History Recap / TheSimpsonsS4E3HomerTheHeretic

'''Homer''': And ''you'' remember... ''[thinks]'' Matthew... 21:17.\\
'''Lovejoy''': ''[confused]'' "And he left them and went out of the city, into Bethany, and he lodged there"?\\

'''Homer''': [pointing a finger] And you remember... ''(thinks)'' Matthew... 21:17.\\
'''Reverend Lovejoy''': ''(confused)'' "And he left them and went out of the city, into Bethany, and he lodged there"?\\

** Also a case of RuleOfFunny, given that Lovejoy has apparently memorised (at least large portions of) the Bible, when he is generally portrayed as quite lax and unenthusiastic about his faith or role as a minister.

'''Reverend Lovejoy''': ''(confused)'' "And he left them and went out of the city, into Bethany, and he lodged there?"\\

** Greed: Homer finds a penny and declares it to be the best day of his life, dwarfing his wedding day and the a beer truck overturned and he got to dance in the ensuing shower. To be fair, he did have a pretty good day compared to his wife and kids complete with a football game that was nothing but "razzle-dazzle."

** The brand of Homer's waterproof radio is the No Soap Radio, a reference to a popular [[AntiHumor anti-joke]]: "''Three elephants are sitting in a bath tub. One asks the other to pass the soap, to which the other replies "No soap! Radio!''"

* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: "If a fire starts to burn, there's a lesson you must learn: Something, something, then you'll see, you'll avoid catastrophe!..... D'OH!!!"

* VisualPun: Music/JimiHendrix and Sir Issac Newton are playing air hockey in a FluffyCloudHeaven.

* PetTheDog:The normally self-centered Krusty is shown trying to help the families of deceased Jewish clowns by raising money for them.

** Homer coughing and passing out from smoke inhalation rather than be fine enough to breathe.

** Gluttony: Homer making that fattening moon waffle.

* PetTheDog:The normally self-centered Krusty is shown trying to help the families of deceased jewish clowns by raising money for them.

** Gluttony: Homer uses an entire stick of butter in his moon waffle.
** Greed: Homer finds a penny and declares it to be the best day of his life, dwarfing his wedding day and the day he danced in a rain of beer.
*** To be fair, he did have a pretty good day compared to his wife and kids complete with a football game that was nothing but "razzle-dazzle."
** Wrath: Homer slams his hands on the wheel of his car in anger when he fails to lose Ned in the car chase.

** Lust: Homer reads Playdude on the couch, and tries to pressure Marge into "coming to bed" whilst she is praying.

* PetTheDog:The normally self-centered Krusty is shown trying to help tue families of deceases jewish clowns by raising money for them.

* MassOhCrap: Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney when Jamshed pulls a shotgun on them.

* NutritionalNightmare: Homer's "moon waffle", made with waffle batter, liquid smoke, and heaping handfuls of caramel and wrapped around a stick of butter after burning the waffle iron (which would explain why, in the Treehouse of Horror story where Lisa creates a mini-universe, Lisa grumbles "That waffle iron's been in the shop forever"). Currently provides the page image.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The ''Playdude'' Homer is reading is from 1966. Creator/LorneMichaels wouldn't be famous until 1975, with ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

-->'''Reverend Lovejoy:''' No, but he was working in the hearts of your friends and neighbors when they went to your aid, be they Christian ''[gestures to Flanders]'', Jew ''[gestures to Krusty]'', or ''[pauses]'' ...[[AndTheRest miscellaneous]] ''[gestures to Apu]''!

* ShaggyFrogStory: "Kids, let me tell you about another so-called wicked guy. He had long hair and some wild ideas. He didn't always do what other people thought was right. [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} And that man's name was]]... I forget. But the point is... I forget that, too. Marge, you know what I'm talking about. He used to drive that blue car?"

* DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce: Happened twice. Homer strolls his garden serenely as two birds and a squirrel flock to him. Cut to later, when they're still flocking around him while he's taking a shower, and he asks "Guys, can you give me five minutes?"

* DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce: Happened twice. Homer strolls his garden serenely and animals flock to him. Cut to later, when they're still flocking around him while he's taking a shower, and he asks "Guys, can you give me five minutes?"

* BadassAdorable: Apu's nephew Jamshed makes his [[OneSceneWonder first and only appearance]] in this episode, and he manages to be this. Within seconds of Apu leaving, Jamshed draws a shotgun and aims it at the bullies, who were already in mid-theft.

* InterruptedByTheEnd: At the end of the episode, Homer convinces God to tell him the meaning of life as they stroll through Heaven together. God gets as far as "The meaning of life is—" before the credits cut Him off.

** ArtisticLicenseHistory: The ''Playdude'' Homer is reading is from 1966. Creator/LorneMichaels wouldn't be famous until 1975, with ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

** RealityEnsues: Which results in her car breaking down in the church parking lot. As a result, she and the kids have to ''walk'' all the way home ''through'' the aforementioned blizzard. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Not such a good idea now, eh, Marge?]]

* RealityEnsues: Homer [[TooDumbToLive falls asleep with a lit cigar in his mouth]]. It ignites the magazines on the floor and eventually the whole house is engulfed in flames.

* TooDumbToLive: Homer left oily food, cans of beer, magazines and electric wires lying around the couch he was laying on before going to sleep with a lit cigar in his mouth, that's a recipe for a house fire. Somehow he doesn't wake up until his two hairs get singed. Ultimately subverted, as Ned saves him and the multi-faith fire department saves his house.
** Homer wakes up, [[OhCrap sees the fire burning all around him]] and, not knowing what to do in case of fire, sings a song to try and help him remember. It doesn't work and he passes out.

* HonorBeforeReason: Marge in this episode. Apparently, she's ''so'' religiously dedicated that she ''will'' insistently go to church [[TooDumbToLive even in the middle of a bone-chilling blizzard]].

** TooDumbToLive: Might have helped a little if they wore coats, which they did not.

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Played with. Homer literally says something along this line. After staying home while others go to church he chuckles: "Everybody is stupid, but me." Keep in mind this is [[TooDumbToLive Homer]] speaking and [[DisasterDominoes what happens]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard to him next]].

** RealityEnsues: Which results in the car stalling in the church parking lot and thus Marge and the kids having to ''walk'' all the way home ''through'' the aforementioned blizzard. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Not such a good idea now, eh, Marge?]]