Homer's Phobia: Directed by Mike B. Anrson. Wh Dan Castellaa, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smh. After Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's sexualy." data-id="ma
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Homer's Phobia: Directed by Mike B. Anrson. Wh Dan Castellaa, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smh. After Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's sexualy." data-id="ma * homer thinks bart is gay *
The SimpsonsCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Feb 16, 1997TV-1423mAfter Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's productn, box office & pany PhotosReview Homer's PhobiaThis is probably one of the bt episos the Simpsons have produced. He may have been stereotypilly mpy but he never eaked out, beme ant or rentful over Homer's reactn to fdg out he was gay.
I know 's the Simpsons, but would have been easy for to bee some sort of gays vs.
I danced wh a gay! However, when Marge tells Homer that John is a homosexual, Homer eaks out and, fearg that his son will emulate John, tak Bart on a misguid journey to make his son heterosexual.
Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! I danced wh a gay! Marge, Lisa, promise me you won't tell anyone. Promise me!Homer, after disverg John's sexual orientatn "Homer's Phobia" is the fifteenth episo of Season 8. Homer mak iends wh John, a kschy antiqu store aler and... * homer thinks bart is gay *
When Marge rms Homer that John don't have a wife and is a homosexual, he is horrified.
Bart starts wearg Hawaiian shirts, dancg women's wigs and eatg cupk wh strawberry icg stead of cholate icg; which mak Homer worry that Bart might be gay. Homer tak Bart to a steel l to revel a manly environment; however, the entire workforce is gay, which Homer learns when the steel l turns to a gay dis durg breaks.
Bart is nfed until Lisa explas Homer thks that Bart is gay. "Homer's Phobia" was the show's first episo to revolve entirely around gay them and received a posive cril rponse both for s humor and anti-homophobia msage. The seri ma several referenc to homosexualy before the episo aired.
A great memorable quote om the The Simpsons movie on - Homer: There's only two kds of guys who wear Hawaiian shirts: gay guys and big fat party animals. And Bart don't look like a big fat party animal to me! * homer thinks bart is gay *
However, "Homer's Phobia" was the first episo to revolve entirely around homosexual them.
Two later episos that explored LGBT issu were "Three Gays of the Condo" and "There's Somethg About Marryg".
" In the book Leavg Sprgfield, Matthew Henry praised the episo's criqug of "the most mon misnceptn about homosexualy: namely that gayns is somehow ntag", as well as s other them. Cathare Lumby of the Universy of Sydney ced the episo as an example of good satire as "managed to explore a lot of [homosexual] issu que a ep way [... ] whout beg overtly polil", which she claimed, along wh the episo's humor, ma s anti-homophobia msage more succsful than that of other gay-themed shows like Queer as Folk.
A great memorable quote om the The Simpsons movie on - [Homer is worried that Bart will turns out gay]Moe: Come on, don't take this so hard, Homer. You still got that other kid, uh... Lisa. Let's, uh, take her out huntg tomorrow; make her to a Aw, she'd never go. She's a Oh, geez! Homer, geez! You and Marge a't s, are you? * homer thinks bart is gay *
" There are also viewers today who, while appldg the show for s posive msag about homosexualy and acceptance (as well as lampoong toxic masculy), still hate the episo for g male homosexual stereotyp jt to prove their pot. In June 2003, Igor Smykov sued the Rsian televisn channel REN TV on claims that The Simpsons, along wh Fay Guy, were "morally generate and promoted dgs, vlence and homosexualy". As evince, "Homer's Phobia" was shown to the judge to prove that The Simpsons promoted homosexualy and should not be aired aga on the channel.
In July 2021, Cathal Gunng of Screen Rant argued that the episo ma a huge ntributn to "normalizg LGBTQ+ characters, " notg that they were a rary at the time the episo aired, and didn't "treat s first openly gay character as a walkg joke.
" Gunng also argued that the episo was "groundbreakg" bee Homer's fear of a gay man, voiced by John Waters, was mocked, rather than Waters' character, and herald the episo for beg "one of the first attempts to break down the visible barrier faced by gay characters" while notg lampooned the hypermasculy of Homer's iends. Homer: There's only two kds of guys who wear Hawaiian shirts: gay guys and big fat party animals. [Homer is worried that Bart will turns out gay]Moe: Come on, don't take this so hard, Homer.
* homer thinks bart is gay *
Seems kda gay. Dad, why'd you take me to a gay steel l? The whole world's gone gay!
[pulls a cha, "Everybody Dance Now" starts playg as the l turns to a gay nightclub]. He thks you're gay. He thks I'm gay?