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
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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
Frank isn't quite "outside" the Simpsons universe -- his life is Simpsony tragic (he lives above a bowling alley and below another bowling alley, which around here is called a "Swartzwelder Condo") and his exaggerated aghast reactions can only have come from Hank Azaria.
And of course, the big joke is that Homer's behavior (which is really amped up to 11 in this episode to help draw the parallel) is what people in the town of Springfield want. They choose crass, dump, lazy and lucky, and it drives the fish-out-of-water so crazy he kills himself.
Dripping with irony, tons of funny little gags, amazing over the top Homerisms and the bizarre moral that sometimes people don't want success or intelligence or hard work, they just want a good honest dunce.
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- Sep 20, 2012