Homer's rush to the hospital to reattach his thumb, Lisa's rush to school to win the science fair, and Bart's run-in with an illegal fireworks scheme are interconnected in a parody of Go and Run Lola Run.
WAR
46.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Trilogy Of Error” ranks #168 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.0 — Elite. The episode packs 55 scored jokes at 3.2 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.7 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
Linguo: Linguo... is... dead. [Powering Off]
Linguo Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Linguo: Bad grammar overload! Error! Error! [Explosion]
Linguo Escalation Physical/Slapstick Lisa · Homer · Linguo · Linguo: Lie still. / I knew that. Just testing. / Sentence fragment. / 'Sentence fragment' is also a sentence fragment.
Country driver: Inflammable means flammable? What a country!
Dr. Hibbert: Well, I could cut off the other thumb for a sense of symmetry.
All Jokes — 55 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer · Bart · Lisa: D'oh! [Screams] - Whee! - Whoo-hoo! - Yeah! - [Groans] D'oh!
Ned Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Homer: You know I like my breakfast fried or chicken-fried.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Marge · Homer · Bart · Lisa: It's a healthy cereal from Europe. Müeslix! [All Shuddering]
Marge: They also make Juice-lix.
Marge Wordplay/Pun Escalation Bart: That's Milhouse. And it sounds like he has big news!
Bart Character Comedy Observational Lisa: Meet Linguo, the grammar robot. I built him all by myself.
Lisa Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer · Linguo · Homer: Me love beer. / I love beer. / Oh, he loves beer. Here, little fella.
Homer: I'm sorry. I thought he was a party robot.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Lisa: Oh! This is why I can't have nice things.
Lisa Character Comedy Observational Homer: Homer wants a brownie. I'm gonna get one. / Coming in from the left. / Or is it the right? Look out for the reach-around!
Homer Physical/Slapstick Escalation Homer: He shoots, he sc- [Screams] My thumb!
Homer Physical/Slapstick Misdirection Homer: Sorry doesn't put thumbs on the hand, Marge!
Homer Observational Character Comedy Homer: Reattach a thumb? This isn't Gattaca!
Chief Wiggum: 9-1-1. This better be good.
Chief Wiggum: Attempted murder? You'll burn for this- burn in jail!
Chief Wiggum: 123 Fake Street. Got it.
Ned: And Harry Potter and all his wizard friends went straight to hell for practicing witchcraft.
Homer: If the doctor asks why you cut it off, you caught me in bed with four beautiful women.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Chief Wiggum: My Ferrari! I had to do awful things to pay for her.
Homer · Dr. Hibbert: But I have finger insurance! / A thumb is not a finger.
Dr. Hibbert: Well, I could cut off the other thumb for a sense of symmetry.
Marge: Hibbert's really losing it. We're going to Dr. Nick's.
Marge Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Moe: Just stick the old eye gouger in the pickle brine. That'll keep your thumb fresh and delicious.
Moe Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Homer: Well, I really shouldn't, what with my massive blood loss and all. Although I do like the occasional beer.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: Did you ever see that Blue Man Group? Total rip-off of the Smurfs. And the Smurfs- They suck!
Country driver: You and me share a common infirmity. If anyone ever tells you a hog won't eat a finger, they's lyin'.
Country driver: Inflammable means flammable? What a country!
Country driver: Somebody done 'stolded' my wheels!
Homer: Say good-bye to your brother.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Linguo: Linguo... is... dead. [Powering Off]
Linguo Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Lisa · Homer · Linguo · Linguo: Lie still. / I knew that. Just testing. / Sentence fragment. / 'Sentence fragment' is also a sentence fragment.
Linguo: Must conserve battery power. [Powers Off]
Linguo Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Krusty: Idiot! You almost ran over a viewer! And she's in our key demo!
Krusty Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Lisa · French Teacher: Huh? This isn't Miss Hoover's class. / I do not know this Mademoiselle Hoover of which you speak.
Lisa · French Teacher: What's happening? Where am I? / Sacre bleu! What a foolish question! You are at West Springfield Elementary School. / West Springfield? I'm at the wrong school!
Lisa · Thelonious: I guess they didn't have enough money to hire I.M. Pei. / Oh. You know about I.M. Pei?
Thelonious · Lisa · Thelonious: My name's Thelonious. / As in Monk? / Yes. The esoteric appeal is worth the beatings.
Chief Wiggum: No can do, doll face. I got an informant wearing a wire. Just like on Nash Bridges.
Fat Tony: Why, I'd be delighted to sell you some illegally smuggled goods.
Fat Tony Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Chief Wiggum: My bad. I can't work my answering machine either.
Country driver: Abracathumbra!
Country driver: Dang! You could be one of them TV magic queers.
Milhouse: This is where I come to cry.
Milhouse: Bottle rockets, frog launchers, Weeping Mamas. Tijuana Toilet Crackers!
Sea Captain: Don't worry. It's inflammable.
Chief Wiggum: Okay, drop the knife, Stabitha!
Bart: I can't go to juvie. They use guys like me as currency!
Bart Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Lou: Yeah. They'll pass you around like- Well, like currency, like you said.
Lou Reaction Beat Escalation Bart · Chief Wiggum: 'Hootie and the Blowfish'? / Yeah. It's cheaper than blank tape.
Bart · Chief Wiggum: 'Hootie and the Blowfish'? / Yeah. It's cheaper than blank tape.
Linguo: Bad grammar overload! Error! Error! [Explosion]
Linguo Escalation Physical/Slapstick Fat Tony: He once pulled a slug out of my arm and inserted it into a stoolie's brain.
Bart: Boy, this sure was one crazy day.
Bart Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement Bart: Boy, this sure was one crazy day.
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