Homer and Bart become father–son con artists (after Bart is given money out of pity when Homer decided to not take him home), but soon find that they are the ones being had.
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“The Great Money Caper” ranks #532 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 69.2 — Mixed. The episode packs 78 scored jokes at 3.8 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 5.8 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
Grampa: In the Depression, you had to grift. Either that or work.
Grampa Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bart: So she was made of chimps. Man, magic can do anything!
Bart Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Mechanic: Hmm. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Well, there's your problem.
Mechanic Visual Gag Deadpan/Understatement Bart: Or if not him, a similar dog.
Bart Escalation Character Comedy Jury Foreman: I believe we was promised $5.00 a day.
All Jokes — 78 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer Physical/Slapstick Running Gag Homer: Beer, yes! How did you know?
Homer Observational Character Comedy Homer: Oh, they oughta call that a 'Large' Island Iced Tea.
Marge: No, 'Long' is better.
Marge Deadpan/Understatement Questo: [Thinking] If she doesn't like it, I'll just die!
Questo Character Comedy Absurdist Marge: Mmm! I'd like to visit that Long Island place, if only it were real.
Marge Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: I'll do it! I always end up doing it.
Bart Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Marge: That's no gentleman. That's my husband.
Marge: That's no gentleman. That's my husband.
Marge Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Bart · Lisa: Wow. Mom got a laugh. / I wish she drank every day.
Marge: You talk too much. Abraca-blab-ra. Am I right?
Marge Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort Diablo: Tell you what? Let's get this ball gag on ya.
Diablo Escalation Dark/Subversive Diablo: You won't feel a thing. You'll feel four things.
Diablo Setup/Punchline Misdirection Bart: So she was made of chimps. Man, magic can do anything!
Bart Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Homer: Gee, I wish I could, Son. But we already left the gift shop.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa · Bart: That's a party magic college. / It is not. / Yah-huh. / Nuh-huh.
Marge: Mommy needs some quiet right now.
Marge Character Comedy Callback Callback Mechanic: Hmm. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Well, there's your problem.
Mechanic Visual Gag Deadpan/Understatement Mechanic: Oh. Well, that's a foreign fish we're looking at. So, uh, 6,500.
Bart: Witness mystifying feats that will leave you scratching your head... until it's raw and bloody!
Bart Escalation Dark/Subversive Homer: Come on. Pony up, Flanders. The kid's not turning tricks for nothin'.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: Yeah, you know: Magic, fortune telling, Oriental cooking.
Homer Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Bart · Homer: Dad, only one of them is real. / I know, but which one?
Bart · Homer: Yeah. And a good dad wouldn't miss his son's little league games. / I told you! I find them boring!
Bart: Well, I showed up for all your stupid interventions!
Bart Callback Escalation Callback Old Lady: My father was a monster too.
Old Lady Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Bart · Homer: But wouldn't that make us con artists? / Well, yeah.
Bart Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer: But God conned me out of 6,500 bucks in car repairs. So, in a way, we'd just be balancing out the universe.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: There you go! We'd be stealing from people we know. It's just like the seasons.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart · Homer: You want to eat my fat? / I think you know the answer to that.
Homer: There's the Pigeon Drop, the Ear Wigger, the Brillstein grab-
Homer Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Marge: What are you doing? Why are you frosting that old throw pillow?
Marge Visual Gag Setup/Punchline Homer · Marge: I could ask you the very same question. / Uh, should I just back out of the room? / Would you?
Bart · Homer: Nice use of the lingo, Homer. / 10-4, kemosabe.
Homer: You'll work off that cake in the acid mines!
Homer: Well, you're the mark... of integrity.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Marge · Bart: How'd you do your act? You left your magic kit here. / Or so it would seem.
Marge · Homer: How'd you do your act? You left your magic kit here. / Or so it would seem.
Lisa · Marge: Is that a Long Island Iced Tea? / Oh, this? Hmm. I think it is.
Marge: Mmm. You're a pretty girl.
Marge Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bart: Or if not him, a similar dog.
Bart Escalation Character Comedy Milhouse: Oy! I'll never be a man.
Milhouse Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Like my bike that was stolen in third grade. Plus the baldness.
Homer Escalation Character Comedy Ned · Bart: Wait a minute. This seems an awful lot like that movie Paper Moon. / Run, Dad!
Ned Bart Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Homer · Grampa: Dad? / That's right. / You don't smoke a pipe. / That's right.
Grampa: They used to call me Grifty McGrift. I wrote the book on flimflammin'.
Grampa Character Comedy Escalation Grampa: In the Depression, you had to grift. Either that or work.
Grampa Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Grampa: Yeah. In the Depression, you had to grift. Either that or work.
Grampa Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Oh, why not? If we don't take their money, they'll just give it to some televangelist.
Homer Observational Character Comedy Grampa: Let's dust a few fossils.
Grampa Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Grampa: Now this scam was in The Sting, Part Two, so nobody knows about it.
Grampa Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Grampa: I can finally afford a young, crazy, stripper wife.
Grampa Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Grampa: Yeah. I'm gonna get me the craziest, 'strippiest'-
Grampa Escalation Physical/Slapstick Grampa: Call me mint jelly, 'cause I'm on the lam!
Grampa Wordplay/Pun Escalation ★ Rewatch FBI Agent: Well, this is about the flashiest car I've ever impounded.
Homer: Yeah. We're not criminals. We're just two crazy, mixed-up kids.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Chief Wiggum: Oh, sure. I'll put you in the Rick James suite. It's super freaky.
Bart · Homer: That's not an F.B.I. Badge. / 'Colgate Cavity Patrol'? Ohh!
Homer: Well, lies got us into this mess, Son. From now on, it's honesty all the way.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Marge · Homer: You were carjacked in the church parking lot? / Absolutely. We had stopped in for a quick prayer
Homer · Bart: He was foreign, and he had- Wild, bushy hair, like an animal.
Homer: Uh, well, he seemed like a loner. Kept to himself mostly.
Homer Observational Absurdist Willie: I did not do it, I tell ya!
Willie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Willie · Cop: At least, let me comb me hair. It's all wild and bushy. / What do you care, Loner.
Willie Cop Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Lisa: Hmm. She hasn't touched her Manwich.
Lisa Observational Deadpan/Understatement Bart · Homer: It's 10:00 in the morning. / I guess you haven't heard of chloroform.
Homer: I guess you haven't heard of chloroform.
Homer Dark/Subversive Escalation Prosecutor: Carjacking? Who said anything about a carjacking?
Prosecutor · Homer: Fuzzy like Willie's beard? / Yes! Exactly! No, no. I mean the whole incident is hazy. / Hazy like the moors of Scotland?
Homer: Yes! Exactly! No, no. I mean the whole incident is hazy.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Prosecutor: Hazy like the moors of Scotland?
Jury Foreman: I believe we was promised $5.00 a day.
Jury Foreman: I believe we was promised $5.00 a day. / All right then. Guilty!
Willie: Ten years? But I 'didna' do it!
Willie Character Comedy Escalation Homer: Let's see where he's going with this.
Homer Reaction Beat Character Comedy Skinner: Hey, watch it! / I look like cable TV.
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Lisa: I know it seems far-fetched, even insulting to your intelligence. But there's a simple and highly satisfying explanation. You see-
Lisa Meta/Self-Referential Misdirection ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — The Simpsons
