Homer Alone

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Homer Alone
Season 3 Episode 15
Production Code	8F14
Original Airdate	February 61992
Written By	David M. Stern
Directed By	Mark Kirkland
Show Runners	Al Jean & Mike Reiss
Special Guests	Phil Hartman as Troy McClure
Blackboard Text	"I will not spank others"

"Homer Alone" is the 15th episode of third season and the 50th episode of the entire series. The title is based on the film Home Alone'. The episode is written by David M. Stern, the brother of actor Daniel Stern, who co-starred in Home Alone and its sequel.Homer even slaps his hands on his face & screams when he finds Maggie missing.

Plot

Marge decides she needs a vacation, after all the stress at home. She leaves for a place called "Rancho Relaxo", putting Bart and Lisa into the care of Patty and Selma. Maggie stays home with Homer who invites Barney over to help him, but realizes how much he needs Marge to take care of things. He goes to see how the kids are getting on at Marge's sisters, and they're desperate to get away, after they are put into slavery by the sisters. Maggie goes looking for Marge after seeing how upset everyone is, including herself, and goes missing. After a long search from Homer and Barney, Homer calls a baby search. Marge has done everything she wanted to do in her vacation and calls Homer. She tells him she is coming back and he should pick her up in one hour at the train station. Maggie is found on the edge of the top of an ice-cream shop. Chief Wiggum thinks she is trying to commit suicide, but she is actually sleeping next to the statue of an ice-cream cone that looks like Marge's head. She is returned to Homer just in time for Marge's arrival, and everything is back to normal.

Continuity

When Marge is at one of the Bowling stores, you can see a picture of Jacques from the episode Life on the Fast Lane on the wall.

Cultural references

• In the beginning when the screen freezes on Bart and Homer, the reference is to the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons.
• At the train station, the list of stops is a reference to the Jack Benny radio show.
• The song that plays while Homer is on hold on the missing child hotline is Baby Come Back by Player.
• Les Claypool, the bassist and founding member of the band Primus named his house Rancho Relaxo after the hotel in which Marge stays.