# Homer Simpson: "Ooh, a bunny!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842 "2017-06-13T07:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/1 "2017-06-13T07:58:52Z")
I vaguely recall an episode of _The Simpsons_ in which Homer is in the middle of a conversation when he is distracted by a passing rabbit, then prances off to chase it, exclaiming “Ooh, a bunny!” Does anyone remember which episode that scene comes from? or, even better, have a link to the scene? ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/2 "2017-06-13T08:04:12Z")
[All I can recall is him chasing a dog with a puffy tail](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jaAeTaG_ms) ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/3 "2017-06-13T08:15:15Z")
I’m pretty sure it’d be [The Joy of Sect](http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/The_Joy_of_Sect). I remember him chasing…something small and furry when the cult members tried to brainwash him, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/4 "2017-06-13T08:21:39Z")
[My mistake, it was a bird.](https://youtu.be/4Ta0Sj05tjc) I was right about something like what you describe in that episode, however. Mind you, he may have been distracted by a bunny in some other episode. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/5 "2017-06-13T10:31:06Z")
There is an episode (where Lisa meets a fortune teller that tells her about her future, a year that is now in our past) where _Lisa_ goes off chasing a bunny. (A quick google shows that it is [Lisa’s Wedding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa's_Wedding).) Could this be what you were thinking of? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/6 "2017-06-13T10:37:14Z")
(Too late to edit, but Lisa was chasing an [Esqulax](http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Esquilax), which is a horse that has the head of a rabbit and the body of a rabbit.) ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/7 "2017-06-13T11:41:03Z")
I seem to remember this also, and the bunny was drawn in that Life-In-Hell-style of bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/8 "2017-06-13T17:31:55Z")
One of my favorite _Simpsons_ gags - “Oooh, floor pie!”: [mmmm, floor pie! - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WsDtn-feuI) ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/9 "2017-06-13T17:38:31Z")
Is it from [This Clip](https://youtu.be/GG4neUzQChM?t=1m27s)? I found the episode using: [https://frinkiac.com](https://frinkiac.com) The Simpsons Meme Generator. Enjoy your afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/10 "2017-06-13T17:46:25Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > (Too late to edit, but Lisa was chasing an [Esqulax](http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Esquilax), which is a horse that has the head of a rabbit and the body of a rabbit.) … but not the same rabbit. (Woody Allen paraphrase.) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/11 "2017-06-13T18:48:26Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > [All I can recall is him chasing a dog with a puffy tail](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jaAeTaG_ms) My money is on this one > [@galen\_ubal](#): > > [My mistake, it was a bird.](https://youtu.be/4Ta0Sj05tjc) I was right about something like what you describe in that episode, however. > Mind you, he may have been distracted by a bunny in some other episode. However, this is also a great suggestion and one I forgot about! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/12 "2017-06-13T20:44:06Z")
Another example of Homer’s short attention span: [a blue car](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjYePPvWYPU)! ---
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/13 "2017-06-13T20:54:47Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > Is it from [This Clip](https://youtu.be/GG4neUzQChM?t=1m27s)? > > I found the episode using: [https://frinkiac.com](https://frinkiac.com) The Simpsons Meme Generator. Enjoy your afternoon. No, unfortunately that’s not it. It was much more like what **EinsteinsHund** posted. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/14 "2017-06-13T21:35:40Z")
> [@brianmelendez](#): > > I vaguely recall an episode of _The Simpsons_ in which Homer is in the middle of a conversation when he is distracted by a passing rabbit, then prances off to chase it, exclaiming “Ooh, a bunny!” Does anyone remember which episode that scene comes from? or, even better, have a link to the scene? It could be the episode where Homer has to take college classes in order to keep his job and there’s a flashback scene where a teenage Homer talks with his high school guidance counselor about his post-graduation plans. In the middle of their conversation, Homer sees a squirrel outside and runs out to chase it. There’s a similar scene later where a now-adult Homer cuts shut short a conference with his college professor to go chase another squirrel. Incidentally, reruns of the episode edited out both scenes so that could be why you’re memory of it is foggy. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/15 "2017-06-13T22:44:05Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > It could be the episode where Homer has to take college classes in order to keep his job and there’s a flashback scene where a teenage Homer talks with his high school guidance counselor about his post-graduation plans. In the middle of their conversation, Homer sees a squirrel outside and runs out to chase it. There’s a similar scene later where a now-adult Homer cuts shut short a conference with his college professor to go chase another squirrel. > > Incidentally, reruns of the episode edited out both scenes so that could be why you’re memory of it is foggy. Here are the twos clips…the first [he chases a dog to get his ham](https://youtu.be/gkxZi1cE5YU?t=28s) the second [he chases the squirrel](https://youtu.be/m6FPWHF8uYs?t=1m16s) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/16 "2017-06-13T23:53:33Z")
A poofy tailed dog is what first popped into my head, too. Second was the remarkable sighting of a blue car. Ok, different show but similar phrase: In a Family Guy ep, Peter and Brian set a trap to capture James Woods. He says, “Ooh, a piece of candy!” for each Reese’s Piece he collects. Poor quality clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/__i8-aw20C4/hqdefault.jpg "Family Guy - James Woods - Piece of Candy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__i8-aw20C4) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-ooh-a-bunny/788842/17 "2017-06-14T17:02:12Z")
Another example of Homer being easily distracted: [The Land of Chocolate.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOziWm_MJ9k) (Which also has bunnies, but probably not what the OP is remembering.)