Ranking All 25 The Simpsons Season Finales

4. Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?

Who Shot Mr Burns
Fox

Season: 3

Any episode with Danny DeVito's Herb Simpson, Homer's Riches to Rags half brother, is a stellar one. Voiced to perfection by DeVito, Herb is one of the most underused recurring characters in Simpsons history, though there's no doubt that DeVito was not an easy star to book.

In Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? Herb, who was previously ruined by Homer when he allowed his new found but dimwitted half brother to design the flagship vehicle for his car manufacturer, returns to ask Homer to lend him money so that he can work on a new invention - a baby translator. 

Although reluctant, the family reminds Homer how he ruined Herb, and he eventually forks over the cash. Against all odds, Herb's invention (with Maggie as his test subject) works, and Herb becomes rich again, and eventually forgives Homer for ruining him in the first place.

This is golden era Simpsons at its best, plain and simple. Classic.

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