How Homer Simpson would stop nuclear meltdowns

[@AMW1able]

I like how the only thing Homer knows about doing his job is recognizing when it's his problem

[@Pringlesman]

That is pretty much the most accurate description of adult life I have ever heard.

[@IsrarTaj83]

Homer doesn't have a nuclear physics degree, and shouldn't have been given that job. He came in convinced Mr Burns, to give him one by saying, he do anything Mr Burns asked of him. Homer did at some point got a nuclear physics degree, (but that was after this episode), but it doesn't matter anyway, because he sleeps on the job the whole time, unless he's having lunch or taking a break.

[@sharp14x]

Thank god you don't manage a nuclear plant.

[@moo_im_a_cow]

IsrarTaj83 Homer never received a degree for anything as it isn't required for the job he holds. In the episode you are talking about he merely took one college course 'Nuclear Physics 101'.

[@mcrfan343]

This IS Springfield you know.

[@holyrazor_9944]

I think what’s most unrealistic about this scene is that Homer managed to complete one side of a rubix cube.

[@5688gamble]

That's because he is making the same elementary mistake everyone does when first attempting a cube: thinking that there is any point in completing a side at all, it may actually be a good thing if you are really good at it, but as a basic strategy, it is about as useless as a random mess, corners and crosses are the first priority.

[@azazelreeds]

@@5688gamble Doesn't the most basic way of solving a cube start with solving one side?

[@enki-enlil]

@@azazelreeds yeah lmao it's the basis of plenty of methods, commonly the layers

[@AlanGresov]

@@5688gamble not true at all, by understanding how the cube moves well enough to complete a side you can learn the way different pieces move, and then move the pieces so that the sides line up, from there you reason that the cube is composed of "layers" and start moving other pieces into place without permanently displacing what you've already organized, and so on

[@bilib1891]

Look at the colors around them, the side isn't even properly solved also notice that the animators completely screwed up as you can also see at 1:49 that there are 2 pieces with white on two sides.

[@jolo8224]

"Who would have thought that a Nuclear Reactor would be so complicated"

[@MrAntiKnowledge]

Nuclear reactors are just glorified boilers+steamturbines.

[@MrAntiKnowledge]

*nucular

[@Seoulmoonrhee]

MrAntiKnowledge nuclear, you had it right

[@Thezombieslayer175]

Jolo have * stupid

[@olstar18]

That line reminded me of trump.

[@Pixelcraftian]

I’ve never seen Homer actually do his job before, and it makes sense considering he basically guessed to save everybody’s lives.

[@shaytrueblueaussie]

Homer actually doing his job? *THAT IS MILLIONS TO ONE*

[@captaincornflake]

How do you already have ~70 likes after 9 hours on a 10 year old video I don't understand how you work man

[@thejudgefrom69]

You know my boss said something to me that made me laugh, if you guess and you guess it all correctly, you know it by instinct and you were meant for it. 😂😂

[@stevenruiz565]

How are you everywhere

[@KevetteofArethria]

You're literally on every video on KZbin.

[@muskyoxes]

I love how he accesses the exact right spot in his memory to solve the problem and replays it pefectly

[@raven4k998]

meh I don't like this channel change the channel

[@rodrigoalves-cg6xv]

@@raven4k998 wat

[@uranium54321]

_Wheel. Of. Fortune!!!!_

[@BurningBridgeStudios]

@@rodrigoalves-cg6xv 1:11

[@WolfyRed]

Vanellope

[@JesusBeatlejuice]

An un-requested fission surplus lol

[@aramach1335]

+Cullin Sinclaire I'm glad I'm not the only one nerdy enough to catch that ;)

[@erikk77]

+Cullin Sinclaire "un-requested fission surplus" - Meltdown in a nut shell.

[@bjgeantil]

chenroybl could of been prevented with "eenie meenie miny mo"

[@marshiemoon]

Cullin Sinclaire i resd tjisnas he said tht omg

[@arintheseatsesh6242]

STEFAZON500 don't go there. You're not smart enough.gargle razors

[@thenirvanafan7895]

"Crisis has been averted, everything is super"

[@ei551]

nirvanafan7895 WHY, SUPER WHY.

[@opalyxe1]

666 likes lol

[@PANZERFAUST90]

Hey I heard that line as well.

[@Cathrope1]

@@ei551 the song Everything is Awesome from the Lego movie could've played instead. And we don't want that right?

[@dannygjk]

@@PANZERFAUST90 Maybe since it has been ~6 months since your comment you have figured out why people do that?

[@sreddi83]

How good is Homer's memory?!! Especially for a chronic alcoholic

[@ussbased-a7074]

sreddi83 Very bad

[@chillmaster66]

beside the fact he didn't pay attention at all his memory seems to be quite good. he just did not give a fuck.

[@tonymontana3873]

@@chillmaster66 tbh u are a deadass right

[@causti9744]

Dude was making a Rubik's Cube during training and still got it right after all these years, what a legend

[@FireyDeath4]

Oh I thought it was just another fluke

[@Firesgone]

Considering that he had no idea what to do and his panic, he handled that pretty well. Even used a good chunk of the 5 minutes skimming the manual. The random button press didn't happen till there was no time for anything else.

[@raven4k998]

shame he didn't label that button push me to save your life in an emergency🤣

[@Ruosteinenknight]

@@raven4k998 Funnily enough, SCRAM-button is labeled. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/EBR-I_-_SCRAM_button.jpg/1920px-EBR-I_-_SCRAM_button.jpg

[@VeryPeeved]

@@raven4k998 honestly, that's more or less what the button should be labelled in the first place.

[@airiakizuki5592]

considering the town of Springfeild in the cartoon is full of bumbling morons there isnt actually anyone more qualified for the job homers got. they would just replace him with a different moron.

[@MrPerfect2000Z]

@@VeryPeeved Yeah you would think that those kind of buttons would be labelled. Even your most typical machinery has a little picture next to it to indicate what it does

[@FrenchNToasty]

No wonder Homer was distracted, his rubik's cube is impossible to solve with the white corners at 1:49 Actually all the corners in that frame are like that

[@curseds0ldier]

They switched colours after being injected with too much uranium.

[@theangrypotato2.031]

im fairly certain you can still solve a rubiks cube like that

[@DaddyVladiTV]

@@theangrypotato2.031 nope it would mean it would have 4 white faces when you can tell it is a standard cube with 6 x 2 x 3 color faces.

[@suoun6938]

@@theangrypotato2.031 Think about it, you can't move a corner out of the corner on a rubix cube. The rubix cube Homer is holding has a corner with a white surface pointing both up down and to the sides, that means that he no matter what he does the corner will always be white on more than 1 of the rubix cubes surfaces. And the whole point of solving the cube is that only one side can be 1 color

[@theangrypotato2.031]

@@suoun6938 No it most certainly is still possible, i doubt that the creators thought enough to make every part of his cube solvable, but 2 whites seemingly in the same corner is 1000% possible.

[@thefabulousgreenbean2194]

When the power went out at Fukushima, the engineers went into the parking lot and took the batteries from their cars, hooked them together and powered the equipment with the battery juice. .........For real

[@thefabulousgreenbean2194]

4exgold Given how the plant was situated, that does seem called for. Nature eventually does its stuff....

[@Kagemusha08]

+Cynthia Burkey Apparently there came a point where they went to try to buy fresh batteries from a store but the thing was closed due to the quake. Looking back on it now I'm pretty sure they would have been pardoned if they broke in...

[@thefabulousgreenbean2194]

Kagemusha08 Oh, absolutely. I never heard that. Those people are heroes!

[@Fangoros]

the reactor had many flaws in general which lead to the catastroph One new generation of reactors which seems very promising is the one of Thorium Reactors or Molten Salt reactor... look it up! I hate it (I know you guys didn't) when people always blame nuclear energy, even tho its one of the greatest invetions of the human history and try to find alternatives instead of trying to improve what we already have sure alternatives are great and should be used if they improve our energy problem, but why just throw all the developement that we already have just away

[@jessvagnar4957]

They had 6 (or more) generators, mainland hook up, and created power themselves, they also had days of battery back up. The tsunami flooded out the generators (they were below the new massive flood plain), the earthquake and tsunami destroyed the mainland power, and the nuclear reactor was shut down.

[@AndrewChapman]

"Do you even know what button you pushed?" "Sure, Moe. Which is where I'm going after work."

[@osakanone]

He hit AZ5. Thankfully he's using a Fissionator and its in a high energy state, not an RBMK in a low energy state.

[@historyscienceandcoolfunfacts]

@Rabea Halim meh, it was alright. Not great, but not terrible.

[@P.C_bug]

The moe was for mini mani MO

[@Fiufsciak]

@@osakanone What.

[@basteala525]

@@Fiufsciak Types of reactions RBMK was the kind of reactor used in Chernobyl with a critical design flaw. To make a long story short, the emergency shutdown CAUSED the meltdown.

[@jaythomas468]

For a show that’s supposed to be mostly a light-hearted parody of the American “nuclear family,” I remember seeing this episode as a kid for the first time and the tension that it built throughout the reactor meltdown scenes in the first half of the episode was palpable.

[@raven4k998]

after the meltdown we can expect

[@hobomike6935]

This was back in the 1990s when Chernobyl had just happened (1986) and nuclear holocaust scenarios were still fresh on everyone’s minds. (Both from power plants, and from the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, when everyone was still on edge of the mutually assured destruction tension between the USA and the union)

[@raven4k998]

@@hobomike6935 looks like it's the end

[@NoriMori1992]

Same. This is one of the few Simpsons scenes I saw as a kid, and I found it slightly terrifying 😅

[@Dexuz]

Hehe, nuclear

[@Treblaine]

"to prevent core meltdown press any key" "WHERE'S THE ANY KEY?"

[@JoshRendall]

I see esc, Ctrl and pg up. THERE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE ANY “ANY” KEY!

[@moro6140]

Oohhh....I think I'll order a tab

[@grf15]

I used to do computer support and quickly realized this was a common problem. I then decided to tell people to press "Y" for yest. Problem solved.

[@AbsoluteGarbage_1]

"to prevent prevent nuclear meltdown do nothing as it is fully automatic" "HOW DO I DO NOTHING?"

[@AbsoluteGarbage_1]

@@grf15 ∞ IQ

[@yoshibutkagekira7899]

comrade dyatlov trying to control the chernobyl meltdown (circa. 1986)

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Accurate until the ending, probably

[@napstab100k]

Oh. Thats why this is in my recommended.

[@crackyoinnoriaki1039]

I guess you can say Chernobyl bitza dusto

[@JohnDoe-vn1we]

So you watched a exagerated HBO show and now you are an expert? Please don't breed your kind of stupid need to be stopped.

[@crackyoinnoriaki1039]

John Doe stfu who said he was trying to be an expert if anything he was most likely trying to make a joke

[@rcm926]

Surely if it's one button the smart thing to do would be to wire it to the alarm so when the alarm goes off it pushes it automatically.

[@DonkeyFrog]

Its a cartoon...come on

[@spindash64]

Lara Stroud Yeah. Funny thing about Chernobyl is that it’s almost like they were TRYING to make it meltdown, since they did failure testing while the MAIN TECHNICIANS WERE ASLEEP. And the engineer who built it only built bridges and Dams prior

[@TheDaxter11]

spindash64 mustve been the work of the slitheen

[@Plexiscore]

Ikr, the writers must've been pretty stupid not to make it automatic!

[@PANZERFAUST90]

or really, when the alarm goes on

[@BenCol]

The animation in this segment is phenomenal - what with the lighting, and the flashing buttons. You can tell a lot of hard work went into it. Must be some of the best animation in the show's run - and considering that this was before they started using computers, that's saying something. And the music too is very good at building tension - why the Simpsons producers decided to fire Alf Clausen I'll never know.

[@MarsofAritia]

yeah sure hope those koreans got paid well for it

[@DantesHaven]

Who replaced Alf Clausen?

[@Ashpkfmdmdmdmd]

thomasthecricketlege wait, korean also animate simpson?

[@MarsofAritia]

koreans animate everything. its much cheaper

[@Ashpkfmdmdmdmd]

thomasthecricketlege really? I awlays wonder why are there so many well known cartoon like Amazing Gumball, some bear cartoon thing, simpson and so on.

[@isaacyuhas2134]

DO YOU KNOW WHAT BUTTON YOU PUSHED?!? Sure, Mo

[@Apemopo]

MOEEEEEE~

[@analothor]

the ugliest button

[@bjgeantil]

's tavern

[@stephanelaliberte1538]

One of the best quotes EVER!

[@DakariKingMykan]

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe... Is Homer a Hero? the answer is "No"

[@xspeederzetc.381]

Chernobyl disaster wouldn't have happened if Homer is in charge on the nuclear reactor

[@loiclangers7010]

*wouldn't have happened

[@P7777-u7r]

Except the emergency override switch on a RBMK causes a surge in power so it would have exploded

[@mechadoggy]

Chernobyl disaster wouldn’t have happened if, say, they actually housed their nuclear reactor in something more substantial than a mere warehouse for crying out loud

[@hueylongdong347]

@@mechadoggy Buuuuut it's cheaper

[@mechadoggy]

H U E Y L O N G D O N G well yeah, they had to go cheaper due to the terrible communist economy

[@samuelcotler8804]

“Okay okay don’t panic whose ever problem this I’m sure they can handle it. It’s my Problem! WE’RE DOOMED!!!!” .....Homer is definitely me in a crisis.

[@raven4k998]

you worry to much if you screw things up your dead problem solved🤣

[@LagunaShirogane]

Im so not selecting you to save my life then LOL

[@raven4k998]

@@LagunaShirogane it's ok he may get you killed with his panic attacks🤣

[@AbsoluteGarbage_1]

it should be the problem of autocontrol

[@99thJediWarrior]

2:06 - 2:15 The music makes this moment all the more stressful. Probably the most tense Eenie Meenie Minie Moe game EVER!

[@raven4k998]

why oh why do they make critical mass seem like a bad thing is beyond me it has nothing at all to do with a nuclear meltdown at all🤣

[@zarc745]

I was very surprised that homer even remembered when his trainer told him about a certain button for core meltdown, normally a vast majority of those being trained don't remember the most critical things for work.

[@mooganify]

He still didn’t really know it, he recalled the memory but not what button exactly

[@skell6134]

​@@mooganifyAtleast he knew that this button existed in first place, if he didnt he would've probably just layed down beneath a table waiting for his demise,lol

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

@@skell6134 And even then it was still guesswork. Because he wasn't exactly paying attention to WHICH button was the override. The rhyme actually saved him here in a panic.

[@skell6134]

@@Gaia_BentosZX5 Better to know that there is something you can do even if you might guess wrong i suppose

[@AbsoluteGarbage_1]

it is a button, it is red, it says "SCRAM" on it COME ON HOW HARD COULD IT BE. (yes I know it can be a switch)

[@Just_som_Ottur]

Funny that this came up in my recs after watching cherynobyl

[@EatMoreChikenOrElse]

Travis Storm funny? Google knows our every move

[@ravibadola4934]

Its not funny at all , neither comparin with chernobyl nor the fact that google knows

[@johnames6430]

not really, I made a google search for cherynobyl and these videos started showing up in my recommended

[@unfunnyguy1377]

This was in my recommendations after watching Chernobyl in a nutshell.

[@Sawyer14]

Shut up! They’re listening!

[@mikegualjr]

Best tiny little joke is Mr Burns thumbnail on news story, he’s rocking hair haha! Amazing attention to detail always and endless comedy forever

[@811chelseafc]

I love how the music plays to his “eenie meeny miney moe”

[@MarkClox]

😂😂

[@2drad279]

Its called "mickey mousing" when music plays along with action on screen

[@cannonfodder4000]

its so good!

[@ExecutiveSonda]

This scene is so intense, yet filled with funny jokes. One of the best simpsons moments for me,

[@raven4k998]

Noise..... bad Noise

[@peoples2296]

The thing I'm most amazed about is that Homer even had a Rubik's cube to begin with, let alone being interested in it enough to ignore knowing what shiny button to press.

[@richardkey4289]

Remember, an easy way to solve a Rubik's cube, is to pipma corner square off with a butter knife, then disassemble & reassemble. Of course, there's smart people who can solve it honestly faster than my cheating technique !!!

[@NerdyCatCoffeeee]

he was young and stupid

[@DundG]

And the cube is unsolvable. Has 2 white sides on the same part, which means this cube has 2 white sides. But it has 7 colors, on a 6 sided cube. A color to much. This is an idiot cube for distraction!

[@nicandknacksandseans]

You'll note that even all those years later the damn thing still wasn't solved

[@connorbredall3112]

Reporter: People are calling this gambling. EA: Ohh, gambling. It's one of those annoying buzz words. I prefer to call them Surprise Mechanics.

[@mooganify]

LOL

[@raven4k998]

@@mooganify Noise Bad Noise

[@BonnieCool_007]

Electronic arts?

[@connorbredall3112]

@@BonnieCool_007 Yes that is what I was referring to.

[@buildertherobloxian4731]

2:06 Love the Syncing of the Music.

[@rsdeadspace19]

0:09 how I feel everytime I'm last alive in csgo

[@nzmassive]

leroy296.... lol.... thankz my friend.... i love time stampz....

[@Profkol0rado]

Same

[@EclipseStudio]

AZ-5?

[@coupa10]

Not great, not terrible :(

[@stradi7128]

@@coupa10 He's delusional, get him out of here!

[@SAOrules]

You didn’t see graphite

[@vervluukt]

@@SAOrules There is no graphite! That's cause the core didn't explode!

[@gamer39985]

Equivalent to a chest x-ray.

[@MrDuncanBelfast]

Brace yourselves. The HBO Chernobyl memes are coming...

[@wizar6712]

"Ill do it"

[@falloutfan6649]

Oh they were here before you commented lol

[@vipermustang42]

"It's not 3 Roentgen, it's 15,000."

[@sammitchellchannel8944]

Your comment is not great not terrible

[@DASCO2136]

He’s delusional, get him out of here

[@Kaidantonio333]

Gotta acknowledge how beautiful the animation was for a TV cartoon back in it's day.

[@raven4k998]

oh no it's my problem were doomed🤣

[@StarlingASMR]

A true professional 💜

[@splorgify]

Your the person I expected to see commenting.

[@hylianro]

>asmr channel

[@gabriellightsworn8153]

Homer does he gets a medal I do it and I get evaluated for mental disorder

[@PoleTooke]

"Do you even know what button you pushed?" "Sure, Moe." 😂😂😂

[@raven4k998]

why would you care he stopped the reactor from melting down not everyone can pull that one off who cares if he has to do some stupid game to pick the correct button atleast he pushed the correct button and stopped the meltdown🤣

[@AlejandroRamos-ek4jz]

​@@raven4k998 2:23

[@raven4k998]

@@AlejandroRamos-ek4jz exactly he stopped the melt down the Russians couldn't do that one with Chernobyl think about it think about it

[@Glowingeyes99]

​@@raven4k998 He's mad at homers incompetence. He literally didn't know what he even did to save the day. Doesn't matter that be saved the day, it was through luck. Are you saying send him back to it and test luck again?

[@Glowingeyes99]

​@@raven4k998 The Russians couldn't have done a single thing to step that meltdown. Once it was gone there was no going back. It's not like the Simpsons where you press a single button to stop everything. The engineering of the rbmk followed by mistakes and poor decision making by the humans working that day is what led to the meltdown. Modern reactors would never cause such an issue even if the same people in 1986 were working on a modern reactor.

[@shimizukebin]

lol this was uploaded 5 days after the fukushima nuclear disaster...

[@guiltypleasures01]

I'm assuming that's why he says Simpsons, support Japan in the description box.

[@suchawow]

Who'd think a nuclear reactor would be so complicated?

[@thefabulousgreenbean2194]

the comments on this thread are priceless

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Sounds like drumpft on healthcare.

[@alexscher1609]

Well Homer, if you're a nuclear safety inspector the job is gonna be complicated

[@warrocketajax373]

It's actually not that complicated at all if you understand its basic principles.

[@zSTALKn]

Deadly lazers

[@TarotVylan]

"Unrequested Fission Surplus" is exactly how executives would phrase a nuclear meltdown

[@raven4k998]

nope cause Chernobyl three mile island or Fukushima weren't called an unrequested fission surplus

[@Mantium47]

​@@raven4k998you sound like a fun person

[@raven4k998]

@@Mantium47 you want to party let go girl your bring the margaritas🤣🤣🤣

[@Mantium47]

@@raven4k998 weird

[@raven4k998]

@@Mantium47 your a strangle little duck but I still love you just the same

[@maggyliciousss]

2:07 love how the music and his lil song is totally on beat in this moment 😆

[@Sonicandlaytonfan]

2:25 The rival power plant boss throwing his glasses to the ground in a rage kills me for some reason lol

[@jjarichardson]

I have a theory Homer is actually a nuclear physics genius who can manage the reactor without effort. How else could he keep the job?

[@carultch]

Either that, or all of his coworkers are in massive denial of his incompetence.

[@carultch]

I.e. denial.

[@raymondherrera6301]

Or mr.burns wanted some schmuck to get far less pay than normal at tht position

[@TheMegaultrachicken]

Mr Burns just gave him the job not caring how trained he was. He doesn't even remember Homer's name or that he exists until Smithers answers for him when he sees him and asks what's his name

[@belgiumcomics2537]

Maybe he is a genius but he is unaware of it.

[@EricToTheScionti]

2:05 GOD. that alarm and piani jingle is insanely genius

[@raven4k998]

Noise bad noise🤣

[@Sonicrunner2010]

"Thank you, Homer, for saving my plant WITH THAT IDIOTIC RHYMING! *DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT BUTTON YOU PUSHED?!"* "Sure, Moe."

[@gedaman]

“An un-requested fission surplus” That’s good PR spin.

[@reginaldmustardbacon5866]

Just the normal coporate lingo xD Trying to atleast make yourself look good even when you know it's bs

[@ThisCharmingMan1984]

Reginald Mustard Bacon I love that, at the same time Mr. Burns was on the phone to Kent Brockman, telling people not to panic; he was being quickly helped into a radiation suit by Smithers haha. I also love the photo of Mr. Burns, on the news, with him wearing that exquisite hairpiece haha. It’s just a superb episode. 😀👍

[@AbsoluteGarbage_1]

also a heat, power negative water surplus

[@abe881]

0:37 Why are Homer's pupils so smoothly animated?

[@xtSUN8IK4]

don't know bro

[@malephus316]

I love it that after all that time he still hadn't solved the Rubik's cube haha

[@raven4k998]

well atleast he can get lucky and stop the meltdown everytime🤣

[@PaceFilmsProductions]

I always find it interesting how there is an episode in season 1 that pretty explicitly shows how Homer became the safety inspector for the plant yet practically every flashback in all other episodes show or reference him to having always worked in that specific position.

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

5 minutes till the reactor can sustain nuclear fission🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aeroandspace]

The amount of damage this portrayal of nuclear power plants has done to the environment is unfathomable lol

[@r3ked272]

I mean, it's portrayed as extremely simple to keep from it melting down, Homer's just dumb

[@Captain.Mystic]

The simpsons has always portrayed nuclear power as a sympathetic use. Its just that the two people least qualified to keep it safe(burns for funding prevention measures, homer for monitoring) are the ones front in center to do so.

[@Jenna_Talia]

​@@Captain.MysticPart of is is also people failing to realize that the simpsons is filled with stereotypes and shouldn't be relied on for even semi-good depictions of power sources.

[@Kyryyn_Lyyh]

Wrong and unfunny, delete.

[@linear1224]

Very informative, more people need to know about this.

[@BonnieCool_007]

2:06 i am like how music make this moment more scary

[@luxzord865]

I believe the reason because Homer was able to keep his job so far is that Smithers, not Burns because he never remembers him, knows that any competent Security Inspector would report to the authorities the many failures that the Power Plant has, and that would lead to it's closure

[@raven4k998]

well with all his failures he at least has never had a meltdown which is impressive when you think about it seriously how many meltdowns happen with more competent people in charge of the reactor

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

Homer has gotten fired in numerous episodes.

[@Aussie50InspiredDavidZ]

Homer was actually hired by Mr.Burns. He was rejected by Mr. Smithers during his interview for the Nuclear Power Plant position. He got the job because he basically told Mr.Burns that he could be his punching bag. Simpsons season 3, episode 12.

[@Jenna_Talia]

​@@raven4k998Not many, actually. The proportions of nuclear power plant related deaths/injuries to fossil fuel power plant related deaths/injuries is staggering. Like in the grand scheme of things, nuclear reactors are beyond safe. Especially with thorium.

[@TomBrennan183]

​@@raven4k9981. Chernobyl was literally the only meltdown in history.

[@Eidako]

"Five minutes before critical mass." Critical mass is the minimum amount of fissile material to sustain a reaction...I'd kinda hope a nuclear power plant would have critical mass happening at any given time.

[@Olliethelabradane]

Im glad someone else knew that lol

[@djh0591]

Boy, I really hope someone got fired for that blunder!

[@fissionphoenix4995]

@@djh0591 honestly that was one of the few parts of this sequence I thought was supposed to be funny even for people who do work with nuclear power.

[@raven4k998]

@@Olliethelabradane so what does critical mass have to do with a meltdown cause I doubt the amount of fissionable material in the core is not going to be reduced from the core till after the melt down when it melts down and out of the reactor core

[@darthutah6649]

I guess they meant supercritical mass.

[@InkyDave1928]

2:06 I love how the dramatic music links up with Homer's rhyme

[@elmexiyankee]

A high risk job is a well paid one. Now I know how Homer is able to afford a 2 story house and take care of 3 children. Eye opening. 👀

[@raven4k998]

do real nuclear power plant computer systems say everything is super for real when you stop a melt down?

[@AbsoluteGarbage_1]

@@raven4k998 no, nuclear power plants do not have automatic PA systems, the PA system is controlled by a person. also that IS NOT SUPER AT ALL!

[@AbsoluteGarbage_1]

definitely high risk with this powerplant not having any automatic / manual safety systems, trying to get a power plant like this inspected would get the owner charged for attempted mass murder, even by the standards back then.

[@Adam-vo6tv]

An un-requested fission surplus, that's genius.

[@TnT_F0X]

The ironic part being a Nuclear plant isn't that complicated... Moderators, Fuel Rods, and Shielding are really the only parts, the complex part is the math and changing the three parts to keep things smooth... Wait Math... Homer? WE'RE DOOMED!!!!

[@TlalocTemporal]

Don't forget the coolant systems, Three Mile Island was caused by a faulty valve that let all the water out.

[@TnT_F0X]

@@TlalocTemporal yeah, and they vented steam in Japan a few years back. I played Nuclearcraft! :D That's the same as being a nuclear engineer right?

[@ksenomorf333]

lol homer discovered the higgs bosom 14 years before it was discovored irl

[@dudono1744]

@@ksenomorf333 Actually that equation was written by a scientist working on Higgs' boson.

[@MrLethalShots]

@@dudono1744 You mean Higgs? The guy it is literally named after?

[@igorwojtyna2158]

Since it didn't explode it's clearly an RBMK reactor as they do not explode

[@3User]

I know you're making a joke on the chernobyl show, but that shit ain't an rbmk reactor nigga

[@ThePimpinator]

lol

[@mtnd02.06]

@Sir Soviet Bear The Fifth Cause someone else might not know it's a joke.

[@pedromiranda5448]

@@3User why u so mad?

[@pedromiranda5448]

@@3User stop fucking with other people's jokes pls

[@StreakzIV]

How is nobody talking about the fact he said he confidently said he picked “mo” as in “Meltdown Override” man knew exactly what he was doing

[@thewewguy8t88]

wow i can actually feel the intenestanty homer is feeling at 2:06

[@lennardtackett]

intensity?

[@thewewguy8t88]

yeah its just super mega intense for me.

[@JeffreyOsb]

EUROBEAT INTENSIFIES!!!!

[@jaydenpaulus4423]

I love that they made the musical rhythm in the background at 2:05 match Homer's eeny meeny miny moe.

[@GhostSkeleton]

Moe will be so happy knowing his name pick saved everyone

[@exulan9570]

You didnt see graphite BECAUSE ITS NOT THERE!!!

[@jackgaulsfitnessvlog4802]

Yes!

[@SAOrules]

It’s the feed water, he’s been round it all night

[@3User]

You know the show's good and all but I'm getting tired of seeing the same comments over and over and over and over and over again

[@jackgaulsfitnessvlog4802]

@@3User why are you here then lol U dont like it leave

[@3User]

@@jackgaulsfitnessvlog4802 alright first of all, I have every right to be here, this video isn't on the chernobyl show, it's on the simpsons, second of all I never said I didn't like it, the show was great, but I'm getting tired of seeing the same comments being posted again and again, they were a bit funmy the first time but quickly got old

[@ShepardOfSheps]

in season 5 they have a dog just in case homer forgets where the button is

[@TheSkully343]

Meltdown averted... Good boy!

[@MrSniperfox29]

Shows they had learnt their lesson. Then again, that meltdown was caused by Homer sleeping on a big red button marked KABOOOM!

[@thewewguy8t88]

Hey recently they made so leney is on charge of the real control panel which is right next to homers.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

If Frank Grimes were in this episode and watching Homer, he'd stare him the same way he did when Homer just dumped a bucket of water on the control panel! XD

[@HooyahPeacock]

Ohhhh grimey

[@punker4Real]

homer did that once to order a new controller (when he needs bart to accompany a new one to get a free ride home)

[@officerspider7996]

Grimey would straight up die of how lucky and fortunate of him to press the 1 right button out of the dozens that could’ve killed them

[@notsmii7y]

I’m 100% sure grimes would have shot himself or homer in anger

[@richardkey4289]

Grimey, he liked to be called!

[@redotamatone2731]

2:06 I like how the start of Homer singing Eeny Meeny Miny Moe is in sync with the music in the background.

[@KneeCapHill]

I miss home being somewhat competent and realizing the seriousness of situations

[@RetroFiles]

This scene gives a Eerie feeling, Where it shows the intensity of such situation of dealing in a brink of Nuclear Meltdown. The Lighting being red and the Music along with the doors being shut, Only further intensives the feeling of Intensity of the situation, in which not only creates the mood of uncertainty but also establishes the concept ether Do or Die in which means he can't escape and only has the option to ether fix the problem or let the Nuclear Meltdown occur. It showing Moe's Bar and the Retirement home symbolizes those who could also very well die if said Nuclear reactor meltdown occurs, It show that if the Meltdown occurs, It wouldn't just kill homer, But also everyone in the town within the blast radius and those who do not evacuate within a given time before exposure to Radioactivity. While showing Marge symbolizes part of what Homer has to lose being with for the rest of his life, If He didn't Succeed.

[@carultch]

Just like in Apres Hank La Deluge, where Hank had to open the flood gates on a small section of Arlen to avert flooding all of Heimlich County.

[@dubsy1026]

Dale Gribble nuclear reactors don't blow up idiot. They can't carry out a chain reaction that fast, because they run on low enrrichment Uranium, and work with slow neutrons, unlike all nuclear bombs.

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

@@dubsy1026 Although nuclear reactors technically do not experience nuclear explosions, they can have eruptions (including but not limited to actual secondary explosions) having enough power to eject radioactive stuff into the rest of the world, as proven by Chernobyl and Fukushima. And Three Mile Island was a close call.

[@mooganify]

I’m sure everyone would have died

[@PerfectAzrael]

Yes. I also watched the video.

[@47of74]

0:56 D'oh! Whod've thought a nuclear reactor would be so complicated?!

[@dannygjk]

Classic Homer XD

[@jimmythornseed8605]

Reminds me of Trump. "Who would have thought healthcare could be so complicated?"

[@josecolon2717]

Jesse Green not me, because I learned how to deal with pretty much everything nuclear when I was 12... it’s not so hard if you know the math and chemistry behind it

[@josecolon2717]

JOHN S I know, it's a diverse community

[@WinderBlitz]

this is by far one of the most tense moments in the whole series.

[@raven4k998]

did you tape Moe under the over ride button on Homers Console?

[@beep3527]

0:24 Reminds me of the time when EA said "They’re not loot boxes, they’re surprise mechanics"

[@mikegualjr]

The ‘ah shut up’ at warning is me not needing the audio directions on Google maps when travelling

[@lvolendrungl3362]

Footage from Inside Chernobyl during the meltdown April the 26th 1986 Colorized.

[@lufetm]

Actually in Chernobyl button fucked everything up

[@BadBame962]

2:06 When class is about to end and you need to finish the hard multiple choice question to finish

[@heyhococo]

"Aah! It's as fat as a phone book!" No, it's as fat as a manual for a nuclear fission reactor.

[@haychee7553]

+Call me Smith He said Cat not bad

[@oluftheexplorer9476]

Not sure how YOU know that, but ok. Regardless, what's so complex about a nuclear reactor? It's just a glorified boiler and steam turbine.

[@dubsy1026]

Oluf The Explorer coolant loops, backups, oh so many failsafes, dozens of control rods, SCRAM controls, refueling machinery, hot boxes, and that's just for starters. A manual has to include EVERYTHING. And there is an awful lot of auxillary stuff in a nuclear power plant, so that would all be in their. They really are very complicated. The basic principle is not, but the second you get into details, it gets more and more complex.

[@PANZERFAUST90]

hurr durr That was the joke, smart one.

[@JamesV1]

Wow, you got the joke.

[@Tucker11111111]

That Wheel of Fortune bit was brilliant. In those days my grandparents would watch that show ALL THE TIME.

[@raven4k998]

what's the big deal it's critical mass it's not like the core is actually melting down or anything like that🤣 also pushing a button seems to stop the issue immediately not sure that how it works in a real nuclear reactor🤣

[@Zordiak]

"It's my problem. WE'RE DOOMED" Sums up how I feel about my job lol

[@andrewworley4401]

The best part was when he said it was his problem, were doomed.

[@Cyber_One]

In Portal 2: Warning! Core overheating. Nuclear meltdown imminent.

[@stevema2]

"Do you even know what button you pushed?" "Sure, Moe!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

1:56 I love how homer blames his rubix cube despite it was his own fault being distracted by his own rubix cube.

[@thescarletemperor64]

This is why buttons need labels

[@FroBoy696]

I like how homer still has that Rubik's Cube from when he first started at the plant lol.

[@raven4k998]

15 seconds to core meltdown🤣

[@lt3880]

"unrequested fission surplus" was the original "rapid uncheduled disassembly"

[@The_House_Always_Wins]

“We like to call it an unrequested fission surplus” lmao

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

He averted the crisis so hard, he conjured a suit to wear and a group of people to talk to...

[@raven4k998]

well it goes to show How Homers mind works play a game to pick the right one and it give his weak mind the time it needs to access and recall the information on how to override the meltdown with the emergency override button which he clearly remembered because how else does he keep hitting the correct button each and every time the core starts melting down

[@twisting_badger]

To give credit to Homer, he did what he could at the heat of the moment. Sure, he could of payed attention to his training, but they could've labeled the button.

[@Kakarot64.]

"Pfffttt labelling buttons we cant be doing that do you have any idea how much ink costs" -Mr Burns

[@ChasingCloudsTTV]

Homer should've been at reactor #4 in Chernobyl

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Eeny meeny miny moe !

[@GenericGoogleAccount]

Chernobyl was run by people like Homer apparently, the plant being run by unqualified staff contributed to the disaster

[@AbsoluteGarbage_1]

well he was, and his clones too

[@JustAGuyProduction]

I feel the exact same way when I figure out its my problem to solve at work. "We're screwed!"

[@raven4k998]

*snoring a sleep* Huh? Noise Bad Noise!!!!!

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

when you and your boss are the only employees that showed up that day 😅

[@AdmiralSpaceballs]

0:15 probably mo favorite Simpson quote

[@wildwest1832]

I never realized how ironic it is at 1:18 they change the channel to wheel of fortune as homer is relying on random luck to stop the meltdown.

[@stupendous7848]

Wow. Homer’s completed more of a rubix cube than I ever have.

[@raven4k998]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewszombie]

"It's my problem!! Were doomed!!" 😂😂😂

[@burstitdown9440]

14 commercials to skip before I could watch this KZbin is getting ridiculous

[@ScottAFrizzell]

3.6 Roentgens, not great, not terrible

[@RealGateGuardian]

Explain why?

[@redditonvhs9558]

@@RealGateGuardian it's a quote from the Chernobyl movie.

[@Juzimaster]

@@redditonvhs9558 It's mini series, not a movie.

[@warrocketajax373]

It's not 3 Roentgen, it's 15,000.

[@AbsoluteGarbage_1]

if it was 3.6 roentgens everything will NOT be super

[@WonkyTonkBotty]

1:22 - Wow, he's self-aware!

[@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956]

I forget how much I loved the animation in the earlier seasons

[@roddydykes7053]

"Noise? Bad noise!" Lmao

[@성명민]

1:55 take a button take a button, take a button, no one potato two potato, three potato, four no wait! bubble gum bubble gum *fifteen seconds to core meltdown. XD

[@planetX15]

pick a button*

[@ivanleonhart3466]

Theo P Pretty sure it’s “Pick” a button. Doesn’t sound anything like “Take”.

[@IrishGary1]

his face after he says "it's showtime" always makes me laugh

[@raven4k998]

it's an unrequested fission surplus

[@scpguy1381]

The amount of inaccuracies is so headache indusing