1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,000 ♪ The Simpsons 25x20 ♪ Brick Like Me Original Air Date on May 4, 2014 2 00:00:06,705 --> 00:00:08,398 (snoring) 3 00:00:08,423 --> 00:00:10,030 MARGE: Homie! Homie, wake up! 4 00:00:10,056 --> 00:00:11,637 You're having a nightmare. 5 00:00:11,669 --> 00:00:13,996 HOMER: It's not selling out. It's co-branding. 6 00:00:14,012 --> 00:00:16,234 - Co-branding! - MARGE: Wake up! 7 00:00:16,248 --> 00:00:17,882 (Homer grunting) 8 00:00:18,389 --> 00:00:22,997 Oh, honey, the best part of every day is waking up to your smiling face. 9 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:24,210 Oh... 10 00:00:24,228 --> 00:00:26,430 Just like the best day of my life was when you 11 00:00:26,456 --> 00:00:28,832 gave me your hand in marriage. (pop) 12 00:00:28,866 --> 00:00:30,319 - Ooh. - (chuckles) 13 00:00:30,348 --> 00:00:32,489 I'd like it back, please. 14 00:00:32,495 --> 00:00:33,722 (barks) 15 00:00:33,745 --> 00:00:35,412 Hey! Drop it, you stupid dog! 16 00:00:35,433 --> 00:00:37,006 That's one of my wife's pieces! 17 00:00:37,019 --> 00:00:39,616 She needs it to reciprocate high fives! 18 00:00:39,644 --> 00:00:42,591 (Homer grunting) 19 00:00:43,233 --> 00:00:46,671 That's okay, Homie. I'll just grab another. 20 00:00:47,519 --> 00:00:48,666 Mmm... 21 00:00:48,686 --> 00:00:52,332 Oh... I haven't worn this one since New Year's. 22 00:00:53,978 --> 00:00:56,046 (sizzling) 23 00:00:57,255 --> 00:01:00,482 Hmm. Is it just me, or does something seem... 24 00:01:00,498 --> 00:01:01,905 weird today? 25 00:01:01,926 --> 00:01:06,735 You're right-- something is different about the Simpsons today. 26 00:01:06,755 --> 00:01:09,088 Your father's wearing a tie. 27 00:01:09,106 --> 00:01:11,026 Oh, that's what's different! 28 00:01:11,045 --> 00:01:14,528 - That's the one and only thing. - Maggie! Stop that! 29 00:01:14,552 --> 00:01:16,720 No more playing with your food. 30 00:01:19,363 --> 00:01:22,031 Aw, they're so cute when they're Duplo. 31 00:01:24,422 --> 00:01:27,140 Uh, yes, is this a toy store? 32 00:01:27,153 --> 00:01:30,279 Uh-huh. I'm supposed to get my daughter a birthday present-- 33 00:01:30,297 --> 00:01:32,074 hmm, what's it called? 34 00:01:32,090 --> 00:01:35,043 Here it is. Perky Patty's Princess Shop. 35 00:01:35,059 --> 00:01:37,030 - (grunts) - (groans) 36 00:01:37,047 --> 00:01:40,971 Oh! I'm so sorry-- but I have an awesome excuse: 37 00:01:40,992 --> 00:01:42,733 I was distracted driving. 38 00:01:42,754 --> 00:01:44,181 Oh, don't worry about it. 39 00:01:44,208 --> 00:01:46,761 (chuckles): Good thing we don't feel pain. 40 00:01:46,786 --> 00:01:49,031 Hey! These are the monkey's legs! 41 00:01:49,052 --> 00:01:50,328 (whimpers) 42 00:01:50,348 --> 00:01:51,847 (panicked chattering) 43 00:01:51,870 --> 00:01:55,403 Come back! I'm a clown! I can't afford to look ridiculous! 44 00:01:55,422 --> 00:01:56,956 (school bell ringing) 45 00:01:56,981 --> 00:01:59,934 Hey, Bart, check out what I brought for share day. 46 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,754 BART: Whoa! A skunk! 47 00:02:01,779 --> 00:02:03,212 Who should we stink first? 48 00:02:03,225 --> 00:02:05,790 It can't spray-- it's been de-sacked. 49 00:02:05,810 --> 00:02:09,627 Ew! The gypsy skunk-seller lied! 50 00:02:09,661 --> 00:02:11,462 (panicked yelling) 51 00:02:16,894 --> 00:02:18,254 He went in there! 52 00:02:19,770 --> 00:02:24,550 Stop it! If you pull out those bricks, the whole school could collapse! 53 00:02:24,570 --> 00:02:26,143 But there's a skunk in there. 54 00:02:26,169 --> 00:02:28,609 (gasps) Scottish steak! 55 00:02:31,863 --> 00:02:33,047 (students groaning) 56 00:02:37,301 --> 00:02:38,254 (both gasp) 57 00:02:39,161 --> 00:02:41,892 You are going to rebuild every brick of this school. 58 00:02:41,906 --> 00:02:44,353 This says: Ages 12 and up. 59 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:47,017 Age guidelines are conservative, and everyone knows it. 60 00:02:49,167 --> 00:02:53,018 And to motivate you, some words of support from the school chum. 61 00:02:57,014 --> 00:02:58,581 Haw-haw! 62 00:02:59,130 --> 00:03:00,539 SKINNER: Thank you, Nelson. 63 00:03:01,686 --> 00:03:03,053 (Homer humming) 64 00:03:05,395 --> 00:03:08,084 One Perky Patty's Princess Shop, please. 65 00:03:08,099 --> 00:03:10,799 Ah. Always good to meet a fellow AMFOP. 66 00:03:10,818 --> 00:03:13,845 - Huh? - Adult Male Fan of Princesses. 67 00:03:13,865 --> 00:03:15,152 It's for my daughter. 68 00:03:15,172 --> 00:03:16,925 Yes, yes, it's always for the daughter. 69 00:03:16,941 --> 00:03:21,141 Well, that's weird. I feel like I've seen this toy before. 70 00:03:21,165 --> 00:03:23,432 (rumbling) 71 00:03:24,046 --> 00:03:27,668 - Do you like it, honey? - I love it, Dad! Thank you. 72 00:03:27,685 --> 00:03:30,085 Well, have fun putting it together. 73 00:03:30,115 --> 00:03:33,042 Wait, wha... Dad, don't you want to build it with me? 74 00:03:33,062 --> 00:03:37,026 Well, there's no dad on the box. I don't want to get in trouble. 75 00:03:37,548 --> 00:03:40,224 (laughs): Of course I do! 76 00:03:45,122 --> 00:03:46,662 Mm-hmm. 77 00:03:46,688 --> 00:03:50,833 Well, what do you know? I enjoyed playing with you. 78 00:03:50,846 --> 00:03:51,833 Me, too, Dad. 79 00:03:51,852 --> 00:03:53,565 No, no, no. Listen to me. 80 00:03:53,591 --> 00:03:57,422 We played... and it wasn't boring. 81 00:03:57,467 --> 00:03:58,976 We've played lots of times. 82 00:03:59,002 --> 00:04:00,662 Of course we have! 83 00:04:00,681 --> 00:04:02,934 Because you're my girl and I love you. 84 00:04:02,947 --> 00:04:04,860 But I'm letting you in on a secret. 85 00:04:04,886 --> 00:04:09,413 When parents play with their kids, they don't like it. 86 00:04:09,433 --> 00:04:11,537 - And I'm no different. - Oh. 87 00:04:11,557 --> 00:04:13,264 Suddenly I can't breathe. 88 00:04:13,277 --> 00:04:16,907 Every fiber of my being screams out for a nap. 89 00:04:16,919 --> 00:04:19,366 And if someone handed me an issue of The New Yorker, 90 00:04:19,385 --> 00:04:21,213 (chuckles): I would read the fiction. 91 00:04:21,233 --> 00:04:23,129 I swear to God I would. 92 00:04:23,142 --> 00:04:27,078 Wow. But there are millions of parents in the world. 93 00:04:27,091 --> 00:04:30,011 - Surely some of them like playing with... - Nope, not even one. 94 00:04:30,030 --> 00:04:34,519 Just look at the things you kids like: Tea parties with pretend food; 95 00:04:34,538 --> 00:04:37,183 Hide-and-seek with flagrant peeking; 96 00:04:37,209 --> 00:04:41,479 And the most inhumane torture ever devised by man... 97 00:04:41,499 --> 00:04:43,303 (shudders) 98 00:04:43,316 --> 00:04:44,976 Candy Land. 99 00:04:44,996 --> 00:04:46,998 - Oh. - But this... 100 00:04:47,017 --> 00:04:49,832 this is tolerable! 101 00:04:50,366 --> 00:04:51,967 (gasping breaths) 102 00:04:51,982 --> 00:04:53,469 What a crazy vision. 103 00:04:53,482 --> 00:04:57,505 I was in a world where nothing is made of bricks, except for toys! 104 00:04:57,524 --> 00:04:59,989 Hey, read the sign. 105 00:05:00,003 --> 00:05:01,377 Thank you. 106 00:05:01,405 --> 00:05:03,309 (whimpering) 107 00:05:03,373 --> 00:05:06,801 Marge, I'm telling you, it was so weird. 108 00:05:06,820 --> 00:05:12,588 My body was squishy, and my hands looked like snakes made of meat! 109 00:05:12,609 --> 00:05:13,882 It was horrible! 110 00:05:13,910 --> 00:05:17,347 Oh, Homie, it was probably just a mini-stroke. 111 00:05:17,367 --> 00:05:19,780 You're just saying that to make me feel better. 112 00:05:19,807 --> 00:05:21,807 Whatever you saw, it wasn't real. 113 00:05:21,833 --> 00:05:23,880 That's how the world works. 114 00:05:23,900 --> 00:05:28,055 Everything fits with everything else, and nobody ever gets hurt. 115 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,140 I know. 116 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,943 Oh, maybe you just need someone to... 117 00:05:31,956 --> 00:05:34,957 you know, take your mind off it? 118 00:05:34,997 --> 00:05:35,837 Hm? 119 00:05:35,850 --> 00:05:37,877 I always need that. 120 00:05:37,901 --> 00:05:41,988 I only don't ask because being rejected... 121 00:05:42,004 --> 00:05:43,897 (breathily): gets old. 122 00:05:45,149 --> 00:05:47,567 (Homer and Marge sigh) 123 00:05:47,912 --> 00:05:51,514 Oh, baby, I feel so close to you right now. 124 00:05:53,036 --> 00:05:54,590 (whistling a tune) 125 00:05:55,105 --> 00:05:57,525 (clinking) 126 00:05:57,558 --> 00:05:58,321 (shrieks) 127 00:05:58,342 --> 00:05:59,917 Hmm? Hmm? 128 00:05:59,950 --> 00:06:02,735 Marge? Did you replace our regular mirror 129 00:06:02,755 --> 00:06:05,508 with a magical mirror from a mystical salesman 130 00:06:05,534 --> 00:06:07,991 at a weird store that if we went back to find it, 131 00:06:08,011 --> 00:06:09,798 it wouldn't be there anymore? 132 00:06:09,819 --> 00:06:11,772 - MARGE: No. - (screams) 133 00:06:15,129 --> 00:06:18,259 Okay, Homer, get a grip. I'm sure lots of people, 134 00:06:18,281 --> 00:06:22,146 every time they look in the mirror, see a hideous flesh monster. 135 00:06:22,166 --> 00:06:23,934 Just a one-time thing. 136 00:06:24,847 --> 00:06:25,528 (gasps) 137 00:06:25,553 --> 00:06:26,913 Oh, brick me! 138 00:06:27,442 --> 00:06:31,232 Leave me alone! Why don't you go back where you came from! 139 00:06:31,259 --> 00:06:33,539 I have as much right to be here as you! 140 00:06:33,559 --> 00:06:36,503 I, sir, am in the Advent calendar! 141 00:06:36,526 --> 00:06:38,613 - Hmm? - APU: December 18, 142 00:06:38,638 --> 00:06:40,525 final week! Huh? 143 00:06:41,832 --> 00:06:45,465 Moe, I'm going crazy-- I need to kill off as many of my brain cells as possible. 144 00:06:45,485 --> 00:06:46,872 Well, I'm here to help. 145 00:06:46,903 --> 00:06:48,137 (clinking) 146 00:06:49,140 --> 00:06:50,580 (sputters) 147 00:06:50,608 --> 00:06:52,588 What the...? This isn't beer. 148 00:06:52,608 --> 00:06:54,301 Beer is plastic circles. 149 00:06:54,318 --> 00:06:57,935 How can I drink... (shudders) this? 150 00:06:57,961 --> 00:06:58,841 (mug shatters) 151 00:06:58,861 --> 00:07:00,840 Did you guys see... that? 152 00:07:00,866 --> 00:07:02,840 Oh, it's getting worse! 153 00:07:02,872 --> 00:07:04,239 (shrieks) 154 00:07:04,361 --> 00:07:06,624 (grumbling) 155 00:07:09,674 --> 00:07:12,874 Ugh! Rebuilding the same boring old school. 156 00:07:12,894 --> 00:07:17,276 I could make this place so much cooler if they just gave me a chance. 157 00:07:17,302 --> 00:07:18,862 (yawns) 158 00:07:21,753 --> 00:07:23,754 (snoring) 159 00:07:25,336 --> 00:07:26,876 (sneaky chuckling) 160 00:07:27,203 --> 00:07:27,910 (gasps) 161 00:07:27,935 --> 00:07:29,795 SKINNER: What have you done to my school? 162 00:07:29,814 --> 00:07:33,448 I put in a rock-climbing wall, all the classrooms are skate parks, 163 00:07:33,468 --> 00:07:36,987 we got zip-line stairwells, Terminator gym teachers, 164 00:07:37,007 --> 00:07:42,253 your office is now a haunted forest-- extra ghosts-- and, if you can believe it, 165 00:07:42,266 --> 00:07:44,233 two tetherball poles. 166 00:07:44,255 --> 00:07:47,839 How will children learn if they don't feel like they're in kid jail? 167 00:07:47,852 --> 00:07:50,339 Relax. I used all the same bricks. 168 00:07:50,366 --> 00:07:53,169 - Plus Ralph. - Yo soy language lab. 169 00:07:53,190 --> 00:07:54,390 (groans) 170 00:07:56,326 --> 00:07:59,426 But I don't want to go to church-- I'm too busy going crazy. 171 00:07:59,445 --> 00:08:01,993 Come on, Homie. When I'm troubled, 172 00:08:02,020 --> 00:08:06,555 I always find solace in the airtight logic of religion. 173 00:08:06,576 --> 00:08:11,141 "Before the world began, there was only table. 174 00:08:11,175 --> 00:08:15,703 "Then the Great Constructor scissored open bag one 175 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:18,203 "and dumped out the universe. 176 00:08:18,222 --> 00:08:20,780 "Then came the time of the Great Sorting: 177 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:25,748 "Color to color, shape to shape, and a pile of just windows and doors. 178 00:08:25,780 --> 00:08:29,534 "And everything was made of eternal, unchanging 179 00:08:29,553 --> 00:08:33,011 acrylonitrile butadiene styrene," 180 00:08:33,024 --> 00:08:35,784 or in the common tongue, "plastic." 181 00:08:35,810 --> 00:08:38,878 But, Reverend, what if everything isn't made of plastic? 182 00:08:38,903 --> 00:08:40,936 I think there's more to this world. 183 00:08:40,962 --> 00:08:43,993 You mean like decals? Well, the Orthodox don't use them, 184 00:08:44,013 --> 00:08:46,625 but we're a Reform congregation. 185 00:08:48,950 --> 00:08:51,853 No. I mean a place where nothing snaps together 186 00:08:51,859 --> 00:08:54,960 and you just can't toss your kids in a dishwasher to clean 'em. 187 00:08:54,989 --> 00:08:57,105 (chuckles): Oh, Homer, a place like that 188 00:08:57,124 --> 00:09:00,538 could only exist in some kind of magic rock song. 189 00:09:00,557 --> 00:09:02,608 Look around-- we live in a perfect world 190 00:09:02,628 --> 00:09:04,868 where everything fits together and no one gets hurt. 191 00:09:04,887 --> 00:09:06,008 MOE: Mustache is right. (others agreeing) 192 00:09:06,034 --> 00:09:08,067 But I'm having all these hallucinations. 193 00:09:08,086 --> 00:09:11,879 Like right now my hands look like they're these weird wiggly things. 194 00:09:11,900 --> 00:09:15,827 I think they have a name, but I can't put my finger on it. 195 00:09:15,863 --> 00:09:16,856 (congregation gasps) 196 00:09:16,872 --> 00:09:17,945 Don't look, boys! 197 00:09:17,966 --> 00:09:19,179 (pop) 198 00:09:19,208 --> 00:09:21,075 Wait! You guys see them, too? 199 00:09:21,094 --> 00:09:22,402 He's a freak! 200 00:09:22,437 --> 00:09:25,823 Take him apart and lose the pieces under the couch! 201 00:09:25,847 --> 00:09:28,094 Well, I don't find him disgusting. 202 00:09:28,117 --> 00:09:30,218 Oh, boy, that's mushy! 203 00:09:30,238 --> 00:09:32,011 Come on, Marge. We need real answers, 204 00:09:32,047 --> 00:09:35,123 and there's only one place we can get them! 205 00:09:35,143 --> 00:09:37,210 Let's see, "fingers." 206 00:09:37,226 --> 00:09:40,528 Come on, show me something about fingers. 207 00:09:40,790 --> 00:09:41,686 (sighs) 208 00:09:41,711 --> 00:09:45,224 Bad news, people. Our religion is not true. 209 00:09:45,247 --> 00:09:47,563 Sorry about that. Really sorry. 210 00:09:49,904 --> 00:09:52,171 If I'm right, when I touch this box, 211 00:09:52,196 --> 00:09:55,183 it'll trigger another memory from some alternate me's life. 212 00:09:55,202 --> 00:09:59,477 If I don't come back from that other place, tell my wife I loved her. 213 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:00,733 I'm right here. 214 00:10:00,756 --> 00:10:02,745 Promise me! 215 00:10:03,610 --> 00:10:05,910 (rumbling) 216 00:10:05,953 --> 00:10:08,953 I can't believe all the time I wasted playing with Bart 217 00:10:08,965 --> 00:10:11,011 when I could have been playing with you. 218 00:10:11,032 --> 00:10:12,179 Aw... 219 00:10:12,201 --> 00:10:15,237 Our little Springfield is really turning out great. 220 00:10:15,270 --> 00:10:18,677 City Hall, the weird-smelling bank, Rehab World... 221 00:10:18,694 --> 00:10:20,913 Krustyburger, Krustyburger Express, 222 00:10:20,939 --> 00:10:23,052 the Krustyburger where the governor got stabbed... 223 00:10:23,070 --> 00:10:25,144 Oh, you two. 224 00:10:25,164 --> 00:10:27,896 Hey, look what I found in the "Arts-Weekend-Obituary" 225 00:10:27,921 --> 00:10:29,494 section of the paper. 226 00:10:29,533 --> 00:10:31,667 LISA (gasps): A builders competition! 227 00:10:31,673 --> 00:10:33,300 We got to enter our mini-Springfield. 228 00:10:33,322 --> 00:10:34,768 We're a great team! 229 00:10:34,788 --> 00:10:37,178 We're there. I'll clear my calendar. 230 00:10:38,626 --> 00:10:41,326 Hey, Lenny, remember those two surfers we were gonna fight? 231 00:10:41,345 --> 00:10:42,299 Well, you're on your own. 232 00:10:42,324 --> 00:10:44,339 LENNY: But you're the one who sat on their fish tacos. 233 00:10:44,352 --> 00:10:46,106 Great talking to you, buddy. 234 00:10:46,122 --> 00:10:47,285 (chuckles) 235 00:10:49,910 --> 00:10:52,357 Lisa, Lisa, I spent all day at work 236 00:10:52,376 --> 00:10:55,291 making a Duff brewery for our mini-Springfield. 237 00:10:55,310 --> 00:10:58,607 I don't want to brag, but... it really brews. 238 00:10:59,848 --> 00:11:01,928 Huh? Where is she? 239 00:11:01,957 --> 00:11:06,683 Okay, I got us tickets for the 7:30 show of Survival Games. 240 00:11:06,707 --> 00:11:09,334 I've never been to a PG-13 movie before. 241 00:11:09,353 --> 00:11:12,341 I wonder what the one swear word will be. 242 00:11:12,361 --> 00:11:13,416 What if it's... 243 00:11:13,429 --> 00:11:14,882 - (whispering) - (gasps) 244 00:11:14,907 --> 00:11:17,767 Oh, I've never heard that one. 245 00:11:17,780 --> 00:11:20,041 My grampa said it at Thanksgiving. 246 00:11:20,069 --> 00:11:22,662 We usually don't hang out with second graders, 247 00:11:22,675 --> 00:11:24,699 but we saw your Survival Games book report 248 00:11:24,726 --> 00:11:28,066 hanging in the hallway, and we were very impressed. 249 00:11:28,082 --> 00:11:31,768 You really understood that the theme of the book was love. 250 00:11:31,801 --> 00:11:33,883 Hey, older girls, I'm Homer Simpson. 251 00:11:33,908 --> 00:11:37,102 That's right. Lisa's playtime partner and BFF. 252 00:11:37,132 --> 00:11:39,352 (girls groaning) 253 00:11:39,381 --> 00:11:42,897 I assume Lisa told you about the pretend tiny town 254 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:45,809 she's building with her overweight father. 255 00:11:45,826 --> 00:11:48,646 Oh, yeah, it's gonna be mucho fresh. 256 00:11:48,657 --> 00:11:52,113 Come on, honey. It's time to click some bricks. 257 00:11:52,719 --> 00:11:55,146 I don't know what he's doing up here. 258 00:11:55,159 --> 00:11:57,244 He usually stays in the basement. 259 00:11:57,278 --> 00:11:59,713 It's okay, Lisa. We have dads, too. 260 00:11:59,728 --> 00:12:01,695 I have three dads. 261 00:12:01,715 --> 00:12:03,408 See you Friday. 262 00:12:03,425 --> 00:12:06,372 Friday? But that's when Brick-Stock is. 263 00:12:06,394 --> 00:12:12,547 Um, actually, Friday is the opening night of the new Survival Games movie, 264 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:13,900 and they invited me. 265 00:12:13,915 --> 00:12:16,302 But this was our thing. 266 00:12:16,330 --> 00:12:17,797 I know. I'm sorry, 267 00:12:17,826 --> 00:12:21,422 but cool older girls have never wanted to hang out with me before. 268 00:12:21,436 --> 00:12:23,415 One of them wears deodorant. 269 00:12:23,437 --> 00:12:24,630 I don't know which one. 270 00:12:24,653 --> 00:12:26,894 Oh. All right. 271 00:12:26,928 --> 00:12:29,216 Thanks for understanding, Dad. 272 00:12:30,812 --> 00:12:32,599 What just happened? 273 00:12:32,621 --> 00:12:35,141 It's not you. Lisa's growing up. 274 00:12:35,167 --> 00:12:39,260 It's a really complicated time in a girl's life from age eight to... 275 00:12:39,287 --> 00:12:41,480 actually, all the rest of the way. 276 00:12:41,503 --> 00:12:46,563 Oh! I finally found something I like doing with my daughter, and now I've lost it. 277 00:12:46,581 --> 00:12:48,903 I don't fit into her world. 278 00:12:49,657 --> 00:12:50,930 This is for the tacos! 279 00:12:50,956 --> 00:12:52,152 Ow! 280 00:12:53,295 --> 00:12:55,630 Tacos, brah! Ow! 281 00:13:02,596 --> 00:13:04,722 - What did you build? - Mmm... 282 00:13:05,433 --> 00:13:09,600 Oh, that's the teenage crossbow ace who stole my daughter from me. 283 00:13:09,626 --> 00:13:12,401 Keendah Wildwill is a modern feminist hero-- 284 00:13:12,433 --> 00:13:14,700 strong, independent and resourceful. 285 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,920 She's a little... bustier than I remember. 286 00:13:17,945 --> 00:13:20,280 My work on that front is never done. 287 00:13:26,922 --> 00:13:29,609 I wish I lived in little Springfield. 288 00:13:29,630 --> 00:13:33,611 Everything fits together, and no one ever gets hurt. 289 00:13:36,238 --> 00:13:38,215 - (yells) - (groans) 290 00:13:40,281 --> 00:13:41,621 COMIC BOOK GUY: Okay... 291 00:13:41,637 --> 00:13:44,150 Apparently, our whole world is a fantasy in the mind 292 00:13:44,163 --> 00:13:46,720 of an emotionally-devastated Homer Simpson. 293 00:13:46,735 --> 00:13:50,271 One of the main questions I have about that is, why? 294 00:13:50,292 --> 00:13:52,725 The real Homer fears losing his daughter's love, 295 00:13:52,748 --> 00:13:56,447 so he invented this toy world where nothing will ever change. 296 00:13:56,471 --> 00:13:57,740 How can you be sure? 297 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,341 I have devoted my life to second-rate science fiction. 298 00:14:00,362 --> 00:14:02,863 Trust me, that is what we are dealing with here. 299 00:14:02,876 --> 00:14:05,295 So if I don't find my way out of here, 300 00:14:05,314 --> 00:14:08,739 I could be trapped in a fantasy forever? 301 00:14:08,766 --> 00:14:10,186 I'm afraid so. 302 00:14:10,550 --> 00:14:11,311 (whooping) 303 00:14:11,331 --> 00:14:13,444 I'm trapped in a fantasy forever! 304 00:14:13,468 --> 00:14:16,516 Kiss my flat plastic butt, reality. 305 00:14:16,592 --> 00:14:18,659 (giggling) 306 00:14:19,067 --> 00:14:19,900 Ooh. 307 00:14:19,935 --> 00:14:22,781 Daddy-daughter time will never end! 308 00:14:25,947 --> 00:14:28,798 Inventing this toy world to live in is the smartest thing 309 00:14:28,811 --> 00:14:31,066 my brain-damaged brain ever did. 310 00:14:31,088 --> 00:14:33,698 Nothing bad can ever happen here. 311 00:14:35,078 --> 00:14:37,177 Great throw, Homer. 312 00:14:39,928 --> 00:14:41,665 Put it in Tupperware, boys. 313 00:14:41,685 --> 00:14:44,054 We'll rebuild it tomorrow. 314 00:14:44,087 --> 00:14:45,427 Homie, ask yourself-- 315 00:14:45,446 --> 00:14:49,401 can you really live in a paradise if you know it's just pretend? 316 00:14:49,427 --> 00:14:55,370 Marge, who would give up eating steak in the Matrix to go slurp goo in Zion? 317 00:14:55,384 --> 00:14:57,218 We don't have that movie here. 318 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:02,107 Now Lisa can never ditch me, and I can play with her forever. 319 00:15:03,387 --> 00:15:04,234 (sighs) 320 00:15:04,247 --> 00:15:07,420 There, I finished. All 12 of them. 321 00:15:07,444 --> 00:15:09,704 I'll never build what I want again. 322 00:15:09,726 --> 00:15:11,373 Then you've learned your lesson. 323 00:15:11,399 --> 00:15:13,373 Too bad I got these for my birthday. 324 00:15:13,396 --> 00:15:15,483 They always give me the school. 325 00:15:15,771 --> 00:15:16,937 (groans) 326 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,007 Sparkle Unicorn, would like some more tea? 327 00:15:21,026 --> 00:15:25,945 Oh, yeah, hook me up with some more of that imaginary nectar. 328 00:15:25,957 --> 00:15:29,239 I've never seen you throw yourself into a tea party like this. 329 00:15:29,252 --> 00:15:32,297 Before, it always seemed like you were kind of phoning it in. 330 00:15:32,328 --> 00:15:33,535 Not anymore, Lisa. 331 00:15:33,548 --> 00:15:38,980 I've created a perfect world with no PG-13 movies to take you away from me. 332 00:15:39,002 --> 00:15:40,214 (sips loudly) 333 00:15:40,247 --> 00:15:41,401 Ah! 334 00:15:41,426 --> 00:15:45,219 'Cause in a toy town, everything stays shiny and wonderful, 335 00:15:45,238 --> 00:15:46,981 just the way I want it. 336 00:15:47,002 --> 00:15:49,049 You'll always be my little girl. 337 00:15:49,064 --> 00:15:51,721 Maggie will always be my giant baby. 338 00:15:51,740 --> 00:15:53,754 Bart will never move out of the house. 339 00:15:53,770 --> 00:15:56,497 I'll work for Mr. Burns forever. 340 00:15:56,525 --> 00:16:00,741 Marge and I will never grow old together and live like fat cats on Social Security. 341 00:16:00,763 --> 00:16:05,747 Good Lord, I'll never experience the ultimate reward for a life well lived-- 342 00:16:05,782 --> 00:16:08,984 the gentle slumber of death. 343 00:16:08,997 --> 00:16:10,864 Marge, I made a terrible mistake! 344 00:16:10,883 --> 00:16:14,231 The fact that kids grow up is what makes time with them special. 345 00:16:14,244 --> 00:16:16,071 I think I need to go back. 346 00:16:16,097 --> 00:16:19,191 I wish you'd told me that before I bought all these groceries. 347 00:16:19,214 --> 00:16:21,034 But I understand. 348 00:16:21,047 --> 00:16:24,568 Lego Marge, you're just as cool as Real Marge. 349 00:16:24,594 --> 00:16:26,507 - Who?! - Nobody, nobody. 350 00:16:26,528 --> 00:16:28,975 Plastic Comic Book Guy, I need to go back home. 351 00:16:28,998 --> 00:16:31,874 Home? But you've discovered the joy of living in a world 352 00:16:31,894 --> 00:16:34,680 made of toys where nothing bad can ever happen. 353 00:16:36,765 --> 00:16:40,045 But I miss burning my mouth on pizza, 354 00:16:40,071 --> 00:16:44,200 and David Blaine stunts where he could really die. 355 00:16:44,225 --> 00:16:46,073 Now tell me how to get out of here! 356 00:16:46,102 --> 00:16:50,382 All you need to do is open the box back to your so-called reality. 357 00:16:50,399 --> 00:16:53,734 But I can't let that happen. 358 00:16:55,564 --> 00:16:57,411 Huh? You're the bad guy? 359 00:16:57,437 --> 00:16:59,504 I thought you were the rule-explainer guy. 360 00:16:59,524 --> 00:17:02,320 As an adult who surrounds himself with child's toys, 361 00:17:02,333 --> 00:17:06,180 I represent the part of your psyche that prefers this artificial world. 362 00:17:06,209 --> 00:17:09,102 (rhythmic clicking, gate clangs shut) 363 00:17:09,345 --> 00:17:10,652 How did you do that?! 364 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:16,949 Because, as the ultimate collector, I have every play set ever made. 365 00:17:17,579 --> 00:17:18,552 (creaking) Huh? 366 00:17:18,581 --> 00:17:20,277 (gasps) Pirates! 367 00:17:21,357 --> 00:17:22,464 (whooshing, grunting) 368 00:17:22,492 --> 00:17:24,393 Pajama guys! 369 00:17:25,962 --> 00:17:26,819 (gasps) 370 00:17:26,844 --> 00:17:30,557 I'll never get home. Who could build something awesome enough to save me? 371 00:17:30,576 --> 00:17:31,857 Who? 372 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,480 Who?! Who?! 373 00:17:35,498 --> 00:17:37,290 Don't you even think about it. 374 00:17:37,312 --> 00:17:39,183 (whirring) 375 00:17:39,253 --> 00:17:41,077 You are thinking about it, aren't you? 376 00:17:42,679 --> 00:17:43,632 (whimpering) 377 00:17:43,646 --> 00:17:44,880 (loud, rhythmic thudding) 378 00:17:52,472 --> 00:17:55,472 You are going back where you came from-- 379 00:17:55,498 --> 00:17:56,505 Denmark. 380 00:17:56,519 --> 00:17:58,046 What is that thing? 381 00:17:58,067 --> 00:18:01,200 I have no idea, but it's gonna kick his butt. 382 00:18:01,230 --> 00:18:03,112 That robot is made out of Batmobile, 383 00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:05,313 Hobbit Hole and SpongeBob play sets. 384 00:18:05,328 --> 00:18:07,975 That's... that's mis-set-genation. 385 00:18:08,349 --> 00:18:09,449 (in robotic voice): Kid power. 386 00:18:09,478 --> 00:18:11,780 BART: Lion blast! (whirring, rapid gunfire) 387 00:18:13,136 --> 00:18:14,849 Lightsaber barf! 388 00:18:14,877 --> 00:18:17,245 (click, whirring, whooshing) 389 00:18:20,416 --> 00:18:22,379 Fire Principal! 390 00:18:23,073 --> 00:18:25,258 This is strangely exhilarating. 391 00:18:25,291 --> 00:18:28,084 No. No. (crying): No! 392 00:18:29,058 --> 00:18:33,187 I am going to enjoy playing with this thing forever! 393 00:18:33,221 --> 00:18:34,237 (Bart grunting) 394 00:18:34,257 --> 00:18:37,256 I'm a creative but undisciplined builder! 395 00:18:42,484 --> 00:18:44,311 (Homer grunts, Comic Book Guy groans) 396 00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:46,067 (anxious whimpering) 397 00:18:48,417 --> 00:18:50,318 (magical whirring) 398 00:18:51,381 --> 00:18:52,481 Good-bye, Homie. 399 00:18:52,494 --> 00:18:56,838 Your squishy meat family is lucky to have a good man like you. 400 00:18:56,872 --> 00:19:01,676 Oh, baby, no matter what the reality, you're the best thing in it. 401 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,163 Hmm. That was a little weird, right? 402 00:19:08,183 --> 00:19:09,329 (laughs) 403 00:19:09,345 --> 00:19:10,705 A little bit. 404 00:19:10,773 --> 00:19:12,524 (whirring) 405 00:19:13,156 --> 00:19:14,623 (yelling) 406 00:19:16,358 --> 00:19:18,018 LISA: Dad, wake up. 407 00:19:18,046 --> 00:19:19,647 Wake up. 408 00:19:23,204 --> 00:19:26,715 Oh, Meat Lisa, it's you. 409 00:19:26,735 --> 00:19:28,135 Are you okay? 410 00:19:28,144 --> 00:19:32,485 Oh, I had this crazy dream where I was in a world made of Lego bricks 411 00:19:32,511 --> 00:19:35,544 and learned important lessons about parenting. 412 00:19:35,557 --> 00:19:37,777 Mmm, isn't that kind of the plot of the...? 413 00:19:37,799 --> 00:19:40,755 No. No, it's not. It's a new plot. 414 00:19:40,776 --> 00:19:43,656 Honey, what are you doing here? I thought you were going to your movie. 415 00:19:43,679 --> 00:19:47,026 I changed my mind. I knew how much this meant to you. 416 00:19:47,039 --> 00:19:49,469 No, no, go to the movie with your friends. 417 00:19:49,486 --> 00:19:54,003 If there's one thing I've learned, it's that I can't stop you from growing up. 418 00:19:54,030 --> 00:19:55,693 I love you, Dad. 419 00:19:55,711 --> 00:19:57,588 Me, too, little girl. 420 00:19:57,874 --> 00:20:00,275 ♪ ♪ 421 00:20:31,272 --> 00:20:34,574 Thayson, Joshuel, don't make me pick between you two 422 00:20:34,593 --> 00:20:37,430 on the night before I reenter the Struggle Dome again. 423 00:20:37,458 --> 00:20:41,458 We'll never stop loving you, even if you string us along forever. 424 00:20:41,482 --> 00:20:43,550 - Forever. - Forever. 425 00:20:43,563 --> 00:20:48,063 How can I choose between two boys, one who's dangerous but good-looking, 426 00:20:48,075 --> 00:20:50,568 the other who's strong but super cute? 427 00:20:50,577 --> 00:20:52,278 ALL (sighing): Ah! 428 00:20:52,299 --> 00:20:55,319 Oh, my God, this is terrible. 429 00:20:55,352 --> 00:20:57,657 When do they get to killing the children? 430 00:20:57,689 --> 00:20:58,724 Shh! 431 00:20:58,739 --> 00:21:00,693 Wait a second. You're not into this... 432 00:21:00,713 --> 00:21:03,780 Shh! She's trying on dresses. 433 00:21:03,810 --> 00:21:07,743 Oh, I just wanted to see kids fight to the death, is all. 434 00:21:07,755 --> 00:21:10,390 Shh...! 435 00:21:12,101 --> 00:21:19,101 Captioning sponsored by 20TH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION and FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY 436 00:21:53,257 --> 00:21:54,496 Shh!