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Homer Jay Simpson (voiced by Dan
Castellaneta) is one of the main characters in the animated television
series The Simpsons. He is a stumbling, bumbling, well-meaning moron,
but often comes through despite (or because) of this.
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Overview
Homer works in the Springfield Nuclear
Power Plant, although "working" in this case refers to dozing and eating
doughnuts, and recently, he has stopped going to work unless a gag
requires he be there, resulting in him being fired. He spends a great
deal of his time at Moe's Tavern with his lifelong friends Barney, Carl,
Lenny, and bartender Moe.
Homer Simpson popularized the annoyed grunt
"D'oh!" (made memorable through Dan Castellaneta's distinctive voice
work), which began as an abbreviated form of Jim Finlayson's "Dooooh"
from the films of Laurel and Hardy. This modern interjection has found
enough popular acceptance to be included in the Oxford English
Dictionary.
Family
Homer was born in North Carolina, and at
some point he moved to the family farm outside of Springfield, where he
grew up (where he would later return to grow Tomaccos). Homer is:
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the SECOND son of Abraham
and FIRST son of Mona Simpson
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married to Marge née
Bouvier
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the father of Bart, Lisa,
Maggie,
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the half-brother of Herb
Powell, and Abbie, the daughter of a woman whom Abraham met while
stationed in Britain during World War II and reportedly abandoned
based on "cultural differences" as well as the fact that he "thought
she looked fat." Abbie looks much like Homer and speaks in a
similiar manner although with an English accent.
Age
It has been suggested in the series that
Homer is between 36 and 39 years old. In one episode, a quiz indicates
he will die at 42 and he wails that he has "only three years to live"
(it should be noted that Homer's mental arithmetic may not be reliable).
Various episodes have given his date of birth as May 12, 1956; May 10,
March 20, 1955; and even 17-23-1956 [sic]. In Treehouse of Horror XI,
Homer claims his astrological sign is Taurus while reading the horoscope
section of a newspaper. This sign corresponds to anyone born between
April 20th and May 20th, which would make any birthdates not between
those dates invalid. One episode had Homer and Marge attending a 1974
high school class reunion, which would be appropriate for a person born
in 1955 or 1956.
Address
Homer and his family probably live at 742
Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Several alternative house numbers on
Evergreen Terrace are given in various episodes, including 59, 94, 723,
743, 763, and 1094, in addition to 430 Spalding Way.
In the 299th episode Homer's email address
was given to be chunkylover53@aol.com. The email address in question
belongs to Simpsons co-creator David X Cohen and can be emailed to
receive Homer style replies.
Personality
Homer's essential personality traits
presented themselves early on. He was raised solely by his father after
the approximate age of 11. Homer slid through his classes and apparently
graduated despite not passing Remedial Science until some twenty-plus
years later. His senior yearbook reveals a lack of interest in sports
and activities, and his quote was "I can't believe I ate the whole
thing." In high school, Homer fell in love with Marge Bouvier, whom he
would later marry (though both would later learn they had first met
while children at summer camp). Following the completion of Remedial
Science, Homer entered Springfield University and graduated due solely
to illicitly changed grades. His education was further buttressed by
Clown College, Bodyguard School, Successmanship 101, and mandatory
Family Skills courses.
His minute attention span complements his
intense (albeit short-lived) passion for hobbies, enterprises or causes.
Although by nature an exceedingly lazy man, he is capable of exerting
tremendous effort toward something, if only for a week or less. Good
examples are when he converted his garage into a bar, just to spite his
local bartender Moe Szyslak; spent a whole episode studying and
emulating Thomas Edison; and attempted to uncover a plot to trade
Springfield's baseball team interstate by going on a hunger strike.
These massively spirited endeavours can be triggered by almost nothing,
as evidenced by his short-lived grease collection business.
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Health
issues
Regarding his health, Homer is incredibly
lucky to be alive. He once gained an extra 70 pounds on top of his
already obese condition to get on disability. He has broken almost every
bone in his body and received countless cuts and bruises, both major and
minor. He has blown out his knee; had his thumb cut off; undergone
coronary artery bypass surgery (performed by Dr. Nick Riviera); had
laser eye surgery; stabbed himself in the eye with a switchblade; put an
electric drill through his eye while attempting to make eye-holes
through a metal bucket that was glued to his head; had a cigarette put
out in his eye; been in a coma because a candymachine fell on him ; had
his jaw wired shut; donated a kidney; had a crayon wedged into his
brain; been rendered infertile from radiation exposure; suffered
repeated back trauma; been run-over by a bicycle; been institutionalized
(twice); nearly destroyed his stomach with beer and cannonballs; been
forced by his cruel boss Mr. Burns to consume radioactive waste with a
spoon; suffered four simultaneous heart attacks; been attacked by a
sworm of bees; had his abdominal area torn open by a rabid badger;
suffered alcohol poisoning (twice); been pummeled while inside of a
robot; crushed by boulders and wrecking balls; been bitten by venomous
snakes; electrocuted himself (by both tasers and power lines); set
himself on fire numerous times; suffered multiple gunshot wounds; nearly
suffocated after the garage door fell on him; had stiches in his
eyeballs as a result of a crow attack; had a parasitic butterfly burrow
into his skin and enter his skull; fallen off of Springfield gourge
(twice within one day), had a drawbridge close on his head; tried to
sign an insurance paper while it was going through a shredder; had a
window closed on his head; and fallen off cliffs, down stairs, and off
the roof of the house frequently; had his heart ripped out, and also
been kidnapped and drugged by strange aliens because he found out their
secret. Furthermore, his brain is cushioned by a unique and eponymous
genetic condition: "Homer Simpson's syndrome." This allowed him to take
several punches without falling over. Moe even trained Homer for boxing
(with hobos), although Homer's boxing career ended when he was nearly
killed by Drederick Tatum (who is much stronger than a hobo). Homer got
shot in the head four times by a nail gun. He was hit by a car driven by
Marge Simpson. Homer was also beat up by paramedics the first time he
got alcohol poisoning.
Homer also suffers from several congenital
conditions, most obviously male pattern baldness, but also a male
"Simpson" stupidity gene, finger stubbiness (abnormally short and thick
fingers) and the "Simpson butt" (a rather large rear end), which are
genetic and which he has passed on to his children. Homer also appears
to have far-sighted vision (on occasion), requiring the use of reading
glasses when reading a book or newspaper.
Homer stands at 6' (183 cm).
Mental
acuity
As widely evidenced, Homer's mind is
vacuous, but sprinkled with occasional dense packets of knowledge. He
has shown small bursts of astonishing foresight, memory, creativity, and
fluency with language (including Japanese, German, Chinese, Spanish, and
penguin). These bursts are almost always temporary and constantly
changing. One time, while using a knife to pull out a bullet, Homer
identified all the tissue the knife came in contact with. The nature of
this intellect is multi-fold. Much of his mental ability is suppressed
by the presence of a wax crayon in the frontal lobe of his brain, the
result of a bizarre childhood mishap. Also credited is the Simpson Gene,
which almost guarantees that male Simpsons become underachievers. His
stupidity may be exacerbated further by excessive alcohol consumption
and repetitive cranial trauma.
Homer is inclined to fall into fantasy,
often drifting off into his own world or perceiving reality in a more
personally appealing manner. Notable are the odd conversations he has
with his own brain, typically in an adversarial tone. For example, once
he began a conversation with his own mind by declaring "Okay brain, you
don't like me and I don't like you...". His liver once spoke to him too,
cheering "Yay!" when Homer had been banned from Moe's bar and thus
(briefly) depriving him of the ability to drink beer.
Homer is also prone to becoming very
emotional, especially when it comes to his neighbors, the Flanders
family, or troubles related to his son, Bart. He has rage issues and has
been physically and violently abusive, often towards his son, whom he
has strangled and even struck on numerous occasions. He can also be
prone to have strange fantasies in public at the drop of a hat (such as
riding the nuclear bomb a'la Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove).
Homer also has an IQ of 55, which
technically makes him mentally retarded. This was established in the
episode "HOMR", where Homer says his IQ was raised 50 points, and later
on in the episode, he asks if there's any place for a man with a 105 IQ
(of course Homer's mathematical abilities, or lack thereof, should be
considered when placing stock in such figures).
Diet
On the food front, Homer is particularly
fond of doughnuts (especially LardLad Brand) and pork chops, but also
pie, bacon and especially salt doodles and pork rinds. He once spent
weeks eating a gigantic hoagie long after it went bad, making him
deathly ill. In his gluttony, he has also consumed items that are not
necessarily food from time to time, such as flowers, Play-Doh,Vaseline,
dirt, some novelty plastic lobsters from a salad bar, the decorative
bride and groom from a wedding cake (he mistook it for candy), and a
lubricated rubber stopper that had been inserted into his mouth just
before recieving electroshock. His diet is not a good example to younger
viewers and this point is frequently made throughout the series. Homer
typically responds to food with copious drool and exuberant postures, or
saying "mmm... ______" of whatever food he's about to eat or thinking
about (not always necessarily food though).
Enemies
Homer has garnered more than a few lasting
enemies. Most notable is the deceased Frank "Grimey" Grimes, for whose
death Homer was indirectly but intensely responsible. This naturally
resulted in the rancor of the aforementioned's son, Frank Grimes, Jr.
Other adversaries of note include his sisters-in-law Patty and Selma
Bouvier, employer C. Montgomery Burns, mobster "Fat Tony", Springfield
University Dean Bobby Peterson, president George H. W. Bush, the Emperor
of Japan, New York City, PBS, the State of Florida, and an inanimate
carbon rod. Along with the rest of his family, he is banned from every
state in the United States, except North Dakota & Arizona, rejecting the
latter ("Arizona smells funny!")
Name
Homer has gone by many names and aliases.
While in the Witness Protection Program, the family assumed the surname
"Thompson" (which he had a hard time understanding at first). Homer
legally changed his name to "Max Power" for a time to escape public
ridicule. He has also been known by many nicknames, including "Homey," "Homina,"
"Home-boy," "Colonel Homer," "Dancin' Homer," "Mr. Plow," "Mr. Sparkle,"
"Hungry, Hungry Homer," "El Homo", the "Brick Hit House," the "Southern
Dandy," and "Bottomless Pete, Nature's Cruelest Mistake," among others.
He once ran a gossip website under the alias "Mr. X." and briefly became
a pie-touting super hero called "The Pie Man". "Angry dad", which was
based on Homer, was the name of a internet comic character that was
created by Bart.
Homer's middle name, "Jay," is a tribute by
Simpsons creator Matt Groening to the work of cartoon producer Jay Ward,
creator of Bullwinkle J. Moose and Rocket J. Squirrel. Abe and Homer
share this middle initial, though not the name. Groening has stated that
he named the core of the Simpsons family after members of his own family
(Homer was his father's name). He also acknowledges that Homer Simpson
happens to be a character in Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust.
Past jobs
Assuming compensation (such as money,
Powersauce Bars, etc.), but excluding Halloween episodes and passing
bets (grave digger, panda, etc.), Homer's past occupations include:
Springfield
Nuclear Power Plant
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Technical Supervisor,
Sector 7G
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Supervising Technician,
Sector 7G
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Safety Inspector, Sector
7G (current position)
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Executive (with bathroom
privileges and an assistant, Karl)
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Executive Assistant/aka
Smithers
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Executive Vice-President
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Owner
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Freelance Consultant
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Paid
employment and entrepreneurial activities
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Actor (SAG name, "Homer
Jay Simpson")
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Ambulance driver
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Angel skeleton exhibitor
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Astronaut (NASA)
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Athletic Celebration
Dance Choreographer (Warren Sapp, Michelle Kwan, Yao Ming, Tom
Brady, LeBron James)
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Attack-dog trainer
(Pitiless Pup Attack Dog School)
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Authorized Krusty
impersonator
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Baby proofer (Wee Care)
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bartender (Homer's
Hunting Club and Moe's Tavern)
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Blackjack dealer (Monty's
Casino)
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Bowling alley
assistant/Pin monkey (Bowl-o-rama)
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Boxer (Association of
Springfield Semipro Boxers, referred to in the episode as ASSBOX)
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Candle maker (Ye Olde
Candlemaker, Olde Springfield Towne)
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Car designer (Powell
Motors)
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Carnival worker/Carny
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Cartoon voice (Poochie)
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Chauffeur/Limo driver
(Classy Joe's)
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Chief of Police
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Conceptual artist
(Louvre: American Style)
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Convenience store
night-clerk (Kwik-E-Mart)
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Door-to-door knife
salesman (Slash-Co.)
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Door-to-door spring
salesman
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Drug Spokesman
(Viagrogain)
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Entertainment manager -
(Suds McDuff & country music artist Lurleen Lumpkin)
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Farmer
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Food critic (Springfield
Shopper)
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Fortune Cookie
fortune-writer
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Freelance ambulance
driver
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Grease collections/sales
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Guard (Springfield
Juvenile Correctional Facility)
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Instructor, "How to keep
a successful marriage" (Adult Education Annex)
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Junior Vice-President
(CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet, his own short-lived company)
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Krusty Burger Cashier
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Mall Santa Claus
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Mayor (New Springfield)
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Mayoral bodyguard
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Mini-golf assistant (Sir
Putts-A-Lot)
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Minister ordained by the
ePiscopal Church (First just gay marriage but then pretty much
anything 'real')
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Missionary
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Monorail conductor
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Mountain climber (Murderhorn)
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Movie Producer (Mel
Gibson's Mr. Smith Goes To Washington remake)
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Musician (composer of
"Everybody Hates Ned Flanders", member of the Be Sharps)
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Oil rig worker
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Owner (ZiffCorp)
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Owner, private security
firm (SpringShield)
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People greeter
(Sprawl-Mart) (replacing Abraham Simpson)
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Performance artist/Freak
(Hullapalooza)
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Personal assistant (to
Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin)
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Petty Officer Third
Class, Naval Reserve (Later, Acting Captain)
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Plant
Supervisor/Executive (Globex Corp., Cypress Creek)
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Prison Snitch (Montgomery
Burns Penitentiary, Formerly Springfield Concert Hall)
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Prank Monkey
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Sanitation Commissioner
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Sculptor (specifically,
Outsider Art)
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Service Trainee (Gulp 'n'
Blow Drive-thru)
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Snowplow operator (Mr.
Plow)
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Sports mascot ('Dancing
Homer')
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Sugar salesman (Farmer
Homer's Sweet Sweet Sugar)
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Super Bowl Halftime Show
Co-Director (with Ned Flanders)
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Talk Show Host (Homer
Simpson Show)
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Tomacco "inventor",
salesman (E-I-E-I-[Annoyed Grunt])
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Traveling salesman
(Simpson & Son, Revitalizing Tonic)
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Truck Driver/Trucker
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Union Boss (Intl. Union
of Pastry Chefs, Jazz Dancers, and Nuclear Technicians)
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Used Car salesman
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Sprawl-Mart Associate,
Cashier (at same pay as associate, but with more work), and
Assistant Manager (at same pay as cashier, but with even more work)
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Superhero
Criminal
endeavours
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Telemarketing scam (Happy
Dude)
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Telemarketing scam (Sorry
Dude)
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Con artist/Grifter
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Bootlegger/Beer-Baron
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Burglar (Burglarizing the
Flander's house)
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Sugar smuggler (Motherloving
Sugar Corp.)
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Superhero (the Pie Man)
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Pill smuggler (from
Canada)
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Moonshiner/Beer Baron
(During a brief period of prohibition)
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Stealing Cable
Awards &
honors
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First Annual Montgomery
Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence,
1992 (after sterilization)
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Springfield Nuclear Power
Plant Toxic Waste Handler of the Month, 1990
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Springfield Nuclear Power
Plant Employee of the Month, 1991 (after saving Springfield from a
nuclear meltdown)
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Springfield Nuclear Power
Plant Medal for Bravery, 1995 (after physically plugging a
radioactive gas leak)
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Springfield Nuclear Power
Plant Belching Contest Winner, 1995 (award later yielded to Jay
Sherman)
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Springfield Nuclear Power
Plant Children's Model-Building Contest, 1997
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Grammy Award for
Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word, or Barbershop Album of the Year, 1985
(Be Sharps)
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Greaser's Café Dance
Contest, 1999
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Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor, (Dr. Haing S. Ngor or Don Ameche)
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Springfield Bowling
Championship, 1996 (PinPals)
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P.J. O'Harrigan's "Sir
Drinks-A-Lot," 1999
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Pulitzer Prize for
Journalism, 2000
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Springfield Olympic
Mascot Contest, 1999 (Springy)
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High school reunion
awards: "most weight gained," "most hair lost," "most improved
odor," "oldest car," "lowest paying job," and for "travelling the
least distance to get to the reunion," among others, 1993 (awards
later withdrawn)
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Ate the world's largest
hoagie at a county fair in 1991 (this experience is mentioned in the
Season 3 episode "Colonel Homer" but never actually shown)
Boyhood/life-long dream
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Monorail conductor / run
out on a baseball field during a game
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manage a beautiful
country singer / eat the world's biggest hoagie
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blackjack dealer / appear
on "The Gong Show"
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to own the Dallas Cowboys
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to live in the woods,
keeping a journal of thoughts
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bowls a perfect game
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end world hunger
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See Stevie Nicks naked
(has done so on three occasions)
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