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Homer Goes to College ()

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  • Season 5
  • Episode 3
When a surprise inspection of the nuclear power plant reveals that Homer is not qualified to do his job, he is forced to go to college.
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Homer Simpson / Mayor Quimby / Blue-Haired Lawyer / Admissions Officer / Grampa / Student #2 / Construction Manager / Doug / Itchy / Krusty the Clown (voice)
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Marge Simpson (voice)
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Bart Simpson (voice)
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Lisa Simpson (voice)
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Inspector #2 / Bernie / Man in Commercial / Dean Bitterman / Corey Masterson / Nerdlinger / Student #1 / Dean Peterson / Construction Worker / Nuclear Response #1 / Benjamin / Snake (voice)
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Mr. Burns / Smithers / Bee Guard #3 / Guidance Counselor / Application Reviewer #1 / Commercial Voice-Over / TV Announcer / Movie President / Nuclear Physics Professor / Nuclear Response #2 / Gary / Richard Nixon / Scratchy / Dr. Hibbert (voice)
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Power Plant Voice / Inspector #1 / Application Reviewer #2 / Answering Machine (voice)

Directed by

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Jim Reardon ... (directed by)

Written by

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Matt Groening ... (created by) (creator)
 
James L. Brooks ... (developed by) (creator) &
Matt Groening ... (developed by) (creator) &
Sam Simon ... (developed by) (creator)
 
Conan O'Brien ... (written by)
 
Brent Forrester ... (story editor)
 
Bob Kushell ... (story editor)
 
Dan McGrath ... (story editor)
 
Bill Canterbury ... (staff writer) &
David X. Cohen ... (staff writer) (as David S. Cohen)

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Joseph A. Boucher ... co-producer
James L. Brooks ... executive producer
Jonathan Collier ... producer
Greg Daniels ... co-producer
Jeffrey L. Goldstein ... associate producer (as Jeffery Goldstein)
Matt Groening ... executive producer
Al Jean ... consulting producer
Harold Kimmel ... supervising producer
Colin A.B.V. Lewis ... associate producer
J. Michael Mendel ... co-producer
David Mirkin ... executive producer (showrunner)
Frank Mula ... supervising producer
Conan O'Brien ... supervising producer
Bill Oakley ... supervising producer
Richard Raynis ... producer
Mike Reiss ... consulting producer
David Richardson ... supervising producer
Gerry Richardson ... producer
Jace Richdale ... co-executive producer
Phil Roman ... animation executive producer
David Sacks ... producer
Richard Sakai ... producer
Bill Schultz ... animation producer
David Silverman ... producer
Sam Simon ... executive producer
John Swartzwelder ... producer
Josh Weinstein ... supervising producer
Michael Wolf ... animation producer (as Mike Wolf)

Music by

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Alf Clausen

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Don Barrozo
Lee Harting
Mark McJimsey

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Alison Elliott ... post-production coordinator
Larry Field ... telecine: Unitel Video
C.J. Gibson ... post-production assistant
Tim Heyen ... negative cutter: D & A Neg Cutting
Kurtis Kunsak ... assistant film editor

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Bonita Pietila

Production Management

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Anne Luiting ... studio production manager
Angela Ousey ... post-production supervisor
Michael P. Schoenbrun ... executive in charge of production: Gracie Films
Ken Tsumura ... animation production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Bob Anderson ... assistant director
Rick Bugental ... main title technical director
Klay Hall ... assistant director

Art Department

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Bob Angelini ... color designer (as Robert Angelini)
Karen Bauer ... color design supervisor
Dominique Blaskovich ... color designer
Casey Clayton ... painter
Phyllis Craig ... ink & paint supervisor
Paul Fetler ... color designer
Lucas Gray ... prop designer (as Lucas Grey)
Belle Norman ... painter
Kim Taylor ... color designer

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Gregory Cheever ... sound recordist (as Greg Cheever)
Ronny Cox ... production mixer
Anthony D'Amico ... re-recording mixer
Terry Greene ... dialogue sound editor
Bobby Mackston ... dialogue sound editor
Mark McJimsey ... dialogue sound editor
Greg Orloff ... re-recording mixer
Randy Piotroski ... sound recordist
Travis Powers ... sound effects editor
R. Russell Smith ... re-recording mixer
Bill Higley ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Derek Sample ... adr recordist (uncredited)

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Adam Howard ... visual effects animator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ted C. Bemiller ... animation camera operator (as Ted Bemiller)
Patrick Buchanan ... animation camera operator
Robert Ingram ... animation camera operator

Animation Department

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Scott Alberts ... character designer
Martin Archer ... storyboard artist
Jackie Banks ... animation checker
Tibor Belay ... character layout artist / main title animator
John Berman ... background layout artist (as John M. Berman)
Craig Clark ... main title animator
Mark Ervin ... main title animator
Steve Fellner ... main title animator
Mike Fontanelli ... character layout artist
Frederick J. Gardner III ... main title animator
Mike Girard ... overseas animation director
Lucas Gray ... character designer
Matt Groening ... character designer
Klay Hall ... animation timer
Dale Hendrickson ... character designer
Kent Holaday ... lip sync
Lance Kramer ... character layout artist
John Krause ... background designer
Nancy Kruse ... character layout artist
Bob Logan ... character layout artist
Chris Loudon ... character layout artist
Istvan Majoros ... character layout artist
Michael Marcantel ... character layout artist
Maria Mariotti-Parker ... background designer (as Maria Mariotti)
Emily Michels ... character layout artist
Pete Michels ... animation timer / character layout artist
Jeff Myers ... main title animator (as Jeffery A. Myers)
Matthew Nastuk ... character layout artist
Eduardo Olivares ... main title animator (as Lalo Olivares)
Kevin Petrilak ... main title animator
Jim Reardon ... storyboard artist
Sondra Roy ... main title animator (as Sondra S. Roy)
David Silverman ... main title designer
Sam Simon ... character designer
Tommy Tejeda ... character layout artist
Gregg Vanzo ... main title animator
Merle Welton ... animation checker
Lance Wilder ... background design supervisor
Kevin Wurzer ... main title animator
Glen Wuthrich ... background layout artist

Music Department

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Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn
Danny Elfman ... composer: Theme by
Daniel Gold ... music preparation
Chris Ledesma ... music editor
Tom Boyd ... oboe soloist (uncredited)
Pete Elia ... scoring second engineer (uncredited)
Alan Kaplan ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Sally Stevens ... main title singer (uncredited)
John Van Houten ... musician: tuba (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Louise Jaffe ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Jacqueline Atkins ... assistant to the producers
Laurie Biernacki ... production coordinator (as Laurie D. Biernacki)
Brad Bird ... executive consultant
James L. Brooks ... executive creative consultant
Annette Caton ... assistant to Mr. Groening (as Annette Andersen)
Charleen Easton ... assistant to Mr. Mirkin
Trixie Flynn ... assistant to Mr. Brooks
Anthony Lewis Garcia ... production assistant (as Anthony Garcia)
Don Gilbert ... assistant to the producers
Matt Groening ... creative consultant
Miles Lewis Horst ... production manager
Raymond Iacovacci ... production coordinator (as Raymond M. Iacovacci)
Steve Ingram ... production assistant
Elizabeth Jacobs ... assistant to Mr. Mirkin
Maria Kavanaugh ... assistant to James L. Brooks
Donna Lafferty ... production assistant
Jane Mackie ... assistant to Mr. Sakai (as Jane M. Mackie)
Geoffrey Mark ... production assistant (as Geoffrey W. Mark)
George Meyer ... creative consultant
Felicia Nalivansky-Caplan ... assistant to Mr. Sakai (as Felicia Nalivansky)
Sharon Ramsay ... production associate (as Sharon D. Ramsay)
Anthony R. Reyes ... production accountant
Leslie Richter ... assistant to the producers
Jacqueline Sillo ... production coordinator
Julie Steddom Smith ... assistant to Mr. Groening
Richard Kevin Stith ... assistant to the producers (as Richard-Kevin Stith)
Bonnie Vitti ... assistant to the producers
Jean Wong ... assistant to the producers
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Plot Summary

Naptime at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is rudely interrupted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which is conducting a surprise inspection and employee audit. Homer's skills are tested and not only is he found to be incompetent, he causes a nuclear meltdown! The NRC inspectors demand that Homer (who is found to lack proper certification) either take college courses to obtain the necessary credentials or else Mr. Burns will face criminal charges. Burns gets Homer enrolled at Springfield University, where he acts like an immature adolescent (both in class and around campus) rather than someone needing to study for a college degree. When he continues to act like a know-it-all in physics class, the professor has enough and asks him to demonstrate a proton accelerator; Homer winds up causing another meltdown. Homer is asked to hire a tutor, and does: nerds Benjamin, Gary and Doug. Instead of applying himself, Homer sees the three nerds have no social life and decides to teach them how to party. He masterminds a practical joke with rival Springfield A&M University's college mascot, Sir Oinks-a-Lot, but things backfire and the nerds are expelled. Homer feels bad and allows them to move into his house, but the nerds quickly disrupt the family routine. Marge demands that the nerds need to go, so Homer decides to get them re-enrolled by having the nerds save the dean's life by pushing him out of the way of Homer's car. However, the plan fails and the dean will now need hip replacement surgery. At the hospital, Homer admits his recent schemes, and the dean (who for some reason is not upset at all) allows the nerds to re-enroll. With the final exam fast approaching, Benjamin, Gary and Doug have no choice but to force Homer to cram. However, Homer still fails his exam ... or does he? Homer tries to get the nerds to hack into the college computer mainframe and change his grade, but Marge puts a stop to it and orders him to re-take the course ... alas, it only gives Homer more time to party! Written by Brian Rathjen

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  • Homer Goes to College (United States)
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  • 30 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Dan Castellaneta inadvertently misspelled "smart" as "S-M-R-T" when Homer sang "I am so smart", and ad-libbed "I mean S-M-A-R-T". The writers found this much funnier and used the take. See more »
Goofs Homer is denied entry from several colleges before going to Springfield University thanks to Mr. Burns pulling strings. In reality almost all colleges and universities in the United States will just automatically enroll adults, typically ages 22 and over, into a Bachelor's degree program without the application process that recent high school students go through (SAT, ACT, application essay, letters of recommendation, etc). Homer could've just gone to the Admission's office directly and enrolled automatically into college. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Springfield's Most Wanted (1995). See more »
Soundtracks Louie Louie See more »
Quotes Homer: I am so smart. I am so smart. I am so smart. S-M-R-T. I mean, S-M-A-R-R-T.
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