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Season 1 Episode Quotes
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[Bart runs to Homer after he is shot by a tranquilizer dart]
Homer: Avenge me, son. Avenge my death.
[Homer starts to snore loudly and Bart looks at him surprised]

[At a press conference scientists discuss their findings on Homer]
German Scientist: This much I believe we can agree upon: this specimen is either a below-average human being or...a brilliant beast.

[Homer and Bart search for a way out of the forest]
Homer: Through here, boy. Back to civilization.
Bart: How do you know?
Homer: When you're an experienced woodsman like me, you get a feel for these things. It becomes natural, like a third sense.

[Bob the RV salesman tries to sell Homer the small, beat up RV]
Bob: Mr. Simpson, you're never gonna own a better RV. And I don't mean that in a good way. I mean literally, buddy. This is for you, you know? It's this or a wagon.

[Bob the RV salesman checks Homer's credit on a computer, and a siren wails when the results come back]
Homer: Is that a good siren? Am I approved?
Bob: You ever known a siren to be good? [Chuckles) No, Mr. Simpson, it's not. It's a bad siren. That's the computer in case I went blind, telling me, "Sell the vehicle to this fella, and you're outta business." That's what the siren says.

[Bob the RV salesman shows the Simpson family the "Ultimate Behemoth"]
Bart: Does it have its own satellite dish, sir?
Bob: You can tell your son it has its own satellite. The VanStar One, launched last February, just for this thing, that's all.
Bart: Whoa, man!
Marge: I'm not sure that we can afford--
Homer: Does it have a deep fryer?
Bob: It has four of them—one for each part of the chicken.

[A naturalist captures a muddy Homer on tape and the footage is shown on the news]
Reporter: Now, the naturalist who took these absolutely extraordinary pictures was most impressed by the creature's uncivilized look, it's foul language and, most of all, it's indescribable stench.

[Homer and Bart survive after falling over a waterfall]
Homer: Oh, Bart! Oh, Bart, my beautiful son! Why couldn't You have taken me? Of all the fates on Heaven and Earth, why did this one befall me? (Sobs Loudly)
Bart: Don't have a cow, Dad.
Homer: What the—D'oh! [Sees Bart on the other side of the river) You're alive! And (Chuckles) butt naked!
Bart: I'm not the only one who's naked, Home boy.
Homer: What? Oh! (Chuckles) Jungle man.
[Homer beats his chest and hollers like Tarzan]

[After his RV crashes at the bottom of a canyon, Homer needs a minute alone]
Homer: [To Marge and the kids] Now you all stay here for a minute while I go over this way and try to get my bearings.
[Homer walks into the woods a little ways]
Homer: What am I gonna do? I've murdered us all!
Homer's Echo: I've murdered us all! I've murdered us all!
Homer: Shut up!
Homer's Echo: Shut up! Shut up!
Homer: D'oh!
Homer's Echo: D'oh! D'oh!
[Marge groans, as she and the kids can hear Homer's echo]

[Bart and Lisa entertain each other in the back seat of the RV]
Bart: Turkey farm?
Lisa: No.
Bart: Skunks?
Lisa: No.
Bart: Slaughterhouse?
Lisa: No.
Marge: What are you doing back there?
Lisa: We're playing, "What's that odor?"
Bart: Dad's feet?
Homer: Bart!
Lisa: You win, Bart.
Homer: Lisa!
Bart: Are we there yet, Dad?
Homer: I'll tell you when we get there. Go back to your smell game.

[Homer drives by Ned Flanders's house in his "new" RV]
Homer: Hey, Flanders! Look what I've got!
Ned Flanders: (Whistles) Oh, she's a beaut! Hey, congratulations, Simpson! I'm sure you'll have loads of fun!
Homer: (Chuckles to Marge] Jealous.

[Homer's "Bigfoot" story is reported on TV]
Reporter: Naturally, we'll have more on this story as soon as it develops. We now return you to the President's address, already in progress.

[Homer and Bart head off to find civilization]
Lisa: Remember, Dad, the handle of the Big Dipper points to the North Star.
Homer: (Chuckles) That's nice, Lisa, but we're not in astronomy class. We're in the woods.
[Marge and Lisa both groan]

Bart: Hey, Dad, how come we can't get a decent mower, like the Flanders have?
Homer: Just be happy with what you've got, son. Don't try to keep up with the Flander-es-es.

[Bob the RV salesman sees Homer walk onto the lot]
Bob: Thank you, God.

[Ned Flanders shows off his new RV to Homer]
Homer: But, uh, how can you afford something like this, Ned? I get your mail once in a while, and you make only $27 a week more than I do.
Season 1 Quotes
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire • Bart the Genius • Homer's Odyssey • There's No Disgrace Like Home • Bart the General • Moaning Lisa • The Call of the Simpsons • The Telltale Head • Life on the Fast Lane • Homer's Night Out • The Crepes of Wrath • Krusty Gets Busted • Some Enchanted Evening