Homer is completing his court-ordered community service when he befriends his supervisor, Chief Wiggum, by offering him one of his sandwiches. Touched by the act of kindness, Wiggum assigns the other convicts unpleasant tasks, but allows Homer to join him at the picnic table. They continue to grow close, but when the Chief gets injured during a botched bank robbery, Homer doesn't come through when Wiggum needs him the most. Meanwhile, Bart becomes addicted to Battle Ball, a Japanese game made up of plastic balls and magnetic cards, and his family and teachers try to help him kick the habit.
WAR
40.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Chief Of Hearts” ranks #316 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.5 — Great. The episode packs 51 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.5 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: It should be about an imaginary meeting between Babe Ruth and Hitler. But make no mention of baseball or Germany. And... begin.
Marge: Dealing drugs? That's impossible. He doesn't have the math skills.
Marge Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer: They call me 'Daddy Round-Round.' Send me a Christmas card every year.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Comic Book Guy: It's a Japanese card game based on a cartoon based on an ancient religion based on a candy bar.
Homer: Free food. Teardrop tattoos. Library books that come to you. I'll serve anything but the community.
Homer Escalation Character Comedy All Jokes — 51 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer: I don't remember if Dylan's a boy.
Homer Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Marge: Of course you do. Dylan's a... Let me check the invitation.
Marge Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Marge: Fish theme? That tells me nothing!
Marge Escalation Observational Marge: See? Dylan's clearly a gir...
Marge Misdirection Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Homer: What kind of party has two activities? They're just trying to confuse me.
Homer: I give up! I hope Dylan likes trucks.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Child: Lady, you don't know Dylan!
Child Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Carrot cake! So moist!
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Comic Book Guy: It's a Japanese card game based on a cartoon based on an ancient religion based on a candy bar.
Comic Book Guy: It makes Digimon look like Pokemon.
Homer: Better lie low, my sweet red friend.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist News Reporter · Homer: And he wants $1 million in unmarked bills! That would be nice.
Homer: It's just a candy apple.
Homer Misdirection Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Community service? But... that's work. What about jail?
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer: Free food. Teardrop tattoos. Library books that come to you. I'll serve anything but the community.
Homer Escalation Character Comedy Homer · Marge: Man, that thing sure meets a lot. You know, I've read that book. Maybe I could come and... Right, not enough chairs.
Homer: Chicken parm, meatball parm, eggplant parm, shish ka-parm, angel food parm, moo goo gai parm. My wife can parm anything.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Escalation Chief Wiggum: My wife only parms on my birthday. And that's only if I give her the sad puppy dog look.
Community Service Supervisor: Krustofsky, go sort those bums by the war they were in.
Chief Wiggum · Homer: Throw a jean jacket on top of these babies, and you can go anywhere. From fast food to fine dining?
Homer: They call me 'Daddy Round-Round.' Send me a Christmas card every year.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: My underpants paid for their water filtration system.
Chief Wiggum: Earth to Homer, I arrested you there last month.
Homer: Who could blame you? Your sports team lost.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Chief Wiggum: He's not my friend. He's just a non violent perp I'm gonna pound a few beers with.
Homer: So this is what it feels like to be a pregnant lady.
Homer Observational Character Comedy Homer: So this is what it feels like to be a pregnant lady.
Homer Observational Character Comedy Ralph: My not-dead grandma sent it from Tokyo.
Ralph Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Chief Wiggum: I see you're impressed by my costume to the school's annual drug-awareness assembly.
Homer: Drunk and disorderly? That's a little redundant.
Homer Observational Wordplay/Pun Chief Wiggum: You put yourself on AMBER Alert.
Chief Wiggum: Cops don't have many friends. Civilians are scared of us, and other cops remind us of things we want to forget.
Chief Wiggum: Thanks a lot, jailbird. Now I've got you on burglary and killing a moment.
Principal Skinner: Bart has always been what we educators term a no-goodnik.
Marge: Dealing drugs? That's impossible. He doesn't have the math skills.
Marge Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Chief Wiggum: What if the bed wets him? What if Superman decided to kill everybody?
Chief Wiggum: You need backup, or you want backup?
Chief Wiggum · Lou: Who are you, the rules police? We are the police police.
Homer: Take your hands off my brother from another mother.
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Doctor: His left lung was filled with shamrock shake. McDonald's didn't even sell them, this year.
Lou: You're too late. I've been sleeping on that couch for a week. You missed the wakeup. That's all that counts.
Lou Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Chief Wiggum: It should be about an imaginary meeting between Babe Ruth and Hitler. But make no mention of baseball or Germany. And... begin.
Bart: Not until you raise my allowance.
Bart Misdirection Character Comedy Bart: It's no fun if my Mom likes 'em.
Bart Character Comedy Observational Homer: People who get shot in the chest are such big babies.
Homer Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Homer: Maybe I lied, but you've been so needy. 'I'm hungry','I'm itchy', 'That's not my blood type'.
Homer Escalation Character Comedy Chief Wiggum: If it was, he'd be getting the chair. You all would! Bad friend!
Fat Tony: You both jive. You hear me? You both jive.
Police Officer: Looks like his weapon's loaded with 12 original herbs and spices.
Homer: No. Faith is what you have in things that don't exist. Your awesomeness is real.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Police Officer: Hot cocoa? No, ice cold.
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