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I am so smart. I am so smart. S-M-R-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T.
— The Simpsons · 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Homer announces his own genius and fumbles the spelling in the same breath, the show's purest joke about confidence outrunning ability. The botched S-M-R-T, followed by a correction that is hardly better, is the part everyone remembers. Fans chant it as a mock victory lap, usually just before the thing they are celebrating goes wrong.
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In context
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In "Homer Goes to College" (The Simpsons, season 5, October 1993), a surprise inspection shows Homer to be badly under-qualified for his job at the nuclear plant, and Mr. Burns sends him to Springfield University to earn a degree. When he is accepted, Homer burns his old high school diploma, dances round the fire and sings that he is so smart, then stumbles over spelling it out and corrects himself. At college he befriends three nerds, and later accidentally gets them expelled. Conan O'Brien wrote the episode.
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- Simpsons Wiki: Homer Goes to College/QuotesQuote list (acceptance song)Reference checked
- Simpsons Wiki: Homer Goes to CollegeInfobox and synopsisReference checked
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