Why Homer Simpson Might Be God - After Hours

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  • @mememdetame
    @mememdetame 5 років тому +187

    For a split second, we can all pretend the After hours still goes on. In a blink, it's gone.

    • @YourXavier
      @YourXavier Рік тому +10

      That makes no sense. Once any hour has been, all further hours must be After Hours. Therefore, After Hours is always right now.

    • @usagiwerd6664
      @usagiwerd6664 Рік тому +2

      @@YourXavierproably talking about the show and the running. But okay

    • @mikeblalock4116
      @mikeblalock4116 8 місяців тому +1

      R.I.P.

    • @iamdocjesta
      @iamdocjesta 8 місяців тому +1

      R.I.P. indeed

    • @FatBz887
      @FatBz887 7 місяців тому +10

      Glad I'm not the only one revisiting this, happy 2024?

  • @bryannacassidy1806
    @bryannacassidy1806 7 років тому +832

    you forgot that homer is almost the complete opposite to Flanders who is the devil .

    • @GarrettMoffitt
      @GarrettMoffitt 7 років тому +55

      Halloween horrors aren't cannon.

    • @AlanisBored
      @AlanisBored 7 років тому +46

      Cannon... BOOM

    • @Nathankinamorh
      @Nathankinamorh 7 років тому +6

      Homer has been depicted as God at least once.

    • @kenzofinucane4057
      @kenzofinucane4057 7 років тому +14

      +Garrett Moffitt nah flanders is the devil cause christianity is

    • @matthewdalessandro5975
      @matthewdalessandro5975 7 років тому +36

      bryanna cassidy + Lol that's actually such a good point; Flanders is literally the devil in an episode ..... daaaaaamn lol

  • @elinathan8363
    @elinathan8363 7 років тому +52

    Shintos do say grace, they say "Itadakimasu" before a meal, it mean, "I humbly receive"

  • @Jaybaybay2838
    @Jaybaybay2838 7 років тому +763

    the only show cracked needs to make

    • @sparkymist
      @sparkymist 7 років тому +19

      Christian Rodriguez thank you, no truer words have been spoken...all hail the Church of After Hours!!!

    • @jesserothhammer7378
      @jesserothhammer7378 7 років тому +30

      Christian Rodriguez Except for Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder and bringing back Does not Compute. RIP Clippy. :,(

    • @negascoot23
      @negascoot23 7 років тому +8

      Jesse Rothhammer So basically they should just green-light everything these 4 are involved in, and lose everything else?😀

    • @Jaybaybay2838
      @Jaybaybay2838 7 років тому +5

      James Daniels they can keep Roger

    • @negascoot23
      @negascoot23 7 років тому +9

      Sardonicus I would watch the hell out of a Katie-hosted show😁

  • @Edgemaster72
    @Edgemaster72 7 років тому +1713

    Homer lacks the self awareness to realize his deity level powers because of the crayon shoved up his nose

    • @dudleybone8993
      @dudleybone8993 7 років тому +44

      Wait a second, in that episode they remove the crayon and Homer accidentally proves there is no god. So how can Homer be god when he proves it impossible? And how can he go on to meet god several times after mathematically disproving it?
      If anything The Simpsons is a universe that takes place inside Homers daydream, that way he can be mortal and fallible but still prove all the points in this video.

    • @biohazard724
      @biohazard724 7 років тому +16

      Dudley Bone So the Simpsons is just the end of St. Elmo's Fire stretched out over several decades?

    • @QuinSkew
      @QuinSkew 7 років тому +3

      Eltonic I am God therefore I am God

    • @QuinSkew
      @QuinSkew 7 років тому +3

      James Daniels Oh fuck I'm God

    • @negascoot23
      @negascoot23 7 років тому +1

      Thou Art God

  • @SylvesterAshcroft88
    @SylvesterAshcroft88 7 років тому +463

    This is better than most tv shows nowadays.

    • @ChickenGeorgeClooney
      @ChickenGeorgeClooney 7 років тому +7

      The Simpsons or After Hours, because I agree for both.

    • @SylvesterAshcroft88
      @SylvesterAshcroft88 7 років тому +5

      Jackson DeStefano both and yes homer is god...of donuts.

    • @bdeamon1
      @bdeamon1 7 років тому +8

      yeah, but it's a quantity vs quality sort of thing

    • @SylvesterAshcroft88
      @SylvesterAshcroft88 7 років тому +2

      Bdeamo N That's true, but saying that most high quality tv series only run for about 10 episodes with descending quality, so even that system isn't working that well anymore!

    • @ma1ist
      @ma1ist 4 роки тому

      annnd it's gone.

  • @Prospitfox
    @Prospitfox 4 роки тому +122

    “Homers real power is mind control” that would explain why Bart is canonically telepathic

    • @jacktowers7533
      @jacktowers7533 2 роки тому +2

      *MeowMeowMeowMeow*
      *MeowMeowMeowMeow*
      *MeowMeowMeowMeow*
      *MeowMeowMeowMeow*

  • @ThecrazyJH96
    @ThecrazyJH96 7 років тому +208

    Every time he speaks about God, Flanders shows up

    • @kristophergray9826
      @kristophergray9826 6 років тому +19

      Or. He's truly God's servant

    • @agioiutdrdgfyfyfhgky
      @agioiutdrdgfyfyfhgky 6 років тому +26

      @@kristophergray9826 I do like the idea of Flander's being Homer's right hand man or something and he's watching over him while he's ignorant to his true power.

    • @juliancamp8404
      @juliancamp8404 5 років тому +10

      Flanders the devil. Remember when he was running hell?

    • @FeinryelRavenclaw
      @FeinryelRavenclaw 5 років тому +1

      Are Halloween episodes worth counting?

    • @Seth9809
      @Seth9809 5 років тому +2

      @@FeinryelRavenclaw Nope.

  • @Sahantara
    @Sahantara 7 років тому +377

    So Homer is basically Haruhi Suzumiya?😂 Ha... Wait... Homer Simpson, Haruhi Suzumiya - they both have same initials!!!😱

    • @jaymalby
      @jaymalby 7 років тому +4

      Sahantara yep

    • @skyrogue1977
      @skyrogue1977 7 років тому +19

      Sahantara And their both equally annoying.

    • @prettydeviangel
      @prettydeviangel 7 років тому +2

      Sahantara I disliked that show. but yeah Homer def would be a good comparison

    • @kwakwakita
      @kwakwakita 7 років тому +4

      Damit Sahantara, that was exactly what came to mind for me xD

    • @knarfzednem
      @knarfzednem 7 років тому +4

      (gasp!) They're the same person!

  • @TheFireflyGrave
    @TheFireflyGrave 7 років тому +163

    'I'm smarter than the devil.'
    -Homer Simpson/God

  • @TlalocW
    @TlalocW 7 років тому +12

    I love Michael grabbing food off everyone's food while they're distracted on their phones.

  • @BrettGuster
    @BrettGuster 7 років тому +72

    "Daniel Day Lewis! The world is ready for a method Homer"
    Dying...

  • @ArchonPook
    @ArchonPook 7 років тому +245

    Did anyone else catch Soren implying he's a god?

    • @randomleagueoflegendsthres1034
      @randomleagueoflegendsthres1034 7 років тому +42

      Soren isn't God.
      God wishes he was Soren though

    • @frozenaorta
      @frozenaorta 7 років тому +7

      Soren is the new Chuck Norris of memes.

    • @LorieLynn
      @LorieLynn 7 років тому +33

      He does that all the time, that or he just flat out says he's a god. For example, In the one episode when they are discussing what everyone is doing over their break and they make a comment about his rock climbing he goes on about how what he's going to be doing is like "High fiveing God, well a fellow god"

    • @shwilson2029
      @shwilson2029 7 років тому +7

      +LorieLynn We need more theories on this

    • @xanatos8920
      @xanatos8920 7 років тому +7

      Theory: Soren is God's testicle.
      Figure it out.

  • @yetiefer6935
    @yetiefer6935 7 років тому +100

    This makes me want to watch every season of the Simpsons again and rethink my life

  • @gulliver831
    @gulliver831 7 років тому +87

    My hipotesis is that every episode takes place in a different universe, that's why Homer can both popularize grunge in the late 80's and create the equivalent of the beatles during the 60's, mathematecally prove that god doesn't exist in one episode and talk to him in other,etc.

    • @GippyHappy
      @GippyHappy 7 років тому +14

      gulliver
      Nice hippotities

    • @gulliver831
      @gulliver831 7 років тому +3

      tenks meit,dat gaive mi 'lots off guork to meik oud, ai dink i had do dink 'bout id leik 4 du minats orr somding

  • @Connor_Tyler
    @Connor_Tyler 7 років тому +761

    Does Soren think of himself as a God? That's kind of the impression I've gotten over a number of episodes.

    • @EricTheKei
      @EricTheKei 7 років тому +37

      Pretty much, yeah. He says as much in this one.

    • @Mr_Phox
      @Mr_Phox 7 років тому +73

      No, I'm pretty sure he is a god.

    • @negascoot23
      @negascoot23 7 років тому +78

      Connor Tyler He's got like this sort of benign narcissism/superiority complex...
      But he's charming enough to get away with it--not to mention genuinely nice.

    • @BritishCommentWriter
      @BritishCommentWriter 7 років тому +2

      Fuck Soren and fuck his kids too.

    • @darkersandman2328
      @darkersandman2328 7 років тому +29

      SOREN has the saved by the Bell power to stop a manipulate time but...I think cracked forgot that continuity error

  • @joydoe7938
    @joydoe7938 7 років тому +96

    Maude... you didn't mention maude.

  • @WDSimp
    @WDSimp 7 років тому +57

    So Homer Simpson is a god who is unaware that he is god, and is just living his comfortable, happy life, occasionally interrupted by wacky hijinks.
    Holy Homer, he's Haruhi Suzumiya!

  • @joshdavis6830
    @joshdavis6830 4 роки тому +12

    Miss you guys still. Thanks for all the laughs

  • @Samuel_Freakin_Adams
    @Samuel_Freakin_Adams 7 років тому +75

    Homer Simpson is Haruhi Suzumiya

    • @triblademaster
      @triblademaster 7 років тому +1

      I was gonna type that at 9:30, glad I searched the comments.

    • @edgyusername4191
      @edgyusername4191 6 років тому

      Elliot Burns a character from an anime called The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Worth a watch.

  • @MaskedManMikeMD
    @MaskedManMikeMD 7 років тому +202

    she's a snake handler... "IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAAAYYYINNNNN". ....sorry.

    • @ollysmith5447
      @ollysmith5447 7 років тому +6

      A. Mikey B. Shame.Shame.Shame.

    • @Merilirem
      @Merilirem 7 років тому +9

      You had me right up until you apologized.

    • @MsCunningLinguistic
      @MsCunningLinguistic 7 років тому +12

      It would feel cheap, except I totally read it in Candice's voice, so good on you.

    • @MaskedManMikeMD
      @MaskedManMikeMD 7 років тому +3

      MsCunningLinguistic ...that was the point :) and i see what you did there

    • @artistwithouttalent
      @artistwithouttalent 5 років тому +6

      *bangs fist on table* NOBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!

  • @vallraffs
    @vallraffs 7 років тому +53

    Snake handlin' tonight

    • @Curtis006
      @Curtis006 7 років тому +1

      Valter Östberg gross

    • @Curtis006
      @Curtis006 7 років тому +1

      NUDE PHOTOS AND VIDEO?!?! SIGN ME UP!

    • @Its_Lu_Bu
      @Its_Lu_Bu 7 років тому +3

      she can handle my snake whenever she wants to

  • @TheAIKnowledgeHub
    @TheAIKnowledgeHub 7 років тому +115

    Homer could be actually dead, and he is just living his afterlife (heaven or hell depending on how you look at it)
    This would explain how he can't die, but others can. How he lived a long time ago, and now. It also explains how the world lives around him, but he has no actual control over the world. Obviously, he doesn't know about his past life.
    This also can explain any changes in the timeline (like heaven or hell or correcting itself to make him happy or hurt more).

    • @zzyzzzyz6445
      @zzyzzzyz6445 7 років тому +5

      Craig Bennett II interesting theory.. but could this be said for any cartoon character? Or maybe any character in regards to there being no actual timeline in the series

    • @TheAIKnowledgeHub
      @TheAIKnowledgeHub 7 років тому +7

      Kinda. It could even be said about your life (you don't know if you can die without dying, and you have no idea if the world just appears like it doesn't live around you but it actually does). BTW, obviously I don't believe this, I was just making a point.
      But I think it would fit a bit more with the Simpsons over many others.
      But note similar arguments could be made for shows like Family Guy, American Dad, King of the Hill, and so on. It could even be made for some shows on outside of animation like The King of Queens.
      But I think the Simpsons and American dad would be the best for this theory. Both does end up meeting their gods. Both massively screwed up their timeline a few times. Both have a center person around the show. Even American Dad went as far as showing this theory might actually be true with a Christmas special a few years back.

    • @jonathanbrooks4969
      @jonathanbrooks4969 7 років тому +5

      There is also the possibility that Homer is quantumly unstable, and constantly slips from one reality to a parralel one, so that he lives in various times, has constant adventures without staying injured or dying, and he seems to have wayyyy more actions that could fit in his familys lifespan. He is like sliders without the remote.

    • @TheAIKnowledgeHub
      @TheAIKnowledgeHub 7 років тому +13

      Jonathan Brooks
      The problem with that theory is the universe seems to be forcing homer to go on these adventures. It doesn't seem homer actually seeks out these adventures.
      The only way that theory could work is if someone like the baby is really in control.

    • @jonathanbrooks4969
      @jonathanbrooks4969 7 років тому

      Craig Bennett II Good point.

  • @dangercats77
    @dangercats77 7 років тому +173

    "Unkillableness is like the minimum prerequisite of godhood"--does someone wanna go tell Thor?

    • @negascoot23
      @negascoot23 7 років тому +41

      dangercats77 Thor is an extradimensional alien who was considered a god by ancient Scandinavians, not a god in the literal sense.

    • @GarrettMoffitt
      @GarrettMoffitt 7 років тому +5

      Thor is not dead.

    • @Merilirem
      @Merilirem 7 років тому +3

      Indeed, the magical comic book thor was also unkillable to the perfectly fine point. Sure he dies, but he comes back so it's cool.

    • @shirleycupp466
      @shirleycupp466 7 років тому

      Garrett Moffitt

    • @ThatWeirdo04
      @ThatWeirdo04 7 років тому +1

      Or every other Norse god and goddess for that matter

  • @thickmclargehuge4448
    @thickmclargehuge4448 7 років тому +208

    man, Candice was on point in this episode

    • @kevinducharme3988
      @kevinducharme3988 7 років тому +8

      not to mention she just gets hotter and hotter every single episode. hell remember back in the first few episodes, she had that frumpy look? Last few seasons, she's just beautiful. Wait, was Candice the original and was replaced by Katie and this episode they accidentally let it slip?

    • @Danjanon
      @Danjanon 7 років тому +5

      What am I missing here? Who is Candice?

    • @patrickbachtell3567
      @patrickbachtell3567 7 років тому

      Danjanon pay attention dude

    • @Danjanon
      @Danjanon 7 років тому +1

      I thought I was

    • @billyjoebobtheunicron2179
      @billyjoebobtheunicron2179 7 років тому +4

      Danjanon the dude is just kidding

  • @pokegard
    @pokegard 3 роки тому +32

    my two favorite after hours theories/ideas/jokes is
    1: the entire show is just in Dan`s head/mind/imagination
    2: that Sorin is an ageless deity and/or perfect man

  • @originalindigodingo
    @originalindigodingo 7 років тому +32

    "Homer is the only character we recognise"
    he says over an image of Homer and Jacque, a character we all recognise.

  • @Tensolin01
    @Tensolin01 7 років тому +27

    What about maggie she can talk to and control animals dosen't that make her a demigod?

  • @Wertsir
    @Wertsir 7 років тому +284

    Counterpoint: homer mathematically disproved the existence of god when he had the crayon removed from his brain. QED.

    • @negascoot23
      @negascoot23 7 років тому +68

      Wertsir And who could possibly be intelligent enough to disprove the existence of God EXCEPT God?
      You have to accept the existence of a Godlike intelligence if you accept that someone mathematically disproved God...
      And the paradox this creates further lends credence to the idea that Homer is God:
      Paradoxes are only a problem for limited human intelligences.
      God not only CAN reconcile paradoxes, it is an essential aspect of Godhood in the absolute, monotheistic sense.

    • @GarrettMoffitt
      @GarrettMoffitt 7 років тому +6

      Of Flanders God.

    • @GeriatricFan1963
      @GeriatricFan1963 7 років тому +31

      The argument goes something like this:
      "I refuse to prove that I exist" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
      "But," says Wertsir, "the Crayon episode of the Simpsons is a dead giveaway isn't it? It proves that you exist, and so therefore you don't. QED."
      ""Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that", and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
      "Oh, that was easy," says Wertsir, and for an encore he goes on to prove that black is white, and gets killed on the next zebra crossing.

    • @Wertsir
      @Wertsir 7 років тому +24

      I am willing to entertain the notion that Homer Simpson _may have been_ god, but after he denied his own existence mathematically in a way he finds satisfying in the Crayon episode he is for sure not a god anymore.
      Think of it this way: in the Crayon episode Homer Simpson uses his godlike powers to increase his own intelligence for the first time in a long time, having done so he decides to tackle the great problems of life, like 'why do we exist' 'what is the meaning of life' and most importantly 'does god exist'.
      Using his enhanced intelligence/omniscience homer realizes his godlike abilities, he knows that he is the smartest and most powerful being in the universe, but he also realizes that despite his great intelligence and power, he is not _happy_, that all he really wanted was to live as a dumb, mortal man with marge.
      The episode is all about knowledge/power, and how greater abilities do not translate into greater happiness. in the end home decides to put the crayon in his brain again, this symbolizes the denial of his godlike powers and his _choice_ to live as a powerless mortal man (plus or minus a few things to make his life easier).
      The proof he gave Flanders did not disprove gods existence, it proved that god did exist, and that the logical thing to do when given omnipotence is to destroy it, thus if god did exist then he would be dead. homer then acted on that chain of logic, bringing us to the end of the episode.
      He showed it to Flanders for two reasons: 1) because he did not want to be alone. that episode was about how superiority creates isolation, and how knowing things others don't only drives a divide between you and those you love. Homer did not want his family to carry the burden of knowledge, but he needed someone to do so in case his powers re-manifested themselves and he decided not to increase his intelligence again (this way Ned could demonstrate the logic needed for homer to make the right choice). why Ned? well that brings us to 2) SCREW YOU FLANDERS!

    • @negascoot23
      @negascoot23 7 років тому +4

      Douglas Adams lives 😉

  • @Marc83Aus
    @Marc83Aus 7 років тому +7

    Season 7 really loved that "who is this smithers?" joke.

  • @MikkiJoeRingtail
    @MikkiJoeRingtail 7 років тому +79

    God and Jesus on the Simpsons are the only characters to have five fingers. Homer has four. Discuss.

    • @JordanBartholme
      @JordanBartholme 7 років тому +3

      So the four fingers could be the constant reminder that you are in "the matrix" and not the real world; always present but not really affecting too much. Like in lucid dreaming how you check your wristwatch at regular intervals when you're awake to train the ability to tell when you are dreaming. If that makes any sense to anyone else lol

    • @angryreader8857
      @angryreader8857 7 років тому +3

      MikkiJoeRingtail It is an alternate universe where the laziest human transcended into godliness through his sheer laziness. His name is Homer.

    • @julianbeldham8684
      @julianbeldham8684 5 років тому

      God created man in his image

    • @yeetskeet9082
      @yeetskeet9082 5 років тому

      Jason Goatcher neon genesis Simpsons

    • @Handlessuck1
      @Handlessuck1 3 роки тому

      @@julianbeldham8684 Does that make homer the god of the people in the simpsons?

  • @ConsiderableGravity
    @ConsiderableGravity 7 років тому +12

    Not exactly Shinto or grace, but the closest thing I know of is itadakimasu, roughly means in context "let's eat" or "thank you for the food" although it literally means something like I humbly receive/accept

  • @limerence8365
    @limerence8365 7 років тому +48

    Their was that time when Bart was Jesus and Jesus is the sun of god....

  • @wrywh
    @wrywh 7 років тому +41

    "Homer is the only character weer recognise in the mount Sainai scene." he's stood next to a guy who is the exact design of Marge's bowling teacher with a beard slapped on.

    • @TheFireflyGrave
      @TheFireflyGrave 7 років тому +1

      Maybe that guy is the devil and doesn't know it.

    • @wrywh
      @wrywh 7 років тому +5

      TheFireflyGrave But as we discovered Flanders is the Devil. If homer was an omnipotent being would certainly explain why it's worth Flanders taking so much crap to keep an eye on him.

    • @manfromnantucket9544
      @manfromnantucket9544 7 років тому +10

      Luke Watson His name was Jacques. Glad someone else noticed too lol

    • @Danjanon
      @Danjanon 7 років тому +10

      Yeah, but he had a beard AND a different voice. In Simpsons world that's enough for it to be a completely different person :D

    • @bryntendo
      @bryntendo 7 років тому +1

      Danjanon Not by After Hours rules though. Or... Actually even by Simpsons ones. In a different Simpsons episode of After Hours they reference 'the guy with the Brooklyn accent who does all the different jobs' - Known as Raphael in all his iterations. He's a recurring bitpart character that usually always looks slightly different and is still always meant to be the same guy. He's always Raphael even if his hair, face, skin, clothing, or whatever else change. By that logic the dude at Mt Sinai was still Jacques... Wait... Did the Jacques character at Mt Sinai have Raphael's voice..? I... I think he did, but without the accent! Is Jacques actually Raphael?? Is Raphael also a god? 😮

  • @chaosmastermind
    @chaosmastermind 7 років тому +4

    Alls you need to remember is the part where Homer tells Bart "Oh, cartoons don't have to be realistic." As he simultaneously sits in his living room and walks by the window.

  • @davididiart5934
    @davididiart5934 7 років тому +31

    I want the complete Nerd Prayer. Now.

    • @ederanged7960
      @ederanged7960 6 років тому +6

      Dear Lord,
      Keep Women and EA out of our things.
      Amen.

  • @Toastmaster_5000
    @Toastmaster_5000 7 років тому +18

    Did they really forget that Maud died too? Of all the characters who died on the show, she was one of the most important, seeing as she's the neighbor of the Simpsons, was in several episodes, and, was mentioned in episodes after her death.
    Regardless, great episode.

  • @Nenilein
    @Nenilein 7 років тому +57

    Fun fact, "Shinto" isn't actually a confession, but a collection of animistic believes. Most japanese people practicing Shinto actually see themselves as "without confession". There was a brief attempt to make Shinto into a confession during the Sakkoku time, but that failed simply due to the greatly syncretic nature of Japanese approaches to religion.

    • @erinconyngham3427
      @erinconyngham3427 7 років тому +4

      Thank you for that interesting fact, I love Japanese history and culture like this, so it's great when there are others to talk about it with!

    • @zerosysko
      @zerosysko 7 років тому +11

      I don't understand your use of the word "confession" here... Do you mean 'an organized religion?'

    • @Nenilein
      @Nenilein 7 років тому +8

      zerosysko Not exactly, I mean 'confession' in the sense that it is something you are actively a member of or not. That hasn't necessarily got anything to do with organization, Wicca is a confession but not an organized religion for example ( as far as I know at least). Shinto, on the other hand, you just practice as traditions and folklore. There's no actual 'awareness' of actually practicing a specific 'religion' involved there.

    • @jessicalee333
      @jessicalee333 7 років тому +5

      You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

    • @wendyleeconnelly2939
      @wendyleeconnelly2939 6 років тому +1

      I think confessional faith refers to a commitment to formal doctrinal statements, and acceptance of a whole theological teaching.

  • @RainbowDemon
    @RainbowDemon 7 років тому +13

    Cracked just don't, stop making these, I love them a lot and it's like one of my favorite shows you do, but I know you are tired of them, so do what makes you happy

  • @vortex3013
    @vortex3013 6 років тому +8

    The melancholy adventures of Homer Suzumiya

  • @sebandya2885
    @sebandya2885 7 років тому +4

    The best Christmas present is an After Hours episode tbh

  • @Permafry42108
    @Permafry42108 7 років тому +14

    OMG Homer is Haruhi Suzumiya!!!

  • @karelfinn2343
    @karelfinn2343 7 років тому +6

    Sorry for nitpicking, but during that Book of Exodus segment where you said Homer was the only person there we'd seen before, there was a guy we'd seen before on screen - Jacques, the bowler who Marge almost had an affair with. Everyone in that scene represented something forbidden by the Ten Commandments (hence "Homer the Thief"), and Jacques was there to represent adultery. Either Jacques is immortal too or, as I interpret it, the people in this universe just get reincarnated as the same dude again every time they die.

  • @fite-4-ever876
    @fite-4-ever876 6 років тому +3

    Micheal just grabbing everyone's food when they go to their phones just kills me

  • @Loremastrful
    @Loremastrful 7 років тому +20

    I can give Homer demigod status. A god must be all-knowing, all powerful and all good. Homer barely makes the threshold for all powerful. Good and knowing are still out of reach.

    • @andersoncherub
      @andersoncherub 7 років тому +11

      Rahsaan Footman, since when does a god have to be any of those? Polytheistic deities are none of those.

    • @ultimatedespairgamer6722
      @ultimatedespairgamer6722 7 років тому +1

      Rahsaan Footman why does he have to be good and knowing, for example the Christian God is all good or all knowing

    • @ultimatedespairgamer6722
      @ultimatedespairgamer6722 7 років тому +3

      "Isn't" goddamn spellcheck

    • @Loremastrful
      @Loremastrful 7 років тому +7

      andersoncherub True, but a Christian monothestic god is and Homer lives in that religion and culture. If you are willing to say the Christian god is fallible, belligerant and/or impotent then you charge has weight. But in the Simpson, God is a five fingered, face never revealed entity who often does act in the world. I call him a demigod because like Hercules or Theusus, he has power but very liyttle brains on how to use it.

    • @kernel_cataclysm7306
      @kernel_cataclysm7306 7 років тому +1

      The "all powerful, all benevolent, all-knowing" god condition has been disproved over and over again. "Why is there suffering in the world?", and all that.
      In a polytheistic way he might well be a god in the Dionysos kinda way. He is hedonistically all powerful, immortal, and sufficiently all-knowing to support his own hedonism. Actually not knowing 'everything' works in favour of his own hedonism. He doesn't actively know about what would make him upset but always learns it throughout an episode and resolves it by the end.

  • @ash.w
    @ash.w 7 років тому +84

    this theory contradicts itself with the age bit because of the '40 years later' at 2:20 he ages

    • @davidbeppler3032
      @davidbeppler3032 7 років тому +12

      he died 39.5 years before that shot.

    • @benaimjacob
      @benaimjacob 7 років тому +12

      Ash Waghorn the usage of that clip was to show that despite being told be God that he would be dead in six months, he was still alive 40 years later. The aging factor was merely an artistic decision to prove that an extended period of time had elapsed.

    • @viljamtheninja
      @viljamtheninja 7 років тому +12

      He also actually talks to God. It's interesting that that isn't even brought up.

    • @JamesCPotter13
      @JamesCPotter13 7 років тому +12

      viljamtheninja I think it's more implied that as Homer does believe in God, and does not believe HIMSELF to be God, that he manifested an image of what God should look like.
      There was also that time that, during the Apocalypse, Lisa was about to be saved and was rising to Heaven, and Homer flat out pulled her back to Earth.

    • @negascoot23
      @negascoot23 7 років тому +1

      viljamtheninja It doesn't disprove the theory.
      If there is a God, he/she/it is not limited by Aristotelian laws... the law of identity, I mean: "A is A". The law that says you can't be more than one thing at the same time in the same way.
      This is how the Christian concept of God, the Trinity, works. God is one and three simultaneously. Three entities, one God.
      It is a logical impossibility, but that's only a problem for OUR reality. God could be 3 in 1 or 3000 in 1 (which is kinda what the Hindus have going).

  • @theotakux5959
    @theotakux5959 7 років тому +77

    "Homer is the only character we recognize" while a bearded Jacques is on screen.

    • @gaymanlover
      @gaymanlover 7 років тому +33

      TheOtakuX Jacques isnt referred to by name, so it may be an ancestor. Homer is referred to as "Homer", and considering Homer is a name of greek origin - not hebrew, so it must be the same Homer; not an ancestor of Homer.

    • @nugmoney838
      @nugmoney838 7 років тому +16

      That guy looked like Jacques but he had a different name and voice

  • @thebackup2121
    @thebackup2121 7 років тому +4

    After Hours has always been amazing, but even now you guys are making great episodes, and this has to be one of my favourites - Can't wait for the next one!

  • @izzy1221
    @izzy1221 7 років тому +18

    Last After Hour for the year people! SAVOR IT! SAVOR IT LIKE A FINE WINE.

  • @igt3928
    @igt3928 7 років тому +90

    How everything bible related happened "2000 years ago"? 'cause Moses was already ancient history by the time of Jesus

    • @Fujikorific
      @Fujikorific 7 років тому +10

      Yeah that's some poor biblical scholarship right there.

    • @JITCompilation
      @JITCompilation 7 років тому +3

      So you're saying that in 2000 years, literally nothing changed.

    • @Fujikorific
      @Fujikorific 7 років тому +11

      No, I'm saying that saying the events of the book of Exodus happened 2000 years ago is literally crappy biblical scholarship, it was probably written during the Babylonian exile and is about events taking place in the 6th century BC...

    • @LadyMcGiusti
      @LadyMcGiusti 7 років тому +3

      Jesus and the New Testament are 2000 years old. The Old Testament goes back thousands and thousands of years, to the dawn of monotheistic religions, i.e. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The Old Testament is where the stories of Adam and Eve, Abraham, Moses, Noah, Kind David, etc etc etc are. The New Testament is Jesus and the Apostles. That's what the BC and AD is all about when discussing Western history: BC is before the New Testament, and AD is after Jesus died and Christianity was adopted by Rome (and then forced onto the rest of the world).

    • @jessicalee333
      @jessicalee333 7 років тому +3

      In the clip, it showed the scene happening in 1220 BC, not 2000 years ago.

  • @ryanswaynow
    @ryanswaynow 5 років тому +10

    I love how Homer says "homophobe" in his list of jobs; as if someone was paying him to hate John Waters.

    • @twigwigsoso
      @twigwigsoso 8 місяців тому

      "paying to hate john waters" sounds like a real movie John waters would of made

    • @ryanswaynow
      @ryanswaynow 8 місяців тому +1

      @@twigwigsoso that’s why he’s a legend

  • @trex70
    @trex70 4 роки тому +5

    You said "a Homer is there" so Homers is not a single person. He is a definition of being.

  • @sirsplintfastthepungent1373
    @sirsplintfastthepungent1373 7 років тому +17

    if homer is a god, then what does that make hans moleman? pythagoras?

    • @sirsplintfastthepungent1373
      @sirsplintfastthepungent1373 7 років тому +7

      GermsFromUranus hans has died hundreds of times and seems to remember each time, yet he comes back just as he was, perpetually on the verge of death... kinda like a potato. cut it in half, bury it, and it's still a potato. I should have known. the answer is always potato.

    • @amandamarinovich6164
      @amandamarinovich6164 7 років тому +1

      Who do you think Pythagoras was? Are you thinking of Methuselah?

    • @sirsplintfastthepungent1373
      @sirsplintfastthepungent1373 7 років тому +4

      Amanda Marinovich no, I was thinking Prometheus. doh!

    • @onyx1186
      @onyx1186 7 років тому +1

      potato all the things

  • @RevengeOfThaNerd
    @RevengeOfThaNerd 7 років тому +34

    Excited to see how many people get pissed and offended

    • @canadamike7461
      @canadamike7461 7 років тому +1

      I for one am pissed and offended. You're welcome!

    • @canadamike7461
      @canadamike7461 7 років тому

      Ender Wiggins I was being entirely facetious. I really enjoyed this episode.

    • @RevengeOfThaNerd
      @RevengeOfThaNerd 7 років тому

      ***** Yeah I was *entirely* disappointed.

  • @RialVestro
    @RialVestro 7 років тому +3

    What about Bart who in one episode specifically mentions how old he is in relation to how long the show has been running? Unlike all the other characters Bart seems to fully aware of his fictional existence in a long lasting cartoon series. In the opening titles he has also written messages about the first of the next 300 episodes and apologizing for predicting Trump's rise to power in a previous episode.

  • @TheDevler23
    @TheDevler23 7 років тому

    Best intro you guys have ever done! Still my favorite videos on UA-cam, please never stop.

  • @manfromnantucket9544
    @manfromnantucket9544 7 років тому +5

    The adulterer in the Moses scene was modeled on Jacques the bowler

  • @stevenyanis9051
    @stevenyanis9051 7 років тому +10

    Watched it twice. Cause you're all so nice.

  • @jamietodd2560
    @jamietodd2560 7 років тому +8

    Homer is his universe's version of John Oldman from _The Man From Earth_.

  • @JSAVACADO
    @JSAVACADO 7 років тому

    After Hours: The best thing on Cracked, no question. Worth the subscription; love you guys.

  • @awfulwarlock91
    @awfulwarlock91 7 років тому +3

    These are the best content that Cracked does IMO!

  • @geraldspencer1956
    @geraldspencer1956 2 роки тому +3

    I love how in every episode, one of the guys will bring up a topic that everyone else thinks is ridiculous but then at the end all agrees.

  • @lusibenitez6869
    @lusibenitez6869 7 років тому

    I waited forever for a cracked ep. 😂😂 thank u

  • @dasmithstaizzle
    @dasmithstaizzle 7 років тому

    Another excellent video. I was so excited today when I realized this was out, and couldn't wait to get home to see it. Keep it up!

  • @poizonparfait
    @poizonparfait 6 років тому +5

    So, Haruhi is just a cuter version of Homer then.

  • @davidnassau23
    @davidnassau23 7 років тому +44

    You didn't cover the fact that Homer had an actual childhood with flashbacks of his parents, and that his mother came back. If he is immortal how do you explain that? Also, if he met with God, how can he also be God? I am in fact shocked, yes shocked that you would allow this evidence to go uncovered. Also, it sounds like you are saying that Homer is similar to Jar Jar. Both are incredibly lucky, exercise mind control and give the outward appearance of being an idiot. However, Jar Jar may be a Sith lord but no one ever suggested that Jar Jar is God. Signed, Comic Book Guy

    • @kenplamont-diumenti4752
      @kenplamont-diumenti4752 7 років тому +2

      David Nassau Half the show is non canon. Where he meets God and has a childhood is not canon. (Post-Conan)

    • @CasualVideoGamer
      @CasualVideoGamer 7 років тому

      If you modify the letters, Conan can spell Canon so therefore... everything Conan IS canon.

    • @kaerouse48
      @kaerouse48 6 років тому +2

      Homer could be an Avatar (Hinduism not James Cameron), he comes down to earth every now and again, born in a human, carries the same name and appearance, and then returns to Paradise after a certain amount of time has passed.

    • @jasonbelstone3427
      @jasonbelstone3427 6 років тому +1

      So did Haruhi Suzumiya.

    • @nahhhhhhhh271
      @nahhhhhhhh271 3 роки тому

      It’s possible that he can actually be reincarnating but the crayon made him forget perhaps

  • @malcomchase9777
    @malcomchase9777 7 років тому +1

    There seem to be three types of After Hours: The ones where they ignore suspension of disbelief and tropes to make a "Theorist"-level point (like here), the ones where they assume a fictional world is real and talk about consequences (like the one stranded on the road or the one about commercials), and finally the ones where they look at fiction as fiction, and discuss unintended implications / reasons for tropes (like the one about dead moms or the one about Forest Gump).
    Type 1 I could live without, Type 3 is my favorite.

  • @bentcountershaft
    @bentcountershaft 7 років тому

    I needed this today, thanks.

  • @CloudyObsession
    @CloudyObsession 7 років тому +4

    Shintoist here, thanks for the shoutout!

  • @pimpminya7131
    @pimpminya7131 7 років тому +8

    He's just as real.

  • @SirQuaks
    @SirQuaks 7 років тому +1

    it's a christmas miracle, cracked finally put out another after hours

  • @LungsOutJem
    @LungsOutJem 7 років тому

    Well done, After Hours crew. This one was really on the ball.

  • @FiauraTheTankGirlGamer
    @FiauraTheTankGirlGamer 7 років тому +11

    Wow.....I think they are determined to explain all of the Simpsons

  • @dreadcthulhu5
    @dreadcthulhu5 7 років тому +7

    Continuity is not one of the Simpsons strengths.

  • @nevrakantarc2621
    @nevrakantarc2621 3 роки тому +2

    6:36 Hahaha xD This is why The Simpsons is best comedy show of all time! After 24 season have some great jokes. :D

  • @ilovemartinmilner
    @ilovemartinmilner 7 років тому

    Almost time for a new episode. Can't wait much longer!

  • @jordanhorne8600
    @jordanhorne8600 7 років тому +8

    Never clicked on a video so fast- love this series!

    • @kevinducharme3988
      @kevinducharme3988 7 років тому

      Jordan Horne Amen to that this is by far their best video series. like a perfect day in my world is when there's an after-hours video and a buckholtz article

  • @declankelly7528
    @declankelly7528 7 років тому +5

    A person who's god but doesn't know it? THAT IS THE PLOT OF THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA

  • @TheDuckofLaw
    @TheDuckofLaw 9 місяців тому

    excellent stuff. This was better than the Football to the Groin, and that one had a football to the groin.

  • @ryderfisk3450
    @ryderfisk3450 7 років тому

    please never stop doing this show

  • @TheMaplestrip
    @TheMaplestrip 7 років тому +25

    Haruhi Suzumiya really is a knock-off ;p

    • @alexsdemkin
      @alexsdemkin 7 років тому +1

      Who?

    • @TheMaplestrip
      @TheMaplestrip 7 років тому +1

      Alexander Demkin Google is your friend. Though, in short: God except she doesn't realize it.

    • @armanhammer
      @armanhammer 7 років тому +6

      Simpsons did it.

    • @Milliondollarloser
      @Milliondollarloser 7 років тому

      Hail haruhi

    • @bshpev
      @bshpev 7 років тому +3

      This! Is there seriously not a single anime fan on the Cracked staff that could have low-balled this one into the writer's room?

  • @Angeltech1989
    @Angeltech1989 6 місяців тому +4

    The crazy thing is that 75K in 2016 would be closer to 100K today due to inflation.

  • @DomSCOTLANDD
    @DomSCOTLANDD 7 років тому

    best After Hours in a long time!

  • @akshayb.9693
    @akshayb.9693 7 років тому

    Okay, the snake handler/Moe reference at the end was extremely well done. Bravo.

  • @Echo-Magnus
    @Echo-Magnus 7 років тому +7

    Please do more After Hours. This is why I subscribed, lol.

  • @kas-qq5ge
    @kas-qq5ge 6 років тому +3

    “We do this weird nerd thing before every meal.”
    But... they don’t eat.

  • @RobFMDetroit
    @RobFMDetroit 4 роки тому

    I've been going down the rabbit hole on old After Hours episodes for about the last week and I have no regrets.

  • @ruthy6000
    @ruthy6000 7 років тому +1

    These are my favourite videos by far!!

  • @sarahshah1249
    @sarahshah1249 7 років тому +48

    Um, that scene you showed shows that he does grow old.

    • @anon123214
      @anon123214 7 років тому +30

      Think about this, if he was a god and taking on generation after generation of families, wouldn't it be out of the ordinary to look the same as you did and your mate looking extremely older during 40 years? I'd say his healing factor doesn't kick in until he thinks he's gonna die, then reverses his aging process for the next wife.

    • @sarahshah1249
      @sarahshah1249 7 років тому

      Evil King I see... I think you've converted me!

    • @anon123214
      @anon123214 7 років тому +7

      May your donuts be glazed in his glory.

    • @ThecrazyJH96
      @ThecrazyJH96 7 років тому +1

      Evil King but he isn't self aware enough to do that

    • @sarahshah1249
      @sarahshah1249 7 років тому

      Joseph Harding that's what we think... (conspiracy theory)

  • @isthatzo7703
    @isthatzo7703 5 років тому +4

    "The world is ready for a method homer"

  • @31FilmTalk
    @31FilmTalk 7 років тому

    the best after hours in awhile

  • @Peter_Pennsylvania
    @Peter_Pennsylvania 7 років тому

    Make these more often! They're always good.

  • @CharlieDBrown
    @CharlieDBrown 7 років тому +6

    What's like a respectable, scholarly way of saying Katy is absolutely hawt? Maybe I should send her a Christmas card. Or should I wait till Valentine's day?

    • @Hag_of_Fangorn
      @Hag_of_Fangorn 7 років тому +5

      What's, like, a respectable, scholarly way
      Of saying Katy is absolutely hawt?
      Maybe I should send her a Christmas card.
      Or should I wait till Valentine's Day?
      I read this in an English accent and the poetry seriously moved me. Perfect! The slant rhyme, context, substance, and timeliness!
      Or have I had too much to drink? Oh well, it was a great poem!

    • @NotApplicable2874
      @NotApplicable2874 7 років тому +5

      Dear Katy,
      The exact arrangement of tendons, muscles, bones and skin that make up your exterior is appealing to my eye.
      Sincerely,
      Carl

    • @CharlieDBrown
      @CharlieDBrown 7 років тому +1

      Chris Varghese Exacty what I was looking for lol. Exceeds expectations even! Well done.

  • @buddywedlake
    @buddywedlake 7 років тому +12

    Homer Simpson is the GOAT!

  • @dracognia
    @dracognia 7 років тому

    So frickin' delightful to just lean back and watch four fellow Simpsons nerd nerdin' it out about the Simpsons... *sighs contently*

  • @DVal-oh5zw
    @DVal-oh5zw 7 років тому

    Finally this is why I subbed to this chanel

  • @holycow818181
    @holycow818181 7 років тому +3

    2:14 - Michael says "Homer is the only character that we recognize" just as the ancient version of Jacques (the bowler Marge has an affair with) shows up, with a beard. He's not voiced by Albert Brooks in the 2nd Commandment episode, but he does represent the sin of adultery, and the face is basically the same.

    • @Magur
      @Magur 7 років тому

      Ben Buckley Productions
      thank you. I was going to say this too.

  • @logicaloverdrive8197
    @logicaloverdrive8197 5 років тому +4

    12:59 I binge this series once every few months, this is my 5th viewing

  • @MythopoeicNavid
    @MythopoeicNavid 7 років тому +2

    "this is money! this is money!" Also, best post-video insert ever.

  • @redlimes381
    @redlimes381 7 років тому

    This marks my 9th time watching this episode... it just doesnt get old