The Last Temptation of Homer

P-code: 1F07
Episode Index: 05×09
Writers: Frank Mula
Directors: Carlos Baeza
Airdate: 9th December, 1993
Guest stars: Michelle Pfeiffer as Mindy Simmons, Wemer Kelmperer as Homer's guardian angel

Average Fan Rating: 4.0 (160 ratings, 6 reviews)

Plot Guide

Mr. Burns is ordered to reverse his sexist hiring policy and bring in a woman at the plant. He hires a woman called Mindy, but Homer finds he is attracted to her. He tries talking to her, but realizes they have so much in common - they are both slobs who love eating, sleeping and watching television. Homer's home life seems to be taking a bad turn as well.
Although he tries to avoid Mindy at work, they are both chosen to represent the power plant at the National Energy Convention. They win a romantic dinner at a Chinese restaurant, where the fortune cookie tells Homer that he will find happiness with a new love.
After dinner, they return to their rooms, but instead of giving in to temptation, Homer invites Marge to stay with him at the hotel.

Memorable Quotes

Homer: Another day, another box of stolen pens.

Skinner: Blast it, woman! You parked too close. Move your car!
Mrs. Krabappel: I'm in the lines! You got a problem, go tell your momma.
Skinner: Oh, don't worry: she'll hear about this.

Charlie: Well, sir, I won't bore you with the details of our miraculous escape, but we desperately need a real emergency exit!
Mr. Burns: Why, that's a fabulous idea! Anything else you'd like? How about real lead in the radiation shields? Urinal cakes, maybe?

Lenny: Aw, if they hire a woman we won't be able to spit on the floor.
Carl: And we can't take off our pants when it gets real hot.
Homer: And we won't be able to pee in the drinking fountain... (Lenny and Carl stare at him) Er, I mean, not... you know, if we wanted to... not that I ever did...

Homer: I got this friend named... Joey Jo-Jo... Junior... Shabadoo.
Moe: That's the worst name I ever heard. (a man runs out crying)
Barney: Hey, Joey Jo-Jo!

Homer: I'm attracted to another woman! What am I going to do?
Barney: Your infatuation is based on a physical attraction. Talk to the woman and you'll realize you have nothing in common.
Homer: Barney, that is so insightfuI. How did you come up with that?
Barney: It was on one of these bar napkins.

Guardian Angel: Homer, I'm your guardian angel. I've assumed the form of someone you'd recognize and revere: Sir Isaac Newton.
Homer: Sir Isa-who-who?

Lisa: Dad, why are you singing?
Homer: (thinking) Tell a lie, tell a lie. (aloud) Uh, because I have a small role in a Broadway musical. It's not much, but it's a start. (thinking) Bravo! [slow clapping]

Homer: Stop that! I love my wife and family. All I'm gonna use this bed for is sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort.

Mindy: Well, desserts aren't always right.
Homer: But they're so sweet!

Did You Spot...

When Homer tries to deceipher the message he wrote on his hand, he misreads it as a Buddhist chant.
Mindy calls Capital City ''The Windy Apple.''
The sign outside the hotel reads ''Legionnaires' Disease-Free Since 1990.''
The sign at the National Energy Convention burns out.
The sign at the nuclear power plant stand reads ''As Seen On 60 Minutes.''
At the wind power stand, an electric fan blows air on the windmill, turning the blades.
Homer and Mindy dine at ''Madame Chao's'' - pronounced ''chows'' but spelt like ''chaos''.

References/Parodies

Homer's hallucination of Mindy naked in a clam shell is from ''The Birth of Venus'' painting by Botticelli.
The boy in the nerd hideout says that it is ''the refuge of the damned'' - a reference to ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.''
Homer and Mindy share a hot dog a la spagetti in ''Lady and the Tramp.''
When Burns says to his monkeys, ''Fly my pretties, fly!'' it is a reference to ''The Wizard of Oz.''

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