The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
The Simpsons, season 9, episode 1. First aired September 21, 1997. 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
Months after Barney Gumble, fed up with being designated driver, disappears in Homer's car, it turns up in Manhattan, clamped with a parking boot and covered in tickets. Homer, who hated his last trip to New York, reluctantly takes the family to fetch it. While Marge and the kids see the sights, Homer waits all day for the parking officer before smashing the boot off with a jackhammer.
- Written by
- Ian Maxtone-Graham
- Directed by
- Jim Reardon
- Couch gag
- Harlem Globetrotters
- Production code
- 4F22
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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Homer, Bart and Lisa appear in the Simpsons' driveway beside a yellow garage and a pink car, following…
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:12 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart appear first with Homer in a white shirt and blue pants, gesturing in a purple…
0:12–0:23 -
Moe leans on the bar of his tavern with a rag and a bottle of cleaning spray, then wipes the counter…
“What? Uh-oh.”
0:23–0:34 -
Moe stands behind the bar of his tavern holding a broom, first resting it at his side and then gripping it…
“Here comes the evening rush. Clear out, fellas!”
0:34–0:42 -
Moe stands behind the bar as Homer in a white shirt and tie enters through the back door, followed by Carl…
“Evening, Mo.”
0:42–0:49 -
Moe stands behind the bar while Homer, Barney in his white shirt with messy brown hair, Carl, and a few…
“Yeah, all right, listen up, guys.”
0:49–1:01 -
Moe stands behind the bar of his tavern, scowling and speaking in the early frames
“Yeah, I know, I know. But the bad news is we gotta start having designated drivers.”
1:01–1:10 -
Moe stands behind the bar in a tavern lined with bottles and glasses, holding up a large glass jar of pickled…
“Everybody reach in and draw a pickled egg.”
1:10–1:18 -
Inside a bar with a jar of green pickled eggs on the counter, Carl gestures with one arm while Homer leans…
“No!”
1:18–1:29 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a slumped man with messy brown hair in a white bathrobe, who rests his head…
“You got your black one.”
1:29–1:39 -
Barney leans on the bar counter beside a bowl of popcorn while Homer is hoisted upside down…
“I'm Peter Pantsless!”
1:39–1:49 -
Barney leans on the bar counter at Moe's Tavern, pressing both hands against his face in dismay
“Oh, no.”
1:49–1:59 -
Duff Man stands in a bar holding Duff beer cans on his belt, flanked by two cheerleaders in red and white…
“Are you ready to get duffed?”
1:59–2:13 -
Duffman stands center stage on a blue tiled floor between two large cheerleaders in red and white outfits…
“Hey, it's Duff Man, a guy in a costume that creates awareness of duff.”
2:13–2:24 -
A muscular, sunglasses-wearing man in a red DUFF cap, blue DUFF tank top, white gloves and red cape, who is…
“I've got a bottomless mug of new Duff Extra Cold for...”
2:24–2:36 -
Two cheerleaders in red Duff uniforms with white pom-poms, one blonde and one with dark hair, cheer…
“Chug! Chug!”
2:36–2:49 -
Duff Man stands in Moe's bar with Duff beer cans strapped to his waist, while Barney sits at the counter…
“Yeah, that's swell. Duff wholeheartedly supports the designated driver program.”
2:49–2:56 -
Barney first grins wide-eyed in front of a crowd of cheering bar patrons waving foamy beer mugs…
“Hey, Margarita!”
2:56–3:08 -
A heavy, sweating man with brown hair and a salmon-pink shirt grips a steering wheel inside a purple-lined…
“I'm trying to drive.”
3:08–3:11 -
Homer sits in the front passenger seat of a purple car at night, drinking from a red-and-white can…
“Hey, let's go to the girls' college.”
3:11–3:23 -
Barney sits in close-up in a pink car, grinning and slurring as he talks, while a Black man in a pink sweater…
“Sweet, beautiful drunk talk.”
3:23–3:29 -
Barney sits grinning and grimacing at the wheel of a purple car, while Homer leans in at the driver's window…
“Good night, Barnish. Don't forget to bring back my car back tomorrow.”
3:29–3:43 -
Homer walks up the path to the front door of the green Simpson house at night, then stands at the door…
“Face it, homer, the car is gone. Oh?”
3:43–3:55 -
Homer Simpson and Moe stand near a doorway at first, with Homer's gaze fixed on the street
“Barney ain't never coming back.”
3:55–4:06 -
Homer grabs the collar of a heavyset, brown-haired man in an orange-pink shirt in front of a building…
“Well, all I remember about the last two months is giving a guest lecture at Villanova.”
4:06–4:14 -
Homer Simpson stands in front of a red-green diamond-patterned panel arguing angrily with a heavyset man…
“Or maybe it was a street corner. So you lost my car, eh?”
4:14–4:27 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson stand in the family garage, while Bart Simpson watches from the side
“Homer, I don't want you driving around in a car you built yourself.”
4:27–4:35 -
Homer stands in a purple room with a shovel and a pegboard of tools, glaring and gesturing at Marge, who has…
“Marge, you can stand there finding fault, or you can knit me some seatbelts.”
4:35–4:48 -
Lisa Simpson stands in front of a large coiled tape roll against a blue and purple wall, holding a folded…
“Dear motorist, your vehicle is illegally parked in the borough of Manhattan.”
4:48–4:55 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive, Lisa in a red dress holding a paper, Homer in a white shirt and blue pants…
“My vehicle! If you do not remedy this malparkage within 72 hours,”
4:55–5:04 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson stand in the pink living room in front of an orange cabinet with purple…
“I don't want to go to New York City.”
5:04–5:16 -
Homer stands with his back partly turned in a pink room beside a window with a yellow curtain
“Ugh.”
5:16–5:27 -
Homer first stands in a pink room with a window, a framed picture and a purple desk, then faces the viewer…
“I was on my way to the Harrisburg Coat Outlet to buy an irregular coat.”
5:27–5:37 -
A brown-haired, mullet-styled man in a red plaid shirt, jeans and a strap-hung photo gadget walks…
“All I had to do was walk a few blocks from the Port Authority bus terminal to my train at”
5:37–5:50 -
A young man with shoulder-length brown hair, a red plaid shirt and jeans, and Chief Wiggum stand on a city…
5:50–5:59 -
Under a scrolling marquee reading "CRIME UP 8 MILLION PERCENT" on a city street, a man with shoulder-length…
5:59–6:08 -
A brown-haired man in a red plaid shirt, stained and with a banana peel draped over his head, stands…
“Anyhow, I must have looked at somebody the wrong way, because the next thing I knew,”
6:08–6:20 -
In a narrow back alley lined with grey trash cans, a dumpster, and pink and red graffiti, a spiky-haired boy…
“And that's when the chuds came at me. Oh, Homer,”
6:20–6:34 -
Homer Simpson stands in the living room facing Marge Simpson, who has her tall blue beehive and a green dress…
“And that's when the chuds came at me. Oh, Homer,”
6:34–6:37 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive stands in a pink room beside a wooden shelf, first looking wide-eyed…
“of course you'll have a bad impression of New York if you only focus on the pimps and the”
6:37–6:50 -
Homer stands at the left of a living room with a pink wall, a framed Maggie portrait, and a wooden cabinet…
“Nine bucks? This one's on me. Great! We're all going to New York.”
6:50–6:58 -
Homer and Lisa stand in the living room by a red brick fireplace with a burning log
“You lousy barton's money. All right, New York, I'm coming back!”
6:58–7:06 -
A passenger with light hair sits in the back seat of a pink sedan that moves through a green-tiled tunnel…
“Wake up, everyone. We're almost there.”
7:06–7:12 -
Bart, Lisa, Homer and Marge sit in a bus seat row while Maggie lies in a hammock strung across the luggage…
“That took too long. How come we had to transfer to Atlanta twice?”
7:12–7:19 -
Bart sits in a red-backed bus seat next to Lisa, who has star-shaped spiky hair and a red dress, while Marge…
“That took too long. How come we had to transfer to Atlanta twice?”
7:19–7:27 -
Homer and Marge sit side by side on a bus seat, with a bald man in a purple shirt and glasses, a brown-haired…
“Hey, Marge, I can't feel my legs.”
7:27–7:35 -
Homer and Marge sit side by side on a bus seat, with Homer, in a white shirt, gripping a large green blanket…
“I can't feel my legs!”
7:35–7:43 -
Bart, Lisa, Marge, Maggie and Homer ride inside a window-lined bus, with Bart gesturing with his hands…
“We're here!”
7:43–7:52 -
Bart, Lisa, Marge and Homer sit crammed together on a bus, with Bart and Lisa gaping and gesturing excitedly…
“It's wall-to-wall landmarks. The Williamsburg Bridge?”
7:52–8:06 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson come out of the doors of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, passing…
“Now remember, criminals prey on small-town folk like us.”
8:06–8:17 -
Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson and baby Maggie Simpson stand together, first…
“Homer, you're scaring the children. Good!”
8:17–8:30 -
Homer stands on a city sidewalk beside a yellow taxi while Marge and Maggie watch from the right
“We'll meet you in Central Park at 5 o'clock.”
8:30–8:42 -
Homer Simpson sits in the back of a yellow Calloway taxi, then is seen in traffic with other yellow cabs, one…
“Your vehicle is illegally parked at one World Trade”
8:42–8:56 -
Homer appears in a New York City street scene of tall towers and a pink car stuffed with cash bills…
“Ah!”
8:56–9:08 -
Bart, Marge, Lisa and Maggie look out through the arched windows in the crown of the Statue of Liberty…
“Wow. Wow, Governor's Island looks so insignificant from up here.”
9:08–9:16 -
A uniformed ship officer in a white cap and blue coat stands on the dock beside a gangway plank…
“Hey, immigrants, beat it! Country's full!”
9:16–9:26 -
Homer Simpson appears with two unnamed men in suits, one wearing a dark suit and one in a purple suit, plus…
“Stupid city.”
9:26–9:38 -
Homer Simpson first stands glaring and shouting near a tall building, then kneels beside a pink car stuffed…
“All right, you.”
9:38–9:50 -
Homer watches a small figure climb the face of a tall grey skyscraper, and the figure shifts…
“Hey, when you're done with that, I got something up here you can fight on.”
9:50–10:00 -
Mr. Burns leans from a window of a tall grey office tower, pointing and shouting
“Sorry about that, guy. They stick all the jerks in Tower One.”
10:00–10:09 -
Homer Simpson stands at a blue public payphone on a plaza in front of a tall brick office building…
“Thank you for calling the Parking Violations Bureau.”
10:09–10:16 -
Homer stands outdoors in front of a tall orange-brick building and a grey fence, holding a dark telephone…
“Thank you. Your plea has been... Rejected.”
10:16–10:24 -
Homer Simpson stands outdoors against a backdrop of a tall orange brick building and a grey fence…
“Please wait by your vehicle between 9 a.m.”
10:24–10:32 -
Homer Simpson sits on the hood of a pink car parked in front of a metal roll-down shutter, with a jack…
“They expect me to sit here from 9 to 5?”
10:32–10:42 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive, Lisa in her red dress and pearl necklace, baby Maggie with her pacifier…
“Here's a better idea.”
10:42–10:55 -
Marge Simpson stands holding a subway pole in a train car, looking around and talking with her mouth open…
“I'm so glad we took the subway.”
10:55–11:06 -
Bart Simpson stands in the middle of a crowded subway car holding a can marked "Give" and spreads his arms…
“Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to disturb your pleasant ride, but unlike yourselves,”
11:06–11:18 -
Bart walks down the aisle of a subway car and raises one hand while seated commuters read newspapers and books
“Thank you for your time.”
11:18–11:25 -
Homer Simpson sits slumped on a city sidewalk beside a pink car with a red jack under its wheel, in front…
“Hey, I'm not a bum.”
11:25–11:36 -
Homer Simpson is first seen on a city sidewalk in front of Original Famous Ray's pizza shop, staring…
“So hungry can't leave car”
11:36–11:46 -
Homer is the main figure, first seen with both arms raised in front of tall blue-and-white striped…
“Well getting closer closer”
11:46–11:58 -
Homer Simpson stands on a city sidewalk gesturing and talking to a mustached vendor in a white shirt…
“Get your club college hey, yeah,”
11:58–12:09 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a food cart under a striped umbrella with a moustached vendor in a white shirt…
“Yeah, she's that just awful”
12:09–12:23 -
Homer stands at a street cart with a heavyset man who has a thick moustache, reddish-brown swept hair…
“Hmm now what do you have to wash that awful taste out of my mouth Mountain Dew or crab”
12:23–12:36 -
Homer stands by a pile of cans at a street cart while a moustached, heavyset man in a white shirt and green…
“Uh-oh.”
12:36–12:49 -
Homer Simpson appears first standing beside a scattered pile of coins and later beside a stack of soda cans…
“Observation deck. Oh, but I can't leave my car until the parking guy gets here.”
12:49–12:58 -
Homer kicks at and then squares off with a mail carrier in a blue cap, shorts and satchel beside a blue MAIL…
“Don't even think about it, pal.”
12:58–13:10 -
Marge holds baby Maggie in a blue bow while Lisa in her red dress and Bart in his orange shirt stand…
“Only in New York.”
13:10–13:22 -
Lisa in her red dress and Marge with Maggie in her arms watch from a street in Chinatown as Bart holds…
“Bart, no fireworks, put that back.”
13:22–13:34 -
Homer Simpson is sprawled and wriggling on the hood of a pink car whose windshield and back seat are packed…
“Come on, boot guy!”
13:34–13:44 -
Homer is first seen in a car stuffed with pink banknotes, looking nervous and then grinning before the car…
“Oh, flushing meadows.”
13:44–13:55 -
Homer tumbles head-first through a green void ringed by white toilets, then spins and flails past a swirling…
“Oh, I can't take it anymore.”
13:55–14:05 -
Homer stands beside a pink car piled with money outside a large glass building, gesturing and shouting…
“All right, I'll only be gone for a second.”
14:05–14:17 -
Homer and an elderly woman in a green coat with a blue beehive-like grey hairdo and a small brown purse are…
“What the...”
14:17–14:28 -
Homer Simpson waits with a group of one-off characters at a row of elevator doors marked 102 and then 106…
14:28–14:41 -
Small cartoon figures stand and walk on a pale plaza between a tall striped grey skyscraper with a blue-glass…
14:41–14:50 -
No regular characters appear in this moment; it shows only a tall, narrow, sketchy pinkish-beige skyscraper…
“Oh yes!”
14:50–14:59 -
Homer stands at a window beside a wall-mounted device, first with his back to the viewer and then peering…
“Oh yes!”
14:59–15:11 -
Homer comes out through a pair of blue doors on a city street while a uniformed man in a brown hat holds one…
“What?”
15:11–15:24 -
Homer Simpson stands beside a pink car in a sunny city street with a tall building and a barred window…
“Failure to wait by vehicle $250!”
15:24–15:38 -
Homer Simpson sits in his purple sedan in a plaza beside a tall orange-brick building, holding his keys…
15:38–15:50 -
Homer sits behind the wheel of a pink car with a seatbelt on, while a bald-headed bearded old man in a suit…
“Ow!”
15:50–16:03 -
Mr. Burns watches from a plaza beside a glass office building as a pink car with an orange wheel clamp on one…
“Look at all those beautiful shoes.”
16:03–16:10 -
Lisa, wearing a pearl necklace, Marge with her tall blue beehive and red beads, and baby Maggie in a blue…
“Look at all those beautiful shoes.”
16:10–16:18 -
Bart, Lisa, Marge and Maggie stand together in a shoe store, with a brown-haired man in a suit behind them
“I don't care about shoes.”
16:18–16:27 -
Bart Simpson stands on a city sidewalk beside a yellow taxi and a tall office building, with a bald, heavy…
“Mad Magazine!”
16:27–16:38 -
Bart walks down a red-carpeted hallway to a door marked MAD magazine and peeks at the doorknob
“Excuse me, is this Mad Magazine? No, it's Mademoiselle.”
16:38–16:51 -
Bart Simpson sits at a brown counter in front of a blue panel, first grinning with his eyes closed…
“Seriously, though, my name is Bart Simpson.”
16:51–17:03 -
Bart stands in a hallway with a blue floor and looks on as a red-haired woman with curly hair and a purple…
“Listen, kid, you probably think lots of crazy stuff goes on in there,”
17:03–17:16 -
Bart Simpson stands in a room with a blue floor and a wooden desk at the left, first looking wide-eyed…
“And where's my forslugging her pastrami sandwiches?”
17:16–17:25 -
Homer Simpson sits behind the wheel of a pink car on a busy city street, while Carl drives a green truck…
“Ha!”
17:25–17:39 -
Homer sits behind the steering wheel of a car with a purple interior and brown upholstered seats, glaring…
“Shut up, shut up, shut up!”
17:39–17:49 -
Marge stands on a city sidewalk with Lisa in her red dress and pearls and Bart in his orange shirt, all…
“Kickin' Up, a musical journey through the Betty Ford Center You know,”
17:49–18:03 -
Marge walks with Lisa in her red dress and a baby Maggie in her arms, past a man in a green sweater…
“How do you find the defendant?”
18:03–18:13 -
A dark-haired man in sunglasses and a white jacket stands beside a blue flag, then the scene shifts to a row…
“Freaked out behavior both chronic and recent.”
18:13–18:24 -
A slim man with spiky black hair, blue sunglasses and a white jacket stands at the left in front of a wooden…
“I should put you away where you can't kill or maim us.”
18:24–18:35 -
A dark-haired man in a white suit walks down a stage under a red curtain while a spotlight picks him out…
“I'm checking in He's checking in I'm checking in Checking,”
18:35–18:43 -
A slim man with spiky black hair, dark circles under his eyes, a white coat, white trousers and a black…
“I'm checking in He's checking in I'm checking in Checking,”
18:43–18:53 -
A thin, spiky-haired man in a white lab coat and turtleneck stands before a RECEPTION sign, first clutching…
“Demerol No more stinking fun at all I'm checking”
18:53–19:03 -
Carl joins a thin black-haired man in a white coat, a nurse with reddish hair in a white cap, and several…
“He's checking in He's checking in”
19:03–19:15 -
Homer and Carl, in a white coat and blue tie, lead a line of white-clad staff and costumed onlookers…
“that's just my aspirin Chuck it out You're”
19:15–19:24 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive, Bart, and Lisa in her pearls sit in a row of blue theater seats…
“When I grow up, I want to be in the Betty Ford Center You better start saving now,”
19:24–19:35 -
Homer sits at the wheel of his pink car on a city street lined with red brick buildings and orange…
“Oh, it's gonna be dark soon.”
19:35–19:45 -
Homer Simpson drives a purple car with a purple ceiling, grinning and wide-eyed as a blonde woman in a pink…
“Aha!”
19:45–19:55 -
Homer stands in a city street with his arms flung wide in front of a green truck, a pink car, and a green car…
“Everything's under control!”
19:55–20:02 -
Homer Simpson stands at a city construction site beside a cement mixer truck and a hole in the ground…
“Hey! Hey!”
20:02–20:14 -
Homer is on a city street lined with brick buildings, using a pneumatic drill with a hose to dismantle a pink…
20:14–20:26 -
Homer Simpson takes a pneumatic jackhammer to a pink car on a city street lined with tall buildings…
“Die!”
20:26–20:40 -
Homer waves an arm and yells beside a purple car parked under a red "No Standing Any Time" sign, then leans…
“Thanks for your patience.”
20:40–20:50 -
Marge, Lisa, Maggie, and Bart sit on a red park bench at dusk, with Marge's tall blue beehive and green…
“What a perfect way to end our day in New York.”
20:50–21:02 -
Homer is at the wheel of a battered pink car that speeds along a lamp-lit park road with a stone bridge…
“My God, that maniac is heading straight for us.”
21:02–21:13 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart sit in the battered pink family car, its front crumpled…
“Hey, it's Dad.”
21:13–21:24 -
Marge Simpson with her tall blue beehive and baby Maggie, who has a pacifier and blue bow, are first seen…
“No time for the baby. We're not jumping, Homer.”
21:24–21:37 -
Bart, Lisa, and Marge stand together on a bridge at dusk in the first frames, gazing at a skyline of lit…
“What a magical city.”
21:37–21:49 -
Homer sits behind the wheel of a car with a shattered windshield while Marge's blue beehive is partly visible…
“We'll see.”
21:49–21:54 -
A pink sedan with yellow figures inside, likely the Simpson family, drives along a curving elevated highway…
“Start spreading the news”
21:54–22:03 -
This is the opening credits over a stylized elevated highway with small cars moving in its lanes and a blue…
“Start spreading the news”
22:03–22:12 -
This is the opening credits sequence of The Simpsons appears against a purple sky and a city skyline…
“want to be a part of it In old”
22:12–22:21 -
No regular Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it is a static animated end-credits sequence set…
“If I can make it there I'd”
22:21–22:30 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it is a sequence of end-credit title cards over a stylized…
“come through New York, New York”
22:30–22:39 -
A row of dark silhouetted audience members sits in a theater, with a large puffy-haired figure…
“Shh!”
22:39–22:50
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Barney Gumble, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Larry Dalrymple, Sam, The Rich Texan, Hazel, Dowager, Della, Ian, Karen, Gillian, Mrs. Spencer, Roberta, Woody Allen, Adil Hoxha, Alfred E. Neuman, Duffman, Khlav Kalash vendor, Camera Thief, Carriage Driver, New York Police Officer, Pimp, Steve Grabowski, Wallet Thief
Everyone who appears in it, from the Simpsons wiki. Every character