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Title: Homer the Whopper (27 Sep 2009)
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| Dan Castellaneta | ... | ||
| Julie Kavner | ... |
Marge Simpson
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| Nancy Cartwright | ... |
Bart Simpson /
Nelson Muntz
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| Yeardley Smith | ... |
Lisa Simpson
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| Hank Azaria | ... |
Comic Book Guy /
Incredible Hulk Hands /
Everyman /
Marv /
Director /
Carl Carlson /
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon /
Moe Szyslak
(voice)
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| Harry Shearer | ... |
Robber #2 /
Narrator /
Assistant Director /
Lenny Leonard /
Former Studio Head /
Lizard
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| Matt Groening | ... |
Matt Groening
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| Kevin Michael Richardson | ... |
Security Guard
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| Seth Rogen | ... |
Lyle McCarthy
(voice)
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| Pamela Hayden | ... |
Milhouse Van Houten /
Bank Teller /
Writer #4 /
Assistant /
Actress
(voice)
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| Tress MacNeille | ... |
Woman in the Theater /
Writer #2 /
Writer #4 /
Jonah /
Ginormous Pictures Studio Chief #1 /
Continuity Woman
(voice)
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Karl Wiedergott | ... |
Writer #1 /
Writer #3
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Comic Book Guy casts Homer as the lead in "Everyman," a feature film based on a new comic book superhero who possesses the ability to take on the powers of every superhero in every comic he touches. To whip Homer into superhero shape, the movie studio hires celebrity fitness trainer Lyle McCarthy, but Homer has trouble sticking to his new healthy regimen. Written by Fox Publicity
Tim Kash discusses actors turned director, including Michael B. Jordan, and Kerri Doherty talks about "Grey's Anatomy," the ground-breaking 300th episode, and the career of its creator.
The episode of "Homer the Whopper" is not The Simpsons's finest work, but it is not as bad as some of the ones made after the twenty-year mark. This episode contains many of the satirical comedy that helped put The Simpsons on t.v screens across the world. It primarily satirizes Hollywood and bad sequels when Homer is put into a movie about a comic book character invented by Comic Book Guy (Jeff Albertson). It satirizes such things as: Special effects, weight control in Hollywood, superhero movies, and, briefly, bad sequels.
There are, however, points where this episode did not hold up so well. In one instance there is a joke about actors trying to lose weight by self-induced vomiting that ultimately had a rather lame punchline and did not really go anywhere. The jokes weren't as good as they were in The Simpsons's prime, such as one bit where the hole punchline is Homer saying something where he is "bleeped" out, turning out to be crass and not very funny.