Mona Leaves-a

Season 19, Episode 19, Aired
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After Homer's mother, Mona, passes away unexpectedly, Homer feels guilty for not getting the chance to tell her how much he really loved her and embarks on a mission to fulfill her final wishes.
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  • Homer's Mother Mona returns, and she is no longer a criminal on the run. Homer gets angry at his mother and the night he wants to apologize to her she died. Homer feels upset, but Mona leaves a will and tells Homer to leave her ashes on Lake Springfield.moreless

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    By Baseball539248, Dec 22, 2010 Report Abuse
    A good episode, not as funny as the other ones, but a good way of Homer with his family. I think it's good that Homer and his Mother liked and cared about each other right when Mona died. It was funny how Homer had trouble getting her ashes to the lake, and that's how it had some funny in the episode. It is good that Homer loved, his family, and they loved him. It was good that in the end Homer was able to dump Mona's ashes over the lake. It was good in the end that The Simpsons Family was happy. All in all, it was a good episode and I give it a 9 out of 10.moreless

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  • Mona is back, and when she dies its up to Homer to fulfill her legacy.

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    By Hornets3, Dec 22, 2010 Report Abuse
    Well this episode was very funny as the usual simpsons episodes are, but this episode had something more then comedy, it was a real tearjerker. It was sad to see Homer's reaction when his mother died, and its always hard to lose a person that you love dearly just as Homer loved his mother. Maybe it wasnt the best way to kill off Homer's mother, but I think that this episode touched my heart and could even make me cry at times. It was a good episode. The reason why I love the Simpsons is because it has the ability to make me laugh, cry, and cherish life's ups and downs.moreless

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  • Mona Dies.

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    By futuramarama, Dec 22, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode had loads of wasted potential, in my eyes. This episode could have been a very sad, emotional episode. In fact I was expecting this. But instead, they have a lot of cheap jokes, or at least they felt cheap to me. After she died I was expecting acts and 3 too be sad. How wrong I was unfortunately. It's not that the episode wasn't sad per se, because I see the jokes it has and I laughed a few times, it's just they treated her death, it seems, as a joke. The only parts I liked were most of the first act, and the end montage. Probably season 19's worst. Or one of them, for suremoreless

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    By Shinigami124, Dec 22, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode was bad. Not many of the jokes were funny and i was watching it because i was too lazy to turn the channel. After homers mom died, i was like what are they going to do for the next 15 minutes, then homer had to put her ashes on top of the mountain and i had no idea it was a attempt to destroy some device. I mean it was such a big shocker! no seriously i hated this episode just like how i hate many other episodes of the new season. I just didn't like it. The only thing that really happened was homers mom died.moreless

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  • Mona's back in this hilarious episode.

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    By jimbo_001, Oct 15, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is one of my favourite episodes of the nineteenth season so far, up there with Eternal Moonshine and the Debarted. Not only is this a hilarious episode, it also has great heart as well, with Homer's mother returning for a third time, all three being fantastic episodes. With Mona legitimately dying this time, directly after Homer found out she was still alive, and trying to avenge her death (everybody likes being corrected), the plot is very well planned, as we see her intentions, and the love she has for her family through the donut of the future. There are non-stop laughs throughout the episode, but at the same time, the emotion that seeps through flawlessly, while remaining funny is something few shows can do. The Bond spoof, the rock climbing, the family history, and the story between estranged mother and son are just a few highlights from the episode, along with some great regular moments like the kids trashing their sweaters, the teddy bear pranks and Homer's weapon.

    Overall, this is a hilarious episode, which also has great emotional scenes, without becoming cheesy or over the top. The conversations about death with Apu and Flanders, and the conversations about mothers with the bar regulars are not only funny but hint at Homer's mourning, along with the more obvious scenes of the will and the ash scattering. Ash and water may not bring back the dead but The Simpsons never fails to bring back the laughter, and with one episode left in the season, this year isn't the exception.moreless

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    • Marge burning her hemp purse to create "silly smoke" is factually incorrect. Hemp is made from a different subspecies of the Cannabis Sativa plant than the one used for the cannabis drug, and contains typically 0.6% THC compared to the usual 6-20% in the drug. Burning hemp will not induce a high. Edit
    • This episode was dedicated to Elsie Castellaneta and Dora K. Warren. Edit
    • Mona's hippie friends, Seth and Munchie, from season 10's "D'oh-in in the Wind" can be seen at her funeral. Edit

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    • Blackboard Joke: This punishment is not medieval. (Written in medieval style of calligraphy.) Couch Gag: This extended version showcases the evolution of Homer Simpson, beginning as a single-cell organism which continuously divides to a more complex organism, first as a jellyfish, then a common fish that nearly escapes the clutches of an octopus that resembles Mr. Burns. Getting out of the ocean, Homer evolves into a prehistoric lizard that extends his tongue to snack on an insect that resembles Lenny. He then evolves into a slightly larger lizard with a scale on his back that sees a Pterodactyl resembling Agnes Skinner flying overhead. Homer then evolves into a rat that gets chased by a Tyrannosaurus resembling Bart, who then gets into a battle with a Triceratops resembling Lisa. Homer hides in a hole just before a large asteroid crashes on Earth, wiping out all dinosaur life. Homer comes out of the hole, passing the bony fossil of T-Rex Bart, before changing into a sloth, then a monkey as he approaches a jungle, becoming more apelike upon swinging through the trees. Leaving the jungle, a brief Ice Age occurs as he evolves from Neanderthal, to caveman, and passes caveman Moe (who gives a brief "Hey" hello) before he de-evolves into a rat. Homer continues evolving, morphing into period clothing with appropriate backgrounds from medieval, Spanish explorer, Pilgrim, English scholar, and finally to modern day Homer Simpson with the nuclear plant in the background as he finally reaches home and walks over Santa's Little Helper sleeping on the doorstep as he enters the house. With the rest of the family sitting on the sofa, Marge asks him "What took you so long?" Homer can only give an exhausted sigh of relief. Edit
    • This is the third time an episode title is a take of da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting. The others are "Moaning Lisa" (Season 1) and "Moe 'N' a Lisa" (Season 18). Edit

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    • (Homer walks into a toy aisle filled with stuffed recording hippos) Stuffed Hippo #1: (With Bart's voice) Homer has a lard butt! Homer: What did you say? Stuffed Hippo #2: (With Bart's voice) Homer has booger breath! Homer: It's a medical condition! Stuffed Hippo #3: (With Bart's voice) Homer is a big jerk! Homer: Who told you these things about me?! Stuffed Hippo #4: (With Bart's voice) Dung Muncher! Stuffed Hippo #5: (With Bart's voice) Stink Brain! Stuffed Hippo #6: (With Bart's voice) Cheese Wang! Stuffed Hippo #7: (With Bart's voice) Captain Crud! Homer: (Angrily) I don't want to get mad, but I will! (Bart's insulting recordings on the stuffed hippos begin to overlap) Homer: Oh, that's it! (Marge, Lisa, and Maggie are at the register counter) Lisa: Uh, Mom, we've got a Code Four! (Homer is seen ripping, tearing, and biting apart the still insulting hippos as Bart is laughing uproariously. Homer then grabs a stuffed unicorn and uses its horn to jab the hippos to stop the recordings) Homer: It didn't have to go down like this! Edit
    • Mona: For Marge, I leave this handbag, made of nature's finest material, hemp. Marge: (Sniffs bag) Smells like concerts! Edit
    • Marge: (To Bart) Say something comforting. Bart: Okay, comforting, comforting. Uh, Dad? Whenever I would hang out with Grandma she would always ask me about you and I'd say, "You suck." And she would say, "You don't suck that bad." Homer: She said I didn't suck? Bart: That bad. Homer: That bad. Wow. Bart: Yeah. Edit

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    • Bart's voice in stuffed hippo: B.O. Baracus! Bart's insult is a reference to Mr. T's character on The A-Team, B.A. Baracus. Edit
    • Babe Homer's line "That'll do, brick. That'll do," is a take on the line "That'll do, pig. That'll do," from the 1995 film Babe. Edit
    • James Bond Homer disrupting the launch of Mr. Burns' missile (while background music very similar to the James Bond theme plays) closely mimics Bond's exploits in two movies, Dr. No and You Only Live Twice. Edit

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