The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" is the first episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on September 21, 1997, as the 179th episode of the series. The episode features the Simpson family traveling to Manhattan to recover the family car, which was taken by Barney Gumble and abandoned outside the World Trade Center, where it had been repeatedly posted with parking tickets, and disabled with a parking boot.
One of the promotional cards for the episode, featuring the Simpson family atop the Empire State Building.
The World Trade Center, seen here in March 2001, was prominently featured in the episode.
David Silverman was sent to Manhattan to take photographs of the area in order to make the episode more accurate.
The "9" and the Twin Towers to the right of it have been described by some conspiracy theorists as foreshadowing the 9/11 attacks
The ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox network between September 1997 and May 1998, beginning on Sunday, September 21, 1997, with "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson". Mike Scully served as showrunner for the ninth production season. The ninth broadcast season contained three episodes with 4F-series production codes, indicating that they were hold-over episodes from production season eight, and two episodes with 3G-series production codes, which are not explicitly confirmed to be part of any production season but are speculated to be relabeled 3F-series episodes. This makes it the first broadcast season to include holdover episodes from two previous production seasons.
DVD cover featuring The Simpson family attending a showing of the 200th episode.
Martin Sheen guest-starred as the real Seymour Skinner in the infamous episode "The Principal and the Pauper"
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek made a guest appearance as himself in the Christmas episode "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
James Earl Jones narrated the episode "Das Bus"