Homer's Enemy
- Episode aired May 4, 1997
- TV-PG
- 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
- (voice)
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
- Moe Szyslak
- (voice)
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- Montgomery Burns
- (voice)
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- Martin Prince
- (voice)
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
Again, what boggles my mind is how many brilliant and genuinely funny, not just "clever," or "poignant" or "subversive" jokes there are in this episode. It's silly, it's amazing, it's downright transcendent. I could live to be 100 and never write anything as good as this. Schwartzwelder was a freakishly good talent, which is probably why he disappeared and has yet to be duplicated. "The Simpsons" in the '90's was by far the best show on television, and if not for the 2000's episodes and beyond, would go down in history as the best television show of all time. And I miss it SO MUCH.
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- Aug 27, 2014