History Recap / TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy

* BlackComedyBurst

** To elaborate, it starts with how lazy Homer is while Frank is a self taught workaholic who climbed his way up. Homer tries to be friendly by inviting Frank for dinner but seeing all the success Homer has acquired without having to actually work for it (according to him anyway) drives Frank over the edge and he assumes Homer is flaunting this in his face. The last straw comes when Homer wins a kid's contest and the audience actually applauds him for it to Frank's chagrin and sanity.

In what is recognized as one of the darkest episodes of the show, a normal man named Frank Grimes gets a job at the nuclear plant and takes an instant dislike to Homer and his AchievementsInIgnorance. Meanwhile, Bart wins an abandoned factory at auction and uses it as his own personal playground.

YMMV tropes for this episode can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy here]].
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"Homer's Enemy is the twenty-third episode of season of the Simpsons, and is recognized as one of the darkest episodes of the show.

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Frank Grimes, a hard working man who's never had a break and had to work hard every day of his life who gets a job at the power plant, is disgruntled by the way Homer is successful and popular despite being an unmotivated and lazy moron who never earned it. Grimes' efforts to prove this to the other workers at the plant result in him going [[AxeCrazy mad]] and electrifying himself.

* AxeCrazy: Grimey has a brief breakdown at the end.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The episode basically shows how a real life person would react to the lunacy of Springfield and it's inhabitants.
* DownerEnding: And how! Probably one of the darkest in the show's history.

* {{Expy}}: Frank Grimes is based on Michael Douglas' character Bill Foster from FallingDown

* {{Jerkass}}: Though Homer is this by default, many viewers complained Homer was being exaggerated in this episode only so that Frank could call him on it.
** {{Misblamed}}: Once Homer realizes why Grimes is annoyed with him, he actually tries his best to make a better impression on Grimes. It's just that Homer sucks at doing a good job at anything.
* KarmaHoudini: Homer.
** To some fans anyway, Homer doesn't really come off as malicious in this episode. Fans just see him through Grimes perspective.
*** That was the point. Its not a matter of Homer being malicous, it's a matter of him being a below average under achiever who keeps getting rewarded for doing little to nothing.
* MadnessMantra: "I'm Homer Simpson!"

** Normally it's Homer that we're supposed to feel the viewer embodies, a middle class worker with a nuclear family and somewhat below average intelligence. However, during this episode it lampshades how un-average Homer's life is compared to how we are supposed to perceive him (Astronaut, friends with celebrities, award winning musician) and how successful he is and how his actions have no consequences.
* XRaySparks: "I don't need safety gloves, because I'm Homer [[KilledMidSentence Simp-]]"

** Normally it's Homer that were supposed to feel the viewer embodies, a middle class worker with a nuclear family and somewhat below average intelligence. However during this episode it lampshades how un-average Homers life is compared to how we are supposed to perceive him (Astronaut, friends to celebrities, award winning musician) and how successful he is and how his actions have no consequences.

Frank Grimes, a hard working man who's never had a break and had to work hard every day of his life who gets a job at the power plant, is disgruntled by the way Homer is successful and popular despite being an unmotivated and lazy moron who never earned it. Grimes effort to prove this to the other workers at the plant result him in going mad an electrifying himself.

"Homer's Enemy is the twenty-third episode of season of the Simpsons, and is recognized as one of the darkest episodes of the show. It's also the point at which many fans decided that the show had lost its way and stopped watching because of the dark content.

"Homer's Enemy is the twenty-third episode of season of the Simpsons, and is recognized as one of the darkest episodes of the show. It's also the point at which most fans decided that the show had lost its way and stopped watching because of the dark content.

* DudeNotFunny: The entire episode became to some fans.

"Homer's Enemy is the twenty-third episode of season of the Simpsons, and is recognized as one of the darkest episodes of the show.

Frank Grimes, a hard working man who's never had a break and had to work hard every day of his life who gets a job at the power plant, is disgruntled by the way Homer is successful and popular despite not only almost doing nothing in life, but also despite being an moron. Grimes effort to prove this to the other workers at the plant result him in going mad an electrifying himself.

Frank Grimes, a new employee at the power plant, is disgruntled by the way Homer is successful and popular despite not only almost doing nothing in life, but also despite being an moron. Grimes effort to prove this to the other workers at the plant result him in going mad an electrifying himself.

"Homer's Enemy is the twenty-third episode of season of the Simpsons, and is recognized and of the darkest episodes of the show.

Frank Grimes, a new employee at the power plant, is disgruntled by the way Homer is succesfull and popular dispite not only almost doing nothing in life, but also despite being an moron. Grimes effort to prove this to the other workers at the plant result him in going mad an electrofying himself.

* XRaySparks: "I don't need safety gloves, because I'm Homer Simp-"

* Expy: Frank Grimes is based on Michael Douglas' character Bill Foster from FallingDown
* Jerkass: Though Homer is this by default, many viewers complained Homer was being exaggerated in this episode only so that Frank could call him on it.

This episode was #9 on {{WebVideo/The Nostalgia Critic}}'s Top 11 Simpsons Episodes list.

* PlotHole: Kent Brockman's report at the beginning of the episode show Grimes living in a normal house, yet later in the episode the latter claims to live between two bowling alleys ("above a bowling alley below another bowling alley")