When Homer insists Bart must earn the new dirt bike he wants, Bart comes up with a scheme; James Lipton interviews a TV cast.
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“Homer The Father” ranks #422 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.9 — Great. The episode packs 57 scored jokes at 3.7 per minute, averaging 6.8 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: I never thought of fatherhood as something that could affect a kid.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Narrator: Filmed before a live studio audience. Everyone in that studio audience is dead now.
Narrator Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Homer: And America has so many Iran, Iraq, China, Mordor, the hoochies that laid low Tiger Woods...
Lisa: I've been doing the family's books for years. I take what I need.
Lisa Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer: Hmm, if this were a TV show, that would be a hell of an act break. But it could use a button.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 57 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Kent Brockman: Tonight on 'Kent's Korrections,' it has been brought to our attention that the word 'correction' is actually spelled with a 'C.' We regret any confusion this may have caused.
TV Announcer: Welcome back to Tube Town, the home of Sheriff Wholesome; Black President... Failed Geena Davis Sitcom 1986... The Voiceover Years... Hannigan, M.F.A.
Narrator: Filmed before a live studio audience. Everyone in that studio audience is dead now.
Narrator Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Homer: Oh, life was so much easier when a machine told you when to laugh.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Homer: I liked the producing, the executive producing and especially the co-producing. But the supervising producing was the best I've ever seen.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Bart: I think I just met the thing I'm gonna die on.
Bart Dark/Subversive Misdirection Bart: Oh, my God. I've found my new look. Those are girl overalls. I could pull it off.
Bart Character Comedy Escalation Homer: Because when you get anything you want, you don't want anything you get.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bart: What is this crap? Are you wearing a wire?
Bart: I'd rather take my chances in a hot car than go in a store with you.
Bart Dark/Subversive Escalation Marge: What Bart needs is for you to strangle him with your love.
Marge Wordplay/Pun Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: I never thought of fatherhood as something that could affect a kid.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: How about this? I let you punch me in the face and you get me a snowmobile.
Bart Escalation Misdirection Homer: Marge, not in front of the refrigerator.
Homer Visual Gag Character Comedy Homer: Lisa was using her solar calculator yesterday, so I opened the drapes to let in more sun.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: Well, maybe your kids didn't.
Homer Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Bart: Don't you minimize me!
Bart Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential Lisa: Kids don't deliver newspapers anymore. It's just creeps in trucks.
Lisa Observational Dark/Subversive Lisa: I've been doing the family's books for years. I take what I need.
Lisa Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Lisa: You just said, 'My car is full of ice cream.'
Lisa Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bart: There's no way that means anything other than I get a minibike.
Bart Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection Willie: 'Tis the playground ghost! I swear I didn't mean to kill ya!
Willie Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Willie: How could you mistake him for me? It was that sassy mouth that got ye killed in the first place.
Willie Escalation Character Comedy Homer: the feeling of accomplishment you can only get from hard work.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer: Well, if they care that much about whether you have a minibike, then they weren't really your friends.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer: Hmm, if this were a TV show, that would be a hell of an act break. But it could use a button.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Groundskeeper Willie: Yah still see that crow on shows sometimez.
Homer: Can't lose that. It's the best picture of me I have.
Homer Character Comedy Misdirection Apu · Homer: America's enemies would give anything for your nuclear knowledge. Yeah, I do know a lot about nuclears.
Apu Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Callback Homer: And America has so many Iran, Iraq, China, Mordor, the hoochies that laid low Tiger Woods...
Marge: Homer, you can't order anything from that magazine. It's 25 years old.
Marge Observational Reaction Beat Bart · Marge: A gutter cleaning coupon? Hey, they're your gutters, too.
Bart Marge Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement French Agent: Another disgrace for the French Bureau of Investigation.
Finnish Agent: Don't forget us, the A-Team of Finland. I pity the fool who messes with B.A. Backstrom.
Foreign Agent: You pledge allegiance to the flag. And the flag is made in China.
TV Actor: Crap, total crap. You, writer, what's your name? Um, David Mamet. Well, Mr. Mamet, why don't you learn how to write a script!
TV Actor Irony/Sarcasm Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Bart · Homer: He's buying it. I'm buying it!
Homer: 'Cause you can wake me up if somebody comes.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer: Check this out, Bart. One of those retinal scan dealies. It only opens to my eye or an exact copy.
Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Bart: Ooh! Damn, that hurt! I'll just use my eye.
Bart Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag Homer · Bart: Sweet dreams, boy. They will be if you're in 'em, Pops.
Bart: Aw, they gave me my own vanity plate.
Bart Visual Gag Character Comedy Bart: I wouldn't trade it for all the tea in... China...
Bart Escalation Irony/Sarcasm Foreign Agent: You betrayed your country for no reason. Now you're gonna see stars and stripes forever!
Marge: I've got summer squash!
Marge Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Marge: Well, maybe you shouldn't listen to a 30-year-old TV show that only got on the air 'cause the creator had evidence the network president ran over a guy.
Marge Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Foreign Agent: I can't believe a boy who would betray his country would betray a different country. Unbelievable! Terrible!
Foreign Agent: A teddy bear?! A teddy bear made in China.
Homer: The boy's flash drive may be in there, but I've got a lifetime of nuclear secrets up here.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Foreign Agent: Okay, but don't read our subtitles.
Foreign Agent Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Homer: I know what you're saying. I understand food talk in every language!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Okay, who can take me to the airport for less than $20?
Homer Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Homer: Well, now it's time for the best kind of bonding-- sitting next to each other in silence, staring blankly at the TV.
Homer Observational Character Comedy TV Actress: I slept with everyone in the cast, including the dog.
TV Host: To quote Matthew Perry from Friends, 'too much information.' And to quote Dwayne from What's Happening, 'Hey... Hey... Hey.'
TV Host Meta/Self-Referential Escalation Homer: My favorite song now. Sorry, 'Don't Fear The Reaper.'
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer: Everybody! Air guitar! Come on, do it with me. Use your whammy bar! Whoo! Now fuzz it up!
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