Homer wins a MyPad at the school auction and Steve Mobbs, who is now in heaven, talks to Homer through it. Homer goes into a funk when he breaks the myPad, until Ned Flanders discovers a miracle tree in the Simpsons' back garden.
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“A Tree Grows In Springfield” ranks #265 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 78.8 — Elite. The episode packs 75 scored jokes at 4.0 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.6 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: Fine, I'll just go eat the body of God. That's not crazy.
Homer Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm Homer · Barney: Maybe I could drink myself to death. Eh, well, you can't. Your tolerance is too high.
Homer: Life is too fragile. One minute you're lying in your hammock drinking beer, the next thing you know you're sittin' here drinkin' beer.
Homer Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Homer: I'm in an abusive relationship with life. It keeps beating the hell out of me, and I'm too cowardly to leave it.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kent Brockman: Now, stay tuned for your lucky lotto numbers. It's your turn for sure.
All Jokes — 75 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dream Announcer: Yes, we're at the point where baseball becomes mildly interesting.
Homer: And apparently I'm married to a pork chop and have drumstick children. How did that happen?
Homer Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Dream Announcer: And the ball shatters the sky, bringing the ocean itself down into the stadium!
Dream Announcer: The groundskeepers are trying to put on the tarp, but it turned into a manta ray and stung them all.
Homer: Now, we'll be right back after this word from oxygen, which Homer desperately needs to live.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement Lisa: Dad, all the jury summons you buried in the back yard are coming back up.
Lisa Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Barney: Like one of them Charlie Brown wiggle-frowns.
Homer: I'm in an abusive relationship with life. It keeps beating the hell out of me, and I'm too cowardly to leave it.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer · Barney: Maybe I could drink myself to death. Eh, well, you can't. Your tolerance is too high.
Homer: Life is too fragile. One minute you're lying in your hammock drinking beer, the next thing you know you're sittin' here drinkin' beer.
Homer Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Chief Wiggum: Ah, screw it. I quit. Janette, Cheryl, get your own ride home.
Chief Wiggum: Okay, now hop on my imaginary motorcycle... arms around my belly...
Chief Wiggum · Homer: Um, I'm gonna need you to chip in for gas. Argh. This is where the pretending ends.
Marge · Homer · Marge: The dog's got the mumps. Dogs can't get mumps. Well, then, explain this.
Someone · Willie: Willie, I love your chaps. Me pants are ripped out!
Unknown: I don't care for silent auctions. It just encourages hovering.
Unknown: You know you just pushed it up to list price. You know that, right?
Skinner: Edna, I'm not one for costumes, but I sure do like that feather in your hair. I like how you make me feel good about the littlest things.
Skinner Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Skinner: It's just you and me tonight, Buttermilk.
Skinner Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Unknown: Skinner! People want to get home! Speak regular.
Unknown Reaction Beat Character Comedy Skinner: or a spaghetti dinner with the Van Houtens.
Skinner Character Comedy Running Gag Callback Nelson: I could do my cyber-bullying on the bus!
Nelson Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Bart: Remember when me gettin' a cell phone was a big deal?
Bart Observational Meta/Self-Referential Callback Homer: Aw, that's Tooth Fairy money down the drain, sweetie.
Homer: I never win anything. It's always some stupid jerk you've never heard of.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Nelson: Get him! I mean, woo-hoo!
Nelson Character Comedy Reaction Beat Skinner: Three cheers for Homer, minus the one we gave him already.
Skinner Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Homer: Free Tibet! You heard me! Free him now!
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Skinner: This is Homer Simpson's 13th raffle and first win.
Skinner Character Comedy Observational Steve Mobbs: I left a half-eaten apple outside your store... the greatest tribute of all.
Steve Mobbs: The product you hold is like a giant expensive smartphone that can't call anyone-- it's that incredible.
Steve Mobbs: Or you could buy something from Hewlett-Packard.
Homer: I submit! I submit!
Homer Escalation Character Comedy Marge: Ooh, that adult Etch-A-Sketch certainly has brightened your mood.
Marge Deadpan/Understatement Observational Homer: Virtual Stapler! Sounds just like a stapler, and it never runs out... unless you tell it to.
Homer Absurdist Observational Homer: I'm Sonny Bono. Watch out for that tree!
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Marge: I always thought the Pringles Man had the kindest eyes.
Marge Observational Character Comedy Barney: Boy, you know, when you're just here alone, I can really smell ya.
Barney Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: It's like I'm skydiving with all my friends!
Homer Character Comedy Observational Lenny: So, uh, what are you pullin' the ripcord with?
Lenny Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Homer: The old stupid moustache'll win him over. I'm really stupid.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Mr. Burns: Unhand your Edison slate and bring your gold-brickery to a caesura!
Mr. Burns Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Homer: Your remonstrances are a welcome boon and surely will redouble my diligence.
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Bart: Dad, I'm walking on my hands, and the lions think they're gonna eat me!
Homer: What country is Mexico in?
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: A paper-based read-a-majig? What are we, cavemen?
Homer Observational Character Comedy Homer: What would you have me do? One basket for each egg?
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Luigi: Ooh, we really have been off-a the mark.
Luigi Character Comedy Reaction Beat Dr. Hibbert: Homer, you're gonna be fine, but there's no hope for the myPad.
Homer: It still had 88% of its charge.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Dr. Hibbert: Which of you is the YouTube of the kid high on dentist's gas?
Homer: knowing full well I had declined thy infernal Mapple Care.
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Homer · Ned: Keep your pants on, Flanders. Oh, I will. Till I go to bed and take them off under the covers.
Homer Ned Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: Ooh, look at me, I turn sunlight into complex sugars. Big whoop.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Observational Homer: Is this one of those coincidences like Jesus on a tortilla, or George Washington on a dollar bill?
Homer Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Ned: somebody up there is trying to tell you that whatever flat tires you've got in your life, God's there with his little spare and it enables you to drive real slow till you get to the next station.
Ned Character Comedy Observational Homer: Fine, I'll just go eat the body of God. That's not crazy.
Homer Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm Moe Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Moe: Wow, no one's ever been happy in this place before.
Moe Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Moe: And when I started it was Moe's Ice Cream Carnival-- not good.
Moe Character Comedy Callback Cletus: Huckleberry, Overbite, Picklefoot, Edumacation. Oh, it says hope!
Cletus Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Cletus: Just like in Hope Floats, that Sandra Bullock movie I wrote.
Cletus Character Comedy Absurdist Kent Brockman: Now, stay tuned for your lucky lotto numbers. It's your turn for sure.
Unknown: I'll take your money. The tree's a fraud. I just got a hundred. The tree is real!
Unknown Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Mickey Mouse actor: I'm on a break, kid, and when I'm on a break, the mouse is dead. The mouse was a man. His teeth were yellow. His breath was rancid.
Kenny Bockelstein: The castle is plywood?!
Unknown: Teeny's a girl? Oh, wait, he's just a bottom.
Unknown Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Moe: Thank God there's no alcohol in this bar, or this place would really go up.
Moe Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: I thought your hair was just blue cotton candy, but now I know it's a solid loaf of brain.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Homer: I thought your hair was just blue cotton candy, but now I know it's a solid loaf of brain.
Homer Character Comedy Observational Marge: Homie, you have such a way with foods.
Marge Character Comedy Reaction Beat Homer · Steve Mobbs: But I just got this three months ago. Yeah, that's the kind of thing I do, and yet I still wound up here, as your boss.
Homer: Can I get Christmas off? It's my kid's birthday.
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