Literature
The Quote: “Books are useless! I only ever read one book, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds! Sure it taught me not to judge a man by the colour of his skin… but what good does that do me?”
Why We Love It: Homer’s unknowing irony on misleading literary titles is winning; most of all it’s funny, and comes with a giant helping of social commentary.
And he does have a point about the title.
Achievements
The Quote: “If something’s hard to do, then it’s not worth doing.”
Why We Love It: The antithesis of many revered maxims on hard work, it’s comforting to turn to this when faced with compiling Harvard-standard referencing for your PhD bibliography.
Substances
The Quote: “Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.”
Why We Love It: Who needs a simile when things are best compared to themselves?
Civic Duty
The Quote: “Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.”
Why We Love It: As is the case with a fair wodge of Homer’s aphorisms, this has a nugget of truth to it!
Computer Illiteracy
The Quote: “‘To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?”
Why We Love It: ...because we’ve all taken instructions too literally before.
Meeting Aliens
The Quote: “Oh my god, space aliens. Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them!”
Why We Love It: An honest admission most folks would take to their deaths, Homer bypasses his conscience for a far funnier exchange with extraterrestrials.
Work Ethic
The Quote: “Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.”
Why We Love It: There’s no sugar coating of advice before it is dispensed to his offspring - his slacker nature is worn with pride akin to something acquired by actual hard graft. Hurrah for honesty!
The Lottery
The Quote: “Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.”
Why We Love It: Is this wry oxymoronic statement, delivered in earnest to his tearaway son, Bart, proof of Homer’s hidden intellectual side? No, probably not.
Classic Catchphrase
The Quote: “D’oh!”
Why We Love It: Homer’s classic go-to phrase captures his doltish nature perfectly, and is adopted for usage in most of his day-to-day activities.
Bonus point! An amusing utterance, D’oh grabbed ahold of popular culture and never lost its grip, going so far as to warrant entry into the OED in 2001.
As Arcane showrunners protest that their $250 million budget is quite cheap for 18 episodes, 1 anime director points out that its costs 25 times more per episode than his show
Arcane season 2 showrunner explains that some of that $250 million budget came about because "no one has ever made a great thing by not taking bets"
