The authors said that Homer tries " in vain " to repair his relationship with Grampa and continuously seeks for his approval, but Grampa continues to be " as critical as ever ".

In early episodes, she is shown as very sexually aggressive and promiscuous: in " Flaming Moe's ", she is shown with her arms around two sailors in the parody of the famous Cheers theme, and tries to pick up both Joey Kramer ( Aerosmith's drummer ) and Homer Simpson, even after learning he is married and Bart's father.

Apu tries to wriggle out of the arrangement at first, with Homer making Marge pretend to be his wife until Apu's mother finds her with Homer, but is won over when he meets Manjula face-to-face at the wedding, and the two decide to give the marriage a try ( Manjula notes nonchalantly that they can always get a divorce ).

Hud, in a true act of adult cruelty ( that reveals his true nature ) comes to recognize Lonnie ’ s desire for an emotional attachment to him, and tries to use this attraction to gain Lonnie ’ s support in his moves against Homer.

Ned Flanders was not religious in his first few appearances and in the first few seasons he was only mildly religious and his primary role was to be so " cloyingly perfect as to annoy and shame the Simpsons ", whereas Homer Simpson has always hated Ned Flanders and always tries to undermine him.

Furious, Homer tries to attack Judge Harm, but the bailiff stops him and drags him away.

Homer, poorly disguised as Ganesha, tries to stop the wedding, but Apu and Manjula marry anyway.

When he gets home, Homer tries to send out a message to the police through his computer, but is stopped by Number Two taking over the computer and is caught by his doppelganger.

Ned tries to dissuade Homer from going to work, but Homer goes anyway because of ice cream cake for Lenny's birthday.

Homer, wanting Bart to be proud of him, tries to build a battle robot for the " Robot Rumble.

Back at the apartment, Grady tries to comfort Homer by telling him that he will find someone else, and kisses him romantically.

In the season fourteen episode " The Great Louse Detective ", it is revealed that he fathered a son named Frank Grimes, Jr., who unsuccessfully tries to kill Homer.

In the season fourteen episode " The Great Louse Detective ", it is revealed that he fathered a son named Frank Grimes, Jr., who tries and fails to kill Homer.

At a later union meeting, Homer tries to resign, tired of meeting with Mr. Burns.

Bart tries to avoid detection, but Brodka spots him, and shows a disbelieving Marge and Homer the security tape of Bart shoplifting.

This episode was parodied in a The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror segment, " Clown Without Pity ", where Homer buys Bart a talking Krusty the Clown doll for his birthday that tries to kill Homer.

Homer accepts and allows them on the trip, even though Ned tries to convert Apu on the way ( despite the fact he claims to be sarcastically congratulating him on his bravery of worshiping an idol ).

Homer tries to pacify the situation, but unfortunately, he accidentally slips out a large amount of pills on the pavement while opening the door, exposing them of their smuggling.

He tries to kill Homer, but Lisa saves him and Colt is arrested.

To make sure of it, Homer takes the tag off the bear and tries it on himself, resulting in lot of pain before taking it off.

Meanwhile, Homer tries to get a brownie from Marge, who will not let him.

In the episode " Burns ' Heir ", Hans is mistaken for Bart and accidentally " de-programmed " ( Homer and Marge had hired a cult de-programmer, hoping to convince Bart to move out of Mr. Burns ' mansion and back in with them ), apparently leading him to believe he is the son of Homer and Marge.

As a result, Homer and Marge want to get rid of the dog, but Bart and Lisa convince them that he can be trained at an obedience school.

In 1998, Earthjustice helped local community groups convince the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to withdraw an approval to construct a uranium enrichment plant between two low-income, predominantly African-American communities near Homer, Louisiana.

When Lisa refuses to stop, Homer tries to convince her, but accidentally destroys the TV, and possibly the evidence, angering the rappers.

In the episode " Three Gays of the Condo " the twins went so far as to have a billboard built trying to convince voters to have Homer kicked out of Springfield.

During the parade, however, Burns shows up and tries to convince Homer, in his Santa costume, to pull a prank on the whole town.

He suggested an episode in which Artie Ziff returns and offers Homer a million dollars in exchange for spending a weekend with Marge, trying to convince her to divorce Homer.

Lisa tries to convince Homer and Marge that college suits her, but they refuse to listen, saying that college is no place for her.

Moe is the proprietor and bartender of Moe's Tavern, a Springfield bar frequented by Homer Simpson, Barney Gumble, Carl Carlson, Lenny Leonard, Sam, Larry, and others.

Other regulars include Homer Simpson, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Sam and Larry.

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* Larry G. Sale, sheriff of Claiborne Parish from 1936 to 1944, bodyguard of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., decorated soldier of World War I, interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer

Larry is put to work in Sector 7G at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant alongside Homer and the two become fast friends.

Larry invites Homer to dinner, and at dinner, Mr. Burns throws a fit due to Larry's boorishness and tells him that he wishes he had no son.

Homer calls Mr. Burns and says that he can have Larry back if he admits that he loves him.

Marge eventually discovers the plan and convinces Homer and Larry to abandon their plot, but as they leave the house they are spotted by a news helicopter and are chased by reporters and police.

Homer gives a heartfelt speech to justify Larry's actions and Mr. Burns forgives them for the hoax, but explains he cannot be the father whom Larry needs.

After discovering that Larry Burns is also working in Sector 7G, Homer frantically cleans up and puts away an almost entirely assembled jigsaw puzzle which has an image of Snoopy the dog lying on his doghouse.

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" As Homer awaits his death, he listens to Larry King read the Bible on tape.

Lisa sees this title and criticizes the newspaper as a " flimsy hodge-podge of high-brass factoids and Larry King ", to which Homer responds that it is " the only paper in America that's not afraid to tell the truth: that everything is just fine.

Bart, Marge and Homer enjoy the sushi, caricature artist, and appearance by Larry Holmes, while Lisa leaves in disgust so she can watch the game with real fans in real surroundings.

When Homer puts his daycare permit in the picture frame Bart and Lisa gave him was based on a real life experience of former writer Dana Gould in which he gave his parents a newspaper article about him winning a boston comedy competition and later found out that it was replaced by Larry Bird dunking butterfingers.

American actor Larry Hagman is also mentioned in the episode, when Dr. Hibbert says that Hagman took all the kidneys and livers needed for donors, while Homer states his desire to watch the episode of Inside The Actor's Studio featuring F. Murray Abraham.

Formed in the late 1980s, its original members were Stokley Williams ( lead vocals, drums, percussion ), Ricky Kinchen ( bass guitar ), Homer O ' Dell ( guitar ), Larry Waddell ( keyboards, piano ), Keri Lewis ( keyboards, synthseizer ), and Jeffrey Allen ( saxophone, keyboards ).