the arm.] Bart: "Ow! What was that for!" Homer: You spoke while you were jinxed, so I get to punch you in the arm! Sorry, it's the law!" (Cohen) Homer Simpson definitely has the worst influence on children. Once, Homer overheard Ralph Wiggum say the he would do anything for Lisa. In the next scene, Ralph is coating the Simpson's roof in tar. Ralph calls out, "Mr. Simpson, the tar fumes are making me dizzy." Homer, relaxing in a hammock replies, nonchalantly, "Yeah, they'll do that." Homer fits the genera of the parent who pressures his kid to do well in sports. In one episode, after Bart scored a winning goal, Homer congratulated him, "Okay Bart, you won the hockey game. Now, just as I promised, here's your turtle, alive and unhurt." Homer got angry at Marge once for spending lots of money to vaccinate Maggie against diseases she doesn't have. His advice on how to get out of jury duty is "to tell them that you're prejudiced against all races." His self proclaimed, best advice is, "Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is to make other people look stupid." (Groening, 26) Personally, I believe that The Simpsons affects children, but not necessarily in a bad way. Children never hurt themselves mimicking The Three Stooges, nor do they with The Simpsons. Almost every episode ends with a family that loves each other. Some episodes have answered the question of them affecting children on their own. Once, Marge began to protest Itchy and Scratchy cartoons. Itchy is a psychopathic mouse who's only purpose is to kill and torture Scratchy, a cat. Nearing the end of the episode, Marge realizes that Itchy and Scratchy is not hurting anyone. They take a satirical view to the situation when a group of mothers try to stop Michaelangelo's David from visiting the Springfield Museum of Art by means that it is pornographic. (Koger and Wolodarsky) Unlike many sitcoms, The Simpsons is more like everyday life. Homer works in a power plant. ...
