The funniest joke in this episode is the subtle one about Homer's IQ being just 105, which is just above average, yet is enough to make him vastly more intelligent than almost the whole town.
@@TVIDS123 Well, it could be, right? Like I think the SD is like 15 points or something, so 105 could in the worst case mean he has actually an IQ of 95 or in the best case he has an IQ of 120. Or is that wrong?
Also that would mean Homer's IQ is 55, which is at the point of extreme disability. Then again, "Homer's Enemy" claims that Lisa has an IQ of 156, so I think the Simpsons writers just don't know or care about how IQ works.
@@Jpdt19 My theory is that the simpson's gene makes them incompetent, extreme risk takers and maybe have a low ability to concentrate, not stupid, The underlying intellect is right there but they can't use it. It is like most collage professors, increadably smart in one thing but out side of there specialty they are borderline R*****D.
I like that Homer's supposed to have been fairly smart BEFORE the crayon got in there and yet he did put multiple crayons up his own nose several times
@@kickaboi12 that is true. But I'm not a genius and I never tried to shove anything up my nose as a kid. But maybe that's because I'm not a genius! I don't think I ever even had the idea to do something like that. Maybe he was curious! Thinking outside the box.
No it is a test if intelligence, he should have just have covered all three buttons and then push them on his on time, the rat would be able to do nothing.
yep although he wasn't taking an intelligence test Barney recommended he make some extra money by being a lab rat so I guess this was standard testing procedure or him to test out the device
@Lopiop Sanchez What did I say that was wrong, also I was having fun because that was the story of the episode being about him having a crayon in his brain
It’s not wrong… it’s just extremely obvious. It’s like this “Timmy decides to wear a blue shirt so it matches the colour of the sky” And you be like “Yes because the sky is blue!”
I mean, increasing your IQ by 50 points would also increase your killing power. As you're better at knowing how to kill someone and adapting to their defence strategies... XD
I don't think the scientists were complaining about his stupidity because he couldn't beat a rat at reflexes or speed. They thought he was an idiot, because he brought a rat and started testing his reflexes when that wasn't even asked of him.
Rats have much faster reflexes than humans and experiences time much slower than we do, so they experience time on a much slower timespan. So it's really not that surprising that the rats is faster. Although it would be impressive or at least unusual for a random rat to just press buttons without training.
This episode was kinda sad, because we all found out that people hated Homer even more when he was smarter. Generally i think that only one who appreciated Homer's higher intelligence was Lisa.
Looking back, it bugs me how they handled this. The problem wasn't him being "smart". It was that he was being smug and not respecting, listening to, or giving higher importance the feelings of others or friendship. Logic and reason are important but they're not everything.
@@DivineWindSerpent "Considering the general purpose of said novels" You say that as if the intended audience of her books aren't children and young adults. You might have several epiphanies if you try reading Terry Pratchett. But you'll have to stop huffing your own farts first.
@@DivineWindSerpenti guess its because inteligent people are tasked or attempt to execute much greater or important deeds, which making a mistake in those fields have greater consequences. you wouldnt ask your average joe to come up with a new form of using nuclear energy, or to discover the cure of a disease, but you ask the scientist thats been studying for years said subject and supposedly was proving good aptitude in the area. however regardless of how skilled a person is, theyre not perfect and they may commit a mistake.
Byproduct, the rat is a reference Flowers for Algernon which in both The Simpson and that book the main character gives up their intelligence for their main love interests.
They portray him as genius in this episode i doubt IQ of 105 is genius level. But who knows realy, there are different types of smart, someone can have IQ of 90 or less and be street/life smart and succesfull.
@@janodefenua4603 the joke is that the other citizens are implied to have lower IQ scores. Homer is barely above average yet everyone around him in an idiot in comparison.
Let's have a bit of brain fun and examine Homer's damage. If you look at the side diagram, he appears to have no temporal lobe and maybe even the crayon is pushing it upward against the bottom-front of his skull but the 20 degree angle view proves this wrong. When you compare the 20 degree angle and the profile x-ray, Homer has a crayon stuck in the right hemisphere of his frontal lobe in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The right prefrontal cortex is responsible for coordinating declarative memory for use in speech, but more importantly, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is responsible for socially aware inhibition, self examination & social conformity. When the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is hypoactive, it allows another region of the brain to become hyperactive called the medial prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for improvised creativity. This could explain why Homer is talented at playing instruments but makes constantly poor executive decisions, this could be why Homer thinks playing music is easy when he gets his bass guitar. Only odd thing is that Homer became even more socially inept after the crayon was removed.
@@RandomGuy-sm5by Crayon simply blocks connections in his brain, as it didn't cause him internal bleeding. If remove it, neurons connect in normal way.
When Homer says his IQ was raised 50 points, his original IQ is canonically 59 (I think) so that would mean his IQ would be 109, which is slightly above average
Dr. Hibbert’s explanation of why he never noticed always bugged me for a few reasons, the biggest being that most of Homer’s head x-rays have been up on display on a light board whenever they show up.
I feel like if a kid tried to stuff a crayon up the nose they would feel pain and receive feedback and stop doing it. But obviously this was just funny
It's called being a young boy. We do stupid things, but we do stupider things when we're young. Even those of us who get good grades. Honestly, it's a wonder any of us make to adulthood.
No, this was a extremely bad episode. What's the moral message here? Being stupid is good? Being stupid makes you happy? Hold back your true strength just to blend in with idiots, rather than hang out with other intelligent people? What a terrible advice. Would you give that advise to your children? I know a lot of smart persons who are happy and stupid persons who are very unhappy. So it isn't even true. Him being stupid on purpose, rather than being a good role model for Lisa isn't heartwarming at all.. The letter from Homer basically sais: „You’re are amazing, but I still prefer not being like you.“ that’s nothing but empty words. And also it absolutely ruins Homers character. It was always funny to see Homer trying to be smart and fail miserably. Homer being stupid on purpose isn't funny at all. That episode is a good example that modern Simpsons suck. It all went downhill after season 10.
@@Shadow25720 While I would agree that the overall message of the episode is "do what makes you happy, as intelligence does not equate happiness." I would also say that the moral of the episode can in fact be turned on it's head to mean that Homer cares more about his moronic friends that don't respect him for simply being who he is, rather than his own daughter's opinion of him and continued happiness with a now more intelligent father that can now relate with his daughter and vice versa. Homer makes a completely selfish choice at the end, which completely breaks Lisa's heart. At the same time, Lisa is made to feel like the tyrant for not allowing Homer to be happy. I guess you could argue that this case is simply complicated, as so much of human emotion and values. Who is in the right here? I'd say Lisa still is, though she also more or less thinks only of her own gain in this intance. However, I'd still say Homer has a duty towards his family first, and could very easily find happiness as an intelligent man, if he just knew where to look, and learned to respect himself and disrespect those that disrespect him out of jealousy. Ultimately, the ending is a bit "bittersweet", though I consider it much more bitter than sweet. Homer gets to be happy again, and Lisa begrudgingly accepts her reality. It's a cruel but neccesary twist in order to maintain the status quo. That said, this was still a good episode overall, and you can't say the humor was bad, even if the end message was a bit hit or miss.
@@RedFloyd469 "do what makes you happy, as intelligence does not equate happiness." That would be the message of old Simpsons. Old Homer often realized that he’s stupid, especially when his actions had consequences and he tried to improve himself. Yes, he often failed in stupidest way possible, wich was hilariously funny, but in the end he always found a solution and became a better version of himself. And that was a great message: No matter how dumb you are are, if you give your best and believe in yourself you can still be an awesome person. In Lisas case, she also had her struggles, but it was never because of her intelligence, but more because she rarly had anyone with her level of intelligence she could have a meaningful conversation, or no listend to her, when she knew it better. But in the end she always appreciated her intelligence as a gift, despite it’s downsides. So old Simpsons was inspirational to both dumb and intelligent. Now the message is „being dumb is good, being intelligent is bad“. And it defiantly is the message, Lisa even drew a diagram, so that even the most supid people get it. And the worst thing about that ist that the brain is like a muscle, it needs to be trained to function properly. So when you give the poeple the mindset that intelligence is bad, they stop training it, wich makes the whole society dumber. I remember the episode "Lisas Substitute" where Lisa got a new substitute teacher and she was very happy because now she finally had someone on her level and then she was sad when he had to leave. Then the Substitute teacher gave her a letter which said: „You are Lisa Simpson.“ and she was happy again. It wasn’t even necessary to explain it to the audience, we all knew that meaning was basically „just believe in yourself.“ That was actually heartwarming. In this episode the letter from Homer basically sais: „You’re are amazing, but I still prefer not being like you.“ that’s nothing but empty words. In the original episode Lisa at least knew that there's someone out there on here level who appreciates her for who she is. Here Homer doesn’t even remember what he wrote. And also this episode has the worst life advises possible: -Try to enforce happiness -have meta emotions (feeling bad about feeling bad, which makes you feel even more bad) -care much what others think -have toxic friends who make fun of you when you are worse in something then them and who are jealous when you are better in something then them, and then badmouth your accomplishments. -have no backbone give in on social pressure -don’t try to be the best version of yourself. -Spend a lot of time with people dumber than you -Dimm you own light, just to fit in with stupid people That’s a guide to unhappiness. I was once like you, I also tried to find a deeper meaning behind the new Simpsons, but then I realized there’s none. Old Simpsons are like the Mona Lisa, while modern Simpsons are like the Mona Lisa redrawn by Ralph.
@@Shadow25720Seems like I stumbled into a very intelligent conversation. Now before there’s anything left to say I just wanted to let you know that as a person who just started watching the Simpson’s I couldn’t agree more with this argument. Old Simpson’s is better and I’m glad that I took the time to read this. God bless you stranger 🙏🏾
I'm not sure Homer's intellect would have increased that much when they removed the crayon from his brain given that he couldn't have that smart to have shoved all those crayons up his nose.
Funny thing is, even with the crayon removed, homer is still only as smart as the average person. He had an IQ of 55 before, so 55 plus the 50 points he gained would be 105 IQ which is about average intelligence.
Dr. Hibert showing up is so that the writers don't get called out for continuity errors by guys like the "Genius at Work" guy that watches Itchy & Scratchy cartoons that Homer roasted.
I remember when I was 7 and I got a cheap, dollar store bargain bin grade plastic toy pool set... Well, in my infinite childhood boredom, I stuck one of those tiny billiard balls quite snugly in my nose, when I thought "well shit, what if it gets stuck?" So I covered my opposite nostril with my finger, inhaled through my mouth, and blew out my nose, and that little BB shot across my room and dresser from 3/4th the way up there inside the mucus caverns
The sad thing is the Homer Simpson who stuck a crayon back up his nose and into his brain isn’t the Homer I grew up with. The old Homer knew how to make hard decisions for his family, especially for Lisa, and I think S1-8 Homer would have found a way to be brave for his daughter.
The funniest joke in this episode is the subtle one about Homer's IQ being just 105, which is just above average, yet is enough to make him vastly more intelligent than almost the whole town.
God I wish homer didn't get dumbed down so much as time went on.
105 isn't above average due to the SD
@@TVIDS123 Well, it could be, right? Like I think the SD is like 15 points or something, so 105 could in the worst case mean he has actually an IQ of 95 or in the best case he has an IQ of 120. Or is that wrong?
@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei it means 85 to 115 are the same
Also that would mean Homer's IQ is 55, which is at the point of extreme disability.
Then again, "Homer's Enemy" claims that Lisa has an IQ of 156, so I think the Simpsons writers just don't know or care about how IQ works.
When you realize that Lisa gets her intelligence from homer not marge 😂
Simpson’s gene, all the girls in the Simpson clan are smart.
@@Kara_Kay_Eschelyet Homer smartness here debunks that gene theory
But what about the Simpson gene 😂
Well Lisa must have gotten her intelligence from Homer, because Marge still has hers.
@@Jpdt19 My theory is that the simpson's gene makes them incompetent, extreme risk takers and maybe have a low ability to concentrate, not stupid, The underlying intellect is right there but they can't use it. It is like most collage professors, increadably smart in one thing but out side of there specialty they are borderline R*****D.
I like how the other Simpsons defer to Lisa to test Homer's intelligence.
well to be fair i think lisa is the second smartest person in Springfield.
As the larger simpson, why doesn't homer simply eat the other simpsons?
@@tmbpotatoe5975Dr. Frink is science smart, I think Lisa is more "social" smart.
@@daxx238 probably, but lisa is still a kid so that's why i placed her on 2nd.
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I like that Homer's supposed to have been fairly smart BEFORE the crayon got in there and yet he did put multiple crayons up his own nose several times
To be fair.. he WAS six
@@kickaboi12 that is true. But I'm not a genius and I never tried to shove anything up my nose as a kid. But maybe that's because I'm not a genius! I don't think I ever even had the idea to do something like that. Maybe he was curious! Thinking outside the box.
@@roninfredricson6958 a g r e e d. We do dumb stuff as kids but not all of us do
@@roninfredricson6958 I tried glue at his age ;) Some kids are more experimental.
@@notsureiL What did you do with it? Did you drink it?
To be fair the first scene would be more of a test of reflexes rather than intelligence.
He managed to smuggle a rat in there so does it count as a test of skill?
No it is a test if intelligence, he should have just have covered all three buttons and then push them on his on time, the rat would be able to do nothing.
@@nickolasdiamond5619 The rat was never supposed to be there in the first place.
takes one to know one!
yep although he wasn't taking an intelligence test Barney recommended he make some extra money by being a lab rat so I guess this was standard testing procedure or him to test out the device
I actually counted the crayons when Homer sneezed... only 15 exactly!
Yes because the 16th is stuck in his Brain
@@DgardsGaming i think they mean the detail in actually using 15 instead of just a random amount.
@Lopiop Sanchez What did I say that was wrong, also I was having fun because that was the story of the episode being about him having a crayon in his brain
@@DgardsGaming you must be a lot of fun at parties
It’s not wrong… it’s just extremely obvious.
It’s like this
“Timmy decides to wear a blue shirt so it matches the colour of the sky”
And you be like
“Yes because the sky is blue!”
I laugh at "where did that rat come from? he must have brought it in with him" almost every day.
it was there all the time my thumb was just covering it up makes you wonder does Bart also have a crayon in his brain also making him stupid?
@@raven4k998 is the simpson gene just a crayon stuck in the brain of every male simpson?
🤣🤣 one of my all time favorite lines
I love that rat.
"Hey, I came here to be drugged, electrocuted and probed, not insulted."
"Increases my killing power aye...
Let's do it!"
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By that time he has already undergone experimental supersoldier serum injection. It's becoming a habit.
For some reason I 100% heard it as "increase my chilling power", "killing power" makes so much more sense.
I mean, increasing your IQ by 50 points would also increase your killing power.
As you're better at knowing how to kill someone and adapting to their defence strategies... XD
😂😂😂😂😂
To be fair that rat just has surprisingly good timing. I doubt a normal person could beat that rat.
Yeah that rat was too fast
I don't think the scientists were complaining about his stupidity because he couldn't beat a rat at reflexes or speed. They thought he was an idiot, because he brought a rat and started testing his reflexes when that wasn't even asked of him.
That was one of them super rats. I think they have them in New York. Caught one teaching some turtles kung fu the other day.
Rats have much faster reflexes than humans and experiences time much slower than we do, so they experience time on a much slower timespan. So it's really not that surprising that the rats is faster. Although it would be impressive or at least unusual for a random rat to just press buttons without training.
The rat joke was easily the best part of the entire clip.
Homer's regular doctor is so incompetent.
He must be pretty good if he manged to keep Homer alive for so long.
Like the average American doctor
@@Enzor2011 the only doctors that are actually doctors are surgeons. What they do requires incredible skill.
@@Surfer041 Well..is that how it works?
I relate to Dr Hilbert's inappropriate laughs, because I catch myself doing the same in real life.
This episode was kinda sad, because we all found out that people hated Homer even more when he was smarter. Generally i think that only one who appreciated Homer's higher intelligence was Lisa.
Looking back, it bugs me how they handled this. The problem wasn't him being "smart". It was that he was being smug and not respecting, listening to, or giving higher importance the feelings of others or friendship. Logic and reason are important but they're not everything.
Well Lisa's graph did foreshadow something like this!
@@caiden3396 tbh its most likely bc of the damage his brain got bc of the crayon could have affected his self awareness
@@toniotrussardi8126 I can see that.
@@toniotrussardi8126 That seems plausible.
2:41 I love how being smarter didn't totally kill Homer's silliness.
@@DivineWindSerpent "Considering the general purpose of said novels" You say that as if the intended audience of her books aren't children and young adults. You might have several epiphanies if you try reading Terry Pratchett. But you'll have to stop huffing your own farts first.
@@DivineWindSerpenti guess its because inteligent people are tasked or attempt to execute much greater or important deeds, which making a mistake in those fields have greater consequences.
you wouldnt ask your average joe to come up with a new form of using nuclear energy, or to discover the cure of a disease, but you ask the scientist thats been studying for years said subject and supposedly was proving good aptitude in the area. however regardless of how skilled a person is, theyre not perfect and they may commit a mistake.
@@DivineWindSerpent yay, another egocentric narcissist.
Well it's like the saying: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Even the most intellectual of people need to take some time out for fun, right?
Being smart doesn’t mean he’s not still Homer.
"where did that rat come from?" lol
"He must have brought it in with him" lol
Byproduct, the rat is a reference Flowers for Algernon which in both The Simpson and that book the main character gives up their intelligence for their main love interests.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr wow. I never noticed that! I knew it reminded of Ffa but bever noticed the rat reference.
Homer has an IQ of 55 when he has a crayon in his brain, but he has an IQ of 105 when he has no crayon in his brain?
Yes.
Sure, he's not a rocket scientist but 105 is still slightly above average :D
They portray him as genius in this episode i doubt IQ of 105 is genius level. But who knows realy, there are different types of smart, someone can have IQ of 90 or less and be street/life smart and succesfull.
@@janodefenua4603 the joke is that the other citizens are implied to have lower IQ scores. Homer is barely above average yet everyone around him in an idiot in comparison.
@@MaryBeth321123 Not true. Retards do all three of those things
It's just a joke.
"Zoom in on section 8"
Section 8 is military code for the discharge of a soldier deemed crazy or mentally unfit for service 😂
Let's have a bit of brain fun and examine Homer's damage. If you look at the side diagram, he appears to have no temporal lobe and maybe even the crayon is pushing it upward against the bottom-front of his skull but the 20 degree angle view proves this wrong. When you compare the 20 degree angle and the profile x-ray, Homer has a crayon stuck in the right hemisphere of his frontal lobe in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The right prefrontal cortex is responsible for coordinating declarative memory for use in speech, but more importantly, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is responsible for socially aware inhibition, self examination & social conformity. When the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is hypoactive, it allows another region of the brain to become hyperactive called the medial prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for improvised creativity.
This could explain why Homer is talented at playing instruments but makes constantly poor executive decisions, this could be why Homer thinks playing music is easy when he gets his bass guitar.
Only odd thing is that Homer became even more socially inept after the crayon was removed.
Problem is, whole Springfield is dumb.
Are you a scientist or something? You seem to know a lot about brains and how they work.
I mean, removing the crayon wouldn’t do anything. The damage had already been done.
@@RandomGuy-sm5by Crayon simply blocks connections in his brain, as it didn't cause him internal bleeding. If remove it, neurons connect in normal way.
possible autism?
Increase my killing power,eh?
Yes please 😂
Let’s do it! 😏
2:06 Homer originally thought Hitler was the capital of North Dakota
@@jacobpadilla2025 is that the crayon in your brain
His hint was a famous German leader. How many average people were going to guess Bismarck based on that hint?
Simpson and Delilah, the episode where Homer grows long hair is when he thought Hitler was the capital of North Dakota.
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'I don't feel so good.'
*Homer fades away*
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I mean his intelligence did fade away
1:22 I don't feel so good
1:24 opens up all of the multiverse dimension holes everywhere...by accident
Leave it to Disney to incorporate everything into everything else.
They're owned by Disney now so...
I like that the turtle walks off the table and continues walking on air instead of falling
Thanks for mentioning this. I wouldn't have noticed XD.
"I came here to be drugged, electrocuted and probed not insulted" 🤣🤣🤣
Why do people in television never draw with their crayons?
They always look brand new.
Homer wasn’t dreaming
He must of bought a brand new box for the purpose of shoving them up his nose
I think the tip is easy to recognise
That's what she said@@shadylampable
not sure. We know Ralph eats his, especially his red crayon.
When Homer says his IQ was raised 50 points, his original IQ is canonically 59 (I think) so that would mean his IQ would be 109, which is slightly above average
And that would still be pretty decent by Springfield standards, Frink and Comic Book Guy notwithstanding.
Isn’t average anywhere from 85-115?
@@hehz7829 the exact average is 99 I think, but yeah I guess roughly that’s right
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Depends on which race and what country you're talking about.
You do realize half of the population has an IQ below 100, right?
109 is pretty good.
In Homer's defense, that mouse is fast
Homer casually laughing at the NPR pun is wholesome 😂
makes you wonder is Bart also stupid cause he also has a crayon in his brain?
*sensible chuckle GIF*
i just realized this is a reference to flowers for algernon
Katelyn's Place I don't get this reference. He never had a crayon in his brain.
@@residentevilsamuel No he went under surgery to become smarter
the rat scene aswell
@@Forka137 Yes
I couldn't remember the name of this story, thanks
Homer’s voice as a child always crack me up
"He's a little too well fed to be a wino"😂😂😂
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The turtle starts floating when he walks off the table.
Prolonged exposure to nuclear radiation has been known to give reptiles the power of levitation.
Hover turtle
yeah but that rat had some mad skills with those light buttons......
he also clips the book when first placed on the table
Two of my favorite Simpsons lines ever are in this scene.
"There's a crayon in my brain?" (points to chest)
and
"Increase my killing power, eh?"
"Where did that rat come from? " 😂
Not smart enough to realize he can unsolve the Rubik cube instead of buying a hundred of them 😂
Love how Dr. Hibbert just walked in and walked back out.
3:04 Turtle walks in mid air??🐢
Hover turtle
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Well that explain where Lisa got her Smarts.
“But I’ve had thousands of head X-rays!”
I love the flowers for Algernon reference, and the tender moment of bonding with Lisa
His Brian
that checkmark isnt fooling anyone
I know, I put it there as a joke
@AnimaCity the title says brian
Huh, I guess the title was fixed sometime ago!
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Any guy who can shove 16 crayons up his nose and still live is a feat in itself.
That’s why their daughter is a genius
Actually the woman Simpsons are really smart. In the cartoon
@@carringtondale genes are sexist then? wait, scratch that. of course they are, and everything is too.
1:00 it looks like homer shit himself but it’s just the fx logo
Ew
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I wish we had more episodes with smart Homer. He’s hilarious and interesting.
So that's how Homer started braining his damage...
When he asked and answered a smart question and everyone looked at lisa 😂😂😂
Dr. Hibbert’s explanation of why he never noticed always bugged me for a few reasons, the biggest being that most of Homer’s head x-rays have been up on display on a light board whenever they show up.
Boy I hope somebody got fired off of THAT blunder!
Those x-rays? Oh they were showing the other side of the brain, all of them, that's why no one noticed. 😉
Also the fact that you can’t see the brain on an X-ray lol
You would only see the skull
Omg the face they make when they realise it's a crayon is actually so genuine and cute.
Homer going against the rat always made me laugh. But I love him losing to a rat is not the punchline Lol.
If homer was suppose to be smart to begin with what made him insert crayons up his nose 😆
Even smart Kids do dumb things sometimes
He's smart, not sensible.
I feel like if a kid tried to stuff a crayon up the nose they would feel pain and receive feedback and stop doing it. But obviously this was just funny
Boredom lack of supervision since his mom left and his father then became emotionally distant.
It's called being a young boy. We do stupid things, but we do stupider things when we're young. Even those of us who get good grades. Honestly, it's a wonder any of us make to adulthood.
That rat is adorable
A measure of how hated Lisa is, Homer would rather have Moe stick *another* crayon in his brain than bond with her with his newfound intelligence! 😂
The Simpsons Season 12 Episode 9 - Homer.
One of the Best Simpsons episodes with the warmest of endings I have ever seen. 👌
No, this was a extremely bad episode. What's the moral message here? Being stupid is good? Being stupid makes you happy? Hold back your true strength just to blend in with idiots, rather than hang out with other intelligent people? What a terrible advice. Would you give that advise to your children? I know a lot of smart persons who are happy and stupid persons who are very unhappy. So it isn't even true.
Him being stupid on purpose, rather than being a good role model for Lisa isn't heartwarming at all.. The letter from Homer basically sais: „You’re are amazing, but I still prefer not being like you.“ that’s nothing but empty words.
And also it absolutely ruins Homers character. It was always funny to see Homer trying to be smart and fail miserably. Homer being stupid on purpose isn't funny at all.
That episode is a good example that modern Simpsons suck. It all went downhill after season 10.
@@Shadow25720 do what brings you happiness
@@Shadow25720 While I would agree that the overall message of the episode is "do what makes you happy, as intelligence does not equate happiness."
I would also say that the moral of the episode can in fact be turned on it's head to mean that Homer cares more about his moronic friends that don't respect him for simply being who he is, rather than his own daughter's opinion of him and continued happiness with a now more intelligent father that can now relate with his daughter and vice versa.
Homer makes a completely selfish choice at the end, which completely breaks Lisa's heart. At the same time, Lisa is made to feel like the tyrant for not allowing Homer to be happy.
I guess you could argue that this case is simply complicated, as so much of human emotion and values. Who is in the right here? I'd say Lisa still is, though she also more or less thinks only of her own gain in this intance. However, I'd still say Homer has a duty towards his family first, and could very easily find happiness as an intelligent man, if he just knew where to look, and learned to respect himself and disrespect those that disrespect him out of jealousy.
Ultimately, the ending is a bit "bittersweet", though I consider it much more bitter than sweet. Homer gets to be happy again, and Lisa begrudgingly accepts her reality. It's a cruel but neccesary twist in order to maintain the status quo.
That said, this was still a good episode overall, and you can't say the humor was bad, even if the end message was a bit hit or miss.
@@RedFloyd469 "do what makes you happy, as intelligence does not equate happiness."
That would be the message of old Simpsons. Old Homer often realized that he’s stupid, especially when his actions had consequences and he tried to improve himself. Yes, he often failed in stupidest way possible, wich was hilariously funny, but in the end he always found a solution and became a better version of himself. And that was a great message: No matter how dumb you are are, if you give your best and believe in yourself you can still be an awesome person.
In Lisas case, she also had her struggles, but it was never because of her intelligence, but more because she rarly had anyone with her level of intelligence she could have a meaningful conversation, or no listend to her, when she knew it better. But in the end she always appreciated her intelligence as a gift, despite it’s downsides.
So old Simpsons was inspirational to both dumb and intelligent. Now the message is „being dumb is good, being intelligent is bad“. And it defiantly is the message, Lisa even drew a diagram, so that even the most supid people get it. And the worst thing about that ist that the brain is like a muscle, it needs to be trained to function properly. So when you give the poeple the mindset that intelligence is bad, they stop training it, wich makes the whole society dumber.
I remember the episode "Lisas Substitute" where Lisa got a new substitute teacher and she was very happy because now she finally had someone on her level and then she was sad when he had to leave. Then the Substitute teacher gave her a letter which said: „You are Lisa Simpson.“ and she was happy again. It wasn’t even necessary to explain it to the audience, we all knew that meaning was basically „just believe in yourself.“ That was actually heartwarming.
In this episode the letter from Homer basically sais: „You’re are amazing, but I still prefer not being like you.“ that’s nothing but empty words. In the original episode Lisa at least knew that there's someone out there on here level who appreciates her for who she is. Here Homer doesn’t even remember what he wrote.
And also this episode has the worst life advises possible:
-Try to enforce happiness
-have meta emotions (feeling bad about feeling bad, which makes you feel even more bad)
-care much what others think
-have toxic friends who make fun of you when you are worse in something then them and who are jealous when you are better in something then them, and then badmouth your accomplishments.
-have no backbone give in on social pressure
-don’t try to be the best version of yourself.
-Spend a lot of time with people dumber than you
-Dimm you own light, just to fit in with stupid people
That’s a guide to unhappiness.
I was once like you, I also tried to find a deeper meaning behind the new Simpsons, but then I realized there’s none.
Old Simpsons are like the Mona Lisa, while modern Simpsons are like the Mona Lisa redrawn by Ralph.
@@Shadow25720Seems like I stumbled into a very intelligent conversation. Now before there’s anything left to say I just wanted to let you know that as a person who just started watching the Simpson’s I couldn’t agree more with this argument. Old Simpson’s is better and I’m glad that I took the time to read this. God bless you stranger 🙏🏾
They should have made the smart homer last a few more episodes- so many avenues unexplored
They can always pop the crayon out
"There's a crayon in my brain?"
* points to his stomach *
We all look at Lisa for confirmation 😂
Not gonna lie, Homer was adorable when he was young
Adorable as a child, looked good as a teen. Then after Marge became pregnant his looks started to fail him.
Dead end job
Bratty kids
Poor Homie.
They made a Flowers for Algernon episode? Simpsons really done everything
This episode is called HOMR
I'm not sure Homer's intellect would have increased that much when they removed the crayon from his brain given that he couldn't have that smart to have shoved all those crayons up his nose.
2:34 as a book collector, this one is too on point
Increase my killing power... 🤔
One of the funniest setups in the series.
Funny thing is, even with the crayon removed, homer is still only as smart as the average person. He had an IQ of 55 before, so 55 plus the 50 points he gained would be 105 IQ which is about average intelligence.
Gotta love the sneaky Blade Runner reference.
me too, i’m surprised no one caught that
Anyone else think of Deckard using the image enhancer when they're looking closely at the X-ray?
“He’s a little too well fed to be wino” 😂
Getting "Flowers for Algernon" vibes from this one
The best part is he then says his IQ is just 105, basically exactly average.
Which means, being increased by 50 points... that explains so much.
Everyone looking at Lisa to see if Homer is right...Classic.
To be fair, a child that put 16 crayons up his nose couldn't have been that smart to begin with.
2:17 Highly what????????????
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@@JovaNull 2:17
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This 3 minutes 15 second clip has so many amazing jokes in it
flowers for algernon
Yes
Nice Roses for Algernon reference
Just the way he goes "dammit" makes me laugh every time 😂😂
Even that laugh at end is smart
I'm surprised he was even able to get more than one crayon up there.
Dr. Hibert showing up is so that the writers don't get called out for continuity errors by guys like the "Genius at Work" guy that watches Itchy & Scratchy cartoons that Homer roasted.
lmao that rat had so much personality, the turtle too
Now I know where Ralphie got his 'inspiration' from :P
I seen this episode when I was younger when it first came out.
Really you were younger in the past! Ask your doctor to scan your brain for a crayon.
No I have a photographic memory.
Simpsons Season 6 Boxset predicted this scene.
How Homer didnt get serious permanent brain damage from all those crayons!
2:16 SUS?!?!
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Cletus trying to kill a turtle in a public library lol
"There's a crayon in my brain?"
_points to his stomach_
My favorite joke is right at the beginning, that the rat didn't belong to the scientists.
Steve sent me here. Steve Lehto, that is.
" I think that's all of em' " 🤷♂️🖍
Cracks me up how the random rat was out smarting him
This saw a sweet episode with him bonding with Lisa
Couldn't Hibbert have seen the x-ray before he held it?
I remember when I was 7 and I got a cheap, dollar store bargain bin grade plastic toy pool set... Well, in my infinite childhood boredom, I stuck one of those tiny billiard balls quite snugly in my nose, when I thought "well shit, what if it gets stuck?" So I covered my opposite nostril with my finger, inhaled through my mouth, and blew out my nose, and that little BB shot across my room and dresser from 3/4th the way up there inside the mucus caverns
That's disgusting and hilarious at the same time.
The sad thing is the Homer Simpson who stuck a crayon back up his nose and into his brain isn’t the Homer I grew up with. The old Homer knew how to make hard decisions for his family, especially for Lisa, and I think S1-8 Homer would have found a way to be brave for his daughter.
“Increase my killing power, eh?”
I like this homer a alternative ark would be nice.
I like how this implies that lisa inherited her intelligence from homer
THE FACT THEY TURNED TO LISA
Homer couldn’t have been that intelligent in the first place to put up his Crayons his nostrils.
Jonah's like the Simpsons
Homer = remove Crayon to become smarter
Barney = remove Alcohol to become smarter
Kind of funny and sad how these things happened.
"but I've had thousands of head X-rays!"
I like that they said taking the crayon out made him smart, but he was dumb enough to stick 16 crayons in his nose in the first place.