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The Simpsons episode
"The Last Temptation of Homer"
Episode no.	90
Prod. code	1F07
Orig. Airdate	December 9, 1993
Show Runner(s)	David Mirkin
Writer(s)	Frank Mula
Director(s)	Carlos Baeza
Guest star(s)	Michelle Pfeiffer as Mindy Simmons Werner Klemperer as Colonel Klink
DVD commentary by	Matt Groening David Mirkin David Silverman
SNPP capsule
Season 5 September 30, 1993 – May 19, 1994
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"The Last Temptation of Homer" is the ninth episode of The Simpsons' fifth season.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Trivia 3 Cultural references 4 External links

Homer finds he's falling in love with Mindy Simmons, the beautiful new engineer at the plant, who has almost the exact same personality and interests as him. Things only get worse when Homer and Mindy are sent to represent the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant at the National Energy Convention in Capital City. The more time they spend together, the more Homer begins to fear that there may be more fusion at the hotel than back at the plant. Mindy tells Homer how she feels about him, and even though he's tempted by her beauty and her love for the same things Homer enjoys, Homer stays faithful to Marge.

Meanwhile, Bart is sent to an eye specialist after it is discovered that he has poor vision. The optometrist decides he has a lazy eye and fits him with special glasses that he has to wear for two weeks. He also finds out his dry scalp issues can only be treated by matting his hair down with a gel, therefore parting his hair to both sides. It is also discovered that he has a fallen arches and has to wear special shoes with extreme platforms as well. These adjustments turn him into a nerd. He is picked on and beat up regularly by Nelson Muntz for the duration of the two weeks. Eventually he comes back to school without those glasses and shoes but gets beaten up anyway.

• Werner Klemperer had forgotten how to play Colonel Klink in the time since Hogan's Heroes went off the air. He had to imitate the directors imitating Colonel Klink to get it right.^{[citation needed]}
• In the UK, there was a Simpsons Video release (re-released on DVD in 2005) called "The Last Temptation of Homer". Oddly, it doesn't contain this episode (which was released on "Sex, Lies and The Simpsons").
• Maggie does not appear in this episode, although she does appear in a deleted scene from this episode on the season 5 DVD set.

• When Bart is fitted with the glasses and platform shoes, his voice and appearance are similar to that of Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor^{[citation needed]}.
• The title is a reference to Martin Scorsese's film, The Last Temptation of Christ. The title was spoofed again in "The Last Temptation of Krust".
• When he first sees Mindy, Homer imagines her as Venus in Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.
• Homer refers to comic strip Ziggy, wondering if Mindy agrees that the title character has become "too preachy".
• When Homer thinks "unsexy thoughts", his image of Barney in a bikini is humming the theme tune to I Dream of Jeanie.
• The National Ringworm Association cites itself as "the other N.R.A." in reference to the National Rifle Association.
• Homer's guardian angel assumes the form of Colonel Klink from Hogan's Heroes.
• Homer twice mangles the song "Mandy" by Barry Manilow, the first time introducing the word "Ben-Gay" (an American brand of heat rub).
• Homer notes that he is "sweating like Roger Ebert", referring to the American movie critic.
• While attempting to read the notes smeared on his hand to Mindy, Homer unknowingly babbles the Daimoku (Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō), a Buddhist chant in Nichiren Buddhism.
• The "Capital City" of Springfield's unnamed state (previously featured in "Dancin' Homer") is referred to as the "Windy Apple", a combination of the nicknames of Chicago (the "Windy City") and New York City (the "Big Apple").
• Mr. Burns unleashes flying monkeys in the manner of the Wicked Witch of the West, as seen in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz.
• Homer and Mindy eating a foot-long chili dog and inadvertently kissing parodies the Disney movie Lady and the Tramp.
• The Barry White song "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" plays over the final scene. This song previously appeared, performed by Barry himself, in the episode "Whacking Day".

• "The Last Temptation of Homer" episode capsule at The Simpsons Archive