The Simpsons on Contract Law

Homer Simpson runs out of donuts at work, so he sells his soul to the devil in exchange for a donut.  (The devil is played by Homer’s do-good neighbor, Ned Flanders).  At trial, Lionel Hutz, the Simpsons’ attorney, attempts to undermine the devil’s testimony regarding the enforceability of Homer’s contract to sell his soul for a donut:

Devil Flanders: I simply ask for what is mine.

Lionel Hutz: That was a right-pretty speech, sir.  But I ask you, what is a contract?  Webster’s defines it as “an agreement under the law which is unbreakable.”  What is unbreakable?  Excuse me, I must use the restroom.

From the Treehouse of Horrors IV episode, the Homer and the Devil sequence (first aired Halloween 1993).

[Meredith R. Miller]