"Homer Defined" is the fifth episode of The Simpsons' third season, airing on October 17, 1991. The episode marks the first appearance of Milhouse's mother and the first time his surname, Van Houten, is used.
The episode featured the first appearance of a professional athlete in the series, Magic Johnson. At the end of the episode, he slips and lands by the feet of several beautiful women who admire him. Shortly after this episode aired, Johnson ...
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"Homer Defined" is the fifth episode of The Simpsons' third season, airing on October 17, 1991. The episode marks the first appearance of Milhouse's mother and the first time his surname, Van Houten, is used.
The episode featured the first appearance of a professional athlete in the series, Magic Johnson. At the end of the episode, he slips and lands by the feet of several beautiful women who admire him. Shortly after this episode aired, Johnson went public with the fact he has HIV as the result of having had extramarital relationships with over 200 women.
At the power plant, as Homer eats jelly donuts, one of them splatters onto a dial nearing the red zone. The plant is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown, and Homer seems to be the only person who can stop it. He has no skills and cannot remember any training, however, and in desperation chooses a button via eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Miraculously, Homer presses the button that averts the meltdown; Springfield is saved, and Homer is...
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