Homer Goes to Prep School

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	Season 24 Episode
← 516 "To Cur, with Love"	517 "Homer Goes to Prep School"	"A Test Before Trying" 518 →

"Homer Goes to Prep School" is the ninth episode of The Simpsons' 24th season. It first aired on January 6, 2013.

Synopsis

Homer joins the "Springfield Preppers," an off-the-grid survivalist group whose leader (guest voice Tom Waits) has set up a top-secret retreat outside of town to prepare for the end of the world. But Marge grows skeptical of the group's alarmist shenanigans.

Reception

The episode gathered 9.65 million viewers, likely due to a strong lead-in from Sunday Night Football on FOX, which ran the show late by 3 minutes.

Production

On January 9, 2012, the storyboard, the animatic and the full color images of two scenes from the episode were posted on Pinterest.

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References

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Moonshine River • Treehouse of Horror XXIII • Adventures in Baby-Getting • Gone Abie Gone • Penny-Wiseguys • A Tree Grows in Springfield • The Day the Earth Stood Cool • To Cur, with Love • Homer Goes to Prep School • A Test Before Trying • The Changing of the Guardian • Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing • Hardly Kirk-ing • Gorgeous Grampa • Black-Eyed, Please • Dark Knight Court • What Animated Women Want • Pulpit Friction • Whiskey Business • The Fabulous Faker Boy • The Saga of Carl • Dangers on a Train