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"'''Mobile Homer'''" is the thirteenth episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> [[List of The Simpsons episodes#Season 16 (2004-2005)|sixteenth season]]; it first aired in the US on [[March 20]], [[2005]].
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|number= 348
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|prodcode= GABF07
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|airdate= March 20, [[2005]]
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|couchgag= The Simpsons sit down as normal. Homer rips the skin from his head and reveals himself to be [[Sideshow Bob]]. Bob then brandishes a knife and chases after Bart, with the rest of the family cowering in fear.
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|showrunner1= Al Jean
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|writer= [[Tim Long]]
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|director= [[Raymond S. Persi]]
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==Synopsis==
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"'''Mobile Homer'''" is the thirteenth episode of [[season 16]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundred and forty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on March 20, [[2005]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Raymond S. Persi]].
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When [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] takes the kids on a Sunday drive, Homer suffers from cleaning the garage at home. He gets [[spider]]s in his throat, and he is almost killed by the garage door. After the incident, Marge insists that the family buy life [[insurance]], but Homer is deemed uninsurable because of his bad medical history. In order to save money, Marge decides to take serious cost-cutting measures like buying imitation brands of [[cereal]] and [[coffee]]. Homer rejects Marge's new measures and uses the nest egg she made to finance the down payment for a new [[motor home]], although Homer already owned one in the episode "[[The Call of the Simpsons]]" (albeit a dilapidated one.) After he buys his motor home, Marge tells him to enjoy it because she never wants to speak to him again.
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== Plot ==
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[[Marge]] takes the kids on a random and pointless Sunday drive but [[Homer]] gets out of it by cleaning the garage. He does little but try to kill spiders, which get on his face. Homer sprays himself with pesticide and trips on Bart's skateboard and falls on the ground under the garage door. He sees a spider and tosses a TV guide magazine at it, but the magazine hits the garage door button and closes the door on his neck and continues trying to close. When Marge and the kids get home, Homer is dead. [[Bart]] tells [[Lisa]] to open up the envelope he gave her. Lisa opens up an envelope and pulls out a drawing of Homer crushed under the garage door with "THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN" written under him. Lisa and Bart perform CPR and revive him. Marge then declares life insurance but due to his fitness, constant accidents and multiple physical ailments Homer is declared uninsurable. Marge then watches a movie (which claims to be based on a true story) on TV known as "[[From Homemaker to Homeless]]" about a rich housewife who becomes poor, insane, and ugly after her husband dies of a stroke and she has no life insurance. Marge then gets a nest egg to pay for Homer's insurance and buys imitation brands of cereal, soup, coffee, forces Bart and Lisa to wear church charity clothing to school, and has Homer bring his own drinks to [[Moe's Tavern]]. Homer is then kicked out for bringing an outside drink and decides since the nest egg is making his life miserable he should purchase something cool. Homer then buys a fully loaded RV which he has the kids living in as well.
  
Homer moves his RV to the family backyard, where he lives in it. He and Marge attempt to make Bart and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] stay with them. After this, Homer makes the backyard into an RV park for a brief time, because when Marge ends this thing, she and Homer get into a large fight, until Bart suggests that the RV go back to the dealer Homer got it at&mdash;Bob's RV Round-Up&mdash;but the RV, when it is on the road, actually winds up on a freeway on its way to a [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[container ship]] leaving port. Marge saves the children&mdash;and part of the RV&mdash;with [[mushroom]] soup. Homer ironically puts the RV on the dock, causing it to be at sea, once the Simpsons go on the ship.
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Homer then goes to a gas station where he meets a couple, named after and similar to the two lead characters (George and Martha) in Edward Albee's play, ''Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf''. He invites them and their friends to his backyard. However, they are getting on Marge's nerves and Homer loses a bunch of valuable friends after Marge cuts out the power. Marge and Homer then get into a fight and Bart and Lisa have no choice to take the RV back to the dealership.
  
==Trivia==
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Marge and Homer then follow Bart and Lisa to the dealership in the car, with Marge driving Homer's pink car. The bad thing is though Bart and Lisa miss the dealership and end up on the freeway and the map for the dealership is ''The Flintstones'' Fun Map which has a note saying "Dino short for dinosaur? Remember to Ask Jeeves.". They soon get into more trouble when they end up on a Turkish import ship and are about to be taken to Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey. Marge however gets them to stop by giving them the 300 cans she bought (although she wasn't willing to give them a cornerstone if they asked after the captain said "it's a shame that [Marge] dressed like a Lebanese Prostitute). The family then has dinner on the Turkish import ship, and Homer vows to return the RV the first thing in the morning while lifting it up via a crane. He then carefully places the RV on a dock, but the dock breaks and causes it to fall in the water, much to Homer's annoyance, while [[Cowboy Bob]] blabbers on about his victory. Surprisingly, Marge took this very well, although the Turkish crew revealed to Homer that they slipped some hashish in her dinner to loosen her up.
*Cowboy Bob and his Bob's RV Round-Up, from "The Call of the Simpsons", return; however, Cowboy Bob was not voiced by [[Albert Brooks]] this time. Also returning is the Merry Widow Insurance Company from "[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]".
 
*The first of two episodes this season to make a home-Homer pun.
 
* In the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (from [[Spain]]) [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed version]], when Lisa reads Homer's [[The Flinstones|Flinstones]] map, she says, "''[[Dino (The Flintstones)|Dino]], abreviatura de dinosaurio; consultarlo en la '''Wikipedia'''''" (Dino, abbreviation of Dinosaur; search for it in [[Wikipedia]]). In the original English, she said "Dino, short for Dinosaur? Remember to [[Ask.com|Ask Jeeves]]"
 
*Among the vacation disasters: Homer impaled by a baquette in [[France]], Homer being punched by [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Goofy]], and Homer stuck up Lincoln's nose on [[Mount Rushmore]].
 
*This is the third time that [[Welcome to the jungle]] was on The Simpsons. First in [[Marge on the Lam]], second in [[Eight Misbehavin']]. Making it the most played song in pop culture on The Simpsons.
 
  
==Cultural References==
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== Production ==
*Songs in this episode: "[[Vacation]]" by [[The Go-Gos]], "[[Welcome to the Jungle]]" by [[Guns N' Roses]], "[[I've Been Everywhere]]" by [[Johnny Cash]], and "[[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]]" by [[They Might Be Giants]].
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*The spider poison is called "Charlotte's Dead", an obvious parody of the childrens book [[Charlotte's Web]].
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==Quotes==
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== In other languages ==
*'''[[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]]:''' ''(pointing to T-shirts Bart and Lisa are forced to wear)'' Haw haw! People died in those shirts! [http://download.lardlad.com/sounds/season16/mobile6.mp3 audio clip]
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*'''Marge:''' ''(discussing the "Budget-O's" cereal)'' It's much less expensive than the leading [[Krusty the Klown|clown-based cereal]]. You just have to assemble it yourself.
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*'''Marge:''' Oh no! The road's blocked by [[SUV]]s!<br/>'''Homer:''' Don't worry, there's a gentle curve ahead.<br/>(''SUVs skid on corner and roll off road'')
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*'''Marge:''' ''(during a long argument with Homer)'' And stop telling that story of the time you found an onion ring in your French fries! It was twenty years ago!!<BR>'''Homer:''' That was my [[Woodstock]]!
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*Announcer:(at the end of the Lifetime movie, over a freeze frame)The real Brenda went to Harvard Medical School...AS A [[Body|CADAVER]]
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*'''Homer:''' Don't worry, Marge. If I croak, you'll marry Lenny. Or Moe. The winner will be determined by a card game I invented.
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*'''Homer:''' My back yard makes my front yard look like an idiot.
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*'''Homer:''' While you lounge around here doing laundry and putting up [[drywall]], I'm at working busting my hump! <br/>'''Marge:''' Oh, please! From what I hear, you waltz in there at 10:30, take a nap on the toilet, then sit around [[Google|Googling]] your own name until lunch! <br/>'''Homer:''' ''(screams in fear)'' Who told you that?!?<br/>'''Marge:''' You shouted it while we were [[sexual intercourse|making love]]!
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Season 16 Episode
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"Mobile Homer"
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"Mobile Homer"
Mobile Homer RV.png
Episode Information
Episode number: 348
Season number: S16 E13
Production code: GABF07
Original airdate: March 20, 2005
Couch gag: The Simpsons sit down as normal. Homer rips the skin from his head and reveals himself to be Sideshow Bob. Bob then brandishes a knife and chases after Bart, with the rest of the family cowering in fear.
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Tim Long
Directed by: Raymond S. Persi


"Mobile Homer" is the thirteenth episode of season 16 of The Simpsons and the three-hundred and forty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on March 20, 2005. The episode was written by Tim Long and directed by Raymond S. Persi.

Plot[edit]

Marge takes the kids on a random and pointless Sunday drive but Homer gets out of it by cleaning the garage. He does little but try to kill spiders, which get on his face. Homer sprays himself with pesticide and trips on Bart's skateboard and falls on the ground under the garage door. He sees a spider and tosses a TV guide magazine at it, but the magazine hits the garage door button and closes the door on his neck and continues trying to close. When Marge and the kids get home, Homer is dead. Bart tells Lisa to open up the envelope he gave her. Lisa opens up an envelope and pulls out a drawing of Homer crushed under the garage door with "THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN" written under him. Lisa and Bart perform CPR and revive him. Marge then declares life insurance but due to his fitness, constant accidents and multiple physical ailments Homer is declared uninsurable. Marge then watches a movie (which claims to be based on a true story) on TV known as "From Homemaker to Homeless" about a rich housewife who becomes poor, insane, and ugly after her husband dies of a stroke and she has no life insurance. Marge then gets a nest egg to pay for Homer's insurance and buys imitation brands of cereal, soup, coffee, forces Bart and Lisa to wear church charity clothing to school, and has Homer bring his own drinks to Moe's Tavern. Homer is then kicked out for bringing an outside drink and decides since the nest egg is making his life miserable he should purchase something cool. Homer then buys a fully loaded RV which he has the kids living in as well.

Homer then goes to a gas station where he meets a couple, named after and similar to the two lead characters (George and Martha) in Edward Albee's play, Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf. He invites them and their friends to his backyard. However, they are getting on Marge's nerves and Homer loses a bunch of valuable friends after Marge cuts out the power. Marge and Homer then get into a fight and Bart and Lisa have no choice to take the RV back to the dealership.

Marge and Homer then follow Bart and Lisa to the dealership in the car, with Marge driving Homer's pink car. The bad thing is though Bart and Lisa miss the dealership and end up on the freeway and the map for the dealership is The Flintstones Fun Map which has a note saying "Dino short for dinosaur? Remember to Ask Jeeves.". They soon get into more trouble when they end up on a Turkish import ship and are about to be taken to Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey. Marge however gets them to stop by giving them the 300 cans she bought (although she wasn't willing to give them a cornerstone if they asked after the captain said "it's a shame that [Marge] dressed like a Lebanese Prostitute). The family then has dinner on the Turkish import ship, and Homer vows to return the RV the first thing in the morning while lifting it up via a crane. He then carefully places the RV on a dock, but the dock breaks and causes it to fall in the water, much to Homer's annoyance, while Cowboy Bob blabbers on about his victory. Surprisingly, Marge took this very well, although the Turkish crew revealed to Homer that they slipped some hashish in her dinner to loosen her up.

Production[edit]

In other languages[edit]

Language Name Translation
Italy Flag.png Italiano "Roulotte Russa" Russian Roulotte


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