About

Gentleman's Barber Shop and Homero Pompadour, also known as Homero Vas a Recortarte? refers to an advertisement for a Puerto Rican barbershop called Gentleman's Barber Shop that uses The Simpsons animation style, showing Homer and Bart Simpson talking to the main barber, who calls Homer, "Homero," and initially asks him, "Homero, vas a recortarte?" The advertisement became a viral video and exploitable in 2025, primarily on TikTok. Some did Accuracy Reenactments of the scene, while others created brainrot and lobotomy edits, often combining Homero Pompadour with other memes like A Barbershop Haircut That Costs a Quarter, Thompson's Cutz and Designs and Adrian, Explain Our Friend Group, creating so-called Adrian Eeffoc Brainrot.

Origin

On October 19th, 2021, YouTuber^[1] Santiago Santiago (Upgrade), representing Gentleman's Barber Shop in Bayamón, Puerto Rico,^[2] posted an animated advertisement in the style of The Simpsons cartoon.

The scene opens with Gentleman's Barber Shop seen next to Moe's Tavern. Inside, Homer and Bart are shown talking to the main barber. Homer, referred to as "Homero," tells the barber in Spanish that Bart wants a pompadour hairstyle.^[3]

Then, the Simpsons character Moe is seen in the chair getting a pompadour cut. After it's done, Homer asks, "What did you guys do with the real Moe?"^[4] The animation then ends with Moe seen tied down in a basement with a gag in his mouth.^[4]

Over four years, the YouTube video received over 253,300 views (shown below).

Spread

On October 10th, 2022, TikToker^[5] @angelazael_ reposted the original video, gaining over 142,200 likes in three years.

On July 1st, 2023, TikToker^[7] @mo_ofu posted a video that warped the audio and visuals of the original Homero Pompadour animation, gaining over 9,800 likes in two years (shown below).

On March 18th, 2025, TikToker^[8] @quinte005 posted a skit using face filters to show Homero talking about a pompadour, gaining over 48,500 likes in five months (shown below).

On June 5th, TikToker^[10] @n.o.r.e.2 posted a video using the Red Circle Perpetrators format to liken a pompadour haircut in Minecraft to the Homero Pompadour meme, gaining over 200,800 likes in two months (shown below).

On June 22nd, 2025, TikToker^[9] @gumballtrooper posted an Accuracy Reenactment, with "1.3% accuracy," of the Homero Pompadour video, gaining over 115,200 likes in two months (shown below).

On July 3rd, TikToker^[11] @treynis1 combined the Instagrammar video with Homero Pompadour, gaining over 417,600 likes in a month (shown below).

On July 15th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @gumballtrooper posted a video from outside of Gentleman's Barber Shop in Puerto Rico, gaining over 32,700 likes in a month (shown below).

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