Homer loses his memory--and his family--when he drinks Moe's most potent libation, the Forget-Me-Shot, in an episode that spoofs "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
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“Eternal Moonshine Of The Simpson Mind” ranks #292 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 78.0 — Elite. The episode packs 51 scored jokes at 3.2 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.6 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
Chief Wiggum: All right, door! You're coming downtown!
Homer: on top of my TV Guide?!
Homer Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Grandpa Simpson: That's like asking your horse to do your taxes, which I did back in 1998.
Homer · Moe: A 'Forget-Me-Shot?' Never heard of it. Yeah, that means it worked.
Homer Moe Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Homer: Hello. I'd like to order a pizza. 35 minutes?!
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 51 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bart: The capital of montana is not "hannah"
Bart Observational Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Willie: Nobody steals Willie's breakfast!
Willie Character Comedy Escalation Homer: I must've really tied one on last night.
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: 6:00 A.M. Still early enough to sneak into bed and pretend I actually got home at 3:00 A.M.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer: they must all be taking a family bath. Without me!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Show me on MapQuest. Fine. Google Maps.
Homer Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Look, if this is about me eating your heart pills, they shouldn't have made them in Good 'N' Plenty colors.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer · Moe: A 'Forget-Me-Shot?' Never heard of it. Yeah, that means it worked.
Homer Moe Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Moe: You start with a splash of Jagermeister... then add sloe gin... Triple-Sec... Quadruple-Sec...
Moe: You stir it with a home pregnancy test till it turns positive...
Moe Absurdist Dark/Subversive Homer: Jeez, I don't look like that.
Homer Reaction Beat Character Comedy Unknown patron: I was trying to do a Don Rickles about Arabs, but it turned into a Mel Gibson about Mexicans.
Unknown patron: Huh? What the hell am I doing here? I gotta get back to the Latin Grammys.
Angry crowd: There he is! Get him! Kill him! Hot-sauce his eyes!
Homer: Everything's fine cupcakes and sprinkles.
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Chief Wiggum: All right, door! You're coming downtown!
Chief Wiggum: Not that I am authorized to release that information... Flanders! Fine, it was Flanders.
Chief Wiggum · Homer: Now, since you know everything, who was Jack the Ripper? The queen's private surgeon!
Ned Flanders: I heard a hubbub, Bub.
Ned Flanders: I can't say for sure, but as a Christian, I assume the worst.
Homer: If only these walls could talk. People would pay to come see my amazing talking walls, and I could use that money to...
Homer Misdirection Character Comedy Unknown worker · Homer: You know, doing this is just confirming a stereotype for you Mexicans. I am from Costa Rica! And I should care because?
Glee club member: You'll eat our cookies, but you won't look at us!
Grandpa Simpson: That's like asking your horse to do your taxes, which I did back in 1998.
Grandpa Simpson: Punch that orderly who takes sips out of my juice. No, wait. That's the guy that saved my life.
Professor Frink: How about The Deja View-Master? Remembrance of things fast? The Remembererer?
Elderly patient: Ah, my first Christmas. Such great Chinese food.
Professor Frink: To me, 'nerd' stands for Not Even Remotely Dorky, so thank you.
Homer: Ah, it's got that new bubble smell.
Homer Observational Absurdist Homer: Now remember-steer into the sculptures.
Homer Character Comedy Callback Homer: on top of my TV Guide?!
Homer Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Someone like Bart, only smart. Lisa!
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Lisa: You're getting this memory mixed up with a commercial you saw. With new Synergy Wireless, night time minutes start at 6:30...
Lisa Meta/Self-Referential Misdirection ★ Rewatch Homer · 10-year-old Homer: You're superior to me in every way! Well, let's see how you do against 20-year-old Homer.
Lisa · Homer: Dad, you just destroyed your first kiss. Who was it with? Uh... Apu.
Memory Lisa: We're not really your kids. We're just representations of them that you created in your mind.
Homer: Hello. I'd like to order a pizza. 35 minutes?!
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Professor Frink: Oh, can that tuna! We can get your brain to work the same way you always get the TV to work --by hitting it.
Memory doctor: We can get your brain to work the same way you always get the TV to work --by hitting it.
Duffman: I'm just giving it to your wife. She is gonna be sore tomorrow.
Professor Frink: Well, if you can't stand the neural activity, stay out of the neural activator!
Troll 1 · Troll 2: Hey, aren't trolls supposed to be under the bridge? Ha, ha, good-bye.
Marge · Homer: We were planning a surprise party for you. A surprise party?! This magic marker's running out of ink.
Homer: This is gonna be the greatest party ever! Oh, yeah! It's like Christmas in December.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: I must be the first gullible husband to overhear snippets of surprise party planning and think it was my wife having an affair.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Observational ★ Rewatch Various characters: Blue pants make you look fat. I've never learned your kids' names. Your yard is unkempt. It is obvious you're bald. Your thighs make noise. I find your small hands attractive. I've spit in every drink I ever served you.
Homer: No doubt I'll misconstrue that as him placing a cuckold's horns upon my brow.
Marge: Because you never feed him, walk him or let him out to pee.
Marge Observational Character Comedy Duffman: To a man I'm happy to call my best friend, Homer Simpsno! Simpson! Dyslexia, Duffman's secret shame.
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