A self-driving car company comes to Springfield, poaching all of the power plant employees with their fun work environment, but Homer has to decide between the perfect job and its dark secret — it drives people to where the company's paid sponsors tell it to go.
Tropes
- Beyond the Impossible: Homer apparently once ran over himself.
- Cool Car: Self-driving cars are very cool to the suburban population of Springfield.
- Hollywood Hacking: Some intense keyboard typing gets CarGo shut down.
- Hypocritical Humor: Once the datamining plot starts up much of the humor comes from the thin line between using personal data for customer convenience and using personal data for corporate branding.
- Wacky Startup Workplace: Deconstructed. Homer gets a job as a tester at CarGo, a self-driving car startup whose office includes perks such as free banh mi, rock-climbing walls, a game room, and an ice rink which the employees never use... until Homer encourages them to enjoy themselves, which is encouraged by the executives. Unfortunately, after Homer discovers that the car he's testing is collecting his personal data, Homer, Marge, and Smithers use some Hollywood Hacking to shut down the company.
