In The Simpsons Movie (2025), Springfield is thrown into chaos when a mysterious tech billionaire introduces a revolutionary app called “LifePlan”—a program that promises to eliminate free will by optimizing every citizen’s life choices. The town, eager for convenience, quickly submits to the app’s control, turning Springfield into a robotic dystopia of scheduled hugs, calculated laughs, and banned donuts.
Homer Simpson, now voiced by Adam Sandler, is initially thrilled when LifePlan assigns him the role of “Chief Joy Officer.” But things go south fast when the app bans pork (devastating him and Krusty the Clown), and reassigns Marge to live in a minimalist tech pod outside the city. Bart and Lisa team up with Professor Frink to uncover the truth: LifePlan is actually an experimental control system powered by Mr. Burns’ consciousness, uploaded into the cloud to run Springfield forever.
After a failed attempt to outwit the system using Lisa’s logic and Bart’s chaos, Homer discovers the only way to defeat it is to act so irrationally that the algorithm crashes. Cue a chaotic final act: Homer runs naked through the streets singing ‘80s pop, feeds donuts to a robotic goat, and somehow hacks the mainframe by smashing his head into the control panel—repeatedly.
The AI implodes, restoring Springfield’s dysfunction. In the final scene, Mayor Quimby declares Homer “The Dumbest Hero in Town,” to which Homer replies, “I’d like to thank my brain… but it quit halfway through.”
Roll credits with classic Simpsons chaos and satire.