Homer's Odyssey
- Episode aired Jan 21, 1990
- TV-PG
- 30m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
5.3K
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After losing his job, Homer contemplates ending it all, until he discovers a new life path as a safety advocate.After losing his job, Homer contemplates ending it all, until he discovers a new life path as a safety advocate.After losing his job, Homer contemplates ending it all, until he discovers a new life path as a safety advocate.
Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Otto
- (voice)
- …
Marcia Wallace
- Edna Krabappel
- (voice)
Hank Azaria
- Moe Szyslak
- (voice)
- …
Christopher Collins
- Mr. Burns
- (voice)
Pamela Hayden
- Wendell
- (voice)
Sam McMurray
- SNPP Employee
- (voice)
- …
Russi Taylor
- Sherri
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIntroduces Bart's prank calls to Moe's Tavern. The first one used is: I. P. Freely.
- GoofsWhen Marge and the kids catch up with Homer on the bridge just before he jumps, she says, "Gasp! Oh, Homer, how could you think of killing yourself? We love you!" but the movement of her mouth suggests she is saying something entirely different.
- Quotes
[Bart is crank calling Moe's Tavern. Moe answers the phone]
Moe: Moe's Tavern.
Bart: Is Mr. Freely there?
Moe: Who?
Bart: Freely. First initials, I. P.
Moe: Hold on, I'll check.
[Turns towards bar patrons]
Moe: Uh, is I.P. Freely here?
[after no reply, Moe yells across the barroom]
Moe: Hey, everybody, I pee freely!
- ConnectionsEdited into The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare (1992)
Featured review
Homer's not as dumb as he looks
Bart was the first out of the gate with deeper character development in season 1's episode 2, Bart the Genius, so now it's Homer's turn in episode 3, Homer's Odyssey.
During a school field trip to the nuclear power plant, Bart, excited to see his dad at work, distracts him. Homer causes an accident--the latest in a string of many, we're told--and gets fired. He's down to his last straw when he becomes consumed with the idea of voluntary public service--he becomes a sort of spokesperson for public safety.
That may sound strange, and it should, because far more than Bart, whose personality has pretty much always been like it was in Bart the Genius, Homer's personality has changed a lot over the years. It's difficult to imagine the Homer of, say, 1999, deciding to go on a liberal crusade, even though later in the series we learn about Homer's hippie past. Maybe it's not so much that Homer has changed over the years, but that he has a far more complex personality than his simpleton exterior suggests. As Mr. Burns says to Homer during this episode, "Hmmm . . . you're not as stupid as you look . . . or sound . . . or our best testing indicates".
Other notable elements of this episode include a great bus ride with Otto through Springfield where we get a better sense of the layout of the city as well as a quick travelogue of some past school field trip destinations, like the Springfield Toxic Waste Dump, the Springfield Tire Yard, and the Springfield State Prison. There's a hilarious mock educational film about nuclear energy (complete with scratchy and out of focus textures). We get to see what Marge's previous job was. Protesters are mildly mocked. We also meet one of my favorite characters, Moe, for the first time, get the first of Bart's infamous prank phone calls to Moe, and get a glimpse into Moe's acerbic personality.
During a school field trip to the nuclear power plant, Bart, excited to see his dad at work, distracts him. Homer causes an accident--the latest in a string of many, we're told--and gets fired. He's down to his last straw when he becomes consumed with the idea of voluntary public service--he becomes a sort of spokesperson for public safety.
That may sound strange, and it should, because far more than Bart, whose personality has pretty much always been like it was in Bart the Genius, Homer's personality has changed a lot over the years. It's difficult to imagine the Homer of, say, 1999, deciding to go on a liberal crusade, even though later in the series we learn about Homer's hippie past. Maybe it's not so much that Homer has changed over the years, but that he has a far more complex personality than his simpleton exterior suggests. As Mr. Burns says to Homer during this episode, "Hmmm . . . you're not as stupid as you look . . . or sound . . . or our best testing indicates".
Other notable elements of this episode include a great bus ride with Otto through Springfield where we get a better sense of the layout of the city as well as a quick travelogue of some past school field trip destinations, like the Springfield Toxic Waste Dump, the Springfield Tire Yard, and the Springfield State Prison. There's a hilarious mock educational film about nuclear energy (complete with scratchy and out of focus textures). We get to see what Marge's previous job was. Protesters are mildly mocked. We also meet one of my favorite characters, Moe, for the first time, get the first of Bart's infamous prank phone calls to Moe, and get a glimpse into Moe's acerbic personality.
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