Why you little! - Revision history

MediocreUsername at 17:39, October 9, 2025

2025-10-09T17:39:34Z

SolarBot: /* top */replaced: {{Realworld}} → {{Icons|RW}}

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‎top: replaced: {{Realworld}} → {{Icons|RW}}

SolarBot: replaced: Marge → Marge, Bart → Bart (2), Lisa → Lisa

2022-03-13T19:09:04Z

replaced: Marge → Marge, Bart → Bart (2), Lisa → Lisa

Krloz to at 18:22, February 15, 2022

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SolarBot: replaced: ==Variations== → == Variations == (2), * → * (11)

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replaced: ==Variations== → == Variations == (2), * → * (11)

SolarBot: /* Variations */replaced: metal → {{ap|David|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}

2020-12-13T15:54:27Z

‎Variations: replaced: metal → {{ap|David|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}

HomerGriffin at 15:58, April 24, 2020

2020-04-24T15:58:46Z

HomerGriffin: /* Other Uses */

2020-03-07T22:39:53Z

‎Other Uses

HomerGriffin: /* Variations */

2020-03-07T22:39:02Z

‎Variations

SolarBot: /* Variations */replaced: A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again → A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again

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‎Variations: replaced: A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again → A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again

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 {{Catchphrase
 |title = Why you little!
-|image = [[File:Angry Dad ATM Dad.png|250px]]
+|image = [[File:Homer the Father strangle.png|250px]]
 |Character = [[Homer Simpson]]
 |Reason For Saying = Strangling [[Bart]]
 |First Heard = "[[Family Portrait]]"
 }}
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 == Variations ==
 There have been 19 variations of this catchphrase.

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-{{Realworld}}
+{{Icons|RW}}
 {{Catchphrase
 |title = Why you little!

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 |image = [[File:Angry Dad ATM Dad.png|250px]]
 |Character = [[Homer Simpson]]
-|Reason For Saying = Strangling [[Bart Simpson|Bart]]
+|Reason For Saying = Strangling [[Bart]]
 |Written in Scripts and Episode Titles as =
 |First Heard = "[[Family Portrait]]"
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 *"Why, thee little!" (The pilgrim portrayals of Homer and Bart employed this gag in "[[The Wettest Stories Ever Told]]")
 *<span style="line-height:21px;">"Pretend to care!" (while strangling Bart in "[[She Used to Be My Girl]]")</span>
-*"Why you little bastard......!" (after [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] points out that there are two types of bastard; it should be noted that while Homer is strangling Bart she comments, "''That's'' the angry one." in "[[Wedding for Disaster]]")
+*"Why you little bastard......!" (after [[Lisa]] points out that there are two types of bastard; it should be noted that while Homer is strangling Bart she comments, "''That's'' the angry one." in "[[Wedding for Disaster]]")
-*"Why, you big...!" ([[Marge Simpson|Marge]] says this as she enters a two-way "why you little!" by strangling Homer who does so also with the gag's traditional victim in "[[Homer's Night Out]]".)
+*"Why, you big...!" ([[Marge]] says this as she enters a two-way "why you little!" by strangling Homer who does so also with the gag's traditional victim in "[[Homer's Night Out]]".)
 *"You stole my money!" (Bart says this as he attempts to reverse the roles in "[[Barting Over]]". Bart's hands are too small, so he pulls Homer's belt off and uses it as a Homer-strangler instead.)
 *"I paid for your splendor!" (Homer to Bart in Barting Over after seeing Bart's new home and that half of his paycheck went to Bart in him settling in on his new luxuries.)

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 {{Catchphrase
 |title = Why you little!
-|image =
+|image = [[File:Angry Dad ATM Dad.png|250px]]
 |Character = [[Homer Simpson]]
 |Reason For Saying = Strangling [[Bart Simpson|Bart]]

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 '''"Why you little!"''' is one of [[Homer]]'s catchphrases. Most of the time it is followed by Homer strangling [[Bart]] for whatever reason, commonly being Bart insulting Homer verbally, but in the episode "[[Homer's Phobia]]", Bart slapped Homer on account of seeing people hitting each other.
-==Variations==
+== Variations ==
 There have been 19 variations of this catchphrase.
 *"Why, you little! I'll teach you to laugh at something funny!" (''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'')
 *"Don't tell me I'm not capable of good behavior!" ("[[Donnie Fatso]]")
-* "Why you {{ap|David|Treehouse of Horror XVI|metal}}..........!" (Used for Bart's replacement robot David in "[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]]")
+*"Why you {{ap|David|Treehouse of Horror XVI|metal}}..........!" (Used for Bart's replacement robot David in "[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]]")
 *"Why, you little Borderline psyco-" (Said by B.F. Sherwood in Family Therapy [this is the first variation])
 *"Why you [[Cletus Spuckler|cotton-pickin']]!" (Used for Cletus in "[[Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily]]")
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 *"Boy - must - die!" (when Bart spills the lotion that makes hair grow in "[[Simpson and Delilah]]")
 *"I'll show you mad in the morning!" (when Homer realizes that Bart mailed the letter, but Marge scolds him, "Homer, you encouraged him. You should be strangling yourself!" in "[[Blood Feud]]")
-* "Why, you little! I'll teach you to have a libido!" (Strangling Bart as Homer catches him and Milhouse watching softer-than-soft-porn on the Internet I.E. Flanders' 2 female tenants transmitting slightly naughty live webcam shows (no nudity though!) from inside Flanders' own house in "Home away from Homer")
+*"Why, you little! I'll teach you to have a libido!" (Strangling Bart as Homer catches him and Milhouse watching softer-than-soft-porn on the Internet I.E. Flanders' 2 female tenants transmitting slightly naughty live webcam shows (no nudity though!) from inside Flanders' own house in "Home away from Homer")
 *"YOU!! You did this to me!" (when Homer realizes that Bart turned his shirt pink in "[[Stark Raving Dad]]")
-* "Why you monster! And you took my daughter's saxophone too! (Homer's rage at the cat burglar directed at the Channel 6 stage manager in "[[Homer the Vigilante]]")
+*"Why you monster! And you took my daughter's saxophone too! (Homer's rage at the cat burglar directed at the Channel 6 stage manager in "[[Homer the Vigilante]]")
-* "Choke on my numb, blue hands!" (Homer attempting to strangle Bart with frozen hands in "[[A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again]]")
+*"Choke on my numb, blue hands!" (Homer attempting to strangle Bart with frozen hands in "[[A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again]]")
-* Why you slimy little! (Homer on snail Bart in "[[Married to the Blob]]")
+*Why you slimy little! (Homer on snail Bart in "[[Married to the Blob]]")
-* Why you little! I'll show you who's a flabbi! (Homer rolls Bart's face on his big stomach in "[[Clown in the Dumps]]")
+*Why you little! I'll show you who's a flabbi! (Homer rolls Bart's face on his big stomach in "[[Clown in the Dumps]]")
-* "I'll paperweight you!" (Homer slams his rear end onto Bart in "[[Gal of Constant Sorrow]]")
+*"I'll paperweight you!" (Homer slams his rear end onto Bart in "[[Gal of Constant Sorrow]]")
-* 'Burn, Barty, Burn!' (Homer breathing fire while strangling Bart in "[[Father Knows Worst]]")
+*'Burn, Barty, Burn!' (Homer breathing fire while strangling Bart in "[[Father Knows Worst]]")
-* 'Lisa, no! Your hands are too weak!' (Lisa starts strangling Bart when he confesses to destroying the Christmas tree, only for Homer to stop her and take over himself in "[[Miracle on Evergreen Terrace]]")
+*'Lisa, no! Your hands are too weak!' (Lisa starts strangling Bart when he confesses to destroying the Christmas tree, only for Homer to stop her and take over himself in "[[Miracle on Evergreen Terrace]]")
-* 'Aargh! You call that saying Grace?!' (Lisa sees Homer apparently going to hug Bart and thinks it sweet, but he's actually throttling him for saying the Grace prayer wrongly or rudely in "[[Lisa the Tree Hugger]]")
+*'Aargh! You call that saying Grace?!' (Lisa sees Homer apparently going to hug Bart and thinks it sweet, but he's actually throttling him for saying the Grace prayer wrongly or rudely in "[[Lisa the Tree Hugger]]")
-* 'He what? YOU MONSTER!!' (Homer calls Bart his "little Roman Polanski", unaware of what the real one did, and upon being told by Marge, throttle Bart in a rage in "[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]")
+*'He what? YOU MONSTER!!' (Homer calls Bart his "little Roman Polanski", unaware of what the real one did, and upon being told by Marge, throttle Bart in a rage in "[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]")
-==Other Uses==
+== Other Uses ==
 In a couple of episodes, Homer has said it when he is further away. In "[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]", one of [[Homer]]'s clones tried to strangle the real Homer, and then they both went 'Why you little' at the same time. [[Grampa]] sometimes uses it when he strangles Homer.
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 *"YOU!! You did this to me!" (when Homer realizes that Bart turned his shirt pink in ''[[Stark Raving Dad]]'')
 * "Why you monster! And you took my daughter's saxophone too! (Homer's rage at the cat burglar directed at the Channel 6 stage manager in ''[[Homer the Vigilante]]'')
-* "Choke on my numb, blue hands!" (Homer attempting to strangle Bart with frozen hands in ''[[A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again]]'')
+* "Choke on my numb, blue hands!" (Homer attempting to strangle Bart with frozen hands in ''[[A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again]]'')
 * Why you slimy little! (Homer on snail Bart in ''[[Married to the Blob]]'')
 * Why you little! I'll show you who's a flabbi! (Homer rolls Bart's face on his big stomach in [[Clown in the Dumps]])