danny devito was the voice of homer simpson's brother.
who was the voice of homer simpson's brother?
danny devito
bullet::::- herbert "herb" powell (voiced by danny devito), is homer's paternal half-brother. he resembles homer, though he is much thinner, boasts a full head of hair and is more astute. he first appeared in the season two episode "oh brother, where art thou?" when homer discovered he had a half-brother, the product of a short-lived affair between his father abe and a carnival dunk-tank worker who was also a prostitute (identified in "the simpsons uncensored family album" as "gaby"). a year after putting the baby up for adoption, abe married mona, who insisted he promise never to tell homer about herb or how he was conceived. herb was raised by his adoptive parents edward and mililani powell (first names given in "the simpsons uncensored family album"), put himself through college by working odd jobs, then founded powell motors, a car company based in detroit. herb is an exception to "the simpson gene", which causes all male members of the simpson family to gradually lose their intelligence as they mature, as herb is intelligent, successful and an astute businessman, becoming extremely wealthy due to his car dealership. overjoyed to learn that he had a blood family, herb bonded with the children and hired homer, as a representative of average americans, to design a car. the car was a flop, bankrupting the company, and herb angrily rejects homer as a brother and became a street vagrant. the episode was written by jeff martin but the idea of having herb voiced by danny devito had been pitched by sam simon. some were upset with the sad ending of the episode, and as a result the producers decided to make a sequel. herb re-appeared the next season in "brother, can you spare two dimes?". now broke and homeless, he briefly settled in the simpson household, despite his intense continuing antipathy toward homer. homer loaned herb $2000, which herb used to build an invention that translated infantile speech into comprehensible english, based on observations he made of maggie. he proceeded to mass-produce his new product and regained his fortune. in gratitude, he bought gifts for each member of the family and paid homer back with his forgiveness. homer's "seldom seen half-brother" has had only one brief speaking part since this episode: devito reprised his role for the season 24 episode "the changing of the guardian", in which powell's answering machine message, "hi, you've reached herb powell. i'm poor again.", is heard.
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peter has been criticized for being too similar to homer simpson. peter has appeared in some episodes of "the simpsons", in these episodes which he has been featured he has been depicted as homer simpson's clone or is accused of plagiarism. ken tucker of "entertainment weekly" wrote that peter is homer simpson "as conceived by a singularly sophomoric mind that lacks any reference point beyond other tv shows". robin pierson from "the tv critic" criticized the griffin family for being too similar to the simpson family; and he said that peter "has homer simpson written all over him". this is eventually made fun of in the episode "ratings guy" when, after peter ruins television and goes to the networks to reverse the changes, homer simpson shows up with the same plight, with peter going "a-ha! looks like this is one we beat you to!" in "the simpsons guy", a crossover episode between "family guy" and "the simpsons", the griffins end up in the town of springfield after their car is stolen, where they meet and befriend the simpsons.
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