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| Homer, spending quality library time with Lisa!? Oh man, these crazy Season 12 storylines! |
The family goes to an animation fair, and while there Homer takes a liking to motion capture animation, a somewhat new process at the time. He likes it so much, he believes it'll become big, and decides to invest his life's savings into a motion capture company. However, the company goes bankrupt, and so does Homer basically.
Needing money desperately, Homer takes Barney's advice and becomes a human guinea pig at a research center. As he's tested upon, a pair of researchers notice a crayon stuck in Homer's brain on an x-ray. As Dr. Hibbert quickly explains how it hadn't been seen in past x-rays, Homer recalls a time when he was a kid when he stuffed a box of 16 crayons into his nose then subsequently sneezed them out, though he believed he sneezed out all 16. The researchers offer Homer the opportunity to have it removed, believing that its the reason behind his limited capacities, and Homer agrees.
Instantly, Homer's IQ goes up, and he becomes far more intellectual. Lisa in particular likes the new Homer, as he now actually wants to spend time at the library. One day, Homer finally decides to actually inspect the nuclear plant, and whats more he sends his findings not to Burns himself but to a safety commission. The plant is forced to close down, and Burns basically lays everybody off.
Homer is now public enemy #1 amongst his former friends, and has a talk about his loss of happiness with Lisa, who admits that happiness and intelligence are inversely related. Homer tries one more time to enjoy himself, but pointing out obvious flaws in movies aren't helping him make friends, either. No longer wishing to be smart, Homer revisits the researchers to have a crayon put back into his brain, and they give him the name of someone who will operate without a license: Moe.
Lisa realizes something is amiss when one of her crayons have gone missing, and her fears are soon realized when Homer crashes back into the house, as dumb as ever. A letter written to Lisa falls off from him, written while Homer was still smart, and it informs Lisa that while he's "taking the coward's way out", his time spent without the crayon has made him appreciate just how amazing Lisa really is.
Quick Review
Well, it was an inoffensive episode, anyway, it has that going for it. That said, there just wasn't that many jokes I found funny. The plotline was fine, but there really wasn't much going on that I felt was humorous.
Final Score: 6.8
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