Homer Alone

"Homer Alone" is the 15th episode of The Simpsons' 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 first sequel.^[1] Homer even slaps his hands on his face & screams when he finds Maggie missing. This episode aired 2 days before the opening ceremony of the 1992 Winter Olympics.

1 Plot
2 Cultural References and Allusions to Earlier Episodes
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Marge decides she needs a vacation, after all the stress at home causes her to have a mental breakdown. She leaves for a place called "Rancho Relaxo", putting Bart and Lisa into the care of Patty and Selma and leaving Maggie at home with Homer. Homer invites Barney over to help him take care of the baby, but he soon realizes how much he needs Marge to take care of things. Maggie, upset about her mother's absence, makes her way out of the house looking for Marge and goes missing. After a long search from Homer and Barney, Homer calls a baby search. Meanwhile, Marge has done everything she wanted to do in her vacation and calls Homer to tell him she is coming back and he should pick her up at the train station. Maggie is found on the edge of the top of an ice-cream shop and is returned to Homer just in time for Marge's arrival, and everything is back to normal.

[edit] Cultural References and Allusions to Earlier Episodes

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.
This is the first appearance of Chief Wiggum's blue hair
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.
When Marge is on the Springfield Bridge and the bus driver says "Look lady, this better be good" Marge reacts with a lions roar, a sped-up version of the Leo the Lion roar from the MGM logo.
When Bart rummages through Patty and Selmas closet, finding a bra he says: "I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Ay Caramba!". This first happened in Krusty Gets Busted, commenting the sisters' slideshow.