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"Homer Loves Flanders" is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 17, 1994. [ 2 ] In the episode, Ned Flanders invites Homer to a football game and the two become good friends .
Homer bought Lisa a pony to show her that he loves her, but he has to work two jobs to keep her. When Lisa discovers this she gives up Princess. Stampy – Stampy was an African elephant briefly owned by the Simpson family in the episode " Bart Gets an Elephant ".
Homer winds up believing he’s Santa Claus — and Springfield falls in love with Santa Homer. But that’s all prelude to the even deeper story that comes mid-way through the episode, when Ned ...
Two freelance writers wrote episodes: David Richardson wrote "Homer Loves Flanders" while Bill Canterbury received two writing credits. Bob Anderson and Susie Dietter, who had previously worked on the show as part of the animation staff, would direct their first episodes. [5] [7] David Mirkin was the show runner for this season.
Homer escapes from the hotel and ends up at the Dome of the Rock (after overhearing Lisa speculate that that's where he would end up). Marge, the Simpson children, and Dr. Hibbert chase after him, only to hear him preach that the similarities of different religions outweigh their differences, and that all should search for a common ground for a ...
We love him because we know what it's like to be classed as a nerd – and to come out smiling at the end of it." [42] The February 5, 2001 edition of Billy Graham's Christianity Today, titled Saint Flanders, featured Flanders, along with Homer and Marge, on the cover and described him as "the most visible evangelical to many Americans." [43]
Flanders calms them by reciting a Bible verse, while Homer shows a Christmas star, which actually is a distress flare fired by Hans Moleman, before he and Ned give everyone back their presents and everybody sings "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing". The episode ends with Snake stealing Homer's astrolabe and running away.
The film, which follows the protagonists as their hometown of Springfield is quarantined under a giant glass dome after Homer pollutes the local lake, became a box-office hit, grossing $536.4 ...