Caution: Spoilers Ahead forThe Simpsonsseason 33, episode 15.

It was bad enough for Homer to embarrass Bart in public during the events of The Simpsons Movie , but The Simpsons flavour 33 only recreated the moment and failed to recapture its original hilarity. Homer and Bart's relationship has never been a stable one. Although some classic Simpsons outings pair Bart and Homer up, the series as a whole tends to see Homer embarrass his son while Bart ofttimes pranks, annoys, and occasionally disappoints his short-tempered begetter.

Their troubles accept rarely reached the zenith seen early on in 2007'south The Simpsons Moving-picture show. In that long-awaited theatrical spinoff, Homer dares Bart to skateboard across town nude, simply to leave him stranded naked outside Krusty Burger and and then deny the dare in forepart of the cops, understandably earning the ire of his young son. In fairness to Homer, he's not responsible for Bart's original decision to skateboard naked through Springfield—something that made The Simpsons season 33's spin on this scene fashion worse.

In "Bart the Absurd Kid" (flavour 33, episode fifteen), Bart is embarrassed by Homer in public once again, and one time again he's left a laughing stock while naked in the center of Springfield. It's nothing new for The Simpsons flavor 33 to copy its own classic stories, only this item infringe manages to recreate the events of The Simpsons Movie and make them worse on every front. When Bart was left nude outside a Krusty Burger for hours, it was after a naked skateboarding stunt that he decided to risk. This time around, withal, Homer pantsed his son in public and did so because Bart trusted his father and attempted to return a pair of shoes that Homer never warned him were counterfeit.

Although Bart's ordeal in The Simpsons Movie is undoubtedly mortifying, Homer plays a smaller part in the scene. It does embitter Bart toward his father for the rest of the movie only, unlike Homer's public shaming in an before Simpsons season 33 episode, Bart's nude joyride was his ain decision—even though Homer dared him to practise information technology and denied this to Main Wiggum when questioned. In "Bart the Absurd Kid," still, all that Bart does is trust Homer and assume his father wouldn't lie to him. As a result, he ends upwards embarrassed in front of Springfield and eventually pantsed (albeit accidentally) in public by Homer himself.

The difference between the ii plots is illustrative of the "Jerkass Homer" evolution that fans of The Simpsons have complained about online for some years now. Homer's behavior in The Simpsons Movie is undoubtedly childish and self-centered only, in contrast, Homer's actions in The Simpsons season 33 run across him lie to Bart almost buying him shoes and then worsen his son's humiliation later getting caught. Both The Simpsons Movie and the season 33 episode see Homer at his most self-absorbed, but the earlier example at least gave Bart some agency in the mishap, whereas in the newer episode, all Homer's son did wrong was trust his father'due south word. It'south an unfortunate reminder that 2 similar stories can accept on divergent tones depending on the commitment, resulting in The Simpsons Movie featuring an almost likewise-effective scene of blench one-act where The Simpsons season 33 episode merely underlines Homer'due south shameless cocky-interest.

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