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The content of List of Homer Simpson's jobs was merged into Homer Simpson on 8 July 2008. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

Text or other creative content from this version of List of Homer Simpson's jobs was copied or moved into Homer Simpson with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

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Add Homer to the Fictional victims of child abuse category since he was constantly emotionally abused by his father Abe as a child and it's shown in multiple episodes to have caused long-term harm to his mental health. ~2025-43027-82 (talk) 18:07, 15 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done: The article does not describe him as a victim of child abuse. Day Creature (talk) 18:54, 15 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

He is balding, dim-witted, lazy and unprofessional ~2026-10085-77 (talk) 02:52, 15 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

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I want to change unintelligent to dim-witted ~2026-10085-77 (talk) 02:51, 15 February 2026 (UTC) PleaseReply

Not done: No reason given or reliable sources provided to support the proposed change. Day Creature (talk) 05:18, 15 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

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