"The Fat and the Furriest" is the fifth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.
Homer goes to Sprawl-Mart, and he buys Marge a "Kitchen Carnival" for Mother's Day, a machine that houses a cotton candy maker, a vat of liquid caramel, and a deep fryer.
Homer makes a near-useless suit of armor: despite Marge's objections, Bart, Lenny and Carl join him as they start on their quest.
With Bart, Lenny and Carl dancing to the radio and paying no attention, the bear drags Homer to his cave.
It is then the whole family declares to be proud of Homer for his efforts of saving the bear from the hunters, to which he responds that he loves nature.
The creation of bear-proof armor after surviving a bear attack (but not Homer's public cowardice) was inspired by Troy Hurtubise, whose story was told in the documentary Project Grizzly.
[4] Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide called the episode a "pretty dopey concept" because it did not make sense.
[7] Massih Zekavat and Tabea Scheel wrote how the episode demonstrates how people try to dominate nature by destroying it.