"The Homer They Fall" is the third episode of The Simpsons' eighth season and originally aired November 10, 1996. This limited edition has been inspired by this episode and is a hand painted limited edition on a giclee background and comes with a certificate of authenticity. We wants this one, don't we Precious! The Simpson family visits a high-tech gadget store and Bart buys a gimmicky utility belt from Comic Book Guy, which he cannot return due to no proof of purchase for $4. He shows off its features to his classmates until he is beaten up by Dolph, Jimbo and Kearney, who steal the belt. In response, Homer decides to talk with the bullies' fathers at Moe's Tavern, but he is also beaten; however, they are unnerved when they cannot even knock Homer down and are then chased away by a shotgun-wielding Moe. Moe is impressed by Homer's ability to absorb punishment and suggests he take up boxing, with Moe – a failed boxer himself – as his trainer and manager. Marge is appalled by the idea, but a medical test diagnoses Homer with a rare genetic abnormality effectively rendering him near-invulnerable to knockout punches. However, while training, it is discovered that Homer is a weak puncher, and is so out of shape that throwing one punch completely exhausts him. Moe strategizes that Homer should stand still in the ring and let his opponents exhaust themselves trying to knock him out and then knock them down with a tap. Homer does well in his first fights, mostly facing underfed hobo opponents who cannot force Homer to fall. At every match, he follows Moe's advice and starts to gain widespread attention. Moe's former boxing manager, Lucius Sweet visits Moe and announces that the current Heavyweight Champion, Drederick Tatum is being released from prison and is ready for a comeback fight, and Sweet wants Tatum to fight Homer. Moe, despite knowing full well that Tatum is far too good for a fighter of Homer's ability, still wants to take his last shot at the big time and promises Sweet that Homer will last three rounds with Tatum. Tatum is paroled and the media begins hyping the fight. The odds against Homer are 1000–1 and everybody believes that Homer will lose. Even Homer himself visualizes that the only way he could win is if a heart defect fells Tatum before entering the ring. Marge makes Moe promise her that the moment Homer is in any danger, he will throw in the towel. But after Marge leaves, Moe throws away the towel in a garbage can. The fight starts and it is soon obvious that Homer cannot withstand Tatum's fearsome barrage and is in danger of being knocked out within six seconds. Homer decides to fight back, but misses completely. Moe, seeing Homer get destroyed, flees. As Tatum readies himself to deliver the final blow, Moe flies in using the Fan Man's paramotor and carries Homer away, saving him. Outside the arena, Homer thanks Moe for saving him and Tatum shows respect for the love Moe showed for Homer. Sweet declares that Moe will always be a loser but still gives him a check for a hundred thousand dollars. Moe starts up the paramotor and flies off into the night. During the credits he is seen helping people around the world with the paramotor. |