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Bart and Lisa want to start getting their hair cut at the mall. They go to the mall with Homer and while getting their haircut they get into a fight, which results in them each getting really bad haircuts. Out in the mall they are spotted by fellow school students who have cameras in hand. They find Homer and go on the run; they sneak into the back entrance of a movie theater and see the film "Left Below," which is a movie about the apocalypse. The images in the movie are disturbing to Homer, who fears the worst. Marge assures him that there needs to be some ominous signs before the rapture will come. When Homer is out driving, he sees what he believes to be the signs. Homer gathers some books on the subject and he calculates that the "rapture is nigh" at 3:15 PM on May 18th, seven days from now. He starts to spread the word and tells everyone on television a passage from Revelations 6:13 that says before the rapture "the stars will fall to Earth." At the Springfield Stadium, there is a celebrity filled blimp accident that causes the stars on board to fall to the Earth and Homer gains instant credibility. He gets a bus full of people to join him at Springfield Mesa. When the appointed time comes and goes, Homer loses credibility and everyone return back to their normal lives. Homer later realizes that he made a mistake in his calculation and the new time is only 30 minutes away. When no one in his family will join him Homer goes to the Mesa on his own. The rapture comes and Homer goes to heaven, but despite all that heaven has to offer, Homer needs his family. He gets an audience with God, but when God won't grant his request to have his family join him; Homer begins raising hell in heaven. To put a stop to it, God agrees to turn back time and put off the rapture.moreless
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Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier |
 Harry Shearer |
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Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others |
 Nancy Cartwright |
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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions
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TRIVIA (6)
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Though everybody else in the series has four, God has five fingers.
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Some of the books about the Rapture that Homer reads, and later throws away, are: The Rapture for Dummies, Tuesdays with Morrie in Hell, and Any Day Now.
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God sits in a floating Aeron chair.
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Los Lobos play their version of the Simpsons end theme over the end credits.
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According to the floating clocks in God's office, the time in Heaven is one hour behind the time in London. Since London would be observing British Summer Time in May, this would indicate that Heaven uses GMT.
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When Homer is being interviewed by Kent Brockman, he cites Revelation 6:13, which reads, "And the stars of the sky fell to the earth as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind."
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Comic Book Guy: Hey, Nostradumbass, did the Rapture come?
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Homer: (scoffing) Yeah, like it's a big surprise; 'the fat guy is eating out of the dumpster'.
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Dr. Hibbert: (to Homer) Nice Rapture, Einstein!
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Homer: It came to me in a religious vision. Or maybe it was a drunken haze. Or possibly an ice cream headache.
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Marge: Homer, I'm glad you're finally getting some exercise, but I just wish it wasn't crazy exercise. -
Homer: "Left below". Where have I heard that before?
Lisa: It's the title of the movie.
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Homer: Lisa, you still believe in me, don't you?
Lisa: Dad, if you'll recall, I never believed you. Not for one second.
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Moe: I'm going to steal God's secrets and sell 'em to Satan!
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Krusty: I don't want to die next to Kathy Griffith!
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Homer Simpson: In a world gone mad only a lunatic is truly insane.
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Moe: I was wondering if you could help save my soul, I've done stuff I ain't proud of, and the stuff I am proud of, is disgusting.
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NOTES (3)
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This episode was nominated for the 2006 WGA Award (TV) for Animation.
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Celebrities also on the blimp with Ron Howard: Rosie O'Donnell, Joan Rivers, Jennifer Garner, and a few more not (yet) positively identified.
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Blackboard Joke: None.
Couch Gag: Our favorite family enters the living room, only Homer's head has been replaced by Moe's and the rest of the family all have Moe's facial characteristics as their own.
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Pope of Greenwich Village: When the angel flips on the TV, the recording recommends "The Pope of Sandwich Village" restaurant, a reference to this 1984 film.
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Comic Book Guy: Hey Nostra-dumb-ass...!
Comic Book Guy's quip at Homer is a pun on "Nostradamus," the name by which Michel de Nostredame, a 16th century seer, is mostly known. Nostradamus is one of the world's most famous authors of prophecies, and many believe that among them one can find the date of Doomsday. -
Episode Title: Thank God, It's Doomsday
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Movie: Left Below
Left Below is a parody on the right-wing religious film about the Rapture, Left Behind. This movie was based on Rev. Tim LaHaye's "Left Behind" series of novels. -
Ralph: Can you make me look like this?
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n/a: The Rapture
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Song: Who Got Their Hair Cut?
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Poster: Farrah Fawcett
The "painting" above the bed in Homer's room in Heaven keeps changing, one of the images it displays is a girl sitting in front of an orange/brown/white striped cloth. This is the famous Farrah Fawcett poster of the 1970's.
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