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Homer tries everything to get out of the plant's new exercise program and discovers that being on disability would do just that. With Bart's help, Homer starts eating everything he can, even playdough. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Dan Greaney

Director:: Jim Reardon

Stars:: Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson); Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others); Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others); Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier); 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)

Recurring Role:: Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others)

Guest Star:: Joan Kenley (Telephone Operator)

The dunking bird was given to Homer back in season 3's "Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?" by his brother Herbert. edit »

Blackboard Joke: Indian burns are not our cultural heritage.
Couch Gag: The family are broken wind-up dolls. edit »

Homer: I'm purposely gaining 61 pounds to get on disability!
Marge: Are you out of your mind? Have you thought about your health? Or your appearance?
Homer: So that's it, isn't it, Marge? Looks. I never knew you were so shallow.
Marge: Oh, please. I would love you if you weighed 1000 pounds, but --
Homer: Beautiful! Goodnight! edit »
Lisa: Dad, what are you doing down there?
Homer: Washing my fat guy hat, honey. edit »
Lisa: Hey, leave my dad alone. Just because he's overweight doesn't mean he's bad: he's a sweet man and he has real feelings.
Homer: (inside) Hey, what are you kids looking at?
Milhouse: Hey, look he's trying to get up and yell at us!
Homer: Don't make me close that shade!
(pokes window with the broom, then loses interest) edit »
Homer: Well, give me a Y, give me a�Hey! All I have to type is Y. (to Marge) Hey, Miss Doesn't-find-me-attractive-sexually-anymore, I just tripled my productivity!
Marge: Good. Good for you. edit »
Lisa: Ew! Mom, this whole thing is really creepy. Are you sure you won't talk to Dad?
Marge: Mmm, I'd like to, honey, but I'm not sure how. Your father can be surprisingly sensitive. Remember when I giggled at his Sherlock Holmes hat? He sulked for a week and then closed his detective agency. edit »

Much Ado About Nothing
One of the products Homer buys on his shopping spree is called "Much Ado About Stuffing", which is a pun on Much Ado About Nothing, a Shakespeare play. edit »
Chernobyl / Three Mile Island
When Mr. Burns is giving Homer his medal, he thanks him for turning a "potential Chernobyl into a mere Three Mile Island". Chernobyl was the Soviet nuclear plant that melted down in 1986, spewing contamination as far as North America and may eventually cause as many as 9000 cancer cases. Three Mile Island was an American nuclear plant that suffered a partial meltdown in 1979. It was contained but some radioactive steam was vented which may cause "approximately one" cancer case. edit »
The Guinness Book of World Records
In the store, The Vast Waistband, the mannequins of the fat person in blue overalls and the two fat people in identical outfits on motorcycles are taken from pictures that have appeared in The Guinness Book of World Records of the people who hold the records for the "Heaviest Human," and the "Heaviest Twins." edit »
Mr. Burns: I want to see more Teddy Roosevelts and less Franklin Roosevelts!
Theodore Roosevelt was unusually weak for his age, so he worked out to get stronger. Franklin Roosevelt couldn't use his legs. edit »
Man: Hey, fatty! I got a movie for you. How about "A Fridge Too Far"?
"A Fridge Too Far" is a play on words from the book, later turned into the 1997 film A Bridge Too Far about Operation 'Market Garden', the largest air operation of World War II, and specifically the Battle of Arnhem, where paratroopers jutted into German territory, but could not quite reach a bridge crossing the Rhine River. edit »

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twilightboy
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King-Size Homer
The Bottom Line: "Average"
Shocking but truth, Homer decides to lose weight (in the end) ...Continue »
04/08/08 06:52pm | report abuse
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Iverson82094
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King-Size Homer
The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
Homer finally becomes fatter then a house... The question is "Is anybody surprised?" Great episode ...Continue »
01/27/08 01:05pm | report abuse
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hsimpson44
member since: Mar 20, 2006
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The Bottom Line: "Silly"
Super fat Homer, gets even bigger! ...Continue »
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ShadowLaguna
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King-Size Homer
The Bottom Line: "Silly"
Homer's pretty lazy to get through this. ...Continue »
08/11/07 11:33pm | report abuse
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GerMan666
member since: Jul 31, 2005
King-Size Homer
The Bottom Line: "Silly"
Homer gains 61lbs just to get on disability. ...Continue »
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