Lisa struggles to become the proud owner of a Mypod, and Homer believes Bart's new Middle-Eastern friend Bashir is involved in a terrorist plot to destroy the Springfield Mall.
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“Mypods And Boomsticks” ranks #447 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.1 — Great. The episode packs 69 scored jokes at 4.0 per minute, averaging 6.6 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: Oh, I can't believe that till I see a fictional TV program espousing your point of view.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Lisa: Don't fear them just because they have a different religion, a different culture, and their last name is Bin Laden.
Lisa Escalation Misdirection ★ Rewatch Steve Mobbs: And that announcement is... You're all losers!
Homer: Marge! I was right! Everybody is whatever I think they are.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Groundskeeper Willie: Ah, that's not clever! And I have so many aspects you can mock! I'm poor, I'm dirty, I can't read or write, I think movies are real!
All Jokes — 69 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Background singers: # Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, # You're on the curb and dead now # Your Christmas lights are in the box. In two months we will change the clocks #
Homer: Gee, they sure give the Christmas spirit the bum's rush around here.
Mall MLK actor · Kid: MEET MARTIN LUTHER KING - So, young man, have you judged people by the content of their character this year? - Yes, Reverend Doctor. - Lunchtime! - Free at last! Free at last!
Homer · Marge · Bart: I'm returning this kitten calendar. - Um, I'm also returning this kitten calendar. - Kitten calendar.
Lisa: Hey, those are 15 month calendars! That gives you three extra kittens!
Lisa Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bart: Man, those are ugly kittens!
Lisa Observational Character Comedy Comic Book Guy · Store employee: Operating System 4.2 has sloppier architecture than a Tijuana anthill. - Did you get peanut butter in your Ethernet port again? - No. I got mayonnaise in the CD drive.
Store employee · Homer: It's fueled by dreams and powered by imagination. - What does it do? - You should ask yourself, 'What can I do for it?'
Homer · Store employee: But it's glowing. - That light confirms that it's off.
Milhouse · Store employee: I can't afford any of your products but can I buy some fake white earbuds, so people will think I have a MyPod? - Sure, those are called 'MyPhonies.' - Oh, and they cost $40.
Krusty: I hate this MyPod! I can't watch movies on a screen this small. And the music today-- don't get me started!
Krusty Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Krusty: I said, don't get me started!
Krusty: Come on, isn't someone going to get me started?!
Krusty Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Krusty: Uh, let's go, Teeny. Maybe somebody at Old Navy will get me started.
Krusty Callback Character Comedy Callback Krusty: Thank the Jewish Clown Awards gift basket.
Krusty Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Steve Mobbs: And that announcement is... You're all losers!
Steve Mobbs: You think you're cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it?! Well, guess what? They cost eight bucks to make and I pee on every one!
Steve Mobbs: I have made a fortune off you chumps and I've invested it all in Microsoft! Now my boyfriend, Bill Gates, and I kiss each other on a pile of your money!
Comic Book Guy: Traitor! Your heart is blacker than your turtleneck!
Bart: Stupid angry mob, chasing me because I shine a harsh light on modern society. Now I know how Dane Cook feels.
Bart Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Bart: Mmm, what's that exotic aroma? It smells like a hamburger cooked at a rug store.
Bart Setup/Punchline Observational Bart: Whoa! All these years I've been petting lambs when I should've been shoving them in my mouth!
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Bart: Jordan. That's on some map somewhere, right?
Bart Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Bart: Bashir, you didn't tell me you had a sister.
Bart Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Bart: Hey, I never refuse food from strangers.
Bart Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Groundskeeper Willie: Ah, that's not clever! And I have so many aspects you can mock! I'm poor, I'm dirty, I can't read or write, I think movies are real!
Bart · Bashir: coleslaw, tuna, all chowders and gumbos. The only thing that's safe is the pork chops. - My religion says I can never eat pork.
Bart: A different religion?! Do not tell anyone that because if the bullies around here find out that you're different...
Bart Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Jimbo: 'Bash here'? I love a kid that comes with directions.
Jimbo Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive Dolph: I'm going to punch you extra hard 'cause I secretly think you're cute.
Dolph Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Jimbo: You're the reason I can't carry toothpaste on an airplane!
Bart · Kearney: Jimbo, you're Christian, Dolph, you're Jewish, and, Kearney, your family's in that cult Moe started. - I had to join. My mom's doing the savior. - I mean, the one true Moe.
Kearney · Moe: Help me, almighty Moe! - Can't. I'm not really a god. I was just acting crazy to get out of jury duty.
Girl 1: Look at Lisa Simpson, over there by herself. Not talking to us, her best friends! Do we hate her? YES!
Girl 1 Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Lisa: Check out 'Moon Dreams' from Miles Davis' 'Birth of the cool'.
Visual gag: DIEPOD SLAYLIST
Homer · Marge: Marge, I installed all the low-energy bulbs. What have you done with the old ones? - Disposed of them in an environmentally friendly manner.
Bashir · Bart · Homer: Salaam alaikum! - Salaam alaikum! - Milhouse is looking good! He's got contacts, changed color, got a cool new catchphrase.
Homer: Sir? That's the kind of respect you'd have to strangle out of an American kid.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer · Bashir's father: You know, Bart never told me he had a handsome teenage brother. - Oh, uh, I'm really 38. - 38 waist I might believe.
Homer: Hey, Bashir's great. If Derek Jeter married Mariah Carey-- wouldn't last but I bet they'd have a kid like him.
Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Lenny: Homer, this is serious. This Bashir kid is Muslim, and therefore up to something.
Lenny Setup/Punchline Observational Homer: Oh, I can't believe that till I see a fictional TV program espousing your point of view.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch TV Show: For the last time, Fayed, where did you hide the nerve gas?! - Under your Statue of Liberty's dress! - And she loved it!
Lenny: That's pretty patriotic, but I got a better idea. Invite 'em over. A little dinner, a little dessert, and then you Jack Bauer 'em into giving you all their secrets.
Lenny Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: Ah, interesting. Why, just the other day, I was reading that science is used to make bombs.
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: What's the matter? Don't like the taste of freedom?
Homer Setup/Punchline Absurdist Lisa: Don't fear them just because they have a different religion, a different culture, and their last name is Bin Laden.
Lisa Escalation Misdirection ★ Rewatch Bashir's father · Homer: Young man, you do not respect us by disrespecting your father. - I like the way you Italians think.
Homer: I'm sorry. It's just so fun and easy to judge people based on religion.
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Homer: But we're the more powerful country for a few more years.
Homer Dark/Subversive Observational Homer: I am sorry I suspected you of being soulless murders of innocent children.
Homer Escalation Character Comedy Homer: Dynamite? They are terrorists. Must leave quietly.
Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: Marge! I was right! Everybody is whatever I think they are.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Genie · Homer: Hi, Homer! - You rubbed? You must like me. You really, really like me.
Genie: Good morning, Ramadan! Come to Crazy Fayeddie's! Our prices are Hussein!
Genie Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer · Bashir's father · Bashir's mother: I got to prove the genie was right. - Off to work. - Sometimes I wish you would quit that awful business. - But I love blowing up buildings.
Bashir's father · Bashir's mother: Safely and legally, in order to make room for new buildings. - Darling, I think you are working much too hard. - Yes, I am killing myself, but it is all for the profit, and after the explosion, I will be in a better place. - That corner office with the downtown view.
Homer: I want to apologize for being such a jerk at dinner, and I thought the best way to do that would be to come to your house and poke around.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer · Bashir's father: I read somewhere your people are hospitable to guests. Is that true? - Yes. - Praise be Oliver. - That's Allah. - Yeah... we'll look it up in the Corona.
Homer · Paramedic: Ooh, here comes the ambulance. - My, you're a handsome fellow. - Just get in the ambulance, Mr. Simpson. We'll see to your finger.
Homer: Boy, don't blow up this mall. It has the cookie store that gives free samples.
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Bashir's father: Did you factor in one bald idiot?
Bashir · Bart: Did we really need a bridge there? - The Duff brewery is on that island.
Homer: PARDON MY INTOLERANCE - That banner has really paid for itself over the years.
Homer Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: She said something about 'the bottom of the ocean' and 'be back in a month.'
Homer Setup/Punchline Absurdist Mapple guide: The cost of this journey will be added to your bill.
Steve Mobbs: I'm sorry. I know our posters say 'Think differently,' but our real slogan is 'No refunds.'
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