See Homer Run

"See Homer Run" is the sixth episode of the 17th season of The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 20, 2005.

On Father's Day, Homer is profoundly impressed by Bart's gift—a Leather Buddy multi-function knife, which he fantasizes about rescuing Marge from pirates—and proudly tells Bart that it is the greatest gift any father could receive. As for Lisa's gift (a book she created, disgusted with the "mass-produced junk" that does not adequately convey her feelings for her father; with caricatures of herself and Homer as unicorns), it does not go over so well. In a half-hearted attempt to make Lisa feel better, Homer hangs the book on the refrigerator, but it quickly becomes a water-soaked glob of paper when the book falls into the refrigerator's water dispenser. Homer blames the magnet, which (ironically) turns out to be a magnet that Lisa gave Homer for his birthday.

Lisa takes out her frustrations at school, leading her into trouble, and her parents are called to talk with Principal Skinner. School psychiatrist Dr. J. Loren Pryor determines Lisa is going through a developmental condition spurned by Homer's antics and could wind up hating men for the rest of her life, which can only be resolved by Homer trying to make amends for everything. He does so by dressing up as The Safety Salamander, who is meant to warn children about electrical power lines. Before accepting the job he asks "What happened to the last Safety Salamander?", to which Skinner responds "Uh, he fell asleep in the suit and suffocated". However, while on the school bus, Homer causes myriad dental injuries when he has Otto stop the bus promptly, and then a fireworks display during a school assembly causes a massive fire in the auditorium.