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"The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" is an episode of The Simpsons. The episode is considered to be non-canon , because at the end of the episode they are removed from their city never to return again, which is not true to the episodes coming after it.
Synopsis Homer shows up to work, but no one lets him in. Lenny and Carl stop by and tell him the plant is closed; everyone else was informed via e-mail. Homer decides to buy a computer. The best one costs $5,000 and Homer must start a fifth mortgage. After he gives up on learning how to use it, Lisa sets up the computer. Homer quickly catches on and starts his own webpage, which contains copyrighted material from other pages. To avoid getting sued, Homer calls himself "Mr. X". When no one visits his page, Homer posts a rumor that Mayor Quimby spent the street repair fund on a secret swimming pool. The rumor is later proven to be true. Homer later decides to post more rumors and keep digging and probing until everyone is in jail. He later uncovers that Apu is selling week-old donuts as bagels, a police scandal, and that Mr. Burns is selling uranium to terrorists. Mr. X wins the Pulitzer Prize, but when Homer hears the cash reward is going to starving children because no one knows who Mr. X is, he reveals that he is Mr. X. With the whole town aware of Homer's double identity, no one wants to talk to him. As his webpage's popularity goes down, Homer posts made-up stories. As Homer's page gets popular again, he gets kidnapped. Homer wakes up on "the Island", a strange community straight out of The Prisoner (with the exception of the name, which in The Prisoner is "the Village".) Everyone there has a secret that a powerful organization doesn't want to share with the world. Homer learns that one of his stories was true (the story he was captured for indicated that flu shots control your mind). While he is trapped, Homer is replaced at home by an impersonator with a German accent. Homer gets help from Number Six (voiced by Patrick McGoohan) and escapes the island. He returns home and defeats his German double. However, the entire family is drugged by the dog and taken back to the Island, where they are quite happy. Trivia Quotes Homer: Oh it is wonderful. Truly God's country! (a koala comes up and removes his mardi gras mask, clouding the camera with tear gas) Homer (drugged): See you on...the Island. Lisa (drugged): Yes...the Island. Number Two: Why did you think a big balloon would stop him? Female scientist: Shut up! That's why! Fake Homer: (German accent) Marge, honey, fräulein, I'm home. Marge: You're not my husband! Fake Homer: Ja, please forgive my unexplained two week absence. To make it up to you, we will go out to a sensibly priced restaurant, then have a night of efficient German sex. Marge: Well, I sure don't feel like cooking. Bart: There's something different about you, Dad. Fake Homer: I am a new tie wearing. Bart: Oh yeah... Wiggum: I know, I know. But I assure you, the police do not let prisoners out of their cells and race them...anymore. Phil: What about using the electric chair to cook chicken? Wiggum: Okay, this press conference is over. Arab Terrorist: Mr. Burns, you are a credit to the Great Satan. Burns: Oh, please. Homer (observing from an air vent): I love spying. (one of the terrorists takes a uranium rod, which begins emitting fumes) Burns: Don't worry about those fumes. They'll be sucked into that air vent. (the fumes go into the shaft. Homer groans and his notebook falls out. Burns sees it and puts the notebook back in) This place is falling apart! Bart: I got suspended from school today. Homer: No kidding. Lisa, what do you think? It's great, isn't it? Just say it's great if you'd like. Bart: They found a switchblade in my locker. Lisa: Well, a webpage is supposed to be a personal thing. You've just stolen copyrighted material from everyone else. They could sue you for that. Bart: I took a swing at a cop. Homer: They can't sue me if they don't know who I am. I'll just call myself "Mr. X". (types "Mr. X" into his webpage) Bart: I'm just mad all the time. Homer: Yup, ya can't go wrong with Mr. X. Agnes (in another room): Seymour, are you looking at pictures of naked ladies?! Skinner: No, Mother. Agnes: You sissy! Wiggum icon: If you have committed a crime and you would like to confess, click "yes". Otherwise, click "no". (Homer clicks "no") You have chosen "no", meaning you have committed a crime, but do not want to confess. A paddywagon is now speeding your home. Homer: Hey! Wiggum icon: While you wait, why not buy a police cap or t-shirt? You have the right to remain fabulous! Carl: The public should be warned. I wish Mr. X were here. Homer (slyly): Oh, I don't know, Carl. He might be closer then you think. Carl: Are you him? Are you Mr. X? Homer: No! Carl: But you talk in that real sly voice. (aloud) Hey everybody, Homer's Mr. X! Homer: I am not! (slyly) Or am I? Lenny: Are you? Homer: No! Moe: Well, if Mr. X were here right now, I'd buy him a tall frosty. Homer: Hey, Moe, can you keep a secret? Moe: No. Homer: Not even a little one? Moe: No! Homer: What if I just whisper it? Moe: No, I tell's ya! Man 1: This is...the Island. Homer: How do I get out? Man 2: Oh, no one leaves the...Island. Homer: So I'm a prisoner? How come? Man 1: Because you know something. Homer: But I don't know anything. At least, I don't think I do. Man 1: See you tomorrow. Homer: No you won't! (darts into a British Red telephone box) Hello, operator? I'd like to report a really weird island! Please send lots of rescue copters to... (the phone emits some kind of nerve gas)(drugged) Somewhere...alright...whatever. (passes out) Homer: I am not a number! I am a man, and don't you ever...oh wait... (He notices a button on his shirt with a "5" on it) Homer: I'm Number Five. Ha-ha! In your face, Number Six! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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