Mason Fairbanks

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In The Simpsons Series, Mason Fairbanks is a wealthy and worldly man who happily establishes a father-son relationship with Homer which results in Homer rejecting Abe, Homer's father of 40 years, especially after a DNA test reveals that Mason is the real father. Fairbanks is voiced by Michael York.

Mason owns a boat properly named The Son I Never Knew. On that ship, Mason tells Homer of treasure. Later on, Homer joins Mason on an undersea treasure hunt and when Homer’s life is in mortal danger he reflects upon his childhood and realizes who his true father is... although after waking from a coma due to no oxygen after an undersea adventure with Mason, Abe reveals he swapped the labels of the DNA then showing that Abe is really Homer's father.