One snowy day in Springfield, Lisa informs Bart that she and Maggie share a bond that Bart will never understand because he doesn't have a brother, so Bart asks Homer for a baby brother. When Homer denies Bart's request, Bart makes his way to the Springfield Orphanage to find what he thinks he's missing.
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“Oh Brother Where Bart Thou” ranks #480 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.8 — Solid. The episode packs 52 scored jokes at 2.7 per minute, averaging 6.7 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
Nelson: Mine do it once a year on the magical day when the prison and the insane asylum have their annual mixer.
Nelson Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jimbo: Can't. Carpal-nurple syndrome. The doctor said if I didn't take it easy, I might never shove a kid's face in the drinking fountain again.
Jimbo Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Radio announcer: And of course, Springfield Elementary is closed. We were just messing with Bart Simpson.
Milhouse: Maybe you could trick your parents into making a baby the way my Mom nearly tricked Charles Barkley.
Milhouse Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: You had me at 'five-course,' you lost me at 'romantic,' and you got me back at 'dinner.'
Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy All Jokes — 52 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Huell Howser: Every gumdrop is made of a succulent substance called gelatin... Gelatin comes from the skin, bones and hooves of only the sickest horses.
Homer: That's amazing. Change it! Change it! You just increased the volume!
Homer Character Comedy Observational Emmy announcer: In Outstanding Lighting Direction, Electronic, Multi-camera for Variety, Music or Comedy Programming, we have... a three-way tie!
Homer: Back to the horses!
Homer Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Gee, Lisa, looks like tomorrow I'll be shoveling ten feet of global warming.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer: Well, aren't you the Queen of Crazyland? Everything's the opposite of everything.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Lisa · Nelson: I'm Lisa Simpson. Really? Really? Uh-huh, all right.
Martin · Nelson: Mush, nerds, mush! I'm part of a team!
Radio announcer: Springfield Element... ...al Center for Periodic Table Studies.
Radio announcer · Homer: Springfield Elementary Sc... ...uba Diving Academy. Oh, for crying out loud!
Radio announcer: And of course, Springfield Elementary is closed. We were just messing with Bart Simpson.
Radio announcer: Skinner! What factory makes just one kind of pasta?
Skinner: Uh, well, I just thought, uh, specialization being the wave of the future? Uh, probably, uh...
Skinner Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Really? Does Obama know about this?
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Fashion announcer: This announcer has never seen diapers so dapper.
Bart: Hello Kitty? I thought they were Spider-Man heads.
Bart Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bart: I don't need a brother. I'm a bad ass loner like Wolverine, who leaves whenever people beg him not to leave.
Dream brother: You've got the bike. It's not the same.
Cooper Manning: I'm the oldest!
Dick Smothers: I don't know why they say you're the dumb guy, Tom.
Milhouse: You can have mine, but he's kind of an idiot.
Milhouse Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Milhouse: Maybe you could trick your parents into making a baby the way my Mom nearly tricked Charles Barkley.
Milhouse Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Ralph: Oh, my God! I killed Kenny! Ralph. No, I killed Kenny yesterday. What did I do now?
Ralph Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Homer: You had me at 'five-course,' you lost me at 'romantic,' and you got me back at 'dinner.'
Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: There comes a time in every marriage when it comes down to this. Do we eat dessert, or do we make love?
Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer · Marge: We couldn't do both. No... we could not.
Nelson: Hey, this is the DVD my parents used to make me.
Nelson Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: People in other countries make love?
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer · Marge: The Yawning Monkey? The Pair Of Tongs? Ooh, look. Congress Of The Crow!
Homer: More Vicodin and eggs, please.
Homer Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Nelson: Mine do it once a year on the magical day when the prison and the insane asylum have their annual mixer.
Nelson Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jimbo: Can't. Carpal-nurple syndrome. The doctor said if I didn't take it easy, I might never shove a kid's face in the drinking fountain again.
Jimbo Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bart: I just wanted a baby brother, but Dad said I was one 'Uday' who didn't need a 'Qusay.'
Bart Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Patty or Selma: Shopping: it's the most fun you could have standing up.
Bart: Oh, you think he's for me! You know, the orphan is for my folks.. they can't have more kids. It is so sad... a real-life Jaws bit off my dad's wiener.
Bart: He could be the race car in Monopoly!
Bart Character Comedy Escalation Bart · Charlie: Favorite Beatle? Dung. Me, too!
Bart: Uh, he was born with two noses and we hid him away till we could afford to cut one off.
Homer: Two noses! You deserve a brother, Bart. You deserve good things!
Homer Character Comedy Reaction Beat Bart: You know, just like Annie, except he's a dude and he hates tomorrow.
Bart: Be cool, be cool... he's an orphan. You know, just like Annie, except he's a dude and he hates tomorrow.
Bart Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: Awesome, they made a sequel to Sever IV.
Bart: ...and murder and swears and brains and basements and bones and saws and lungs and faces worn as hats.
Bart Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Social worker: Do not give him any more love. I repeat, do not give him any more love.
Comic Book Guy: How could you not see me? My arms are like hams. Hams!
Bart: The same place Eskimos hide from penguins.
Bart Absurdist Misdirection Bart: Snow... God's cotton candy.
Bart Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: Point and shoot, bro, point and shoot.
Bart Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Adoptive sisters: Now he has six wonderful sisters. He's so cute. Let's do his nails. He's my baby. He's my baby.
Smothers Brothers: I didn't think I heard what you think you said. Well, what do you think I said? I heard... It sounded like you said 'naked bacon.' That's what I thought. We all thought it was 'naked bacon.'
Tom Smothers: I didn't, I didn't think I heard what you think you said... It sounded like you said 'naked bacon.'
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