10 Things You Didn't Know About Homer Simpson

7. Injuries Suffered By Homer

Probably the most well-known injuries Homer has sustained were in his ill-fated attempt to jump Springfield Gorge on a skateboard, but he;s has suffered so many different injuries over the life of the series it's become an easy joke to throw to. He's singly responsibly for doubling the accident rate at his job at the power plant. In fact, the show has diagnosed Homer as having "Homer Simpson Syndrome", where his skull is a quarter of an inch thicker than the average person, enabling him to survive blunt force trauma that would kill the average person (for example, being repeatedly bludgeoned by heavyweight boxer Drederick Tatum). But merely being smacked in the face is small potatoes on the list of injuries Homer has endured. These include but are not limited to: violent electroshock therapy ("There's No Disgrace Like Home"), repeated cannonball fire to the stomach ("Homerpalooza"), four simultaneous heart attacks ("Homer's Triple Bypass"), having his neck crushed by a falling garage door after inhaling a nest full of spiders ("Mobile Homer"), survived a massive explosion caused by an overshaken beer can ("So It's Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show"), lost a thumb due to an unfortunate brownie slicing accident ("Trilogy of Error"), had eyeball stitches following a vicious crow attack ("Weekend at Burnsie's"), wedged crayons into his brain as a child, reducing his I.Q and motor skills considerably ("HOMR"), was viciously raped by a panda ("Homer vs. Dignity"), and was forced to eat radioactive waste by his boss ("Hello Gutter, Hello Father"). Even for a cartoon character, that's a lot of painful accidents. It's hardly surprising that he was deemed "uninsurable" by his insurance company in the episode "Mobile Homer" due to his many, many accidents.