I bet Einstein turned himself all sorts of colors before he invented the light bulb.Homer

The Computer Wore Menace Shoes

Under the alias Mr. X, Homer creates a web site full of damaging gossip about the townspeople. However, he soon stumbles upon a terrible government secret.

Plot

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Memorable quotes

Homer: Computer, kill Flanders!
Flanders: Did I hear my name? My ears are burning.
Homer: (to computer) Good start! Now finish the job!
Flander: Okay, you're busy. Catch ya later, computater!
Homer: Aw, five thousand dollars for a computer, and it can't handle a simple assignment!
Marge: Once you get used to the drugging,this isn't a bad place!
Comic Book Guy: What's this? Stolen funds, pothole money used for swimming pool? There's no emoticon for what I'm feeling!
Agnes: Seymour, are you looking at naked ladies?
Skinner: No, mother!
Agnes: You sissy!
Number 6: They keep us here because we know to much. Number 27 knows how to turn water into gasoline. Number 12 knows the deadly secret behind Tic Tacs, and I invented a bottomless peanut bag.
Homer: Don't worry, head. The computer will do our thinking now.
Nelson: Hey Mr. X, I got a tip for you. In science class they're dissecting frozen hobos, and I have bindles to prove it.

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Notes

  • Hans Moleman is trapped under the floorboards at Moe's.
  • Anti-escape orb is recycled parody of "The Prisoner" from "The Joy of Sect" (see below)
  • On Homer's first web page are bells, clocks, toasters, mouths, inchworms and a Dancing Jesus.

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References

  • The whole third act is parody on popular TV show "The Prisoner" (1968/1969). Patrick McGoohan stars in this episode as Number 6, his character from the original show.

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The Computer Wore Menace Shoes

PCode
CABF02

Index
12×6

Written by
John Swartzwelder

Directed by
Mark Kirkland

Starring
Dan Castellaneta
Julie Kavner
Nancy Cartwright
Yeardley Smith
Hank Azaria
Harry Shearer

Also Starring
Pamela Hayden
Tress MacNeille
Karl Wiedergott

Special Guest Voice
Marcia Wallace
Patrick McGoohan as Number 6

Aired (U.S.)
Dec 03, 2000

Aired (U.K.)
Jan 07, 2001