Homer Badman

Season 6, Episode 9, Aired
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Homer and Marge attend a candy convention and have to find a babysitter for the kids. After the convention, Homer gives the babysitter a ride home. He notices that there is a very rare gummy stuck to her bottom, so he reaches out and grabs it. Homer is accused of sexual harassment and the whole town is against him until Willie saves the day.moreless
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  • Homer takes Marge to a candy trade show where he steals a rare piece of candy, but can't find it when he gets home. Upon driving the babysitter home, he finds the candy stuck to her rear. When he takes it off, she accuses Homer of sexual harrasment.moreless

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    By meathead704, Oct 03, 2011 Report Abuse
    "Homer Badman" is a very good episode mainly because of a point mentioned in another review for this episode: it shows how badly the media distorts reality and that they are more interested in ratings than truth. Another reason is the excellent jokes in the episode, especially the scene where Springfield Action News uses an infared camera at the Simpson house and mistakes a chicken cooking in the oven for Homer. The episode is loaded with many laughs throughout which is what makes The Simpsons one of the greatest shows ever.moreless

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  • perfect

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    By futuramarama, Aug 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    what i liked- the ending with Willie as Rowdy Roddy Peeper, people hating on homer, the part where Rock Bottom reveals stories they made up (Good freeze frame gag there), amongst other things.
    i can't even explain why i love this episode. there's so many funny gags i can't list them all, and the plot is unique and clever, too. just watch this episode, if you haven't seen it, and even if you have, and just need a good laugh (or two, or three, or a lot). A+moreless

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  • Homer the "badman"

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    By Southparkfa, Jul 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    In this episode, Homer and Marge go to a candy convention and leave Bart and Lisa with a femisitic babysitter. At the candy convention Homer and Marge get a ton of candy, including a rare venus de milo gummy. Later, as he's driving her home, he sees it stuck to her butt, so he grabs it off her, and she thinks he harassed her sexually. You can't help but feel pretty sympathetic toward Homer as you know he didn't do it, and yet the media skewers the truth, the protesters tamper with him all day long. The ending was also very funny, as Willie basiclly saves Homer, and then when Willie is called a pervert Homer turns his back on him. Overall, very good episode. 9/10 A-moreless

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  • This episode is sweet-sweet-sw-sw-sw-sweet!

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    By AdrenalinDragon, Jul 15, 2010 Report Abuse
    "Homer Badman"

    Grade: A

    One of the funniest and best written episodes of Season 6. Homer Badman followed Homer being accussed of sexual harrassment, after an misunderstood incident with a woman in a car. The episode is funny, classic, and did I mention sweet-sweet-sw-sw-sw-sweet too?

    The episode begins with Homer and Marge arranging to go to a candy convention, not allowing Bart and Lisa to go. They arrange a college-aged feminist named Ashley to look after them. After Homer dresses Marge with a large coat to take all the candy, Homer attempts to steal the Gummi Venus, and causes an alarm to set off. With the help of a Buzz Cola can and some Pop Rocks sweets, Homer and Marge escape after causing a huge explosion in the convention.
    Homer loses the Gummi Venus when arriving back at home, and Marge tells him to take Ashley back. After dropping her back, he notices the Gummi Venus on her ass. He takes it off her and gurgles when she looks back. Frightened, she runs off and Homer simply replies back with "Thank You!".
    The next morning, an angry mob approach the Simpsons house, accussing Homer of sexual harrassment. Homer opens the door and notices Ashley, claiming he touched her. Homer tries to tell her it was a candy stuck on her. They think he's lying and Homer's matters are not helped when they follow him everywhere, including while working at the Power Plant.
    To try and clear his name, Homer decides to be interviewed on a documentary program named Rock Bottom. Unfortuantly, Rock Bottom twist the story on making it look like Homer is a sexual predator. With bad edits of making Homer say he kept touching and thinking out her "Sweet can", Homer continues to be mocked on television, by getting a TV program based on his actions with actors. Whilst being watched 24/7 by the news channels, Lisa tells Homer he should broadcast the truth on a videotape of his side of the story and airing it on public TV, but nothing good comes out of it, and all he does is anger a bicyclist.
    With seemingly no way out of the situation, Groundskeeper Willie comes knocking on the door, with videotape proof evidence of knowing what happened with Homer and Ashley. The tape clearly shows Homer grabbing the piece of Candy off her, and Ashley forgives Homer for the mess. Despite Willie saving Homer, he is mentioned on Rock Bottom for videotaping perverted actions, with Homer declaring Willie is evil. Despite Marge telling him he saved him, Homer says he hasn't learned a single thing from the whole experience.moreless

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  • Great Episode.

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    By fenway98, Jun 21, 2010 Report Abuse
    When Homer and Marge go to a candy convention, Bart and Lisa have a babysitter. The babysitter is strict to Bart, but lisa loves her.

    Meanwhile at the candy convention, Homer smuggles candy into Marge's coat, and steals the gummy venus de milo. When Homer drives the babysitter home, he sees that she sat on the gummy Venus De milo. He grabs it from her butt, but she accuses him of s3xually harrasing her. Homer swears he didn't do it, but soon there are protestors outside the house. To find out the truth, Homer gets invited on the show Rock Bottom. He tells the interviewer the truth, but they edit it to make it seem like he did do it. Homer wants to move under the sea, but Marge says it will never happen.

    This is a very funny episode. I loved the Candy convention scene, and Homer's daydream of living under the sea.

    Overall Grade:A+/100%moreless

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    • A sign seen in front of the candy convention reads: "Welcome: Candy convention room 1! Also, candy-shaped poison convention room 11" Edit
    • When the show "Rock Bottom" shows their mistakes, they fly by so fast no one can read them. If you play it in slow motion, the "corrections" are: -"Peoples' Choice Award" IS American's greatest honor. -Styrofoam is not made from kittens. -The U.F.O. was a paper plate. -The nerds on the internet are not geeks. -The word "cheese" is not funny in and of itself. -The older Flanders boy is Todd, not Rod. -Lyndon Johnson did not provide the voice of Yosemite Sam. -If you are reading this you have no life. -Roy Rogers was not buried inside his horse. -The other U.F.O was an upside-down salad spinner. -Our universities are not "hotbeds" of anything. -Mr. Dershowitz did not literally have four eyes. -Our viewers are not pathetic sexless food tubes. -Audrey Hepburn never weighed 400 pounds. -The "Cheers" gang is not a real gang. -Salt water does not "chase the thirsties away". -Licking an electrical outlet will not turn you into a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. -Cats do not eventually turn into dogs. -Bullets do not bounce off of fat guys. -Recycling does not deplete the ozone. -Everything is not 10% fruit juice. -The flesh eating virus does not hide in ice cream. -Janet Reno is evil. -V8 juice is not 1/8 gasoline. -Ted Koppel is a robot. -Women aren't from Venus and men aren't from Mars. -Fleiss does floss. -Quayle is familiar with common bathroom procedures. -Bart is bad to the bone. -Godfry Jones' wife is cheating on him. -The Beatles haven't reunited to enter kick boxing competitions. -The "Bug" on your TV screen can see into your home. -Everyone on TV is better than you. -The people who are writing this have no life. Edit
    • The show Homer is watching while curled up on his bed is Late Show with David Letterman. Edit

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    • Blackboard Joke: I will not whittle a hall pass out of a bar of soap. Couch Gag: The family chases after the couch down a long hallway similar to the portal in the 1981 film Time Bandits. Edit

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    • Homer: Oh, I like it better when they're making fun of people who aren't me. Edit
    • Lisa: Sorry, Dad, we do believe in you, we really do. Bart: It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than you have. Edit
    • Homer: (at the candy convention) Ooh! I feel like a kid in some kind of a store. Edit

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    • Demolition Man The scene where Homer blows up the convention building and escapes in slow motion is a parody of a similar scene from the 1993 film Demolition Man. Edit
    • Little Mermaid There's a reference to the 1989 film Little Mermaid when Homer imagines himself and his family living under the sea to escape persecution. Edit
    • Hard Copy "Rock Bottom" is a parody of Hard Copy and other sensationalist tabloid "news" programs, which began to grow in popularity during the 1990s. Edit

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