Deep Space Homer
The Simpsons, season 5, episode 15. First aired February 24, 1994. 140 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 an inanimate carbon rod wins Worker of the Week over him, NASA recruits Homer, hoping an ordinary man in space will lift its TV ratings. Barney wins the training contest but starts drinking again, so Homer flies with Buzz Aldrin and Race Banyon. Homer smashes an ant farm chasing his potato chips, the ants ruin the navigation, and a carbon rod jammed in the broken hatch saves them.
- Written by
- David Mirkin
- Directed by
- Carlos Baeza
- Guest stars
- Buzz Aldrin
- James Taylor
- Chalkboard gag
I will not barf unless I'm sick
- Couch gag
- Fat Man
- Production code
- 1F13
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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Bart stands atop a pink car parked on the driveway in front of the family house, arms raised, while Homer…
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:12 -
Homer then stands in the living room with Marge, whose tall blue beehive rises at the right, Lisa, Bart…
0:12–0:23 -
A crowd of small, indistinct workers in plain clothes fills a yard in front of a tan building with a tall…
“Attention!”
0:23–0:30 -
Homer walks along a pipe-lined corridor with three other men: a grey-haired man in a pink shirt and purple…
“to the main yard for the mandatory Worker of the Week award festivities.”
0:30–0:44 -
Lenny and Carl stand together in a crowd of people wearing gold medals and white coats outside a building…
“I hate these Worker of the Week award ceremonies.”
0:44–0:55 -
Homer stands in a crowded indoor hall among people wearing gold medals on red ribbons, with a Mike Scully…
“Well, today's the day for Homer J. I know I'm gonna win this time.”
0:55–1:01 -
Homer Simpson stands in a crowded hall beside a man with long black hair and a green jacket, with a crowd…
“Yeah, how come? Union rule 26.”
1:01–1:12 -
Smithers waves to a crowd from a balcony beside a microphone, then Mr. Burns appears in a blue suit and black…
“Let's have an odd hush, please, for Mr. Burns.”
1:12–1:23 -
Mr. Burns stands at a microphone beside his thin assistant Smithers, who wears glasses, a bow tie and an ID…
“And remember, a shiny new donkey for whoever brings me the head of Colonel Montoya.”
1:23–1:31 -
Mr. Burns stands at a silver microphone on a wooden podium beside Smithers and a green jacket with a small…
“And by that I mean, of course, it's time for the Worker of the Week Award.”
1:31–1:38 -
Homer stands in a crowd of medal-wearing people in a white shirt, blue pants and pink tie…
“I can't believe we've overlooked this week's winner for so very, very long.”
1:38–1:50 -
Homer Simpson stands in a crowd of nuclear plant workers wearing red lanyards and gold medals, many of them…
“Inanimate, huh?”
1:50–2:01 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart sit around the dining table in the kitchen, with Homer and Bart eating…
“Stupid carbon rod.”
2:01–2:13 -
Homer has the words "INSERT BRAIN HERE" with an arrow drawn on his head, and Marge stands at the kitchen…
“Nobody respects me at work. Well, we respect you.”
2:13–2:23 -
Homer Simpson is in the kitchen while Marge, with her tall blue beehive, Bart in his orange shirt, Maggie…
“What? What does it say? I want to see!”
2:23–2:30 -
Bart, Maggie, Marge, and Lisa sit and stand around the blue dining table in the Simpsons' kitchen, with green…
2:30–2:39 -
Homer Simpson sits on the brown couch in the living room, first gripping his belly and staring…
“TV respects me. It laughs with me, not at me.”
2:39–2:49 -
Homer Simpson sits on a brown couch in front of a pink wall and a framed sailboat picture, holding a remote…
“Don't!”
2:49–2:50 -
Two men sit behind a news desk in a green studio set: on the left, a man with swept-back reddish hair, a red…
“It's a lovely day for a launch here, live at Cape Canaveral,”
2:50–3:00 -
Two men in suits sit at a desk in front of a green backdrop with a purple border: a brown-haired man…
“That's correct, Tom.”
3:00–3:10 -
Homer sits on the living room couch aiming a remote at the television, where a brown-haired man in a suit…
“And of course, this could have literally millions of applications here on Earth.”
3:10–3:19 -
Troy McClure sits at a news desk beside a brown-haired anchor in a purple suit and red tie, who has a notepad…
“No! The batteries! Now let's look at the crew a little.”
3:19–3:33 -
Homer kneels on the rug in the pink living room, fumbling with a remote control in his hands while staring…
“Make it stop!”
3:33–3:44 -
Two men stand in a NASA control room, with a NASA sign and a rocket on the launch pad visible…
“we've run into a serious problem with the mission.”
3:44–3:57 -
A bald man in a brown jacket and glasses, a redheaded man in a white coat, a frail old man with a hooked nose…
“People, we're in danger of losing our funding.”
3:57–4:09 -
A monkey in a grey suit, red tie and roller-skate sandals sits in a tall blue armchair, first holding a cup…
“No, I don't think we'll be telling them that.”
4:09–4:16 -
A man with orange hair and glasses in a white coat sits at the left edge of a table, facing an older…
“We need a fresh angle to get the public interested.”
4:16–4:30 -
A man in a light blue shirt and blue jeans rides a red riding mower across a green backyard beside a tall…
“I did it! I supercharged my riding mower!”
4:30–4:37 -
A blue-clad cartoon figure lies face-down in a grassy yard between two tan wooden fences, with its legs…
“Oh, no!”
4:37–4:44 -
A stout yellow-skinned man with grey side hair, thick black-rimmed glasses, a white lab coat and a blue tie…
4:44–4:45 -
A woman with a tall red beehive, pink top and black skirt sits close beside a man with brown hair, a light…
“Al, let's have sex.”
4:45–4:53 -
A tall woman with a voluminous auburn hairdo, pink top, black skirt and red shoes sits beside a dark-haired…
4:53–5:01 -
A man in a white lab coat with glasses and grey hair at the sides, a red-haired woman in a lab coat, a man…
“Why, they're all a bunch of blue-collar slobs, people.”
5:01–5:14 -
A heavyset, white-haired man in a green suit and black tie stands at a reception counter with his hands…
“At the taxpayer's expense, of course. Hell, I wish there was an easier way.”
5:14–5:20 -
Homer Simpson holds a dark blue telephone receiver to his ear at a bar, with rows of bottles and a Drink sign…
“Yes. Good.”
5:20–5:30 -
Homer Simpson holds a blue corded phone to his ear in a bar lined with bottles, scowling and clenching…
“How did you get this number? Shut up! And another thing!”
5:30–5:43 -
Homer Simpson stands at a black payphone on a dark background, gripping a blue receiver with one hand…
“Hello, is this President Clinton?”
5:43–5:54 -
Homer stands beside a wall payphone holding the receiver to his chest, while Mr. Burns and Smithers stand…
“Excuse me Are you the person that called NASA yesterday?”
5:54–6:02 -
Barney sits at the bar with a glass mug in front of him while a grey-haired man in a dark suit and tie stands…
“Sir, how would you like to get higher than you've ever been in your life?”
6:02–6:12 -
Homer Simpson stands at a bar beside Barney, the heavy drunk with messy brown hair in a pink shirt…
“Respect?”
6:12–6:23 -
A grey-haired man in a green suit stands beside a thin man in a white lab coat and black-framed glasses…
“I don't really think that was necessary.”
6:23–6:35 -
A uniformed guard raises a black-and-yellow striped gate arm as a wood-paneled car loaded with luggage drives…
“Ladies and gentlemen and members of the press,”
6:35–6:44 -
An unnamed white-haired man in a green suit and black tie speaks at a podium with a microphone before a red…
“I'd like to present the new generation of NASA astronaut, the average American.”
6:44–6:55 -
An older grey-haired man in a green suit and black tie stands at a podium with a microphone before a red…
“Far from it, Jim.”
6:55–7:07 -
An older, bald man with grey hair at the sides, in a dark suit and black tie, stands at a wooden podium…
“No, Toby.”
7:07–7:15 -
On a stage with a red curtain and a NASA podium, a grey-haired man in a dark suit stands at the lectern…
“Uh, question for the barbecue, chef?”
7:15–7:23 -
Homer Simpson stands at a wooden podium holding a microphone in front of a red curtain and an American flag…
“The only danger is if they send us to that terrible planet of the apes.”
7:23–7:33 -
Homer Simpson kneels on a stage in a pink and blue robe with HAIL TO THE CHIEF printed across it…
“You maniacs!”
7:33–7:41 -
Homer is on his hands and knees on a stage in front of a red curtain, with a grey-haired older man in a green…
“Damn you all to hell!”
7:41–7:49 -
Principal Skinner in a brown suit stands over Marge and Homer in a light green shirt and striped pants, both…
“Thank you, I'm afraid that's all we have time for.”
7:49–7:59 -
Homer Simpson walks in the center of a group of four men across an open outdoor walkway
“So the next few weeks will be a grueling series of tests to determine which one of you is”
7:59–8:04 -
Barney stands beside a thin, bespectacled man with grey hair at the sides in a white lab coat and blue tie…
“Oh, and Mr. Gumbel, for the duration of the training, there'll be no more beer.”
8:04–8:15 -
Homer stands close beside a grey-haired man with glasses in a white coat and blue tie, who holds a red soda…
“He's got a big drinking problem. Could embarrass the program.”
8:15–8:26 -
Bart sits at the kitchen table with a plate of food and a pink cup, then Marge appears in a close-up…
“What's the opposite of shame? Pride?”
8:26–8:32 -
Marge Simpson stands on a purple-walled porch beside a blue railing and a beige doorframe
“You know, Homer, when I found out about this, I went through a wide range of emotions.”
8:32–8:42 -
Marge Simpson stands in front of a purple wall beside a blue railing and a yellow cabinet edge
“Then apprehensive.”
8:42–8:52 -
Homer stands beside a grey-haired older man with a moustache in a dark suit and a bespectacled man in a white…
“Who's doing what now?”
8:52–9:03 -
A short-haired man in a blue NASA jumpsuit, who is not one of the regulars, stands in a gym-like room…
“Hi, Homer.”
9:03–9:15 -
Homer Simpson in a blue NASA jumpsuit stands in a teal lab beside a man in a white lab coat with dark glasses…
“and mineral. Oh, that's nothing.”
9:15–9:26 -
Homer is strapped into a spinning centrifuge arm inside a round, teal chamber while three observers watch…
“I can't stand no more.”
9:26–9:37 -
A bald Homer with stubble in a white shirt sits at a lab bench with a clear tube in his mouth…
“Medicine-y.”
9:37–9:50 -
Homer fights an unnamed opponent in a circular arena ringed by railings and a crowd, while a woman in purple…
“I wager 400 quattles on the newcomer.”
9:50–9:58 -
In a blue-lockered locker room, a brown-haired man in a blue jumpsuit with a flag patch grimaces and rubs…
“Gentlemen,”
9:58–10:08 -
Two uniformed astronauts in blue NASA jumpsuits stand before a row of teal lockers, with a balding…
“Second comes right after first.”
10:08–10:17 -
Homer Simpson stands in a locker room beside a brown-haired man in a matching blue jumpsuit, while an older…
“I, uh, don't think this contest is over yet, Buzz.”
10:17–10:28 -
Homer stands with other astronauts in matching blue suits and an older grey-haired man in a green suit, first…
“There's no swimsuit competition, Homer.”
10:28–10:40 -
Homer and a brown-haired man in a blue NASA jumpsuit stand on a playground with an orange ring behind them
“And in a way, you're both winners.”
10:40–10:49 -
Homer stands with a brown-haired man in a matching NASA suit, while an older grey-haired man in a brown suit…
“That's very gracious of you, Homer.”
10:49–11:01 -
Barney is first seen with only an orange tube, green hedge, and blue sky in view, then he tips back a green…
“Give me that! Stop it! Barney, no!”
11:01–11:08 -
A stocky, brown-haired man in a blue jumpsuit with an American flag patch and a jetpack strapped to his back…
“Ta-da-da-da-pa-doo!”
11:08–11:19 -
Homer stands in the foreground beside an older man in a brown suit and a thin man with glasses in a white lab…
“Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!”
11:19–11:31 -
Homer Simpson grins and then covers his eyes with excited delight on a playground near a fence, an orange…
“Default?”
11:31–11:41 -
Itchy and Scratchy appear against a yellow background beside the title
11:41–11:50 -
A black cat in a blue jumpsuit sits in an orange spacecraft chair, gripping a yellow lever in front of a blue…
11:50–12:00 -
A black cartoon cat in a space helmet and a blue mouse appear in a cartoon spaceship, with the mouse peering…
12:00–12:12 -
Snowball II drifts through a purple starfield with his arms flung wide, while a detached white-booted leg…
“The preceding program contains scenes of extreme violence and should not have been viewed”
12:12–12:23 -
Homer, Bart and Lisa Simpson sit on a red couch in the living room, with a framed rocket-launch picture…
“The preceding program contains scenes of extreme violence and should not have been viewed”
12:23–12:35 -
No regular characters appear in this moment
12:35–12:36 -
Homer Simpson walks in a white spacesuit with a clear helmet, flanked by two other men in matching suits, one…
12:36–12:44 -
Homer Simpson walks down a green-striped corridor flanked by two unnamed men in matching suits, one…
“No!”
12:44–12:51 -
Homer Simpson appears first in a line of suited astronauts with a dark-haired crewmate on his left…
“Marge, I don't really want to go through with this,”
12:51–13:04 -
Homer Simpson wears a white NASA spacesuit with a dark collar and stands outside at night under a crescent…
“but being an astronaut is how I got you to respect me.”
13:04–13:06 -
Marge sits at a kitchen table with a pink mug and a pale green rotary phone, holding a receiver to her ear
“Homer, when I met you, you weren't an astronaut.”
13:06–13:20 -
Marge Simpson sits at a kitchen table by a white telephone and a pink mug, holding a corded phone to her ear…
“But on the other hand, when you don't take advantage of an opportunity,”
13:20–13:27 -
Homer Simpson stands outdoors at night holding a blue telephone receiver to his ear beside a blue phone booth
“You're right, Marge.”
13:27–13:38 -
Homer Simpson stands at night before a blue phone booth with palm trees, a crescent moon and stars behind him
“And then when I got there, they told me he just left.”
13:38–13:49 -
Homer Simpson stands at night under a crescent moon and palm trees, holding a blue telephone to his ear…
“I'm going into space right now. Oh, I am so proud of you.”
13:49–14:01 -
Homer lies strapped down in a cramped spacecraft cabin beside a black-moustached man in a white helmet…
“Mission Control, this is Corvair. Launch sequence initiated.”
14:01–14:13 -
A dark-haired, square-jawed man in a white spacesuit and helmet speaks inside a capsule, and a second…
“Payload checklist. IRS surveillance satellite.”
14:13–14:24 -
Homer and Mr. Burns sit strapped into their seats in white spacesuits alongside another astronaut with dark…
14:24–14:34 -
Lisa Simpson grins with wide eyes in a close-up while a rocket with a bright yellow-orange flame climbs…
“Go, Dad, go!”
14:34–14:45 -
A man in a white lab coat with grey hair and glasses stands beside an older man in a dark green suit…
“Sir, the TV ratings for the launch are the highest in ten years.”
14:45–14:56 -
Homer sits in a blue seat inside a spacecraft cabin, his head poking through the suit's collar and his eyes…
“It's beautiful.”
14:56–15:07 -
Homer Simpson sits in a spacecraft cabin holding up a large orange bag labeled "POTATO CHIPS, HEAVILY SALTED"…
“Hey, guys, look what I smuggled aboard. Homer, no!”
15:07–15:18 -
Homer Simpson floats inside a spacecraft cabin filled with control panels and a window showing stars
15:18–15:29 -
Homer floats inside a cramped spacecraft interior with curved walls and control panels while crumbly golden…
15:29–15:38 -
Homer floats weightlessly inside a teal spacecraft interior while a doughnut drifts past his open mouth…
15:38–15:47 -
Homer Simpson is swarmed by large red ants inside a metallic space-station-like chamber
“Ants!”
15:47–15:57 -
Mr. Burns sits in a white spacesuit inside a cramped spacecraft cabin, while a dark-haired man…
“You fool! Now we may never know if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space.”
15:57–16:07 -
A grey-haired man in a white lab coat and dark glasses stands behind a brown-haired man in headphones…
“We've been able to coax superstar James Taylor in here.”
16:07–16:18 -
Mr. Burns sits in a dark blue collar inside a cramped grey-blue control room with round portholes
“Well, former President James Taylor. How you doing, fellas?”
16:18–16:30 -
Mr. Burns wears suspenders over a light shirt and strums an acoustic guitar while singing in a control room
“I'm sure you'll understand. Listen, Aldrin, I'm not as laid back as people think.”
16:30–16:39 -
A balding, thin man with grey hair at the sides, a white shirt and suspenders plays an acoustic guitar…
“When you're down and troubled”
16:39–16:48 -
Homer floats with several other astronauts inside a cramped spacecraft cabin while a swarm of potato chips…
“And nothing, oh, nothing is going right”
16:48–16:59 -
Kent Brockman sits at a news desk on a television screen while an inset labeled HOMER SIMPSON shows Homer…
“We're just about to get our first pictures from inside the spacecraft with average-knot”
16:59–17:07 -
Kent Brockman sits behind a news desk in front of a green screen, with a colourful striped test pattern…
“Ladies and gentlemen, we've just lost the picture,”
17:07–17:16 -
Kent Brockman sits at a desk with his hands clasped, framed by a green-screen TV in a purple border
“The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over, conquered, if you will,”
17:16–17:25 -
Kent Brockman sits at a desk before a plain green screen inside a purple TV-style border
“It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive”
17:25–17:35 -
Kent Brockman appears on a television screen against a plain green backdrop
“The ants will soon be here And I for one welcome our new insect overlords”
17:35–17:44 -
Grampa, Marge with her tall blue beehive, Maggie with her pacifier and blue bow, Lisa in her pearl necklace…
“Don't worry kids.”
17:44–17:56 -
No regular Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it shows a pale lavender spacecraft with a rounded…
“There's hours of time on the telephone line Talking about things to”
17:56–18:01 -
A balding, grey-haired man in a light blue shirt and suspenders plays an acoustic guitar and sings…
“come Sweet dreams and flying machines In”
18:01–18:08 -
A thin, balding older man with grey hair at the sides, wearing a light blue shirt with suspenders, sits…
“Sweet dreams and flying machines Flying safely through the”
18:08–18:15 -
Inside a cramped spacecraft cabin, white-suited astronauts sit and float among blue seats while potato chips…
“I've seen fire Oh my God, the ants are shorting out our navigation system!”
18:15–18:25 -
A balding man with grey side hair, suspenders and a light shirt, holding an acoustic guitar, stands…
“Ants, huh?”
18:25–18:37 -
Mr. Burns stands at the right of a control room with blue panels and papers on the desk, while Smithers…
“But I'm sure you high-tech NASA people could care less about our resort townways.”
18:37–18:46 -
Homer Simpson sits in a white NASA spacesuit with two other astronauts, one dark-haired and one older…
“Okay, everybody grab on to something!”
18:46–18:58 -
Homer first appears with a gloved hand pressed against a window, then tumbles weightlessly through space…
“Oh, my God. This is a disaster.”
18:58–19:09 -
Homer Simpson floats inside a cramped spacecraft with a round hatch window, grabbing at the arm of a thin…
“Homer, you broke the handle. With that hatch open, we'll burn up on re-entry.”
19:09–19:21 -
Homer Simpson appears inside a cramped metal spacecraft alongside a dark-haired man in a matching suit…
“That's it! If I go, I'm taking you to hell with me.”
19:21–19:33 -
Homer floats inside a spacecraft cabin beside an older man with grey hair at the sides, who waves one gloved…
“Aw, stupid bar. Wait, Homer.”
19:33–19:45 -
Kent Brockman sits behind a news desk with his hands clasped on a TV screen, a red S-shaped poster…
“Well, this reporter was possibly a little hasty earlier,”
19:45–19:55 -
Kent Brockman sits at a news desk on a TV screen against a blue backdrop with a red squiggle poster…
“May not be perfect, but it's still the best government we have.”
19:55–20:01 -
A gray-haired news anchor in a brown suit and blue tie, who resembles Kent Brockman, sits at a news desk…
“Oh, yes. By the way, the spacecraft's still in extreme danger,”
20:01–20:12 -
Two astronauts in white spacesuits with blue collars sit strapped into a cramped spacecraft cabin lined…
“Those golden grams.”
20:12–20:19 -
A man with a bald head and a wide open mouth, who looks like Homer, is shown upside down and tilted…
“Oh, those golden grams. Crispy, crunchy, gram cereal.”
20:19–20:27 -
Lisa sits on a maroon couch beside an older man with tall yellow hair and a pink jacket, both facing…
“Come on, Dad. You can make it. Oh, of course he'll make it.”
20:27–20:37 -
Homer Simpson sits in a hatch window beside a dark-haired astronaut and a grey-haired astronaut with a US…
“How did you solve the door dilemma?”
20:37–20:48 -
A crowd of news reporters and onlookers, including a brown-haired man in round glasses and a blue suit…
“Hey, what is that? It's an inanimate carbon rod!”
20:48–21:01 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit together on the brown couch in the pink living room, with Snowball II…
“Oh, they were just about to show some close-ups of the rod.”
21:01–21:09 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive stands at the left of the frame as Snowball II peeks in from the right…
“Only a handful of people have done what you've done.”
21:09–21:20 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit together on the brown couch in the family's pink living room…
“Yeah, maybe I do have the right.”
21:20–21:29 -
Bart Simpson sits on a brown couch against a pink wall, first looking startled with his mouth open…
“Bart, do you have something nice to say to your father?”
21:29–21:41 -
Homer appears in outer space against a black starry backdrop, with a large dark spherical object…
“No!”
21:41–21:52 -
No characters appear in this sequence; it is a black screen of end credits
21:52–22:02 -
No animated characters appear; the moment is a black title card sequence of credits on a plain black…
“Thank you.”
22:02–22:12 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it is a black title card sequence of credits in orange lettering
22:12–22:22 -
A black closing credits sequence with no animated figures
22:22–22:32 -
A black closing credits roll for The Simpsons episode 1F13
“Shh.”
22:32–22:42 -
Dark silhouetted audience members, including one with a large bushy hairdo on the left, sit in rows of seats…
“Shh.”
22:42–22:52
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Snowball II, Itchy, Scratchy, Race Banyon, Tom Brokaw, Buzz Aldrin, Comedian, Inanimate Carbon Rod, James Taylor, Jim Wallace, NASA Chimp, NASA Representative, NASA Scientist, NASA Technician, Reporter, Toby Hunter
Everyone who appears in it, from the Simpsons wiki. Every character