"When Flanders Failed" is the third episode of The Simpsons third season. It first started on the Fox network in the United States on October 3, 1991. In this episode, Homer makes a wish for Ned Flanders's new left-handed store to go out of business. The wish comes true and gets the Flanders family into financial problems. Ned is made to sell his things, and Homer buys many of his things. When finding out that Ned's house is to be repossessed, Homer feels bad and decides to get the store back in business by telling all the left-handed people about it. Meanwhile, Bart takes karate lessons but quits after finding out that it is not as cool as he had thought it to be.