User blog:Grust/Grust's Top 5 Favorite Episodes of the Simpsons

Boy is this a hard one for me as the Simpsons is one of the greatest cartoons of all time and even with immense seasonal rot, there are still some great episodes from time to time. Another reason for difficulty is that some episodes have not aged well for me which has made this list even harder. However I think I may have found my top 5 favorite episodes of the Simpsons. By the way if you'd like to see my most hated episodes, click this link here.

5. Homer's Phobia: In this episode, Homer befriends a man only to realize the man, named John is gay and worries Bart might turn. I like this episode because despite Homer's phobia, John stays a really nice guy throughout the episode, he doesn't play a race card or play a victim, he just mainly doesn't let it bother him to much and eventually saves Homer's life. And despite its message, it makes quite a few funny jokes as well. You try watching the mill scene and not laugh.

4. Walking Big and Tall: In this episode, Homer's weight problem causes him to destroy an auditorium when his butt causes his seat to lift off the floor. Heading to a weight group, he finds a fat acceptance group that encourages his obesity. However when he discovers the group's leader was only 23 and died of a heart attack from standing from his scooter, even he encourages everyone to join a gym. I like this episode because it's essentially a take that to fat acceptance SJWs and because it shows that occasionally the Simpsons will deliver a good episode despite seasonal rot.

3. Homer's Enemy: We all know this episode by now, Frank Grimes get employed t the nuclear plant and finds that despite all his hard work, his lifestyle pales in comparison to Homer despite Homer's sloth and stupidity. I don't think I need to explain but this episode shows that hard working normal people cannot survive in Springfield. Many episodes have shown this before, but this episode really gets that statement out in the open.

2. Krusty Gets Busted: In this episode Krusty is arrested for armed robbery and it's revealed in the episode that Sideshow Bob was responsible. There are two main reasons I like this episode. First, it gave us one of the best evil geniuses in fiction, Sideshow Bob. Although he appeared in earlier episodes, this cemented him to villain status. Second is the show's moral, don't underestimate children because it was Bart Simpson who exposed Sideshow Bob's crime.

Honorable Mentions

Treehouse of Horror episodes: Once a year, the Simpsons air a Halloween special called the Treehouse of Horror, which contains three segments parodying horror, sci-fi and the superhero genre, and even some original work. Some even contain a message. In one segment, Lisa gets guns banned from Springfield after seeing a gravestone wishing for a world without guns. It ends up being a trap to allow zombie outlaws to take over the town. The town is then saved when Homer goes back in time to stop the zombies by shooting them. And of course when there's no message, expect a great parody. However even this is suffering from seasonal rot to the point where last year I watched a few seconds of one of them and had to leave as it was so stupid.

Any episode with Bart as the focus: Bart is my favorite character on the show due to his mischievous nature. Any episode focusing on him is sure to be a fun misadventure, such as when he got engaged to a pregnant 15 year old, or when he worked at a burlesque house.

Guilty Pleasures: Quite a few. I even admit I like The Boys of Bummer and I don't even know why.

And now for number 1.

1. Homer Badman: In this episode, Homer grabs a rare gummy stuck on the babysitter's butt and is accused of sexual harassment. Afterwords the mainstream media has a field day with Homer and making tons of false accusations and even a late night movie about the incident. Eventually Groundskeeper Willie comes forward with evidence to prove Homer's innocence forcing the media to apologize for slander. While as a kid, I may have thought of this episode as average but with what I and many people know about the mainstream media now, this has got to be my favorite episode because it shows just how distrustful they are and make a mountain out of a molehill and how they'll believe any scandal without proper evidence.