After a fight during a soccer game, the town is practically burned to the ground. Somehow this leads to everyone getting armed and the NRA taking hold in the community. Of course, Homer becomes the poster child and becomes addicted to his gun. There are some hilarious moments here.
5 Reviews
Second amendment
safenoe18 January 2023
Warning: Spoilers
For me the golden era of The Simpsons is the first ten years, and The Cartridge Family falls within this fine era that covers the second amendment and the organization that Charlton Heston was very famous for in leading.
The episode tried to cover all bases with nods to pro-second amendment and those supporting control, and even then the twists in that tried to cover all bases with nods to everyone and really kind of was everything to everyone.
Anyway, The Cartridge Family is worth watching for sure, and one of many hilarious lines was Homer's one about where he hid the gun and Bart Simpson finding it.
The episode tried to cover all bases with nods to pro-second amendment and those supporting control, and even then the twists in that tried to cover all bases with nods to everyone and really kind of was everything to everyone.
Anyway, The Cartridge Family is worth watching for sure, and one of many hilarious lines was Homer's one about where he hid the gun and Bart Simpson finding it.
Makes an emotive subject funny
snoozejonc16 February 2023
Homer buys a handgun to protect the family.
This is a classic episode with great humour.
The Cartridge Family is packed with great comedy dialogue and amazing sight gags that are perfectly timed. Homer telling Marge to close her eyes for a surprise and Millhouse with the apple in his mouth are two crackers. This is one of the best uses of Homer by the writers as virtually everything he says and does is hilarious to me.
I come from a country where gun laws are very strict and from my perspective writers take a balanced approach to the pros and cons of owning a gun. Whatever your feelings on this emotive subject The Simpsons make light of it very effectively here.
For me it's a 9.5/10, but I round upwards.
This is a classic episode with great humour.
The Cartridge Family is packed with great comedy dialogue and amazing sight gags that are perfectly timed. Homer telling Marge to close her eyes for a surprise and Millhouse with the apple in his mouth are two crackers. This is one of the best uses of Homer by the writers as virtually everything he says and does is hilarious to me.
I come from a country where gun laws are very strict and from my perspective writers take a balanced approach to the pros and cons of owning a gun. Whatever your feelings on this emotive subject The Simpsons make light of it very effectively here.
For me it's a 9.5/10, but I round upwards.
"See you in Hell, dinner plate."
pageiv3 December 2008
Warning: Spoilers
This is perhaps one of the best Simpson episodes. I might be a bit biased being an NRA member and all.
After a soccer riot, "he holds it, he holds it." "HE HOLDS IT, HE HOLDS IT..." Homer buys a gun to protect his family. After a short wait, showing the silliness of the Brady Bill waiting period, he finally can lock and load and hits the range. There he meets some NRA members and is invited to the "secret" organization.
After Homer hosts a meeting he gets booted from the NRA because of his recklessness with his gun. Marge ends up leaving him because he'd rather have the gun than her. (Smart choice.) He finds his family at a local flop house and ends up saving them from a mugging with his horrible gun.
This episode was mentioned in National Review in an article from Jonah Goldberg. He explained this, amongst others, pokes fun at liberalism. Not that this show doesn't poke fun conservatives, it does, but as Goldberg mentions, it is one of the few that does the same with Liberals.
The evenhandedness of showing the NRA is about the only time on network TV other than "The King of the Hill" you'll see.
Other than the political stuff, this episode contains scores of memorable quotes, it really stands out as a classic.
After a soccer riot, "he holds it, he holds it." "HE HOLDS IT, HE HOLDS IT..." Homer buys a gun to protect his family. After a short wait, showing the silliness of the Brady Bill waiting period, he finally can lock and load and hits the range. There he meets some NRA members and is invited to the "secret" organization.
After Homer hosts a meeting he gets booted from the NRA because of his recklessness with his gun. Marge ends up leaving him because he'd rather have the gun than her. (Smart choice.) He finds his family at a local flop house and ends up saving them from a mugging with his horrible gun.
This episode was mentioned in National Review in an article from Jonah Goldberg. He explained this, amongst others, pokes fun at liberalism. Not that this show doesn't poke fun conservatives, it does, but as Goldberg mentions, it is one of the few that does the same with Liberals.
The evenhandedness of showing the NRA is about the only time on network TV other than "The King of the Hill" you'll see.
Other than the political stuff, this episode contains scores of memorable quotes, it really stands out as a classic.
One of my favorite episodes of the entire series
celiawatsonanime16 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Homer is very pro gun and Marge is extremely anti gun.
I like how this tears their relationship apart.
It just flows nice.
Homer gets kicked out of his gun club for being too clumsy and crazy shooting all over the place after Marge leaves him.
One of the crazy things he does is turn on the TV with his gun he also throws plates in the air and shoots them all.
I like how this tears their relationship apart.
It just flows nice.
Homer gets kicked out of his gun club for being too clumsy and crazy shooting all over the place after Marge leaves him.
One of the crazy things he does is turn on the TV with his gun he also throws plates in the air and shoots them all.
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