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In April 2021, a set of images circulated on social media that supposedly showed a scene from the animated TV show The Simpsons in which Homer Simpson tells a new coworker named Frank Grimes that he is able to afford a family and a nice house because of his union job. Homer truly does have a union job, but the I have a union job quote displayed in this image set did not air during this episode of The Simpsons. These images come from an episode entitled Homer's Enemy (season 8, episode 23) that introduces a hardworking character named Frank Grimes to the town of Springfield. Grimes loathes Simpson because Grimes feels that he works hard every day and achieves little, while Homer coasts through life but is very successful. Homer invites Grimes over for dinner in the hopes of smoothing things over, but when Grimes comes over he is perplexed over how Homer can afford his palace of a home. While the screenshot above shows Homer answering this question by saying I have a union job, in the actual episode Homer responds: I don't know. Don't ask me how the economy works. This moment can be glimpsed around the 30-second mark of the following clip: While Homer does not brag about his union membership in this scene, he truly is a member of a union. In fact, in the episode Last Exit to Springfield (season 4, episode 17) he became the union president and was tasked with leading the workers on strike to restore their dental plan. Homer, thanks in part to his union job, may have been able to afford his Springfield palace when these episodes first aired in the 1990s, but according to a report from The Atlantic, the Simpsons would not be nearly as financially secure if the show was set in modern times:
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