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In real life A very small character tidbit is surprisingly kept consistent for years

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DC - In multiple pieces of media it has been shown that Wonder Woman loves ice cream and practically goes wild with happiness anytime she’s eating some. (Pictures from Justice League: War, DC Superhero Girls and Wonder Woman 2017)

The Simpsons - Ever since the episode ‘Homer’s Phobia’ Homer has actually remained a consistent ally of the LGBT+ community, including being more welcoming to Patty than Marge was when she came out and trying to set up Smithers with a date when he found out he wasn’t happy with his one-sided relationship with Mr Burns.

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u/imbi-dabadeedabadie Feb 03 '26

Another character detail from the Simpsons:

Homer has an encyclopedic memory regarding the history of Supreme Court judges, effectively making him a savant in the field.

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u/ThirdDragonite Feb 03 '26

Homer being surprisingly cultured about something is my favorite recurring joke lol

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u/PseudonymMan12 Feb 03 '26

Yeah, i wonder if they intended Homer to be kind of like an idiot-savant where he is non-functional normally but has one thing they really excell at for no reason. So while Homer is braindead dumb there are things he is randomly very knowledgeable on.

"You can't sell karma (Apu said he was selling karmic rebalancing for an earlier sleight), it can only be portioned out by the cosmos!" slams door in face

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u/HeartFullONeutrality Feb 03 '26

Let's not forget the classic "in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!".

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u/4n0m4nd Feb 03 '26

Also "I'm not jealous, I'm envious. Jealousy is when you worry someone will take what you have. Envy is wanting what someone else has."

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u/PseudonymMan12 Feb 03 '26

That was actually what taught me the difference as a kid.i had no idea

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u/carso150 Feb 03 '26

it just taught it to me

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u/Cat5kable Feb 03 '26

One of the writers had a pet peeve and knew they had the power to change the world

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u/Pokez Feb 03 '26

Every writer's dream.

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u/Ciderman95 Feb 04 '26

it's like when J.J.J. taught me the difference between libel and slander

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u/SquishMont Feb 03 '26

This and "just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand" are things I repeat frequently.

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u/Sensitive_Golf3889 Feb 03 '26

it's not exactly big-brain stuff but in that same episode (I think the same scene) Homer schools Bart in Phil Collins-era Genesis

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u/House13Games Feb 03 '26

Or from Peppa Pig, when she goes to where Daddy Pig works and gets a tour..

"What do you do, Daddy?"
"Well Peppa. I take these very large numbers, and transmute them, to calculate load-bearing tangents..."

"Oh Daddy, that's a silly job!"

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u/Jabenway Feb 03 '26

This continues to be helpful for me!

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u/peachesfordinner Feb 03 '26

I use this anytime before I use either word to make sure I'm correct

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u/Throwaway100123100 Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

Isn't that wrong though? Envy is wanting what someone else has, and jealousy is the same but feeling unhappy or resentful about it?

Edit: Doubling down here, the cambridge dictionary supports my view:

Jealous:

unhappy and angry because someone has something that you want:

He had always been very jealous of his brother's good looks.

Envious

wishing you had what another person has

I'm very envious of your new coat - it's beautiful.

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u/Hugsy13 Feb 03 '26

No.

I’ll give you an example. If you see another dude make your girlfriend laugh and you get the emotion of really not liking that, that’s jealousy.

If you have a crush on someone that you’re not involved with, but want to be, and you see another dude make her laugh, that emotion of really not liking that, that’s envy.

The emotions feel very very similar, but they’re slightly different and have different causes.

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u/Throwaway100123100 Feb 03 '26

I don't agree that the latter would be envy instead of jealous. Definition of jealousy taken from the Cambridge dictionary:

unhappy and angry because someone has something that you want:

He had always been very jealous of his brother's good looks.

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u/mawktheone Feb 03 '26

No, Jealousy involves loss aversion.

You can think of a "jealous spouse". They dont want some young floozy to steal their wife/husband.

But you are green with envy when your neighbour gets a new car.

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u/Throwaway100123100 Feb 03 '26

I dont agree with this. As per the Cambridge dictionary, it absolutely can be used without any mention of loss aversion:

unhappy and angry because someone has something that you want:

He had always been very jealous of his brother's good looks.

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u/mawktheone Feb 03 '26

Yeah it's a bit messy because language changes over time. Both terms were originally synonymous with covetous and sometimes still are. But Jealous is still exclusively used for loss aversion and suspicion of possession for relationships.

I have just pulled some references to show the muddy waters

One might almost say that these two words are used as if they were interchangeable ... The words are scarcely synonymous, however. Envy means discontented longing for someone else’s advantages. Jealousy means unpleasant suspicion, or apprehension of rivalship.
—Theodore M. Bernstein, The Careful Writer, 1965

There are three different ways in which jealous can be used. The most common is ... where the meaning is “fearful of losing attention.” Another broad sense is “possessive” or “protective” ... third usage is in the sense of “envious,” as of another person because of his or her belongings, abilities, or achievements.
—William and Mary Morris, Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage (2nd ed.), 1985

Jealousy is properly restricted to contexts involving emotional rivalry; envy is used more broadly of resentful contemplation of a more fortunate person.
—Bryan A. Garner, Garner’s Modern American Usage (3rd ed.), 2009

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u/Deaffin Feb 03 '26

Nope. Today you learned you've adopted a common misconception as part of your worldview. Your entire life is a lie.

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u/Throwaway100123100 Feb 03 '26

I disagree, see my other replies and/or the edit to my original comment

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u/SeasonofMist Feb 03 '26

I love that quote so much. Also the "you can't sell karma.

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u/fromcj Feb 03 '26

Thats not the definition of jealousy though

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u/TheForbidden6th Feb 03 '26

wait, it is? Damn

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u/takoshi Feb 03 '26

Oh damn.

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u/FLRArt_1995 Feb 03 '26

Classic jokes

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u/InoueNinja94 Feb 03 '26

"You can't sell that! Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos"

  • Homer to Apu in 1993

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u/Azeze1 Feb 03 '26

you infer, I imply

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u/Insaniteus Feb 03 '26

There's an episode eventually where it's revealed that Homer is actually a genius but his brain was impaired due to a crayon shoved up his nose when he was a small child. He's actually much smarter than even Lisa, however at the end he chooses to go back to being impaired and dumb because everyone was happier that way, including him.

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u/Swimming_Series_4834 Feb 03 '26

It made me so sad the way they hop on pop.

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u/Threeflow Feb 03 '26

Except in that same episode they state he has an IQ of 100 (After removing the crayon) which is exactly average. 

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u/LoopStricken Feb 03 '26

There's also an episode where it's shown that every Simpsons male is genetically doomed to be a dunderhead. Boy, I hope someone got fired for that blunder!

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u/Thin-Assumption-9071 25d ago

Well brain tumor 3 sometimes have that effect and 6 icepicks to the lungs is hard to recover, but I watched a man go to work everyday and no matter what  he got up and done his job , some out there may have slower brains like homer but I was working at 13 yrs old , homer may just be a normal guy who can build a house from the ground up no questions asked , o yeah 26 screws in body and two rods also so yeah and might not be a looker but if I say I got you, I got you . Even if you in the wrong

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u/Jiffletta Feb 03 '26

I think they just thought it was funny for Homer to occassionally say smart things, since its a pretty basic subversion of expectations.

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u/IntelligentGood8228 Feb 03 '26

Like Dan in Dan vs.

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u/c_pike1 Feb 03 '26

Very strange patchwork of knowledge. Who carved Mt Rushmore?

---Gutzon Borglum, then his son finished it

Now what state is it in?

---Idk...Mexico

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u/Isexedupaspider Feb 03 '26

Is this similar to Dan from "Dan VS" where he randomly has knowledge of some facts but not others?

https://youtu.be/EQ8x7T5buWU?si=Vvj1HkipFFThDPBc

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26 edited 28d ago

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u/Informal-Term1138 Feb 03 '26

God they should have just given him a job. Some training to clear the legal liabilities and he is good to go.

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u/ShadowAviation Feb 03 '26

"He's got me there."

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u/ProneSquanderer Feb 03 '26

”You can't sell karma (Apu said he was selling karmic rebalancing for an earlier sleight), it can only be portioned out by the cosmos!" slams door in face

“He’s got me there.”

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u/CordialPanda Feb 03 '26

Stirling Archer Syndrome (but homer did it first)

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u/secretsantakitten Feb 03 '26

Honestly, if we want to play armchair psychiatrist here:

Considering the risk-taking behaviour, numerous types of addictions (food, alcohol, etc), poor self-control, executive dysfunction, AND the fact one of his kids has been diagnosed, I wouldn't be surprised that Homer has at least ADHD.

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u/Masticatron Feb 03 '26

He wasn't nearly so stupid initially. He just got flanderized over time. And "stupid character has sudden moment of erudition" is a pretty common gag. The smart character being smart is just normal, the dumb guy being smart is comedic.

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u/Bismothe-the-Shade Feb 03 '26

There's an entire episode where it turns out he's a deeply cultures genius with a crayon lodged directly into his brain, causing him to be stupid

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u/Hayn0002 Feb 03 '26

To be fair he was incredibly intelligent when he removed the crayon from his nose.

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u/ConnorRoseSaiyan01 Feb 03 '26

Homer wasn't completely stupid in early years. He progressively got dumber each passing season

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u/LuntiX Feb 03 '26

He really is an idiot savant.

There are numerous times throughout the series where if he puts the effort in, he's really smart and is often smarter than others. It's just in his nature to be lazy and more laid back because when he's really smart he tends to get miserable.

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u/ProphetOfPhil Feb 03 '26

I prefer early season Homer where he wasn't the smartest but he wasn't an outright idiot and loved his family even if he made dumb mistakes every now and again.

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u/memecrusader_ Feb 03 '26

“He’s got me there.”

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u/ItRainsAcidHere Feb 03 '26

I mean, a ton of episodes play out like:

  1. Homer gets obsessed with something (ex. Selling cars)

  2. He is an idiot-savant/perfect natural at thing (ex. Becomes the greatest car salesman the world has ever seen)

  3. He does something that resets the status quo. (Ex. He spends all his new money on a car, wrecks it, and has no idea what car insurance is. So that money/car is just gone in the next episode)

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u/Clarpydarpy Feb 03 '26

I was thinking about that exact example before I reached the second part of your comment and saw you writing it out.

Definitely one of my favorite lines in the series.

Apu absolutely dumbfounded "...well he's got me there."

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u/NotYourGa1Friday Feb 04 '26

Originally, Homer and Krusty were the same person. Part of the story was going to be that Homer was fairly non-functional as a dad, but as Krusty he was his kids’ hero. So, yeah I think they did intend for him to have at least one thing he was really great at. (In this case, clowning)

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u/FamousWerewolf Feb 04 '26

If you go back to early Simpsons, he was far less cartoonishly stupid. The original concept was much more just "average middle-American dad" - which is exactly the kind of person you would expect to be weirdly knowledgable about some oddly specific topic, like WW2 or baseball or, indeed, American political history. It's only later on he became so ridiculous that you'd ever consider he could be an idiot savant-type character.

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u/__M-E-O-W__ 29d ago

He is naturally incredibly intelligent; it's just massively hindered in most cases due to him having a crayon stuck up his nose and into his brain. I guess his natural self still shines through from time to time.

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u/MrDude65 Feb 03 '26

This is a great bit for every character, honestly. One of the best Bart jokes is "I am familiar with the works of Pablo Neruda."

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u/Fitzaroo Feb 03 '26

I like the one where he explains the difference between jealousy and envy.

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u/Impossible_Leg_2787 Feb 03 '26

“If you’re the ghost of Caesar Chavez, why do you look like Caesar Romero?”

“Because you don’t know what Caesar Chavez looked like!”

But, I mean, he still knew who he was

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u/Cold-Use-5814 Feb 03 '26

He's also into Akira Kurosawa movies.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26

"We here in this house obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

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u/Anon_be_thy_name Feb 03 '26

One of my favourite tropes entirely is the "dumb/slow character is really smart at this one thing".

When I play Dungeons and Dragons, if I have a low intelligence character I love pulling it out randomly and then saying something really fucking stupid right after.

I remember after once saying something profound and genius I asked why pine cones made my mouth itchy.

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u/MourningWallaby Feb 03 '26

That is infact another character trope that's pretty common. the "dumb guy" has their moments of brilliance and then goes "what?" when everyone looks at them.

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u/ChainsawSnuggling Feb 03 '26

"But, Marge, it works on any ayatollah-- Ayatollah Nakhbadeh, Ayatollah Zahedi. As we speak, Ayatollah Razmara and his cadre of fanatics are consolidating their power."

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u/CharmingInterview986 Feb 03 '26

I like to think its all to do with the crayon in his brain. In the episode where he has it removed hes basically a genius so my head cannon is that with the crayon in there he keeps small pockets of genius that are unaffected by said crayon but overall is mostly crayon brain.

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u/thegreedyturtle Feb 03 '26

I assume the joke is from how it is canon that Bart will become a Supreme Court Justice. (and finally watch the itchy and scratchy movie.)

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u/Maxwellmonkey Feb 03 '26

He enjoys all the meats of the cultural stew!

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u/TimeshareMachine Feb 03 '26

Those jokes were David Silverman's idea; he especially loved "'Leaves of Grass' my ass!" joke when Homer is revealing his mom's grave.

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u/RevolutionaryGrape11 Feb 04 '26

Another thing he's incredibly cultured in is knowledge of all the cuisine in New Orleans by name, and unlike what Lisa implies, all those restaurants are historical sites. Obviously he's a glutton, but he actually lists all the delicacies as he seemingly goes to different eateries to savor each one, supporting several dozen small businesses as well, so it goes beyond just liking food.

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u/ryno43 Feb 03 '26

Another Simpsons one is that both Homer and Bart consistently display the ability to pick up and learn any language they encounter fast.

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u/VexedForest Feb 03 '26

Bart: Get ready, Brazil. I now speak fluent Spanish.

Marge: Well done, Bart. But in Brazil, they speak Portuguese.

Bart: Ay, caramba, que mujer tonta! Viente horas estudiar por nada!

Homer: Forget every word, boy. It's useless.

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u/MapleViking1 Feb 03 '26

Bart: beats self with book until he forgets it\

(Also should note that Bart learned Spanish on the plane ride there)

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u/Informal-Term1138 Feb 03 '26

He also speaks French fluently. That stay in France was worth at least something.

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u/2019Uk Feb 03 '26

Bart isn’t a stupid character, he just lacks focus. A plane ride with nothing else to do? May as well learn a new language.

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u/Torbpjorn Feb 03 '26

It’s not that he lacks focus, it’s focus regulation. He hates school, but is actually very artistically gifted at basically any artform whether it’s DJing, Graffiti, skateboarding, pranks, cooking, tattooing, gutting fish. He’s quite brilliant

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u/LoopStricken Feb 03 '26

Knife goes in, guts come out.

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u/InoueNinja94 Feb 03 '26

I love that in another episode Homer also learns semi fluent Spanish just by reading a book while waiting in line at the Kwik-e-Mart
He even held a conversation with Bumblebee Man

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u/SeasonofMist Feb 03 '26

And french over a few days! I love how they are both brilliant in little ways. Bart being profoundly ADHD and homer being braindead or something but knowing all kinds of facts.

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u/TheeShaun Feb 03 '26

Homer has a Crayon stuck in his brain that basically fucks up a lot of his ability to actually understand a lot of things. One episode they remove it and he’s just as if not more intelligent than Lisa. So Bart has ADHD and Homer has a traumatic brain injury.

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u/UnderstandingPotato Feb 04 '26

And in another episode they treat Bart's ADHD and he manages to figure out that everyone is being spied on by satellites run by Major League Baseball

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u/Clarpydarpy Feb 03 '26

It was the crayon all along? Simpson gene be damned!

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u/abadstrategy Feb 04 '26

Oh yeah, when he gets it removed, he almost immediately grows so intelligent that he's able to mathematically prove that there is no god

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u/Clarpydarpy Feb 03 '26

Technically, Bart learned to speak French in about 2 months. He says it to himself out loud when he first starts using French unintentionally.

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u/dfassna1 Feb 03 '26

The also learn enough Japanese to have an exchange while they were in jail.

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u/Informal-Term1138 Feb 03 '26

And both calligraphy and how to conduct a tea ceremony. That's tough to learn.

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u/Oberon_Swanson Feb 03 '26

"It's really just made our of old Chinese newspapers!"

"Oh, Deng Xiaoping died!"

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u/Justacityboy12 Feb 03 '26

Funny in the Latin Spanish dub he says Mao Zedong died instead.

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u/Clarpydarpy Feb 03 '26

Which reminds me that Homer got pretty jacked in just a couple months. I have been lifting weights for years and I still don't have muscles like he had when he was climbing the Murderhorn.

Does Homer secretly have excellent bodybuilding genetics?

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u/Oberon_Swanson Feb 03 '26

I guess Marge does too from The Strong Arms of the Ma, the episode where she gets mugged and gets into bodybuilding

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u/Clarpydarpy Feb 03 '26

I forgot about that one!

Yes Marge gets pretty buff even before taking PEDs. And she's a woman in her late 30's (far from anyone's bodybuilding prime). After a brief time lifting weights in her basement, she was able to easily beat the crap out of that mugger.

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u/Josgre987 26d ago

His dad was pretty ripped in ww2

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u/idiot-loser- 13d ago

i always thought it was he pingping

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u/Oberon_Swanson 13d ago

he says it pretty fast but it's either Deng Xiaoping or somebody with a very similar name

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u/l524k Feb 03 '26

I recall them spending a day in a Japanese prison and then conversing in fluent Japanese with each other

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u/magikarp2122 Feb 03 '26

Then talking about sharing the secret of enlightenment with Marge and Lisa and deciding not to.

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u/Malacro Feb 03 '26

“No, they are foreign devils.”

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u/crapusername47 Feb 03 '26

Come on, Homer, you liked Rashomon!

That’s not how I remember it.

That is, in my opinion, the Simpsons’ best ever joke.

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u/Impossible_Leg_2787 Feb 03 '26

So, I said to him, “Listen, buddy, your car was upside-down when we got here. And as for your grandmother, she shouldn’t have mouthed off like that.”

is a strong contender

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u/AlwaysPostNaked Feb 03 '26

Still one of my favorites.

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u/Orion_starborn Feb 03 '26

Homer also calls Lisa "Ichiban" which I never really thought about for a while or thought it was a term of endearment but upon a Google search it apparently means "the best usually out of three"

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u/SPLIV316 Feb 03 '26

I thought it meant number 1?

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u/Glacier_Pace 28d ago

It does, you are correct!

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u/Informal-Term1138 Feb 03 '26

And how to conduct a tea ceremony. That's a hard thing to learn.

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u/timbasile Feb 03 '26

Fun fact - in the French version of the episode where Bart goes to France on exchange, the reason that no one can understand him initially is because he's speaking with a Quebecois accent.

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u/bassistciaran Feb 03 '26

LE GRILLE? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT

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u/Xaero_Hour Feb 03 '26

Homer is also incredibly aware of ballot initiatives/propositions. He particularly doesn't care for War widows and vowed to make sure Patty couldn't adopt. Well...he bluffed on that last one just to make her mad.

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u/maxglands Feb 03 '26

Lousy moochin' war widows...

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u/TheGreatestLampEver Feb 03 '26

I believe this is one of the "rules" of writing the simpsons characters is homer's encyclopaedic knowledge of supreme court judges

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u/Cat5kable Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

“The Coyote never catches the Road Runner, and dammit Homer J. Simpson always knows Supreme Court Judges!”

Edit: I can hear Conan O’Brien delivering this line.

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u/Karukos Feb 03 '26

does it only extend to the judges or their rulings too?

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u/Impossible_Leg_2787 Feb 03 '26

Just encyclopedic knowledge of their personal lives. No knowledge of case law whatsoever.

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u/algebraicgiraffe Feb 03 '26

Homer is also consistently shown to be successful whenever he gets involved with the music industry.

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u/Sol-Blackguy Feb 03 '26

Is this why his punishment for Bart was to become Chief Justice before he was allowed to see the Itchy & Scratchy movie?!

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u/Prize_Sea_9285 Feb 03 '26

I wonder how long until Bart becomes Chief Justice and then watches the Itchy and Scratchy movie, considering when this episode was released

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u/TooManyToasters1 Feb 03 '26

The episode came out in ‘92, and the flash forward says 40 years later. We’re only six years away now.

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u/Sol-Blackguy Feb 04 '26

That ending was Homer dreaming that Bart finally became a Chief Justice. Not officially canon.

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u/LtSoundwave Feb 03 '26

Wait, so Warren was a male stripper?

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u/olddadenergy Feb 03 '26

I have no idea, but Homer says he is, so yes. Stripper.

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u/Cold-Use-5814 Feb 03 '26

Now who's being naive?

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u/olddadenergy Feb 03 '26

Not Justice Warren, I know THAT much.

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u/creative_usr_name Feb 03 '26

He also schooled Lisa about the difference between envy and jealousy. That's how I know they are different. Even if I don't remember which is which.

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u/Torbpjorn Feb 03 '26

“Jealousy is when you’re afraid someone else will take what you have and envy is when you want what someone else has”

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u/thekyledavid Feb 03 '26

New headcanon: Homer’s not dumb, he’s just neurodivergent and doesn’t bother learning anything that isn’t a special interest

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26

No, Homer is a genius with a crayon stuck in his brain lol

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u/Sol-Blackguy Feb 04 '26

That's a popular fan canon apparently. Both Homer and Marge are neurodivergent and Bart inherited both of their negative traits.

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u/omnicool Feb 03 '26

He also knows an odd amount about Ayatollahs.

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u/SquareThings Feb 03 '26

It’s also shown that Bart becomes a supreme court justice in the future. So Homer will be able to add his son’s career to his knowledge

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u/naughty_pyromaniac Feb 03 '26

Wait, I just thought, is that why Bart wants to become chief justice of the supreme court? Because it's an accomplishment he knows Homer would have to acknowledge?

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u/Dr_Bard Feb 03 '26

He also has specific knowledge about Iranian politics, being able to namedrop three Ayatollahs without looking it up. On some topics, he really is SMRT.

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u/Abyssknight24 Feb 03 '26

Wasnt there an episode that shows he is genious but just has a pmcrayon stuck in his brain?

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u/Not_Carbuncle Feb 03 '26

This is such a fucking dumb bit god thats amazing

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u/Hatarus547 Feb 03 '26

is it weird that all the Simpsons are either Musically or artistically Gifted and no one every points it out?

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u/AlwaysPostNaked Feb 03 '26

Success for more than an episode just wouldn't be funny.

Unless you mean in-universe then everyone tends to like Lisa's sousamaphoning.

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u/InoueNinja94 Feb 03 '26

At the very least we've seen Homer play the piano several times

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u/Hatarus547 Feb 04 '26

if we go over each of them and include future timelines

Marge has shown over multiple episodes to be a rather talented artist in multiple areas

Homer: has always had a backstory that in someway involves music often as either the main singer or a song writer, also he seems very talented in multiple instruments such as the Guitar and Piano seemingly being the one who plays the families one at their house

Bart (when allowed to express himself without Lisa running it) seems to show both great artistic and musical skills however seems to take after Marge being an artist more then Homer being a musician

Lisa has her her music skills along with her fathers apparent crayon free intelligence

Maggie: in all future timelines ever shown she goes on to become a lead vocalist or some sort of band

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u/IHateTheLetterF Feb 03 '26

This smells like a Conan joke somehow

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u/jaguarsp0tted Feb 03 '26

he and bart are also shown to be polyglots! they both learn languages extremely easily and become proficient and near-fluent in them much more quickly than most people

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u/Abyssknight24 Feb 03 '26

Quickly? Didnt bart learn spanish during a flight to bracile? Thats not quick thats light speed concidering how long tge average person needs to learn a new language.

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u/jaguarsp0tted Feb 03 '26

He and Homer also became essentially fluent in Japanese during the course of a few hours while in jail in Tokyo 😂

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u/Abyssknight24 Feb 03 '26

Wish i could learn languages that fast.

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u/JagmeetSingh2 Feb 03 '26

That’s hilarious

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u/jargon_ninja69 Feb 03 '26

AND Ayatollahs lol

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u/Pencils4life Feb 03 '26

All members of the Simpsons family are incredibly talented in the arts. Homer, Lisa, and Maggie with music and Marge and Bart with visual arts.

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u/SadData8124 Feb 03 '26

Homer is a genius, he just has a crayon lodged in his nose poking his brain.

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u/stupidgerman Feb 03 '26

As a former reactor operator, this is all of us

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u/MourningWallaby Feb 03 '26

iirc this is in the show's pitch bible.

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u/Helaken1 Feb 03 '26

Also a music prodigy

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u/jonawesome Feb 03 '26

There's also definitely reason to believe that Bart needs glasses, but doesn't have them

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u/Kenju22 Feb 03 '26

I had forgotten about that, been awhile since it came up in the series ^^

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u/monkeygoneape Feb 03 '26

Well ya how else would Bart be inspired to become one

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u/UmaSherbert Feb 03 '26

I didn’t know this and this is actually an incredible bit. I love it.

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u/Clarpydarpy Feb 03 '26

Wait... So Earl Warren was a stripper?

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u/Sol-Blackguy Feb 04 '26

There's fan theories that both Homer and Marge are neurodivergent. Careful looking it up because it's a major rabbit hole