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The Homer of Seville
Episode Number	402
Production Code	JABF18
Original Airdate	September 30, 2007
Chalkboard Gag	The Wall Street Journal Is Better Than Ever
Couch Gag	Homer goes through the evolution from prehistory to modern history from unicellular to human. When Homer finally gets to the couch, Marge asks him "Did you bring the milk?" and Homer sighs in exhaustion.
Special Guest Voices	Plácido Domingo as himself Maya Rudolph as Julia
Written By	Caroline Omine
Directed By	Micheal Polcino

The Homer of Seville is the second episode of Season 19 and first aired on September 30, 2007. It was written by Carolyn Omine, directed by Michael Polcino and guest starred Plácido Domingo as himself and Maya Rudolph as Julia.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links

SynopsisEdit

After an injury, at the hospital, Homer finds out he can sing very well when he's laid down, so he joins the opera.

Plot Edit

The episode starts with the Simpsons family escaping Church. Homer is in such a hurry that when Lisa falls over he decides to leave her but Marge declines and goes back to get Lisa. Marge decides she wants to eat out instead of cooking for herself as usual. After finding out every place has lines, Marge goes as far as to break into someone's apparent party. It does not take long for them to realize that they crashed a funeral. Homer volunteers to be a pallbearer, filling in for a man who has twisted his ankle. After falling into an open grave, Homer is sent to the hospital.

While at the hospital, Homer finds out his usual "D'oh!" did not sound as right as usual. While causing the bed to sit upright, and lay flat, Dr. Hibbert notices Homer's diaphragm is safely under his stomach when he is lying down, giving him the ability to sing in an operatic voice that causes newborn babies to cease crying and weak patients to feel strong.

While shopping for organs, Mr. Burns overhears Homer and immediately hires him to sing the lead in his production of La bohème. Homer wows the crowd at the Springfield Opera House. Homer becomes an enormous celebrity who consistently receives attention from older aged women. While running from a mob of his crazed fans, Homer is saved by a person on a motorcycle he assumes is a man, however at the home "he" is revealed to be a "she", named Julia. When Marge goes into the kitchen to bring tea, Julia strips naked and says she wants to have sex with him, and threatens Homer that she will tell Marge Homer attacked her if he tells. Over the next few days, she keeps appearing in sexually suggestive positions. Homer, soon enraged, fires her.

Next morning, Homer finds a poisonous cobra in his cereal box and then, after grabbing it, repeatedly whacks it on the refrigerator causing it to be dazed for the remainder of the morning. Lisa worries someone is trying to kill Homer. At Homer's next performance, Chief Wiggum goes to general measures, none of which are useful. Julia arrives to shoot Homer with a poisonous blowdart. While Marge saves Homer, the shot fires through a French Horn and back into Julia's neck. Every sniper in the opera house starts shooting at Julia, although all but one miss. She is taken to the hospital, vowing revenge on Marge. Homer gives up opera to work on his new passion: painting.

Reception Edit

The episode had 8.43 million views tuned in.^[1] Robert Canning of IGN gave the episode a poor review (4.5/10). He found the plot contrived and found Homer's rendition "If Ever I Would Leave You" unfunny. He did enjoy the episode's opening scenes in the church.^[2] Richard Keller of TV squad said, "I thought the episode itself was okay with a few good laughs". He went on to say, "Not only does Castellaneta have a very good professional voice, but he seemed to adapt to all of the Italian opera verses that he needed to sing during the episode."^[3]

References Edit

1. ↑ The Homer of Seville. Simpsons Channel (2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
2. ↑ Robert Canning. "If Ever I Would Leave You", IGN,. Retrieved on 2007-10-02. 
3. ↑ Keller, Richard (2008). Little Orphan Millie. AOL. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.

External links Edit

• "The Homer of Seville" at The Simpsons.com

◄ Season 18	Season 19 Episodes	Season 20 ►
He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs • The Homer of Seville • Midnight Towboy • I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings • Treehouse of Horror XVIII • Little Orphan Millie • Husbands and Knives • Funeral for a Fiend • Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind • E. Pluribus Wiggum • That '90s Show • Love, Springfieldian Style • The Debarted • Dial "N" for Nerder • Smoke on the Daughter • Papa Don't Leech • Apocalypse Cow • Any Given Sundance • Mona Leaves-a • All About Lisa