Homer Goes to College
- Episode aired Oct 14, 1993
- TV-14
- 30m
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8.6/10
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When a surprise inspection of the nuclear power plant reveals that Homer is not qualified to do his job, he is forced to go to college.When a surprise inspection of the nuclear power plant reveals that Homer is not qualified to do his job, he is forced to go to college.When a surprise inspection of the nuclear power plant reveals that Homer is not qualified to do his job, he is forced to go to college.
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Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
Hank Azaria
- Inspector #2
- (voice)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Mr. Burns
- (voice)
- …
Maggie Roswell
- Power Plant Voice
- (voice)
- …
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- TriviaDan Castellaneta inadvertently misspelled "smart" as "S-M-R-T" when Homer sang "I am so smart", and ad-libbed "I mean S-M-A-R-T". The writers found this much funnier and used the take.
- GoofsHomer is denied entry from several colleges before going to Springfield University thanks to Mr. Burns pulling strings. In reality almost all colleges and universities in the United States will just automatically enroll adults, typically ages 22 and over, into a Bachelor's degree program without the application process that recent high school students go through (SAT, ACT, application essay, letters of recommendation, etc). Homer could've just gone to the Admission's office directly and enrolled automatically into college.
- Alternate versionsIn the episode "Homer Goes to College", Marge sees that Homer has made a bookcase out of cinderblocks and wood. She tells him "Homer, we have a perfectly good bookcase", to which he explains "Yeah, but this is what they're doing on campus. Besides, it isn't costing us: I swiped the cinderblocks from a construction site". Cut to the construction site where a worker informs the foreman that four cinderblocks are missing and the foreman says "There'll be no hospital, then. I'll tell the children." In the syndicated reruns, the scene at the construction site is deleted and the joke is left without a punchline.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Springfield's Most Wanted (1995)
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That sounds like a pig fainting
Homer is forced to go to college to obtain the qualification required to do his job.
This is a very enjoyable episode with some memorable Homer Simpson moments.
The stupidity of Homer is used to spectacular effect with his total ineptitude and wasteful attitude towards academia. I love the nuclear meltdown gags and everything else he does that goes badly wrong.
Another great aspect of the writing is his general attitude towards college life with the movie clichès and partying that naturally goes with it. My favourite scenes involve his tomfoolery and interaction with the nerd characters.
Mr Burns also has some great moments as we see his evil nature used for comic effect once again. His best moment for me involves the escape pod.
This is a very enjoyable episode with some memorable Homer Simpson moments.
The stupidity of Homer is used to spectacular effect with his total ineptitude and wasteful attitude towards academia. I love the nuclear meltdown gags and everything else he does that goes badly wrong.
Another great aspect of the writing is his general attitude towards college life with the movie clichès and partying that naturally goes with it. My favourite scenes involve his tomfoolery and interaction with the nerd characters.
Mr Burns also has some great moments as we see his evil nature used for comic effect once again. His best moment for me involves the escape pod.
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- snoozejonc
- Aug 27, 2022
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