Homer's mother returns, and after being cleared of all charges, is re-imprisoned on a technicality.
WAR
45.9
Wins Above Replacement
“My Mother The Carjacker” ranks #229 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.4 — Elite. The episode packs 54 scored jokes at 3.2 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with Bart landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Homer: I might occasionally kill out of anger, or to illustrate a point. But I am not a Grim Reaper...
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Death · Homer: I AM DEATH. - Death? We don't want any.
Frink Sr.: Lost your spine, ha? You just keep finding new ways to disappoint me.
Frink Sr. Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Milhouse: Well, I couldn't be happier, I'm the second coolest kid on earth.
Kang/Kodos: Pathetic humans! They are showing a halloween episode... in November!
Kang/Kodos Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 54 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bart: Good grief, This candy's terrible. Circus peanuts, raisins, nicotine gum, a library card...
Bart Observational Escalation Lisa · Bart: You got all the good stuff! - And yet and I'm still not satisfied.
Marge: You thieving hussy!
Homer: Eat fire! Punks! What the... I'm still cold.
Homer Physical/Slapstick Misdirection Kang/Kodos: Pathetic humans! They are showing a halloween episode... in November!
Kang/Kodos Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Kang/Kodos: Oh, still thinking about halloween. We've already got our christmas decorations up.
Death · Homer: I AM DEATH. - Death? We don't want any.
Marge · Bart: Bart! Run like a wind(pronounced as waind)! - Mom. It's wind. Well, I only read it in books.
Bart: Please don't take me! Take Milhouse! We all know there's no happy ending there.
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer · Bart: Does this mean I'll never cancel the Jim Belushi show? - I guess so. - NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Frankie the Squealer: If I know I'll tell you, I swear! I'd better call my wife, tell her I'll be late.
Pizza Delivery Guy · Frankie the Squealer: Pizza! There's money on the counter. No tip.
Homer: Check it out! I finally found a dead guy's clothes that fits me!
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: I might occasionally kill out of anger, or to illustrate a point. But I am not a Grim Reaper...
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jasper · Homer: Where's doug? Never mind. I'm death now. I liked doug.
Lisa: He performs a valuable service. But it's often misunderstood. Like a vulture or the flesh eating maggot.
Lisa Observational Escalation Homer: Pardon me. Coming through. Rest in peace. You're dead. Take a dirt nap. Meet the worms.
Homer Escalation Character Comedy Homer: Ok. Who am I giving the finger to today? Marge Simpson... What was that first one again?
Homer Character Comedy Misdirection Homer · Patty: Hey. Wait a minute. This isn't Marge. This is her fat sister. Selma. - It's Patty. Chump!
Frink · Nobel Committee: So it's for what? My whole deal? - This is Professor John Frink, isn't it? - If I say no, do I still win?
Frink · Nobel Committee: So it's for what? My whole deal? - This is Professor John Frink, isn't it? - If I say no, do I still win?
Frink · Nobel Committee: They must've awarded me for my invention of a hammer with a screw driver on the other end. It's convenient. - Just for that? - It was a slow year.
Frink: Mother used to say we get along like positrons and anti-nutrinos. - Yeah, I'm geek.
Frink: he was one of those Heman scientists who work on the atom bomb by day and slept with Marilyn Monroe by night and sold secrets to the Russians at lunch.
Frink Escalation Observational Young Frink: I get seesick taking a shower! Clean, but nauseous!
Nobel Committee Member · Frink: Does shark do that? - Yes. He was testing out a new blood-based suntan lotion.
Frink · Frink's Father: Except you have no penis. - In the traditional sense. - So what am I?
Nobel Committee Member: It's a lot like the 20th, except everybody's afraid and the stock market is much lower.
Comic Book Guy: Well I did finish first in the walk for the cure, of homosexuality!
Comic Book Guy: Confucious? And Milton Berle? Boy I have been barking up the wrong tree!
Frink's Father · Woman: Nice posture. - Oh thank you! Mother always said: 'A curvy spine is the double roller coaster.'
Frink Sr.: Lost your spine, ha? You just keep finding new ways to disappoint me.
Frink Sr. Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Comic Book Guy: You may keep my posterior, just please return the Jaba the Butt tattoo.
Jennifer Garner · Dr. Herschbach: You know Dr. Herschbach, our jobs are actually not that different. - I disagree.
Frink's Father: I'm here to accept the Nobel Prize for stupid.
Frink's Father: You all have such big hearts and such big brains with large juicy dripping with knowledge heads!
Audience Member: And I thought Halle Berry went nuts during her acceptance speech.
Frink's Father: Muffins are suprisingly high in calories. The pyramids were actually built by Sears.
Audience Member: This is more violent than the hip-hop worlds.
Frink's Father's Soul: I maybe a soul, but I'm hungry. Can you throw in a little mazzard. Maybe a nice pizza pit(?)
Bart: Cool! Comics from the '70s. Superman vs Patty Hearst. Evel Knievel jumps the Jackson 5. Batman and Rhoda.
Bart Observational Escalation Bart: Wow, she looks like a background character in a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.
Bart Visual Gag Meta/Self-Referential Bart · Milhouse: We can do anything we want! - Lets get really far ahead on our homework!
School PA: Due to budget cuts, music class will now have a two drink minimum.
Mayor Quimby: mayors... have... been... repeatedly...humiliated. Dammit!
Mob Member: Come, let us kill them before learning of the magical secret which they possess!
Milhouse: Yeah, but you say it first.
Milhouse Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Milhouse: Well, I couldn't be happier, I'm the second coolest kid on earth.
Bart: You know, Milhouse, I thought I'd love eating only frosting and giving the Pope wagging. But I miss being a regular kid in a real world.
Bart Character Comedy Escalation Bart: You know, Milhouse, I thought I'd love eating only frosting and giving the Pope wagging. But I miss being a regular kid in a real world.
Bart Character Comedy Escalation Bart · Milhouse: Boy, that took forever. - Yeah. Well, I work better in a structured environment.
Bart · Milhouse: Yeah. And I can't run too fast after 15 years of eating nothing but gummy worms. - I'm gonna quit tomorrow, I swear.
Homer · Marge: Hum, why is Bart so tall? And shaggy? - Just one of life's mysteries. Like why is my nose jammed full of army men.
Lisa: Jealous much? Why can't I tinker with the fabric of existence? Let the baby have her bottle.
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