When Marge learns Springfield Elementary is the worst school in the state, she and Homer rent an apartment in the upscale Waverly Hills school district so Bart and Lisa can attend a better school. Meanwhile, Homer moves into the rented Waverly Hills apartment and gets used to the bachelor lifestyle.
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“Waverly Hills 9 0 2 1 Doh” ranks #507 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 71.4 — Solid. The episode packs 60 scored jokes at 3.2 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.3 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
Homer: The heat is off. The hissing from the radiator is a snake.
Homer Misdirection Absurdist Lisa Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy School Official: Oh, I can see them now with their bald heads and their blue-haired wives. How I despise them.
Homer: Their house prices have commas in them.
Homer Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Popular Girls · Lisa: I'm Caitlin with a C, this is Katelyn with a K, and this is Kate Lynn, two words. / I'm Lisa. One word.
All Jokes — 60 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Store Employee: The label is all in lowercase. It's like drinking E.E. Cummings!
Store Employee: Nourish. Vitality. Purple. Potato-lime. I love the '90s. New car smell.
Store Employee: It just means your bladder's full of science.
Store Employee: Now, if you'll excuse me, our company just went bankrupt.
Marge · Homer: Gotta find a place to tinkle! / Language!
Marge: And I'm a woman, so my going in unattended won't cause a panic.
Marge Observational Character Comedy Teacher: Okay, children, I've just been granted tenure. So I'm gonna sit back and let Ralph teach for a while.
Teacher Observational Dark/Subversive Ralph · Ralph: Class, in what year was one plus one? / The answer is: 'The amazing Ralph'!
Ralph: The answer is: 'The amazing Ralph'!
Ralph Character Comedy Absurdist Principal Skinner · Marge · Principal Skinner: Mrs. Simpson, let me pour you a drink. Scotch? Vodka? Gin? I've got everything you want. / I want my kids in a decent school! / Hey, I want the 'check engine' light on my dashboard to shut off, but that ain't gonna happen.
Marge: They were playing dodge book!
Marge Wordplay/Pun Observational Marge: Oh, I can't understand that math reference, because I went to Springfield Elementary!
Janey: Their auditorium and their gym are two different rooms!
Janey Observational Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Their house prices have commas in them.
Homer Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Homer: As it is, our lawn is just green-painted cement.
Homer Observational Cringe/Discomfort Lisa: 'tis better to have learned and lost, than never to have learned at all.
Lisa Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: We could go to a school where special doesn't always mean bad!
Bart Observational Dark/Subversive Bart · Teacher: And where the teachers don't have to moonlight as telemarketers. / As you know, the music of Air Supply is timeless.
Homer: Oh, elementary school friends-- Those are forever! You're always gonna be friends with Milhouse.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Landlord: 'Ahso sheepay' to you.
Landlord: Sometimes, there's not a train going by.
Landlord Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Homer: Four walls? Hmm, I was thinking more of something in a two or three.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: Play it cool, Homer. Don't let her know it's perfect.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Landlord: In the Ethiopian restaurant at the end of the block.
School Official: Oh, I can see them now with their bald heads and their blue-haired wives. How I despise them.
Inspector · Homer: Call it, friendo. / Heads. I mean, tails. I mean, on its side.
Homer: The heat is off. The hissing from the radiator is a snake.
Homer Misdirection Absurdist Homer: Oh, that's another 20 or 30 years.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Principal Skinner: We need Lisa Simpson at Springfield Elementary. She's our top student, and she writes the fun facts in the morning announcements!
Principal Skinner: So... You're overseeing other people?
Homer's neighbor: This man-crush just got bro-mantic!
Homer · Homer's neighbor: You make words into dudes. / Guy-five!
Popular Girls · Lisa: I'm Caitlin with a C, this is Katelyn with a K, and this is Kate Lynn, two words. / I'm Lisa. One word.
Lisa Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Lisa: I should warn you: By using the term 'lame,' you're violating the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Lisa Character Comedy Observational Lisa · Teacher: At my old school, I got so many A's, the teachers didn't even check my work. / Maybe that's why you got so many A's.
Snake · Chief Wiggum · Snake: You wanted a pow-wow, Chief? / I know you've been dealing drugs at the high school. / I ain't gonna pin no tail on no donkey.
Chief Wiggum · Snake: Batman's gonna be there. / Ba-Ba-Ba-Batman?! I ain't messin' with no caped crusader!
Bart: She said that because she respects Alaska's privacy. Just as I have no doubt you guys will respect Lisa's privacy.
Bart Character Comedy Misdirection Bart: My plan was to lie. Lie like hell. And that's what I did.
Bart Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer's neighbor: There's a kegger down the hall. We can go as soon as I desecrate this corpse.
Homer's neighbor: Foam wasn't spilt in a day.
Party guest: I was an astronaut for a little bit. So many rules.
Woman: We don't need a bed. We're not gonna be sleeping.
Woman Observational Visual Gag Homer's neighbor: I stop the oven when the middle is still a little bit frozen.
Homer's neighbor: How about you, me and my wife have a two-way?
Teacher: Oh, look, there are pumpkin stickers on the floor. They must have fallen off your homework for next week, which you don't have to hand in.
Teacher Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Lisa · French Ralph · French Ralph: L'école, c'est moi! (It's me, the school!) / Oui. C'est toi! (Yes. It's you!) / Au revoir! (Thank you!)
Marge: I love tapas! It's like appetizers for a meal that never comes.
Marge Observational Character Comedy Popular Girl · Popular Girl: A sheynam dank! (Thank you very much!) / Now my bar mitzvah means something.
Lisa: Can't build more seats.
Lisa Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Alaska Nebraska: I got a new nose, I got famous, and now I date the starting point guard for the L.A. Clippers.
Lisa: You know, I think those shirts should say insecurity. Because if you feel you have to put what you are on your shirt, then I feel sorry for you.
Lisa Observational Character Comedy Homer's neighbor: Sometimes I think this 50-square-foot apartment isn't big enough for the both of us!
Popular Girls · Popular Girls · Popular Girls · Popular Girls: Those are last year's shoes! / Kill her! / Also, it's Lisa! / Kill her twice!
Inspector: I was looking forward to killing you and making it look like a suicide.
Inspector Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Inspector: Too bad. I was looking forward to killing you and making it look like a suicide.
Inspector Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Milhouse: Three weeks?! This has got to be some kind of record.
Milhouse Character Comedy Callback Callback Homer's neighbor's friend: Your comments when we watch movies aren't funny.
Lisa: I just want to go back to a place where I'm ostracized for being me. Not for who I pretend to be.
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