A stressed Marge vacations alone, leaving Bart and Lisa with Patty and Selma, and Maggie with Homer--until she leaves in search of Marge.
Homer's spa breakdown generates steady character comedy, but 64 jokes in 22 minutes barely exceeds Season 3 average.
Directed by Mark Kirkland · Written by David M. Stern
WAR
26.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Homer Alone” ranks #441 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.2 — Great. The episode packs 64 scored jokes at 4.3 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.2 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 Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Troy McClure: You might remember me from such films as... Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die, and Gladys, the Groovy Mule.
Marge Escalation Reaction Beat Homer: Well, good. The dog didn't run away.
Homer Misdirection Character Comedy All Jokes — 64 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Marge: I am not cleaning that. Mmm, who am I kidding?
Marge Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Marge: Now, Maggie... when you grow up... you can suck your pacifier all you want.
Marge Absurdist Character Comedy Marge · Bart · Lisa · Homer: Overwhelming morning chaos with multiple demands
Marge Reaction Beat Escalation Marge: Bart, your hat's behind the toilet.
Marge Visual Gag Character Comedy Homer: A bottle cap got lodged in the finger hole.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer Character Comedy Reaction Beat Bart · Lisa: No way. Never happen.
Homer: Well, I'll be damned.
Homer Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm Lisa: It's a nervous twitch, and I'm sensitive about it... if you don't mind.
Lisa Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Marge Escalation Reaction Beat Marge: Krusty brand duck sausage pizza
Nick: I haven't flushed a ball in years.
Nick Absurdist Misdirection Marge: Feels like there's a rat in my brain!
Marge Absurdist Character Comedy Bill and Marty: Your wife is dead... She just walked through a plate glass window. There's blood everywhere.
Marge Escalation Reaction Beat Arnie Pie: And look out at 14th and Elm. I just dropped my bagel.
Driver: I got a body in the trunk.
Driver Dark/Subversive Escalation Driver: You've gotten chocolate all over everything.
Kent Brockman: Not getting enough of the good stuff?
Homer Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Police Chief Wiggum: That explains a lot.
Police Chief Wiggum: Don't put your lips on it.
Police Chief Wiggum: How about, 'Yes, it's me'?
Homer: Later tonight, I think you and I should, uh... snuggle?
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Police Chief Wiggum: Cuff her, boys!
Police Chief Wiggum: She'll be cracking rocks by the end of the week.
Police Chief Wiggum: Quimby, don't write checks your butt can't cash.
Mayor Quimby: They're like seals-- toss 'em a fish... and watch 'em slap their fins together.
Mayor Quimby: They're like seals-- toss 'em a fish and watch 'em slap their fins together.
Spa Commercial: Remember, you can't spell Relaxo without relax.
Homer: What?! You mean we're getting a divorce?
Homer Character Comedy Misdirection Patty or Selma: We've got six months of maternity leave we'll never use anyway.
Homer: Wish I'd thought of that.
Homer Reaction Beat Visual Gag Patty: He'll probably trade her... for a beer and a nudie magazine.
Patty Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: See? Got her on the first bounce.
Homer Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Homer: See? Got her on the first bounce.
Homer Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Marge Reaction Beat Escalation Patty/Selma: You haven't touched your tongue sandwiches.
Bart: You think you know fear? Well, I've seen them naked.
Bart Escalation Character Comedy Troy McClure: You might remember me from such films as... Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die, and Gladys, the Groovy Mule.
Troy McClure: That can't be good for me. It tastes too good.
Marge: Oh, Gregory... where have you been all my life?
Marge Character Comedy Reaction Beat Homer: Mmm. Strained peas. [To Tune Of 'Rule Brittania'] # Shakespeare's fried chicken #
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Homer Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Homer Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Barney Character Comedy Reaction Beat Bart Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Bart: I said it before, and I'll say it again. Ay, caramba.!
Bart Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Lisa: Aw, Bart... that's a blackhead gun!
Lisa Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Patty/Selma: Richard Dean Anderson will be in my dreams tonight.
Barney: You want a bad night? Try sleeping... on one of these.
Barney Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Barney: I make them with two kinds of cheese.
Barney Character Comedy Misdirection Barney: The sooner I get her out... the sooner we can have omelets.
Barney Character Comedy Escalation Callback Marge: I can't even put a bag over my head.
Marge: Let's get out of here, Thelma. Okay, Louise.
Patty or Selma: Come on, kids. It's time to rub Aunt Patty's feet.
Gas Station Attendant · Homer: Lube job while you wait? Don't touch me.
Homer: Well, good. The dog didn't run away.
Homer Misdirection Character Comedy Bystander: Please, don't jump. I know you're going through some tough times...
Homer: Maggie was very young. It's not like we got so attached to her.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Police Officer: Just don't do it again, you big lug.
Bart: I think I speak... for everyone in this bed... when I say you have nothing to worry about.
Bart Character Comedy Visual Gag Top Episodes — The Simpsons