Homer sees a movie about the end of the world and fears the same thing will happen in real life after seeing a chain of random occurrences and doing a complicated math equation that predicts the end will come on May 18th.
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“Thank God Its Doomsday” ranks #134 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.0 — Elite. The episode packs 72 scored jokes at 4.1 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
God: My Son went down to Earth once. I don't know what you people did to Him, but He hasn't been the same since.
God Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Moe: I've done stuff I ain't proud of, and the stuff I am proud of is disgusting.
Moe Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Moe: I'm gonna steal God's secrets and sell 'em to Satan!
Moe Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer: The Book of Revelations has 404 verses... Add the number of people at the Last Supper... minus the number of Filipinos in the Bible...
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 72 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Unknown announcer: I scream, you scream, we all scream for... Haircuts!
Bart · Lisa: But we'd like our hair to look like... people hair.
Bart Lisa Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Marge: But they don't have my templates.
Marge Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: They're baking fresh Cinnabons... which means they're throwing out the old ones!
Homer Character Comedy Observational Barber · Bart: Which side do you want your part on? Left! Right! Stab! Stab! Stab! You're the boss.
Homer: Bart, you look worse than Aunt Patty in the morning. And there ain't nothin' looks worse than Aunt Patty in the morning.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Bart · Lisa: My bad-boy spikes! My good-girl points!
Principal Skinner: while I return some socks that appeared to be black, but were in reality a very dark blue
Principal Skinner: The best photographs, or 'photos', will be prominently displayed
Homer: I love you, Dumpster-bons.
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Bart: Big surprise. The fat guy's eating garbage.
Bart Character Comedy Observational Bart: The Principal's got a shirt wiener!
Bart Visual Gag Character Comedy Principal Skinner: Leave your body, Seymour. Leave your body.
Homer: I'd rather play golf on the holiest day of the week.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: Finally, a character I can relate to. I bet good things happen to him.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection Movie character: Science has shown religion is just an old wives' tale.
Movie character: Where did my Christian limo driver go?
Movie character: My pious husband is missing! The baby I chose to have baptized is gone!
Movie character: I thought all religions were a path to God. I was wrong!
Movie character: Why did I choose to be gay?
Homer: This movie will haunt me for the rest of my life, just like Cannonball Run II.
Homer Observational Callback ★ Rewatch Marge: He'd send us signs, like, I don't know, all the dogs getting on a spaceship and leaving.
Marge Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Homer: Yeah, I'll bet the cats would be psyched about that.
Homer Observational Setup/Punchline Homer: Now how about a little 'rapture' for Mama?
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Marge · Homer: I could be the Rachel to your Jacob. Okay, but it's tough for me not to think about their hardship.
Chief Wiggum: Blood is raining from the sky!
Captain McCallister: This ain't personal. I just love to scrimshaw.
Store clerk · Homer: And would you like to take advantage of our 'Friends of Flanders' discount? No, thank you.
Marge · Bart: So, you still think I'm crazy for saving all your hair trimmings? No, ma'am.
Marge: Let's get the rest of this hair back in the freezer.
Marge Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer: The Book of Revelations has 404 verses... Add the number of people at the Last Supper... minus the number of Filipinos in the Bible...
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: A week? That's... Seven days from now!
Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer: The world will end next week! Spend your children's college fund! Thaw that turkey now!
Homer Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Kent Brockman: Homer, what turned you from sad drunk to mad monk?
Homer: It's the end of the world! God loves you! He's gonna kill you!
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Absurdist Kent Brockman: Any other cuckoo yip-yap?
Homer: Just before the Rapture, 'the stars will fall to the Earth.' So all you hippies out there might want to... for that one.
Homer Setup/Punchline Observational Kent Brockman: Even a few cabbages are getting in on the fun.
Homer: Marge, in a world gone mad, only a lunatic is truly insane.
Homer Observational Irony/Sarcasm Lisa: A hundred years, global warming-- we're goners, but for now, do you think you could lighten up on this 'left below' stuff?
Lisa Observational Character Comedy Krusty: I thought we were getting Charlie's Angels.
Krusty Misdirection Observational Celebrity: I don't wanna die next to Kathy Griffin!
Krusty: To all the fans of Los Lobos, mucho, mucho condolences.
Krusty Dark/Subversive Observational Moe: I've done stuff I ain't proud of, and the stuff I am proud of is disgusting.
Moe Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Barney: Lie naked on our roof? Cause that girl's school says I can't do that no more.
Barney Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: No, Flanders. It's... a meeting of gay witches for abortion. You wouldn't be interested.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer · Chief Wiggum: Chief Wiggum, wanna be my buddy? What's wrong with Carl?
Chief Wiggum: Trouble in paradise?
Homer: But sweetheart, I have something they didn't have-- a good feeling about this.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Crowd: 99 minutes until we're all saved 99 minutes to go Unless it turns out that you're not devout Then you're gonna be left down below
Crowd Wordplay/Pun Running Gag Moe: I'm gonna steal God's secrets and sell 'em to Satan!
Moe Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer · Lisa: Lisa, you still believe in me, don't you? Dad, if you'll recall, I never believed in you, not for one second.
Homer Lisa Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Nelson: Hey, Nostra-dumbass, did the Rapture come? I can't recall. In fact I can recall, and it didn't, and you suck.
Nelson Character Comedy Escalation Moe: You said the end was comin', so I sold the bar to some Japanese businessmen and gave the money to charity. Now them orphans got new skip ropes, and I end every day smelling like eel.
Moe Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Moe: Cats are all over me.
Moe Escalation Observational Homer: 12 Apostles! But Jesus was at the last supper, too! This changes everything.
Homer Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: No, make sandwiches! And some Kettle Chips would be nice! Original, not barbecue!
Homer Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: You couldn't predict 6:00 at 5:30!
Marge Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Homer: I went to Lisa's school play, which had serious pacing problems.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer: So beautiful with your many rings.
Homer Observational Absurdist God: Look, just don't use leprechaun labor. Okay? Don't do it.
God Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch God: Okay, just for that, your room's next to the kiddie pool, all right, Mr. Smarty-Head Exploder?
God Character Comedy Escalation God: My Son went down to Earth once. I don't know what you people did to Him, but He hasn't been the same since.
God Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Homer: Buddy, You just made Yourself a powerful enemy.
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Homer: Screw you, Dino! You squandered your gift!
Homer Character Comedy Observational Dean Martin: I made 68 albums.
Homer Observational Callback God · Homer: You want me to help you with your alcoholism? No, I'm in a good place with that.
Homer: It was all just a dream. What are these wings? It's just a seagull stuck in my back.
Homer Misdirection Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Homer: This is heaven. Hallelujah!
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