I Am Furious Yellow
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| Episode no. | 287 |
| Prod. code | DABF13 |
| Orig. Airdate | April 28, 2002 |
| Show Runner(s) | Al Jean |
| Written by | John Swartzwelder |
| Directed by | Chuck Sheetz |
| Couch gag | A prize machine claw from overhead grabs Homer's head pulls him upwards once the family sits down. He shouts "Ow, my brains!" |
| Guest star | Stan Lee as himself |
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| Season 13 November 6, 2001 – May 22, 2002 |
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"I Am Furious Yellow" is the eighteenth episode of The Simpsons' thirteenth season. The episode was first broadcast on April 28, 2002.
[edit] Synopsis
Geoff Jenkins, the creator of the well-known cartoon Danger Dog[1] (an allusion to DangerMouse and Underdog), gives a lecture at Springfield Elementary on the perks of a life in animation. Jenkins' lecture inspires the students to create their own cartoons. Most of the comic strips the kids draw are rip-offs of Danger Dog.
After Bart's Danger Dude comic is rejected by Comic Book Guy and Stan Lee, Bart seeks inspiration and realizes that Homer's everyday antics are very funny to watch. Bart draws a comic book called Angry Dad, featuring funny things that Homer does when he gets angry. It becomes a hit to everyone in Springfield.
Due to the success of Bart's comics, a spokesman for the (fictional) Internet company 'BetterThanTV.com' approaches Bart and offers to make Angry Dad into an online animated cartoon series. Bart accepts and Angry Dad is put on the World Wide Web, becoming instantly popular (the Internet's most visited non-pornographic web page). At that rate, Homer becomes a laughingstock to everyone, much to his sorrow.
When Homer realizes what Bart has done, he initially gets mad and strangles him until the rest of the family stops him and confirm that he has a problem with anger. In light of this, Homer vows to give up rage forever, despite Marge's objection to give up fatty foods instead. This spells trouble for Bart, as he cannot produce any new episodes of Angry Dad if Homer is docile.
Homer's mild-mannered attitude is difficult to maintain, especially since rage-provoking incidents continually occur. Homer maintains his composure with great difficulty.
Bart sets up a trap for Homer which will provoke his rage. However, when he visits BetterThanTV.com's office, he finds they have gone bankrupt, so there is no need for Homer to be lured into the trap. But Bart and Milhouse are too late to stop him.
Homer eventually triggers the trap, and ends up falling into a wading pool full of green paint. This causes him to unleash all his pent-up rage, rampaging across town looking very much like the Incredible Hulk. After Homer's rampage causes $10 million of damage, Homer is diagnosed as suffering from unexpressed rage. The rest of the family becomes angry at Bart for causing Homer's rage and the damage until Dr. Hibbert reveals that if Homer had continued suppressing his rage without being set off by Bart's trap, the suppression would overwhelm his nervous system and he would have died. Homer thanks Bart for saving his life and forgives Bart by fishing with him.
[edit] Trivia
- This is one of the two episodes of The Simpsons in which Dan Castellaneta guest stars as himself (the other being "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife").
- The episode title is a play on the Swedish movie I Am Curious (Yellow).
- The comic's name is also the name of a comic book created by Tyler Hardin, in 2003.
- Homer sings Donovan's Mellow Yellow at one point in the episode.
[edit] Notes
- ^ A "danger dog" is also a slang term for a type of hot dog first sold by street vendors in Tijuana, Mexico.
