“We’ll never catch ’em now.” – Not Michael Knight “Incorrect. Look, a canal.” – Knight Boat “Go, Knight Boat, go!” – Homer Simpson “Oh, every week there’s a canal.” – Bart Simpson “Or an inlet.” – Lisa Simpson “Or a fjord.” – Bart Simpson “Quiet! I will not hear another word against the boat.” – Homer Simpson
Tag: And Maggie Makes Three
Reading Digest: Simpsons Crossover Edition
“Attention American workers, your plant has been taken over by an all-star team of freelance terrorists.” – Not Hans Gruber “Not on my shift! . . . Simpson 10, Terrorists 8.” – Homer Simpson This week we’ve got three links to fan made pop culture crossovers, two of them are small (one for Lord of the Rings and one for My Little Pony), and one is marvelously epic. Unlike a recent episode or two I could mention, all three are fine examples of putting Simpsons characters into other fictional universes. There’s also a great, but most likely short lived, Itchy…
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“My marketing plan attracted a record number of police and fire officials, but few stayed to bowl.” – Homer Simpson
Compare & Contrast: Flashback History
“Aw, it’s a boy, and what a boy!” – Homer Simpson “Uh, that’s the umbilical cord. It’s a girl.” – Dr. Hibbert Continuing on yesterday’s theme of the astonishingly excellent episode that aired on Sunday, this week’s Compare & Contrast is highly abnormal. Instead of highlighting how Zombie Simpsons takes ideas that have already been done and manages to make them worse in every possible way, this week’s post gets to stack up two episodes that take equal care with their stories, characters and jokes. Because while the concepts here are similar, nothing is repeated and everything ties together. Unlike…
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“This was the happiest time of my life. I’ll never forget you guys — especially you, Joey.” – Homer Simpson “See you around, Mr. Homer.” – Joey “Don’t worry Joey, we’ll make it to California someday.” – Homer Simpson “Sure we will Mr. Homer, sure we will.” (coughs violently) – Joey Loyal Stonecutter’s Note: No, they won’t. The pessimism of this exchange in Homer’s otherwise bittersweet parting moment is cruel, borderline cold, and entirely brilliant.
“Tales From the Public Domain” Makes Baby Jesus Cry
“Listen carefully and my words will shape images as clear as any teevee show.” – Homer Simpson This is Season 13’s obligatory “storytelling” episode, where they have three distinct segments. In this case, that means ignoring what’s going on in the episode is a lot easier as they can riff on the source material, so get ready for some half assed analysis of the Iliad and Hamlet. There is also a lot of animation discussion on this one, though it is of the least enlightening kind. There are about four different long discussions that go more or less like this:…
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“Did you have to be so graphic?” – Marge Simpson “It’s okay, Marge. They pave the way for this kind of filth in school.” – Homer Simpson [Update: The image is an animated .gif, the better, I thought, to capture Homer’s hilarious little motility dance. But it doesn’t seem to be playing on the default page, at least not in Chrome or Firefox. Clicking though, however, does seem to make it play.]
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“Homer, you should see a doctor. I don’t think a healthy man can make that kind of smell.” – Carl
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“That’s for employing me for eight years, haha!” – Homer Simpson
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“In gratitude, I present you this offering of cookies and milk. If you want me to eat them for you, give me no sign. Thy will be done.” – Homer Simpson