 After soccer practice , Bart waits for Homer to pick him up , though his father has forgotten . When Homer finally remembers , he reasons to an angered Bart that they should just both admit they are wrong and try to put the issue behind them . Later , Bart views a commercial for a mentor program called The Bigger Brothers , which pairs up fatherless boys with positive male role models . Still angry at Homer , Bart goes to the agency pretending to be a young boy whose father was a drunken gambler who abandoned him . Barts story is so sad that the receptionist pairs him up with their best Bigger Brother , a military test pilot named Tom . The two spend time together doing a variety of activities , though Bart begins to feel guilty over taking up Tom 's time despite not actually being fatherless . Eventually , Homer finds out about Bart 's Bigger Brother and confronts Bart for it . Homer then decides to go to the Bigger Brothers Agency to get revenge by being assigned with a replacement son ; a young poor boy named Pepi . Just like Tom and Bart , Homer and Pepi spend time together doing activities . 
