I think what’s most unrealistic about this scene is that Homer managed to complete one side of a rubix cube.

I like how the only thing Homer knows about doing his job is recognizing when it's his problem

You know, he actually did the right thing as an engineer, cause the first thing drilled into our heads is always check the manual. Even when you know what you're doing cause it might have been updated with new info since you last checked it

I’ve never seen Homer actually do his job before, and it makes sense considering he basically guessed to save everybody’s lives.

An un-requested fission surplus lol

"Who would have thought that a Nuclear Reactor would be so complicated"

I love how he accesses the exact right spot in his memory to solve the problem and replays it pefectly

No wonder Homer was distracted, his rubik's cube is impossible to solve with the white corners at 1:49 Actually all the corners in that frame are like that

"Crisis has been averted, everything is super"

How good is Homer's memory?!! Especially for a chronic alcoholic

Considering that he had no idea what to do and his panic, he handled that pretty well. Even used a good chunk of the 5 minutes skimming the manual. The random button press didn't happen till there was no time for anything else.

Chernobyl disaster wouldn't have happened if Homer is in charge on the nuclear reactor

When the power went out at Fukushima, the engineers went into the parking lot and took the batteries from their cars, hooked them together and powered the equipment with the battery juice. .........For real

"Do you even know what button you pushed?" "Sure, Moe. Which is where I'm going after work."

comrade dyatlov trying to control the chernobyl meltdown (circa. 1986)

For a show that’s supposed to be mostly a light-hearted parody of the American “nuclear family,” I remember seeing this episode as a kid for the first time and the tension that it built throughout the reactor meltdown scenes in the first half of the episode was palpable.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT BUTTON YOU PUSHED?!? Sure, Mo

Surely if it's one button the smart thing to do would be to wire it to the alarm so when the alarm goes off it pushes it automatically.

AZ-5?

Funny that this came up in my recs after watching cherynobyl

The animation in this segment is phenomenal - what with the lighting, and the flashing buttons. You can tell a lot of hard work went into it. Must be some of the best animation in the show's run - and considering that this was before they started using computers, that's saying something. And the music too is very good at building tension - why the Simpsons producers decided to fire Alf Clausen I'll never know.

2:06 - 2:15 The music makes this moment all the more stressful. Probably the most tense Eenie Meenie Minie Moe game EVER!

“Okay okay don’t panic whose ever problem this I’m sure they can handle it. It’s my Problem! WE’RE DOOMED!!!!” .....Homer is definitely me in a crisis.

Brace yourselves. The HBO Chernobyl memes are coming...

I was very surprised that homer even remembered when his trainer told him about a certain button for core meltdown, normally a vast majority of those being trained don't remember the most critical things for work.

The thing I'm most amazed about is that Homer even had a Rubik's cube to begin with, let alone being interested in it enough to ignore knowing what shiny button to press.

"to prevent core meltdown press any key" "WHERE'S THE ANY KEY?"

I love how the music plays to his “eenie meeny miney moe”

I have a theory Homer is actually a nuclear physics genius who can manage the reactor without effort. How else could he keep the job?

Reporter: People are calling this gambling. EA: Ohh, gambling. It's one of those annoying buzz words. I prefer to call them Surprise Mechanics.

"Do you even know what button you pushed?" "Sure, Moe." 😂😂😂

“An un-requested fission surplus” That’s good PR spin.

Gotta acknowledge how beautiful the animation was for a TV cartoon back in it's day.

Who'd think a nuclear reactor would be so complicated?

0:09 how I feel everytime I'm last alive in csgo

A high risk job is a well paid one. Now I know how Homer is able to afford a 2 story house and take care of 3 children. Eye opening. 👀

This scene is so intense, yet filled with funny jokes. One of the best simpsons moments for me,

"Five minutes before critical mass." Critical mass is the minimum amount of fissile material to sustain a reaction...I'd kinda hope a nuclear power plant would have critical mass happening at any given time.

I believe the reason because Homer was able to keep his job so far is that Smithers, not Burns because he never remembers him, knows that any competent Security Inspector would report to the authorities the many failures that the Power Plant has, and that would lead to it's closure

"Unrequested Fission Surplus" is exactly how executives would phrase a nuclear meltdown

A true professional 💜

2:05 GOD. that alarm and piani jingle is insanely genius

The amount of damage this portrayal of nuclear power plants has done to the environment is unfathomable lol

You didnt see graphite BECAUSE ITS NOT THERE!!!

Since it didn't explode it's clearly an RBMK reactor as they do not explode

The ironic part being a Nuclear plant isn't that complicated... Moderators, Fuel Rods, and Shielding are really the only parts, the complex part is the math and changing the three parts to keep things smooth... Wait Math... Homer? WE'RE DOOMED!!!!

I love it that after all that time he still hadn't solved the Rubik's cube haha

Homer should've been at reactor #4 in Chernobyl

lol this was uploaded 5 days after the fukushima nuclear disaster...

2:25 The rival power plant boss throwing his glasses to the ground in a rage kills me for some reason lol

Footage from Inside Chernobyl during the meltdown April the 26th 1986 Colorized.

3.6 Roentgens, not great, not terrible

0:56 D'oh! Whod've thought a nuclear reactor would be so complicated?!

wow i can actually feel the intenestanty homer is feeling at 2:06

2:06 I love how the dramatic music links up with Homer's rhyme

An un-requested fission surplus, that's genius.

This scene gives a Eerie feeling, Where it shows the intensity of such situation of dealing in a brink of Nuclear Meltdown. The Lighting being red and the Music along with the doors being shut, Only further intensives the feeling of Intensity of the situation, in which not only creates the mood of uncertainty but also establishes the concept ether Do or Die in which means he can't escape and only has the option to ether fix the problem or let the Nuclear Meltdown occur. It showing Moe's Bar and the Retirement home symbolizes those who could also very well die if said Nuclear reactor meltdown occurs, It show that if the Meltdown occurs, It wouldn't just kill homer, But also everyone in the town within the blast radius and those who do not evacuate within a given time before exposure to Radioactivity. While showing Marge symbolizes part of what Homer has to lose being with for the rest of his life, If He didn't Succeed.

in season 5 they have a dog just in case homer forgets where the button is

I always find it interesting how there is an episode in season 1 that pretty explicitly shows how Homer became the safety inspector for the plant yet practically every flashback in all other episodes show or reference him to having always worked in that specific position.

Moe will be so happy knowing his name pick saved everyone

"Aah! It's as fat as a phone book!" No, it's as fat as a manual for a nuclear fission reactor.

To give credit to Homer, he did what he could at the heat of the moment. Sure, he could of payed attention to his training, but they could've labeled the button.

I miss home being somewhat competent and realizing the seriousness of situations

"unrequested fission surplus" was the original "rapid uncheduled disassembly"

If Frank Grimes were in this episode and watching Homer, he'd stare him the same way he did when Homer just dumped a bucket of water on the control panel! XD

I love the music scoring for this scene, it's perfect

0:24 Reminds me of the time when EA said "They’re not loot boxes, they’re surprise mechanics"

If Homer worked in USSR, it wouldnt even matter which button he pressed, it would blow up anyway

He averted the crisis so hard, he conjured a suit to wear and a group of people to talk to...

"Thank you, Homer, for saving my plant WITH THAT IDIOTIC RHYMING! *DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT BUTTON YOU PUSHED?!"* "Sure, Moe."

I love that they made the musical rhythm in the background at 2:05 match Homer's eeny meeny miny moe.

"Do you even know what button you pushed?" "Sure, Moe!" 🤣🤣🤣

"It's my problem!! Were doomed!!" 😂😂😂

The best part was when he said it was his problem, were doomed.

"It's my problem. WE'RE DOOMED" Sums up how I feel about my job lol

How is nobody talking about the fact he said he confidently said he picked “mo” as in “Meltdown Override” man knew exactly what he was doing

I feel the exact same way when I figure out its my problem to solve at work. "We're screwed!"

In Portal 2: Warning! Core overheating. Nuclear meltdown imminent.

I like how homer still has that Rubik's Cube from when he first started at the plant lol.

1:22 - Wow, he's self-aware!

core meltdown

what episode number is this? I'm asking as a hopeful nuclear operator.

I forget how much I loved the animation in the earlier seasons

Wow. Homer’s completed more of a rubix cube than I ever have.

this is by far one of the most tense moments in the whole series.

(0:50) The nuclear power plant didn't technically even exist in 1952.

The way he blames and throws the cube, LOL.

“We like to call it an unrequested fission surplus” lmao

1:55 take a button take a button, take a button, no one potato two potato, three potato, four no wait! bubble gum bubble gum *fifteen seconds to core meltdown. XD

2:22 Who is that guy? I thought Burns owed the plant?

2:06 I like how the start of Homer singing Eeny Meeny Miny Moe is in sync with the music in the background.

That Wheel of Fortune bit was brilliant. In those days my grandparents would watch that show ALL THE TIME.

"Noise? Bad noise!" Lmao

Such a great episode haha, I rewatched from season 1 to about season 9 recently and it’s just such a great show the jokes are timeless.

2:06 When class is about to end and you need to finish the hard multiple choice question to finish

Burns: "3.6 Roentgen? Not great, not terrible."

his face after he says "it's showtime" always makes me laugh

I have ACTUALLY never been scared by the Simpsons, til NOW. GEEZ.

I like how he hasn’t finished that Rubix cube after all these years