“See Homer Run” is the sixth episode of the 17th season of The Simpsons. The synopsis is a takeoff of the 2003 California recall election.
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Couch gag: The family appears as usual, afterwards the angle zooms out to reveal they are on display as earth humans in a zoo for the alien species to which Kang and Kodos belong.
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Synopsis
On Father’s Day, Homer is impressed by Bart’s gift – a Leather Buddy multi-function knife, and proudly tells Bart that it’s the greatest gift any father could receive. As for Lisa’s gift (a book she created, with caricatures of herself and Homer as unicorns), it doesn’t go over so well, even though Homer still likes it. In a half-hearted attempt to make Lisa feel better, Homer hangs the book on the refrigerator, but it quickly becomes a water-soaked glob of paper.
Lisa takes out her frustrations at school, leading her into trouble, and her parents are called to talk with Principal Skinner. School psychiatrist Dr. Pryor determines Lisa has a development disorder, which can only be resolved by Homer trying to make amends. He does so by deciding to dress as the Safety Salamander and giving safety talks at school. However, a fireworks display during a school assembly causes a fire.
Meanwhile, Bart – on a dare from the bullies – steals a “Bart Blvd.” street sign. This leads to a fiery multi-car pileup when Cletus is unable to find Bart Boulevard. Police cars, fire trucks and ambulances race to the scene but crash into the wreck, making matters worse.
Homer, still dressed in his Safety Salamander costume, runs to the rescue, extricating people who were trapped in their cars just before the pileup explodes in a fireball. Homer gets a rousing reception, and Mayor Quimby is blamed for the bumbling response. Springfield residents pick apart Quimby’s administration for other failures, and demand a recall election.
On Lisa’s suggestion, Homer decides to run for mayor, playing on his popularity as the Safety Salamander. However, Marge washes the costume, and it falls apart during a debate forum, disappointing the crowd. Eventually, none of the new candidates gain enough of the vote to oust Mayor Quimby. However, Lisa confides in Homer that she is very proud of him and glad he is her father.
Trivia
- This is the first appearance of both Dr. J. Loren Pryor (the school psychiatrist), and Freddy Quimby (Mayor Quimby’s nephew) in many years. The voices of each character are very different from their original forms (particularly Quimby).
- Dolph stealing The Scream is a reference to one of The Scream paintings being stolen from the Munch Museum in 2004. The Scream itself, however, was first depicted on The Simpsons in Treehouse of Horror IV.
- In the last scene, when Homer is dancing with Lisa, he experiences phantom limb syndrome.
Cultural references
- 2003 California recall election – The Springfield mayoral recall election, Rainier Wolfcastle’s campaign in particular, is an obvious parody of the 2003 California recall election, which saw incumbent governor Gray Davis ousted and replaced by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, who in this episode is representated by Rainier Wolfcastle (”… a steroid abusing, pot-smoking, women-groping son of a Nazi, washed up has-been movie star…”).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_Homer_Run
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