Origin of No Homers Club
The website took its title from an episode of The Simpsons, "Homer the Great", written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jim Reardon. In the episode, Homer laments that years ago his peers started a "No Homers Club" and excluded him from the group, even though they let in a boy by the name of Homer Glumplich. (This is explained by the fact that it's the No Homers (plural) Club, and they're "allowed to have one.")
Boy: Hey Billy! Hey Joey! Come on in. There's plenty of room. Sorry, not you, Homer.
Homer: Why not!?
Homer: But you let in Homer Glumplich!
Homer Glumplich: Hyuck hyuck!
Boy: It says no Homers. We're allowed to have one.
Homer: Ohhhhhhhh!
— The Simpsons episode 2F09, "Homer the Great".
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