Frank decides after several failed attempts to kidnap his family and bring homer to him. Burns hires frank grimes, a bythebook perfect employee, who just doesnt fit in. Fox the simpsons 600th episode just got a little more exciting with the news that a certain legendary character will be. Frank grimes returns for the 600th episode of the simpsons. At the parade homers float becomes a runaway when its brake line is cut. The simpsons will resurrect frank grimes for 600th episode. Homer simpson is subject to several murder attempts. The simpsons s08e23 homers enemy frank grimes duration. This episode features the third different gravestone used for frank grimes. Homers enemy is the twentythird episode in the eighth season of the american animated television series the simpsons. The episode features parodies of thenmodern television, an. Canning wrote that the episode was a lot of fun as it put bob in an unexpected situation with the simpsons, interacting more with homer than with bart.
He is the main antagonist of the season 14 episode the great louse detective. Frank grimess son, the spitting image of his father, would appear in the great louse detective nearly half a decade after homers enemy. Burns secret lair, where the mysterious prisoner was revealed to be grimes. Frank tries to catch him and kill him in a car chase but homer escapes. Recap of the simpsons season 14 episode 6 recap guide. Frank grimes is basically someone from our world who came into the simpsons world of springfield, an arrogant and unlucky person, which makes the episode, albeit dark, all the more hilarious. To kick off the shows 600th episode, fanfavorite frank grimes will be returning to the simpsons. The simpsons will hit the 600episode milestone on sunday night with its annual treehouse of horror installment. Homers enemy frank grimes will return to the simpsons for its 600th episode. The character frank grimes was a rarity in the simpsons history. With dan castellaneta, julie kavner, nancy cartwright, yeardley smith. Homer simpson becomes frank grimes enemy sulphuric acid duration. Frank hires an assassin to kill homer but the assassin fails. He was the son of frank grimes and an enemy of homer simpson who wants to avenge his father he was voiced by hank azaria history edit.
The character has been referenced a number of times since, including through his son frank grimes jr, as well as. The simpsons s14 e6 the great louse detective recap. He added that the episode is also memorable for having homers attempted murderer turn out to be frank grimes jr. Sideshow bob is temporarily released in to help him find the perpetrator, who is. It was first broadcast on the fox network in the united states on may 4, 1997. At the beginning of the annual halloween treehouse of horror episode, frank grimes voiced by simpsons cast member hank azaria will be delivering his first lines of dialogue in almost two decades. The simpsons s14e06 the great louse detectivefrank grimes.
Industrious frank grimes starts working at the plant and becomes irritated by homers laziness. He is a mechanic who tries to kill homer, as revenge for tormenting his father frank grimes. Grimes served as the main antagonist of the episode homers enemy. Episode 4f19, season 8 first aired may 04, 1997 written by john swartzwelder directed by jim reardon. Homers enemy frank grimes will return to the simpsons for. The simpsons s14e06 the great louse detectivefrank grimes jr. The simpsons have gained a couple of enemies in 30 years, and though some keep coming back and have become fan favorites, such as sideshow bob, there are others that should have been given a deserved break, like frank grimes, homers declared enemy.
I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of magic cape. In episode eabf01, frank grimes jr loses his cape in the. Relevant newest episode 1, season 14, 14x01, frank grimes jr. A new employee at the power plant, frank grimes, takes a dislike to homers laziness and ineptitude, which turns to hate when he sees that homer is more of a success than he is. Sideshow bob launches himself out of cannon and saves homer from certain death. He was introduced and killed off in the season 8 episode homers enemy back in 1997. Frank grimes is returning in a bid to wreak revenge on homer picture. He was the son of frank grimes and an enemy of homer simpson who wants to avenge his father. In that episode, homer, with the help of sideshow bob, foiled a scheme by grimes jr. In the episode, frank grimes is hired as a new employee at the springfield nuclear power plant. Watch the simpsons season 8, episode 23 homers enemy.
In the classic and controversial season eight episode, homers enemy, the lifelike frank grimes enters homer simpsons cartoonish orbit, and ends up accidentally killing himself. Sideshow bob then fell on him and both were knocked unconscious. The simpsons includes a large array of supporting characters. The show has its cynical moments, but a viewer introduced to the simpsons via this episode might assume that the series heart is black as coal. The simpsons is currently enjoying its 31st season and shows no sign of stopping soon as it has already been renewed for a.
He was also irritable, grumpy, and easily annoyed, particularly by the actions of his coworker. The simpsons homers enemy frank grimes comes to dinner dmp86. Although homer is saved from the vengeful son of frank grimes, its something he attempts in the final moments of the episode to no avail. Season 14s great louse detective isnt so much flawed as it is scatterbrained. Episode the great louse detective comic story big house homer. The name of a character on the very popular fox serie the simpsons. The episode title refers to the great mouse detective. He was also irritable, grumpy, and easily annoyed, particularly by the actions of his coworker, homer. The demise of frank grimes is handled in a cruel jump cut, the climax of a manic break that doesnt even afford the character the dignity of being wheeled out of the springfield nuclear power plant. Grimes, voiced by simpsons cast member hank azaria, has been referenced several times throughout the series, including the introduction of his son. Frank grimes, or grimey as he liked to be called, may have been survived by frank grimes jr. In homers enemy, the gravestone simply read grimes, while alone again, naturadiddily read frank grimey grimes. A classic simpsons character is returning from the dead to kill homer. Frank grimes jr escapes prison and wants revenge on homer simpson.
Homer has to use sideshow bob in order to track down a potential assassin. The simpsons the great louse detective tv episode 2002. Homer was cleared of his charges whilst bob and grimes were presumably sent back to prison. Frank grimes was a hard worker, who had to earn everything the hard way. After homer simpson is subject to several murder attempts, sideshow bob is roped in to help him find the perpetrator, who is revealed to be junior, homers mechanic. Grimes, although he is forced to watch all of the simpsons episodes that were ever made in a row as his frank grimes at the simpsons dr. Few singleepisode characters on the simpsons are as memorable as frank grimesor grimey, as he liked to be called. The simpsons just couldnt leave frank grimes alone. The series has referenced grimes who is voiced by simpsons cast member hank azaria multiple times in memoriam, introduced his son, frank grimes jr. The simpsons resurrecting frank grimes for treehouse of. After homer simpson is subject to several murder attempts, sideshow bob is roped in to help him find the perpetrator, who is revealed to be junior. A classic simpsons episode explores the universality of. The simpsons to resurrect frank grimes for 600th episode. The simpsons to revive frank grimes in annual halloween.
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