Search for the lost thumb · Trilogy of Error

S12E18 · SCENE 8/22 · 01:50

Trilogy of Error · Simpson kitchen

Search for the lost thumb

Homer and Marge search for the severed thumb while calling 911.

01:50→02:27

in the episode · 0m 37s · S12E18

What happens

01:50–02:27

Homer panics and Marge tries to calm him. They realize the thumb is missing. Homer calls 911 and gives a fake address.

WhereSimpson kitchen

DriverHomer

Positionact1 · escalation

ThreadHomer's thumb reattachment

Key lines

from this scene

02:07
-(ringing frantically) -And it sounds like he has big news!

02:22
But I sure don't wanna eat this crappy breakfast.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1

tense0.6

misunderstanding0.5

escalation0.5

absurd0.4

phone call

Beats

03:33Thumb goes missing

Scene in the episode

01:50–02:27

A · Homer's thumb reattachment

1 2 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 24

B · Lisa's science fair quest

6 15 16 20 21

C · Bart's fireworks adventure

22 23

← Scene 7Homer loses his thumb Scene 9 →Dog chases the thumb

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Homer Simpson371 episodes · drives 4177 scenes

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Marge Simpson237 episodes · drives 977 scenes

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