Homer's Enemy
- Episode aired May 4, 1997
- TV-14
- 30m
Homer's laziness begets the ire of his industrious but arrogant new co-worker Frank Grimes; Bart buys a run-down factory for a dollar.Homer's laziness begets the ire of his industrious but arrogant new co-worker Frank Grimes; Bart buys a run-down factory for a dollar.Homer's laziness begets the ire of his industrious but arrogant new co-worker Frank Grimes; Bart buys a run-down factory for a dollar.
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- Homer Simpson
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- Marge Simpson
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- Bart Simpson
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- Lisa Simpson
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- Moe Szyslak
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- Montgomery Burns
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- Martin Prince
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMatt Groening commented that the story also has a Zen quality to it. Homer is just himself and gets along fine. Frank Grimes is a Type-A personality who wants everything perfect, and he falls apart. Thus, Homer is the stronger person, despite his obvious faults.
- GoofsDuring his nervous breakdown, Grimey imitates Homer saying "D'oh! D'oh! D'oh!", even though he never once heard Homer say his catchphrase.
- Quotes
Frank Grimes: God! I've had to work hard every day of my life and what do I have to show for it? This briefcase and this haircut! And what do you have to show for your lifetime of sloth and ignorance?
Homer: [Stares blankly] What?
Frank Grimes: [Enraged] E - Everything! A dreamhouse, two cars, a beautiful wife, a son who owns a factory, fancy clothes and...
[sniffs]
Frank Grimes: lobsters for dinner! And do you deserve any of it? NO!
Homer: [Gets worried and gasps] What are you saying?
Frank Grimes: I'm saying you're what's wrong with America, Simpson. You coast through life, you do as little as possible, and you leech off decent, hardworking people like me. Ha! If you lived in any other country in the world, you'd have starved to death long ago.
Bart: He's got you there, dad.
Frank Grimes: You're a fraud! A total fraud.
[to the family]
Frank Grimes: It was nice meeting you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Simpsons: The Great Louse Detective (2002)
- SoundtracksTake Me Out to the Ball Game
(uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Lyrics by Jack Norworth
Performed by Dan Castellaneta
In Stressed Eric, everything exists just to torment Eric and he doesn't deserve it. Eric is a nice person and we root for him. The main villain of the show is Ray Perfect, the condescending neighbor who's better off than Eric Feeble. The reason why Stressed Eric failed at being an entire show made from Homer's Enemy is because in Homer's Enemy, the roles are reversed because while Frank Grimes is miserable and Homer Simpson is much better off, he is also a lot nicer than Frank Grimes and tries to make things right with him. Frank resents Homer for being lazy, while at the same time more successful. Whenever Homer actually does something right to impress Frank Grimes, Frank still sees Homer as a fraud, and because Frank Grimes is a jealous jerk, that makes it funny to see bad things happen to him. Stressed Eric would be a more successful show if Eric was a jerk and Ray was nice to him.
- adampkalb
- Sep 4, 2017