13 Homer Simpson Fan Theories That Actually Make A Lot Of Sense

From the opening credit sequence to the numerous, almost uncountable instances seen throughout our decades in Springfield, the power plant is a wreck. Nuclear waste pools on the ground. Walls and ceilings collapse. Hard hats and protective gear seem optional, at best. And all of this falls squarely on the slouched, snoozing shoulders of Homer. But why is this? If you ask Redditor /u/All_of_it_is_one, it’s by design, held in place by Charles Montgomery Burns. This theory suggests that Mr. Burns actually wants a totally incompetent nuclear safety inspector. Having the lowest standards imaginable at the plant both saves money and protects Burns from scrutiny. A more knowledgeable employee in Homer’s position (or a more knowledgeable Homer; see “Homer Chooses To Be Stupid”) would surely report the potentially disastrous issues at the plant to Burns, or perhaps even to a higher authority. But not Homer. To Burns, he is the model employee.

• • Mr. Burns Knows Homer’s Name

    

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    In Who Shot Mr. Burns? – the two-part, season-spanning Dallas sendup – almost everyone is a suspect in the titular central question. While this is true, there is no one with a more crazed, vocal grievance than Homer, who loses it because Mr. Burns cannot remember his name. This trope plays out time and time again over the course of series, to the extent that it seems almost impossible that the geriatric power plant owner could have such a poor memory. So, what if it’s intentional?

    As speculated by Redditor /u/MCmnbvgyuio, that just might be the case. As the user points out, in “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish” (S2E4), after Homer ruins Mr. Burns election campaign, Burns remarks, “Simpson, I shall make it the focus of my remaining years that your dreams will go unfulfilled.” Normally, ol’ Montgomery lashes out with violent outbursts or threats of “thrashings,” but here he delivers a much more sinister decree. Could it be that from this point forward Mr. Burns decided to gaslight Homer into thinking he couldn’t remember his name? By making his lowly nuclear technician seem so insignificant that even something as simple as his name is forgettable, Mr. Burns could be playing a long-game of psychological warfare.

  • Homer’s Drinking Bird Didn’t Just Fall Over

    

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    You thought “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” had mystery and intrigue, huh? Well get in the hot seat (remotely, from home) for this one from Redditor /u/motherstep! In “King-Size Homer” (S7E7), Homer puts on an exorbitant amount of weight in order to “gain” disability status, allowing him to work from home. Once donning a moomoo and fat man’s cap, Homer simply has to repeatedly push a single button from his in-home safety regulating station. Still too lazy to perform this simple task, he recruits a drinking bird toy to do the work for him. While leaving his new employee unsupervised so he can attend a movie, something goes awry and the drinking bird falls over, leaving the entire town of Springfield in danger of a nuclear meltdown. Ultimately Homer is able to save the day by plugging the containment chamber with his corpulent form, but the question remains, how did the bird tip over?

    The Redditor theorist here dismisses most of the prime suspects– Bart is too supportive; Lisa would fear becoming an environmental terrorist; Santa’s Little Helper is too destructive for such a small act– leaving one motivated bird-tipper: Marge! Throughout the episode, Marge argues that Homer is taking a big risk and even says that she feels less attracted to him. Not fully understanding the ramifications of messing with the reactor’s safety and simply wanting to make a point to her husband, Marge took the drinking bird off the clock.

  • Homer Chooses To Be Stupid

    

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    It’s common knowledge that Lisa is the egghead of the family. Her acumen at everything soars high above her immediate family members, especially her father. But if you ask Redditor /u/kerbyklok, the notion that “ignorance is bliss” might be more more proactive than genetic.

    We know from “HOMЯ” (S12E9) that Homer would actually be a highly, highly intelligent man if not for a crayon that’s been lodged in his brain since childhood (and then re-lodged by unlicensed physician Moe later on). When not hindered by a wax coloring stick, Homer’s IQ actually goes up 50 points. The crayon logic tracks within the episode, but it begins draw questions when you think about the supposed ‘Simpson Gene’ from “Lisa the Simpson” (S9E17), which suggests that the Simpson men (but not the women) get gradually dumber as they age. But if this were true, then how could Homer regain his intelligence when the crayon is removed from his noggin? To that end, if Simpson men can be smart, then what’s going on with the dimwitted (often clever, but let’s face it, ultimately dumb) Bart? The answer: willful ignorance. Homer and his son know that life is better if you’re dumb and happy, rather than smart and constantly reeling. Maybe Homer didn’t actually need the crayon removed, but when it was he simply used it as an excuse to moonlight as his true, intelligent self for a bit. Experiencing the social strain of mental superiority confirmed what he already knew: his life is more comfortable in his regular, knuckle headed persona.

    Is Homer just dumb? Probably. But if he isn’t, he’d never let you know.

  • Patty & Selma Hate Homer Because They Blame Themselves

    

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    It’s no secret that Marge’s sisters Patty and Selma aren’t big fans of Homer. The identical duo has a tendency to forego normal greetings like, “Hi there,” with comments like, “Did it just get fatter in here?” But what exactly is it about Homer that they despise so fervently? Redditor /u/Bteatesthighlander1 theorizes that it’s less about Homer and more about themselves.

    From a very young age, Patty and Selma were verbally abusive, controlling, and cruel to poor little Marge. Lording over her, Marge developed characteristics that made her the perfect fit for a man like Homer. As the Redditor puts it, the combination of love of housework, tolerance, and validation are the key ingredients, and they were all instilled by her sisters. Patty and Selma recognize this and hate themselves for it, so they try to turn Marge around the only way they know how: insulting Homer.

  • Bart Became A Stone Cutter Before Homer

    

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    In “Homer the Great” (S6E12), Homer is introduced to the fraternal order of the Stonecutters. After being initiated because his father, Abe Simpson, is a legacy member, Homer is quickly shunned and dismissed when he accidentally destroys their Hallowed Sacred Parchment. However, a birthmark on his behind signifies that he is actually the Chosen One, leading to a brief reign as their leader. But was Homer the first living under the Simpson roof to be a Stonecutter? Redditor /u/TyPiper93 says no, it was actually Bart.

    Several clues throughout the episodes support this theory, even if they are somewhat far-reaching. For example, Bart has a sarcastic, yet cagey response to Homer’s assertion that Lenny and Karl are getting special treatment at work. What does he know that he’s not telling? The really interesting elements of the theory, though, come by looking farther back.

    Beyond being the son of a Stonecutter, the only other way to become one is a to save the life of a Stonecutter. Well, in Season 2’s “Blood Feud,” Bart does just that by donating blood to Mr. Burns. The Redditor also points out that despite getting slapped on the wrist a decent amount at school for his endless bad behavior, Bart never faces an series consequences, like expulsion. Could this be because Principal Skinner is also a Stonecutter?

  • Homer is a Billionaire Sports Team Owner

    

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    This one isn’t so much a theory as it is a simple truth, but to what extent it actually impacts the Simpsons livlihood is the question. As pointed out by Redditor /u/awkwardhipsters, in “You Only Move Twice” (S8E2), Homer is given the the 1996 Denver Broncos by Hank Scorpio (voiced by Albert Brooks), Homer’s new boss who turns out to be a supervillain. This explains how the Simpson clan is able to continually do so many strange, expensive, distant, time-removed-from-“work” (the power plant) activities and adventures. Simply put: NFL teams generate millions and millions of dollars in annual income, and Homer has a cash cow (or horses, perhaps) in the Mile High City. Heck, two years after he acquired the team from Scorpio they won two Super Bowls, making them one of the most popular and profitable teams at the time! So there you have it. As long as you own a professional sports franchise, you’ll never work a day in your life.

  • Homer Knows He’s a Cartoon

    

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    Does he now, Redditor /u/raysofdavies4? Well if Homer knows he’s a cartoon, then how did he find out? Did he ask Matt Groening? Did he tune into the Sunday night block of animated shows on Fox and see himself on screen?

    Well, as the Redditor will tell us, Homer got the news from God himself. In “Homer the Heretic” (S4E3), our lazy antihero makes the sacrilegious choice to stop attending church. While he ultimately learns a valuable lesson about different faiths coming together for a common good, the real takeaway from “Heretic” is that in the closing moments, Homer asks God what the meaning of life is. God’s answer, at least according to this theory, is that (paraphrasing, of course), “There is no meaning; you’re just a cartoon.” With this knowledge, Homer is armed in future seasons with a sense of near-invincibility. He can try anything. Throw himself at danger. Switch careers. Waste money. Get wasted at Moe’s. None of it really matters, for he is nothing more than a cartoon.

    A pretty grim theory, but we’re not here to argue with the divine plans of the d’oh-mega.

  • Homer Has Been in a Coma Since 1993

    

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    In “So It’s Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show” (S4E18), Bart’s April Fool’s Day prank goes a little bit further than intended, landing Homer in a coma. For us viewers, it’s a fun device to support watching highlights from the first few seasons in Homer’s dreamscape. And, in the end, Homer wakes up and immediately returns to his most consistent impulse: strangling Bart. But if you ask Redditor /u/Hardtopickaname, that’s not the actual ending. Or, in a way, it is.

    According to this theory, Homer never woke up. He remains in a coma forever, and everything we’ve seen from April 1993 onward is some combination of Homer’s memory, imagination, and things manifested based on absorbing information from his hospital room. To support this theory, the Redditor points out a couple things.

    For one, once the series gets past “Clip Show,” the plot lines start to get really zany. Where up to this point there were plenty of story arcs akin to Lisa has a crush on her teacher, the post-coma Simpsons do things like travel to outer space and hunt the Loch Ness monster. These are Homer’s fever dreams, not actual events. Secondly, it’s feasible that Homer is able to conjure stories about people and cultural events that only exist post-1993 because, as an example, a Lady Gaga song could come on the radio in his room. Now Lady Gaga is in our episode, and in all likelihood her form is more heightened and over-the-top than in real life (which is a recurring trope of celebrity guest stars on the show).

    /u/Hardtopickaname concludes this theory by pointing out that even if all the misadventures of the The Simpsons are simply the wildly firing neurons in Homer’s thick skull, the beauty is that he’s still doing what he was always meant to do: entertain us.

  • We See Homer Through Ned Flanders’s POV

    

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    Part of Homer’s charm is the fact that, well, he’s not very charming. In fact, most of the time he’s seen (or perhaps depicted), he is a dumb, lazy, arrogant, drunk, sacrilegious goon. Is that an accurate representation of Homer Jay Simpson, or is our perspective a bit skewed? According to Redditor /u/Anomalocaris, the reason Homer (and, by and large, the entire Simpson family) appears to be less than “Okally-Dokally” is because we are seeing him through the eyes of holy-man neighbor Ned Flanders. That’s right. In this theory, the entirely of The Simpons is told from Flanders’s point of view. Ned, a deeply religious and morally stringent man, looks at Homer and sees a sinner, so that’s what we see. If the tables were turned and we actually experienced Springfield from Homer’s perspective, perhaps Ned would look like a callous, God-fearing zealot instead of a kind neighbor who’s just looking out for everyone’s soul.

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• • Homer Has Severe Memory Loss

    

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    It’s easy to chalk up Homer’s frequent forgetfulness to the obvious factors: 1. He’s just a dolt. 2. He doesn’t listen. 3. He’s Duff drunk. As an example, Homer forgetting Marge’s birthday in “Life on the Fast Lane” (S1E9) could be the result of any combination of the three. But as Redditor /u/GrandmasterSexay hypothesizes, perhaps the reason Homer can’t remember things is because he has a severe form of memory loss.

    The most significant piece of evidence for this claim points to Homer’s relationship with Maggie. Beyond regularly misplacing or losing her, it’s not uncommon for Homer to seemingly forget about her existence entirely. This could be because he has a form of memory loss where it’s difficult for him to create new memories. He doesn’t have this problem with his older kids, but when it comes to Maggie he has to make extended efforts, including plastering his work station with photos of her.

  • Homer Had Sex with Mindy

    

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    “The Last Temptation of Homer” (S5E9) has a classic bait-and-switch ending. Homer, having spent the entire episode trying to resist his attraction to new co-worker Mindy, finds himself alone with her in a hotel room. He confesses that he’s afraid they are going to have sex because (as is the reason most people make bad choices), a fortune cookie said they would. However, in the end he professes his love for Marge, then he and Mindy share a kiss. From there, we cut to see Homer ogling a red-dressed woman… who turns out to be Marge. It would seem he made the faithful choice. But did he?

    Redditor /u/lawangel1 thinks not. The user posits that Homer did in fact sleep with Mindy in the hotel room, but either A) imagined it was Marge to ease his conscious in the moment, or B) edited his own memory of the affair to essentially erase the presence of Mindy. In either case, it’s a pretty scummy look for Homer, but frankly, a plausible one.

  • Homer Gave Mr. Burns A Serious Concussion

    

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    There are plenty of fan theories out there that deal with this central question: Why can’t Mr. Burns remember Homer’s name? This quandary has plagued viewers since season one. To find the answer, though – at least according to Redditor /u/arcxjo— you have to reach all the way back before we were introduced to the Simpson family.

    In this theory, the Redditor suggests that in “And Maggie Makes Three” (S6E13), Homer caused his boss’s memory problem. After quitting his job at the plant, Homer takes a victory lap in Burns’ office, mocking his now former employer by removing a coaster from his drink and dumping a single piece of paper from the waste bin (savage). Then, Homer begins playing Burns’ head like a bongo drum, paralyzing him with “rage and island rhythms.” Could it be that in this moment of percussive revenge, Homer literally played his name out of Burns’ head permanently?

  • 12 REASONS HOMER WAS A GREAT DAD

    On the surface, Homer J. Simpsons might not seem like the greatest father running around Springfield. After all, he’s missed birthdays, he’s gotten drunk at Moe’s more times than anyone can count, and he vocally hates his daughter’s saxophone playing. He seems like a bad dad, doesn’t he? Well, there’s a lot more to Homer Simpson than meets the eye, and thanks to the 639 episodes (and counting), there’s a lot to dig through to see what a great father Homer actually is.

    This list highlights the reasons why Homer isn’t the world’s worst dad, and you’ll see, he really does care for his kids (the constant choking of his son, notwithstanding). Take a look at them down below, and you might just change your mind on whether or not Homer is an outstanding father after all.

  • He Got A Second Job To Pay For Lisa’s Pony

    

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    Pretty much every father in the world goes through a time with their little girl, where all she wants in the world is a pony. Unfortunately, most people living in the suburbs can’t keep a pony, so a stuffed animal will have to do. That’s not how it went down in the Simpsons’ house, and when Homer realized that the only thing in the world that could make Lisa happy was a pony, he got her one.

    What’s more, he took on a second job, working at the Kwik-e-Mart so that he could pay for it. While this worked for a little while, the stress and strain of working two full-time jobs took its toll. In the end, Lisa came to understand her father’s sacrifice and willingly gave up her pony to keep her father from going off the deep end. This was a great example of Homer’s status as an amazing father, but it also highlighted Lisa’s maturity.

  • He Refused To Hand Bobo Back To Mr. Burns

    

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    In the Citizen Kane-inspired episode, “Rosebud,” Mr. Burns searches for Bobo, his long, lost teddy bear from his childhood. It was eventually found in a bag of ice from the Kwik-E-Mart, having been previously frozen in an iceberg the store sourced for its ice. This places Bobo into the hands of one Maggie Simpson, and the little girl absolutely loved the ratty, old bear.

    Eventually, Mr. Burns learns that the bear is now in the hands of the youngest Simpson, so he asks for its return. When Homer saw how much his daughter loved the bear, he refused, so Burns offered him an insane amount of money. While that cash could have helped the family, Homer refused, realizing that his daughter’s happiness was far more important than money. It wasn’t easy, but he refused.

    In the end, Maggie hands the bear over after seeing how much more Mr. Burns needed him than she did. The episode ends in 1,000,000 AD when a robotic Mr. Burns finds the bear once more under a pile of rocks (amidst some apes).

  • He Pretended To Be A Robot To Make Bart Happy

    

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    Homer is a lot of things, but classically intelligent isn’t one of them. The guy had a crayon shoved into his brain for most of his life and isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. That said, he doesn’t want his children to think him a fool, so when Bart asked him to help design a battle bot for the television show Robot Rumble, he gave it his best. Unfortunately, he couldn’t make it happen, so he did the next best thing: he created a robot suit and crawled inside.

    He ended up going on the show with Bart and took part in the action. Now, the fact that he wasn’t smart enough to make a robot is one thing, but only an idiot would hop inside a battle bot suit and fight against real, lethal machines. Homer did that, and he didn’t do it for his own personal glory; he did it because he knew that’s what Bart needed him to do. He may not be smart, but you can’t deny that he loves his children.

  • He Sold Something Special To Enter Lisa Into A Beauty Pageant

    

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    Every father thinks their daughter is the most beautiful in the world. Still, there are child beauty pageants, making it possible for a father to prove their claims. Beauty pageants for children are a bit iffy, at best, but when Lisa decided she wanted to compete in one, Homer supported her decision. He believed it might help her self-confidence, but there was a problem.

    There was a rather sizable entry fee for the pageant, so he sold the only thing he could: his ride on the Duff blimp. This was something that Homer was looking forward to for a long time, and it would have fulfilled a lifelong dream. Still, when push came to shove, he gave up the ticket to cover the entrance fee. Homer’s feelings for her daughter were at the forefront of this episode.

    When Marge warned him that he was looking at Lisa through a father’s eyes, implying that just because he sees her as beautiful, that doesn’t mean everyone else would, he said, “If I could gouge out somebody else’s eyes and shove them into my sockets, I would, but to me, she’s beautiful.”

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  • Homer Gave Up A Lot To Buy Lisa’s Saxophone

    

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    Homer doesn’t like or appreciate the music Lisa plays with her saxophone. Maybe he has a bad ear for music, or maybe he just hates Jazz. Whatever the reason, he’s not a fan. Regardless, she wouldn’t have the saxophone were it not for her father, and he’s had to sacrifice something two times to get it for her. The first sax he bought Lisa came at the cost of buying an air conditioner for the house.

    He purchased it when a shrink informed him that Lisa was gifted and she needed a creative outlet. Years later, Homer accidentally destroyed the sax, so he sacrificed once more to replace it. Granted, he did destroy it, but he could have rented one or tried a less-expensive instrument. He didn’t do that and went ahead and replaced the sax instead of getting the AC.

    Both of Lisa’s saxophones were inscribed by her father, though it doesn’t come up often on the show. The first sax read, “Never forget that your daddy loves D’oh!” The second (replacement) saxophone had the inscription, “May your new saxophone bring you many years of D’oh!”

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• Homer Gave Up His Dream Job For His Second Daughter

  

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  In the episode, “And Maggie Makes Three,” Bart and Lisa find that there aren’t any baby pictures of Maggie. Granted, she’s still a baby (going on 30+ years), but her photos weren’t placed inside a baby book. The reason for this is rather heartwarming, and it has to do with the fact that Maggie was an unplanned pregnancy. When she was conceived, Homer had given up his job at the nuclear power plant to take on his dream job at a bowling alley.

  When he found out his wife was pregnant with another child, he had to do something about it. The bowling alley wasn’t going to cut it in terms of finances, so he had to go crawling back, on his hands and knees, to beg Mr. Burns for his job. Ultimately, Burns relented and gave him back his job, but it came with something new. Above his workstation, Burns placed a sign reading, “Don’t forget: you’re here forever.” Homer placed all of Maggie’s baby pictures over the letters until the sign read, “Do it for her.”

• When He Acknowledged Lisa’s Intelligence

  

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  Homer Simpson’s intelligence has always been a joke on the show. There was the one time his skull had nothing but an I.O.U. from God for “one brain,” and he’s demonstrated his stupidity on more than a few hundred occasions. In “HOMЯ,” it’s revealed that the cause of Homer’s low intelligence is a crayon that was lodged so far up his nostril, it impacted his brain.

  Once the crayon was removed, his intellect shot up far beyond his normal levels. While he was enjoying his newfound intellect, he spent a great deal of time with Lisa. The two bonded in a way they never had before, and Homer came to truly understand and appreciate his daughter. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to last, as Homer started making enemies, and his life became… complicated. He had Moe slam another crayon up his nose, but he wrote Lisa a letter before he did.

  In the letter, he explained that he finally understood what it was like to be smart like her and how much he appreciates her for her intelligence. It was a heartwarming thing to leave his daughter, and when he came into the room following the “procedure,” she ran up to him, hugging him.

• He Once Snuck His Daughter Into A Museum

  

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  In the episode “Lost Our Lisa,” Lisa ends up missing the final day of the Ancient Egyptian exhibit at the Springsonian Museum. She wanted nothing more than to see the Orb of Isis, but having missed the last day of the limited engagement, she did the unthinkable. She decided to go to the museum all by herself, but it isn’t long before she gets lost, winding up in Springfield’s Russian district.

  Eventually, Homer finds her, but instead of tearing her apart for being so reckless, he lets her know that it’s okay to take risks from time to time. After their talk, he takes her to the museum, but it’s closed, and the exhibit is over. They both sneak inside the museum to see the exhibit anyway, and while they do, they accidentally crack open the Orb of Isis, which releases a beautiful lullaby that only they got the chance to hear. They decided to keep the whole thing a secret, as something just between father and daughter.

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• Homer Let Bart Go To Kamp Krusty

  

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  “Kamp Krusty” was an early episode of The Simpsons that was considered for The Simpsons Movie’s plot long before that became a reality. In the episode, Bart is desperate to go to Kamp Krusty, but Homer won’t let him go unless he gets his grades up. Ultimately, Bart fails, but he does attempt to trick his father by fudging his report card to make it look like he did better than he actually did.

  Homer sees through this rather unconvincing charade, and despite having told him that he couldn’t go, he relents and lets his son attend the camp. Now, it doesn’t exactly work out for Bart, as the camp is a cash grab by a money-hungry sellout celebrity (Krusty the Klown). The whole thing devolves into a Lord of the Flies-esque nightmare for the young boy who writes home saying, “Dear Mom and Dad, I no longer fear hell, for I because been to Kamp Krusty.” Regardless, Homer’s love for Bart was clear in his backing down on refusing to let him go to the camp.

• Homer Abandoned His Hurt Pride To Support Bart’s Soap Box Derby

  

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  Homer isn’t the most skilled person in the world when it comes to using a hammer. After all, he’s bashed just about every one of his eight fingers and nearly put out an eye with the tool, so it’s pretty clear that he could use a few lessons in woodworking. Still, he did come to Bart’s aid when the boy wanted to enter into the local Soap Box Derby in “Saturdays of Thunder,” but his skills were lacking.

  Finding his father’s derby car to be lacking, Bart decides he’d be much better off driving Martin’s racer instead. He had the option when Martin was sidelined by a broken arm, and he jumped at it. After all, Bart wanted to win but making that choice hurt Homer’s pride. At first, he was angry with Bart for abandoning him in their project, and he didn’t want to support him. In the end, he swallowed his pride and ran down to wish Bart all the luck in the world. He also told him how proud he was of him and cheered him on the whole time.

• Homer Believed Lisa When Nobody Else In Town Would

  

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  Springfield was founded by Jebediah Springfield, an honored man the town celebrates. Or, at least, that’s what everyone did at first. Lisa discovered the truth about the town’s hero and found evidence that he was actually a murderous pirate. After learning this, she attempted to tell the town the truth of its beloved savior, but nobody would listen to her or see her evidence — nobody, that is, except for Homer.

  In “Lisa the Iconoclast,” the little girl is initially despised for trying to spoil the good name of the town’s founder, but Homer supported her. Even Marge was unwilling to listen, but at no time did Homer do anything but support his little girl. It was the world against Lisa, but she had her father on her side, and he was even willing to risk losing the role he had as the town crier in the annual Founder’s Day Parade.

• He Made Himself Look Bad To Help Lisa’s Singing Career

  

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  Homer has a track history of helping Lisa whenever she wants to do something, but there was one episode where he appeared to do the opposite. In “A Star Is Torn,” Lisa embarks on a new singing career with Homer along as her manager. He takes the job very seriously and even beats the snot out of a technician, which ultimately forces Lisa to fire her father. When she does, he goes to work for her competition.

  This doesn’t seem like a good way to support his daughter, and it would be another example of Homer’s hurt pride causing him to do the opposite of what a good father might do. As it happens, working for the other kid in the singing competition was all done as a strategy to make him look bad so Lisa could win. Granted, it’s not the most honest or moral thing to do while supporting your kid, but it did show that Homer was willing to debase himself if it helped his kid out in some way.

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  • Our artists hand-draw each order from scratch to create a truly memorable, unique masterpiece for each customer. But custom doesn’t mean slow: it typically takes only 2-4 days for the artist to complete each work and for the customer to receive the order in their inbox.
  • Want to change something? No problem. TurnedYellow has a 100% satisfaction guarantee policy, which means we’ll revise the artwork as many times as it takes until you feel it’s perfect.
  • Turned Yellow makes the perfect gift for Father’s Day, Christmas, a birthday, wedding anniversary, or just because so you can make someone in your life smile (or often cry!) 🙂
  • We’ve turned over 300,000 people yellow and have over 7,800 verified reviews from customers and a 4.7 score on TrustPilot.

  Including many of your famous celebs, musicians, and athletes: Paris Hilton, Howie Mandel, Teofimo Lopez, Spice Adams, Quinn XCII, and many more!

  Get your own TurnedYellow custom artwork by following this link!

  We are in no way associated with or authorized by The Simpsons, and neither that entity nor any of its affiliates have licensed or endorsed us.