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According to the creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the Canadian sketch comedy series Second City Television. [1] This article features the recurring characters from the series outside of the five main characters (Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson). Each of them are ...
Homer Jay Simpson [1] is the bumbling husband of Marge and the father of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson. [2] [3] He is the son of Mona and Abraham "Grampa" Simpson.[4] [5] Over the first 400 episodes of The Simpsons, Homer held over 188 different jobs. [6]
The scene where Homer is on a flying carpet is a parody of the film Aladdin; the Genie also makes an appearance, in which The Simpsons regular cast member Dan Castellaneta reprises his role from the Aladdin television series, The Return of Jafar, and the Kingdom Hearts video game series.
There was originally going to be a second joke involving Family Guy, but as the show had recently been cancelled, the staff of The Simpsons didn't want to "kick 'em when they're down", so they cut it. [4] Family Guy would turn the tables during the opening of their episode "PTV", where Homer makes an appearance similar to The Simpsons intro ...
Leonard Nimoy guest stars as himself and David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson guest star as agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, their respective characters on The X-Files. [2] The episode serves as a crossover with The X-Files and features numerous references to the series.
The Simpsons: Hit & Run features seven levels over three separate maps, each with missions and a sub-plot. [1] The player can control one specific character in each level. The game's playable characters are Homer (played twice), Bart (played twice), Lisa, Marge, and Apu. [2]
[6] [7] In a flashback to Woodstock in 1969, Jimi Hendrix's performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is shown, [6] as is a recreation of the photograph of embracing couple Nick and Bobbi Ercoline taken at the festival and used as a poster for the film Woodstock (1970). [7] [8] Additionally, Homer sings Billy Joel's 1983 song "Uptown Girl". [6]
"Homer the Great" is the twelfth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 8, 1995. In the episode, Homer joins an ancient secret society known as the Stonecutters. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jim Reardon.