The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
- Episode aired Sep 21, 1997
- TV-PG
- 30m
IMDb RATING
9.0/10
5.1K
YOUR RATING
Homer must travel to New York to get his car back, which is illegally parked at World Trade Center Plaza.Homer must travel to New York to get his car back, which is illegally parked at World Trade Center Plaza.Homer must travel to New York to get his car back, which is illegally parked at World Trade Center Plaza.
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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
- Moe Szyslak
- (voice)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Lenny
- (voice)
- …
Joan Kenley
- Woman on Phone
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWriter The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (1997), a former resident of New York, had conceived the idea of having the family travel to the city to locate their missing car and believed it to be "a classic Manhattan problem". Bill Oakley, who had visited the World Trade Center when the construction of the towers was completed in 1973, suggested parking the car in the plaza of the buildings. Josh Weinstein observed that, "When we realized that there was a plaza between the two towers, we knew it was a perfect spot to have Homer's car."
- GoofsThe amount of damage of the windows and headlights on Homer's car changes throughout the finale.
- Quotes
Homer Simpson: [drunk] Goodnight, Barney. Don't forget to bring back my car back tomorrow. Just slide it under the door.
- Alternate versionsA new heavily edited version of "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" is airing in syndication. All references to Homer's wrecked car parked at the World Trade Center, including shots of the towers and verbal references, are badly cut out.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Beach (2000)
Featured review
Excellent episode
Barney goes missing for 2 months with Homer's car.
This is a classic episode with great humour, character moments and artwork.
The set up involving a massive drinking session at Moe's, with a certain designated driver, is hilarious and leads perfectly to a Simpson family jaunt to NYC.
Everything that happens in NY is highly enjoyable, particularly Homer's ordeal that is nicely contrasted by the sightseeing trip of the others. It all builds to the fantastic moment when they meet up together at the end.
The animators deserve a huge amount of credit for the quality of this episode as they not only bring NY to life but produce a tremendous amount of the humour visually. It's all just enhanced by the voice performances, sound effects and music.
For me it's a 9.5/10, but I round upwards.
This is a classic episode with great humour, character moments and artwork.
The set up involving a massive drinking session at Moe's, with a certain designated driver, is hilarious and leads perfectly to a Simpson family jaunt to NYC.
Everything that happens in NY is highly enjoyable, particularly Homer's ordeal that is nicely contrasted by the sightseeing trip of the others. It all builds to the fantastic moment when they meet up together at the end.
The animators deserve a huge amount of credit for the quality of this episode as they not only bring NY to life but produce a tremendous amount of the humour visually. It's all just enhanced by the voice performances, sound effects and music.
For me it's a 9.5/10, but I round upwards.
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- snoozejonc
- Feb 6, 2023
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