H

Hamlisch, Marvin, 74

happiness (eudaimonia), 51-52, 153, 197, 199-200. See also unhappiness

Hartley, John, 252

Hawking, Steven, 139, 177

'Headmistress Sinclair,' 111

Hegel, G. W. F., 292

Heidegger, Martin

'Bart Simpson' as Hiedegerrian thinker, 269-270, 280, 281-282

confusion, 228n15

Dasein, 294

Eastern philosophy, 43-44

psychologism and, 274

on thinking, 269, 276-280

tree in bloom, 270-273

'Helen Lovejoy' 56, 129

Heraclitus, 290

Heston, Charlton, 29

'Hibbert, Dr. Julius,' 32, 176, 242

Hirsch, E. D., 87

Hobbes, Thomas, 292

"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" (Episode 131), 40, 52, 55, 168-170, 202-214

"Homer Alone" (Episode 50), 134, 182

"Homer and Apu" (Episode 94), 11

"Homer Defined" (Episode 40), 50

"Homer Goes to College" (Episode 84), 87

"Homer Loves Flanders" (Episode 97), 15-16

'Homer Simpson'

'Apu' and, 11, 12, 134, 167, 235, 236-237

astronaut, 120-121

'Barney Gumble' and, 12

'Bart Simpson' and, 12, 13, 14, 15, 87, 94, 95, 106, 120-121, 261

bowler, 195

'Carl' and, 12

on cartoons, 92

childhood, 16-17

class position self-described, 244

counterrevolutionary, 178

duty vs. desire, 148-150

as a father, 39-40, 166-168, 236-237, 260-261

'Frank Grimes' and, 11, 86, 114, 119

friendlessness, 12

gluttony, 10-11, 18, 50

goals, 14

gun owner, 160

hedonism, 51

on himself, 7

hypocrisy lacking, 184

inconsistent characterization, 246-247

insensitivity, 12, 114

intelligence, 16

'Lenny' and, 12, 114

liar, 11-12

'Lisa Simpson' and, 12-13, 14, 15, 19, 142-143, 155, 158, 247

love of life, 19-23

'Maggie Simpson' and, 13, 15, 40

'Marge Simpson' and, 11-12, 12n4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 50, 55, 133-134, 135, 148-149, 167

'Homer Simpson' (continued)

'Maude Flanders' and, 114

'Moe Szyslak' and, 148

pitiable, 16-18

practical wisdom (phronesis) lacking, 13-15

'Mr. Burns' and, 14, 15, 18, 35, 40, 119

name, origin of, 84

'Ned Flanders' and, 12, 15-16, 18, 20, 150, 213-214

'Patty Bouvier' and 'Selma Bouvier' and, 16, 17-18

religion, 46, 50, 170

savior, 245

Steven Hawking and, 177

thief, 53, 119

union president, 245

a vicious character, 18

virtue lacking, 18-19, 48

weakness of will (akrasia), 19

weight problem, 262

"Homer the Great" (Episode 115), 241-242

"Homer the Heretic" (Episode 62), 11, 16, 55, 170n15

"Homer the Smithers" (Episode 145), 15

"Homer the Vigilante" (Episode 92), 247

"Homer to the Max" (Episode 216), 161n4

"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" (Episode 26), 14, 49, 53, 137

"Homer vs. Patty and Selma" (Episode 120), 11, 16, 130n12

"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" (Episode 171), 14, 16

"Homerpalooza" (Episode 152), 108

"Homer's Enemy" (Episode 176), 11

"Homer's Triple Bypass" (Episode 70), 11, 187

honesty, 48, 153

'Hoover, Miss,' 129

Howard, Ron, 91

'Hugh Parkfield,' 142-143

Hume, David, 292

"Hurricane Neddy" (Episode 161), 55

Husserl, Edmund, 274, 276-278, 293

Hutcheon, Linda, 101-103

hyper-irony, 109, 113, 118-124. See also irony [on this page]

hypocrisy, 180-190

I

ideas, 275, 278

ideology, 239-240

"In Marge We Trust" (Episode 175), 50, 55n17, 56n18, 172n20, 184

incontinent characters, 8, 9

integrity, 190

intellectuals, 30n10, 31. See also Mensa

irony, 82, 84, 102, 261. See also hyper-irony [on this page]

Irwin, Terence, 51

Irwin, William, 93, 96

'Itchy & Scratchy,' 133

"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" (Episode 65), 260n11

"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" (Episode 22), 56, 133, 174n24

Itchy & Scratchy Show

'Abe Simpson' staff writer, 261

episode written by 'Bart Simpson' and 'Lisa Simpson,' 259-260, 265-267

favorite of 'Bart Simpson' and 'Lisa Simpson,' 31

funny, sometimes, 123

local media production, 174

replacement for, 241

J

James, William, 293

'Jasper,' 64, 127

Jastrow, J., 282

'Jebediah Springfield'

'Bart Simpson' and, 59, 121

'Lisa Simpson' and, 15, 31, 121, 154-155, 190n3

'Jessica Lovejoy,' 59, 150-151

'Jimbo Jones,' 73

"The Joy of Sect" (Episode 191), 48, 49

K

"Kamp Krusty" (Episode 60), 141

Kant, Immanuel

art and beauty, 157

autonomy, 209-213

categorical imperative, 155, 212

Golden Rule, 210n4

humor, roots of, 236

knowledge and experience, 292

moral goodness, 147-148, 152, 153, 154, 157

Nietzsche on, 60, 178

'Kent Brockman'

biased newscasts, 133

curses on live TV, 74

daughter's reaction to baloney sandwich, 243

'Marge Simpson' on his show, 56

on Mensa members, 176

Springfield resident 174

Kierkegaard, Søren, 293

"King of the Hill" (Episode 201), 18, 55

"King-Size Homer" (Episode 135), 14

knowingness, 120

'Krabappel' See 'Edna Krabappel'

"Krusty Gets Busted" (Episode 12), 187

"Krusty Gets Kancelled" (Episode 81), 141

'Krusty the Klown'

advice to viewers, 49

'Bart Simpson' and 'Lisa Simpson' and, 141

his father and, 136

Itchy & Scratchy Show replaced, 241

local boy, 174

minor character fully developed, 129

purveyor of evil, 133

ridiculed, 123

Kuhn, Thomas, 116