9 Mr. Burns and Homer Simpson. ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Showrunner AI Jean teased the big reveal about Homer on X (formerly Twitter) days before the episode aired.

Homer Simpson is a clueless, lazy man who works as a technician at a nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, Groening described his father in an interview with Entertainment Weekly in 2010 as “creative ...

When Homer goes to shake hands with Thayer, the man comments on his firm grip. “See, Marge, strangling the boy paid off,” Homer jokes, before quickly clarifying that he no longer does that.