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|name= Homer Jay Simpson
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|image= [[File:222px-Homer Simpson 2006.png]]
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|gender= Male
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|hair= Brown
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|age= 39
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|job= [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Nuclear]] Safety Inspector
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|relatives= '''Parents:''' [[Abe Simpson|Abraham]] and [[Mona Simpson]] <br /> '''Wife:''' [[Marge Simpson|Marge Bouvier]] <br /> '''Ex-wife:''' [[Amber Simpson]]<br /> '''Children:''' [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] and [[Maggie Simpson]]<br /> '''Half-siblings:''' [[Herb Powell]] and [[Abbie]] <br /> '''Grandparents:''' [[Orville J. Simpson]] and [[Yuma Hickman]]
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|appearance= [[Good Night]]
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|voiced by= [[Dan Castellaneta]]
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'''Homer Jay Simpson''' is the father of the [[Simpson family]]. He is an overweight, lazy, and not too bright individual. His behaviour is often absurd, selfish, dangerous, clumsy, idiotic, and insensitive. Despite this, he has shown moments of great intellect, and can be a caring parent and husband at times.
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Homer works as a low level safety inspector at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], in [[Sector 7G]], although "working" in this case refers largely to dozing and eating doughnuts or not even going to work at all. He spends a great deal of his time at [[Moe's Tavern]] with his lifelong friends [[Barney Gumble|Barney]], [[Carl Carlson|Carl]], [[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]] and bartender [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]]. At [[742 Evergreen Terrace|home]] he can often be found sitting on the sofa mindlessly watching TV while snacking on food and drinking [[Duff Beer|Duff]].
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== Biography ==
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[[File:Young Homer.png|thumb|left|175px|Homer in his late teens.]]
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Homer Jay Simpson was born as the second child of [[Abraham Simpson]], and the first of [[Mona Simpson]] on May 12th, 1956. He was raised on the Simpsons farm by his parents, [[Mona Simpson|Mona]] and [[Abraham Simpson|Abe]]&nbsp;until they were forced to move out due to Homer Simpson spooking the cows by jumping out of a bale of hay and scaring them into giving sour milk. In the late 1960s,  while Homer was between nine and twelve years of age, Mona went into hiding following a run-in with the law. However, before she&nbsp;started&nbsp;protesting, she&nbsp;took Homer&nbsp;and&nbsp;her husband to&nbsp;the Woodstock&nbsp;Convention, where Homer ended up&nbsp;briefly adopting the&nbsp;Hippie&nbsp;lifestyle [and was implied to have&nbsp;been sent away to the&nbsp;Conflict in&nbsp;Vietnam by&nbsp;Abe&nbsp;Simpson as punishment for&nbsp;wanting to be a Hippie.]&nbsp;Homer attended [[Springfield High School]] and fell in love with [[Marge Bouvier]] in 1974.<ref>[[The Way We Was]]</ref> After high school, Homer and Marge bought an apartment at Springfield Place. During this time, Marge gets a letter accepting her into college. To pay for her tuition, Abe gives him a job at Simpson Lazer Tag as well as this, along with [[Lou]] Lenny and Carl, Homer is part of a barbershop quartet. When Marge becomes infatuated by her professor, Homer turns the [[Sadgasm|band]] into a grunge band called [[Sadgasm]]. Marge realizes that she really loves Homer, and she goes back to him.<ref>[[That 90's Show]]</ref> In 1982 (by consistency of the episode [[I Married Marge]]) Marge became pregnant with [[Bart Simpson|Bart]]. At this time Homer was working at [[Sir Putts-A-Lot]], turning the crank that spins the windmill. The two got married in [[Shotgun Pete's 24 Hour Wedding Chapel]], a small wedding chapel across the state line <ref>[[I Married Marge]]</ref>.They spent their wedding reception alone at a truck stop, before ending up at the Bouvier's House, where they lived at the time. After failing to get a job at the newly built [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Nuclear Power Plant]], Homer left Marge to find a job by which he could support his family. He went to work at a taco restaurant called the [[Gulp 'n' Blow]], until Marge found him and convinced him to return home with her. As a result, Homer confronted [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] and secured a job at the Plant. Two years after Bart was born, Marge became pregnant with [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] in 1984, shortly before the couple brought their [[742 Evergreen Terrace|first house]].<ref>[[Lisa's First Word]]</ref> Homer's second leap to stardom was his success as the lead singer and songwriter for the barbershop quartet the [[Be-Sharps]], even winning a [[wikipedia:Grammy Award|Grammy]]. During his time with the group, Homer was frequently absent from home, which put stress on his marriage. After the group broke up due to creative differences, Homer went back to [[Springfield]] to continue his old life.<ref>[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]</ref> Some time in the late 1980s, Homer and Marge carefully budgeted so Homer could work at his dream job, a pin monkey at [[Barney Gumble|Barney's]] [[Al Gumble|uncle's]] [[Barney's Bowl-O-Rama]]. Unfortunately for Homer, Marge became pregnant with [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] in 1992, shortly after he started his new job, and not being able to support his family, he went back to the Nuclear Plant.<ref>[[And Maggie Makes Three]]</ref> Since then Homer has started many [[List of Homer's Jobs|jobs]], including being a professional astronaut for NASA, but has ended up back where he began at the Nuclear Plant. He has nearly caused the destruction of [[Springfield]] a couple of times, after a nuclear meltdown at the plant and polluting Lake Springfield with his pet [[Plopper|pig]]'s (and his own) waste.<ref>[[The Simpsons Movie]]</ref>
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=== Future ===
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In 2013, Homer's and Marge's relationship has finally ended, after Homer blew the family savings on an underwater house. She began dating [[Krusty the Clown]], and eventually Homer fought him to win her back. Homer was beaten, but Marge still decided to go back to him.
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[[File:Homer The Moe.jpg|thumb|Homer can be very violent at times.]]
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=== Homer's Jobs ===
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''For a more detailed list, see [[List of Homer's Jobs|here]]''<br />
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When first joining the Power Plant, Homer had a nameless job handling plutonium. Which was later moved up to being the safety inspector for sector 7-G, after complaining about the safety of the plant itself.
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Homer rarely attends his job, and yet hardly gets fired, and always has his job waiting for him when he wants to return. He has impulsively quit occasionally to pursue other carers, although he always ends up losing or quitting these jobs.
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=== Personality ===
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[[File:bartyytt.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Homer strangles Bart.]]
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Homer's personality is one of frequent stupidity, laziness, and explosive anger; one might say it is that of the [[Wikipedia:Average Joe|"Average Joe"]]. He also suffers from a short attention span which complements his intense but short-lived passion for hobbies, enterprises and various causes. Homer is prone to emotional outbursts; he gets very envious of his neighbors, the [[Flanders family]], and is easily enraged at his son, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], and strangles him in an exaggerated manner (His trademark phrase to strangling Bart, "Why you Little...!" is implied to have been "Why you little bastard!" <ref>[[Wedding For Disaster]]</ref>. He also spanks Bart sometimes and, in one case, Lisa. He shows no compunction about this, and does not attempt to hide his actions from people outside the family, even showing disregard for his son's well being in other ways, such as leaving Bart alone at a port<ref>[[The Great Money Caper]]</ref>, or allowing Bart to go court for skateboarding naked on his dare when all he would have to do is attend a 1 hour parenting class signifying not only his disregard for Bart but his extreme laziness <ref>[[The Simpsons Movie]]</ref>. While Homer has repeatedly upset people and caused all sorts of mayhem in [[Springfield]], these events are usually caused by either his explosive temper or lack of foresight. Except for expressing annoyance at [[Ned Flanders]], Homer's actions are usually unintentional. Most of his explosive anger is targeted on Bart, because of something stupid or bad he had said or done. Despite their disadvantages, these common outbursts save Homer from dying of a pent-up rage-induced heart attack.<ref>[[I Am Furious Yellow]]</ref>
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While Homer's stupid antics often upset his family, he has also performed acts that reveal him to be a surprisingly loving father and husband, such as selling his cherished ride on the [[Duff Blimp]] and using the money to enter [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] in a beauty pageant so she could feel better about herself<ref>[[Lisa the Beauty Queen]]</ref>&nbsp;; giving up his chance at wealth to allow [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] to keep a cherished teddy bear<ref>[[Rosebud]]</ref>; spearheading an attempt to dig Bart out after he had fallen down a well, even though Homer hates doing physical labor<ref>[[Radio Bart]]</ref> and arranging a surprise second wedding with [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] to make up for their [[I Married Marge|lousy first]] ceremony, even going so far as to hire one of The Doobie Brothers as part of the wedding band and getting a divorce from Marge, essentially making their second wedding a "real" one.<ref>[[A Milhouse Divided]]</ref>
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Homer tends to derive amusement from the misfortune of others. He is a chronic petty thief and borderline kleptomaniac, stealing everything from TV trays to power tools and air conditioners, even an entire room of the [[Flanders House]] from [[Ned Flanders]]. He has also stolen golf balls from the local driving range, office supplies (including computers) from work, and beer mugs from [[Moe's Tavern]].
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[[File:0000034336 20061020191519.jpg|150px|left|thumb|nail|Homer holding a doughnut]]
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Homer has a vacuous mind, but he is still able to retain a great amount of knowledge about very specific subjects. He often shows short bursts of astonishing insight, memory, creativity and fluency with many languages. Homer is also extremely confident; no matter how little skill or knowledge he has about anything he tries to do, he has no doubt that he will be successful. However, his brief periods of intelligence are overshadowed by much longer and more consistent periods of ignorance, forgetfulness and stupidity. Homer has a low IQ due to many factors: his hereditary [[Simpson Gene|"Simpson Gene"]], his alcohol problem, exposure to radioactive waste, repetitive cranial trauma, and the crayon lodged in the frontal lobe of his brain. He also implies in "Grampa vs Sexual Inadequacy" that he would have been at least a bit smarter, if not by a substantial amount, if his father had tried to give him encouragement rather than beat him down. The crayon in his brain is possibly the largest causal factor in his stupidity. Homer's intelligence was said to jump up fifty points when he had the crayon removed, bringing him to an IQ of 105, slightly above that of an average person (though he showed far above average intelligence), but he went back to his old self when he had it reinserted, presumably lowering his IQ back down to its original 55.<ref>[[HOMR]]</ref> This IQ score is, however, likely a joke or oversight on the producers' part, as someone with an IQ of 55 would be unable to look after themselves and would be classified as severely mentally handicapped. Also from the level of intellergence he showed it's much more likely that his IQ was boasted to 135-155.
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Homer has at times debated against his brain. Occasionally, a specific body part such as his face, stomach or liver is also shown debating with his brain. In [[Burns, Baby Burns|one notable scene]] Homer's mind actually leaves his body out of boredom, causing him to collapse. Homer is also inclined to retreat into fantasy, such as daydreaming of Germany as [[The Land of Chocolate|"the land of chocolate"]].<ref>[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]</ref><ref>[[The Simpsons Game]]</ref>
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Homer's attitudes toward woman, romance, and sex are occasionally shown. While Homer's marriage with Marge is occasionally strained, it seems generally happy. Despite this, Homer is often tempted with other women, and usually shows no qualms with gawking at (and drooling over) attractive women. Homer almost had an affair with [[Mindy Simmons]]<ref>[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]</ref>, but ended up not wanting to. He has made the occasional remark denoting his attraction to other women (including his [[Maude Flanders|neighbor's wife]]), even in front of Marge on a occasion, but always shows his devotion to Marge in the end.[[File:.jpg|thumb|The Ingestible Bulk]]
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=== Religious Beliefs ===
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Despite attending church every Sunday, Homer is not a committed Christian, and it is likely that he only attends church because he knows that Marge would be hurt and shocked if he did not. He does not seem to practice Christian morals and frequently sleeps in church, much to the annoyance of [[Reverend Lovejoy]].
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Homer has met [[God]] face to face in the episode [[Thank God It's Doomsday]] and has had many other encounters with him too.
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=== Alter ego ===
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Homer has obtained a super power before when he became The Ingestible Bulk after a nuclear explosion, his powers are that he's able to eat anything from people to walls. Homer has also become [[Pieman]] when The Rich Texan laughed at Lisa, he chucks pies in the faces of bad guys, uses the basement as a Pie Cave and his car as the Piemobile. Bart is his sidekick as [[Cupcake Kid]]<ref>[[Simple Simpson]]</ref>[[File:Pieman.jpg|thumb|Homer and Bart as Pieman and Cupcake Kid]]
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=== Skills and abilities ===
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Although Homer suffers from extreme stupidity, chronic laziness, rage and weight problems (partly due to the Simpson gene) he still possess's great skill in certain area's. He has proven himself to be a highly talented singer/songwriter from his day's in a barber shop quartertet, to becoming a multiple gold album winning grunge player, even writing song's for Lisa which allowed her to get to the finals of a local talant compitition and can sing opera amazingly when lying down. He's also shown to be able to play guitar, harmonica, drum and piano skillfully. Like Bart he can also speak Japanese fluently and is fluent in a number of other advanced languages. Despite his size he has also shown to be highly athletic at times such as in [[Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes]] or a decent bare fisted brawler, and in [[Bart Star]]&nbsp;he has a flashback which revealed him to once be an aspiring competitive gymnast. Homer can also ride a horse with incredible skill to the point where he can make it jump and land safely on a pillier a number of feet in the air and that's just the start. Also he is quite brave when he needs to be which is not technically a skill but its true, although he can be a bit of a chicken, when it comes to it he will even risk his life if he has to.
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=== Relationships ===
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==== Romantic ====
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Despite being married to [[Marge Simpson|Marge]], throughout the entire show Homer has had a number of romantic encounters.
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===== Marge Simpson =====
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Homer Simpson is the husband of [[Marge Simpson]]. They met when they were younger without learning who each other was before meeting again properly in high school. They have had three weddings. The first was before the show, second was in [[A Milhouse Divided]] (which turned out to be invalid and the third in [[Wedding For Disaster]]. The two have a very strong marriage which has survived cheating, amnesia and many arguments. They have been in love since high school.
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===== Mindy Simmons =====
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[[Mindy Simmons]] was an attractive employee at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] who has nearly everything in common with Homer. They attended a conventions together and nearly had affair.
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===== Lurleen Lumpkin =====
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A waitress who Homer helped in launching a successful singning career. She attempted to seduce him with no success. She's been married multiple times to men that all look like Homer.
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===== Amber =====
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[[Amber Simpson|Amber]] was Homer's Vegas wife who Homer accidentally married in [[Viva Ned Flanders|Las Vegas]]. They managed to get her drunk and made her believe she married Abe which made her run back to Vegas.
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===== Julia =====
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When Homer becomes a famous Opera singer he attracts the attention of horde of fans including a stalker by the name of [[Julia]]. She confesses to Homer that she is his to do with as he wants, becoming his personnel assistant and attempting to seduce him at every turn. When he proclaims that his heart belongs to Marge she attempts to kill him with no success.
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==== Friendship ====
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===== Barney Gumble =====
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[[Barney Gumble]] is one of Homer's best friends . They have been best friends since high school. Homer was the one who convinced him to become an alcoholic.
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==A Guide to Homer==
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*''[[Good Night]]'': Homer tucks Bart into bed and is stumped when Bart asks him about The Mind.
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*''[[Watching Television]]'': Homer watches TV with Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie and attempts and fails to make the family appreciate the TV.
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*''[[Bart Jumps]]'': Homer tries to convince Bart to leap into his arms, but is constantly distracted and Bart ends up hurting himself.
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*''[[Burp Contest]]'': Homer burps infront of Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
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*''[[Eating Dinner]]'': Homer eats dinner and disgraces Marge.
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*''[[The Funeral]]'': Homer, along with Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie attend Uncle Hubert's funeral. Bart disgraces Homer and he becomes very angry.
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*''[[Football]]'': Homer tries to make Bart catch a football. After he does so, he takes Bart, Lisa and Maggie for a round of frosty chocolate milkshakes.
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*''[[Bart and Homer's Dinner]]'': Homer tries to make Bart eat either fish sticks or pork-o-roni. He melds them together to make Frozen Fish and Pork-O-Nuggets-Roni and tries to make Bart eat it, winding up falling asleep on his shoulder.
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*''[[Bart's Haircut]]'': Homer sends Bart to get a haircut and laughs at him when he is scalped.
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*''[[World War III]]'': Homer runs drills to get the family ready for World War III and the family then trick him into the shelter.
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*''[[The Perfect Crime]]'': Marge bakes chocolate chip cookies for Homer, who finds Bart has eaten them all.
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*''[[Scary Stories]]'': Homer and Marge find the kids, who believed they were murderers.
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*''[[Grampa & the Kids]]'': Homer leaves Bart, Lisa and Maggie in the care of Abe.
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*''[[Gone Fishin']]'': Homer and Bart go fishing. Homer eats bait and they fall over rapids.
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*''[[The Pagans]]'': Homer drives the family to the Church and is angered when the car breaks down. He is even more angered when Bart and Lisa become Pagans and chases them to the Church.
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*''[[The Closet]]'': Homer tries to get Bart to do chores and is angered when he hides in a closet.
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*''[[The Aquarium]]'': Homer tries to get the kids to enjoy sealife and becomes horrified when he believes Bart has been eaten by a shark. When he realizes he is alive, he tries to strangle him.
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*''[[Family Portrait]]'': Homer tries to organize the family for a portrait. He ends up strangling Bart.
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*''[[The Art Museum]]'': Homer tries to get the kids to enjoy art, but is somewhat attracted to a naked painting, much to the annoyance of Marge.
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*''[[Zoo Story]]'': Homer enjoys a visit to the [[Springfield Zoo]].
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*''[[Shut Up Simpsons]]'': Homer becomes annoyed at the family and engages in battle with them, until they learn to forgive each other.
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*''[[The Shell Game]]'': Homer and Marge try to get Bart to give them a stolen cookie, and Homer plays a shell game with him.
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*''[[The Bart Simpson Show]]'': Homer learns Bart has destroyed the TV and strangles him.
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*''[[Punching Bag]]'': Homer annoys Bart, who uses a photo of him on a punching bag. The rest of the family join in and the punching bag hits Homer.
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*''[[Simpson Christmas]]'': Homer tries to strangle Bart, Lisa and Maggie when they sneak a look at their presents at night.
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*''[[The Krusty the Clown Show]]'': Homer sees Bart on TV.
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*''[[Bart the Hero]]'': Homer, yet again sees Bart on TV.
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*''[[Bart's Little Fantasy]]'': Homer sends the kids to tidy their toys.
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*''[[Home Hypnotism]]'': Homer tries to hypnotise the kids and they pretend to turn into zombies.
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*''[[Shoplifting]]'': Homer picks Bart up from the [[Grocery Store]].
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*''[[Echo Canyon]]'': Homer is angered when Bart runs around on a boulder.
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*''[[Bathtime]]'': Homer washes Bart.
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*''[[Bart's Nightmare]]'': Bart becomes scared that Homer will find out he stole cookies.
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*''[[Bart of the Jungle]]'': Homer tries to stop Bart, Lisa and Maggie from swinging around, naked.
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*''[[Family Therapy]]'': Homer takes the family to therapy and ends up getting angry at the psychiatrist.
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*''[[Maggie in Peril (Chapter One)]]'': Homer leaves Maggie in the care of Bart and Lisa.
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*''[[Maggie in Peril - The Thrilling Conclusion]]'': Homer returns home.
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*''[[TV Simpsons]]'': Homer tries to fix the TV signal.
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*''[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]'': Homer is denied his Christmas bonus, so tries to work it off as a mall Santa, but finds he isn't given enough money. He blows it all on a lucky dog, Whirlwind, but changes to Santa's Little Helper, who looses. Santa's Little Helper is kicked out by his owner and Homer adopts him. He takes him home and finds the family loves him.
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==Behind the Scenes==
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=== Creation ===
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[[Matt Groening]] first conceived the Simpson family in the lobby of [[James L. Brooks]]' office. He had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to present his [[Life in Hell]] series. When he realized that animating ''Life in Hell'' would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction. He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, with Homer being named after his father. Homer then made his debut with the rest of the Simpsons clan on 19 April 1987 in the [[The Simpsons shorts|Tracey Ullman short]] "[[Good Night]]". Homer's middle initial "J", which was revealed to stand for "Jay",<ref>"[[D'oh-in in the Wind]]"</ref> was a "tribute" to Bullwinkle J. Moose from [[Wikipedia:The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|''Rocky and Bullwinkle'']], a show Matt Groening loved as a child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/interviews/groening/page9.shtml|title=J is for Jay|accessdate=2007-06-12|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>
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According to Matt Groening, the whole family was designed so that they would be recognizable in silhouette.<ref>{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt; Al Jean, Mike Reiss|year=2001|title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "There's No Disgrace Like Home"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref><ref>{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt; James L. Brooks, David Silverman|year=2001|title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>
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=== Voice ===
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Homer's voice sounds different on the shorts than the later half-hour show. [[Dan Castellaneta|Dan Castellaneta's]] earliest portrayal began as a loose impression of [[Wikipedia:Walter Matthau|Walter Matthau]], but developed into a more robust and humorous voice during the second and third season of the half-hour show, allowing Homer to convey a wider range of emotions.<ref name="matthau">{{cite news|author=Brownfield, Paul|title=He's Homer, but This Odyssey Is His Own|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=[[1999-07-06]]}}</ref> Castellaneta changed the voice, as he could not sustain his Matthau impression for the 9-10 hour long recording sessions and had to find something easier.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml|title='Simpsons' Trivia, From Swearing Lisa To 'Burns-Sexual' Smithers|accessdate=2007-07-29|date=[[2007-07-26]]|author=Larry Carroll|publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref> During an interview with the cast of the show on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', Castellaneta stated that Homer's voice was based in part on his own father who often spoke with an exuberant tone.
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=== Catchphrase ===
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Homer popularized the annoyed grunt "[[D'oh!]]" (made memorable through Dan Castellaneta's distinctive voice work), which began as an abbreviated form of [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Finlayson|James Finlayson's]] annoyed "Dooooh" in [[Wikipedia:Laurel and Hardy|Laurel and Hardy films]] and other comedy shorts. This modern interjection has found enough popular acceptance to be included in the [[Wikipedia:Oxford English Dictionary|Oxford English Dictionary]].
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He also popularized the catchphrase "[[Mmm...]]". This debuted in 7G04- '''There's No Disgrace Like Home'''. Many examples of other mmm...s are Mmm...candy from 1F03, Mmm...pointy from 3F15 and Mmm...hug from BABF22. He has used it less and less since Season 8.
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=== Reception ===
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[[File:D'oh.jpg|thumb|150px|Homer uttering the legendary word "D'oh".]]
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On May 30, 2003, Homer was made an honorary citizen of [[wikipedia: Winnipeg|Winnipeg, Canada]], in recognition of [[Matt Groening]]'s father Homer Groening, who is believed to be from the Manitoba capital.<ref>Romaniuk, Ross. "[http://ccr.ptbcanadian.com/simpsons/articles.htm Is Homer Simpson Canadian?]". ''Winnipeg Sun''. May 30, 2003.</ref>
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Homer placed second on [[wikipedia:TV Guide|TV Guide's]] 2002 Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters, behind [[wikipedia: Bugs Bunny|Bugs Bunny]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/|title=TV Guide's 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time|accessdate=2007-08-25|date=[[2002-07-30]]|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> In 2005, Homer was listed fifth on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters, one of only four cartoon characters on that list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Greatest_TV_Characters//index.shtml|title=The 100 Greatest TV Characters|publisher=Bravo|accessdate=2007-08-25}}</ref> British TV viewers voted him as the greatest TV character of all time.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html 100 Greatest TV characters]</ref> In 2007, ''Entertainment Weekly'' placed Homer ninth on their list of the "50 Greatest TV icons".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20152957_20152958_20159773_41,00.html|title=The 50 Greatest TV Icons|accessdate=2007-11-15|publisher=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>
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''The Simpsons'' has been recommended for use in the teaching of sociology to modern-day college students. The journal ''Teaching Sociology'' appraised it as "particularly effective for illustrating sociological themes and encouraging critical thinking among today's undergraduates".<ref>Scanlan, Stephen J. and Seth L. Feinberg. "[http://www.lemoyne.edu/ts/28tsabstracts2.html The Cartoon Society: Using"The Simpsons" to Teach and Learn Sociology]." ''Teaching Sociology'' Volume 28, #2. p. 127-139. April 2002.</ref> The non-academic book ''[[The Simpsons and Philosophy, the D'oh! of Homer]]'' includes a chapter analyzing Homer's character from the perspective of Aristotelian virtue ethics.
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==== Homer Simpson syndrome ====
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A five-year study of more than 2,000 middle-aged people in France found a possible link between weight and brain function, dubbed the "Homer Simpson syndrome".<ref name=hss>{{cite news| title = Obese people lose IQ through 'Homer Simpson effect'| publisher =Thisislondon | date =[[2006-10-15]]| url =http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23370854-details/Obese%20people%20lose%20IQ%20through%20'Homer%20Simpson%20effect'/article.do| accessdate =2007-08-15  }}</ref> Results from a word memory test showed that people with a BMI of 20 (considered to be a healthy level) remembered an average of nine out of 16 words. Meanwhile, people with a BMI of 30 (inside the obese range) remembered an average of just seven out of 16 words.<ref name=hss/>
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=== Merchandising ===
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          [[File:Golden Homer.jpg|thumb|A golden figurine of Homer.]]
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Homer's inclusion in many Simpsons publications, toys, and other merchandise is evidence of his enduring popularity. He has played central roles in the ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' series. ''[[The Homer Book]]'', written about Homer's personality and attributes, has been published and is commercially available. Numerous other items such as bottle openers, alarm clocks and other merchandise are widely available for purchase.
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== Trivia ==
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*His social security number is 568-47-0008.
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*His blood type is B positive.
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*His earmuff size is XL.
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*He often writes fist like.
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* In one episode he was the only character in the show to say bullshit but "shit" was censored by a honk sound.
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*It's implied in ''[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]'' that Homer's bloodstream has a continuous regulation of radioactivity, as Dr. Hibbert was explaining to Marge Simpson that they injected Homer with a Radioactive Dye to see his circulatory system from an X-ray until he learns that the nurse hadn't even injected the dye yet (resulting in Hibbert saying "good lord" in a shocked manner).
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*He seems to be almost the exact same as [[Peter Griffin]], whom appears in Family Guy, which premiered 10 years after The Simpsons began. In [[Treehouse of Horror XIII]], one of his clones was [[Peter Griffin]].
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*Homer owns the [[Denver Broncos]], despite wanting to own the [[Dallas Cowboys]].
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*It is believed that Homer is diabetic as mentioned in "That 90's Show". However if this was true, Homer would most likely be dead because he has never been seen taking insulin and the amount of food that Homer eats would just ensure that would already be dead by the point the episode "That 90's Show" was shown.
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*In [[Fear of Flying]] it is shown his favorite song (at the time) was "It's Raining Men".
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== Appearances ==
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* {{Ul|Good Night}}
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* {{Ul|Watching Television}}
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* {{Ul|Bart Jumps}}
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* {{Ul|Burp Contest}}
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* {{Ul|Eating Dinner}}
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* {{Ul|The Funeral}}
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* {{Ul|Football}}
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* {{Ul|Bart and Homer's Dinner}}
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* {{Ul|Bart's Haircut}}
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* {{Ul|World War III}}
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* {{Ul|The Perfect Crime}}
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* {{Ul|Scary Stories}}
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* {{Ul|Grampa and the Kids}}
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* {{Ul|Gone Fishin'}}
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* {{Ul|The Pagans}}
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* {{Ul|The Closet}}
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* {{Ul|The Aquarium}}
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* {{Ul|Family Portrait}}
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* {{Ul|The Art Museum}}
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* {{Ul|Zoo Story}}
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* {{Ul|Shut Up Simpsons}}
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* {{Ul|The Shell Game}}
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* {{Ul|The Bart Simpson Show}}
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* {{Ul|Punching Bag}}
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* {{Ul|Simpson Christmas}}
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* {{Ul|The Krusty the Clown Show}}
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* {{Ul|Bart the Hero}}
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* {{Ul|Bart's Little Fantasy}}
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* {{Ul|Home Hypnotism}}
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* {{Ul|Echo Canyon}}
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* {{Ul|Bathtime}}
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* {{Ul|Bart's Nightmare}}
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* {{Ul|Bart of the Jungle}}
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* {{Ul|Family Therapy}}
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* {{Ul|Maggie in Peril - Chapter One}}
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* {{Ul|Maggie in Peril - The Thrilling Conclusion}}
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* {{Ul|TV Simpsons}}
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* {{Ep|Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire}}
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* {{Ep|Bart the Genius}}
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* {{Ep|Homer's Odyssey}}
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* {{Ep|There's No Disgrace Like Home}}
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* {{Ep|Bart the General}}
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* {{Ep|Moaning Lisa}}
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* {{Ep|The Call of the Simpsons}}
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* {{Ep|The Telltale Head}}
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* {{Ep|Life on the Fast Lane}}
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* {{Ep|Homer's Night Out}}
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* {{Ep|The Crepes of Wrath}}
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* {{Ep|Krusty Gets Busted}}
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* {{Ep|Some Enchanted Evening}}
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* {{Ep|Bart Gets an F}}
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* {{Ep|Simpson and Delilah}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror}}
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* {{Ep|Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish}}
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* {{Ep|Dancin' Homer}}
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* {{Ep|Dead Putting Society}}
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* {{Ep|Bart vs. Thanksgiving}}
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* {{Ep|Bart the Daredevil}}
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* {{Ep|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge}}
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* {{Ep|Bart Gets Hit by a Car}}
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* {{Ep|One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish}}
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* {{Ep|The Way We Was}}
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* {{Ep|Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment}}
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* {{Ep|Principal Charming}}
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* {{Ep|Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?}}
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* {{Ep|Bart's Dog Gets an F}}
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* {{Ep|Old Money}}
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* {{Ep|Brush With Greatness}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa's Substitute}}
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* {{Ep|The War of the Simpsons}}
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* {{Ep|Three Men and a Comic Book}}
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* {{Ep|Blood Feud}}
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* {{Ep|Stark Raving Dad}}
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* {{Ep|Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington}}
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* {{Ep|When Flanders Failed}}
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* {{Ep|Bart the Murderer}}
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* {{Ep|Homer Defined}}
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* {{Ep|Like Father, Like Clown}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror II}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa's Pony}}
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* {{Ep|Saturdays of Thunder}}
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* {{Ep|Flaming Moe's}}
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* {{Ep|Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk}}
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* {{Ep|I Married Marge}}
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* {{Ep|Radio Bart}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa the Greek}}
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* {{Ep|Homer Alone}}
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* {{Ep|Bart the Lover}}
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* {{Ep|Homer at the Bat}}
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* {{Ep|Separate Vocations}}
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* {{Ep|Dog of Death}}
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* {{Ep|Colonel Homer}}
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* {{Ep|Black Widower}}
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* {{Ep|The Otto Show}}
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* {{Ep|Bart's Friend Falls In Love}}
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* {{Ep|Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?}}
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* {{Ep|Kamp Krusty (Episode)|Kamp Krusty}}
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* {{Ep|A Streetcar Named Marge}}
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* {{Ep|Homer the Heretic}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa the Beauty Queen}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror III}}
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* {{Ep|Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie}}
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* {{Ep|Marge Gets a Job}}
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* {{Ep|New Kid on the Block}}
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* {{Ep|Mr. Plow}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa's First Word}}
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* {{Ep|Homer's Triple Bypass}}
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* {{Ep|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
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* {{Ep|Selma's Choice}}
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* {{Ep|Brother from the Same Planet}}
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* {{Ep|I Love Lisa}}
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* {{Ep|Duffless}}
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* {{Ep|Last Exit to Springfield}}
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* {{Ep|So It's Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show}}
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* {{Ep|The Front}}
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* {{Ep|Whacking Day}}
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* {{Ep|Marge in Chains}}
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* {{Ep|Krusty Gets Kancelled}}
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* {{Ep|Homer's Barbershop Quartet }}
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* {{Ep|Cape Feare}}
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* {{Ep|Homer Goes to College}}
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* {{Ep|Rosebud}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror IV}}
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* {{Ep|Marge on the Lam}}
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* {{Ep|Bart's Inner Child}}
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* {{Ep|Boy-Scoutz N the Hood}}
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* {{Ep|The Last Temptation of Homer}}
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* {{Ep|$pringfield}}
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* {{Ep|Bart Gets Famous}}
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* {{Ep|Homer and Apu}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy}}
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* {{Ep|Deep Space Homer}}
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* {{Ep|Homer Loves Flanders}}
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* {{Ep|Bart Gets an Elephant}}
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* {{Ep|Burns' Heir}}
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* {{Ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
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* {{Ep|The Boy Who Knew Too Much}}
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* {{Ep|Lady Bouvier's Lover}}
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* {{Ep|Secrets of a Successful Marriage}}
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* {{Ep|Bart of Darkness}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa's Rival}}
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* {{Ep|Another Simpsons Clip Show}}
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* {{Ep|Itchy & Scratchy Land}}
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* {{Ep|Sideshow Bob Roberts}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror V}}
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* {{Ep|Bart's Girlfriend}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa on Ice}}
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* {{Ep|Homer Badman}}
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* {{Ep|Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy}}
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* {{Ep|Fear of Flying}}
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* {{Ep|Homer the Great}}
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* {{Ep|And Maggie Makes Three}}
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* {{Ep|Bart's Comet}}
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* {{Ep|Homie the Clown}}
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* {{Ep|Bart vs. Australia}}
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* {{Ep|Homer vs. Patty and Selma}}
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* {{Ep|A Star Is Burns}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa's Wedding}}
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* {{Ep|Two Dozen and One Greyhounds}}
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* {{Ep|The PTA Disbands}}
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* {{Ep|'Round Springfield}}
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* {{Ep|The Springfield Connection}}
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* {{Ep|Lemon of Troy}}
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* {{Ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)}}
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* {{Ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)}}
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* {{Ep|Radioactive Man}}
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* {{Ep|Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodly}}
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* {{Ep|Bart Sells His Soul}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror VI}}
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* {{Ep|King-Size Homer}}
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* {{Ep|Mother Simpson}}
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* {{Ep|Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming}}
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* {{Ep|The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular}}
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* {{Ep|Marge Be Not Proud}}
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* {{Ep|Team Homer}}
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* {{Ep|Two Bad Neighbors}}
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* {{Ep|Scenes From The Class Struggle in Springfield}}
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* {{Ep|Bart the Fink}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa the Iconoclast}}
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* {{Ep|Homer the Smithers}}
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* {{Ep|The Day the Violence Died}}
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* {{Ep|A Fish Called Selma}}
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* {{Ep|Bart on the Road}}
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* {{Ep|22 Short Films About Springfield}}
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* {{Ep|Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"}}
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* {{Ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
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* {{Ep|Homerpalooza}}
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* {{Ep|Summer of 4 Ft. 2}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror VII}}
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* {{Ep|You Only Move Twice}}
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* {{Ep|The Homer They Fall}}
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* {{Ep|Burns, Baby Burns}}
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* {{Ep|Bart After Dark}}
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* {{Ep|A Milhouse Divided}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa's Date With Destiny}}
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* {{Ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
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* {{Ep|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer}}
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* {{Ep|The Springfield Files}}
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* {{Ep|The Twisted World of Marge Simpson}}
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* {{Ep|Mountain of Madness}}
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* {{Ep|Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious}}
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* {{Ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}}
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* {{Ep|Homer's Phobia}}
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* {{Ep|Brother from Another Series}}
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* {{Ep|My Sister, My Sitter}}
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* {{Ep|Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment}}
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* {{Ep|Grade School Confidential}}
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* {{Ep|The Canine Mutiny}}
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* {{Ep|The Old Man and the Lisa}}
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* {{Ep|In Marge We Trust}}
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* {{Ep|Homer's Enemy}}
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* {{Ep|The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase}}
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* {{Ep|The Secret War of Lisa Simpson}}
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* {{Ep|The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson}}
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* {{Ep|The Principal and The Pauper}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa's Sax}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror VIII}}
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* {{Ep|The Cartridge Family}}
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* {{Ep|Bart Star}}
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* {{Ep|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa the Skeptic}}
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* {{Ep|Realty Bites}}
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* {{Ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}}
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* {{Ep|All Singing, All Dancing }}
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* {{Ep|Bart Carny}}
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* {{Ep|The Joy of Sect}}
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* {{Ep|Das Bus}}
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* {{Ep|The Last Temptation of Krust}}
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* {{Ep|Dumbbell Indemnity}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
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* {{Ep|This Little Wiggy}}
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* {{Ep|Simpson Tide}}
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* {{Ep|The Trouble With Trillions}}
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* {{Ep|Girly Edition}}
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* {{Ep|Trash of the Titans}}
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* {{Ep|King of the Hill}}
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* {{Ep|Lost Our Lisa}}
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* {{Ep|Natural Born Kissers}}
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* {{Ep|Lard Of the Dance}}
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* {{Ep|The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace}}
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* {{Ep|Bart the Mother}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
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* {{Ep|When You Dish Upon a Star}}
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* {{Ep|D'oh-in' in the Wind}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa Gets an "A"}}
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* {{Ep|Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"}}
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* {{Ep|Mayored to the Mob}}
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* {{Ep|Viva Ned Flanders}}
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* {{Ep|Wild Barts Can't Be Broken}}
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* {{Ep|Sunday, Cruddy Sunday}}
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* {{Ep|Homer to the Max}}
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* {{Ep|I'm With Cupid}}
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* {{Ep|Screaming Yellow Honkers}}
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* {{Ep|Make Room For Lisa}}
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* {{Ep|Maximum Homerdrive}}
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* {{Ep|Simpsons Bible Stories}}
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* {{Ep|Mom and Pop Art}}
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* {{Ep|The Old Man and The "C" Student}}
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* {{Ep|Monty Can't Buy Me Love}}
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* {{Ep|They Saved Lisa's Brain}}
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* {{Ep|Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo}}
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* {{Ep|Beyond Blunderdome}}
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* {{Ep|Brother's Little Helper}}
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* {{Ep|Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror X}}
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* {{Ep|E-I-E-I-D'oh}}
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* {{Ep|Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder}}
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* {{Ep|Eight Misbehavin'}}
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* {{Ep|Take My Wife, Sleaze}}
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* {{Ep|Grift of the Magi}}
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* {{Ep|Little Big Mom}}
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* {{Ep|Faith Off}}
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* {{Ep|The Mansion Family}}
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* {{Ep|Saddlesore Galactica}}
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* {{Ep|Alone Again, Natura-Diddly}}
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* {{Ep|Missionary: Impossible}}
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* {{Ep|Pygmoelian}}
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* {{Ep|Bart to the Future}}
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* {{Ep|Days of Wine and D'oh'ses}}
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* {{Ep|Kill the Alligator and Run}}
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* {{Ep|Last Tap Dance in Springfield}}
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* {{Ep|It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Marge}}
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* {{Ep|Behind the Laughter}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XI}}
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* {{Ep|A Tale of Two Springfields}}
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* {{Ep|Insane Clown Poppy}}
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* {{Ep|Lisa the Tree Hugger}}
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* {{Ep|Homer vs. Dignity}}
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* {{Ep|The Computer Wore Menace Shoes}}
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* {{Ep|The Great Money Caper}}
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* {{Ep|Skinner's Sense of Snow}}
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* {{Ep|HOMR}}
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* {{Ep|Pokey Mom}}
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* {{Ep|Worst Episode Ever}}
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* {{Ep|Tennis the Menace}}
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* {{Ep|Day of the Jackanapes}}
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* {{Ep|New Kids on the Blecch}}
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* {{Ep|Hungry, Hungry Homer}}
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* {{Ep|Bye Bye Nerdie}}
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* {{Ep|Simpson Safari}}
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* {{Ep|Trilogy of Error}}
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* {{Ep|I'm Goin' to Praiseland}}
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* {{Ep|Children of a Lesser Clod}}
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* {{Ep|Simpsons Tall Tales}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XII}}
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* {{Ep|The Parent Rap}}
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* {{Ep|Homer the Moe}}
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* {{Ep|A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love}}
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* {{Ep|The Blunder Years}}
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* {{Ep|She of Little Faith}}
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* {{Ep|Brawl in the Family}}
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* {{Ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}}
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* {{Ep|Jaws Wired Shut}}
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* {{Ep|Half-Decent Proposal}}
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* {{Ep|The Bart Wants What It Wants}}
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* {{Ep|The Lastest Gun in the West}}
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* {{Ep|The Old Man and the Key}}
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* {{Ep|Tales from the Public Domain}}
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* {{Ep|Blame It on Lisa}}
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* {{Ep|Weekend at Burnsie's}}
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* {{Ep|Gump Roast}}
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* {{Ep|I Am Furious (Yellow)}}
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* {{Ep|The Sweetest Apu}}
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* {{Ep|Little Girl in the Big Ten}}
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* {{Ep|The Frying Game}}
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* {{Ep|Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XIII}}
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* {{Ep|How I Spent My Strummer Vacation}}
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* {{Ep|Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade}}
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* {{Ep|Large Marge}}
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* {{Ep|Helter Shelter}}
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* {{Ep|The Great Louse Detective}}
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* {{Ep|Special Edna}}
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* {{Ep|The Dad Who Knew Too Little}}
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* {{Ep|The Strong Arms of the Ma}}
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* {{Ep|Pray Anything}}
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* {{Ep|Barting Over}}
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* {{Ep|I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can}}
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* {{Ep|A Star Is Born-Again}}
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* {{Ep|Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington}}
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* {{Ep|C.E.D'oh}}
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* {{Ep|'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky}}
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* {{Ep|Three Gays of the Condo}}
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* {{Ep|Dude, Where's My Ranch?}}
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* {{Ep|Old Yeller-Belly}}
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* {{Ep|Brake My Wife, Please}}
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* {{Ep|The Bart of War}}
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* {{Ep|Moe Baby Blues}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XIV}}
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* {{Ep|My Mother the Carjacker}}
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* {{Ep|The President Wore Pearls}}
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* {{Ep|The Regina Monologues}}
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* {{Ep|The Fat and the Furriest}}
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* {{Ep|Today, I Am a Clown}}
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* {{Ep|'Tis the Fifteenth Season}}
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* {{Ep|Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays}}
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* {{Ep|I, D'oh-Bot}}
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* {{Ep|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife}}
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* {{Ep|Margical History Tour}}
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* {{Ep|Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore}}
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* {{Ep|Smart and Smarter}}
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* {{Ep|The Ziff Who Came to Dinner}}
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* {{Ep|Co-Dependent's Day}}
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* {{Ep|The Wandering Juvie}}
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* {{Ep|My Big Fat Geek Wedding}}
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* {{Ep|Catch 'em if You Can}}
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* {{Ep|Simple Simpson}}
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* {{Ep|The Way We Weren't}}
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* {{Ep|Bart-Mangled Banner}}
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* {{Ep|Fraudcast News}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XV}}
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* {{Ep|All's Fair In Oven War}}
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* {{Ep|Sleeping with the Enemy}}
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* {{Ep|She Used to Be My Girl}}
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* {{Ep|Fat Man and Little Boy}}
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* {{Ep|Midnight Rx}}
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* {{Ep|Mommie Beerest}}
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* {{Ep|Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass}}
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* {{Ep|Pranksta Rap}}
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* {{Ep|There's Something About Marrying}}
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* {{Ep|On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister}}
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* {{Ep|Goo Goo Gai Pan}}
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* {{Ep|Mobile Homer}}
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* {{Ep|The Seven-Beer Snitch}}
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* {{Ep|Future-Drama}}
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* {{Ep|Don't Fear the Roofer}}
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* {{Ep|The Heartbroke Kid}}
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* {{Ep|A Star is Torn}}
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* {{Ep|Thank God It's Doomsday}}
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* {{Ep|Home Away From Homer}}
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* {{Ep|The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star}}
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* {{Ep|Bonfire of the Manatees}}
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* {{Ep|The Girl Who Slept Too Little}}
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* {{Ep|Milhouse of Sand and Fog}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}
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* {{Ep|Marge's Son Poisoning}}
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* {{Ep|See Homer Run}}
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* {{Ep|The Last of the Red Hat Mamas}}
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* {{Ep|The Italian Bob}}
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* {{Ep|Simpson Christmas Stories}}
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* {{Ep|Homer's Paternity Coot}}
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* {{Ep|We're on the Road to D'oh-where}}
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* {{Ep|My Fair Laddy}}
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* {{Ep|The Seemingly Never-Ending Story}}
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* {{Ep|Bart Has Two Mommies}}
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* {{Ep|Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife}}
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* {{Ep|Million Dollar Abie}}
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* {{Ep|Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore}}
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* {{Ep|The Wettest Stories Ever Told}}
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* {{Ep|Girls Just Want to Have Sums}}
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* {{Ep|Regarding Margie}}
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* {{Ep|The Monkey Suit}}
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* {{Ep|Homer And Marge Turn A Couple Play}}
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* {{Ep|The Mook, the Chef, the Wife, and Her Homer}}
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* {{Ep|Jazzy and the Pussycats}}
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* {{Ep|Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em...}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XVII}}
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* {{Ep|G.I.D'oh}}
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* {{Ep|Moe 'N' a Lisa}}
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* {{Ep|Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)}}
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* {{Ep|The Haw-Hawed Couple}}
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* {{Ep|Kill Gil Vols. 1&2}}
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* {{Ep|The Wife Aquatic}}
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* {{Ep|Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times}}
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* {{Ep|Little Big Girl}}
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* {{Ep|Springfield Up}}
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* {{Ep|Yokel Chords}}
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* {{Ep|Rome-Old and Julie-Eh}}
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* {{Ep|Homerazzi}}
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* {{Ep|Marge Gamer}}
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* {{Ep|The Boys of Bummer}}
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* {{Ep|Crook and Ladder}}
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* {{Ep|Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!}}
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* {{Ep|24 Minutes}}
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* {{Ep|You Kent Always Say What You Want}}
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* {{Ep|He Loves To Fly And He D'ohs}}
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* {{Ep|The Homer of Seville}}
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* {{Ep|Midnight Towboy}}
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* {{Ep|I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings}}
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* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XVIII}}
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* {{Ep|Little Orphan Millie}}
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* {{Ep|Husbands and Knives}}
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* {{Ep|Funeral for a Fiend}}
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* {{Ep|Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind}}
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* {{Ep|E. Pluribus Wiggum}}
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* {{Ep|That 90's Show}}
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* {{Ep|Love, Springfieldian Style}}
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* {{Ep|The Debarted}}
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*[[Simpson family]]: more info on Homer's family.
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*[[742 Evergreen Terrace]]: more info on Homer's house.
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*[[Marge Simpson]]: more info on Homer's wife.
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*[[Bart Simpson]]: more info on Homer's oldest child.
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*[[Lisa Simpson]]: more info on Homer's middle child.
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*[[Maggie Simpson]]: more info on Homer's youngest child.
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*[[Abraham Simpson]]: more info on Homer's father.
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Homer Jay Simpson
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Character Information
Gender: Male
Status:
Unknown
Age: 39
Hair: Brown
Occupation: Nuclear Safety Inspector
Relatives: Parents: Abraham and Mona Simpson
Wife: Marge Bouvier
Ex-wife: Amber Simpson
Children: Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson
Half-siblings: Herb Powell and Abbie
Grandparents: Orville J. Simpson and Yuma Hickman
First appearance: Good Night
Voiced by: Dan Castellaneta
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Homer Jay Simpson is the father of the Simpson family. He is an overweight, lazy, and not too bright individual. His behaviour is often absurd, selfish, dangerous, clumsy, idiotic, and insensitive. Despite this, he has shown moments of great intellect, and can be a caring parent and husband at times.

Homer works as a low level safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, in Sector 7G, although "working" in this case refers largely to dozing and eating doughnuts or not even going to work at all. He spends a great deal of his time at Moe's Tavern with his lifelong friends Barney, Carl, Lenny and bartender Moe. At home he can often be found sitting on the sofa mindlessly watching TV while snacking on food and drinking Duff.

Biography

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Homer in his late teens.

Homer Jay Simpson was born as the second child of Abraham Simpson, and the first of Mona Simpson on May 12th, 1956. He was raised on the Simpsons farm by his parents, Mona and Abe until they were forced to move out due to Homer Simpson spooking the cows by jumping out of a bale of hay and scaring them into giving sour milk. In the late 1960s, while Homer was between nine and twelve years of age, Mona went into hiding following a run-in with the law. However, before she started protesting, she took Homer and her husband to the Woodstock Convention, where Homer ended up briefly adopting the Hippie lifestyle [and was implied to have been sent away to the Conflict in Vietnam by Abe Simpson as punishment for wanting to be a Hippie.] Homer attended Springfield High School and fell in love with Marge Bouvier in 1974.[1] After high school, Homer and Marge bought an apartment at Springfield Place. During this time, Marge gets a letter accepting her into college. To pay for her tuition, Abe gives him a job at Simpson Lazer Tag as well as this, along with Lou Lenny and Carl, Homer is part of a barbershop quartet. When Marge becomes infatuated by her professor, Homer turns the band into a grunge band called Sadgasm. Marge realizes that she really loves Homer, and she goes back to him.[2] In 1982 (by consistency of the episode I Married Marge) Marge became pregnant with Bart. At this time Homer was working at Sir Putts-A-Lot, turning the crank that spins the windmill. The two got married in Shotgun Pete's 24 Hour Wedding Chapel, a small wedding chapel across the state line [3].They spent their wedding reception alone at a truck stop, before ending up at the Bouvier's House, where they lived at the time. After failing to get a job at the newly built Nuclear Power Plant, Homer left Marge to find a job by which he could support his family. He went to work at a taco restaurant called the Gulp 'n' Blow, until Marge found him and convinced him to return home with her. As a result, Homer confronted Mr. Burns and secured a job at the Plant. Two years after Bart was born, Marge became pregnant with Lisa in 1984, shortly before the couple brought their first house.[4] Homer's second leap to stardom was his success as the lead singer and songwriter for the barbershop quartet the Be-Sharps, even winning a Grammy. During his time with the group, Homer was frequently absent from home, which put stress on his marriage. After the group broke up due to creative differences, Homer went back to Springfield to continue his old life.[5] Some time in the late 1980s, Homer and Marge carefully budgeted so Homer could work at his dream job, a pin monkey at Barney's uncle's Barney's Bowl-O-Rama. Unfortunately for Homer, Marge became pregnant with Maggie in 1992, shortly after he started his new job, and not being able to support his family, he went back to the Nuclear Plant.[6] Since then Homer has started many jobs, including being a professional astronaut for NASA, but has ended up back where he began at the Nuclear Plant. He has nearly caused the destruction of Springfield a couple of times, after a nuclear meltdown at the plant and polluting Lake Springfield with his pet pig's (and his own) waste.[7]

Future

In 2013, Homer's and Marge's relationship has finally ended, after Homer blew the family savings on an underwater house. She began dating Krusty the Clown, and eventually Homer fought him to win her back. Homer was beaten, but Marge still decided to go back to him.

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Homer can be very violent at times.

Homer's Jobs

For a more detailed list, see here
When first joining the Power Plant, Homer had a nameless job handling plutonium. Which was later moved up to being the safety inspector for sector 7-G, after complaining about the safety of the plant itself.

Homer rarely attends his job, and yet hardly gets fired, and always has his job waiting for him when he wants to return. He has impulsively quit occasionally to pursue other carers, although he always ends up losing or quitting these jobs.

Personality

Homer strangles Bart.

Homer's personality is one of frequent stupidity, laziness, and explosive anger; one might say it is that of the "Average Joe". He also suffers from a short attention span which complements his intense but short-lived passion for hobbies, enterprises and various causes. Homer is prone to emotional outbursts; he gets very envious of his neighbors, the Flanders family, and is easily enraged at his son, Bart, and strangles him in an exaggerated manner (His trademark phrase to strangling Bart, "Why you Little...!" is implied to have been "Why you little bastard!" [8]. He also spanks Bart sometimes and, in one case, Lisa. He shows no compunction about this, and does not attempt to hide his actions from people outside the family, even showing disregard for his son's well being in other ways, such as leaving Bart alone at a port[9], or allowing Bart to go court for skateboarding naked on his dare when all he would have to do is attend a 1 hour parenting class signifying not only his disregard for Bart but his extreme laziness [10]. While Homer has repeatedly upset people and caused all sorts of mayhem in Springfield, these events are usually caused by either his explosive temper or lack of foresight. Except for expressing annoyance at Ned Flanders, Homer's actions are usually unintentional. Most of his explosive anger is targeted on Bart, because of something stupid or bad he had said or done. Despite their disadvantages, these common outbursts save Homer from dying of a pent-up rage-induced heart attack.[11]

While Homer's stupid antics often upset his family, he has also performed acts that reveal him to be a surprisingly loving father and husband, such as selling his cherished ride on the Duff Blimp and using the money to enter Lisa in a beauty pageant so she could feel better about herself[12] ; giving up his chance at wealth to allow Maggie to keep a cherished teddy bear[13]; spearheading an attempt to dig Bart out after he had fallen down a well, even though Homer hates doing physical labor[14] and arranging a surprise second wedding with Marge to make up for their lousy first ceremony, even going so far as to hire one of The Doobie Brothers as part of the wedding band and getting a divorce from Marge, essentially making their second wedding a "real" one.[15]

Homer tends to derive amusement from the misfortune of others. He is a chronic petty thief and borderline kleptomaniac, stealing everything from TV trays to power tools and air conditioners, even an entire room of the Flanders House from Ned Flanders. He has also stolen golf balls from the local driving range, office supplies (including computers) from work, and beer mugs from Moe's Tavern.

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Homer holding a doughnut

Homer has a vacuous mind, but he is still able to retain a great amount of knowledge about very specific subjects. He often shows short bursts of astonishing insight, memory, creativity and fluency with many languages. Homer is also extremely confident; no matter how little skill or knowledge he has about anything he tries to do, he has no doubt that he will be successful. However, his brief periods of intelligence are overshadowed by much longer and more consistent periods of ignorance, forgetfulness and stupidity. Homer has a low IQ due to many factors: his hereditary "Simpson Gene", his alcohol problem, exposure to radioactive waste, repetitive cranial trauma, and the crayon lodged in the frontal lobe of his brain. He also implies in "Grampa vs Sexual Inadequacy" that he would have been at least a bit smarter, if not by a substantial amount, if his father had tried to give him encouragement rather than beat him down. The crayon in his brain is possibly the largest causal factor in his stupidity. Homer's intelligence was said to jump up fifty points when he had the crayon removed, bringing him to an IQ of 105, slightly above that of an average person (though he showed far above average intelligence), but he went back to his old self when he had it reinserted, presumably lowering his IQ back down to its original 55.[16] This IQ score is, however, likely a joke or oversight on the producers' part, as someone with an IQ of 55 would be unable to look after themselves and would be classified as severely mentally handicapped. Also from the level of intellergence he showed it's much more likely that his IQ was boasted to 135-155.

Homer has at times debated against his brain. Occasionally, a specific body part such as his face, stomach or liver is also shown debating with his brain. In one notable scene Homer's mind actually leaves his body out of boredom, causing him to collapse. Homer is also inclined to retreat into fantasy, such as daydreaming of Germany as "the land of chocolate".[17][18]

Homer's attitudes toward woman, romance, and sex are occasionally shown. While Homer's marriage with Marge is occasionally strained, it seems generally happy. Despite this, Homer is often tempted with other women, and usually shows no qualms with gawking at (and drooling over) attractive women. Homer almost had an affair with Mindy Simmons[19], but ended up not wanting to. He has made the occasional remark denoting his attraction to other women (including his neighbor's wife), even in front of Marge on a occasion, but always shows his devotion to Marge in the end.
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The Ingestible Bulk

Religious Beliefs

Despite attending church every Sunday, Homer is not a committed Christian, and it is likely that he only attends church because he knows that Marge would be hurt and shocked if he did not. He does not seem to practice Christian morals and frequently sleeps in church, much to the annoyance of Reverend Lovejoy.

Homer has met God face to face in the episode Thank God It's Doomsday and has had many other encounters with him too.

Alter ego

Homer has obtained a super power before when he became The Ingestible Bulk after a nuclear explosion, his powers are that he's able to eat anything from people to walls. Homer has also become Pieman when The Rich Texan laughed at Lisa, he chucks pies in the faces of bad guys, uses the basement as a Pie Cave and his car as the Piemobile. Bart is his sidekick as Cupcake Kid[20]
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Homer and Bart as Pieman and Cupcake Kid

Skills and abilities

Although Homer suffers from extreme stupidity, chronic laziness, rage and weight problems (partly due to the Simpson gene) he still possess's great skill in certain area's. He has proven himself to be a highly talented singer/songwriter from his day's in a barber shop quartertet, to becoming a multiple gold album winning grunge player, even writing song's for Lisa which allowed her to get to the finals of a local talant compitition and can sing opera amazingly when lying down. He's also shown to be able to play guitar, harmonica, drum and piano skillfully. Like Bart he can also speak Japanese fluently and is fluent in a number of other advanced languages. Despite his size he has also shown to be highly athletic at times such as in Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes or a decent bare fisted brawler, and in Bart Star he has a flashback which revealed him to once be an aspiring competitive gymnast. Homer can also ride a horse with incredible skill to the point where he can make it jump and land safely on a pillier a number of feet in the air and that's just the start. Also he is quite brave when he needs to be which is not technically a skill but its true, although he can be a bit of a chicken, when it comes to it he will even risk his life if he has to.

Relationships

Romantic

Despite being married to Marge, throughout the entire show Homer has had a number of romantic encounters.

Marge Simpson

Homer Simpson is the husband of Marge Simpson. They met when they were younger without learning who each other was before meeting again properly in high school. They have had three weddings. The first was before the show, second was in A Milhouse Divided (which turned out to be invalid and the third in Wedding For Disaster. The two have a very strong marriage which has survived cheating, amnesia and many arguments. They have been in love since high school.

Mindy Simmons

Mindy Simmons was an attractive employee at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant who has nearly everything in common with Homer. They attended a conventions together and nearly had affair.

Lurleen Lumpkin

A waitress who Homer helped in launching a successful singning career. She attempted to seduce him with no success. She's been married multiple times to men that all look like Homer.

Amber

Amber was Homer's Vegas wife who Homer accidentally married in Las Vegas. They managed to get her drunk and made her believe she married Abe which made her run back to Vegas.

Julia

When Homer becomes a famous Opera singer he attracts the attention of horde of fans including a stalker by the name of Julia. She confesses to Homer that she is his to do with as he wants, becoming his personnel assistant and attempting to seduce him at every turn. When he proclaims that his heart belongs to Marge she attempts to kill him with no success.

Friendship

Barney Gumble

Barney Gumble is one of Homer's best friends . They have been best friends since high school. Homer was the one who convinced him to become an alcoholic.

A Guide to Homer

  • Good Night: Homer tucks Bart into bed and is stumped when Bart asks him about The Mind.
  • Watching Television: Homer watches TV with Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie and attempts and fails to make the family appreciate the TV.
  • Bart Jumps: Homer tries to convince Bart to leap into his arms, but is constantly distracted and Bart ends up hurting himself.
  • Burp Contest: Homer burps infront of Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
  • Eating Dinner: Homer eats dinner and disgraces Marge.
  • The Funeral: Homer, along with Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie attend Uncle Hubert's funeral. Bart disgraces Homer and he becomes very angry.
  • Football: Homer tries to make Bart catch a football. After he does so, he takes Bart, Lisa and Maggie for a round of frosty chocolate milkshakes.
  • Bart and Homer's Dinner: Homer tries to make Bart eat either fish sticks or pork-o-roni. He melds them together to make Frozen Fish and Pork-O-Nuggets-Roni and tries to make Bart eat it, winding up falling asleep on his shoulder.
  • Bart's Haircut: Homer sends Bart to get a haircut and laughs at him when he is scalped.
  • World War III: Homer runs drills to get the family ready for World War III and the family then trick him into the shelter.
  • The Perfect Crime: Marge bakes chocolate chip cookies for Homer, who finds Bart has eaten them all.
  • Scary Stories: Homer and Marge find the kids, who believed they were murderers.
  • Grampa & the Kids: Homer leaves Bart, Lisa and Maggie in the care of Abe.
  • Gone Fishin': Homer and Bart go fishing. Homer eats bait and they fall over rapids.
  • The Pagans: Homer drives the family to the Church and is angered when the car breaks down. He is even more angered when Bart and Lisa become Pagans and chases them to the Church.
  • The Closet: Homer tries to get Bart to do chores and is angered when he hides in a closet.
  • The Aquarium: Homer tries to get the kids to enjoy sealife and becomes horrified when he believes Bart has been eaten by a shark. When he realizes he is alive, he tries to strangle him.
  • Family Portrait: Homer tries to organize the family for a portrait. He ends up strangling Bart.
  • The Art Museum: Homer tries to get the kids to enjoy art, but is somewhat attracted to a naked painting, much to the annoyance of Marge.
  • Zoo Story: Homer enjoys a visit to the Springfield Zoo.
  • Shut Up Simpsons: Homer becomes annoyed at the family and engages in battle with them, until they learn to forgive each other.
  • The Shell Game: Homer and Marge try to get Bart to give them a stolen cookie, and Homer plays a shell game with him.
  • The Bart Simpson Show: Homer learns Bart has destroyed the TV and strangles him.
  • Punching Bag: Homer annoys Bart, who uses a photo of him on a punching bag. The rest of the family join in and the punching bag hits Homer.
  • Simpson Christmas: Homer tries to strangle Bart, Lisa and Maggie when they sneak a look at their presents at night.
  • The Krusty the Clown Show: Homer sees Bart on TV.
  • Bart the Hero: Homer, yet again sees Bart on TV.
  • Bart's Little Fantasy: Homer sends the kids to tidy their toys.
  • Home Hypnotism: Homer tries to hypnotise the kids and they pretend to turn into zombies.
  • Shoplifting: Homer picks Bart up from the Grocery Store.
  • Echo Canyon: Homer is angered when Bart runs around on a boulder.
  • Bathtime: Homer washes Bart.
  • Bart's Nightmare: Bart becomes scared that Homer will find out he stole cookies.
  • Bart of the Jungle: Homer tries to stop Bart, Lisa and Maggie from swinging around, naked.
  • Family Therapy: Homer takes the family to therapy and ends up getting angry at the psychiatrist.
  • Maggie in Peril (Chapter One): Homer leaves Maggie in the care of Bart and Lisa.
  • Maggie in Peril - The Thrilling Conclusion: Homer returns home.
  • TV Simpsons: Homer tries to fix the TV signal.
  • Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire: Homer is denied his Christmas bonus, so tries to work it off as a mall Santa, but finds he isn't given enough money. He blows it all on a lucky dog, Whirlwind, but changes to Santa's Little Helper, who looses. Santa's Little Helper is kicked out by his owner and Homer adopts him. He takes him home and finds the family loves him.

Behind the Scenes

Creation

Matt Groening first conceived the Simpson family in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. He had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to present his Life in Hell series. When he realized that animating Life in Hell would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction. He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, with Homer being named after his father. Homer then made his debut with the rest of the Simpsons clan on 19 April 1987 in the Tracey Ullman short "Good Night". Homer's middle initial "J", which was revealed to stand for "Jay",[21] was a "tribute" to Bullwinkle J. Moose from Rocky and Bullwinkle, a show Matt Groening loved as a child.[22]

According to Matt Groening, the whole family was designed so that they would be recognizable in silhouette.[23][24]

Voice

Homer's voice sounds different on the shorts than the later half-hour show. Dan Castellaneta's earliest portrayal began as a loose impression of Walter Matthau, but developed into a more robust and humorous voice during the second and third season of the half-hour show, allowing Homer to convey a wider range of emotions.[25] Castellaneta changed the voice, as he could not sustain his Matthau impression for the 9-10 hour long recording sessions and had to find something easier.[26] During an interview with the cast of the show on Inside the Actors Studio, Castellaneta stated that Homer's voice was based in part on his own father who often spoke with an exuberant tone.

Catchphrase

Homer popularized the annoyed grunt "D'oh!" (made memorable through Dan Castellaneta's distinctive voice work), which began as an abbreviated form of James Finlayson's annoyed "Dooooh" in Laurel and Hardy films and other comedy shorts. This modern interjection has found enough popular acceptance to be included in the Oxford English Dictionary.

He also popularized the catchphrase "Mmm...". This debuted in 7G04- There's No Disgrace Like Home. Many examples of other mmm...s are Mmm...candy from 1F03, Mmm...pointy from 3F15 and Mmm...hug from BABF22. He has used it less and less since Season 8.

Reception

Homer uttering the legendary word "D'oh".

On May 30, 2003, Homer was made an honorary citizen of Winnipeg, Canada, in recognition of Matt Groening's father Homer Groening, who is believed to be from the Manitoba capital.[27]

Homer placed second on TV Guide's 2002 Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters, behind Bugs Bunny.[28] In 2005, Homer was listed fifth on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters, one of only four cartoon characters on that list.[29] British TV viewers voted him as the greatest TV character of all time.[30] In 2007, Entertainment Weekly placed Homer ninth on their list of the "50 Greatest TV icons".[31]

The Simpsons has been recommended for use in the teaching of sociology to modern-day college students. The journal Teaching Sociology appraised it as "particularly effective for illustrating sociological themes and encouraging critical thinking among today's undergraduates".[32] The non-academic book The Simpsons and Philosophy, the D'oh! of Homer includes a chapter analyzing Homer's character from the perspective of Aristotelian virtue ethics.

Homer Simpson syndrome

A five-year study of more than 2,000 middle-aged people in France found a possible link between weight and brain function, dubbed the "Homer Simpson syndrome".[33] Results from a word memory test showed that people with a BMI of 20 (considered to be a healthy level) remembered an average of nine out of 16 words. Meanwhile, people with a BMI of 30 (inside the obese range) remembered an average of just seven out of 16 words.[33]

Merchandising

A golden figurine of Homer.

Homer's inclusion in many Simpsons publications, toys, and other merchandise is evidence of his enduring popularity. He has played central roles in the Simpsons Comics series. The Homer Book, written about Homer's personality and attributes, has been published and is commercially available. Numerous other items such as bottle openers, alarm clocks and other merchandise are widely available for purchase.

Trivia

  • His social security number is 568-47-0008.
  • His blood type is B positive.
  • His earmuff size is XL.
  • He often writes fist like.
  • In one episode he was the only character in the show to say bullshit but "shit" was censored by a honk sound.
  • It's implied in Homer's Triple Bypass that Homer's bloodstream has a continuous regulation of radioactivity, as Dr. Hibbert was explaining to Marge Simpson that they injected Homer with a Radioactive Dye to see his circulatory system from an X-ray until he learns that the nurse hadn't even injected the dye yet (resulting in Hibbert saying "good lord" in a shocked manner).
  • He seems to be almost the exact same as Peter Griffin, whom appears in Family Guy, which premiered 10 years after The Simpsons began. In Treehouse of Horror XIII, one of his clones was Peter Griffin.
  • Homer owns the Denver Broncos, despite wanting to own the Dallas Cowboys.
  • It is believed that Homer is diabetic as mentioned in "That 90's Show". However if this was true, Homer would most likely be dead because he has never been seen taking insulin and the amount of food that Homer eats would just ensure that would already be dead by the point the episode "That 90's Show" was shown.
  • In Fear of Flying it is shown his favorite song (at the time) was "It's Raining Men".

Appearances

* Ullman.png Simpsons short – "Good Night"

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Way We Was
  2. ↑ That 90's Show
  3. ↑ I Married Marge
  4. ↑ Lisa's First Word
  5. ↑ Homer's Barbershop Quartet
  6. ↑ And Maggie Makes Three
  7. ↑ The Simpsons Movie
  8. ↑ Wedding For Disaster
  9. ↑ The Great Money Caper
  10. ↑ The Simpsons Movie
  11. ↑ I Am Furious Yellow
  12. ↑ Lisa the Beauty Queen
  13. ↑ Rosebud
  14. ↑ Radio Bart
  15. ↑ A Milhouse Divided
  16. ↑ HOMR
  17. ↑ Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
  18. ↑ The Simpsons Game
  19. ↑ The Last Temptation of Homer
  20. ↑ Simple Simpson
  21. ↑ "D'oh-in in the Wind"
  22. ↑ J is for Jay. BBC. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
  23. ↑ Groening, Matt; Al Jean, Mike Reiss. (2001). The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "There's No Disgrace Like Home" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  24. ↑ Groening, Matt; James L. Brooks, David Silverman. (2001). The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  25. ↑ Brownfield, Paul. "He's Homer, but This Odyssey Is His Own"Los Angeles Times. 
  26. ↑ Larry Carroll. "'Simpsons' Trivia, From Swearing Lisa To 'Burns-Sexual' Smithers"MTV. Retrieved on 2007-07-29. 
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