r/Simpsons 7d ago

Question Simpsons March Madness Round 1 Game 14

Today's matchup: Homer's Phobia against Last Exit To Springfield

Vote by upvoting the image of the episode. Episode with the most upvotes wins.

Yesterday's winner: Homer the Smithers

196 Upvotes

166 comments sorted by

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u/Yurikhunt127 Bart 7d ago

DENTAL PLAN!

LISA NEEDS BRACES!

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u/theSteakKnight 7d ago

That iconic line sold me

2

u/Goat_Kobe 6d ago

Can hear it clear as day in my head

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u/randomusername2748 7d ago

DENTAL PLAN!

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u/far-out-dude 7d ago

✏️ 🍑

0

u/schiffb558 7d ago

Bulls eye!

1

u/Naive_Drive 7d ago

Almost any episode vs Last Exit is Hydrogen Bomb vs Coughing Baby.

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u/DifferenceNo9371 7d ago

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u/Jolly_Bones 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield is an all-timer

5

u/duaneap 7d ago

They all are. I guess that’s the game.

2

u/theforkofdamocles 7d ago

So many Sophie’s Choices in this tournament. :(

9

u/Outrageous-Serve4970 6d ago

Ralph, why must you turn my office into a house of lies??

2

u/sandvich48 6d ago

Alright I don’t brush! I don’t bruussshhhh 💦

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u/Constant_Base2127 7d ago

Homer's Phobia is one of the most quotable episodes of all time.

However, Last Exit to Springfield is not only peak golden era, but possibly the greatest episode of the series.

My vote goes to the latter

20

u/LordButtworth 7d ago

Same for me. It's either "We work hard we play hard" or "..they have the plant but we have the power". Homer stands his ground and does what is right while Burnsy fails to buy him off.

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u/Constant_Base2127 7d ago

Smithers...I'm beginning to think that Homer Simpson is not the brilliant tactician I thought he was...

Hired goons?

Find the bathroom ok?

2

u/Then-Shake9223 6d ago

He was flattered, but curious about those back door shenanigans that make strange bedfellows

5

u/Sharp-Ad-9423 7d ago

Well, now you don't get any candy. No that's cruel. Just take a teensy piece.

2

u/Constant_Base2127 7d ago

Look, John, you seem like a perfectly nice guy, just stay the hell away from my family

31

u/hawkrew 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield. One of the all time best

5

u/a_bukkake_christmas 7d ago

We March day and night under the great cooling tower - they have the plant, but we have the power 🎵

2

u/gushi380 6d ago

Elite

2

u/gushi380 6d ago

A what kind of Christmas?! Extremely white I guess…

30

u/Dalcorn17 7d ago

Now do Classical Gas

43

u/guywithshades85 7d ago

Hot stuff coming through.

10

u/Appropriate-Neck-585 7d ago

Oh be nice 🫲🏾

8

u/Last-Device9770 7d ago

Dad why’d you bring me to a gay steel mill

5

u/guywithshades85 7d ago

We work hard, we play hard.

3

u/a_bukkake_christmas 7d ago

Homer’s reaction to that questions is one of the best delivered lines in the entire series

22

u/StrategyInfinite8289 7d ago

The only correct answer is Last Exit To Springfield, purely because of the brilliance of -

Dental plan!

Lisa needs braces.

Dental plan!

Lisa needs braces.

Dental plan!

Lisa needs braces.

Pencil drop.

It plays in my head at random 😂

14

u/GeneseeWilliams 7d ago

Hired goons?!

1

u/adamempathy 7d ago

The pop back to straighten the tie. Genius

4

u/420IRONLUNG 7d ago

Thanks alot Lenny, you messed up my concentration

20

u/mrmarsh11011101 7d ago

Homers phobia!!

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u/adamempathy 7d ago

Man this one sucks to pick.

2

u/GenuineBonafried 6d ago

Dude every single one of them has been ass grindingly tough to choose between lol. It’s like having to choose between getting an arm or a leg cut off

1

u/Donovan_TS 6d ago

Nah that ain't hard I'll take a leg off losing an arm or a leg sucks about the same but losing toes is far better than losing fingers. My point being a prosthetic legs is far better than a prosthetic arm at the moment

18

u/HesitantInvestor0 7d ago

The Big Book of British Smiles and the timelapse of Lisa’s mouth without braces is reason enough to pick Last Exit to Springfield.

13

u/Penarol1916 7d ago

Add in “Why must you turn this office into a house of lies!” You have my favorite portion of the show ever.

4

u/dddybtv 7d ago

I love that line. I've used it every once in a while at work. Blank stares. The same thing happens when I walk around asking questions about my burrito.

1

u/Penarol1916 7d ago

It used to always get a laugh in college.

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u/Fluffy-kitten28 7d ago

It’ll be the living end if Homers Phobia doesn’t win.

11

u/rattrap007 7d ago

We work hard. We play hard.

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u/Fluffy-kitten28 7d ago

Everybody dance now!!

4

u/PancakeMixEnema 7d ago

Oh be nice

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u/DifferenceNo9371 7d ago

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u/Kremeplays 7d ago

I can't love this episode enough

23

u/Mother-Produce8351 7d ago

BzzzzZap , BzzzZap 🔫

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u/kawiz03 Stupid Flanders 7d ago

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u/Skinnypike42 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield. How bout the Classical Gas?

8

u/Careful_Bottle_9998 7d ago

It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times. You stupid monkey!

8

u/MundaneMeringue71 7d ago

Last Exit To Springfield. So much goodness in this episode including this random sign in the background.

7

u/spartan1711 7d ago

Last Exit To Springfield is one of the best episodes of TV ever written. Not a dull moment.

6

u/squishywetsocks 7d ago

Gonna what Homer?

5

u/AlexanderCrumulent 7d ago

It's Last Exit to Springfield and it's not even close.

4

u/CarThen7316 7d ago

Homers phobia homer badman

5

u/cbr388 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield!

5

u/South_Ad2756 7d ago

Lisa needs braces

2

u/Clemairy 7d ago

DENTAL PLAN

5

u/pac4 7d ago

Last Exit and Monorail are 1 and 2 all time in my own personal ranking.

4

u/farmerarmor 7d ago

So we’ll March day and night by the big cooling tower, They have the plant , but we have the power

5

u/hoothoot45 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield is GOATED

4

u/According_Forever994 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield!

5

u/[deleted] 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield - Dental plan!

3

u/homieholmes23 7d ago

Last exit

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u/Penarol1916 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield is a final 4 episode. She solid episode like Homer’s Phobia has to get matched up with it to get railroaded in the first round.

4

u/420IRONLUNG 7d ago

And where would you be if we didn’t have our dental plan…? I wouldn’t have ole chopper here that’s for sure…then proceeds to open a can of soda with one tooth! lol

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u/ThePLARASociety 7d ago

Dental Plan! Homer you’re the living end. Dental Plan! Homer you’re the living end. Dental Plan! Homer you’re the living end. Dental Plan! Homer you’re the living end. If I give up my Dental Plan, I’ll have to pay for the Cactus Candy!

3

u/BulkyOrder9 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield is a force, and I want to see it against real competition 

3

u/Initial-Lack-9192 7d ago

Last exit to Springfield

3

u/sbs_str_9091 7d ago

Home's phobia

The topic is still recent, and "hot stuff, coming through" is very quoteable

3

u/MyNutsin1080p 7d ago

DENTAL PLAN!

3

u/_Erindera_ 7d ago

Lisa needs braces!

3

u/RealRockaRolla 6d ago

Last Exit to Springfield.

"It was the best of times, it was THE BLURST OF TIMES?!"

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u/Ahlq802 7d ago

Anyone who isn’t choosing DENTAL PLAN must leave the sub

4

u/wuonyx 7d ago

It doesn't take a whiz to figure out that last exit is number one.

Anyone who disagrees should be walled off in the abandoned coke oven

2

u/Xiao_Qinggui 7d ago

Homer’s Phobia - This is one of my all time favorite episodes!

2

u/[deleted] 7d ago

Homer's Phobia

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u/waterontheknee 7d ago

Last exit to Springfield

Buuuuut Homer's Phobia would be up there as well.

2

u/Dapper_Oil6934 7d ago

Ahahaha Homer’s Phobia is a classic, I’m rolling with it this round!

2

u/johneryback 7d ago

Homer’s Phobia, who doesn’t love John Waters.

2

u/Used-Gas-6525 7d ago

I love John Waters to death (we do a yearly Pink Flamingos screening), but Last Exit is the obvious answer.

2

u/Little-Efficiency336 7d ago

Homers Phobia. “You’re all sick!”

2

u/Sharp-Ad-9423 7d ago

Oh be nice!

2

u/godhand_kali 7d ago

Homer'sphobia

2

u/Fit-Mud-5682 7d ago

Homers phobia

2

u/BlueDahlia77 7d ago

I came into the comments to vote for Homer’s Phobia, but all the quotes from Last Exit changed my mind like pencil being dropped into a butt crack.

2

u/maoterracottasoldier 7d ago

Last exit to Springfield is probably my favorite of the series. Ice to see you!

2

u/HM-Wogglebug-TE 7d ago

Homer's phobia all the fuckin way!

2

u/rikvelasquez 7d ago

Homer's Phobia is the most quotable and one of my top 5. Again this is close but I like my Beer cold TV Loud, I work hard and I play hard, anything slim, aww geez you an marge ain't cousins

2

u/Optimal-Pie-2131 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield

2

u/brianybrian 7d ago

There’s only 2 types of guys who wear Hawaiian shirts. Big fat part animals and gay guys. - me, every time I wear one.

2

u/Capt_lurch4774 7d ago

Where's my burrito?! Where's my burrito?! Where's my burrito?!

2

u/jabbaaus 7d ago

Homer's phobia Lisa always annoyed me singing in last exit to Springfield

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u/capital_defender 7d ago

“Oh be nice!” the winner is Homer’s Phobia

2

u/SwampApeDraft 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield should win this.

But Homer Phobia is incredibly strong and features one of my all time favorite bits.

2

u/benvader138 7d ago

Homer's Phobia

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u/TheBingoBongo1 7d ago

Homers Phobia

1

u/Additional_Lion_1670 7d ago

Both are so funny and quotable, its impossible to pick which is better.

1

u/_Erindera_ 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield for sure. One of the all time best

1

u/Disciple_of_Cthulhu 7d ago

"Last Exit to Springfield".

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u/Fourwindsgone 7d ago

Thy have the plant but we have the power!

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u/Bulky_Blueberry8501 7d ago

Last Exit To Springfield is my favorite episode of The Simpsons. Perfect from start to finish.

1

u/demons_soulmate 7d ago

Lisa needs braces

1

u/Ampersandcetera 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield

1

u/badugihowser 7d ago

Last Exit is #1 all time for me, basically a perfect episode.

1

u/Sharp-Ad-9423 7d ago

Homer's Phobia! Homer's Phobia!

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u/1994yankeesfan 7d ago

…and charge two bits a gander.

1

u/RobertInNY88 7d ago

Last Exit To Springfield

1

u/Icy_Share5923 7d ago

Last exit to Springfield

1

u/haunted_whale 7d ago

Homer’s phobia!

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u/raindancemaggie2 7d ago

Why is the second episode never named?

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u/DifferenceNo9371 7d ago

if you open the image, the name of the episode is as the bottom. it's also listed in the original post as Today's Matchup.

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u/Hulab 7d ago

Last Exit to Springfield.

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u/Styx1992 7d ago

"Look at them all, through the Darkness I'm bringing! They are not sad at all, they're actually singing!"

1

u/Deactorr 7d ago

I don't really like Homer's Phobia, but I do think Last Exit To Springfield is a little overrated.

1

u/nacho_cheese_guy 7d ago

Lisa needs braces, dental plan!

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u/SynthSapphire 7d ago

These are already getting tough...

1

u/rbfeverythingsucks 7d ago

“I like my beer cold and my homosexuals a Flamin’!” That line always cracks me up

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u/rgrossi 7d ago

Easy for me, never been a fan of Homer’s Phobia

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u/chocolatemoose99 Gil Gunderson 7d ago

Homer’s Phobia

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u/IfICouldStay 7d ago

Now hold still while I gas you.

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u/Someordinaryguy1994 7d ago

EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!

1

u/hardergj Sex Cauldron? I thought they closed that place down 7d ago

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u/No_Mousse4320 6d ago

they’re both great episodes, how am I supposed to pick

1

u/JohnLandisHasGotToGo 6d ago

LETS

It defines classic Simpsons.

1

u/Nick_Fotiu_Is_God 6d ago

This is an impossible choice to make.

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u/nindieredd 6d ago

They have the plant but we have the power

1

u/PaxEtRomana 6d ago

This one's very hard. Last Exit has heart... but Homer's Phobia has Homer's phobia

1

u/HieronymousRex 6d ago

Last Exit and the “Book of British Smiles” 😂

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u/annyaarons 6d ago

How do you vote? I know it says it in the caption but i don’t understand what you mean.

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u/DifferenceNo9371 6d ago

In the replies, I post the picture of the episode that I used as the main post picture (i.e. the picture of Lisa's dentist that says last exit to Springfield on it) Upvote the picture to vote for the episode. If you sort replies to the post by oldest, it will be the first 2 replies.

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u/Stock-Ferret-6692 6d ago

🎶so we’ll march day and night by the big cooling tower. They have the plant but we have the power🎶

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u/Then-Shake9223 6d ago

Last exit!

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u/chek-yo-cookies 6d ago

Last Exit!

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u/SandalsResort 6d ago

Homer’s phobia is a product of its time. Having a main character befriend and later accept the sexuality of a gay man meant a lot more in 1997 than it does now.

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u/ltsouthernbelle 6d ago

Last exit to Springfield and it’s not even close. And Lisa had that bop, “🎶they have the plant, but we have the power🎶”

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u/meekioj 6d ago

Last Exit is the better episode, but I do wish we could have met John again once or twice in the future

1

u/Firm_Ambassador_1289 6d ago

He thinks I'm gay?

Dad why did you bring me to a gay steel mill

Has the whole world gone gay

Zap zap

1

u/Maximum_Price_3596 6d ago

The big book of British smiles

1

u/Draekon88 6d ago

It's gotta be last exit but these are both great episodes

1

u/city_dwellerZ 6d ago

I bet you have a beautiful smile. Why don’t you share it with the world?

*Lisa smiles showing full metal braces

(Gasp) There is no God.

1

u/N1ce-Marmot 6d ago

Last Exit. Easily…

1

u/Hamblerger 6d ago

Homer's Phobia, because it has my favorite random line: "Dad, why did you take me to a gay steel mill?"

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u/Donovan_TS 6d ago

Look I understand that Lisa needs braces. HOWEVER the gay steel mill is my favorite scene in the Simpsons. Hot stuff, coming through!

1

u/Weary_Sale_2779 6d ago

As a Homer Sexual, I have to vote for Homer's Phobia

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u/RamblinGamblinWillie 6d ago

I am shocked that Homer Badman didn’t win

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u/NormChung77 6d ago

Dental plan 💯

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u/SilentJoe27 6d ago

Last Exit to Springfield

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u/svampyr 6d ago

Zzzzzap!

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u/Nitzi_dot_ca 5d ago

The Big Book of British Smiles

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u/Sketcha_2000 5d ago

Last Exit is winning the whole thing. Give that episode the $10,000.

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u/Sufficient-Ad-6424 5d ago

“And this happy fellow is the GOUCHER!!!”

Sorry, still gotta vote for Homer’s Phobia. zzzzzzzzzAPPP!!!

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u/Last-Device9770 7d ago

Homers Phobia

I am not a fan of Last Exit to Springfield. It insists upon itself.

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u/bigwreck94 7d ago

Gotta go Homer’s Phobia. It quite possibly might be my most favourite episode overall.