Homer decides to try for a promotion at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and suggests several ideas to Mr. Burns, all of which are rejected. One night, Homer overhears Burns admit that the plant's real owner is a canary to protect Burns from responsibility for any wrongdoing by the power plant. Homer releases the bird and tells Burns that nuclear inspectors have arrived for a surprise inspection. Burns, desperate to find a scapegoat, names Homer the new owner. As his first act, Homer fires Burns and takes control of the Plant. However, he finds that his work life as a CEO is conflicting with his family life. Homer decides to return to his old job and gives ownership back to Burns.
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“Cedoh” ranks #101 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.0 — Elite. The episode packs 54 scored jokes at 2.7 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.0 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
Mr. Burns · Homer: This moon-faced simpleton... is continually interrupting my search for a patsy. Why to...? Hello.
Mr. Burns: So the caterpillar has emerged from its cocoon... as a shark with a gun for a mouth.
Mr. Burns: The legal owner of this plant would, Canary M. Burns.
Mr. Burns: Now I'm forcibly retired, I feel I should give back to society... and do some charitable work. But first, I want to take a lot of opium.
Mr. Burns: Why, Standard Oil was once owned by a half-eaten breakfast.
All Jokes — 54 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Scratchy: The Big Bopper? Ritchie Valens? Buddy Holly? No! [ALL HISSING]
Scratchy Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Homer: You get to stay downstairs watching TV with the sound turned way up.
Homer Observational Character Comedy Homer: Oh, we'll be upstairs in the bedroom making lovely rope ladders... in case there's a fire.
Homer Misdirection Character Comedy Homer · Bart · Lisa: Children, so naive. - What? - Who's naive? I didn't say anything. So naive.
Homer: Thanks for the love tip, 60 Minutes II.
Homer Observational Absurdist Homer: Hey there, Little Red Riding Hood. I ate your granny. And now I'm in the mood for love.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer · Marge: Homer plays lullaby instead of sexy music, Marge falls asleep
Homer: Oh, no. That's Maggie's mixtape. Then Maggie must have gotten... [Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' playing]
Homer Setup/Punchline Absurdist Homer: Shut down on Valentine's Day. That's supposed to be a gimme.
Homer Observational Character Comedy Professor Frink: Oh, 'glayvin.' Oh, nice lady android with the true-to-life 'floivic.'
Homer: Suicide, eh? That's it. Thank you, outdoor advertising. You've saved my marriage, and not for the first time.
Homer Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dr. Hibbert: Oh, yes. I put myself through medical school... dancing under the name Malcolm Sex.
Cletus: Cletus: 'Well, I'm here to win back Brandine. She been making eyes at that photographer what come to document our squalor.'
Cletus Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Dr. Hibbert: Homer, take this quarter, call your mother. Tell her you're never going to be a stripper.
Homer · Dr. Hibbert: Homer: 'Three coats' when asked if he's already oiled, then 'That oil was for the entire class'
Homer · Dr. Hibbert: Aren't you gonna chuckle? There's nothing to chuckle about.
Richdale · Homer: You, the greasy, naked, bald man. - Ah! You know everything about me.
Richdale · Homer: Unh, the trick is to blot the oil. Wiping just pushes it around. You're preaching to the choir, man.
Richdale: God, look at you, losers. I can read your minds. Ooh, ooh, I'm afraid of success. It's pizza's fault I'm fat. Oh, I'll stop sucking later.
Richdale: You see this watch? It's jammed with so many jewels, the hands can't move.
Homer: Well, I drew it on. See?
Homer Visual Gag Character Comedy Richdale: That's a Bentley Mark 12. They gave one to me... one to Steven Spielberg, and they shot the guy who made it.
Homer: I don't wanna die. I'm so young.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Homer: I was tired of putting my keys in that bowl like a caveman. I finally harnessed the awesome power of the hook.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Carl · Lenny: I say Phantom Menace sucked more. I say Attack of the Clones sucked more.
Mr. Burns: Oh, have you now? Well, huzzah, huzzah. I'll just throw back my legs and pollute my britches with delight.
Mr. Burns Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mr. Burns: And what book is that? The Ape Who Wanted a Big Bonus?
Mr. Burns: Stop wasting my time, you corn-fed man-cow.
Homer · Marge: He just steps over everyone who works for him... taking pleasure in making us feel small. Oh, Homie. Don't let it get you down. So Mr. Burns doesn't take you seriously. Big whoop. Who gives a doodle? Whoopie ding dong doo.
Marge: So my husband goes to a bar every night. Whoop-de-do. Who gives a bibble? Gabba, gabba, hey.
Marge Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Moe, we've been complaining about him every night for eight years.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Moe: Or give him some face time with sweet lady brick.
Moe Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Homer: Wait till he steps on this flaming bag of, ah... Lisa's college fund?
Homer Dark/Subversive Escalation Burns: Heh, talk about your runaway government.
Burns Deadpan/Understatement Observational Mr. Burns: The legal owner of this plant would, Canary M. Burns.
Mr. Burns: Why, Standard Oil was once owned by a half-eaten breakfast.
Bart · Lisa · Ned: From my room, I can hear everything. Me too. The walls are paper-thin. Ugh. Hi. And it wouldn't hurt you to put up some curtains.
Homer: Now, fly to the Canary Islands.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Mr. Burns: Ah! Good Lord. That canary was supposed to be my pigeon.
Homer · Mr. Burns: Hello. - Yes, yes, hello. - Now I need to find a patsy. - Hello. You're quite the friendly fellow. - But right now I'm looking for a patsy. - Hello.
Mr. Burns · Homer: This moon-faced simpleton... is continually interrupting my search for a patsy. Why to...? Hello.
Homer: That's right. And as my first act... Mr. Burns, you're fired.
Homer Escalation Setup/Punchline Mr. Burns: So the caterpillar has emerged from its cocoon... as a shark with a gun for a mouth.
Homer: Eat crowd, old man!
Homer: And today begins my reign of... terrific management.
Homer Misdirection Character Comedy Homer: Unlike Mr. Burns, I will respect you, the working-class slob... because we are all equals. And now, as I ascend this crystal staircase to my office... I say, avert your gaze.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Escalation Homer: Now, open it again and put a walnut in there.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Mr. Burns: Now I'm forcibly retired, I feel I should give back to society... and do some charitable work. But first, I want to take a lot of opium.
Foreign vendor: Drugs? Everything is drugs. Banana made of drugs, monkey made of drugs. Look, all market made of drugs. Our money is made of drugs.
Assistant · Homer: Homer, I'll go over the year-end profit forecast... if you'll stop looking at my boobs. - No deal.
Bart: Hey, that's a printer port, not a finger hole.
Bart Visual Gag Observational Homer · Bart: And I'm the man at the ballpark everyone hates. - The umpire? - No, Billy Crystal.
Mr. Burns · Homer: Burns: 'I worked here for three score and twain.' Homer: 'That's 62 years in the new English.'
Mr. Burns: This was my fiancée, Gertrude. I was working so hard, I missed our wedding, honeymoon... and our divorce proceedings. She died of loneliness. Loneliness and rabies.
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