Homer befriends Mel Gibson just as Mel is completing a remake of Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. Homer convinces Mel to make the film more violent, with disastrous results.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Beyond Blunderdome” ranks #512 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 70.9 — Solid. The episode packs 72 scored jokes at 2.9 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.2 on impact, with Homer landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Homer: Movies aren't stupid! They fill us with romance and hatred and revenge fantasies. Lethal Weapon showed us that suicide is funny.
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer: See? Everything's fine. / Dolphins! / Oopsie. Hi, girls!
Homer Visual Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Marge · Homer: Were you or Lenny ever named 'Sexiest Man Alive'? / I'm not certain about Lenny
Marge Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Bart · Homer: Knock his teeth out, Homer. / Listen, Gibson, I'm tired of Hollywood pretty boys like you and Jack Valenti thinking you can have any woman you want.
Homer: Relax. We're in an electric car.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 72 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer Physical/Slapstick Running Gag Homer: My children deserve to see me get a free gift
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Lisa · Homer: You're faking this to get the gift, aren't you? / But I liked the nice things you said about me
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bart: Yeah, and it's got a lot of other problems too
Bart Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Homer: Relax. We're in an electric car.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: See? Everything's fine. / Dolphins! / Oopsie. Hi, girls!
Homer Visual Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Homer: Salt water seems to be good for it
Homer Absurdist Irony/Sarcasm Electronic Voice: Help. Help. It burns.
Marge · Homer: We didn't? That's odd. Seems like we would have done that right after we left the car place. / I know, but we didn't. / Well, here it is. / So we can open it and find out now. / Perfect.
Marge Homer Meta/Self-Referential Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Marge · Lisa · Marge: Mel Gibson! / Who else is in it? / Who cares? Mel Gibson!
Marge · Homer: Were you or Lenny ever named 'Sexiest Man Alive'? / I'm not certain about Lenny
Marge Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Marge · Homer: Homer, let's make love. / Uh, uh, okay.
Homer · Marge · Homer: You're thinking about me, right? / Of course, Homie. Aren't you thinking about me? / I will now!
Edward Christian: the dynamic duo, William Milo and Robin Hannah, who green-lighted all of Shaquille O'Neal's movies, including Kazaam
Edward Christian · William and Robin: How's the popcorn, guys? / Needs salt. / [Laughing]
Professor Frink: Will there be any flubber in this movie? / Glavin. / No, I'm afraid not. / Ah, for crying out glavin.
Mel Gibson: John Travolta flew me in his jet. Now I have to help him move next weekend. He deliberately waited till we were in the air to ask me.
William Milo · Robin Hannah: Oh, Robin, you've got to see the director's cut of Booty Call. It's fabulous! / What, even better than the original? 'Cause that was pretty fabulous too.
Homer: At least the Jimmy Stewart version had that giant rabbit who ran the savings and loan.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge · Homer: It was nice to see a movie where people solve their problems with words, instead of bullets and chasing. / Oh, you're just saying that because your boyfriend was in it.
Mel Gibson: Listen, I don't want to get spotted by the crowd, so I'm gonna take a leak behind the Dumpster.
Homer · Crowd: [Alarm Ringing] Look! It's Mel Gibson! Hey, everybody, rush over there!
Mel Gibson: Well, I'll be reading yours personally. [Growls]
Homer: Waste my time in front of this stupid- Appreciate it.
Homer Character Comedy Reaction Beat Professor Frink: Loved it despite absence of flubber. Glavin.
Homer: Your movie was more boring than church. All you did was yak, yak, yak. You didn't even shoot anybody.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Mel Gibson · John Travolta: Turn the plane around. I want to go to 742 Evergreen Terrace. / But you promised to help me move.
Bart · Homer: Knock his teeth out, Homer. / Listen, Gibson, I'm tired of Hollywood pretty boys like you and Jack Valenti thinking you can have any woman you want.
Homer: You see this? It symbolizes that she's my property, and I own her.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mel Gibson · Homer: Don't sell your husband short, Mrs. Simpson. / She's always doing that, Mel.
Mel Gibson: I speed all the time, but cops never give me a ticket. If I don't pay my taxes, the IRS pays them for me.
Homer · Mel Gibson: You had me at 'hello.' / I didn't say 'hello.'
Homer · Mel Gibson · Homer: A minivan! Oh, boy, you celebrities sure know how to live. / What is this, Toyota Previa? / Dodge Caravan. / Sweet.
Tour Guide · Tourist: Robert Downey Jr. is shooting it out with the police. / I don't see any cameras.
Homer: [Whispering] Mel's movie really stinks.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer · Mel Gibson: Here you need a musical montage where you try on lots of funny hats. It'll let us see your playful side. / No. / Yeah, but- / Just no.
Tour Guide: That's where it used to be.
Tour Guide · Tourists: And on your left, is the notorious spot where Hugh Grant- / Ew! / filmed the movie Nine Months. / Ew!
Mel Gibson · Homer: You want me to replace the villain with a dog? / They will if you set up that the dog is evil. All you have to do is show him doing this- [Hums dramatic theme]
Homer: The country was doing great back then. Everyone was into talking. But now, in whatever year this is, the audience wants action.
Homer Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Homer: It's the most boring piece of garbage I've ever seen. And it's not easy for me to say that.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Tour Guide: According to the map, this house is owned by the dog from Frasier.
Lisa: According to the map, this house is owned by the dog from Frasier.
Lisa Observational Absurdist Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche: We're lesbians!
Mr. Smith/Mel Gibson: Yield this, Senator Payne. [Grunts]
Mr. Smith/Mel Gibson: I move we impose some serious term limits. / I second that motion, with a vengeance!
Mr. Smith/Mel Gibson: All in favor, say 'Die.'
Mr. Smith/Mel Gibson: Happy birthday, Mr. President.
Executive · Homer: You chopped off the president's head. / Bet you didn't see that coming.
Homer: It was symbolism. He was mad!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: Ew! Those movies sucked. I only saw them to get Marge into the sack. P.S. Mission accomplished.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Executive · Mel Gibson: This is worse than Godfather III. / Whoa, whoa. Hey, whoa. Let's not say things we can't take back.
Irene Ryan · Rainier Wolfcastle: You put me down, you big lummox! / Jed! / Shut up, old lady. And stop kicking me there!
Mel Gibson · Homer: I'm getting too old for this crap. / How old are you anyway? / Well, I've been told I can play anywhere from 28 to- / Sorry I asked.
Mel Gibson · Homer: I'm getting too old for this crap. / How old are you anyway? / Well, I've been told I can play anywhere from 28 to- / Sorry I asked.
Homer: Turn that Down Under frown upside down! We're not finished yet!
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer: No time talk. Need steal car. Must save powerful but controversial movie.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Homer: Movies aren't stupid! They fill us with romance and hatred and revenge fantasies. Lethal Weapon showed us that suicide is funny.
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Mel Gibson: That really wasn't my intention.
Homer · Lisa: Before Lethal Weapon 2, I never thought there could be a bomb in my toilet. But now I check every time. / It's true. He does.
Homer · Marge: They're my only escape from the drudgery of work and family. / No offense. / Ah, what the heck.
Marge: Oh, sorry, honey. I used up the last roll on that man I thought was Judge Judy.
Marge Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Oh, no! We killed Mel Gibson! / You all saw it. He came at me with a knife, right?
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Homer: Oh, no! We killed Mel Gibson! / You all saw it. He came at me with a knife, right?
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Homer: I know, but he sells tickets.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer: Did Braveheart run away? Did Payback run away?
Homer · Mel Gibson · Homer: Your army mooned the enemy until they could take no more and surrendered. / No, they didn't. They attacked us in a horribly bloody battle. Remember? / Actually, I didn't see it.
Homer · Mel Gibson: It's your plan- from Braveheart. Your army mooned the enemy until they could take no more and surrendered. / No, they didn't. They attacked us in a horribly bloody battle. Remember? / Actually, I didn't see it.
Homer · Homer: There's no room in today's wacky, misty-eyed America for violent dinosaurs like us. / How did the country lose its way, Mel? When did we stop rooting for the man with the flamethrower, or an acid-spraying gun of some kind?
Homer: How about a teen sex romp where you and your buddies are always trying to get some? / No, wait! A ghost who wins the lottery. You could be the ghost or the lottery commissioner.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Hey, Mel! I fell out!
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