Homer Goes to College
- Episode aired Oct 14, 1993
- TV-14
- 30m
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
4.1K
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When a surprise inspection of the nuclear power plant reveals that Homer is not qualified to do his job, he is forced to go to college.When a surprise inspection of the nuclear power plant reveals that Homer is not qualified to do his job, he is forced to go to college.When a surprise inspection of the nuclear power plant reveals that Homer is not qualified to do his job, he is forced to go to college.
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Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
Hank Azaria
- Inspector #2
- (voice)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Mr. Burns
- (voice)
- …
Maggie Roswell
- Power Plant Voice
- (voice)
- …
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- TriviaDan Castellaneta inadvertently misspelled "smart" as "S-M-R-T" when Homer sang "I am so smart", and ad-libbed "I mean S-M-A-R-T". The writers found this much funnier and used the take.
- GoofsHomer is denied entry from several colleges before going to Springfield University thanks to Mr. Burns pulling strings. In reality almost all colleges and universities in the United States will just automatically enroll adults, typically ages 22 and over, into a Bachelor's degree program without the application process that recent high school students go through (SAT, ACT, application essay, letters of recommendation, etc). Homer could've just gone to the Admission's office directly and enrolled automatically into college.
- Alternate versionsIn the episode "Homer Goes to College", Marge sees that Homer has made a bookcase out of cinderblocks and wood. She tells him "Homer, we have a perfectly good bookcase", to which he explains "Yeah, but this is what they're doing on campus. Besides, it isn't costing us: I swiped the cinderblocks from a construction site". Cut to the construction site where a worker informs the foreman that four cinderblocks are missing and the foreman says "There'll be no hospital, then. I'll tell the children." In the syndicated reruns, the scene at the construction site is deleted and the joke is left without a punchline.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Springfield's Most Wanted (1995)
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My all time favourite Simpsons episode
When it comes to reviewing 'Homer Goes To College' I have to admit, I'm a little bit biased. This was the last episode I watched before leaving home to go to University at the age of eighteen and corny as it may be, each time I watch it I still get a little misty eyed when I think back to that warm September day, sat in the living room watching TV with my packed bags waiting in the corridor, half a mind on the friends I was leaving behind and half on the four years yet to come. But hey if that's corny, then corn me up, because Homer Goes To College is awesome. It's Matt Groening and co at their best.
Taking a slightly objective stance though, I'm sure both of you people that have bothered to look up this page are wondering what makes this (arguably) the best Simpsons episode when there are so many other classics that could easily stake that claim? Well as far as I'm concerned it's because this is the epitome of a strong storyline. The plot this time revolves around Homer being sent to college after a routine safety inspection reveals him to be dangerously under-qualified. Arriving on campus after over-indulging on frat house movies, Homer is expecting three things: jocks, nerds and a crusty, bitter old Dean.
What follows is a brilliantly executed spoof of college stereotypes as Homer finds himself actually having to work rather than simply drinking and attending toga parties. Plus, the crusty, bitter old Dean isn't crusty and bitter at all, he's actually a pretty okay guy. But that's not going to stop the fat lad from making his life hell by ringing his office to call him a 'stupidhead.' Things get even more ridiculous when he is sent for extra tutoring with three Science geeks who make Napoleon Dynamite look like the Fonz, culminating in life lessons, Picard versus Kirk debates and an ill-fated prank that involves running the Dean over.
So yes, while I might rate this episode so highly because I'm a saccharine laced bag of sentimentality, it cannot stop it being one of the most repeatedly funny ones the writers ever produced. As a satire of campus movies it hits the nail on the head and is a perfect example of that bizarre Simpsons universe that manages to be wholly familiar yet uniquely ridiculous. I'd even go so far as to suggest that this is the best account of campus life ever produced and that only the Futurama episode where Fry goes to college comes close. Besides, how can you not love an episode where a good natured professor exclaims "hello, that sounds like a pig fainting" with a totally straight face?
Taking a slightly objective stance though, I'm sure both of you people that have bothered to look up this page are wondering what makes this (arguably) the best Simpsons episode when there are so many other classics that could easily stake that claim? Well as far as I'm concerned it's because this is the epitome of a strong storyline. The plot this time revolves around Homer being sent to college after a routine safety inspection reveals him to be dangerously under-qualified. Arriving on campus after over-indulging on frat house movies, Homer is expecting three things: jocks, nerds and a crusty, bitter old Dean.
What follows is a brilliantly executed spoof of college stereotypes as Homer finds himself actually having to work rather than simply drinking and attending toga parties. Plus, the crusty, bitter old Dean isn't crusty and bitter at all, he's actually a pretty okay guy. But that's not going to stop the fat lad from making his life hell by ringing his office to call him a 'stupidhead.' Things get even more ridiculous when he is sent for extra tutoring with three Science geeks who make Napoleon Dynamite look like the Fonz, culminating in life lessons, Picard versus Kirk debates and an ill-fated prank that involves running the Dean over.
So yes, while I might rate this episode so highly because I'm a saccharine laced bag of sentimentality, it cannot stop it being one of the most repeatedly funny ones the writers ever produced. As a satire of campus movies it hits the nail on the head and is a perfect example of that bizarre Simpsons universe that manages to be wholly familiar yet uniquely ridiculous. I'd even go so far as to suggest that this is the best account of campus life ever produced and that only the Futurama episode where Fry goes to college comes close. Besides, how can you not love an episode where a good natured professor exclaims "hello, that sounds like a pig fainting" with a totally straight face?
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