S04E03 · SCENE 6/21 · 03:47
Homer the Heretic · First Church of Springfield
Church door frozen shut

The congregation is trapped in church because the door is frozen.

03:47→05:33
in the episode · 1m 46s · S04E03

What happens

03:47–05:33

The service ends but the door is frozen shut. Groundskeeper Willie tries to open it. Lovejoy reads from the Sunday bulletin. The family watches TV.

WhereFirst Church of Springfield
DriverReverend Lovejoy
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadHomer skips church

Key lines

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04:03

Oooh, waffle runoff.

04:33

Uh-oh. [ Whistling ] Here, boy.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
absurd0.7
escalation0.4

Beats

05:34Door is frozen
05:43Lovejoy reads bulletin

Scene in the episode

03:47–05:33
A · Homer skips church
B · Marge's concern grows
C · Flanders intervention

Clips from this episode

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The Simpsons | Homer: "When they were handing out religions you must have been out taking a whiz" · Unwoke Simpsons
This Things I Believe (The Simpsons) · ThingsICantFindOtherwise
The Simpsons - Homer Meets God (Part 2) · Mostly Simpsons

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Marge Simpson237 episodes · drives 977 scenes
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Lisa Simpson246 episodes · drives 781 scenes
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Maggie Simpson61 episodes · drives 14 scenes
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Groundskeeper Willie51 episodes · drives 3 scenes

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