King-Size Homer

"King-Size Homer" is the seventh episode of The Simpsons' seventh season, which originally aired on November 5, 1995. It was written by Dan Greaney and directed by Jim Reardon.

Synopsis

Mr. Burns organizes an exercise program at the power plant, and while this program finds some support among the workers, Homer is not among them. To get out of it, and to get out of going to work altogether he decides to put on weight until he is 300 pounds, so he can be legally disabled and force Burns to let him telecommute. Despite Marge's protests that this could endanger his health and jeopardize her attraction to him, Homer engages in nearly unprecedented gluttony. As a mass eating spree Bart tells Homer they're out of food, Maggie makes Homer a Play-Doh donut, and upon eating it he reaches 315 pounds. Homer enjoys working from home: all he has to do is hit "y" (for "yes") on the computer repeatedly. One day, Homer leaves a drinking bird hitting the "y" while he goes out to see a movie. Upon his return, he finds the bird broken and a nuclear meltdown at the power plant imminent. Homer rushes to the plant and bravely tries to take charge and he ultimately saves the day — his enormous gut gets stuck in the release tube and blocks the toxic gas from escaping. As a reward and upon Homer's request Mr. Burns guarentees that he will make Homer thin once more, but he fails with his exercise program and instead sponsors his liposuction.