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#87 Hungry, Hungry Homer
Season 12, Episode 15 (Guide from the Simpsons Archive)
The Simpsons take a trip to Blocko Land (a complete knock-off of Legoland, as Bart makes reference to). As they're driving home, Lisa laments the missing piece from her Blocko Eiffel Tower, and Marge manages to talk Homer into taking action; he turns around and drives back to the park to get the missing piece. After successfully doing so, he decides that he likes the idea of helping people. After hearing Lenny complain about not being able to turn in his Springfield Isotopes (local minor league baseball team) season tickets for a refund, Homer decides to take action. He doesn't get the refund, but he discovers that the team is planning a move to Albuquerque. He goes on a hungry strike, which distracts from attendance, so while he's sleeping, they move him from in front of the stadium to the grass beyond the outfield wall (where nobody can hear him) and say that he's on a hunger strike until the Isotopes win the pennant. When it's become evident that the hunger strike is having health effects on him (he's down to a b cup), the team brings him in, and gives him food. However, Homer sees the southwestern ingredients on the hot dog, is reminded of the reason he was holding the hunger strike to being with, and exposes the team's secret. The episode is memorable for frequent Duffman appearances, Homer helping people (especially helping Bart get a date, and giving directions to a place he didn't know "because that's the kind of person [he is] this week"), several eating-related jokes, the newscast, and various happenings at Blockoland. The show unfortunately succumbs to the fairly common problem in the later seasons of a weak closing act.