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'''“Homer Goes to Prep School”''' is the ninth episode of [[Season 24]].
 
'''“Homer Goes to Prep School”''' is the ninth episode of [[Season 24]].
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
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After a lockdown at a kids' fun center (caused by a kid chasing after a ball and a negligent worker talking on her cell phone), Homer is traumatized overseeing everyone panic in the chaos, and meets a doomsday prepper named Lloyd who introduces him to some Springfield residents (specifically Superintendent Chalmers, Lindsay Naegle, Herman the one-armed military antique store owner, and a man who looks similar to Lieutenant L.T. Smash) who are preparing for the day when society crumbles from a disaster.
[[Homer Simpson|Homer]] joins the "Springfield Preppers," an off-the-grid survivalist group whose leader (guest voice Tom Waits) has set up a top-secret retreat outside of town to prepare for the end of the world, but [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] grows skeptical of the group's alarmist shenanigans.
 
   
 
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To Cur, with Love
Homer Goes to Prep School
A Test Before Trying

“Homer Goes to Prep School” is the ninth episode of Season 24.

Synopsis

After a lockdown at a kids' fun center (caused by a kid chasing after a ball and a negligent worker talking on her cell phone), Homer is traumatized overseeing everyone panic in the chaos, and meets a doomsday prepper named Lloyd who introduces him to some Springfield residents (specifically Superintendent Chalmers, Lindsay Naegle, Herman the one-armed military antique store owner, and a man who looks similar to Lieutenant L.T. Smash) who are preparing for the day when society crumbles from a disaster.

Full Story

Homer and Marge take Bart and Lisa to a kids' fun center, which disappoints Homer as he has to watch the kids. Some kids end up in a secret room where they are dressed in black suits and white shirts and told, “Welcome to the Mormon Church, America’s most respectable cult.” However, upon seeing that the other dads have abandoned their duties, he does so as well. When a child leaves the building, it triggers an automatic alarm that shuts down the entire facility. Marge and the mothers pass the time by telling each other stories of childbirth, but the fathers instantly turn on each other and fight savagely. Homer is traumatized, and on a routine trip to Moe's Tavern, he admits his doubt of civilization's ability to survive a worldwide catastrophe and meets a man named Lloyd, who reveals himself to be a survivalist "prepper". Lloyd introduces him to the world of survivalists, and Homer quickly adopts their ideals and methods, storing necessary equipment in the family basement.

Studying how to become a survivalist, he neglects his job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, and as a result, an electromagnetic pulse blacks out all of the power in Springfield. When Mayor Quimby cannot find a solution to the problem, Homer is prompted to take his family to a base camp his fellow survivalists, who include Superintendent Chalmers, have set up. However, after an argument with Marge over their new lives, Homer begins to doubt the other survivalists when they refuse to share their stored equipment to the others in Springfield. Realizing that everyone else needs the equipment, he steals all of it that night and flees back to Springfield with the family. The survivalists quickly catch on and gain pursuit. The Simpsons manage to make it back to Springfield, only to find that the townspeople have quickly gotten over the EMP burst and recovered as a society, much to Lloyd's dismay. Lisa tells everyone that a big lesson has been learned from all of this; meanwhile, a meteor carrying a horde of zombies approaches the Earth.

Citations

Season 23 Season 24 Episodes Season 25
Moonshine RiverTreehouse of Horror XXIIIAdventures in Baby-GettingGone Abie GonePenny-WiseguysA Tree Grows in SpringfieldThe Day the Earth Stood CoolTo Cur, with LoveHomer Goes to Prep SchoolA Test Before TryingChanging of the GuardianLove is a Many-Splintered ThingHardly Kirk-ingGorgeous GrampaBlack-Eyed, PleaseDark Knight CourtWhat Animated Women WantPulpit FrictionWhiskey BusinessThe Fabulous Faker BoyThe Saga of CarlDangers on a Train