Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Ned answers every request, insult and Homer-sized disaster in the same sing-song cheer, and 'okily dokily' is that cheer boiled down to its sound. The words turn plain agreement into a parody of suburban niceness, which is why the show used it for years as the thing Homer can never crack. Fans copy it for exaggerated friendliness and it is one of the Simpsons' most imitated voices.
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In context
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Ned Flanders is the Simpsons' relentlessly cheerful, devout next-door neighbour, voiced by Harry Shearer and first seen in the series premiere, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (1989). "Okily dokily" is his stock agreement, usually said to Homer when Homer gives him an order or asks a favour, and it sometimes stretches into the longer "I okily dokily schmokily do". Wikipedia dates his first use of the sing-song "diddly" speech style to "The Call of the Simpsons" (18 February 1990), the episode in which Homer, jealous of Ned's new motor home, buys a dilapidated RV of his own. No source I fetched names the episode where "okily dokily" is first said.
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- Simpsons Wiki: Okily Dokily!Catchphrase pageReference checked
- Wikipedia: Ned FlandersLead and CharacterisationReference checked
- Wikipedia: The Call of the SimpsonsInfobox and PlotReference checked
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