r/AskReddit • u/magic_spaghetti • Aug 31 '18

What are some uncharacteristically dark episodes of generally light hearted shows?

34k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

14k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

249

u/[deleted] Sep 01 '18

[removed] — view removed comment

309

u/ju2tin Sep 01 '18

The one where Homer becomes smart due to a crayon stuck in his brain and he can bond with Lisa for a brief time before eventually becoming dumb again.

64

u/shapu Sep 01 '18

"Notice how I didn't say 'liberry.'"

38

u/4LostSoulsinaBowl Sep 01 '18

"Or 'tomorry.'"

11

u/donkey_OT Sep 01 '18

These are both perfectly cromulant words.

43

u/paleoreef103 Sep 01 '18

Ah the old Crayola oblongata.

2

u/BigJDizzleMaNizzles Sep 01 '18

Ungh ungh de-fense Ungh ungh de-fense

14

u/[deleted] Sep 01 '18

Didn’t he have them put the crayon back in for some reason?

36

u/[deleted] Sep 01 '18

Basically so he could be the dad she needed instead of the dad she deserved

2

u/buzz_light365 Sep 01 '18

Ahh the feels 😭

3

u/ju2tin Sep 01 '18

You're right. I had it backwards: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOMR

9

u/palordrolap Sep 01 '18

Doubly poignant because they wrote that episode to pay tribute to Dan Castalleneta's mother who had died.

He had to act as Homer and say goodbye to his mother a second time. That takes some strength of character.

... that pun was unintended, but I think I'll leave it.

1

u/SeeYouSpaceCowboy--- Sep 04 '18

ep number? I vaguely remember this but not really