# Your ONE favorite Simpsons episode **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718 "2007-03-13T05:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/81 "2007-03-13T22:08:13Z")
[QUOTE=MaxTheVool] I would have a hard time naming just ONE favorite. Fortunately, many that I might name have already been mentioned. EXCEPT, for a masterpiece known as… **Marge vs. the Monorail** -The monorail song (“The ring came off my pudding can”) -“Do you want to change your name to Homer Junior? The kids could call you HoJu!” -“Batman’s a scientist!” -The brilliant guest appearance from Leonard Nimoy -“You don’t scare me. That could be anyone’s ass!” -``And that was the only folly the people of Springfield ever embarked upon. Except for the popsicle stick skyscraper. And the 50-foot magnifying glass. And that escalator to nowhere.‘’ [/QUOTE] My choice too. Also great: Marge: We’re too late! Cobb: I shouldn’t have stopped for that haircut. Sorry Quimby: And let me say ‘May the force be with you.’ Leonard Nimoy: Do you even know who I am? Quimby: I think I do. Weren’t you one of the Little Rascals. Homer: Are we gonna die? Bart: Yeah. But at least we’ll take a lot of innocent people with us. ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/82 "2007-03-13T22:09:22Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Though interface2x and Gangster Octopus provide incredible temptations, I’ve gotta go with **El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer** , **In Your Face, Space Coyote!** [/QUOTE] I also vote for this one! It’s my absolutely all time favourite. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/83 "2007-03-13T22:26:34Z")
I’ve always loved _Boy Scoutz N The Hood_. So many quotes, and just the right note of surreality. Homer: Awww, twenty dollars! I wanted a peanut! Homer’s Brain: Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts. Homer: Explain how. Homer’s Brain: Money can be exchanged for good and services. Homer: Woo hoo! Barney: I don’t know where you magic pixies came from, but I sure do like your pixie drink! Bart: [examining a knife safety guide] ‘Don’t Do What Donny Don’t Does.’ They could have made this clearer. Marge: Homie, I’m going to the store. What would you like for dinner? Homer: [happily] Steak? Marge: Money’s too tight for steak. Homer: [happily] Steak? Marge: _worried Marge noise_…all right, steak. Homer: Marge, don’t discourage the boy. Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals! …Except the weasels. Homer: Ooh, floor pie! Homer: How was jerk practice, boy? Did they teach you how to sing to trees? And build crappy furniture out of useless wooden logs? [his chair collapses] D’oh! Stupid poetic justice. Bart: Actually, we were just planning the father-son rafting trip. Homer: Heh heh…you don’t have a son. Homer: See that, boy? Your old man was right, not Flanders. We are doomed! In your face, Flanders! Flanders: God speed, little doodle. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/84 "2007-03-13T22:52:34Z")
**Homer the Great** is probably the one that makes me laugh the most… “Attach the Stone of Triumph!”. That’s the one that first got me hooked on the Simpsons. But I think my personal favorite is **'Round Midnight** , the one where Bleeding Gums Murphy dies. I always like the Lisa episodes, and this episode has my favorite ending of all. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/85 "2007-03-13T22:56:52Z")
**You Only Move Twice** if I had to pick only one. But **Homer vs. the 18th Amendment** came in a rrreeeeaaaaaalllllll close second. Damn you for making me choose. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/86 "2007-03-13T23:17:53Z")
[QUOTE=gallows fodder] There’s also something so sweet and full of wonder (childlike, but in the best possible way) about Homer in this episode – I don’t think I’ve ever liked him more than the way he is here. [/QUOTE] It’s interesting you bring this up. I think the thing is, usually Homer is faced with the realization that he needs Marge after he’s in the doghouse for doing something incredibly insensitive or inconsiderate. In this episode, he really is innocent of any wrongdoing, so the discovery of his soulmate isn’t motivated by his desire to get back in her good graces, but by his genuine quest for that perfect somebody. _Homer and Apu_ came a close second, but I really am crazy about this ep. Who loves short shorts? WE LOVE SHORT SHORTS! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/87 "2007-03-13T23:27:05Z")
Oh, man, so many great episodes chosen already. But I want to put in a mention of **Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baadasssss Song** , because _that_ one has the greatest sight gag of all time: the “K” falling to earth in the background. And I love the ending. “Teach me” ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/88 "2007-03-13T23:38:19Z")
I’m going to be crazy and pick something from the 11th season: **E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)**, or the Tomacco episode. This starts with the Poke of Zorro movie, includes the awesome B-52s glove-slap montage, and just has so many great scenes Homer: Dueling at dawn. How did it ever come to this? Lisa: [hanging up phone] The national weather service says dawn is still scheduled for 6:20 tomorrow and to please stop calling. At Sneed’s Feed and Seed (where Homer eventually buys gummi bears) Farmer 1: Well, well. Look at the city slicker pulling up in his fancy German car. Homer: This car was made in Guatemala. Farmer 2: Well, pardon us, Mr. Gucci loafers. Homer: I bought these shoes from a hobo. Farmer 1: Well la-de-da, Mr. Park Avenue manicure. Homer: I’m sorry, I believe in good grooming. Ralph: [takes a bite of a tomacco, but spits it out] Oh, Daddy, this tastes like grandma. Wiggum: [takes a bite, and likewise spits] Holy Moses, it _does_ taste like grandma! Ralph: I want more. Wiggum: Yeah, me too. We’ll take a bushel or a pack or just – just give it to me. I also love the tractor gag. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/89 "2007-03-14T00:14:21Z")
What? No love for “Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious” (the Mary Poppins parody ep)? I love that episode! It’s got: • terrific songs with great lyrics (“don’t pout, don’t sob, just do a half-assed job!”) • Burns getting struck by lightning • Willy’s line: “Then she got her eyesight back. Suddenly the ugliest man in Glasgow wasn’t good enough for her!” • Marge demonstrating the strength of her hair by holding up a beach umbrella with it • Sherry Bobbins and Barney boozing up and singing “Margaritaville” • The end of the episode (Sherry meets the airplane engine) And so much more! Really folks, you gotta love that one. ---
**Author:** ![carterba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@carterba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carterba)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/90 "2007-03-14T00:15:58Z")
[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=] I’m going to be crazy and pick something from the 11th season: **E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)**, or the Tomacco episode. [/QUOTE] I love this one too. It’s not my favorite, but I just wanted to offer my support against all the Tomacco haters. 😉 Lots of great episodes in this thread, but I thought I’d throw out the as-yet-unmentioned **Mr. Plow**. I’m Mr. Plow, that’s my name, that name again is Mr. Plow! I’m Mr. Plow, and I’m here to say I’m the plowin’-est guy in the USA I got a big plow and I move a lot of things like your cow if you have one! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/91 "2007-03-14T00:36:57Z")
[QUOTE=Morbo] And then the classic “Homer in 3D land”: Homer: “This place looks expensive. I feel like I’m wasting a fortune just standing here.” ::scratches butt:: Frink: “Well, it should be obvious to even the most dim-witted individual who holds an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology, [sub]n’goo-hee[/sub], that Homer Simpson has stumbled into…the third dimension.” (Then he draws the diagram from Little Girl Lost…) …“This forms a three-dimensional object known as a “cube”, or a “Frinkahedron” - in honor of its discoverer, n’goo-hey, n’goo-hey.” And the great ending: Homer: “Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!” Homer: “Ooh! Erotic cakes!” [/QUOTE] That is my favorite skit from a Treehouse of Horrors episode. I would have listed it as my favorite episode but since it’s not a whole episode I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/92 "2007-03-14T01:22:45Z")
I’ve finally made a decision- my favorite episode depends on what mood I’m in. Right now, I’m gonna say “Marge vs. the Monorail”- if Conan O’Brian never had gotten a talk show, he still would have made his place in history for writing this episode alone. And it has what is possibly the best Homer-not-realizing-what’s-going-on moment in the series’s history (as well as one of Matt Groening’s favorite lines of all time): “There’s a family of possums living in the engine!” “I call the big one Bitey.” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/93 "2007-03-14T01:48:40Z")
> [@silver1](#): > > The supermarket sequence where Homer is filling up his cart with all the unhealthy crap he can find to eat so he can gain the weight always sets me off on this crazy laughing jag. The names on those products are just great- especially “Ham Ahoy!” (I love the picture of the sea-captain pig on the package) and best of all, “TUBBB!” [QUOTE=interface2x] Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go live under the sea (there’ll be no accusations, only friendly crustaceans). [/QUOTE] That’s your solution to everything- to move under the sea. It’s not gonna happen! ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/94 "2007-03-14T02:05:33Z")
New Kids on the Bleech where Bart, Milhouse Ralph, and Nelson form boyband PARTY POSSE and NSync comes by and even in real life they move in choreographed dance moves. and the whole thing is set up by the navy and he watches the kids and fantasizes about them enlisting “thats right…protect the country…” its amazing. “those wack invertebrates will sting you…OLD SCHOOL” ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/95 "2007-03-14T02:06:47Z")
So many great memories… _sniff_ Many of my all time faves have been mentioned, but one still missing is **Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk** , where Mr. Burns sells the plant to a pair of Germans. They conduct a personnel review of everyone at the plant, and Homer’s interview goes like this: **German** : You have been safety inspector for two years. What initiatives have you spearheaded in that time? **Homer** : Uh… All of them? **German** _(exchanges a look with the other German)_: I see. … Then you must have some good ideas for the future as well? **Homer** : I sure do! [long awkward silence] **German** : Such as…? Then after Homer suggests the vending machines should be less picky with crumped dollar bills since “a lot of employees really like candy”, the Germans launch him into a wonderful dream sequence by saying “We understand… We Germans are from the Land of Chocolate.” (\*Mmmm… [The Land of Chocolate…\*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abIJ2MPtWOk)) Best of all, the systematic Germans subsequently say over the plant PA that “we regret to announce the following layoffs, which I will read in alphabetical order. Simpson, Homer. That is all.” …Right after Lenny and Carl comment on how “those Germans aren’t so bad… Sure they’ve made a few mistakes in the past, but aah, that’s why pencils have erasers!” ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/96 "2007-03-14T02:26:35Z")
I have to go with **Behind the Laughter** , the mockup of VH-1’s \*Behind the Music \* series. Highlights include: Homer: I’d like to set the record straight. I thought the cop was a prostitute." Jimmy Carter (rapping): I got a brother named Billy. And my teeth look silly. Break it down" ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/97 "2007-03-14T04:35:14Z")
> [@silver1](#): > > The supermarket sequence where Homer is filling up his cart with all the unhealthy crap he can find to eat so he can gain the weight always sets me off on this crazy laughing jag. > [@mobo85](#): > > The names on those products are just great- especially “Ham Ahoy!” (I love the picture of the sea-captain pig on the package) and best of all, “TUBBB!” I also loved “Cheezus & Rice” and “Uncle John’s Country Fillin’ - Just squeeze and serve!” ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/98 "2007-03-14T05:47:15Z")
The parody of The Shining, by far. Every line is quotable and pure gold. To this day, whenever anything creepy happens I can’t help but say “Hmmm, the blood usually gets off on the 2nd floor…” ---
**Author:** ![Webner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@Webner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Webner)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/99 "2007-03-14T07:45:32Z")
I’ll go for **The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson**. Highlights: The flashback of the first time Homer visited New York, with the policeman stealing his camera, being chased by a pimp, etc. The immigrant street vendor Homer yelling “jump in the car, no time for the baby” as he drives alongside the rest of his family in a carriage ---
**Author:** ![holy.roller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@holy.roller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holy.roller)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718/100 "2007-03-14T08:11:25Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] Easily, the one where Homer has to quit his dream job at the bowling alley and go back to the nuclear plant because Maggie is on the way. Homer is just so goddamn sad and depressed. But upon returning to Mr. Burns he obscures the words in his demotivational plague from “DON’T FORGET, YOU’RE HERE FOREVER” into “DO IT FOR HER.” [/QUOTE] Since this one has been mentioned, I’ll choose another family themed favourite of mine where Homer ate the hallucinogenic hot pepper and, with the help of his spirit guide, rediscovered his love for Marge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-favorite-simpsons-episode/395718.md?page=6)