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His ears if we're lucky!
Flanders! You gotta help me!
You are on a quest for knowledge.
Who said that?
Fear not, Homer. I am your spirit guide.
Hiya.
There is a lesson you must learn.
If it's about laying off the insanity peppers, I'm way ahead of you.
No, I speak of a deeper wisdom. The problem, Homer, is that the mind is always chattering away, with a thousand thoughts at once.
Yeah, that's me all right.
Clarity is the path to inner peace.
But what should I do? Should I meditate? Should I get rid of all my possessions?
Are you kidding? If anything, you should get more possessions. You don't even have a computer!
You know, I have been meaning to take a spiritual journey, and I would -- Hey!!
Sorry. I am a coyote...
Look, just gimme some inner peace, or I'll mop the floor with ya.
Good. Your mind is in a state of readiness. So listen well: To make yourself complete, you must find your soul mate.
Soul mate?
Your kindred spirit. The one with whom you share an unspoken bond... a profound, mystical understanding.
That's it? Well, that's Marge. Big deal. Great spiritual quest, wolfie. My soul mate is Marge.
Is it?
Hey, wait! Come back!...
Is it?
A ghost train! And so little time to get out of the way!... Now less!... Now none!
Hey, get off the course, you bum! Security!
Wha? Golf course? Did I dream that whole thing? Maybe the desert was just this sand trap... Oh, and I bet that crazy pyramid was just the Pro Shop!
Hey, get off the course, you bum! Security!
Carl?
Hey, get off the course, you bum! Security!
And that talking coyote was really just a talking dog.
Hi, Homer. Find your soul mate.
Hey, wait a minute. There's no such thing as a talking dog.
So then I says to Mabel, I says...
Hi, kids.
I'll finish this later. Hi, Dad.
Where's your mother?
So anyway, I says to Mabel, I says...
Hi, honey.
So anyway, I says to Mabel, I says...
Uh-oh. I guess you're cranky because I didn't come home last night...
I'm "cranky" because my husband got drunk and humiliated me in front of the entire town. You broke your promise, Homer.
Oh, honey, I didn't get drunk. I just went to a strange fantasy world. C'mon, you gotta believe me. You're my soul mate.
Don't "soul mate" me!
Okay.
Don't "soul mate" me!
That coyote said my soul mate would understand me, but Marge doesn't understand me at all. Maybe we're not kindred spirits. We don't have anything in common...
Don't "soul mate" me!
Look at these records! Jim Nabors, Glen Campbell, the Doodletown Pipers! Now look at her records... They stink! Maybe I had that crazy dream for a reason...
Don't "soul mate" me!
Wherever my soul mate is, it's not here.
Don't "soul mate" me!
...I always just figured my wife was my soul mate. But if it's not Marge, then who is it? Where do I begin looking?
Okay, but I'm not your soul mate. I'm really more of a chum.
Well what about you, Lenny?
Find your soul mate, Homer. Find your soul mate.
Where? Where?!
Either that or Batman has really let himself go.
Alone! I'm alone! I'm a lonely, insignificant speck on a has-been planet orbited by a cold, indifferent sun!
Either that or Batman has really let himself go.
A ship! A ship with people! I know... I'll bring them to me! And then they'll have to be my friends!
Either that or Batman has really let himself go.
Come here, people!
Aye... the hotpants.
Well, I won't be lonely for long....
Oh, Homer, thank goodness you're safe!
Marge?
I woke up and you weren't there, and I was so worried...
Really? You were? But how did you find me?
Well, I was sure you'd be on foot, because you always say public transportation is for losers. And I was sure you'd head west, because Springfield slopes down that way. And then I saw the lighthouse, and I remembered how you love blinking lights... like the one on the waffle iron...
Or that little guy on the "Don't Walk" sign.
Yeah.
Wow, Marge, you really do understand me. See, I thought we weren't soul mates because...
...we had a fight?
Right, and we don't like the same things. It's like you're from Venus...
...and you're from Mars.
Oh, sure. Give me the one with all the monsters.
Homer, don't you see? Our differences are only skin-deep...
...But our sames go right down to the bone. Maybe we do have a...
...a profound mystical understanding?
Hey... we do! Oh, Marge!
...a profound mystical understanding?
We're number one! We're number one! In your face, space coyote!
Space coyote?
Omigod! The ship!
We'll all be killed!
The light! We gotta get the light back on!
We did it!
We sure did... soul mate.
But Homer, it's ten in the morning.
Don't worry, I have a plan. I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around a city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, it would explode. I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down." First, I hook this common VCR into the security camera system like so...
But Homer, it's ten in the morning.
Then, I insert this old videotape of us working on a continuous loop...
Another Duff, Homer?
Nah, it's Friday night Moe. I wanna try something special.
Uh, here you go. Düff. From Sweden.
Skoal! Wait a minute -- this is Duff!
Ah, ha ha, you got me, didn't ya? All right, here you go -- "Red Tick Beer."
Hmm, bold -- refreshing... and something I can't quite put my finger on.
Just a second, Homer, you gotta take a breathalyzer test before I let you drive home.
Eh, I guess I'll walk home.
Oh, son, I'm glad to see ya. I went for the morning paper and I got lost, and...
No time for you, old man!
Aww.
Please, don't hurt me!
Don't be afraid.
Yaaaa...
Don't be afraid.
Uh!
Homer, it's two a.m.! What happened?
It was an alien, Marge! It appeared in front of me and said, "Don't be afraid!"
Have you been drinking?
No! Well, ten beers...
Maybe you just dreamed it.
Oh, yeah? Well, when I came to, I was covered with a sticky translucent goo! Explain that!
Dad, according to "Junior Skeptic Magazine" the chances are a hundred seventy-five million-to-one of another form of life actually coming in contact with ours.
So?
I am the thing from Uranus!
Oh. It's Bart. I can't believe it. I'm being mocked... by my own children... on my birthday!
It's your birthday?
Yes. Remember, it's the same day as the dog's?
Good doggy. Good doggy!
Lousy loveable dog.
Well, your story is very compelling, Mr. Jackass... I mean, uh, Simpson. So I'll just type it up on my invisible typewriter.
You don't have to humiliate me.
Yo!
No, I'm sorry.
Now we're going to run a few tests. This is a simple lie-detector. I'll ask you a few yes-or-no questions and you just answer truthfully. Do you understand?
Yes.
All right, Homer. We want you to recreate your every move the night you saw this alien.
Well, the evening began at the Gentleman's Club, where we were discussing Wittgenstein over a game of backgammon.
Mr. Simpson, it's a felony to lie to the FBI.
We were sitting in Barney's car eating packets of mustard. Ya happy?
Mr. Simpson, it's a felony to lie to the FBI.
You are one fine-lookin' woman, lady. If I wasn't married, I'd go out with you like that.
I don't believe you, Homer.
You do?! Oh, Marge, you've made me so happy!
You're not listening. You're only hearing what you want to hear.
Thanks! I'd love an omelet right about now.
Homer, please! I try to be supportive, but this has gone too far. Please just let it be.
No, I can't. This is my cause. I'm like the man who single-handedly built the rocket and went to the moon. What was his name? Apollo Creed?
Please, let's just go to sleep.
No, I refuse to share a bed with someone who thinks I'm crazy. Unless you're feeling... amorous?
No, I'm not.
Well then, good night!
Hey, Dad. What's the word from Planet Crackpot?
Oh, I suppose you're going to mock me, too.
Well, actually, Dad... I believe you.
You do?
Yes, I do. You seem so damn sure.
Thank you, son. And do you think you could stop the casual swearing?
Hell, yes.
That's my boy. Well, if you believe in me, then I'm not going to give up. I'll prove I'm right. This Friday we're going back to the woods, and we're going to find that alien!
What if we don't?
We'll fake it and sell it to the Fox network.
They'll buy anything!
Now son, they do a lot of quality programming, too.
They'll buy anything!
I kill me.
Yo, Dad, can I have a sip of your beer?
Now, son, you don't want to drink beer. That's for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs... besides, it's such a beautiful night. How about a ghost story?
And that is how much college will cost for Maggie!
No! No! No-o-o-o-o!
You know, Dad, it doesn't matter that we didn't see the alien. I've really had a great time out here.
Yeah, me too.
You know, Dad, it doesn't matter that we didn't see the alien. I've really had a great time out here.
It's him!
I bring you peace.
As a representative of planet earth, let me be the first to say...
I bring you peace.
Bwah! Bwah! Bwaaaaah!
I bring you peace.
It's gone. And we still don't have any proof.
Oh yes we do! I got it all on tape.
Good work, son! We did it! We did it!
I think there must be a more logical explanation. And I think the people of this town aren't gonna be won over by three seconds of videotape.
Uh, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about the alien. Any questions at all. Doctor Hibbert?
Is the alien Santa Claus?
Uh, yes.
Uh, were you on my roof last night, stealing my weathervane?
This interview is over!
Surprise me!
Take a look at this, Lisa. You don't see any "Homer is a Dope" T-shirts, do you?
We sold those out in five minutes.
Marge! How could you?
These shirts are a hundred per cent cotton! And look at the fine stitching on "Dope!"
I'll take two!
These shirts are a hundred per cent cotton! And look at the fine stitching on "Dope!"
Look! There it is!
Well, you said you'd bring them peace and love and it looks like you did it. I'm proud of you, Homie.
Thanks, Marge.
...and then they gave me back my 500 dollar investment and kicked me out of the club.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait -- back up a bit now. When are the pancakes coming in the mail?
Well, maybe it's all for the best...
What do you need to make money for anyway? As long as I have my earning power, this family's got nothing to worry about.
Well, maybe it's all for the best...
Ow! Oh! Call work and tell 'em I won't be in tomorrow.
Well, that's the miracle of the franchise. You get all the equipment and know-how you need, plus a familiar brand name people trust. You'll be on a rocket ride to the moon. And while you're there, would you pick up some of that nice green moon money for me, Royce McCutcheon.
No deal, McCutcheon. That moon money is mine!
Marge.
Oh yeah.