E-I-E-I-D'oh (S11, E05-231)

They grew that tomacco together.

Plot Summary
At the theatre, Homer and the family watch a rather nonsensical version of Zorro.  At the movie's climax, Zorro challenges the Scarlet Pimpernel to a duel using a glove slap to initiate the challenge, a challenge the Pimpernel cowers away from.  Homer loves the scene so much so that he tries it out himself on Snake, who was being rude at the time.  Later on, Homer is insulted by Moe at the bar, and glove slaps him.  Fearful of a duel, Moe gives Homer a free beer.  Upon realizing the perks he could get, Homer starts glove slapping everyone so they'll cave in to him rather than duel him.

This plan backfires, though, when he inadvertently glove slaps a southern duel-enthusiast.  The man gladly accepts the challenge, and Homer is forced to dual at sunrise at his house.  With Marge's help, though, Homer and the family are able to escape the man, but the man has set up his trailer home in front of the Simpson yard, not going anywhere anytime soon.

Needing a place to hide out, Homer realizes he's near the farm he grew up in as a child, and decides to hide out there despite the house being dilapidated (though it seems to be in slightly better shape than last time).  Homer tries to grow crops to make a living, but the soil at the farm is pretty much worthless, and nothing will grow.  Desperate, Homer calls Lenny at the plant, and has him mail Homer some liquid plutonium to use on the soil.  The plan works, something begins to grow and Homer's plan is saved.

Though the crop appears to be a tomato, the insides are brownish.  Bart takes a bite, but finds it tastes terrible, yet smooth and addictive.  It seems that the tomato and tobacco seeds Homer haphazardly threw together merged with one another from the plutonium.  Upon learning of its addictive nature, Homer starts selling the crop under the name "tomacco".  As the crop becomes popular, Homer is met by a cigarette company looking to buy the plant so they can sell it to children.  Though the family is offered $150 million, they try to go for broke and ask for $150 billion, but the offer is refused to put it nicely.  Just then, Homer finds that farm animals have found their way to the crop, eating all but one tomacco plant.  Homer salvages it, but the animals also become addicted and break into the farm on a rampage to recover the plant.  Homer tosses it to them to end the pain, but the plant is caught by a rep from that cigarette company, and makes her escape (though thanks to another animal, the plant sees its end soon enough).

Homer's farming plan officially done, he heads back home completely forgetful as to why he left in the first place.  The southern man who challenged him to the duel is still there, though, and the two go through with it.  Homer gets grazed in the arm, but he doesn't seem to mind so much.

Quick Review
I loved the opening act of the episode, with the odd Zorro movie and Homer challenging everyone to duels.  It was a wonderful few minutes.  The fun slows down, though, when Homer starts up on the farm, and though the Tomacco bit has its moments, it wasn't really all that funny.

Final Score: 8.0