When the Simpsons are kicked out of Springfield, they join an off-the-grid community near by; Homer and Marge's former friends react badly when they try to sneak back into town.
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“At Long Last Leave” ranks #107 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.8 — Elite. The episode packs 52 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.9 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: Then why am I paying $800 a year in dragon insurance?
Homer Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Homer: Lisa, everyone knows dragons do not attack cars. Geez, pick up a book.
Homer Absurdist Irony/Sarcasm Mayor Quimby: Marge, you are a sweet woman and you make us see your family in a more forgiving light. Thank you. Which is why you're the worst Simpson of all!
Homer · Julian Assange: How're you doin', Mr. Assange? That's my personal information, and you have no right to know about it.
Mayor Quimby · Superintendent Chalmers: I, uh, heard everything was going great in your new Eden, with one flaw: you lack a corrupt city government. True, true. And a school system that teaches to the tests, sneaks the kids the answers and still fails.
All Jokes — 52 analyzed
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News Anchor: Good evening. It is with great sadness I inform you that America and China have declared war, and a massive nuclear attack is expected to reach our shores within the hour. That's the sort of hypothetical emergency today's disaster preparedness drill is designed to get us ready for.
Bart: Sorry, Dad. I was afraid the dragon wouldn't cough the moon back up.
Bart Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: You idjit! The dragon always coughs the moon back up!
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: Then why am I paying $800 a year in dragon insurance?
Homer Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Homer: Lisa, everyone knows dragons do not attack cars. Geez, pick up a book.
Homer Absurdist Irony/Sarcasm Lisa: I pick up books like you pick up beers!
Lisa Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: Then you have a serious reading problem.
Homer Misdirection Character Comedy Homer: Is what I would say, if this weren't a drill. This is not a drill!
Homer Misdirection Escalation Homer: So do your farting now.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Don't worry. My last words will be 'I can outrun that lion.'
Homer Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Homer: All right, who's the wisenheimer that's been eating the powdered food? Not me. Two can play at that game.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer · Bart: Boy, I told you an hour ago, stop that! But Bunkerball is keeping us sane!
Bart: I could sneak into the school and write whatever I want on the chalkboard!
Bart Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Lisa: I could see a planetarium show without the secondhand marijuana!
Lisa Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Homer: And I can drive drunk while I'm actually sober! It's fun, but not as fun.
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Marge: Oh, honey, why must you always assume that a huge picture of us at a secret meeting we weren't told about is a bad thing?
Marge Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Homer Character Comedy Callback Moe · Marge: They're here! The monsters are here! Moe, it's me, Marge. I'm your friend. The monster queen is coming on to me!
Bus Driver: I'll have you know I'm also a hair donor! Salma Hayek wore me to the Oscars!
Dr. Hibbert: Even baby never cry! She's a freak! What baby does that?!
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Marge: Homer, that is not banishment-hearing behavior!
Marge Reaction Beat Character Comedy Mayor Quimby: Marge, you are a sweet woman and you make us see your family in a more forgiving light. Thank you. Which is why you're the worst Simpson of all!
Homer: but, uh, I believe it was Sammy Hagar who said... Silence! D'oh! That was an 'inside me' bone!
Homer Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Ned Flanders: I withdraw my... diddily.
Homer: Oh... I always thought 'tarred and feathered' was just a figure of speech.
Homer Observational Visual Gag Homer: Good luck patching potholes and stuffing pillows now!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Hey, Henrietta Hippo, I've got to drain the inchworm.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Lisa · Off-Grid Leader: Should I get my helmet? Helmet? That's Springfield talk.
Bart · Off-Grid Leader: Is there gas in these? Springfield talk!
Marge: I'm trying to make the best of things, but I'm worried Maggie is falling in with a bad crowd.
Marge Visual Gag Character Comedy Homer · Julian Assange: How're you doin', Mr. Assange? That's my personal information, and you have no right to know about it.
Julian Assange · Homer: Is it Iraqi journalists being murdered? Don't be ridiculous. It's an Afghan wedding being bombed.
Homer · Julian Assange: Well I've got a really big secret for you. I'm not wearing any underwear. You know, you should really get out less.
Marge · Homer: Homie, these disguises won't fool anyone. Pish tosh, Smithers, and fiddle-dee-dee! Heh-heh, nailed it.
Homer · Lou: Excellent! Yeah, it wouldn't be you if you didn't say 'excellent.'
Homer Lou Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Homer: You know what's great about you, Marge? After all these years, you can still shinny up the donut and then pull me up after you.
Homer Character Comedy Visual Gag Homer · Marge: You ever wonder if there are donut shops on other planets? On a night like tonight, I have to believe there are.
Homer: Eh, there's no sex like fugitive sex.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Snake: This place is awesome, but it's not puppy-safe. And my little guy's coming home tomorrow.
Snake Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Chief Wiggum: Shh. I think I heard a pair of underpants being picked up off the ground. Big ones.
Chief Wiggum · Lou: I'm not the sharpest pencil in the... pencil thing, but I'm least as smart as a cat. Right, Lou? Uh, what breed, Chief? I mean, I saw an Abyssinian once who could change channels.
Mob: Crucify them! And screw the boulder in tight! Make them write monologue jokes! Cancel their subscription to the opera! We hate opera! Then get them a subscription to the opera!
Moe: Maybe he's right-- we are jerks. You want I should spray some of my Jerk Off on you?
Moe Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Off-Grid Leader: This is the outlands, boy. Ideas aren't good or bad, they're just free. I was wrong-- there are bad ideas! There are terrible ideas!
Off-Grid Leader: Now, I got to warn you, if you find a little black thing on your pillow, it won't be a mint.
Off-Grid Leader · Carl: Let her slice off the tip of your ear, and she'll go right to sleep. No. That's not a choice you get to make.
Mayor Quimby · Superintendent Chalmers: I, uh, heard everything was going great in your new Eden, with one flaw: you lack a corrupt city government. True, true. And a school system that teaches to the tests, sneaks the kids the answers and still fails.
Lisa: Humanity is an inexorable upward march! Or was till the year 2000.
Lisa Observational Dark/Subversive Julian Assange: Ow! Accident. Here comes another one. Ow!
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