Homer Goes to College
The Simpsons, season 5, episode 3. First aired October 14, 1993. 131 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
After Homer melts down a Nuclear Regulatory Commission simulator, inspectors insist he study nuclear physics, and Mr. Burns gets him into Springfield University. Expecting college to be like the movies, Homer takes three nerds, Benjamin, Doug and Gary, under his wing, and with Bart's help they kidnap Sir Oinks-A-Lot, the Springfield A&M mascot. The nerds are expelled while Homer escapes blame, so he lets them move in with the Simpsons.
- Written by
- Conan O'Brien
- Directed by
- Jim Reardon
- Couch gag
- Monty Python's Flying Circus Foot
- Production code
- 1F02
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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Bart stands with arms raised atop a pink car in a driveway beside a yellow house with a red door and a brick…
0:00–0:12 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart sit side by side on the brown couch in the pink living room, with Homer…
0:12–0:23 -
Homer and Santa's Little Helper are at the Springfield nuclear plant, which is first seen…
0:23–0:36 -
Homer and Santa's Little Helper are in a red-lit nuclear plant control room
“Core meltdown in 10 seconds.”
0:36–0:46 -
Homer Simpson slumps asleep over the control console of the nuclear plant, while Santa's Little Helper leans…
“Core meltdown in 10 seconds.”
0:46–0:51 -
Mr. Burns sits in a tall red armchair in his office with his eyes closed and mouth open, while the on-screen…
0:51–1:03 -
Three people in white lab coats and white hard hats stand by a brown door in a hallway: a woman with a tall…
“What? How dare you disturb me during nap time?”
1:03–1:16 -
Smithers stands beside Mr. Burns, the frail, hook-nosed old man with grey hair at the sides, who leans…
“We make cookies here.”
1:16–1:26 -
Marge watches from the foreground as two inspectors in white coats and hard hats stand at the open door…
“The watchdog of public safety. Is there any lower form of life?”
1:26–1:35 -
Homer sits arms crossed on a wooden crate in a dim basement beside leaking barrels with radiation symbols…
“Homer, why are we down here?”
1:35–1:45 -
Homer sits on a wooden crate in a blue brick room and first jabs his finger angrily at a coiled hose…
“You guys are pathetic.”
1:45–1:56 -
Mr. Burns and Smithers stand beside a white van marked NUCLEAR INSPECTION VAN, with two workers in white…
“Hey, come back. Is there a Homer Simpson present?”
1:56–2:06 -
Mr. Burns stands glaring beside Carl, a Black man in a white hard hat and lab coat holding a clipboard…
“Yes, he's in Geneva, chairing a conference on nuclear fission.”
2:06–2:18 -
Homer sits at a control console inside a blue van marked "NUCLEAR INSPECTION VAN" with a radiation symbol…
“Homer, this is an exact replica of your workstation.”
2:18–2:28 -
Homer Simpson stands behind a curved blue control console covered in dials, buttons and colored lights…
“What do I do? What do I do?”
2:28–2:40 -
Homer sits at a desk in a blue room, pressing his hand to his face in despair
“No, this can't be happening.”
2:40–2:50 -
Mr. Burns stands beside a red-framed door, pointing at its small red button and then peering…
“For the love of God, sir, there are two seats.”
2:50–3:01 -
A white capsule-shaped craft with red thrusters and blue flame trails streaks across the clear blue sky…
3:01–3:11 -
Homer first appears in a desert scene with a blue van and blue car driving past a chain-link fence…
“Must destroy mankind.”
3:11–3:25 -
Mr. Burns sits behind his desk in an office with bookshelves and a red chair, hands steepled, while a man…
“There wasn't any nuclear material in the truck.”
3:25–3:36 -
Mr. Burns sits at a purple desk in a dark suit, resting his hand on a large pink box covered in purple…
“or you can trade it all in for what's in this box.”
3:36–3:46 -
A man with swept-back brown hair in a grey fur coat, with a $5.00 price tag dangling from it, grins…
“Gentlemen, I've decided there will be no investigation now.”
3:46–3:55 -
Mr. Burns sits behind a large desk in a book-lined study with a red padded chair, and a manila folder…
“Now, you get your man up to speed, or we'll be forced to take legal action.”
3:55–4:07 -
Mr. Burns stands with a group of grey-suited men in red ties, including Smithers in glasses, at the pink…
“Hello, Simpson.”
4:07–4:19 -
Mr. Burns stands in a pink doorway flanked by several suited men, including Milhouse with blue hair and green…
“Yes, he would.”
4:19–4:29 -
Mr. Burns stands with Smithers, his thin assistant in glasses, among a group of men in grey suits and red…
“your job and the future of your family hinges on your successful completion of Nuclear”
4:29–4:41 -
Smithers stands on the left in a pink-walled room facing Mr. Burns, the frail, stooped old man with a hooked…
“Actually, sir, we found the Jade Monkey.”
4:41–4:52 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson lie in bed together in their pink bedroom, with framed pictures of Bart…
“I think this is a great opportunity. You could learn so much.”
4:52–5:04 -
Two unnamed men sit across a table in front of a window, with posters reading NASA, Navy and Germany…
“Homer, sign this application and you're a shoo-in.”
5:04–5:11 -
Milhouse sits at a desk holding a sheet of paper and a pen, with NASA and Peace Corps posters on the green…
“This I gotta see.”
5:11–5:19 -
Homer Simpson and Lisa Simpson sit at a blue table in a kitchen with chicken-patterned canisters…
“Dad, don't let these application essays throw you.”
5:19–5:32 -
Lisa stands in the kitchen in front of a sink and purple cabinets while reading a sheet of paper, her eyes…
“Is TV Guide a book? No. Son of Sniglet? No.”
5:32–5:45 -
Homer and Bart lie side by side on a colorful patchwork quilt in front of a red couch, filling in a form…
“You're the man, Homer. Thanks, boy.”
5:45–5:55 -
Homer is pictured face-first in a pink birthday cake beside Marge, her blue beehive visible, who holds a hand…
“He looks crazy. Agreed. Reading his essay would only waste valuable seconds.”
5:55–6:02 -
Bart Simpson sits alone on the edge of the red living room couch, a blue remote control on the cushion…
“Finally, the great taste of Worcestershire sauce in a soft drink.”
6:02–6:12 -
A cartoon woman in a red bikini and graduation cap, with her finger raised, dances beside the yellow-lettered…
“We now return to School of Heart Knockers, starring Corey Masterson.”
6:12–6:25 -
A stern man with dark curly hair, a brown suit and a red tie speaks angrily in a purple-bordered inset…
“Oh, don't worry. I've expelled those rowdy members of Chuggalug House.”
6:25–6:37 -
Two men stand on a grey sidewalk beside a green lawn: a man in a brown suit with a vest and dark wavy hair…
“Corey?”
6:37–6:49 -
Mr. Burns wears a blue suit and red tie on a grassy lawn ringed by green hedges under a blue sky…
“President! Lighten up, Bitterman.”
6:49–7:00 -
Homer and Bart start on a red couch in the living room, with Homer glaring and raising a finger while Bart…
“Yes!”
7:00–7:12 -
Homer stands at the center of the kitchen holding up a paper flyer while Marge stands at the right beside him
“Woo-hoo! Flyer for a hardware store!”
7:12–7:25 -
Mr. Burns leans over a seated Homer in a green chair, while a bear-headed man in a suit raises a paw…
“Don't worry, Simpson.”
7:25–7:35 -
Mr. Burns sits in a red chair at the head of a long table beneath a huge demonic face, while suited board…
“I'm sorry, Mr. Burns, but I must object.”
7:35–7:47 -
Mr. Burns stands at a wooden table while Smithers watches from behind the seated men
“Yes, well, to have a successful baseball club, you need teamwork,”
7:47–7:54 -
Mr. Burns stands in a dark blue suit in a pink-walled office beside a framed landscape painting and a wooden…
“not some hot dog admissions officer playing by his own rules.”
7:54–8:03 -
Mr. Burns stands at a wooden desk in a pink-walled office with a framed landscape painting behind him…
“I'm giving you the beating of your life.”
8:03–8:13 -
Homer Simpson grips the lapel of Mr. Burns, a frail, thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair…
“Smithies, dismember the corpse and send his widow a corsage.”
8:13–8:23 -
Homer Simpson stands in the living room in front of the brick fireplace and shelves of trophies…
“I am too smart.”
8:23–8:33 -
No regular characters are visible in this scene, which shows the exterior of Springfield University, a large…
“My first day of college. I wish my father was alive to see this.”
8:33–8:40 -
Homer drives the orange station wagon with Marge in the passenger seat, and in the back seat a small yellow…
“My first day of college. I wish my father was alive to see this.”
8:40–8:53 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson stand beside a wooden-paneled orange convertible under a bright blue sky…
“Homer, that isn't very nice.”
8:53–9:01 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a varnished wooden speedboat while Marge Simpson watches from behind the boat…
“Jocks and nerds. As a jock, it is my duty to give nerds a hard time.”
9:01–9:08 -
Homer Simpson in a blue suit and green tie and Marge Simpson with her tall blue beehive and green dress are…
“Pardon me?”
9:08–9:19 -
Homer and Marge stand behind a light-blue punch bowl at a campus party while a hand in a blue sleeve pours…
“I'll be a campus hero.”
9:19–9:30 -
A crowd of yellow-skinned townspeople, including a bald man in a light blue shirt, a woman with long black…
“Don't worry.”
9:30–9:36 -
Homer and Marge stand before a pink counter stacked with purple cups
“Marge, someone squeezed all the life out of these kids.”
9:36–9:48 -
A pale-blond, swept-up haired man in a tan jacket over a black turtleneck stands at a silver microphone…
“I just want you to know, if you ever feel stressed out from studying or whatever,”
9:48–10:01 -
Homer stands between a red-capped man and a dark-haired man with glasses and a grey vest, first scowling…
“Boy, I can't wait to take some of the starch out of that stuff shirt.”
10:01–10:11 -
Homer sits in a purple-seated lecture hall with a bespectacled, mustachioed professor in a white lab coat…
“I see a lot of new faces, but... You know the old saying, out with the old,”
10:11–10:22 -
Homer stands near the green double doors at the top of a wide auditorium aisle, while rows of seated one-off…
“Did you see that jerk?”
10:22–10:29 -
Homer stands at the top of a sloped auditorium aisle in front of green double doors marked with an EXIT sign…
“He dropped his nose.”
10:29–10:37 -
Homer Simpson sits in the crowded rows of a lecture hall, then stands up and walks down the carpeted aisle…
“Now if anyone would like to stay,”
10:37–10:49 -
An elderly man in a white lab coat, with glasses, a white mustache and grey hair at the sides, stands…
10:49–10:58 -
Homer lies on a purple bed with an orange blanket in a pink bedroom while Marge stands beside him…
“Homer, we have a perfectly good bookcase.”
10:58–11:11 -
Principal Skinner and a bald, heavy man with a moustache in blue overalls stand beside a wooden table…
“Sir, six cinder blocks are missing. There'll be no hospital then.”
11:11–11:21 -
Homer sits at a desk beside a black-haired boy in a blue sweater vest, while an elderly scientist in a white…
“This proton accelerator destabilizes the atom in this chamber here, then propels it.”
11:21–11:33 -
A bespectacled white-haired old man in a lab coat gestures toward a machine with a red digital readout…
“Well, please come down and show us. All right, I will.”
11:33–11:43 -
Homer stands at the right of a book-lined office while an unnamed man with swept-back pale hair, a grey…
“Homer, no one blames you for the accident.”
11:43–11:53 -
Homer stands in the foreground holding a green paper cup while a blond man in a grey jacket and black…
“Yeah, you've won this round, Dean.”
11:53–12:02 -
Homer stands at a pair of outdoor payphones on a paved courtyard, holding a receiver to his ear…
“You're a stupid head. Homer, is that you?”
12:02–12:09 -
Homer stands on the left of a bedroom-like office with bunk beds, a blue door and a UFO lamp, while Lenny…
“Hiya, gang. Intruder alert!”
12:09–12:20 -
Homer stands with a finger raised to his chin while Barney sits in a rolling chair beside a red-haired boy…
“If there's one thing we know, it is science.”
12:20–12:32 -
Homer Simpson sits with his eyes closed in a bedroom near a bed with a green blanket and a teal jacket…
“We played Dungeons and Dragons for three hours.”
12:32–12:42 -
Homer, Marge, and Bart sit around the dining table in the pink dining room, with Lisa and Maggie partly…
“You're hanging with nerds. You take that back!”
12:42–12:50 -
Lisa Simpson stands in a pink kitchen beside a shelf holding blue mugs
“Really? But nerds are my mortal enemy. Dad, nerds are nothing to fear.”
12:50–13:01 -
Homer is first seen wide-eyed and open-mouthed against a wooden wall, then covers his face with both hands
“Oh, not Souter!”
13:01–13:14 -
Carl types at a computer beside two other men in an office, a brown-haired man in a green sweater grinning…
“I'll write it on my hand. Oh, including all known lanthanides and actinides?”
13:14–13:25 -
Homer stands in a computer room with Carl and a red-haired young man in a white shirt and maroon pants seated…
“I'm going to show you the true meaning of college.”
13:25–13:37 -
Homer is first seen grinning in the back of an orange van stacked with rows of beer cans, and then Marge…
“What better way to spread beer-fueled mayhem?”
13:37–13:50 -
Homer drives the orange station wagon along a road, wearing a white Springfield Petting Zoo cap, while Bart…
“Oh, those baby ducks were so cute,”
13:50–14:02 -
Homer Simpson stands on a bunk-bed frame in a dormitory-like room while Bart lies sprawled on a purple couch…
“I'm telling you, a big crazy prank is just what the doctor ordered.”
14:02–14:10 -
Homer Simpson is in a close-up in a bunk-bed room with green blankets and a pillow behind him
“I got it.”
14:10–14:17 -
Homer Simpson stands in a bunk-bed room with green blankets, white pillows and a green garment hanging…
“we roll him up in a carpet and throw him off a bridge.”
14:17–14:24 -
Bart Simpson stands before a green chalkboard with a chalk drawing of a pig, while Carl and Homer watch…
“So it's a prank you're looking for, is it?”
14:24–14:37 -
Homer Simpson clenches his fist in anger in the foreground while Bart runs in holding a brown paper bag…
“Those bastards.”
14:37–14:40 -
Photographs spread over a street map show a fat pig mascot in a cap and sash, first held on a chain…
“Meet Sir Oinks-a-Lot, the beloved mascot of Springfield A&M.”
14:40–14:51 -
Homer stands at the right edge of a schoolyard bench area while Bart stands in front of a blue-and-white…
“Gentlemen, I propose we kidnap Sir Oinks-a-Lot.”
14:51–15:03 -
No recognizable Simpsons characters appear; the scene shows the Springfield A&M arch over a dusky purple sky…
15:03–15:07 -
Homer, in his light blue shirt, Bart in the bottom corner, Carl in his green shirt and glasses, and two other…
“Look!”
15:07–15:17 -
Bart in his orange shirt, Carl in a green sweater and glasses, and two unnamed men, one in an olive jacket…
“Mr.”
15:17–15:29 -
Homer yells and reaches toward a plump pig in a red outfit and cap, sitting on the open trunk of a red car…
“Why, you little... Mr. Dawson, stop it!”
15:29–15:37 -
Carl stands at left beside a red-haired young man in a white shirt and a heavyset man in a green jacket…
“Hey, the pig's acting kind of funny. And Mr.”
15:37–15:48 -
A frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, Mr. Burns stands with a heavy man…
“I'm sorry, boys. I've never expelled anyone before,”
15:48–16:00 -
Mr. Burns points at a red-haired child in front of brick buildings with a staircase, while Carl…
“Don't think you won't pay.”
16:00–16:13 -
Nelson stands outdoors against a blue sky and white clouds, beside a bespectacled man in an olive-green…
“Uh, wallet inspector. Oh, here you go.”
16:13–16:20 -
Homer stands behind jail-cell bars, first staring and then pointing through them at a man in a green sweater…
“I can't believe that worked.”
16:20–16:33 -
Homer and Marge Simpson stand in the pink living room beneath a framed picture of baby Maggie, with Homer…
“Marge, they don't have anywhere to stay.”
16:33–16:46 -
Carl sits at a computer beside two unnamed men, one with reddish-orange hair and a white shirt, the other…
“What's wrong with this phone? It's making crazy noises.”
16:46–16:54 -
Carl sits at a computer keyboard in a pink-walled room, with Lenny in a white shirt and a man in a green…
“Those crazy noises are computer signals.”
16:54–17:04 -
Marge sideways glare, is first seen in the foreground of a pink-walled living room, and then Bart and Lisa…
“Oh, I heard about this. This is the one where Scratchy finally gets itchy.”
17:04–17:17 -
A blue cartoon mouse, tied up with rope to a post, and a black cartoon cat are in a cartoon scene…
17:17–17:28 -
A blue cartoon mouse and a black cartoon cat appear in a bloody-slapstick Itchy and Scratchy style cartoon…
17:28–17:39 -
Bart with spiky hair in an orange shirt and Lisa with star-shaped spiky hair and a red dress and pearl…
“My purpose in life is to witness this moment.”
17:39–17:50 -
Bart and Lisa crawl on a purple rug and shout with wide-open mouths and bulging eyes
“We need the outlet for our rock tumbler.”
17:50–18:01 -
Krusty the Clown appears on a red-and-orange polka-dot TV-style backdrop, gesturing and grinning…
“They'll never let us show that again! Not in a million years!”
18:01–18:12 -
Lisa sits at a blue table in the kitchen, first resting her chin on her hand with a worried, wide-eyed look…
“It's bad enough they put their retainers in the dishwasher.”
18:12–18:23 -
Homer stands in a lilac room with a pink archway and a glass-fronted cabinet of plates and glasses…
“You really think you can get us back into college?”
18:23–18:34 -
Homer and Carl stand in a purple-walled room with a wooden hutch, while a red-haired man in a white shirt…
“I've got it!”
18:34–18:46 -
A blond man in a tan jacket, black turtleneck, blue jeans and white shoes stands at the brick doorway…
“Okay, guys.”
18:46–18:59 -
Carl stands with a red-haired boy in a light blue shirt and a brown-haired man in a green jacket…
“Oh, my.”
18:59–19:10 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a hospital bed while a thin, frail old man with a bandaged head and a casted arm…
“I'm the one who should be expelled. Well, I'm touched by your honesty.”
19:10–19:23 -
Homer stands in a storeroom with metal shelving and cardboard boxes marked FRAGILE, talking with a man…
“Oh, Dean, this is what your new hip is going to look like.”
19:23–19:35 -
Homer stands in a storeroom with three men: a heavy man in a green jacket and glasses holding a brown…
“Number of messages received, zero.”
19:35–19:42 -
Homer Simpson stands among three men in a cramped room with metal shelving: Carl and a brown-haired man…
“Oh, no problem, guys.”
19:42–19:54 -
Homer Simpson first appears in close-up with his hand raised to his head and mouth agape
“Exam?”
19:54–20:04 -
Homer lies back on a bed-like surface in a white shirt beside a wooden desk, grimacing with clenched teeth…
“During the exam,”
20:04–20:15 -
Homer Simpson appears in several moments: first lying back with his mouth open, then standing…
“Whatever. Either way is good.”
20:15–20:27 -
Homer Simpson sits in a row of purple auditorium seats while Carl sits nearby and Lenny watches from the back…
“Oh man, I can't believe you failed. Oh,”
20:27–20:37 -
Carl stands at left beside a nervous redhead in a white shirt holding a sheet of paper, while a heavy man…
“Oh man, I can't believe you failed. Oh,”
20:37–20:45 -
Carl stands at the left beside a redheaded man in a white shirt holding a clipboard, while a brown-haired man…
“Mr. Simpson, there is a way. We could, well, use a computer to change your grade.”
20:45–20:57 -
Homer slumps with his head resting on a grey computer monitor in front of green shelves, then Marge speaks…
“Moral was a?”
20:57–21:07 -
Homer sits on the red couch in the living room, with Marge and Bart standing nearby at first, and Lisa…
“You changed your grade with a computer? No!”
21:07–21:20 -
Homer Simpson and Lisa Simpson are in the living room with a pink wall, a red lamp and a dark red armchair
“No, we didn't. Oh,”
21:20–21:31 -
Homer Simpson sits on a dark red couch in the pink living room while Marge stands beside the seat and Bart…
“Hmm, true. And I learned that in order for you to set a good example for your son,”
21:31–21:42 -
Homer Simpson sits at the left end of a red couch in the pink living room, then leans over the back…
“Well, I guess it's back to college for me.”
21:42–21:52 -
Homer stands on the back of a red couch in the pink living room, fist raised and cheering, while Carl and two…
“Yes!”
21:52–22:03 -
A heavy, bald man in a stained white shirt and blue pants, with green-tinted hair on top, stands…
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, thank you.”
22:03–22:17 -
Homer crawls on all fours in front of a crowd of red-hooded figures in sunglasses, one raising a bottle…
22:17–22:29 -
Mr. Burns scowls in the foreground while Homer strums a guitar with his arm raised, and Grampa and Carl play…
“Oh, baby, where'd I go?”
22:29–22:39 -
Opening credits of The Simpsons: in the first two frames, Homer-like and Lenny-like figures
“Oh, baby, where'd I go?”
22:39–22:52 -
The frames are almost entirely black, so no characters can be identified and no people, places or actions are…
22:52–22:54
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Lenny Leonard, Dr. Hibbert, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Nelson Muntz, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II, Mayor Quimby, Snake, Itchy, Scratchy, Gareth Prince, Blue-Haired Lawyer, Space Mutants, Richard Nixon, Albert Einstein, Doug, Gary, Benjamin, Ms. Norton, Bobby Peterson, Corey Masterson, Dimoxinil Actor, Mr. McIntyre, Nuclear Inspectors, Admissions Agent 1, Admissions Agent 2, Bernie, Construction Worker, Dean Bitterman, Dog, Jock, Nerd, Nerdlinger, Nuclear Physics Professor, President of the United States, Punchbowl Student, Red Headed Employee, Sir Oinks-A-Lot, Site Manager, Springfield University Board Member
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