Homer's Enemy
The Simpsons, season 8, episode 23. First aired May 4, 1997. 137 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
Frank Grimes, a self-made man who has struggled for everything since childhood, takes a job at the power plant and comes to despise Homer for coasting through life. When his plan to humiliate Homer with a children's power plant design contest backfires, Grimes snaps and electrocutes himself while imitating Homer. Meanwhile, Bart pays a dollar for an abandoned factory and runs it with Milhouse.
- Written by
- John Swartzwelder
- Directed by
- Jim Reardon
- Couch gag
- Static Bart
- Production code
- 4F19
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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Bart stands on a skateboard atop a pink car in the family driveway, arms raised, while Homer steps into view…
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:12 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit together on the red living room couch, where Bart glows green…
0:12–0:23 -
A grey-haired man in a brown suit and blue tie sits behind a desk against a teal backdrop, holding a sheet…
“Which, if true, means death for us all.”
0:23–0:30 -
Kent Brockman sits at a desk with papers beneath a pink "Kent's People" sign and a framed portrait…
“And now, Kent's people.”
0:30–0:42 -
A man with dark hair, thick-framed glasses and a striped shirt looks out the back window of a car…
“Abandoned by his parents at age four, Frank never got to go to school.”
0:42–0:53 -
A heavily bandaged, mummy-like figure with a yellow face-patch lies in a hospital bed, one arm raised…
“Then, on his 18th birthday, he was blown up in a silo explosion.”
0:53–1:05 -
A bespectacled man with dark hair and glasses, wearing a grey shirt, sits at a desk in a drawn room, resting…
“As the years passed, he used his few leisure moments each day to study science by mail.”
1:05–1:10 -
A man in a pith helmet, blue shirt and brown satchel stands outside a house beside a window and shrub…
“And last week, Frank Grimes,”
1:10–1:24 -
Mr. Burns sits in a red armchair in his book-lined study while his thin assistant Smithers stands before him
“That's the kind of man I need in my team, Smithers.”
1:24–1:35 -
Mr. Burns leans toward his thin assistant Smithers, who wears glasses, a green jacket and a purple bow tie…
“Bring this Grimes fellow to me. I want to make him my executive vice president.”
1:35–1:45 -
Mr. Burns sits in a red high-backed chair behind a purple desk, dressed in a blue suit with a black tie…
“Smithies, I've just seen the most heroic dog on television.”
1:45–1:56 -
Two men in a library lined with bookshelves stand together, a thin dark-haired man in a white shirt, black…
“Uh, yes, sir.”
1:56–2:10 -
Mr. Burns angrily points his finger at a man in a green sweater across a counter with a small TV in the corner
“Oh, yes, that fellow. We'll just put him somewhere out of the way and find that dog.”
2:10–2:18 -
Homer sits in a rolling chair in the plant's control room while Lenny and Carl stand by the door
“Hey, homie, you busy?”
2:18–2:30 -
Smithers stands at a desk in a nuclear plant office, then sits and leans on his elbow while holding a blue…
“You new?”
2:30–2:42 -
A thin, bespectacled man in a white shirt and black tie stands in an office with a blue-green desk, a mug…
“Yes.”
2:42–2:55 -
Homer Simpson first holds a pencil marked FRANK GRIMES crosswise over his face, then in the office…
“I'd give anything for one of these.”
2:55–3:09 -
Carl stands beside a dark-haired man in a green sweater and purple suspenders as they look at a framed…
“Oh, yeah. Carl and I each have a master's.”
3:09–3:19 -
Homer Simpson stands in a beige office with a framed certificate and a calendar on the wall, talking…
“Um, yeah.”
3:19–3:32 -
Homer stands in a small office with a security device mounted in the corner, beside a black-haired man…
“If you turn that security camera around, you can sleep and no one will ever know.”
3:32–3:45 -
No characters appear in this moment
3:45–3:46 -
Marge leans on a counter at a window marked PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES is partly visible
“Marge is already taken?”
3:46–3:55 -
Marge Simpson stands at a window marked PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES, gesturing and talking to a thin…
“How about Mitzi?”
3:55–4:03 -
Bart Simpson walks down a hallway past a door marked "Fish License" and a purple trash can, then stops…
“Ladies and gentlemen, our next lot is number 751.”
4:03–4:14 -
A thin black-haired man in a maroon jacket and black tie stands behind a wooden podium before a chalkboard…
“Nothing. No bids for item 751.”
4:14–4:17 -
A man with swept-back black hair, a red jacket and a black tie stands behind a wooden podium in a classroom…
“I have a buck. I have one dollar one dollar there.”
4:17–4:24 -
A balding-free man with black slicked-back hair, a red jacket and a black tie stands behind a wooden podium…
“Two dollar one dollar... Two dollar one dollar...”
4:24–4:31 -
Bart stands in a room holding a green banknote and a DEED document up near a wall, then he is seen…
“35 industry way.”
4:31–4:42 -
Homer stands at the back cafeteria table while a dark-haired man in a white shirt walks across the floor…
4:42–4:44 -
Homer Simpson sits at a green counter eating a burger while a thin, bespectacled man with black hair, a white…
“Hiya, Stretch.”
4:44–4:52 -
Homer Simpson stands at a counter eating a small sandwich while a thin man with black hair, glasses, a white…
“The least you can do is learn mine.”
4:52–5:00 -
Homer eats a sandwich while standing at a counter in an office break room, and a thin man with glasses…
“Uh, ahem. Oh, gee.”
5:00–5:09 -
Homer sits on an orange chair at a diner counter while a thin man with black hair, glasses, a white shirt…
5:09–5:22 -
Smithers stands in a blue control room with a radiation symbol on the wall, while Homer sits sprawled…
“Simpson, do you know who chewed my...”
5:22–5:33 -
Bart walks into a dusty, purple-walled warehouse with a wooden floor and hanging lamps, and a mouse is seen…
“Wow, it's filthy.”
5:33–5:40 -
Bart Simpson stands in a purple room with a row of cracked, broken windows along the upper wall and a dark…
5:40–5:47 -
Bart Simpson is in a large purple room with a dark arched ceiling and wooden floor
“Whee!”
5:47–5:56 -
Homer Simpson and a dark-haired man with glasses, a white shirt and a tie are in an office
“So, how's it going, Grimey?”
5:56–6:06 -
Homer stands near a blue door in a plain office while a black-haired man with glasses, a white shirt…
“I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard that.”
6:06–6:16 -
Homer Simpson stands at a wooden desk in an office, facing a thin man with glasses, a black tie and a white…
“Take me out to the ball.”
6:16–6:26 -
Homer stands facing Smithers, a thin man with glasses, black hair, a white shirt, black tie and ID badge…
“No, a 513.”
6:26–6:30 -
Homer Simpson stands in a grey corridor with a man in a white shirt, red tie and glasses who has black hair…
“Look at your control panel.”
6:30–6:40 -
Homer Simpson stands in the nuclear plant control room between two doors marked with radiation symbols…
“That got it.”
6:40–6:50 -
Bart Simpson sits slumped in a big worn-out red armchair behind a desk in a dusty, cluttered office…
“Hey, Millhouse, you want a job in my factory?”
6:50–7:04 -
Bart leans on the windowsill of a green brick building with his arms folded, glaring and then opening…
“Hey, I'm a busy man. You want a job or not?”
7:04–7:08 -
Homer Simpson sits at a lilac table in a break room, first lifting a hand to his face…
“God, he eats like a pig.”
7:08–7:19 -
Homer Simpson stands in an office beside a brown door with a wall graph and a pinned notice
“Well, some kind of farm animal anyway.”
7:19–7:22 -
Lenny stands beside Carl, a Black man in a grey jacket over a pink sweater, while a slim man with glasses…
“Well, some kind of farm animal anyway.”
7:22–7:35 -
A thin, bespectacled man with short black hair, a white short-sleeved shirt, a black tie and an ID badge…
“I've never seen him do any work around here.”
7:35–7:38 -
Carl and Lenny, who has spiky black hair and wears a green sweater with blue suspenders, stand beside a man…
“What is his job? Safety inspector. That irresponsible oaf?”
7:38–7:51 -
Carl stands against a yellow wall holding a white cup, his eyes rolling sideways and his mouth grimacing…
“It boggles the mind. It's best not to think about it.”
7:51–7:54 -
Homer in a white lab coat is seated at a counter in a break room while Lenny shouts at him and points
“Beep, beep.”
7:54–8:06 -
Homer sits at a pink-topped desk in a small office while a dark-haired man with glasses, a white shirt, black…
“Acid egg?”
8:06–8:15 -
Smithers presses Homer's bald head down onto a purple table in a room with a green wall and a pink box…
“Stop laughing, you imbecile!”
8:15–8:28 -
Mr. Burns stands at the right edge pointing a finger while a brown greyhound wearing a 'VICE PRESIDENT' sash…
“He did.”
8:28–8:41 -
The scene shows a pair of tall orange double doors in a yellow-walled corridor with wood paneling…
“How dare you destroy my valuable wool and spill my priceless acid?”
8:41–8:51 -
Smithers pushes open the double doors marked C. M. BURNS and walks out into a hallway with a red carpet…
“I'm going to give you one more chance at a reduced salary.”
8:51–9:01 -
Homer Simpson stands at a control panel in a nuclear plant control room when a dark-haired man in glasses…
“Hi, grimy old buddy. I'm not your buddy, Simpson.”
9:01–9:13 -
Homer sits at a control panel while a stern man with short black hair, glasses, and a white shirt and black…
“Okay.”
9:13–9:24 -
Moe and Homer stand at the bar of Moe's tavern while Barney sits beside Homer with a beer mug
“Oh, I can't believe it. I got an enemy.”
9:24–9:37 -
Moe stands behind the bar lined with bottles in the first three frames, leaning on the counter with a scowl…
“No, I won't accept that. No, it's true.”
9:37–9:42 -
Barney sits at the bar in front of a red-and-green diamond-patterned wall and a glass of beer
“Jane Fonda, Daniel Shore, Jack Anderson.”
9:42–9:51 -
Barney sits at the bar holding a sheet of paper while Moe leans in and gestures at him
“This is Richard Nixon's enemies list. You just crossed out his name and put yours.”
9:51–10:00 -
Moe stands behind the bar at his tavern and faces Homer, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt seen…
“What'll I do, Moe? Why don't you invite him over to dinner?”
10:00–10:13 -
Homer Simpson and Lisa appear in a pink dining room, with Marge and Maggie later standing nearby
“This dinner has to go absolutely perfect if Grimey and me are going to be friends.”
10:13–10:25 -
Homer and Marge stand in a pink room beside a staircase and a shelf holding S and P shakers
“Lisa, be perfect. Okay.”
10:25–10:32 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson stand in a pink room with a framed painting, a red flower arrangement…
“No, no. He doesn't know he's coming to dinner.”
10:32–10:44 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson stand together in a pink hallway
“It's him, it's him, it's him, it's him, it's him, it's him, it's him, it's him, it's him.”
10:44–10:56 -
Homer and Smithers stand together in a pink doorway at night
“Yeah, what did you want to see me about, Simpson?”
10:56–11:06 -
Marge stands holding baby Maggie, who has a pacifier and a blue bow, while Lisa in her pink dress and a boy…
“My perfect family. This is my wife, Marge.”
11:06–11:19 -
Marge in a green dress with her tall blue beehive, Homer in a blue suit and green tie, and a thin man…
“How do you do?”
11:19–11:33 -
Homer in a blue suit and green tie, Marge with her tall blue beehive and green dress, and Lisa in a red dress…
“I don't know. Don't ask me how the economy works.”
11:33–11:43 -
A tall man with dark hair and glasses, wearing a light purple jacket, stands before a pink wall hung…
“I'm sorry, isn't that... Yeah, that's me, all right.”
11:43–11:55 -
Homer stands in a pink room beside a thin man with glasses, black hair and a grey jacket
“You.”
11:55–12:04 -
A thin man with black hair, glasses, a grey suit and a black tie stands in a doorway of a pink room, talking…
“Would you like to see my Grammy Award? No, I wouldn't.”
12:04–12:17 -
Smithers stands holding a brown briefcase and gestures with one hand, then points past a doorframe…
“What? Everything!”
12:17–12:30 -
Homer Simpson faces a bespectacled man with neat black hair in a lavender suit and black tie, who holds…
“And do you deserve any of it? No!”
12:30–12:38 -
Smithers and a lavender suit with a black tie, confronts Homer in a blue suit and green tie in a pink hallway…
“I'm saying you're what's wrong with America, Simpson.”
12:38–12:45 -
Homer in his blue suit, Marge in her green dress with her tall blue beehive, Maggie in Marge's arms, Lisa…
“If you lived in any other country in the world, you'd have starved to death long ago.”
12:45–12:57 -
Homer stands in a pink room with his wife Marge, whose tall blue beehive hair is visible, and their children…
12:57–13:05 -
Milhouse and Bart stand on a wooden floor in a purple-walled room
“Wow. Adding machines.”
13:05–13:16 -
Milhouse and Bart lean over a large blue vat of bubbling red liquid, steam rising in a room with wooden walls
“Get to work!”
13:16–13:29 -
Bart and Milhouse stand at the top of a rickety wooden staircase in a purple-walled unfinished building…
“Wacky Shack!”
13:29–13:40 -
Bart and Milhouse lean on a wooden railing in front of a purple wall and a cracked window, with Bart talking…
“Solve your problem, Milhouse? Yep.”
13:40–13:52 -
Homer Simpson sits behind the wheel of a pink car with brown upholstery, gripping the steering wheel…
“Homer? Homer, why aren't you at work?”
13:52–14:02 -
Marge Simpson sits in the back seat of a car on the left, reacting with wide eyes and an open mouth
“I am at work. You're afraid to go to work because Frank Grimes will be there, aren't you?”
14:02–14:12 -
Homer and Marge sit side by side in the front seats of a pink car, Homer gripping the steering wheel…
“You'll have to face him sometime. And when you do,”
14:12–14:19 -
Marge Simpson and Homer Simpson sit side by side in the back seat of a purple-upholstered car
“No, he won't. He hates me. He doesn't hate you.”
14:19–14:29 -
Homer Simpson sits behind the steering wheel of a car with a purple roof and talks animatedly, gesturing…
“Yeah, yeah, that's his problem. He's a nut.”
14:29–14:37 -
Marge Simpson and Homer Simpson sit in a pink car with brown upholstered seats
“Well, maybe. But I'll bet he would be less crazy if you were just a little more...”
14:37–14:47 -
Marge Simpson sits in the passenger seat beside Homer Simpson, bald and wearing a white shirt and tie, who is…
“Just a little more?”
14:47–14:58 -
Homer Simpson sits at a control console in a blue room, cutting and then eating a small burger patty…
“Good morning, fellow employee.”
14:58–15:09 -
Homer Simpson sits at a control console in a nuclear plant control room while a thin, bespectacled man…
“We should continue this conversation later during a designated break period.”
15:09–15:20 -
Lenny sits at a lilac table holding a blue mug, while Smithers stands beside the door marked MEN and gestures…
“Can you believe that guy?”
15:20–15:27 -
A man in a green sweater and purple suspenders, holding a mint-green mug, stands with Carl and a bespectacled…
“Are you kidding?”
15:27–15:39 -
A bespectacled man in a white shirt and black tie, unnamed, stands by a bulletin board with a Children's…
“Has he been fired? No.”
15:39–15:52 -
A thin man with glasses, a white shirt, a black tie and an ID badge gestures and talks beside a brown door…
“I would die a happy man if I could prove to you that Homer Simpson has the intelligence of”
15:52–16:02 -
Smithers stands beside a door marked MEN, then holds up a pink flyer reading 'Children's Model-Building…
“Hmm?”
16:02–16:14 -
Smithers holds up a pink flyer for a Children's Model-Building Contest through a cut-out window that shows…
“Oh, design your own power plant, eh?”
16:14–16:24 -
Homer Simpson sits at the control panel of the nuclear plant
“Oh, design your own power plant, eh?”
16:24–16:34 -
Smithers stands at a grey building window with his arms raised, while Homer walks out of a doorway and gets…
“Oh, God!”
16:34–16:46 -
No characters appear in this moment
16:46–16:52 -
Marge sits at a kitchen counter holding a light blue mug while Lisa sits on a wooden chair beside her
“Can I go downstairs and see what Dad's doing?”
16:52–17:03 -
Marge and Lisa sit at the kitchen counter, Marge holding a light blue mug while Lisa sits on a wooden chair…
“I wouldn't bother him, honey. He's making some kind of model for a contest.”
17:03–17:14 -
Milhouse swings a wooden bat at a riveted grey metal panel while Bart watches with his hands on his hips
“Oh, boy, quitting time!”
17:14–17:22 -
Milhouse first stands beside a large riveted grey vault-like door with a jagged hole in it, then walks…
“Oh, boy, quitting time!”
17:22–17:33 -
Bart and Milhouse stand in a purple hallway with wooden floors
“How'd you like to be night watchman? But I'm sleepy.”
17:33–17:44 -
Chief Wiggum stands in profile at a coffee machine, watching a white cup fill from the dispenser…
“So this is my life.”
17:44–17:55 -
Milhouse walks across a purple-walled warehouse floor littered with crates, barrels and planks
“At least I've done better than Dad.”
17:55–18:08 -
Bart stands in front of Milhouse, who has blue hair, red glasses, a blue cap and a blue jacket over a pink…
“I was watching. I saw the whole thing.”
18:08–18:14 -
Bart and a smaller boy in a blue cap and jacket stand by a metal fence in front of a yellow building, looking…
“Wow.”
18:14–18:27 -
Mr. Burns stands behind a purple lectern marked with an atom symbol on a stage before a red curtain…
“And the bold new ideas these tiny techs unveil for us today could make thousands of”
18:27–18:41 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers stand behind a white-draped table on a stage with a red curtain
“Our first little genius is Ralph Wiggum.”
18:41–18:49 -
Mr. Burns stands behind a white table in front of a red wall, beside a pink-and-blue multi-story model house…
“Hot tub?”
18:49–18:58 -
Mr. Burns stands behind a white-draped table beside Smithers, his thin assistant with glasses and a purple…
“Next.”
18:58–19:06 -
Mr. Burns stands behind a draped table beside Smithers, who wears glasses and a pink bow tie, in front…
“Behold!”
19:06–19:14 -
Mr. Burns stands at a control panel in a dark blue suit and black tie, speaking to a man in a dark jacket…
“Too cold and sterile.”
19:14–19:24 -
Mr. Burns stands at a podium beside his thin assistant Smithers while Bart is seen at a small table on stage…
“You lose. Get off my property.”
19:24–19:37 -
Homer and Mr. Burns stand at a table beside a small grey-and-green nuclear plant model with paper cutouts…
“Could you explain your model, young man?”
19:37–19:45 -
Homer Simpson and Mr. Burns stand together behind a table in a red-walled room
“Well, basically, I just copied the plant we have now.”
19:45–19:57 -
Homer stands beside Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped old man in a dark suit, in front of a red wood-paneled wall
“Agreed. First prize.”
19:57–20:08 -
Mr. Burns stands center stage beside a purple podium marked with an atom symbol, flanked by Smithers…
“I can't stand it any longer. This whole plant is insane.”
20:08–20:18 -
Lenny and Carl stand in a locker room with a one-off man in an orange shirt and white cap on the right
“Ah!”
20:18–20:30 -
Lenny stands at a counter of donuts in a pink box, pulling one off and gesturing while he talks, with crumbs…
“Ooh, I eat like a slob, but nobody minds.”
20:30–20:39 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a brown door marked MEN at work, wearing a white shirt, pink striped tie…
“I'm peeing on the seat. Give me a raise!”
20:39–20:49 -
A thin, dark-haired man with glasses and a white shirt, Lenny-like in appearance but not…
“I don't need to do my work, because someone else will do it for me.”
20:49–20:58 -
Smithers and Homer Simpson stand beside a blue locker, Smithers smiling while Homer gapes wide-eyed
“I'm Homer Simpson.”
20:58–21:11 -
Homer stands in a blue corridor with Carl in a hard hat and purple shirt, Smithers in a brown jacket…
“Extremely high voltage. Well, I don't need safety gloves because I'm homer-”
21:11–21:20 -
A thin, dark-haired man in a white robe with a pink shirt and blue tie, holding an open black book, stands…
“Frank Grimes, or Grimey as he liked to be called,”
21:20–21:30 -
Marge sits among a row of mourners in black suits, alongside Carl and Santa's Little Helper, the brown…
“And even though Frank's agonizing struggle through life was tragically cut short,”
21:30–21:36 -
Homer sobs with his mouth wide open and tears streaming down his face, while Marge with her tall blue beehive…
“I'm sure he's looking down.”
21:36–21:49 -
Marge Simpson with her tall blue beehive sits with a row of mourners in black suits and Santa's Little…
21:49–21:59 -
The screen is a plain black background showing a sequence of credit cards in yellow lettering
21:59–22:09 -
No characters appear in this sequence of black title cards with gold text
22:09–22:19 -
No characters appear in this sequence; it is a black closing credits roll with no people shown
“We'll be right back.”
22:19–22:29 -
A sequence of black end-credit title cards with yellow text
“Shh.”
22:29–22:39 -
Silhouetted audience members sit in rows of seats in a dark movie theater, including a large figure…
“Shh.”
22:39–22:49
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Grampa Simpson, Principal Skinner, Barney Gumble, Chief Wiggum, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, Martin Prince, Ralph Wiggum, Reverend Lovejoy, Gareth Prince, Dewey Largo, Sarah Wiggum, Gloria Prince, Old Jewish Man, Charlie, David Crosby, Gerald Ford, Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Employee, Frank Grimes, The Smashing Pumpkins, Auction Announcer
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