“The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson” is the first episode of The Simpsons’ ninth season. It was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on September 21, 1997. The episode features the Simpson family traveling to Manhattan to recover the family car, which was taken by Barney Gumble and abandoned outside the World Trade Center.
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“The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson” is the first episode of The Simpsons’ ninth season. It was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on September 21, 1997, as the 179th episode of the series. The episode features the Simpson family traveling to Manhattan to recover the family car, which was taken by Barney Gumble and abandoned outside the World Trade Center. Because of the main role, the episode was taken off syndication in many areas following the September 11 attacks, but returned to syndication by 2006. Great lengths were taken to make a detailed replica of the borough of Manhattan. The musical sequence won two awards for best musical sequence and best episode of season nine of The Simpson’s. It has since been on accolade lists of the best The Simpsons episodes, including the list of best episodes of all time. The episode received generally positive reviews, and has been on the accolade list of all season nine episodes of the show, as well as the top ten list of episodes of season 10. It is the only episode to feature the character Bart, who has a crush on Marge’s daughter Lisa. Homer’s hatred for New York remains as debris from a garbage truck flies through the car’s broken windshield and splatters across his face. Bart leaves the group to visit the offices of Mad magazine, and is in awe when he sees Alfred E. Neuman. The family attends a Broadway musical about the Betty Ford Clinic, and then takes a carriage through Central Park to where they are planning to meet Homer.
The rest of the family tours the Statue of Liberty, Little Italy, Chinatown, and the Empire State Building. Homer reveals to the family that he had once been to New York before when he was 17 years old, and had a horrible experience. Homer later receives a letter from the New York City government, which informs him that his car has been found parked in the World trade Center plaza and will be destroyed if not picked up in 72 hours. When the family arrives in Manhattan, they decide to split up. Homer races to Central Park and reunites with his family, but is afraid to leave his car behind. While waiting for a parking officer to come and remove the clamp, Homer drinks an excessive amount of crab juice from a food vendor and needs to urinate. Several hours later, he rushes into the restroom at the South Tower’s indoor observation deck, but discovers that it is out of order and must use the one at the top of the North Tower. The officer arrives while he is away from the car; finding no one present, he issues another ticket and leaves, to Homer’s extreme frustration. When he returns to the car, Homer realizes he must reach Central Park, pick up the family, and leave before nightfall. He steals a jackhammer from a road construction crew and uses it to remove a clamp, but damages the car further as well.
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