Homer Trips Balls

The Simpsons - S08E09
"El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"
After a series of distractions from Marge, Homer suddenly smells out the annual chili cook-off. Marge admits that she was trying to keep Homer from attending because of his drunken antics at the previous year's event, when he jumped into a cotton candy machine, claiming he was a "puffy pink cloud", so she allows Homer to go, on the condition that he does not drink any beer. At the cook-off, Homer demonstrates an extraordinary ability to withstand hot foods, until he fails against Chief Wiggum's chili which is spiked with "The Merciless Peppers of Quetzlzacatenango! Grown deep in the jungle primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum". Homer tries one pepper but it burns the tip of his tongue. He runs to a beer vendor and attempts to drink several at once, just as Marge walks up and catches him. He instead drinks several cups of water, sobbing about his humiliation.
After nearly drinking melted candle wax, Homer decides to coat his mouth with melted wax, enabling him to eat several of the peppers, leaving Wiggum and the crowd astonished. The peppers bring on a hallucination in which Homer is trapped in a bizarre fantasy world. He encounters a snake, a butterfly and a tortoise, and he accidentally destroys the sun. He finally arrives at a large Mayan pyramid and meets his spirit guide in the form of a coyote. The coyote advises Homer to find his soulmate, and questions Homer's assumption that he has already found her in Marge. Meanwhile, Marge hears of Homer's strange behavior and, believing he has broken his promise, drives home.
The next day, Homer regains his senses while lying in a golf course sand trap. He rationalizes his dream, comparing the desert he wandered in to the sand trap, and the talking coyote with a passing talking dog. (The dog says "Hi, Homer. Find your soulmate!", prompting Homer to observe that "there's no such thing as a talking dog", after which the dog barks, to which Homer replies, "Damn straight!") After returning home, he finds Marge angry with him for his embarrassing behavior at the cook-off. This leads to Homer making note of their fundamental personality differences, causing him to question if Marge is truly his soulmate, and he leaves. Filled with doubt, he searches elsewhere for a soulmate, yet fails in each instance.
Eventually he becomes convinced that a lighthouse keeper might be his soulmate, since they would both be theoretically lonely individuals; instead he finds the lighthouse is operated by a machine, EARL (Electronic Automatic Robotic Lighthouse). Seeing an approaching ship, Homer destroys the lighthouse's light in hopes that it will cause the boat to come closer and the people inside will befriend him. An apologetic Marge arrives, having known exactly where Homer would go, and the pair realize that they really are soulmates. Marge quickly fixes the lighthouse so that the ship will not run into them, but it runs aground nearby, spilling its precious cargo of hot pants. The citizens of Springfield happily retrieve the pants while Marge and Homer embrace.

[@TheNKillham]

It's always been a theory of mine that in this scene Otto is the only one that recognizes that Homer is having a bad trip. Thus he stops Ralph from helping Homer because of the chance of Homer reacting violently/trying to defend himself from whatever he sees Ralph chasing after him as. Unable to explain this to a child he simply lies with "he knows what he's doing" to stop Ralph and allow Homer to go off while his system works out the insanity pepper.

[@daelen.cclark]

Kudos to Otto.

[@cavaliers4ever]

He knew Homer was experiencing ego death

[@TrianglePants]

How DO you deal with ego death, again? I remember having seen something on that from one of PsychedSubstance's DMT videos. (not that I ever have or will try psychedelics)

[@ericconnor8419]

​@@TrianglePants Any way you can, it is a very difficult experience.

[@TrianglePants]

@@friendlyenemy2314 One of the balls he tripped?

[@IIGrayfoxII]

Otto seems to have experience with the "he knows what he's doing"

[@discostu6045]

IIGrayfoxII right

[@jacktaylor6155]

Right as an adult that line hit way different

[@dlobelow760]

@@jacktaylor6155 back then: "oh man, Otto is crazy!! I wonder if acid is really like that! But man, how did he know?!" Now: "Run free, Homer. Run free and make sure you drink plenty of water because it's gonna be a long 12 hours."

[@CrimsonHelldrake]

my name is Otto & I LOOOOOOVE to get BLOTTO!

[@intotherainbowvain2994]

OTTO is my favourite. Im a bit like him.

[@davidbenally9028]

Whoever directed this has had a full spectrum hallucination before lol

[@anthonyreed6519]

"let him go ralph, he knows what he's doin" of course otto would say that.

[@RRR_Motorsports]

I’d say animators would too. Explaining what a trip looks like and making it into cartoon form.. I’d say they’d have a great idea at least ;)

[@filzzy922]

I've had some great cartoon trips

[@TheMaxiglass]

it aint close to real trips

[@TheMaxiglass]

Everything is still based in reality on psychedelics, you may see entities but they are not like the ones in this video

[@Jibriltz]

"I hope I didn't brain my damage" one of many brilliant Homerisms.

[@indianaraconceicao6860]

Truh

[@MoyanoJerald]

The joke is even present in Humbert's Spanish Dub (Traté de adaptar el nombre español de Humberto Vélez al inglés)

[@borntoclimb7116]

In germany he says "Ich hoffe mein Schaden hat kein Gehirn genommen"

[@Mitsuraga]

I love how the giant butterfly freaks him out, but the giant rattlesnake only seems to mildly disturb him.

[@vanessad5]

Mitsuraga so true 😂

[@ericsaylor5722]

Mitsuraga - That’s how a deep psychedelic experience works on me. Not reacting to the astounding and astonishing, and then losing it on something beautiful or emotional. Lol!

[@sevenfoldmusic9203]

I hear that from a lot of psychedelic users. Like the most simple, mundane shit suddenly becomes the most hilarious and cute and awesome thing in the world.

[@unhappylife94]

My scared of butterflies so that would fuking scare me heaps

[@chanceecnahc4478]

He probably saw Wormy and didn't want to see a close up of a horse fly.

[@Abelhawk]

Lol, "Let him go, Ralph. He knows what he's doing." XD

[@katbuffey8834]

lol of course he would say that he gets high all the time

[@dlobelow760]

When someone inexperienced on acid asks if a person is ok but the other person who's legit under the influence of LSD tells them to chill

[@MrBamcito]

Such a sweet heart Ralph has

[@verkenderkraftwerk2]

Still some of my favorite animation in the history of animation

[@Super_Mario128]

David Silverman directed this scene without outsourcing it to Korea.

[@liamwilliams7204]

I don't know you but I bet your a jerk 😂

[@fanostheophanous9416]

@@liamwilliams7204 shut up this i bet you're a jerk joke is not funny it make you look like a jerk also it is some of the best animation every

[@Spazlites]

@@fanostheophanous9416 you’re the real jerk…what’s wrong with you

[@fanostheophanous9416]

@@Spazlites what's wrong with you huh

[@m1ke1981]

The art design in this episode was really beautiful especially the trippy moments.

[@hiinternet4542]

did that Guatemalan insanity pepper contain lsd or what? and was it used during the 69s?

[@TheTrippersMindTrip]

"Let him go, Ralph. he knows what he's doing." Otto knows when someones tripping balls

[@frapippo420]

"I hope I didn't brain my dmage" x'D

[@adriennesimpkins2275]

Homer I think you mean I hope I didn't damage my brain

[@carlb258]

@@adriennesimpkins2275 you don get it, he say it backwards so it sounds like he really damage his brain.

[@adriennesimpkins2275]

@@carlb258 I know that his English is messed up

[@carlb258]

@@adriennesimpkins2275 Lmao, ok bro

[@xXxJSCOTTxXx]

Me, every time I poke smot...

[@internetsurfer777]

- Flanders, you gotta help me! - Hehe, sure buddy, i'll be happy to help out. What can i do dodde-li-do dodde-li-do didde-li-di habbe-li-do gabbe-li dodde-li hibbi-li habbe-li gabba gabba heeyyy...?

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

Old man Gobbo gaju Nelson Ha Ha Krabappel ba ba ba ba Arrrrggghh!!!!

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

+Alpha Male burrrrrrrrrpppp!!!

[@NeoJiNeTiK]

"Let him go, Ralph. He knows what he's doing."

[@TheUnknown-yy9ci]

+Cody Niles i am the walrus :D

[@Ponponhead]

+Chuck Schuldiner we are the walrus :D www.ibiblio.org/zen/gateless-gate/29.html

[@unknxwnyeet7816]

“Note to self, stop doing anything” that when you just know you’re tripping balls

[@Info255]

I love Nelson's laugh, it just the total opposite tone of what you usually hear. It makes me.laugh so much lmao

[@Mister-Red]

You know Homer is desperate when he asks Flanders for help

[@rustyshackleford1842]

Funny how I first watched this when I was a little kid. Was sort of funny to me then. Now that I'm 24, this made so much more sense.

[@user-lj6jp8qp7z]

Samehere lol 😂😂😂

[@hotfella4659]

RustyShackleford how many times u tried s rooms

[@stevenjoelBx]

Doesn’t make any sense to me

[@scoutromantica9364]

@@stevenjoelBx you obviously haven't tried lsd

[@reefrisntreal8675]

@@scoutromantica9364 seems more like shrooms or dmt

[@DunkleCobro]

"CooCooCaChoo?" "ha HA! ha HA!" "*Trombone noises simular to the ones in Charlie Brown*" *BUrUrUrUrUrUrP!*

[@joer.g8568]

It’s “goo-goo-gajoob” that the old man says not “coocoocachoo”. It’s a Beatles reference to the “I am the walrus” song

[@esafueminotaverde]

goo-goo-goob walrus beatles

[@rampageclover9788]

@@joer.g8568 genius reference

[@coolidgedollar2154]

Holy crap, they must have given the animators a special clinic to prepare for THIS one.

[@Eli_Santin]

Nope. David Silverman animated the whole thing. Inbetweens and all.

[@dont_call_me_anthony89]

Love Jasper's "I am the Walrus" reference.

[@sarysa]

His teleportation ability is also impressive.

[@Kylopod]

That whole sequence with the four characters made me laugh so hard I had tears in my eyes.

[@hemmingwayfan]

We were somewhere around Springfield, on the edge of the desert, when the chiles began to kick in. I remember saying something like, "I feel a bit woozy. Maybe you should drive." Suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was filled with what looked like giant space coyotes, howling, singing "Burning Ring of Fire," and swooping around the car, and a voice was crying out "HOLY JESUS ARE THESE GODDAMNED ANIMALS VOICED BY JOHNNY CASH!!??!!"

[@leonardkbreadman6634]

What? No! We can't stop here, this is bat country!

[@nikolamaric2502]

@@leonardkbreadman6634 It´s okay, I was just admiring the shape of your comment.

[@delgat000]

One toke over the line!!!

[@josephaldrich4023]

Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset...

[@hiinternet4542]

tell me more of you story mmk

[@lusyhognaston3777]

I always have loved this bit, especially when he smashes the sun.

[@danyhunselar9654]

I Wonder what actually happened🤔

[@Waltyworld]

Yeah 😂😂😂😂

[@mrbibs350]

I hope I didn't brain my damage.

[@kobathedread]

I brained my damage a long time in the future.

[@TheMilwaukeeProtocol]

+mrbibs350 Dain Bramage

[@caustic-io7fl]

Someone in the animation studio must have done psychedelics because the way his body looks liquid is pretty accurate to how it feels hah, not the rest tho

[@MangaNyan]

caustic3000 accurate

[@crackeduptv8815]

I thought the same thing because when I first did lsd i felt as if my face kept moving around like liquid and I imagined certain facial expressions on me that looked over the top

[@jorisvandenhoek6251]

@really dude its good trippin with a ween guy

[@Clenched.Cheeks]

When I tried mescaline it was like this at some points. But the trip seen here is more akin to doing actual peyote.

[@zabity]

comparing it to some heavy ayahuasca trip: sense of terror, liquid body, inability to talk properly, snaky visions and the feeling of being in a totally alien totally unstable land inhabited by forces unknown and far greater than this obsolete humane mind are some common features

[@dynostretch9215]

Edna talking like the teacher from Peanuts killed me. I love these old episodes.

[@realandrewcinque22]

Its funny

[@PunishedKrab]

Imagine what she might be saying in reality

[@BigDLiquor]

I thought Otto's line was written as something random like the joke is he says Homer's fully aware of what he's doing in actuality he obviously doesn't But what I just realized the actual joke might've been is that he can tell Homer's hallucinating because he does drugs himself and knows thats exactly how that goes. Hence "he knows what he's doing,".

[@eyeconqueror1185]

Duh?

[@thelonewolf70x7]

And there's seems to have onde of the most important scenes that anyone is pointing out: Ralph looks cute worried abour Homer going nuts on the pepper

[@shadowwriter4538]

Ms. Krabapple sounded like an adult from the Peanuts

[@mobus1603]

Total coincidence. I'm sure she wasn't meant to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher at all. It happened simply by accident.

[@samandmrcheese]

+mobus1603 How do you know that?

[@mobus1603]

samandmrcheese It's called sarcasm. What he said was so obvious that I was making fun of his feeling the need to point it out as if it were such an astute observation.

[@samandmrcheese]

mobus1603 Sorry about that. Sarcasm is really hard to notice through text.

[@mleenoy]

KRAP

[@user-xw9ro6ge1m]

0:37 This part is my favorite

[@WobblesandBean]

0:55 Easily the most fluid animation ever seen on the simpsons.

[@Ixapter]

Ms Botz scene, besides?

[@b.m.933]

I bet the animators had a lot of fun with this scene.

[@tylerreed9029]

his hallucination of Flanders is so damn intense. reminds me of the wild noises i heard during the worst trip of my life when i made the poor choice of smoking Diablo when i was younger

[@UltimateThanos]

lol What goes into Diablo?

[@BigNateDoggOG]

Spice

[@komodo420.]

happened to me twice on nbome lol

[@javelin6831]

This freaked me out as a child when I first saw this.

[@BloxieStuff]

Really freaky!

[@RockyMarsh09]

Yeah, espicially when Edna does that creepy trumpet voice

[@awnaur0no919]

this scene was one of tha first simpsons clips i ever saw; & i was disappointed asf to realize most episodes of tha show aint like dis one when i was a kid

[@miloseviczarko45]

I laughed so hard to this when I first saw it, especually Flanders part.

[@capnkirk6984]

Note to self: Stop doing anything

[@skylimitua]

Actually, when having a bad trip on psychedelics, it's an extremely good note to self

[@stanpines9011]

anxiety attacks on weed be like

[@BloxieStuff]

"I hope I didn't brain my damage!" Homer Simpson, 1997

[@PunishedKrab]

Must be the crayon in his brain again

[@iamspongebobdestroyerofevi5055]

You know you're clumsy when you break the Sun in a pepper trip.

[@JoePesciBallsack]

I love how when he goes back and forth between dusk and dawn it also goes between the sounds of crickets and birds. Great detail.

[@keyanawhitely7942]

Whoever was in charge of the animation in this scene was brillaint.

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

whoever animated the hallucinating scene i hope they got a raise.

[@craig221]

0:44 one of the best lines in the series 👌🏼

[@mattb9054]

"Oooookay... I think I'm gonna be leaving now" 😂😂

[@aguy7848]

"Let him go Ralph. He knows what he's doing." Otto gets what one's first psychedelic trip is like, and why it's just best not to confuse him any further.

[@juicydangla4270]

"Let him go Ralph, he knows what what he's doing" lmao.

[@GamingSpirit79]

0:56 Major props to the animator who hand-drew homer's body warping and turning into liquid! I can't imagine every single detail, even if I tried! 😵‍💫

[@TheMilwaukeeProtocol]

Without ever having done anything remotely like acid, I'm going to hazard a guess that The Simpsons captures what an acid trip is like more accurately than Family Guy does. And with chili.

[@mikeyunovapix7181]

+Pyagrl*16 more like DMT

[@TheMilwaukeeProtocol]

Mikey Unovapix Yes! I did some images searches of DMT, and I can really see the connection. Thank you for drawing that to my attention!

[@mikeyunovapix7181]

Pyagrl*16 no prob

[@chandanl2226]

The first part is more like salvia than both acid and dmt.

[@MattMangels]

As someone else said, definitely more like Salvia/DMT than mushrooms or acid.

[@brenbrady]

@ 0:47 anyone who's ever been there knows this is so true.

[@kbholla]

+Brendan Brady hahaha

[@hotfella4659]

Kbholla u guys do srooms

[@FolsomBluesPrison]

Word. Brother.

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

Season 8 was so fantastic and unique. But can we just take the moment to appreciate how animating this must have been like from the animators perspective? I mean they had to do this on Paper!

[@JoeBee9]

0:18 reminds me of Salvia divinorum haha.

[@eleanorhogan8004]

I have dreams like this.

[@juancanekortegasanchez7961]

me too

[@archangelynohtna7656]

Dmt is the most powerful hallucination drug and it happens to also be in the pineal gland of the brain which is thought to have to do with dreaming so you could be tripping in your sleep

[@sevenfoldmusic9203]

I think high potency Salvia is stronger than DMT. At least, Salvia is the strongest natural form of hallucinogen.

[@JasonVidaEnt]

Eleanor Hogan since when?

[@_booth7992]

@@archangelynohtna7656 Alright Joe Rogan...

[@DSgamrz585]

"Hi Homer! Find your soulmate!"

[@davedanmodesto904]

+Ableist Joe "And that talking Coyote must have really been a talkin' dog."

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

"Wait a minute. Dogs don't talk."

[@davedanmodesto904]

*Bark bark*

[@theseproblemsmatter1]

+David Modesto Dam straight

[@JohnSkellington]

"Hey wait a minute! There's no such thing as a talking dog!"

[@scorchx3000]

I love his scream when the sun shatters.

[@garethreeve5578]

I LOVE how Homer takes a moment to briefly scream “OW!” at 0:44 during his maniacal screaming trip 🤣

[@jaymalamute5730]

"What can I do diddily doo-diddily diddily-diddily-diddily-hobbily-hiddily-hobbily-hiddily-hobbily-gooboo-gobble-gooble-gabba gabba gabba heeeeyyyy?"

[@indianaraconceicao6860]

GABBA GABBA HEY!

[@braydenyonts3758]

Definitely captures psychedelics better than most shows!

[@Flagged_M]

one of the best scenes in the show, otto recognising him having a crazy trip is hilarious icl 🤣

[@XAVR_]

The sequence must have been a blast to animate

[@soquidsnake34]

Otto has been to the seven corners of the universe. He is wise in this scene

[@migrations]

I've seen this hundreds of time since I was a kid and it still scares me. Especially Nelson's laugh in reverse.

[@HarrisonHollers]

Edna sounds like the Peanuts teacher. Genius!

[@discardmyfriends]

Flanders looks genuinely concerned as soon as Homer runs from him

[@MichelleAnnM]

And yet he did nothing to help.

[@soko4710]

@@MichelleAnnM who knows, maybe he told marge.

[@ViperRob]

I appreciate these quick paced onslaught of references now so much more than I did when I was a kid watching this for the first time lol

[@blink182ita]

One of the best episode ever!

[@JoshSweetvale]

"Note to self, stop doing anything." Yeah, that never works, does it?

[@Phantom.Gaming64]

The crazy details about the animation in this episode is some of the best I've seen :)

[@victorm152]

Those peppers must be laced with pejote

[@zipjok]

It's an homage to the writings of Carlos Castaneda. And nicely done too.

[@godzillavkk]

What did he write?

[@freeinformation9869]

The famous masterpiece "Sun Rise, Sun Set"

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

@@godzillavkk the teachings of Don Juan.

[@dreamercross]

0:58 animation and art here is amazing

[@MrShurik3n]

@0:10 Scruffy spotted.

[@Gawarhen]

Perfect title. Homer trips balls

[@ShyGuy83]

I would love to go to the desert and have an existential journey of self with whatever was in those chili peppers.

[@jamesmeans2134]

You know there's something wrong when Homer asks Flanders for help.

[@tokyoblur24]

That burp always gets me XD

[@geoffwilliams4478]

The more I see The Simpsons Clips, the more my mind is blown how long these clips actually are. For me they felt like forever because I love them so much when they were originally aired

[@EditorOfSL]

“Where am I, Shellbyville?” Lol!

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

What can I... *D I D D L Y I N T E N S I F I E S*

[@chickorysticks1279]

the animation in this episode is so good :D has to be one of my top favourite episodes

[@nathanielgreer2764]

In this situation it is best to lay down and wait for a clearer understanding

[@TrateMusic]

When i was a kid (25 years ago or so) i wasn't allowed to watch the Simpsons cuz it came on after my bed time. But somehow this episode snuck through the cracks as a friend of mine recorded it on his VCR. We watched this scene dozens of times and it seared into my memory forever lol

[@ajrf92]

1:03 Lovely landscape, although at day could be a little bit hot

[@jasmineflower2888]

2:04 KABOOM!!!!!

[@scorchx3000]

I laughed out loud the most when he broke the sun first time seeing this.

[@stevarino1989]

+Michael Gaddass Sunrise, sunset! Sunrise, sunset! Sunrise, sunsetsunrisesunsetsunrisesunset SMASH!

[@scorchx3000]

Stephen R ARRRGH! Note to self. Stop doing....stuff.

[@jordanowens3017]

ayahuasca

[@user-ho9pz1ps3f]

Can be Salvia too? Or it is weaker to have something like this with salvia?

[@valentincavazzos4420]

@@user-ho9pz1ps3f Conspiracy theory homer did went with Mindy it seems that hes still with Marge cause he's imagining that he is still with her he's tripping on lsd or given hypnosis therapy by his shrink explains why in later episodes or newer seasons the family as well as homer is much different than normal cause it's Mindy and their new kids he's learning to let go of his old family and start over

[@owlofdreams8091]

I don't know why but I really love the aesthetic and colours of the desert, I just have to say it.

[@curtisthomas4753]

I just remembered this. I liked the parts with Nelson's laugh and Homer's face sinking in his head and popping out the opposite side.

[@user-lj6jp8qp7z]

Man went on some next acid trip 😂😂😂

[@devilgene7330]

0:24 ah yes, teleportation…

[@KokoGogo1728]

What?

[@oldscoolgaming6700]

Homer promised Marge that he’d stay sober, not sane.

[@DrawtoonzStudio]

It's amazing what kind of animation can be done on a TV budget.

[@TheAeroAvatar]

The sunrise, sunset bit had me cracking up HARD, I need to watch SImpsons more often.

[@inigo137]

The "Goo goo g'joob" that the old man says has to be a reference to "I'm the walrus" from the Beatles

[@DoggedJoe]

Just noticed that Such an obscure quote :)

[@DadaistTheater]

That's where the sample came from for a particular Shpongle song! Found by accident at 0:17

[@ronaldcheng1857]

Sunrise......sunset........sunrise........sunset........sunrise......sunset....sunrise...sunset...sunrise...sunset..sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset...BAM *destroys the Sun* xD

[@TheNintendochannel64]

note to self: Stop doing anything

[@bsgambati1]

@Romanes eunt domus💥👊 Here in America, we don't tolerate that kind of crap, SIR!

[@aeonevilbarneyauttpathdtc2953]

​@@TheNintendochannel64So, what can i

[@aaronplummer8686]

0:23 reference to the Ramones song “Pinhead” and 0:29 reference to the Beatles song “I Am The Walrus”

[@borntoclimb7116]

One of my favorite old simpsons episodes

[@robbie_the_mastermind2176]

The animation looks amazing.

[@lupodelupis3672]

The quality of the animation in Homer's trip is out of mind!

[@joshbarreras7255]

0:50 Homer Speaking Gibberish

[@HBICTiff]

1:22-1:31 that’s pretty accurate to how i felt while tripping. Everything in the universe flows.

[@seanpatrickcain2]

1:56 Note to self: Stop doing anything

[@Starbat88]

He knows what he's doing.....

[@masterfarr8265]

0:17 best part

[@TheRoflcer]

The ending line on this video is my lesson learned.

[@driftliketokyo34ftw35]

1:26 I like how he says this line.