with the aid of a graph, that as you get smarter, happiness decreases. Homer decides to put a crayon back in his brain, with the aid of [[Moe]], who says he is an unlicensed surgeon, and describes the procedure as "the old Crayola oblongata". Homer arrives home his old, dumb, self, which initially disappoints Lisa. However, she finds a letter Homer wrote to her before the surgery, explaining that he now understands what it is like to be smart like her, and how much more he appreciates her because of this. When Homer comes into the living room eating a sandwich, Lisa runs up to hug him. Homer mistakes her for wanting his sandwich and pull away, then saying,"Oh, you want a hug." As they hug, Homer takes another bite of his sandwich and says,"Mmm... hug."

== Production ==
The episode was written by current show runner Al Jean and directed by supervising director Mike B. Anderson. Jean based the episode's plot on ''Flowers for Algernon'', a novel which he had read in the 8th grade.

The claymation sequence seen in the cartoon [[Ned Flanders]] lets [[Rod Flanders|Rod]] and [[Todd Flanders|Todd]] watch - "The New Adventures of Gravey and Jobriath" - was produced by [http://www.chiodobros.com/ Chiodo Bros, Productions]. The studio would later create other stop-motion segments in episodes such as, "[[The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]", "[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]" and "[[Ned 'N' Edna's Blend]]" <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=450200221702775&id=212072558820381 Chiodo Bros, Productions Official Facebook Page - status detailing work produced for "The Simpsons", notably the "Ned 'N' Edna's Blend" stop-motion segment]</ref>

== Reception ==
"HOMЯ" was watched by approximately 10.2 million viewers with a Nielsen rating of 10.0, making it the highest-rated show on [[FOX]] the week it aired.<ref>{{cite news|last=Associated Press|title=This week's top shows|newspaper=[[Press-Telegram]]|date=2001-01-10|page=A12}}</ref>

The episode has received positive reviews from critics. [http://uk.ign.com/ IGN] has deemed the episode "a classic." <ref>[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2009/08/18/the-simpsons-the-complete-twelfth-season-dvd-review IGN.com - Cindy White, 2009-08-18 - "The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season DVD Review, A comic-book theme makes this box set a worthy addition to your collection."]</ref> [http://web.archive.org/web/20090103110425/http://television.aol.com/ AOL Television] listed the episode at #18 on their list of the "The Simpsons' Best Episodes", which detailed the top twenty episodes of the series.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090101074259/http://television.aol.com/feature/the-simpsons/2 AOL Television - "'The Simpsons' Best Episodes: No. 20 - 16"]</ref> [http://www.about.com/ About.com] gave an overwhelmingly positive review and summed up, "The storyline was solid and didn't go off track" and gave praise to the episode's "clever" comedy for harkening back to the show's glory days.<ref>[http://animatedtv.about.com/od/thesimpsonsepisodes/a/epguidesimp12.htm About.com - Animated TV Guide - By Nancy Basile - "'The Simpsons' Episode Guide - Season Twelve"]</ref> Conversely, [http://www.dvdmg.com/index.shtml DVD Talk] had less positive opinion on the episode. They criticized the episode as "unoriginal" due to similarities to the [[Season 3|third season]] episode, "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]" and concluded, "the show has a moderately rehashed feel, so don't expect a lot of thrills." However, they did give praise to some comedic aspects of the show.<ref>[http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasontwelve.shtml DVD Talk - Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (September 2, 2009) - "The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season (2000)"]</ref>

Since airing, the episode has received a similar reception from fans of the series. On [http://www.nohomers.net/forum.php?s=a9370b68054f1c3b8d5b12e819ace793 No Homers], a fan forum dedicated to Simpsons discussion, the episode received a 5/5 majority poll rating. Many fans lauded the episode, with some naming it, "the strongest episode of Season 12" and "One of the best post-classic episodes", with particular praise going to the last act. Despite this praise, not all fans shared mutual critiques and the episode is said to have divided fan opinion. Some fans were upset with the episode overwriting the continuity established in "[[Lisa the Simpson]]", while others simply consider the episode "overrated."<ref>[http://www.nohomers.net/showthread.php?49455-R-amp-R-HOMR No Homers - Forum/Simpsons Episode Discussion - "R&R HOMR"]</ref>

The episode won the series a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program]] (for Programming Less Than One Hour), making it the eleventh win for the series. The episode was nominated for various other awards, but lost to the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode, "''{{IS|The Luck of the Fryrish}}''".

== See also ==
*[[Lisa the Simpson]]
*[[Simpson Gene]]
*[[They Fixed Homer's Brain!]]

== References ==
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HOMЯ

2014-08-26T22:16:54Z

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{{episode
|image = Crayon in Homer's Brain - HOMЯ.png
|Episode Number = 257
|productionCode = BABF22
|originalAirdate = January 7, [[2001]]
|blackboardText = "Network TV is not dead"
|couchGag = The Simpsons get dropped out of five {{IS|Tube Transport System|tubes}}; [[Fry]] appears instead of Bart, but Fry gets sucked back up and gets replaced by Bart.
|Written By = [[Al Jean]]
|Directed By = [[Mike B. Anderson]]
|DVD features=yes
}}
{{Quote|Mr. Simpson, I'm afraid you have a crayon lodged in your brain.|[[Female researcher|A pharmaceutical researcher]] to [[Homer]]}}

"'''HOMR'''", stylized as "'''HOMЯ'''", is the two hundred and fifty-seventh episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the ninth episode of the [[Season 12|twelfth season]].

== Synopsis ==
An X-ray reveals that [[Homer]] has a crayon lodged in his brain that has been there since childhood. Upon removal of the crayon, Homer's IQ suddenly jumps to a very high level; he and [[Lisa]] form a great new bond, but when his way of life changes drastically he wonders whether removing the crayon was a good idea.

== Plot ==
=== Act I ===
<div style="display:none;">Don't change the animation festival name. It will constitute to vandalism and possible blocking.</div>
When the family visits the ''[[Sick, Twisted and Totally F***ed up Animation Festival]]'',<ref>[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF22 SNPP]</ref> [[Homer]] discovers Animotion, a motion capture technology that enables a cartoon character to mimic a human's movements. He likes it so much that he invests the family's life savings in Animotion. The next day at work, Homer checks his stocks, the operator tells him that Animotion's stock is up by one. Homer shouts,"Yahoo!" and the operator tells him that Yahoo!'s stocks are up by six. Homer says,"Huh? What the hell is this crap?" and the operator tells him FOX's stocks are down by eight. The next day, Homer learns that the Animotion has gone into "super-duper" bankruptcy.

=== Act II ===
To earn the family's life savings money back, Homer takes a job at a medical testing center. During one experiment, the doctors find a crayon lodged in Homer's brain from when he was a child, which has been the cause of his life-long stupidity.
After the crayon is removed, Homer's IQ goes up from 55 to 105 points, which allows him to form a bond with [[Lisa]]. Homer gives a speech at [[Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary]], where [[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]] gives him a fake question, saying,"A-moron-says-what?" Homer responds with,"Not being a moron, I wouldn't know. However, [mumbles]" tricking Nelson into saying "what?" Homer says,"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your moron!" And all the children 'ha-ha!' Nelson. Homer then writes a report on the nuclear plant's safety, which results in the plant being shut down, and the laying off of all employees.

=== Act III ===
Homer's friends, initially thrilled to have a smarter Homer around, quickly reject him, and a Homer model is even burned at [[Moe's Tavern]], which he is not allowed in. Lisa tries to explain, with the aid of a graph, that as you get smarter, happiness decreases. Homer decides to put a crayon back in his brain, with the aid of [[Moe]], who says he is an unlicensed surgeon, and describes the procedure as "the old Crayola oblongata". Homer arrives home his old, dumb, self, which initially disappoints Lisa. However, she finds a letter Homer wrote to her before the surgery, explaining that he now understands what it is like to be smart like her, and how much more he appreciates her because of this. When Homer comes into the living room eating a sandwich, Lisa runs up to hug him. Homer mistakes her for wanting his sandwich and pull away, then saying,"Oh, you want a hug." As they hug, Homer takes another bite of his sandwich and says,"Mmm... hug."

== Production ==
The episode was written by current show runner Al Jean and directed by supervising director Mike B. Anderson. Jean based the episode's plot on Flowers for Algernon, a novel which he had read in the 8th grade.

The claymation sequence seen in the cartoon [[Ned Flanders]] lets [[Rod Flanders|Rod]] and [[Todd Flanders|Todd]] watch - "The New Adventures of Gravey and Jobriath" - was produced by [http://www.chiodobros.com/ Chiodo Bros, Productions]. The studio would later create other stop-motion segments in episodes such as, "[[The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]", "[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]" and "[[Ned 'N' Edna's Blend]]" <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=450200221702775&id=212072558820381 Chiodo Bros, Productions Official Facebook Page - status detailing work produced for "The Simpsons", notably the "Ned 'N' Edna's Blend" stop-motion segment]</ref>

== Reception ==
"HOMЯ" was watched by approximately 10.2 million viewers with a Nielsen rating of 10.0, making it the highest-rated show on [[FOX]] the week it aired.<ref>{{cite news|last=Associated Press|title=This week's top shows|newspaper=[[Press-Telegram]]|date=2001-01-10|page=A12}}</ref>

The episode has received positive reviews from critics. [http://uk.ign.com/ IGN] has deemed the episode "a classic." <ref>[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2009/08/18/the-simpsons-the-complete-twelfth-season-dvd-review IGN.com - Cindy White, 2009-08-18 - "The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season DVD Review, A comic-book theme makes this box set a worthy addition to your collection."]</ref> [http://web.archive.org/web/20090103110425/http://television.aol.com/ AOL Television] listed the episode at #18 on their list of the "The Simpsons' Best Episodes", which detailed the top twenty episodes of the series.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090101074259/http://television.aol.com/feature/the-simpsons/2 AOL Television - "'The Simpsons' Best Episodes: No. 20 - 16"]</ref> [http://www.about.com/ About.com] gave an overwhelmingly positive review and summed up, "The storyline was solid and didn't go off track" and gave praise to the episode's "clever" comedy for harkening back to the show's glory days.<ref>[http://animatedtv.about.com/od/thesimpsonsepisodes/a/epguidesimp12.htm About.com - Animated TV Guide - By Nancy Basile - "'The Simpsons' Episode Guide - Season Twelve"]</ref> Conversely, [http://www.dvdmg.com/index.shtml DVD Talk] had less positive opinion on the episode. They criticized the episode as "unoriginal" due to similarities to the [[Season 3|third season]] episode, "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]" and concluded, "the show has a moderately rehashed feel, so don't expect a lot of thrills." However, they did give praise to some comedic aspects of the show.<ref>[http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasontwelve.shtml DVD Talk - Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (September 2, 2009) - "The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season (2000)"]</ref>

Since airing, the episode has received a similar reception from fans of the series. On [http://www.nohomers.net/forum.php?s=a9370b68054f1c3b8d5b12e819ace793 No Homers], a fan forum dedicated to Simpsons discussion, the episode received a 5/5 majority poll rating. Many fans lauded the episode, with some naming it, "the strongest episode of Season 12" and "One of the best post-classic episodes", with particular praise going to the last act. Despite this praise, not all fans shared mutual critiques and the episode is said to have divided fan opinion. Some fans were upset with the episode overwriting the continuity established in "[[Lisa the Simpson]]", while others simply consider the episode "overrated."<ref>[http://www.nohomers.net/showthread.php?49455-R-amp-R-HOMR No Homers - Forum/Simpsons Episode Discussion - "R&R HOMR"]</ref>

The episode won the series a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program]] (for Programming Less Than One Hour), making it the eleventh win for the series. The episode was nominated for various other awards, but lost to the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode, "''{{IS|The Luck of the Fryrish}}''".

== See also ==
*[[Lisa the Simpson]]
*[[Simpson Gene]]
*[[They Fixed Homer's Brain!]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{season 12}}
[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Season 12]]
[[Category:2001]]
[[Category:Homer episodes]]
[[Category:Outstanding Animated Program Emmy winning episodes]]

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|blackboardText = "Network TV is not dead"
|couchGag = The Simpsons get dropped out of five {{IS|Tube Transport System|tubes}}; [[Fry]] appears instead of Bart, but Fry gets sucked back up and gets replaced by Bart.
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{{Quote|Mr. Simpson, I'm afraid you have a crayon lodged in your brain.|[[Female researcher|A pharmaceutical researcher]] to [[Homer]]}}

"'''HOMR'''", stylized as "'''HOMЯ'''", is the two hundred and fifty-seventh episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the ninth episode of the [[Season 12|twelfth season]].

== Synopsis ==
:An X-ray reveals that [[Homer]] has a crayon lodged in his brain that has been there since childhood. Upon removal of the crayon, Homer's IQ suddenly jumps to a very high level; he and [[Lisa]] form a great new bond, but when his way of life changes drastically he wonders whether removing the crayon was a good idea.

== Plot ==
=== Act I ===
<div style="display:none;">Don't change the animation festival name. It will constitute to vandalism and possible blocking.</div>
When the family visits the ''[[Sick, Twisted and Totally F***ed up Animation Festival]]'',<ref>[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF22 SNPP]</ref> [[Homer]] discovers Animotion, a motion capture technology that enables a cartoon character to mimic a human's movements. He likes it so much that he invests the family's life savings in Animotion. The next day at work, Homer checks his stocks, the operator tells him that Animotion's stock is up by one. Homer shouts,"Yahoo!" and the operator tells him that Yahoo!'s stocks are up by six. Homer says,"Huh? What the hell is this crap?" and the operator tells him FOX's stocks are down by eight. The next day, Homer learns that the Animotion has gone into "super-duper" bankruptcy.

=== Act II ===
To earn the family's life savings money back, Homer takes a job at a medical testing center. During one experiment, the doctors find a crayon lodged in Homer's brain from when he was a child, which has been the cause of his life-long stupidity.
After the crayon is removed, Homer's IQ goes up from 55 to 105 points, which allows him to form a bond with [[Lisa]]. Homer gives a speech at [[Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary]], where [[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]] gives him a fake question, saying,"A-moron-says-what?" Homer responds with,"Not being a moron, I wouldn't know. However, [mumbles]" tricking Nelson into saying "what?" Homer says,"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your moron!" And all the children 'ha-ha!' Nelson. Homer then writes a report on the nuclear plant's safety, which results in the plant being shut down, and the laying off of all employees.

=== Act III ===
Homer's friends, initially thrilled to have a smarter Homer around, quickly reject him, and a Homer model is even burned at [[Moe's Tavern]], which he is not allowed in. Lisa tries to explain, with the aid of a graph, that as you get smarter, happiness decreases. Homer decides to put a crayon back in his brain, with the aid of [[Moe]], who says he is an unlicensed surgeon, and describes the procedure as "the old Crayola oblongata". Homer arrives home his old, dumb, self, which initially disappoints Lisa. However, she finds a letter Homer wrote to her before the surgery, explaining that he now understands what it is like to be smart like her, and how much more he appreciates her because of this. When Homer comes into the living room eating a sandwich, Lisa runs up to hug him. Homer mistakes her for wanting his sandwich and pull away, then saying,"Oh, you want a hug." As they hug, Homer takes another bite of his sandwich and says,"Mmm... hug."

== Production ==
The episode was written by current show runner Al Jean and directed by supervising director Mike B. Anderson. Jean based the episode's plot on Flowers for Algernon, a novel which he had read in the 8th grade.

The claymation sequence seen in the cartoon [[Ned Flanders]] lets [[Rod Flanders|Rod]] and [[Todd Flanders|Todd]] watch - "The New Adventures of Gravey and Jobriath" - was produced by [http://www.chiodobros.com/ Chiodo Bros, Productions]. The studio would later create other stop-motion segments in episodes such as, "[[The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]", "[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]" and "[[Ned 'N' Edna's Blend]]" <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=450200221702775&id=212072558820381 Chiodo Bros, Productions Official Facebook Page - status detailing work produced for "The Simpsons", notably the "Ned 'N' Edna's Blend" stop-motion segment]</ref>

== Reception ==
"HOMЯ" was watched by approximately 10.2 million viewers with a Nielsen rating of 10.0, making it the highest-rated show on [[FOX]] the week it aired.<ref>{{cite news|last=Associated Press|title=This week's top shows|newspaper=[[Press-Telegram]]|date=2001-01-10|page=A12}}</ref>

The episode has received positive reviews from critics. [http://uk.ign.com/ IGN] has deemed the episode "a classic." <ref>[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2009/08/18/the-simpsons-the-complete-twelfth-season-dvd-review IGN.com - Cindy White, 2009-08-18 - "The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season DVD Review, A comic-book theme makes this box set a worthy addition to your collection."]</ref> [http://web.archive.org/web/20090103110425/http://television.aol.com/ AOL Television] listed the episode at #18 on their list of the "The Simpsons' Best Episodes", which detailed the top twenty episodes of the series.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090101074259/http://television.aol.com/feature/the-simpsons/2 AOL Television - "'The Simpsons' Best Episodes: No. 20 - 16"]</ref> [http://www.about.com/ About.com] gave an overwhelmingly positive review and summed up, "The storyline was solid and didn't go off track" and gave praise to the episode's "clever" comedy for harkening back to the show's glory days.<ref>[http://animatedtv.about.com/od/thesimpsonsepisodes/a/epguidesimp12.htm About.com - Animated TV Guide - By Nancy Basile - "'The Simpsons' Episode Guide - Season Twelve"]</ref> Conversely, [http://www.dvdmg.com/index.shtml DVD Talk] had less positive opinion on the episode. They criticized the episode as "unoriginal" due to similarities to the [[Season 3|third season]] episode, "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]" and concluded, "the show has a moderately rehashed feel, so don't expect a lot of thrills." However, they did give praise to some comedic aspects of the show.<ref>[http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasontwelve.shtml DVD Talk - Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (September 2, 2009) - "The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season (2000)"]</ref>

Since airing, the episode has received a similar reception from fans of the series. On [http://www.nohomers.net/forum.php?s=a9370b68054f1c3b8d5b12e819ace793 No Homers], a fan forum dedicated to Simpsons discussion, the episode received a 5/5 majority poll rating. Many fans lauded the episode, with some naming it, "the strongest episode of Season 12" and "One of the best post-classic episodes", with particular praise going to the last act. Despite this praise, not all fans shared mutual critiques and the episode is said to have divided fan opinion. Some fans were upset with the episode overwriting the continuity established in "[[Lisa the Simpson]]", while others simply consider the episode "overrated."<ref>[http://www.nohomers.net/showthread.php?49455-R-amp-R-HOMR No Homers - Forum/Simpsons Episode Discussion - "R&R HOMR"]</ref>

The episode won the series a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program]] (for Programming Less Than One Hour), making it the eleventh win for the series. The episode was nominated for various other awards, but lost to the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode, "''{{IS|The Luck of the Fryrish}}''".

== See also ==
*[[Lisa the Simpson]]
*[[Simpson Gene]]
*[[They Fixed Homer's Brain!]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{season 12}}
[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Season 12]]
[[Category:2001]]
[[Category:Homer episodes]]
[[Category:Outstanding Animated Program Emmy winning episodes]]

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HOMЯ

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|productionCode = BABF22
|originalAirdate = January 7, [[2001]]
|blackboardText = "Network TV is not dead"
|couchGag = The Simpsons get dropped out of five {{IS|Tube Transport System|tubes}}; [[Fry]] appears instead of Bart, but Fry gets sucked back up and gets replaced by Bart.
|Written By = [[Al Jean]]
|Directed By = [[Mike B. Anderson]]
|DVD features=yes
}}
{{Quote|Mr. Simpson, I'm afraid you have a crayon lodged in your brain.|[[Female researcher|A pharmaceutical researcher]] to [[Homer]]}}

"'''HOMR'''", stylized as "'''HOMЯ'''", is the two hundred and fifty-seventh episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the ninth episode of the [[Season 12|twelfth season]].

== Synopsis ==
:''An X-ray reveals that [[Homer]] has a crayon lodged in his brain that has been there since childhood. Upon removal of the crayon, Homer's IQ suddenly jumps to a very high level; he and [[Lisa]] form a great new bond, but when his way of life changes drastically he wonders whether removing the crayon was a good idea.''

== Plot ==
=== Act I ===
<div style="display:none;">Don't change the animation festival name. It will constitute to vandalism and possible blocking.</div>
When the family visits the ''[[Sick, Twisted and Totally F***ed up Animation Festival]]'',<ref>[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF22 SNPP]</ref> [[Homer]] discovers Animotion, a motion capture technology that enables a cartoon character to mimic a human's movements. He likes it so much that he invests the family's life savings in Animotion. The next day at work, Homer checks his stocks, the operator tells him that Animotion's stock is up by one. Homer shouts,"Yahoo!" and the operator tells him that Yahoo!'s stocks are up by six. Homer says,"Huh? What the hell is this crap?" and the operator tells him FOX's stocks are down by eight. The next day, Homer learns that the Animotion has gone into "super-duper" bankruptcy.

=== Act II ===
To earn the family's life savings money back, Homer takes a job at a medical testing center. During one experiment, the doctors find a crayon lodged in Homer's brain from when he was a child, which has been the cause of his life-long stupidity.
After the crayon is removed, Homer's IQ goes up from 55 to 105 points, which allows him to form a bond with [[Lisa]]. Homer gives a speech at [[Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary]], where [[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]] gives him a fake question, saying,"A-moron-says-what?" Homer responds with,"Not being a moron, I wouldn't know. However, [mumbles]" tricking Nelson into saying "what?" Homer says,"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your moron!" And all the children 'ha-ha!' Nelson. Homer then writes a report on the nuclear plant's safety, which results in the plant being shut down, and the laying off of all employees.

=== Act III ===
Homer's friends, initially thrilled to have a smarter Homer around, quickly reject him, and a Homer model is even burned at [[Moe's Tavern]], which he is not allowed in. Lisa tries to explain, with the aid of a graph, that as you get smarter, happiness decreases. Homer decides to put a crayon back in his brain, with the aid of [[Moe]], who says he is an unlicensed surgeon, and describes the procedure as "the old Crayola oblongata". Homer arrives home his old, dumb, self, which initially disappoints Lisa. However, she finds a letter Homer wrote to her before the surgery, explaining that he now understands what it is like to be smart like her, and how much more he appreciates her because of this. When Homer comes into the living room eating a sandwich, Lisa runs up to hug him. Homer mistakes her for wanting his sandwich and pull away, then saying,"Oh, you want a hug." As they hug, Homer takes another bite of his sandwich and says,"Mmm... hug."

== Production ==
The episode was written by current show runner Al Jean and directed by supervising director Mike B. Anderson. Jean based the episode's plot on Flowers for Algernon, a novel which he had read in the 8th grade.

The claymation sequence seen in the cartoon [[Ned Flanders]] lets [[Rod Flanders|Rod]] and [[Todd Flanders|Todd]] watch - "The New Adventures of Gravey and Jobriath" - was produced by [http://www.chiodobros.com/ Chiodo Bros, Productions]. The studio would later create other stop-motion segments in episodes such as, "[[The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]", "[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]" and "[[Ned 'N' Edna's Blend]]" <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=450200221702775&id=212072558820381 Chiodo Bros, Productions Official Facebook Page - status detailing work produced for "The Simpsons", notably the "Ned 'N' Edna's Blend" stop-motion segment]</ref>

== Reception ==
"HOMЯ" was watched by approximately 10.2 million viewers with a Nielsen rating of 10.0, making it the highest-rated show on [[FOX]] the week it aired.<ref>{{cite news|last=Associated Press|title=This week's top shows|newspaper=[[Press-Telegram]]|date=2001-01-10|page=A12}}</ref>

The episode has received positive reviews from critics. [http://uk.ign.com/ IGN] has deemed the episode "a classic." <ref>[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2009/08/18/the-simpsons-the-complete-twelfth-season-dvd-review IGN.com - Cindy White, 2009-08-18 - "The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season DVD Review, A comic-book theme makes this box set a worthy addition to your collection."]</ref> [http://web.archive.org/web/20090103110425/http://television.aol.com/ AOL Television] listed the episode at #18 on their list of the "The Simpsons' Best Episodes", which detailed the top twenty episodes of the series.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090101074259/http://television.aol.com/feature/the-simpsons/2 AOL Television - "'The Simpsons' Best Episodes: No. 20 - 16"]</ref> [http://www.about.com/ About.com] gave an overwhelmingly positive review and summed up, "The storyline was solid and didn't go off track" and gave praise to the episode's "clever" comedy for harkening back to the show's glory days.<ref>[http://animatedtv.about.com/od/thesimpsonsepisodes/a/epguidesimp12.htm About.com - Animated TV Guide - By Nancy Basile - "'The Simpsons' Episode Guide - Season Twelve"]</ref> Conversely, [http://www.dvdmg.com/index.shtml DVD Talk] had less positive opinion on the episode. They criticized the episode as "unoriginal" due to similarities to the [[Season 3|third season]] episode, "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]" and concluded, "the show has a moderately rehashed feel, so don't expect a lot of thrills." However, they did give praise to some comedic aspects of the show.<ref>[http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasontwelve.shtml DVD Talk - Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (September 2, 2009) - "The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season (2000)"]</ref>

Since airing, the episode has received a similar reception from fans of the series. On [http://www.nohomers.net/forum.php?s=a9370b68054f1c3b8d5b12e819ace793 No Homers], a fan forum dedicated to Simpsons discussion, the episode received a 5/5 majority poll rating. Many fans lauded the episode, with some naming it, "the strongest episode of Season 12" and "One of the best post-classic episodes", with particular praise going to the last act. Despite this praise, not all fans shared mutual critiques and the episode is said to have divided fan opinion. Some fans were upset with the episode overwriting the continuity established in "[[Lisa the Simpson]]", while others simply consider the episode "overrated."<ref>[http://www.nohomers.net/showthread.php?49455-R-amp-R-HOMR No Homers - Forum/Simpsons Episode Discussion - "R&R HOMR"]</ref>

The episode won the series a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program]] (for Programming Less Than One Hour), making it the eleventh win for the series. The episode was nominated for various other awards, but lost to the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode, "''{{IS|The Luck of the Fryrish}}''".

== See also ==
*[[Lisa the Simpson]]
*[[Simpson Gene]]
*[[They Fixed Homer's Brain!]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{season 12}}
[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Season 12]]
[[Category:2001]]
[[Category:Homer episodes]]
[[Category:Outstanding Animated Program Emmy winning episodes]]

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== Cultural references ==
*When [[Homer]] tries to sell a Bible to [[Flanders]], Flanders mentions the movie ''{{W|Paper Moon}}'' a black and white {{W|1973 in film|1973}} American motion picture comedy with the same plot-line as ''{{W|The Great Money Caper}}''.

*The book title, ''A Child's Garden of Cons'', is a parody of ''{{w|A Child's Garden of Verses}}''.

== Goofs ==
*Several scenes involving the Russian space station Mir were inaccurate: For one thing, the sturgeon that was implied to be their dinner would have burned in the atmosphere by the time it entered reentry, and even if some part of it managed to survive re-entry, the damage to the car would have been much more than just landing on the hood. Also, the cosmonauts had their helmets off when it was discovered that they accidentally left the hatch open, which would have actually resulted in their deaths due to decompressation. Lastly, by the time this episode aired, Mir was not only already decommissioned for about four years, but in fact was also deorbited and burned in the atmosphere a few months prior.
*[[Louie]] has [[Legs]]' colors a few times in the courtroom scene.

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|couchGag=The family deep sea dive to the couch. The camera zooms out and we see that the living room is in a fish bowl.
|specialGuestVoices=[[Edward Norton]] as [[Devon Bradley]]
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'''The Great Money Caper''' is the seventh episode of [[season 12]]. It originally aired on December 10, 2000.

== Synopsis ==
Strapped for cash, [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] thumb their way through ''A Child's Garden of Cons'' in search of the road to easy money.

== Plot ==
The episode opens with the Simpson family eating at the [[Springfield Dinner Theater]]. [[Bart]] buys a magic kit and as the family drives home, a sturgeon falls from the sky (from the Russian space station [[Mir]]), damaging the car. Bart offers to pay for the damages by making money from his magic act, but it doesn't make enough. [[Homer]] is angry with Bart and leaves him to walk home.

People seeing Bart's dilemma give him money to get home. Homer gets the idea to trick people to give him and Bart money. They take up grifting, and decide to continue doing so after earning enough money to fix the car. When trying to grift the [[Springfield Retirement Castle]], they are caught by a member of the [[FBI]].

When they arrive at the police station, the man lets Bart and Homer turn themselves in. The FBI member is revealed to be a grifter, who has stolen Homer's car and the money they took from the old folks. Bart and Homer lie that the car was stolen by a foreign loner with wild, bushy hair; the next day, [[Groundskeeper Willie]] is arrested.

During the trial, Homer is led by the lawyer to implicate Willie. Once Willie is found guilty and given his sentence, he goes berserk until Homer tells the truth about the theft. It's then revealed that the theft and arrest were all a hoax, in which everyone in the courthouse, TV news, and [[Devon Bradley]] (who played the car thief) was involved (except Willie) to teach Bart and Homer a lesson about grifting. Homer, showing a rare moment of intelligence, asks why everyone in town felt the need to teach him and Bart a lesson. Just when Lisa was about to explain why, [[Otto]] bursts in and declares "Surfs Up!" and everyone goes surfing.

== Production ==
The episode was written by [[Carolyn Omine]] and directed by [[Michael Polcino]]. [[Edward Norton]] guest starred as Devon Bradley.

== Reception ==
[http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/ Simpson Crazy] labelled this as the worst episode of all-time.

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== "loll" and "led" in [[The Simpsons Movie/Transcript]] ==

The transcript page was full of "loll" where it should have been "I'll" and "led" where it should have been "I'd". Can you think of any more words where this could have happened? {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 09:20, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
:It seemed to happen [http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_Movie/Transcript&diff=544138&oldid=505440 here]. While a few of the "LF" was changed to "IF" (in lowercase ofc), the I'ds and I'lls became leds and lolls... Those are some weird changes. {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 09:25, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
::Best way to fix it would be to copy and paste into Notepad and use the find and replace function. Not sure if what Cook did was something like that, except something went wrong. It could well have been. [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 09:32, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
:::Yeah, I've done that for the two I know of, but it's a bit tricky to not make mistakes when you're editing a 50k-word page. Words like "pulled" should actually have the "led". {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 09:37, August 22, 2014 (EDT)

== ComicTabC ==

The template makes my sidebar go down a size and move inside the main content area. It first happened after [http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Template:ComicTabC&diff=next&oldid=557834 this] edit. {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 17:15, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
:Everything's fine to me. Which skin are you using? [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 17:29, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
::[http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Template:ComicTabC&useskin=vector Vector]. [http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Template:ComicTabC&useskin=monobook MonoBook] also gets this happening to it. (The links are previews of the skins on the ComicTabC page). {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 17:38, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
:::Think I fixed it. Although Monobook still looks a bit off... [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 17:51, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
::::Yeah, the sidebar on MonoBook is getting pushed below the content area. {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 18:00, August 22, 2014 (EDT)

== Cool Brown House ==

Hey, is your Cool Brown House dispensing every 5 minutes instead of four hours? Some IP commented on this on [[Talk:The Simpsons: Tapped Out Clash of Clones content update|the Clash of Clones event talk page]]. ~ [[User:Phinbart|'''Phinbart''']] ([[User talk:Phinbart|'''talk''']] • [[Special:Contributions/Phinbart|'''contribs''']]) ''' 05:14, August 24, 2014 (EDT)
:Yes. 6 Cash, 1XP every 5 mins now. [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 05:51, August 24, 2014 (EDT)

== Just saying ==

You've made 1/3 more edits than your bot... {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 11:47, August 25, 2014 (EDT)
:And your point is? [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 13:09, August 25, 2014 (EDT)
::That you have. ;) {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 17:06, August 25, 2014 (EDT)

== Featured Article Link ==

The featured article on the main page is currently the [[Screamapillar]], but it (the image) actually links to the [[Alice Glick]] article. Maybe that was the previous feature? [[User:Lustomatical|Lustomatical]] ([[User talk:Lustomatical|talk]]) 17:09, August 26, 2014 (EDT)

User talk:Solar Dragon/Archive 28

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== "loll" and "led" in [[The Simpsons Movie/Transcript]] ==

The transcript page was full of "loll" where it should have been "I'll" and "led" where it should have been "I'd". Can you think of any more words where this could have happened? {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 09:20, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
:It seemed to happen [http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_Movie/Transcript&diff=544138&oldid=505440 here]. While a few of the "LF" was changed to "IF" (in lowercase ofc), the I'ds and I'lls became leds and lolls... Those are some weird changes. {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 09:25, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
::Best way to fix it would be to copy and paste into Notepad and use the find and replace function. Not sure if what Cook did was something like that, except something went wrong. It could well have been. [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 09:32, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
:::Yeah, I've done that for the two I know of, but it's a bit tricky to not make mistakes when you're editing a 50k-word page. Words like "pulled" should actually have the "led". {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 09:37, August 22, 2014 (EDT)

== ComicTabC ==

The template makes my sidebar go down a size and move inside the main content area. It first happened after [http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Template:ComicTabC&diff=next&oldid=557834 this] edit. {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 17:15, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
:Everything's fine to me. Which skin are you using? [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 17:29, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
::[http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Template:ComicTabC&useskin=vector Vector]. [http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Template:ComicTabC&useskin=monobook MonoBook] also gets this happening to it. (The links are previews of the skins on the ComicTabC page). {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 17:38, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
:::Think I fixed it. Although Monobook still looks a bit off... [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 17:51, August 22, 2014 (EDT)
::::Yeah, the sidebar on MonoBook is getting pushed below the content area. {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 18:00, August 22, 2014 (EDT)

== Cool Brown House ==

Hey, is your Cool Brown House dispensing every 5 minutes instead of four hours? Some IP commented on this on [[Talk:The Simpsons: Tapped Out Clash of Clones content update|the Clash of Clones event talk page]]. ~ [[User:Phinbart|'''Phinbart''']] ([[User talk:Phinbart|'''talk''']] • [[Special:Contributions/Phinbart|'''contribs''']]) ''' 05:14, August 24, 2014 (EDT)
:Yes. 6 Cash, 1XP every 5 mins now. [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 05:51, August 24, 2014 (EDT)

== Just saying ==

You've made 1/3 more edits than your bot... {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 11:47, August 25, 2014 (EDT)
:And your point is? [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 13:09, August 25, 2014 (EDT)
::That you have. ;) {{User:Randomno/sig4}} 17:06, August 25, 2014 (EDT)

== Featured Article Link ==

The featured article on the main page is currently the [[Screamapillar]], but it actually links to the [[Alice Glick]] article. Maybe that was the previous feature? [[User:Lustomatical|Lustomatical]] ([[User talk:Lustomatical|talk]]) 17:09, August 26, 2014 (EDT)

Jesse Grass

2014-08-26T20:00:47Z

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{{Character
|name = Jesse Grass
|image = [[File:Jesse Grass.png|250px]]
|gender = {{Male}}
|hair = Blond
|age =
|status = Alive
|job = Environmentalist
|appearance = "[[Lisa the Tree Hugger]]"
|voiced by = [[Joshua Jackson]]
}}

'''Jesse Grass '''is the teenage leader of a club called [[Dirt First]], which protests against things that are harmful to the environment, like the [[Krusty Burger]]. He is a level five vegan, meaning that he refuses to eat anything that casts a shadow. [[Lisa]] fell in love with him.

== History ==
His latest known protests were against Krusty Burger and against the [[Springfield's oldest redwood tree]] being cut down. He was thrown in jail for his protests, but later freed, only to be thrown in jail again after he cut down the log of the redwood tree with a "Lisa-Land" sign at the top, which demolished much of the Business district.<ref>"[[Lisa the Tree Hugger]]"</ref>

Jesse attended the {{chs|Green Day}} concert with the rest of Dirt First.<ref>''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref>

== Behind the Laughter ==
According to [[Matt Selman]], the writer of the episode, the character is named after Selman's brother, Jesse, who was in a band known as "Grass".

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|Lisa the Tree Hugger}}
*{{mov}}
*{{bon|In The Swim}}
*{{bk|The Lisa Book}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Simpsons characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grass, Jesse}}

[[Category:Teenagers]]
[[Category:Characters voiced by guest stars]]
[[Category:Recurring characters]]
[[Category:Characters introduced in season 12]]