“El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)” (a.k.a. The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer) is the ninth episode in the Season 8. It first aired on January 5, 1997. The episode was written by Ken Keeler and directed by Jim Reardon. A more accurate translation of the episode title from Spanish is “The Mysterious Trip of Our ‘Jomer’.” Nuestro is Spanish for “our,” and “Jomer” is a Spanish pronunciation wordplay on “Homer” (in Spanish, the letter J is pronounced as an English H). Johhny Cash guest stars.
After Homer downs several Guatemalan insanity peppers at the annual chili cook off, his consciousness goes on a mystical journey, complete with a talking coyote spirit guide, to discover his soul mate.