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Homer and his family probably live at 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Several alternative house numbers on Evergreen Terrace are given in various episodes, including 59, 94, 743, and 1094, in addition to 430 Spalding Way.
Homer works in the Springfield Nuclear Powerplant, although "working" in this case refers to dozing and eating doughnuts. He spends a great deal of his time at Moe's Tavern with his lifelong friends Barney, Carl, Lenny, and Moe, the bartender.
In addition to buddies, Homer has also unfortunately made at least three lifelong enemies: Frank "Grimey" Grimes (deceased), his son Frank Grimes Jr. (imprisoned) and an inaninimate carbon rod. In the case of the first, it can be argued that Homer was indirectly but intensely responsible for his death.
His hobbies include heavy drinking (especially local favorite, Duff Beer), television, and whatever he favors from week to week.
A lifelong resident of Springfield, Homer's essential personality traits presented themselves early on. He was raised solely by his father after the approximate age of 11. Homer slid through his classes and apparently graduated despite not passing Remedial Science until some twenty plus years later. His senior yearbook reveals a lack of interest in sports and activities, and his quote was "I can't believe I ate the whole thing." It was in high school that Homer met the love of his life Marge, whom he would later marry. Following the completion of his outstanding high school coursework, Homer entered Springfield University and graduated due solely to illicitly changed grades.
As widely evidenced, Homer's mind is vacuous nearly throughout but sprinkled with occasional dense packets of knowledge. He has shown small bursts of astonishing foresight, memory, creativity, and fluency with language (including Japanese, German, Chinese, Spanish, and penguin). These bursts are almost always temporary and constantly changing. The nature of this intellect is three-fold. Much of his mental ability is suppressed by the presence of a wax crayon in the frontal lobe of his brain, the result of a bizarre childhood mishap. Also credited is the Simpson gene, which almost guarantees that male Simpsons become underachievers. As well as chemical testing by the US Army on Homer, in an attempt by Homer to avoid a visit by his sister-in-laws.
On the food front, Homer is particularly fond of doughnuts and pork chops, but also pie, chili, Krusty Burgers, nachos, bacon, potato chips, and heroes/hoagies/grinders. His diet is not a good example to younger viewers and this point is frequently made throughout the series. Homer typically responds to food with drooling and exuberant postures.
With regard to his health, Homer is incredibly lucky to be alive. He has broken nearly every bone in his body and received countless cuts and bruises, both major and minor. He has blown out his knee, had his thumb cut off, undergone a triple coronary bypass, had corrective eye surgery, been in a coma, had his jaw wired shut, donated a kidney, suffered repeated back trauma, been institutionalized, and been shot multiple times. Furthermore, his brain is protected by the unique genetic condition known as "Homer Simpson syndrome."
Homer is prone to becoming very emotional, especially when it comes to his neighbors, the Flanders family or to troubles related to his son, Bart. He is also deeply compassionate, if not initially so.
Homer has gone by many names and aliases. While in the Witness Relocation Program, the family assumed the surname "Thompson." Homer legally changed his name to "Max Power" for a time to escape public ridicule. He has also been known by many nicknames, including "Homey," "Home-boy," "Colonel Homer," "Dancin' Homer," "Hungry, Hungry Homer," the "Brick Hit House," the "Southern Dandy" and "Bottomless Pete, Nature's Cruelest Mistake," among others.
Homer's middle name, "Jay", is a tribute by Simpsons creator Matt Groening to the work of cartoon producer Jay Ward, creator of Bullwinkle J. Moose and Rocket J. Squirrel. Abe and Bart also share this middle initial (although not, in Bart's case at least, the name).
Creator Matt Groening has said that he named the core of the Simpsons family after members of his own family (Homer after his father in this case), but he has also acknowledged that Homer Simpson was the name of a character in Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust.
Homer Simpson popularized the annoyed grunt "D'oh!" (made memorable, of course, through Dan Castellaneta's distinctive voice work) as an abbrieviated form of Jim Finlayson's "dooooh" from the films of Laurel and Hardy. This modern interjection has found such popular acceptance as to be included in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Overview
In the show, Homer is:
It has been suggested in the series that Homer is between 36 and 39 years old. In one episode, a quiz indicates he will die at 42 and he wails that he has "only three years to live"; it should be noted that Homer's mental arithmetic is not necessarily reliable. Various episodes have given his date of birth as May 12 1956, May 10 1955, and even 17-23-1956 [sic].Jobs
Assuming compensation (such as money, Powersauce Bars, etc.), but excluding Halloween episodes and passing bets (grave digger, panda, etc.).Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Other
Awards & Honors
See also
External links