High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Homer to the Max" is the thirteenth episode of The Simpsons` tenth season, which originally broadcast on February 7, 1999.Homer discovers that a television show broadcasting in Springfield, Police Cops, has a hero also named Homer Simpson. He is delighted with the positive attention he receives because of the show. However, when the television character is changed from a hero to a bumbling idiot, Homer is mocked and taunted by those he knows, so he changes his name to "Max Power" to rid himself of the negative attention. He gains new friends, and is forced into a protest to prevent a forest from being knocked down. In the end, "Max" changes his name back to Homer. It was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Pete Michels. Overall, the episode received a Nielsen rating of 8.5.