When the Emperor Hadrian asked the Oracle at Delphi about Homer, the Pythia proclaimed that he was Ithacan, the son of Epikaste and Telemachus, from the Odyssey.

In " When You Dish Upon a Star ", Homer meets and befriends Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger and Howard.

When Groening originally designed Homer, he put his initials into the character's hairline and ear: the hairline resembled an ' M ', and the right ear resembled a ' G '.

When Homer loses his temper and punches Burns in the face, Mr. Burns learns to become self-reliant and this results in Smithers being fired.

When he thought he finally won Marge's heart, he promised to be a better lover than Homer.

When Homer saw a news report showing that Barney had been trapped in an avalanche, Homer immediately drove to the mountain and rescued Barney.

When Homer has a heart attack in front of him in response to this news, he says, unmoved, that the cost is now $ 40, 000-hinting the heart attack made him now require a quadruple bypass.

When Bart and Homer return home, Santa's Little Helper is assumed by the rest of the family to be a Christmas present.

When Sun learned of the successful rebellion against the Qing emperor from press reports, he immediately returned to China from the United States accompanied by General Homer Lea on 21 December 1911.

When Bart and Homer return home, Homer attempts to come clean to the family, but all is forgiven with the arrival of Santa's Little Helper who is assumed to be a Christmas present for the whole family.

When asked in interviews, members of GFR have confessed to be incredibly flattered about having Homer as a fan.

When the record store owner advises him to look at the ' Oldies ' section, Homer takes out a Styx record and says " Oldies ?, but you got all the top bands in here.

When the school psychologist, Dr. Pryor, studies the results, he identifies Bart as a genius, to the delight of Homer and Marge, who enroll him in a new school.

When he was created, he was intended to just be a neighbor who was very nice, but whom Homer loathed.

When Johnson nominated Fortas, he also nominated Homer Thornberry to fill Fortas ' seat.

When Homer was thirteen, Charles gave up the hardware store business to seek a fortune in the California gold rush.

" When a young record shop employee asks what that is, Homer says " The US Festival, sponsored by that guy from Apple Computers!

" When Bart returns home from a Junior Campers meeting Homer asks " How was jerk practice, boy?

" When Mr. Burns appears on a radio show in an attempt to boost his popularity in " Monty Can't Buy Me Love ", Homer tells him that he has a list of jokes explaining the differences between white and black people ; Homer later states, " White guys have names like Lenny, whereas black guys have names like Carl.

When Homer collects supplies to protect his family and home from the marauding zombies, he decides to pursue a black sports car — which he believes belong to the aliens — to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

When Allen was about five years old, Leila Ellsworth married Homer Ludden Jr., an electrical engineer and the son of H. D.

When a player misses, the Homer figure screams or says one of his trademark lines such as " D ' oh!

When in New York, he and Billie held numerous parties at the Silver Horn restaurant, where they got to know Marge Zimmerman, the proprietress.

As pointed out on The Simpsons Archive episode capsule for Sweets and Sour Marge, " When the people-ball is rolling toward Hans Moleman and Agnes Skinner, you can see another Moleman in the ball if you watch in slo-mo ( upper left corner of the screen, I believe ).

When Lisa Simpson converted to Buddhism, he referred to her as " Marge Simpson's devil-daughter ".

When Marge objects that the Bible has strict guidelines concerning marriage and divorce, Lovejoy states that " according to the bible, just about everything is a sin, technically we can't even go to the bathroom ".

When he realized that Marge Simpson was initially unenthusiastic about having a third child, he implied that a healthy baby could bring in as much as $ 60, 000 on the black market.

When chasing a car on a highway in " Marge on the Lam ", he was asked to describe his location, and replied " I'm on a road, looks to be asphalt -- aw jeez, trees, shrubs -- uh, I'm directly under the earth's Sun ... now.

When the circus came through Springfield, Bart recognized him and brought him home to rid himself of Nelson ( who had been taken into the Simpson home by Marge ).

When Marge first speaks, she uses a muted trombone.

When Marge gets drunk, she sings Dean Martin's " Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine ".

When Pee Wee announces to the truck stop that Large Marge sent him, one customer recounts that this particular evening is the anniversary of said accident.

* When Marge runs down the street she screams " I'm not afraid ", which is a reference to the movie Home Alone.

* When Marge begins her training sequence, the song " Gonna Fly Now " plays during the montage.

When Chuck arrives with Marge, he discovers Fran on his bed.

When they finally get home, Marge is horrified to hear that Homer intends to never go to church again.

* When Marge asks for someone to perform CPR, Homer sings the song " Bad Moon Rising.

* After the Simpsons ' kitchen is renovated, Marge says: " When Virginia Woolf wrote every woman needs a room of one's own, she must have been talking about the kitchen.

When he is unable to get through, Marge explains that the phone company has introduced a new area code to Springfield.

* When Roger hits Marge with his microphone Roger Daltrey improvised and said " Shut the fuck up, Marge.

When Marge thanks him for saving Homer, Wiggum says that he did not shoot anyone, having lost his gun, badge and nearly his squad car.

When Homer confronts Marge about the letter.

When Marge informs Homer, he tells her not to worry about the cost, as the union had won a dental plan during a previous strike.

When Homer gets home that day, Marge immediately shoves the picture in his face and demands an explanation.