Painterly red phone booth with pale wings floating against a starry blue sky.

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Homer

I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman.

— The Simpsons  ·  1989

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Homer admits prayer isn't his thing. Still, he's desperate enough to call out to Superman as if he were a higher power. It's funny because a comic-book hero gets the kind of plea usually saved for God.

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