Rate & Review "Homer To The Max"

[Charlie]

I recently saw this on the "Dark Secrets of the Simpsons" DVD. I had seen it on it's first airing but not since. Seeing it again, I realized it is one of the better episodes of Season 10 (IMO on par with "Mayored To The Mob"). It's not as good as "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" but was still very enjoyable. I liked the whole opening scene, as well as the line "Thai good. You like shirt?". Acts 2 and 3 were also very strong.

EDIT: I just rewatched it, and I would now grade it an A-. I can also remember parts that are really good: "And if there's room lots of exclamation points and a pirate flag". Also, as Joel Duffman pointed out, "Nobody snuggles with Max Power. You strap yourself in and feel the G's!". I also like Marge after Homer says that, because she is petrified and yells "OH LORD!"

[I_love_potatoes]

i have not yet seen it, sad as it may seem. I have not seem much of the famous tenth series. I don't think so, anyway.

Actually, the tenth series cant be that famous or I would have seen it.

[Joel Duffman]

Homer To The Max was a very strong episode. The jokes started right from the beginning and carried all the way until the closing credits (Hootie McBoob?). The scene in the beginning with the TV executives deciding on what kind of show to green-light was hilarious (Badge Patrol?). Homer was decisive and seemed like a "business guy" and that was funny for so many reasons. First of all Mr. Burns can't remember one thing about Homer but when he changed his name Burns wants to be chums with Max Power. Also Max Power doesnt snuggle, you strap yourself and feel the G's! These traits are so out of character for Homer but he was able to change his personality so easily as soon as he changed his name. A classic! A

[Nameless]

very overrated.

C-

[Thats A Paddlin]

5/5: Pure classic

[Charlie]

i have not yet seen it, sad as it may seem. I have not seem much of the famous tenth series. I don't think so, anyway.

Actually, the tenth series cant be that famous or I would have seen it

This one's pretty worth seeing. I didn't remember seeing it until I got The Simpsons Forever book four months ago, and even then I only remembered a guy called Homer Simpson as a cop on TV, and also the part of Homer wearing the scarf with the '$' tag in Moe's. (oh, yeah that was also a good bit)

[Postmaster]

Over and Underated C+/B-. It's got some really great jokes in it - "A go-kart powerd by my own sense of self-satisfaction" but there not all that good. But at the same time I don't see what's so offensive about the plot or even some of the jokes people complain about.
Even the clinton has sex with pigs thing doesn't bother me, it doesn't make me laugh but it doesn't bother me.

[wallet inspector]

who's jeremy piven?

[Joel Duffman]

who's jeremy piven?

Look Familiar?

[Charlie]

Nope.

[Semaj]

A somewhat umcomplicated episode. Most of the jokes work well, because of Mike Scully's excellent comedic timing.

4.25/5

[Rest your giant head]

4/5,but I made a mistake - I gave it 3/5.

[Dr. Frink]

i liked the whole episode except for the ending

[Be Good]

One of the best Season 10 episodes 4/5

[TriforceBun]

An episode that feels entirely Scully, but in the good way. The first two acts take a simple premise and manage to squeeze a lot of solid, mindless gags out of it, so kudos to that. Unfortunately, the third act is typical nonsensical tangent. B

[Kiyosuki]

Mmmm, I voted for this but never said why.

I guess it was an okay episode. It sorta never went anywhere but I still enjoyed it a bit.

[DaRick]

Actually another good Season 10 episode. Homer to the Max is, save for the very beginning and the very end, a great episode with a substantial amount of humour. Sure, it is a bit of a one-trick pony, but the one-trick works well enough for me really not to care too much. Max Power! Great name, Homer. Also, the go-kart powered by "my own sense of self-satisfaction" thing was good, along with the Bill Clinton parody. Homer's parading of his own name was good too. Also, all of the characters were in good touch.

UPDATE (29/6/2007): I saw this episode recently; it wasn't as great as I thought it was. Most of the third act wasn't as good as I recalled while writing this review, as others have noted. So a B+ then. It is still an above-average episode. Please disregard my vote on the above poll.

[xlisasimpsonx]

3/5 not that great. alright though!

[grissom]

4/5 - One of the better episodes of season 10. Not a classic, but good.

[Number 10767]

Some good jokes in the first two acts, but the third act is so abysmally stupid that it ruins the whole affair for me.

P.S. I think you should've had only two options here - "Excellent Show" or "Very Good Show."

[xplosive]

i gave it a 4, it was pretty enjoyable for me and some parts did make me laugh..
homer: "there's the right way, the wrong way, and the max power way!"
bart: "isn't that the wrong way?"
homer: "yes but... faster."

[Homer^3]

This is an above average episode of S10, if only because of the Max Power jokes. The go-kart gag was clever and Homer running away from the cop who's trying to mace him is funny, but the ending is indeed stupid. No more stupid than most of the other Scully endings, though. I'll give it a generous 3/5, or C+.

My favorite line:
"Max Power doesn't abbreviate. Each letter is as important as the one that preceeded it. Maybe more important! No, as important."

[Handsome Peter]

It started as a relatively enjoyable episode with some good meta-references to Homer Simpson, but as soon as Judge Snyder declares "Court fines in favour of 'Police Cops'", the episode takes a downfall. The plot of Homer changing his name is as dumb as just about any other of Homer's crazy schemes, even for season 10 - and I don't blame Homer for his reaction when the plot switches to saving the trees. From this point on, the episode was so bad that that "Hootie McBoob" joke at the end was actually an improvement. The balance of some of the best 11 minutes of Season 10 and some of the worst 11 averages to about a 2/5.

[Captain Edwell]

3/5

Until rewatching it recently, I had no memory whatsoever of the lame, disconnected environmentalism angle. My mental summary went "Police Cops - name change - garden party - ??? - Profit! - Hootie McBoob."

Yep, awful ending (which I'll have to rant about at length sometime), but at least the "Police Cops" stuff was golden.

[TheForbiddenDonut]

Bump.

I recently saw this episode, and, having seen no Scully eps (save a few) up to that point, I was thinking, 'So this is why people hate the Scully era.' So I'm pretty baffled to find how many people find it enjoyable. I guess I'm going to be pretty let down when I get a chance to view s11 episodes.

Anyway, I thought the episode was terrible. This episode showed me what people mean by 'jerkass' Homer. I mean, I couldn't stand him. I mean, he was just so obnoxious, so proud of himself because of a stupid TV appearance, and then urged to change his name because of another stupid TV appearance. And I hate how the SNPP coworkers were even stupider than usual. I mean, I don't find it funny that people are dumb enough to think that Homer actually behaves like his TV counterpart. I find it stupid. And Homer's behavior was so ridiculous. So overly proud of his name, getting his scarf caught on a fan, repeatedly walking into a cactus (that's not funny, that's painful), and whining about helping the redwoods right after getting a chance to be a member of high society. And Bill Clinton was not funny at all. This episode is easily a 1/5, and has made its way into my bottom 5. Surely, that list will expand once I see more Scully episodes.