Trash of the Titans

Season 9, Episode 22, Aired
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After a confrontation with the Sanitation Commissioner, Homer decides to run against him in the next election. Homer's campaign, based on outlandish promises and elaborate services that the garbage men will perform, wins him the election. But being in charge of Springfield's sanitation turns out to be a bit more challenging than Homer anticipates.moreless
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  • Julie Kavner

    Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier

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    Harry Shearer

    Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others

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    Dan Castellaneta

    Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others

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  • great

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    By futuramarama, Aug 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    what i liked- the ending with everyone beign forced to move, the Garbage Man Can song, Love Day, and the present homer gets for Love Day from Marge, Oscar The Grouch cameo, amongst other things.
    eh, it's good. some of homer's antics are a bit much (slashing a man's tires? seems kind of too mean, if you ask me), but there are a few good moments, so overall my grade is going to be a low B. Good, not greatmoreless

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  • 200 strong and growing hahahahaha

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    By RINx437LS, Mar 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    It's love day (sort of). The trash is all filled and Homer is on the lousy side. He doesn't want to take out trash, and while Marge tells him to, He gets in a fight with the garbagemen. They cut the family's service and have the trash pile up. It's a real hellhole until Homer discovers that the trash is gone. He claims that he won the battle against city hall. Marge corrects him saying that she wrote homer's name on the letter. Homer goes to city hall to get it back. After a bad time at the office, he wants to register for sanitation commisioner. He wins the race and is doing very well until Mayor Quimby comes in Homer's office angry saying that he's spent the entire year's budget in a month. He finds a solution. Other cities have a problem with Garbage so they pay homer to dump it in a abadonded miine with bad results. While he's playing golf with Quimby he sees a something with a garguling sound. It appears to be trash. It's spreading all over town. Homer is nolonger sanitation commisioner and the townspeople with the buildings of Sprinfield move 5 miles down the Road.

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  • Garbage Pail Homer

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    By twilightboy, May 26, 2008 Report Abuse
    A mixed bag of feelings has left this episode in me, just like most of the ninth season episodes. On one hand, the premise of Homer doing a better job than the current municipal garbage deputy is insane for we al know Homer J. Simpson is a complete pig. Now that's irony! On the other hand, the whoe deal with the trash bursting out of the ground is just increidible. Other thing I really liked was seeing Homer mess everything up as usual and that never grows old. What is really annoying about this show is that there is something missing and that is clever jokes. The kind we were used to back in the first seasons. Now all we have left is toilet humor and maybe once in a while a nice laugh.moreless

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  • 200 episode sand still going strong!!!

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 26, 2008 Report Abuse
    After a spat with some garbage men, Homer decides to run for the position of Sanitation Commissioner. He takes on the current commissioner, Ray Patterson, who is endorsed by the members of U2, and wins the election by making wild campaign promises. As the new Sanitation Commissioner, Homer tries to institute policies such as around-the-clock service, shiny new uniforms for garbage men, and free car washes. Homer's initiatives are so costly that he spends an entire year's budget in one month, and must raise money by allowing other towns to use Springfield's abandoned mines as garbage dumps. With trash forcing its way up through the ground and overrunning Springfield, the townspeople beg Ray Patterson to return to his job. Patterson refuses. As a last resort, the entire town of Springfield is moved to another tract of land fives miles away.moreless

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  • Pretty good.

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    By AangPhantom777, Dec 23, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode was pretty good. I laughed when Homer htrew all the trash on Flanders, and then Homer whispered to Bart, "Got him!" This wasn't the greatest episodes in Season Nine, but it maight be in the top five or so for me. The song that the trash people sang was okay, but it can't beat Family Guy songs. The Simpsons songs couldn't even comapre to Family Guy songs, if you ask me. Now, back on subject- I would recommend this episode, but only if you don't have any other Simpsons episode you can watch. If you watched all of Season 9 in the boxset and are looking for a good episode, don't go straight to this episode. Thanks for reading my review.moreless

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    • When Homer pushes one of the garbage men, the garbage man's cigarette disappears for about a millisecond. Edit
    • Cut Scene- Marge throws bacon in the trash pile so Bart and Lisa can get to school. Edit
    • Cut scene- Bart gets a present for love day. You would kiss it and it dances. Of course he hates it. He throws it and the dog comes over, licks it, it dances, and Homer dances. Edit

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    • In 1998, rumours spread in the UK that this would be the 200th and final episode Edit
    • A subtle inside joke in this episode is that there really was a man named Ray Patterson. Ray Patterson was known for directing cartoons at Hanna-Barbara Studios from 1978-1993. Edit
    • In 1998, this episode won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less), as well as the Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television Production. Edit

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    • Marge: Homer, that crazy lady who lives in our trash pile attacked me today. Homer: That's not the way she tells it. Marge: And the school nurse says Bart has the plague! Homer: It's like the measles, it's better to get it when you're young. Edit
    • The City: Aye. Mayor Quimby: And all those opposed to horse whipping Homer Simpson? Homer: Me. Edit
    • Patterson: Friendship? You told people I led children into my gingerbread house!! Homer: Yeah that was just a lie. Edit

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    • Sesame Street During the musical number, the garbage men carry trash cans with heads that pop up. The last one is Oscar the Grouch from the children's TV series Sesame Street. Edit
    • Homer: You'll never silence me! I'm the last angry man, Patterson! The Last Angry Man is a 1959 film about a New York journalist who makes a documentary about his doctor uncle's life. Edit
    • The Indian crying when he sees all the garbage where Springfield used to be is a reference to a commercial from 1971, where an Indian (Iron Eyes Cody) is crying because of all of the litter. Edit

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