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| − | The employee of the plant who, in the event of the death/incapacitation of all other employees, would become manager before Homer. It is literally a carbon rod, inanimate.
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| | + | {{Quote|Stupid rod. It's all just a popularity contest.|Homer expressing his disdain for the rod.|Deep Space Homer}} |
| | + | [[File:Carbonrod.png|right|thumb|The inanimate carbon rod]] |
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| − | It possibly went on to have a career in the space programme, when Homer unintentionally lodged a rod in the shuttle door, closing it and allowing him and the other astronauts a safe return to Earth. The rod went on to feature on the front page of ''Time'' magazine with the title 'in Rod we Trust!'. It was also given the main seat in the subsequent parade, much to Homer's annoyance;- presumably because he had been upstaged yet again by a rod.
| + | The '''Inanimate carbon rod''' is a rod made of carbon. Two such rods thwart [[Homer]] in his quest for respect. |
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| | + | == History == |
| | + | The rod first was an employee at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] who wins the "Worker of the Week Award" in recognition of his long overlooked "tireless efforts" which the plant could not function without. This greatly angers Homer who is now confirmed as less valuable to the plant than an inanimate object and is the only human at the plant not to win the award. |
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| | + | The other rod was a component of the [[NASA]] Corvair space shuttle which Homer, [[Race Banyon]] and {{Ch|Buzz Aldrin}} were on. When Homer snapped the handle off the shuttle door, Banyon prepared to kill him, so Homer took the rod off the wall to smash Banyon's "pretty face" in. However, Homer unintentionally lodged the rod in the shuttle door, closing it and allowing Homer and the other astronauts a safe return to Earth. The rod received all the credit. It was featured on the cover of ''[[Time]]'' magazine with the caption "In Rod We Trust!". It was also given the main seat in the subsequent parade, much to Homer's annoyance, as he had been upstaged yet again by an inanimate carbon rod. Homer turned off the TV airing the parade, much to the chagrin of [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]], who proclaimed "they were about to show a close-up of the Rod."<ref>"[[Deep Space Homer]]"</ref> |
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| | + | === Non-canon === |
| | + | {{Noncanon}} |
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| | + | In "[[Lego Dimensions]]", the Inanimate carbon rod is one of the foundation elements. It was stolen from the power plant by Lord Business and [[The Joker]] and was delivered to Lord Vortech. It was later put together with the other foundation elements and technology taken from the Daleks to turn [[Robin]], [[Frodo Baggins]] and Metalbeard into a monster called Tri. |
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| | + | === The Simpsons: Tapped Out === |
| | + | {{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out decorations/Statues|CarbonRod}} |
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| | + | == Trivia == |
| | + | *The rod also appears on the Simpsons cast poster. It also appeared inside [[Carl]]'s [[:File:Carlfolder.PNG|character folder]] in the Hall of Records on ''The Simpsons'' website. |
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| | + | == Appearances == |
| | + | *[[Opening sequence]] |
| | + | *{{ep|Homer's Odyssey}} |
| | + | *{{ep|Deep Space Homer}} |
| | + | *{{ep|The Strong Arms of the Ma|(picture seen)}} |
| | + | *{{ep|C.E. D'oh|(picture seen)}} |
| | + | *{{ep|The Dad-Feelings Limited|(picture)}} |
| | + | *{{bon|100% Homer}} |
| | + | *{{bk|The Homer Book}} |
| | + | *{{game|The Simpsons: Hit & Run}} |
| | + | *{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}} |
| | + | *{{game|Lego Dimensions}} |
| | + | *{{merch|Simpsons Mania! (Inkworks)|pipe=yes|3=Simpsons Mania!}} |
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| | + | == References == |
| | + | {{Reflist}} |
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| | + | {{Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|misc=yes}} |
| | + | {{Tapped Out decorations|statues=yes}} |
| | + | {{Simpsons World factfiles|5=yes}} |
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Episode – "Homer's Odyssey" 
Comic story – 100% Homer 
Book – The Homer Book 
Video game – The Simpsons: Hit & Run 
Merchandise – Simpsons Mania! 
