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The Simpsons: I Am Furious (Yellow)

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Springfield Elementary finally gets a career day speaker that keeps the children's interest. The creator of cartoon inspires the children to come up with their own cartoon characters. Bart makes an initial comic strip of "Danger Dude," which he shows to the Comic Book Guy and Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee who happens to stop by the comic book shop, but never leaves. Their feedback leads Bart to search for other inspiration, which he finds in his own father. He makes Homer the main character in a comic that he calls "Angry Dad". It becomes very popular and an Internet company wants to make "Angry Dad" an Internet cartoon. They offer Bart stock in return for use of his strip. "Angry Dad" becomes even more popular, but when Homer sees it at work, he goes home very angry. The citizens of Springfield, who see him in his car angry, try to make him angrier to see what he'll do. The family realizes that Homer has anger management issues. Homer resolves to take it easy, leaving Bart without any material. Bart sets an elaborate trap to anger the now sedate Homer. Bart finds out that the Internet company has gone bankrupt and doesn't need his new material, just as Homer takes the bait for the trap. Homer gets green with anger, a la The Incredible Hulk and it turns out Bart has saved Homer's life; since the pent up rage would have killed him. Add a recap »

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Writers:: John Swartzwelder

Director:: Chuck Sheetz

Stars:: Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier); Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others); Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson); Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others); Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others); Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others)

Recurring Role:: Karl Wiedergott (Additional Voices); Tress MacNeille (Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others); Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others); Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel); Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others)

Guest Star:: Stan Lee (Himself)

In Springfield Elementary School, the fire alarm tone is a bell. Most schools in the United States do not use bells for fire alarms. They usually use a buzzer or a high-pitched beeping tone, and some modern schools use a voice-evacuation message over a speaker system. However, bells for fire alarms are more commonly found in Canada. edit »
At one stage, Bart and Milhouse are watching Angry Dad together when Homer runs in and starts choking Bart, knocking Milhouse off the chair. Milhouse is nowhere to be found in the rest of that scene. edit »
In the scene with Homer in the hospital for one tiny scene Maggie has a red hairbow, and for the rest of the episode, and the scene right after, she has a blue bow. edit »

If you visit the website BetterThanTV.com you'll see that there is nothing there, which ties into the company going bankrupt in the episode. Nice work by the show's producers, they must have researched empty domain names. edit »
Blackboard Joke: None
Couch Gag: After the family sits down, something comes down from overhead and grabs Homer's head and begins pulling him upwards. Leading him to shout "Ow, my brain"! edit »
This episode aired the same week as the movie release of Spider-Man. edit »

Homer: Lousy minor setback! This world sucks!
Radio Announcer: Don't you hate carpet stores that charge extra for the under-padding?
Homer: I hate them so much! edit »
Bart: Why does Danger Dog mean more to me than school or church?
Danger Dog Creator: Because those things suck!
kids cheer. edit »
Skinner: Here to tell you about his job is Bart's friend�s dad. edit »
Stan Lee: Hold it son. Wouldn't you rather have an exciting action figure?
Nerd: AHHHH, but Batman only fits in my Batmobile.
Stan Lee: Ha-are you nuts? The Thing fits in there perfectly. (stuffs The Thing into the Batmobile.) Look he's fitting right now.
Nerd: AHHHH you broke my Batmobile!
Stan Lee: Broke or made it better? edit »
Stan Lee: Now hold on Comic Book Guy, this boy is still finding his voice.
Bart: So you�re saying I should keep trying?
Stan Lee: Absolutely, and if you fail, you can always open a comic book store.
Comic Book Guy: Stan Lee insulted me! But in Bizarro World, that means he likes me. edit »

To continue with the Marvel and DC theme, Stan Lee covers a Superman comic with an X-men comic. Also, when Bart seeks ideas for his comic, he mentions Batman and Green Lantern, who already exist in DC Comics, before using Homer as his inspiration for Angry Dad. edit »
Unknown: "Stan Lee insulted me. But in Bizarro world, that means he likes me!"
Stan Lee is a big shot at Marvel Comics, but "Tales of the Bizarro World" is a Superman (DC) comic about a world filled with imperfect Superman Clones. edit »
Stan Lee: The thing fits in the Batmobile nicely
In this scene a boy wants to buy a Batman action figure to go with his Batmobile but Stan Lee forces a Thing action figure into it. The Thing is a Marvel Comics character which Stan Lee is the founder of while Batman is a character from rival D.C. comics. edit »
There are three parts of this episode that have references to various Marvel Comics superheroes (of which Stan Lee is the founder and editor):

There is a figure of the Thing (from the Fantastic Four) on a bench at the comic book shop.

Stan Lee says his Spidey sense is tingling when he looks at Bart's comic. Spider-Man has a special sense that warns him of danger called his Spider Sense. He also hums the theme of the first Spider-Man TV series from 1967 while he puts the Marvel comics in front of the DC comics on the rack of comics.

Finally, toward the end of the episode, Homer falls in the green paint, and in extreme rage, rips of his shirt and starts acting like the Incredible Hulk, causing destruction along the way. edit »
Danger Dog is probably a reference to the cartoon character Danger Mouse who used to be popular with the UK and the US in the 80s. It was about a mouse and his assistant (who's a hamster) who fight crime. edit »

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Iverson82094
member since: Aug 23, 2007
I Am Furious (Yellow)
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
One of the top 50 episodes in the whole series!!! Soild with great humor... ...Continue »
01/18/08 03:17pm | report abuse
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brown_cows
member since: Mar 20, 2007
I Am Furious (Yellow)
The Bottom Line: "Exciting"
ROOOOAARRRRRRR!!! HOMER MAD!! Hahaha! Another one! ...Continue »
07/25/07 06:45pm | report abuse
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Jungchen_isti
member since: Sep 10, 2005
I Am Furious (Yellow)
The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
Beware of Angry Dad! ...Continue »
04/12/07 02:47am | report abuse
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OblivionGuy07
member since: May 30, 2006
I Am Furious (Yellow)
The Bottom Line: "Above average"
this episode is way above average. It's probably my favorite episode of all time. ...Continue »
09/02/06 07:50pm | report abuse
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juanito_L0pEz
member since: Jul 23, 2006
I Am Furious (Yellow)
The Bottom Line: "Average"
pretty good not the best but pretty good ...Continue »
07/25/06 07:25pm | report abuse