El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer
"El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer"
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Episode Information
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"El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" (a.k.a. The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer) is the ninth episode in the eighth season of The Simpsons. It features surreal animation as Homer has an elaborate hallucination. In Spanish, the title, more accurately means "The Mysterious Trip of Our 'Jomer'". (Jomer is a Spanish pronunciation wordplay of 'Homer')."
Plot
Marge and Homer head over to a Springfield Chili Cook-Off, Homer having promised to not drink any beer. While there, Homer demonstrates an extraordinary ability to withstand hot foods, until he falls victim to Chief Wiggum's chili spiked with "The Merciless Peppers of Quetzlzacatenango." The peppers bring on a mescaline-esque hallucination in a bizarre world wherein Homer encounters a snake, a tortoise and even destroys the sun. He meets his spirit guide, a coyote voiced by Johnny Cash. The coyote advises Homer to find his soulmate, and questions Homer's assumption that he has already found her in Marge.
When Homer regains his senses, he rationalizes his dream. For example, comparing the desert he wandered in to the real life location, a golf course sand pit. After returning home, he finds Marge (who thinks that he got drunk, thus breaking his promise) angry with him for odd behaviour at the cook-off, and Homer also makes note lighthouse is operated by a machine (E.A.R.L. - Electronic Automatic Robotic Lighthouse). Homer destroys the lighthouse's light in a bout of recklessness, but Marge arrives and they fix it, saving a ship. They decide they really are soulmates, and Homer mocks what he calls the “space coyote.” Unfortunately the ship still grounds anyway, spilling its precious cargo of hot pants.
