Homer Defined: An animation goof.

When Apu goes to the Kwik-E-Mart for his case of the munchies, when Apu tells him there is a small child on the bus:

when Otto says good thing you warned me, his mouth does not move for the first part of the sentence.

XINO

This happens a lot, even in newer episodes. It's because dialogue is played with and added in all the way through the production process, sometimes even the day before airing.

played

even

Another example being.......

And please don't mention the football teams reference.

thanks

XINO

Look at the THOH-II sequence with the monkey paw. When Moe and Kang (Kodos?) chase each other, the one doing the chasing speaks, but his mouth doesn't move; the visual jokes certainly would have worked without the added dialogue, but the new voice acting was obviously added after the animation was completed. I've noticed that this happens a lot in S3/S4.

Another instance off the top of my head is the Andy Dick mention in "Brother's Little Helper" being way off synch (changed from a Martin Lawrence joke last minute--that joke is even retained in the closed captioning).

(Kodos?)

move;

but

completed.

What'y'know, you're right. I'm impressed. Is there like a list of these instances compiled somewhere, or have you just happened to notice it yourself?

XINO

"Xino Kiner" wrote in message news:...

This particular instance was commented upon in the DVD. This process, called "looping" is apparently very very common in the show.