‘The Simpsons’ finally solves a big mystery about Homer after 35 years

D’oh!

36 seasons later, “The Simpsons” has yet explained a puzzling enigma astir its lead character.

During Sunday’s section of the animated show, it was yet revealed really Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) has managed to support his occupation contempt being a mediocre employee.

Since nan series’ debut successful 1989, Homer has ne'er been fired from nan Springfield Nuclear Power Plant owned by Mr. Burns — moreover aft his galore errors connected nan job.

In nan latest episode, titled “Shoddy Heat,” it’s explained that Homer’s dad, Abe Simpson (also Castellaneta), made a woody to guarantee his boy ne'er ended up unemployed.

Flashbacks show Abe worked arsenic a backstage investigator. After his partner, Billy O’Donnell, goes missing, Mr. Burns ominously tells Abe that Billy took a “one-way summons to paradise.”

Mr. Burns past promises Abe that he’ll springiness Homer a lifelong occupation astatine nan powerfulness works successful speech that Abe ends nan investigation into Billy’s disappearance.

Showrunner AI Jean teased nan large reveal astir Homer connected X (formerly Twitter) days earlier nan section aired.

“This Sunday a caller @TheSimpsons will lick a enigma that has puzzled (me astatine least) since nan opening of nan show…” Jean, 63, wrote.

Viewers had a affirmative consequence towards nan large reveal, sharing their reactions connected X.

“Kudos to nan caller section for revealing nan reply to nan question, ‘How travel Homer ne'er sewage fired from his occupation contempt each nan mistakes he made?’ successful nan astir astonishing & weirdly wholesome manner possible,” 1 instrumentality wrote.

“Wow, truthful that’s why Homer has ne'er been fired from his occupation nary matter really overmuch he’s screwed up,” different personification said.

“The Simpsons” returned for Season 36 past period and quickly sewage nan net abuzz, because the show dubbed nan episode its “series finale” — leaving viewers confused.

But nan show later revealed that nan full storyline of nan episode was generated by artificial intelligence.

Showrunner Matt Selman told People how nan thought for that tricky section came to be.

“I was successful New Zealand and past nan writer’s onslaught ended, truthful I started instantly moving connected nan show again successful New Zealand a twelvemonth ago,” he explained. “And portion of that was doing property for Season 35, which was astir to start. And nan mobility you ever get doing property is what would you do for a past section of nan show?”

“I ever felt for illustration location was nary bully reply to that mobility because nan show was ne'er meant to end,” he added. “It was meant to spell connected forever. It was meant to make nosy of nan thought of past episodes and everything we do, each section is some a first and a past section of nan show.”

“The Simpsons” airs Sundays connected Fox astatine 8 p.m. ET .