The AT-5000 Auto-dialer was an invention by Professor Frink and was also Frink's first patent.
History[]
Its original purpose was to inform children of snow days. However, it fell into the hands of Jimmy the Scumbag, who used it for telemarketing. Once he was arrested for it, Homer took it out of the dumpster and used it in a money scam.
The first to be scammed was Mr. Burns when asked to send $1 to Homer (under the alias Happydude) in order to be happy but decide to keep the dollar instead. Later Homer drive home quickly to his mailbox to see that the Auto-dialer manage to get him $2, which is revealed that the two people were His Own Father and His friend.. Later as Professor Frink was playing chess, he got a call and realize that it was his invention and was upset that it was being used to make money and tried to active its wheels for it to return home, but Homer (who manage to catch it as the door was opened for some reason) stopped the auto-dialer and broke its legs in order for it to stay.
Later that night, the Auto-dialer continued to call and redial Ned who answered it and hanged up numerous times. This made Maude upset and tells Ned to unplug the phone but he refuses as he continuous thinks that it could be his mother calling, which resulted in them getting into a little fight until Homer yelled at them to shut up. Apparently, after this, Maude unplugged the phone to finally end this insanity, but the ever polite Ned plugged it back in, to Maude’s frustration, causing Homer to yell at them more.
He eventually used it to annoy everybody in Springfield with his "Happy Dude" scam. Eventually, Homer was stopped by Chief Wiggum.
Instead of confiscating the auto-dialer and taking Homer into custody, he shoots it, then gives Homer a citation and asks him to bring the auto-dialer with him (although it's full of lead) to his court hearing, otherwise there would be no case and Homer would be let off the hook.
During the end credits, however, Homer has recorded a new message on the auto-dialer telling everyone he scammed that he is sorry and that if they can forgive him, send more money.
Features[]
- One of the Auto-dialer's features was the ability to roll on wheels. Frink used this to make the Auto-dialer come to him, but it was stopped by Homer who removed the wheels.
- The Auto-dialer could also be controlled by a remote.
