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The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson

Episode aired Sep 21, 1997
TV-PG
30m

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Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)

Adult Animation Satire Animation Comedy

Homer must travel to New York to get his car back, which is illegally parked at World Trade Center Plaza.Homer must travel to New York to get his car back, which is illegally parked at World Trade Center Plaza.Homer must travel to New York to get his car back, which is illegally parked at World Trade Center Plaza.

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Dan Castellaneta

Homer Simpson
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Julie Kavner

Marge Simpson
(voice)

Nancy Cartwright

Bart Simpson
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Yeardley Smith

Lisa Simpson
(voice)

Hank Azaria

Moe Szyslak
(voice)
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Harry Shearer

Lenny
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Joan Kenley

Woman on Phone
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Tress MacNeille

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Trivia
Writer The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (1997), a former resident of New York, had conceived the idea of having the family travel to the city to locate their missing car and believed it to be "a classic Manhattan problem". Bill Oakley, who had visited the World Trade Center when the construction of the towers was completed in 1973, suggested parking the car in the plaza of the buildings. Josh Weinstein observed that, "When we realized that there was a plaza between the two towers, we knew it was a perfect spot to have Homer's car."

Goofs
The amount of damage of the windows and headlights on Homer's car changes throughout the finale.

Quotes
Homer Simpson: [drunk] Goodnight, Barney. Don't forget to bring back my car back tomorrow. Just slide it under the door.

Alternate versions
A new heavily edited version of "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" is airing in syndication. All references to Homer's wrecked car parked at the World Trade Center, including shots of the towers and verbal references, are badly cut out.

Connections
Featured in The Beach (2000)

Soundtracks
Sweet Georgia Brown
(uncredited)
Music by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard
Arranged by Arthur Lange

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Featured review

9/10

Classic Simpsons!

This is a really funny episode, one of the better ones in the series. To summarize it, Barney ends up being the designated driver at Moe's Bar since there's complaints about drunk driving traffic collisions. Barney takes Homer and his pals home but forgets to bring the car back. We realize that Barney has Homer's car. He doesn't hear anything until Barney gets back one day and tells Homer that he forgot what happened. Lisa goes through the mail and finds out that it's parked in New York City.

Homer had a bad experience when he was younger and is reluctant to go. After Marge and the kids convince him, he decides to go. They take the bus there and havoc ensues. There are a bunch of parking tickets and a boot attached to one of the wheels. I won't spoil the rest of the episode but it's great. If you're a Simpsons fan, it's worth watching!