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"Trash of the Titans" is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons' ninth season. It is also the 200th episode of the series. The episode first aired on April 26, 1998. more...

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Synopsis

A local department store, Costington's (ironically, their slogan is "Over A Century Without A Slogan"), announces the formation of a new summer holiday intended to boost sales, Love Day. The Simpsons celebrate it, but it causes garbage to build up at home. Homer is told by Marge to take the trash out, but he gets mad at a garbage truck driver when he puts it out. He insults the driver, and in response, the family's garbage service is cut off. However, the mess continues to grow, and Marge asks Homer to apologize for the remark, but he does not, insisting that it is his way of doing things.

Homer awakes one morning to find the trash on the front of the Simpson family property has been removed and learns from Marge that she wrote a letter of apology to the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, forging Homer's name. In response, Homer fights back by going to see the Sanitation Commissioner, Ray Patterson. He tries to be nice to Homer, until they get in a fight. Eventually, Homer announces that he will register to run for Sanitation Commissioner.

Homer drives a car across Springfield to promote his campaign. It goes sour at first, until Homer bothers U2 performing a PopMart concert, coming out on stage and interrupting the group's performance. U2 kicks Homer out of their concert. It does not go well, until when Homer is at Moe's, having a discussion with Moe, when he thinks of a slogan for his campaign: "Can't Someone Else Do It?" Homer spreads his "Can't Someone Else Do It?" message during his campaign, which pays off, and leads to Homer's victory in the election.

As he is sworn in to the office, he has high hopes, in a parody of "The Candy Man" (titled "The Garbageman Can"), but Ray Patterson warns Homer that he will crash and burn, and Mayor Quimby denounces Homer for spending the Sanitation Department's annual budget in only a month, bankrupting it in the process. Homer is truly "crashing and burning" as the commissioner, and it goes worse when he gets garbage trucks from all across America to dump their contents in a mine shaft. The family warns Homer that he is endangering Springfield. Homer does not listen. Eventually, the garbage builds up under ground until it begins to erupt, pouring trash into the town. At a town hall meeting, Homer is booted out of his post, replaced with Ray Patterson, but he leaves immediately. Quimby takes extreme measures by moving Springfield five miles from its current site.

Trivia

This episode won an Emmy.; The word wanker (Adam Clayton and Mr. Burns say it) had to be deleted from the UK version as it is a particularly offensive word in Britain (though it is available in VHS and DVD releases).; Larry Mullen doesn't say a word in the episode as he was unavailable at the time of recording.; U2 are singing "Pride (In the Name of Love)" at the concert when Homer comes.; This episode also features guest appearances by Paul McGuinness (head of Principal Management which manages U2) and Susie Smith (an employee of Principal Management and Adam Clayton's fianceé).; This episode is dedicated to the memory of Linda McCartney. She appeared along with Paul as herself in the episode "Lisa the Vegetarian".; The sex offender registration line is made up of Jimmy the Scumbag from "Lisa's Date with Density", Patty and Selma, Mayor Quimby's nephew Freddy Quimby, and Moe.; This is the 200th episode of the simpsons series.;

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