The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
episode of The Simpsons (S9 E1)
"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" is the first episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It was originally broadcast on Fox in the United States on September 21, 1997, as the 179th episode of the series. The episode features the Simpson family traveling to Manhattan to recover the family car, which was taken by Barney Gumble and abandoned outside the World Trade Center, where it had been repeatedly issued with parking tickets and restrained with a wheel clamp.
Writer Ian Maxtone-Graham was interested in making an episode where the Simpson family travels to New York to retrieve their misplaced car. Executive producers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein suggested that the car be found in Austin J. Tobin Plaza at the World Trade Center, as they wanted a location that would be widely known. Great lengths were taken to make a detailed replication of the borough of Manhattan.
The episode received acclaim from fans and television critics and has since been on accolade lists of The Simpsons episodes, whereas the "You're Checkin' In" musical sequence won a pair of awards. Because of the World Trade Center's main role, the episode was taken off syndication in many areas following the September 11 attacks, but returned to syndication by 2006. The episode also features the first appearance of Duffman, who would become a recurring character in the series.
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