Bart's film about an angry father quickly becomes a critical favorite, winning him several awards.
WAR
22.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Angry Dad The Movie” ranks #493 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.0 — Solid. The episode packs 55 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.2 on impact, with Bart landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Ricky Gervais · Seat-filler: What do you think? I'm a seat-filler. Well, why couldn't you have said that a minute ago? Don't take any of my ideas.
Homer: Don't feel bad, boy. Everyone makes mistakes. Yours is just public and expensive.
Homer Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart · Homer · Lenny: No, Dad, don't say 'pained noises.' You make pained noises. Oh, okay. Lenny, hit me with that chair.
Homer: I legally forced him to say semi.
Homer Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Herman · Homer · Marge: My little Roman Polanski. Homer! What? What's wrong with being Roman Polanski? He what? You monster!
All Jokes — 55 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bart: Let's get this party started.
Bart · Ice cream worker: Bart's been alone for 23 minutes. Let's get this yo on the road, people. Wait, I haven't chosen my mix-in. Okay, I'll take some of that. Well, that's my tip jar. Mix it in!
Bart · Homer · Marge: I'm bored. That's it, boy! I'm eating your yogurt! You ate his yogurt in the car. He didn't know that. Stupid kid. All you do is cost me money. Money I could be wasting.
Homer: Hey, remember the guy who drove you to school that one time.
Homer Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Homer: I legally forced him to say semi.
Homer Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Bart · Herman: Thank you! Oh, don't thank me. Thank Hollywood for being completely out of good ideas.
Herman · Homer · Marge: My little Roman Polanski. Homer! What? What's wrong with being Roman Polanski? He what? You monster!
Herman: I've always loved cartoons, going way back to the real early SpongeBobs.
Herman's father: What the hell are you making chairs for? In this family, we sit on the ground!
Animation supervisor: Mr. Simpson, I'm in charge of the team that animates your ass.
Homer · Animation team: Wow. Whoa! Uh! Soda? No, thanks. Eh. More for me.
Animation supervisor: He blew out his voice screaming... about how he never got paid. The first time around.
Bart · Homer · Lenny: No, Dad, don't say 'pained noises.' You make pained noises. Oh, okay. Lenny, hit me with that chair.
Bart: To make this film, I had to miss countless hours of school. And there was also some hardship.
Bart Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Movie audience member: For God's sake, turn it off! Turn it off!
Homer: Don't feel bad, boy. Everyone makes mistakes. Yours is just public and expensive.
Homer Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa · Bart: Name one more. Taylor Hackford. Well, I don't know who that is, but I'm convinced.
Luigi: Your animated short, Angry Dad, or as we call it in the pizza English-- Papa Apoplectica
Luigi Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Luigi · Anthony Hopkins: Sir Anthony, your pizza-- She's a-gonna be late. Damn you. Damn you to hell!
Lisa: I have seen all of your movies-- except Cars-- and I can't believe my brother is in the same category as the digital Rembrandts of my generation.
Lisa Observational Character Comedy Pixar team: ♪ You've got an enemy ♪ ♪ You better have nine lives because we have eight knives ♪ ♪ Yes, you've got an enemy ♪
Ricky Gervais: Hi. Yeah, it's me, Ricky Gervais.
Ricky Gervais: Tanqueray gin and tonic, please. I'm paid to drink that in my movies. The amount isn't important. A lot to you-- let's be honest. Not so much to me.
Ricky Gervais · Bartender: The ten? That was there before. It was not! Who else in here is going to tip ten dollars?! Keith Urban? Helen Mirren? I don't think so.
Ricky Gervais: Helen. Helen. She can't hear me. Helen! Mirren! Who does she think she is? Fur coat, no knickers.
Russell Brand: It's great to be here with all the old friends I haven't seen since rehab. No, no, I'm just kidding. None of you are my friends.
Homer: I have many people to thank. Angry Dad's voice is part Walter Matthau-- Hey, Felix-- part Little Richard-- Whoo! and a little bit of Snoopy when he cries:
Homer Character Comedy Observational Bart: This is insane! He didn't show up for work, he badmouthed the movie on Jimmy Fallon, and now he's hogging all the credit!
Bart Character Comedy Escalation Homer: I'd like to thank Mr. Speedy Pants Repair for sewing up my pants just before the ceremony and the woman who has inspired me every day for the past 25 years, the cute one from The Bangles!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Lisa: Hello. I'm wearing my retainer.
Lisa Character Comedy Awkward Silence Bart: ♪ I'm going to the Oscars not as a seat-filler ♪ ♪ I'll get a gift basket, but I won't declare it. ♪
Bart Character Comedy Observational Bart · Reporter · Lisa: My lame-o sister Lisa. And Lisa, who are you wearing? I believe it's from Lamps Plus.
Bart: Homer? I don't know. L.A.'s a world-class city with a lot to offer. He's probably enjoying the sights.
Bart Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection Gang member: Yo-yo-yo! Why you messing with Simon Rodeo's folk-art masterpiece?! Check it out! That's Angry Dad! Hey, why ain't you at the Oscars, A.D.?
Homer · Gang member: My son gave me this list of awesome things to do in L.A. 'Chatsworth'? That's where the 118 meets Topanga Canyon, fool! Someone must not want you at that kudo-cast, yo.
Bart · Oscar presenter: I home free as long as this Oscar show is tight and fast-paced. Sound mixers may not be glamorous, but they make us sound so good. Without them, we'd be up a creek without a decibel.
Oscar audience: Turn it off, turn it off! For God's sake, turn it off!
Halle Berry: When most people think of animated movies, they think of 40 minutes or more, but there is another type of animated film: 40 minutes or less.
Condiment characters: The Tabasco brothers got Frenchy! We're gonna have to leave the kitchen. I don't want to go! I don't want to go!
Condiment character: My God, I'm empty! Don't let 'em put pencils in me!
Gang Member: I was born a Rollin' 80 and I'll die a Rollin' 80!
Gang member · Homer: Hey, you two are honorary members for life. That means any other gang sees you, they'll kill you. I was born a Rollin' 80 and I'll die a Rollin' 80!
British character: Homemade Marmite?! And made by a woman with such gentle hands.
Claymation character · Mr. Park: Good luck, Mr. Park. There will be no shame in losing to you. Oh, that's very sweet of you. Thank you for saying so. No worries. I'll just stick 'em back on. I'm more clay than man now.
Angry Dad: Ah! Damn, that's good!
Award presenter: Wait, one last moment about me. Every night, I dream that my teeth fly out of my mouth.
Bart: I only wish he were here, and not at Cerritos Auto Square.
Bart Character Comedy Observational Bart · Steven Spielberg: I mean, isn't the idea of one person taking credit for an entire movie the stupidest thing you ever heard? You make a lot of good points, Bart, a lot of good points. You're a very thoughtful kid. You remind me of Deborah Kerr in Black Narcissus.
Bart: Hey, they're, like, five bucks on eBay.
Bart Deadpan/Understatement Observational Ricky Gervais: You're thinking, 'Oh, my word! He's been making me laugh all these years, but now he's moving me as well! I'm gonna have to put him in my new film!'
Ricky Gervais · Seat-filler: What do you think? I'm a seat-filler. Well, why couldn't you have said that a minute ago? Don't take any of my ideas.
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