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The Simpsons- Episode Guide |
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 | 1x01 Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (Aired: Dec. 17, 1989) Christmas is nearly ruined when Marge has to spend all of the family's gift money to remove Bart's tattoo. Homer becomes a department store Santa to raise more cash, but bets it all at the dog races on a hot tip from Barney. Homer and Bart save Christmas by adopting the losing greyhound, Santa's Little ... | |
 | 1x02 Bart the Genius (Aired: Jan. 14, 1990) Bart cheats on his intelligence test and is mistaken for a child genius. In order to offer him more stimulation, Marge and Homer enroll him in a school for gifted students where he is immediately made to feel like the mediocre student he is. Bart eventually bluffs his way back into Springfield Elementary ... | |
 | 1x03 Homer's Odyssey (Aired: Jan. 21, 1990) Homer reevaluates his life after getting fired from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant for causing a meltdown. He becomes a public safety advocate and rallies to have speed bumps installed on roads and fights against his old boss. Eventually, he abandons his cause and gets rehired at the plant with ... | |
 | 1x04 There's No Disgrace Like Home (Aired: Jan. 28, 1990) After an embarrassing experience at his company picnic, Homer begins to wonder if his family is too dysfunctional. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie attend family therapy sessions with Dr. Marvin Monroe, an unorthodox psychotherapist who uses shock therapy to "cure" them. | |
 | 1x05 Bart the General (Aired: Feb. 04, 1990) After years of being picked on by Nelson, Bart and other kids from Springfield Elementary decide to fight back. With the help of Grandpa and one-armed Herman, the kids attack Nelson and his buddies with water balloons until he agrees to sign a cease fire treaty. | |
 | 1x06 Moaning Lisa (Aired: Feb. 11, 1990) Lisa gets sent home from school with a terrible case of the blues. One night she meets Bleeding Gums Murphy, a jazz musician who teaches her how to express her feelings through music. Lisa writes a song for Bleeding Gums, who plays it at his club, making Lisa feel happy again. | |
 | 1x07 The Call of the Simpsons (Aired: Feb. 18, 1990) Homer buys an RV and takes the family camping. Accidentally driving it off the edge of a cliff, Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are trapped in the woods and must fend for themselves. Marge makes her way back to civilization, but Homer is mistaken for Bigfoot and eventually captured by hunters. | |
 | 1x08 The Telltale Head (Aired: Feb. 25, 1990) Bart tries to impress Jimbo Jones and his friends by stealing the head of the Jebediah Springfield statue in the town square. The townspeople are devastated by his act of vandalism and only Homer can help him return the head to its shoulders and fend off the angry mob. | |
 | 1x09 Life on the Fast Lane (Aired: Mar. 18, 1990) Homer buys Marge a bowling ball for her birthday, prompting her to take up bowling lessons with a suave, French bowling instructor named Jacques. As her game improves, Marge and Jacques grow closer and closer until they're spending every night of the week at the bowling alley and sharing brunch. Realizing ... | |
 | 1x10 Homer's Night Out (Aired: Mar. 25, 1990) Using his toy spy camera, Bart captures Homer drunk and cavorting with a belly dancer named Princess Kashmir. When he gets the photo developed, it is photocopied and distributed all over town, ruining Homer's reputation and nearly wrecking his marriage to Marge. Fearing that Bart may be learning a bad ... | |
 | 1x11 The Crepes of Wrath (Aired: Apr. 15, 1990) Bart is sent to France as a foreign exchange student and is forced to live with two slave-driving French winemakers. In his place, the Simpson family takes in Adil, a student from Albania, who's actually a spy stealing the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's secrets. Bart escapes his tormentors' vineyard ... | |
 | 1x12 Krusty Gets Busted (Aired: Apr. 29, 1990) With the help of eyewitness Homer Simpson, Krusty the Clown gets busted for robbing the Kwik-E-Mart. Convinced that his hero is wrongly accused, Bart, with Lisa's help, examines the clues and case and determines that Krusty was framed by his bitter sidekick, Sideshow Bob. Krusty is cleared and Bob begins ... | |
 | 1x13 Some Enchanted Evening (Aired: May. 13, 1990) Homer and Marge go out for a much-needed romantic dinner and leave Bart, Lisa and Maggie with a babysitter named Ms. Botz. Bart becomes convinced that Ms. Botz is actually the Babysitter Bandit, a wanted criminal he saw on America's Most Wanted Armed and Dangerous. Bart turns out to be correct and when ... | |
| Season 02 | ||
 | 2x01 Bart Gets an F (Aired: Oct. 11, 1990) After failing a history test, Bart strikes a deal with Martin Prince to make him cool in exchange for tutoring. Bart successfully transforms Martin into a regular kid, but Martin reneges on his side of the bargain and Bart is once again in danger of failing. After an all-night study session, Bart still ... | |
 | 2x02 Simpson and Delilah (Aired: Oct. 18, 1990) When Homer gets an experimental hair treatment, he grows a shaggy new mane. Marge finds the new Homer sexy and Mr. Burns mistakes his most incompetent employee for a hungry up-and-comer and promotes him. As part of his promotion, Homer gets an overly attentive assistant named Karl who ensures that his ... | |
 | 2x03 Treehouse of Horror (Aired: Oct. 24, 1990) In this first installment of the yearly Halloween special, the Simpsons move to a haunted house, beam into outer space and take on a chilling literary classic. In the first segment, the family checks into a mansion that tries to make them kill one another. In the second segment, Kang and Kodos bring ... | |
 | 2x04 Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish (Aired: Nov. 01, 1990) Bart and Lisa catch a three-eyed fish in a polluted stream near The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, bringing scads of negative publicity to Mr. Burns. In order to fight the bad press, Burns decides to run for Governor, enlisting a team of spin doctors. But all the spin doctors in the world can't fix ... | |
 | 2x05 Dancin' Homer (Aired: Nov. 08, 1990) Homer becomes a local celebrity when he is named the mascot for the Springfield Isotopes, a local minor league baseball team. With a repertoire of dance moves and specialized routines, Homer attracts the attention of the team's owner, who recruits him to become the mascot for Capital City Capitals. Homer ... | |
 | 2x06 Dead Putting Society (Aired: Nov. 15, 1990) In a bout of over-the-top neighborly competition, Homer and Ned Flanders pit Bart and Todd against one another in a miniature golf competition. Both boys train incessantly for the big day, but it's clear that the tournament is more important to Homer and Ned, who have made a side bet for the loser's ... | |
 | 2x07 Bart vs. Thanksgiving (Aired: Nov. 22, 1990) Lisa spends the days leading up the Thanksgiving building a centerpiece dedicated to female heroes of American history. In order to make room for more food on the table, Bart accidentally throws Lisa's centerpiece into the fireplace, destroying it. Sent to his room with no Thanksgiving supper, Bart escapes ... | |
 | 2x08 Bart the Daredevil (Aired: Dec. 06, 1990) At a Monster Truck event, Bart spots his hero Captain Lance Murdock, a daredevil who attempts to jump his motorcycle over a tank filled with great white sharks, electric eels, piranhas, alligators, a ferocious lion and one drop of blood that drives all the wild animals insane. Inspired to follow in Murdock's ... | |
 | 2x09 Itchy & Scratchy & Marge (Aired: Dec. 20, 1990) Convinced that the images on "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" are a bad influence on kids, Marge wages a one-woman campaign against the show that eventually forces the creator, Roger Meyers, Jr., to curb the violence in favor of bland, lovey-dovey plots. The new format bombs and the show's ratings plunge. ... | |
 | 2x10 Bart Gets Hit by a Car (Aired: Jan. 10, 1991) Mr. Burns hits Bart with his car, sending him on a trip to heaven and hell while he's unconscious. After consulting the crooked attorney Lionel Hutz, Homer and Marge attempt to sue Mr. Burns for a million dollars. Burns is prepared to settle for $500,000, but promptly withdraws the offer when he discovers ... | |
 | 2x11 One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish (Aired: Jan. 24, 1991) Homer discovers the wonders of sushi, trying a piece of every fish on the menu of the Happy Sumo restaurant. But when he eats a bad piece of blowfish, he is poisoned and given 24 hours to live by Dr. Hibbert. With one day left on earth, Homer makes a list of everything he ever wanted to do but didn't ... | |
 | 2x12 The Way We Was (Aired: Jan. 31, 1991) When the TV breaks, Marge takes the opportunity to share the story of how she and Homer met with Bart and Lisa. Flashing back to 1974, we see Homer as ne'er-do-well high school student and Marge as a budding feminist. Homer becomes smitten with Marge and tries to get close to her by enlisting her as ... | |
 | 2x13 Homer vs. Lisa and the Eighth Commandment (Aired: Feb. 07, 1991) Homer becomes the most popular guy in town when he gets an illegal cable hook-up. But Lisa doesn't approve and fears that Homer will go to hell for violating the Eighth Commandment. Lisa seeks advice from Reverend Lovejoy, who simply tells her not to watch the stolen cable. Later, Homer invites all of ... | |
 | 2x14 Principal Charming (Aired: Feb. 14, 1991) Marge enlists Homer's help to find Aunt Selma a husband. During his search, Homer is called into Springfield Elementary to meet with Principal Skinner and decides that the principal is the man for Selma. Skinner agrees to meet Selma but mistakenly falls in love with Aunt Patty instead, causing Selma ... | |
 | 2x15 Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (Aired: Feb. 21, 1991) Homer discovers that he has a long-lost half brother, Herb Powell, who is the wealthy CEO of a car company. When Homer and Herb meet, they instantly hit it off and Herb takes in the Simpson family as his own. Herb hires Homer to help design a car for regular guys, but Homer's design proves so disastrous ... | |
 | 2x16 Bart's Dog Gets an F (Aired: Mar. 07, 1991) After a series of destructive acts, the entire Simpson family loses patience with Santa's Little Helper. Marge and Homer insist on sending the dog to Emily Winthrop's Canine College but Santa's Little Helper proves too unruly and stupid to learn anything. Homer and Marge threaten to give the dog away ... | |
 | 2x17 Old Money (Aired: Mar. 28, 1991) Grandpa Simpson falls in love with Bea Simmons, a fellow resident of the Springfield Retirement Castle. During the course of their brief romance, Bea passes away and leaves Grandpa her entire savings, $100,000. Grandpa decides to give the money to charity but can't decide which one is worthiest. Eventually, ... | |
 | 2x18 Brush With Greatness (Aired: Apr. 11, 1991) Marge's interest in art is reawakened when she finds some of her old paintings in the attic. Signing up for a painting class taught by Professor Lombardo at Springfield Community College, Marge eventually develops enough confidence in her work to enter the Springfield Art Fair and win. Her winning painting ... | |
 | 2x19 Lisa's Substitute (Aired: Apr. 25, 1991) When Lisa's teacher Miss Hoover gets Lyme Disease, Mr. Bergstrom takes over the class. Lisa finds Mr. Bergstrom's teaching methods incredibly inspiring and discovers an entirely new love for learning. When Miss Hoover returns to her class, Lisa is devastated to lose her most positive grown-up role model. ... | |
 | 2x20 The War of the Simpsons (Aired: May. 02, 1991) When Homer humiliates Marge at a party they've thrown for their friends and neighbors, the only thing that can save their marriage is a weekend retreat for married couples run by Reverend Lovejoy up at Catfish Lake. Marge is determined to fix their marriage, but Homer is more determined to catch General ... | |
 | 2x21 Three Men and a Comic Book (Aired: May. 09, 1991) Bart becomes obsessed with buying the first issue of Radioactive Man, but can't scrape together the $100 he needs to make it his own. Enlisting Milhouse and Martin Prince, Bart is finally able to buy the comic, even though he only possesses one third of it. But things get hairy when none of them can ... | |
 | 2x22 Blood Feud (Aired: Jul. 11, 1991) When Mr. Burns gets sick, only a transfusion of Bart's blood, which is a special type, can save him. With the boy's blood coursing through his veins, Mr. Burns is more alive than ever and writes a thank-you note to Bart. Homer is convinced that Burns has not shown his boy enough gratitude and writes ... | |
| Season 03 | ||
 | 3x01 Stark Raving Dad (Aired: Sep. 19, 1991) When he wears a pink shirt to work, Homer's coworkers mistake him for a mental patient and commit him to the New Bedlam Rest Home for the Emotionally Interesting. While there, Homer meets a tall, stocky white man who claims to be Michael Jackson. Despite his reservations, Homer befriends "Michael" and ... | |
 | 3x02 Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington (Aired: Sep. 26, 1991) Lisa enters an essay contest and wins a trip for the whole family to go to Washington, D.C. While there, her faith in democracy is shattered when she witnesses a congressman accepting a bribe. In her desire to uphold this nation's ideals, Lisa decides to expose the corrupt official, and in doing so has ... | |
 | 3x03 When Flanders Failed (Aired: Oct. 03, 1991) Ned Flanders decides to open his own business called the Leftorium, a store that sells tools and products aimed at left-handed consumers. Homer, filled with resentment towards Flanders, hopes that the Leftorium fails. Needless to say, the business is not a smashing success and Flanders goes broke, forcing ... | |
 | 3x04 Bart the Murderer (Aired: Oct. 10, 1991) When he crashes his skateboard into the stairwell of the Legitimate Businessman's Social Club, Bart falls in with a particularly bad crowd: the Springfield Mafia. Soon, he befriends Fat Tony, Louie, Joey and other goodfellas, who take him on as their bartender and errand boy. As Bart adopts more and ... | |
 | 3x05 Homer Defined (Aired: Oct. 17, 1991) During a near-fatal meltdown at The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer frantically presses buttons on his console until he hits the right combination and saves the day. Homer becomes a hero even though he knows in his heart that what he did was a fluke. Aristotle Amadopolis, owner of the Shelbyville ... | |
 | 3x06 Like Father Like Clown (Aired: Oct. 24, 1991) During a tear-filled dinner at the Simpsons' house, Krusty the Clown reveals that he is the estranged son of an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi. It seems that Krusty's father, Rabbi Krustofski, never accepted his son's profession, and disowned him years ago. Bart and Lisa decide to reunite the two men, but find ... | |
 | 3x07 Treehouse of Horror II (Aired: Oct. 31, 1991) After eating piles and piles of Halloween candy, Bart, Lisa and Homer have nightmares that haunt them all night. The Monkey's Paw; Lisa dreams that the family goes on a trip to Morocco and buys a cursed monkey paw that grants its owner three wishes. By wishing for world peace, Lisa accidentally paves ... | |
 | 3x08 Lisa's Pony (Aired: Nov. 07, 1991) When Homer disappoints Lisa one too many times, he tries to make it up to her with one grand gesture: He buys her a pony. Lisa is thrilled, but Homer and Marge are shocked to discover how expensive maintaining the animal can be. Homer is forced to take on another job working the graveyard shift at the ... | |
 | 3x09 Saturdays of Thunder (Aired: Nov. 14, 1991) Bart becomes deeply immersed in competitive soapbox racing while Homer begins to realize that he's not as good a father as he thought. After attending a lecture at National Fatherhood Institute, Homer becomes a more attentive father, helping Bart build the ultimate soapbox racer. But Bart decides not ... | |
 | 3x10 Flaming Moe's (Aired: Nov. 21, 1991) Homer invents a bizarre drink he calls the Flaming Homer. It's so good that Moe steals his recipe, renames it the Flaming Moe, and takes credit for it. The Flaming Moe revitalizes the bartender's business, turning Moe's Tavern into the hottest spot in Springfield. Meanwhile, Homer is so angered by Moe's ... | |
 | 3x11 Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk (Aired: Dec. 05, 1991) Mr. Burns sells The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant for $100 million. The buyers are two wealthy German investors who promptly fire Homer and other employees. After a confrontation with Homer and others at Moe's, Mr. Burns realizes he should never have sold the plant. After negotiations, Burns buys back ... | |
 | 3x12 I Married Marge (Aired: Dec. 26, 1991) It's a walk down memory lane as Homer and Marge recount their early years for Bart and Lisa. Back in 1980, a young Homer and Marge are forced to get married at Shotgun Pete's Wedding Chapel after Marge becomes pregnant. But married life is difficult for the young couple and Homer decides to leave Marge ... | |
 | 3x13 Radio Bart (Aired: Jan. 09, 1992) Homer buys Bart a Superstar Celebrity microphone for his birthday. Bart thinks it's the lamest gift in the world until he realizes he can play some great pranks with it. One of his pranks backfires when the entire town comes to the rescue of "Timmy O'Toole," the little boy Bart pretends has fallen down ... | |
 | 3x14 Lisa the Greek (Aired: Jan. 23, 1992) Homer discovers that Lisa has an uncanny ability to pick winning football teams. Soon, the two of them spend every Sunday afternoon together, betting on football games and winning. During these "Daddy-Daughter Days," Lisa feels closer to Homer than ever, but she begins to feel betrayed when she realizes ... | |
 | 3x15 Homer Alone (Aired: Feb. 06, 1992) Marge has a nervous breakdown and is sent to Rancho Relaxo resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation. While she's off pampering herself, Homer sends Bart and Lisa to stay with their Aunts Patty and Selma but must take care of Maggie himself. During the night, Maggie disappears and Homer frantically ... | |
 | 3x16 Bart the Lover (Aired: Feb. 13, 1992) During a particularly long detention jag, Bart discovers that his teacher, Mrs. Krabappel, has placed a personal ad looking for love. Thinking it would be funny to string her along, Bart writes her a love letter as "Woodrow," the perfect man who loves holding hands and hates yo-yos. Mrs. Krabappel falls ... | |
 | 3x17 Homer at the Bat (Aired: Feb. 20, 1992) Mr. Burns makes a million dollar bet with his arch-rival Aristotle Amadopolis that the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant team will beat the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant team in the softball championships. To ensure victory, Burns hires a number of ringers, including pro baseball players Darryl Strawberry, ... | |
 | 3x18 Separate Vocations (Aired: Feb. 27, 1992) After taking career aptitude tests, Lisa discovers that the occupation she's best suited for is homemaker while Bart is pegged as a future police officer. Each takes the opportunity to explore their options as Lisa spends the day doing chores with Marge and Bart goes on a ride along with the police. ... | |
 | 3x19 Dog of Death (Aired: Mar. 12, 1992) Santa's Little Helper is rushed to the hospital to undergo an emergency operation. Homer is saddened to tell Bart and Lisa that they just can't afford the $750 for the operation, but seeing how much everyone--including himself--loves the dog, he resolves to find a way to pay for it. To save up the money, ... | |
 | 3x20 Colonel Homer (Aired: Mar. 26, 1992) Homer and Marge have a fight after attending a boring movie and Homer drives off angry. As he drives, he pulls up to a honky-tonk bar called Beer 'N' Brawl where he meets an aspiring country music singer named Lurleen Lumpkin. Struck by her talent and her beauty, Homer becomes her manager, securing her ... | |
 | 3x21 Black Widower (Aired: Apr. 09, 1992) Selma agrees to marry her prison pen pal, Sideshow Bob. Bart and Lisa are terrified of their soon-to-be new uncle, since Bob swore he'd get revenge on Bart for having him sent to prison for framing Krusty the Clown for robbery. Sideshow Bob tries to show the Simpsons that he has changed his ways in prison, ... | |
 | 3x22 The Otto Show (Aired: Apr. 23, 1992) After seeing Spinal Tap bring the house down (sort of) in concert, Bart decides he wants to learn how to play electric guitar. Playing is harder than Bart thought and he becomes dejected when he sees what a guitar god his bus driver, Otto, is. Because he was too busy jamming with Bart's guitar, Otto ... | |
 | 3x23 Bart's Friend Falls in Love (Aired: May. 07, 1992) Everything's coming up Milhouse when Bart's best friend falls in love with the new girl, Samantha Stanky. Bart is jealous of how much time Milhouse is spending with Samantha and plots to break them up by telling Samantha's strict father about the relationship. Samantha is packed off to Catholic school ... | |
 | 3x24 Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (Aired: Aug. 27, 1992) Homer's half-brother Herb Powell returns, but this time not as a successful businessman. After Homer wrecked his car company, Herb has become a bum, but with a little help from Maggie, he thinks he has come up with a shoo-in invention that will put him back on top. Herb wants to build the first baby ... | |
| Season 04 | ||
 | 4x01 Kamp Krusty (Aired: Sep. 24, 1992) After making a deal with Homer to get good grades in school, Bart and Lisa go away to Kamp Krusty, "The Krustiest Place on Earth!" While they're initially excited about their summer, they soon learn that Kamp Krusty is a run-down prison run by the tyrannical Mr. Black and his C.I.T. henchmen, Dolph, ... | |
 | 4x02 A Streetcar Named Marge (Aired: Oct. 01, 1992) Marge is cast in the role of Blanche DuBois in Oh! Streetcar, the musical version of A Streetcar Named Desire directed by the flamboyant Llewellyn Sinclair at the Springfield Community Center. Homer isn't very supportive of Marge's interest in acting, so she uses her anger towards him for inspiration ... | |
 | 4x03 Homer the Heretic (Aired: Oct. 08, 1992) One Sunday morning, Homer decides that he'd rather sleep late than go to church. Marge is disappointed, but doesn't argue with him. While home alone, Homer dances in his underwear, drinks waffle batter and loafs around watching TV. Having thoroughly enjoyed his morning, Homer decides to forgo church ... | |
 | 4x04 Lisa the Beauty Queen (Aired: Oct. 15, 1992) To help Lisa get over her insecurities about her looks, Homer enters her into the Little Miss Springfield Pageant. At first, Lisa looks down on the event, but when she becomes first runner-up after Amber Dempsey, Lisa begins to like being a beauty queen. Soon thereafter, Amber is struck by lightning ... | |
 | 4x05 Treehouse of Horror III (Aired: Oct. 29, 1992) In this year's scarifying special, the Simpsons gather for a Halloween party and exchange ghost stories. Clown Without Pity; In the first tale, told by Lisa, Homer buys Bart a talking Krusty doll with a few glitches: It tries to kill Homer with a knife and strangle him to death. No one believes that ... | |
 | 4x06 Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie (Aired: Nov. 03, 1992) Every kid in the world waits with bated breath for the Itchy & Scratchy movie, but Bart is the only one who's not allowed to see it. Marge and Homer ground Bart for his bad behavior, making him miss the most important movie of his life. In a vision of the future in which his son becomes a Supreme Court ... | |
 | 4x07 Marge Gets a Job (Aired: Nov. 05, 1992) When the Simpsons' house begins sliding off its foundation, Marge is forced to get a job to help make ends meet. Where else can she turn other than The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, where she is promptly hired. While on the job, Marge catches the eye--and the heart--of Mr. Burns, who falls madly in ... | |
 | 4x08 The New Kid on the Block (Aired: Nov. 12, 1992) Evergreen Terrace welcomes two new neighbors, Ruth Powers and her lovely teenage daughter, Laura. Bart falls hard for Laura, but she thinks of him as just a little friend. Heartbroken, Bart has to watch as the girl he loves starts dating Jimbo Jones. One night while Laura is babysitting Bart, Lisa and ... | |
 | 4x09 Mr. Plow (Aired: Nov. 19, 1992) At the auto show, Homer impulsively buys a snow plow and starts a business as Mr. Plow. An incredibly snowy winter sets the business rolling, making Homer a success and earning him the key to the city from Mayor Quimby. All is well until Barney sets up a rival business as the Plow King and wipes the ... | |
 | 4x10 Lisa's First Word (Aired: Dec. 03, 1992) While trying to get Maggie to say her first words, Marge tells Bart and Lisa about what they were like as babies. In flashback, we see that Bart's first words were "aye carumba." When Lisa was born, Homer hoped that her first word would be "daddy," but instead she said "Bart," which always secretly broke ... | |
 | 4x11 Homer's Triple Bypass (Aired: Dec. 17, 1992) In a series of terrifying X-ray shots of Homer's chest, we see that his heart is dangerously clogged with plaque and doughnut residue and that he is in need of a triple bypass operation. The operation costs $40,000, but Homer cannot afford that much, so he goes to Dr. Nick Riviera, who agrees to do the ... | |
 | 4x12 Marge vs. the Monorail (Aired: Jan. 14, 1993) Mr. Burns is forced to pay a $3 million fine for illegally dumping toxic waste under trees in the park. At a town meeting where Springfield's citizens discuss how to best use the new funds, Lyle Lanley, a charismatic traveling salesman convinces them to build a completely useless monorail. Marge is the ... | |
 | 4x13 Selma's Choice (Aired: Jan. 21, 1993) Aunt Selma realizes that she might wind up dying all alone and thinks that having a baby can relieve her loneliness. To test her maternal instincts, she takes Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens, an amusement park, where she realizes that parenthood isn't all it's cracked up to be. At the park, Lisa gets high ... | |
 | 4x14 Brother From the Same Planet (Aired: Feb. 04, 1993) When Homer leaves Bart waiting in the pouring rain after soccer practice, he must earn back his son's love. Bart expresses his anger by going to a Big Brother program and claiming to be an abandoned child so he can get a new "father." He's paired with Tom, a motorcycle-riding fighter pilot who spoils ... | |
 | 4x15 I Love Lisa (Aired: Feb. 11, 1993) Trying to be nice to Ralph Wiggum, Lisa gives him a Valentine's Day card. Ralph misinterprets the gesture and thinks that Lisa is in love with him. Soon, he begins to pursue her the only way he knows how: foolishly. Lisa tries to let him down nicely, but Ralph won't get the hint until she yells at him ... | |
 | 4x16 Duffless (Aired: Feb. 18, 1993) Lisa conducts a secret experiment for the Springfield Elementary School science fair to see who's smarter, Bart or a hamster. Meanwhile, Homer is forced to swear off beer after being arrested on a D.U.I. Bart realizes what Lisa is doing and ruins her plans for the science fair by winning first prize ... | |
 | 4x17 Last Exit to Springfield (Aired: Mar. 11, 1993) Homer finds himself filling in for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's union leader when it comes time to negotiate their new contract with Mr. Burns. Homer is a tough negotiator, despite not knowing the first thing about union organizing, and forces Burns to accept the union's demands on the condition ... | |
 | 4x18 So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show (Aired: Apr. 01, 1993) Bart's April Fools' prank backfires and lands Homer in the hospital in a coma. At Homer's bedside, The Simpson family reminisces about all of the good times they've had over the years. A half-hour of precious screen time is filled with clips you've seen before and Homer eventually emerges from his c ... | |
 | 4x19 The Front (Aired: Apr. 15, 1993) Convinced they can write better Itchy & Scratchy scripts than the writers who currently work on the cartoon, Bart and Lisa set out to write their own shows. Their scripts are rejected by Roger Meyers, the show's producer, until Bart and Lisa use Grandpa's name as their pseudonym. As "Abraham Simpson," ... | |
 | 4x20 Whacking Day (Aired: Apr. 29, 1993) Everyone in Springfield is excited for Whacking Day, but as the holiday approaches, Lisa condemns it as violent. Whacking Day is a decade-long tradition which calls for the townspeople to beat snakes to death with sticks. Lisa decides to save the snakes with the help of Whacking Day's honorary MC, Barry ... | |
 | 4x21 Marge in Chains (Aired: May. 06, 1993) Marge is sentence to a month in prison for shoplifting. After the town decides they need her for their bake sale, they rally to have her freed. | |
 | 4x22 Krusty Gets Kancelled (Aired: May. 13, 1993) After the most successful advertising campaign Springfield has ever seen, The Krusty the Clown show gets bumped in the ratings by Arthur Crandall, a droll ventriloquist, and Gabbo, his excitable dummy. Gabbo is a huge hit, and Krusty's show is canceled as a result of falling ratings. Bart and Lisa enlist ... | |
| Season 05 | ||
 | 5x01 Homer's Barbershop Quartet (Aired: Sep. 30, 1993) Homer explains about his old Barbershop Quartet group, The B Sharps. | |
 | 5x02 Cape Feare (Aired: Oct. 07, 1993) Bart begins receiving threatening letters from Sideshow Bob. When Bob is released from prison, Bart is terrified of being killed by the sociopathic former sidekick. To protect Bart, the entire Simpson family undergoes Witness Relocation and moves to a houseboat docked on the aptly named Terror Lake, ... | |
 | 5x03 Homer Goes to College (Aired: Oct. 14, 1993) When it is revealed that Homer is grossly unqualified to be a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, he goes to Springfield University to study nuclear physics. While there, Homer befriends a group of nerds and encourages them to steal a rival school's mascot pig. The prank backfires, ... | |
 | 5x04 Rosebud (Aired: Oct. 21, 1993) During a touching birthday slide presentation Smithers makes for Mr. Burns, we see the early life of Springfield's richest man and learn that despite all his power and money, he'll never be whole without Bobo, his favorite childhood teddy bear. Smithers dresses up in a giant plush bear suit in an attempt ... | |
 | 5x05 Treehouse of Horror IV (Aired: Oct. 28, 1993) In this year's tricky triptych of terror, Bart presents three Halloween treats based on paintings in the "Fright Gallery." In the first story, Homer sells his soul to the devil (played by Ned Flanders) for a doughnut. When the devil wants to uphold Homer's side of the bargain, it's up to Marge and Lisa ... | |
 | 5x06 Marge on the Lam (Aired: Nov. 04, 1993) Marge spends some time with her neighbor, Ruth Powers, and the two find that they enjoy each other's company very much. One night, Ruth picks up Marge in a cherry '66 T-Bird convertible that just happens to have been reported stolen by Ruth's ex-husband. Pursued by Chief Wiggum, Marge and Ruth take to ... | |
 | 5x07 Bart's Inner Child (Aired: Nov. 11, 1993) Homer and Marge are entranced by a charismatic self-help guru named Brad Goodman. While attending a Brad Goodman seminar with his parents, Bart is asked to appear on stage with the man himself and, as usual, misbehaves. Rather than be annoyed by Bart's sarcastic comments, Goodman uses Bart as a role ... | |
 | 5x08 Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood (Aired: Nov. 18, 1993) Experimenting with a dangerous all-syrup Squishee, Bart and Milhouse get loopy and run around Springfield singing and having adventures. Waking up with a massive Squishee hangover, Bart remembers that he enlisted in the Junior Campers, the dweebiest after-school program in the world. Bart is prepared ... | |
 | 5x09 The Last Temptation of Homer (Aired: Dec. 09, 1993) Homer finds he's falling in love with Mindy Simmons, the beautiful new engineer at the plant. Things only get worse when Homer and Mindy are sent to represent the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant at the National Energy Convention in Capital City. The more time they spend together, the more Homer begins ... | |
 | 5x10 $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) (Aired: Dec. 16, 1993) When gambling is legalized in Springfield, Mr. Burns opens an extravagant casino on the boardwalk. Homer is hired as a blackjack dealer despite his counting difficulties and Marge finds herself drawn to the slots, where she begins to spend all of her time. Meanwhile, cashing in on the trend, Bart opens ... | |
 | 5x11 Homer the Vigilante (Aired: Jan. 06, 1994) A cunning cat burglar named Molloy is robbing Springfield's citizens of their most prized possessions. Homer forms a citizens' watch group that winds up breaking more laws than they protect. Molloy continues his crime spree uninterrupted, but when he sets his sites on the world's biggest cubic zirconia ... | |
 | 5x12 Bart Gets Famous (Aired: Feb. 03, 1994) While working as Krusty the Clown's personal assistant, Bart accidentally steals the limelight when he knocks over a set on live TV and says four magic words: "I didn't do it." Bart becomes more famous than anyone, especially Krusty, could have ever expected, landing his own TV series, cutting a record, ... | |
 | 5x13 Homer and Apu (Aired: Feb. 10, 1994) After Homer eats tainted meat from the Kwik-E-Mart, Apu finds himself out of a job. As an apology to Homer, Apu moves in with the Simpsons and becomes their personal chef and valet. Meanwhile, actor James Woods becomes the new clerk at the Kwik-E-Mart. Apu begins to realize that he is not happy without ... | |
 | 5x14 Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy (Aired: Feb. 17, 1994) After years of loving her Malibu Stacy doll, it begins to dawn on Lisa that her favorite toy sets a bad example for little girls. Lisa tracks down Stacy Lovell, the original creator of the Malibu Stacy doll, and together they design and market a positive, pro-girl doll named Lisa Lionheart. The toy is ... | |
 | 5x15 Deep Space Homer (Aired: Feb. 24, 1994) Homer and Barney are recruited to be NASA astronauts, so the organization will be more appealing to the common man. It looks like Barney will actually be the one shot into space, but when he falls off the wagon, Homer goes instead. In the space capsule, Homer causes all forms of accidents and conflicts ... | |
 | 5x16 Homer Loves Flanders (Aired: Mar. 17, 1994) When Homer discovers that Ned Flanders has season football tickets, the two men begin spending a lot of time together. Homer takes a real liking to Ned, but Ned isn't so sure how he feels about his new best friend. When the Simpsons and the Flanders go on a joint camping trip, Ned's animosity for Homer ... | |
 | 5x17 Bart Gets an Elephant (Aired: Mar. 31, 1994) Bart wins first prize in a wacky radio contest and becomes the proud owner of a giant elephant he names Stampy. Stampy, as you might imagine, turns out to be quite a handful for the Simpson family, but Bart loves his new pet more than anything. Homer, on the other hand, finds Stampy's upkeep too expensive ... | |
 | 5x18 Burns' Heir (Aired: Apr. 14, 1994) Well into his eighth or ninth decade, Monty Burns realizes that he has no children and therefore no heir for his vast fortune. After an audition process in which every child in Springfield vies for the coveted position as Burns' kid, Bart is selected for his attitude and scrappiness. Taking the boy under ... | |
 | 5x19 Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song (Aired: Apr. 28, 1994) Principal Skinner must learn to live without his beloved elementary school when Bart gets him fired. Ned Flanders is brought in to act as principal in Skinner's place. Coping with life outside of the locker-lined halls isn't easy for Skinner, but when he befriends his one-time nemesis, Bart, things start ... | |
 | 5x20 The Boy Who Knew Too Much (Aired: May. 05, 1994) In a case ripped right out of the headlines, Bart is the only witness when Mayor Quimby's ne'er-do-well nephew, Freddy, allegedly assaults a snooty French butler. Hiding under a table in the kitchen of the Quimby Compound, Bart can plainly see that Freddy didn't harm a single hair on the butler's head. ... | |
 | 5x21 Lady Bouvier's Lover (Aired: May. 12, 1994) Having already fallen hard for Marge, Mr. Burns now finds himself smitten with Marge's mother, Jacqueline Bouvier. Competing for the old lady's affection is Grandpa Simpson, who also thinks that she's the bee's arthritic knees. Burns is the more dashing suitor and proposes to Mrs. Bouvier, who surprises ... | |
 | 5x22 Secrets of a Successful Marriage (Aired: May. 19, 1994) Somehow Homer comes to teach an adult education class on how to have a successful marriage. Even stranger, he turns out to be pretty good at it, dispensing homespun advice that his students find useful. He also dispenses quite a bit of personal information and gossip about his marriage to Marge, which ... | |
| Season 06 | ||
 | 6x01 Bart of Darkness (Aired: Sep. 04, 1994) Stuck in his room with a broken leg, Bart watches Ned Flanders through a telescope and thinks he sees his neighbor murder his wife Maude. The more Bart watches, the more he suspects that Ned has definitely killed Maude and buried her in the backyard. Bart enlists Lisa to sneak into the Flanders' house ... | |
 | 6x02 Lisa's Rival (Aired: Sep. 11, 1994) Golden child Lisa Simpson finds she's starting to tarnish just a little when a new girl, Allison Taylor, moves to Springfield. Allison is smart, pretty, a great saxophone player and a crack diorama builder. Lisa tries to befriend her new rival, but she's consumed with envy and competitiveness, especially ... | |
 | 6x03 Another Simpsons Clip Show (Aired: Sep. 25, 1994) After reading the weepy best-seller The Bridges of Madison County, Marge decides to sit down with her husband and children and discuss love. What follows is a collection of sweetest, most romantic moments from the last five seasons of The Simpsons. The sweetest part of all is that the writers got to ... | |
 | 6x04 Itchy & Scratchy Land (Aired: Oct. 02, 1994) After weeks of begging, Bart and Lisa finally convince their parents to take them to Itchy & Scratchy Land, a new high-tech amusement park on a remote island. Once there, the kids run off to enjoy the attractions while Homer and Marge spend their day on Parents' Island. All is fine until Bart and Homer ... | |
 | 6x05 Sideshow Bob Roberts (Aired: Oct. 09, 1994) After getting released from prison yet again, Sideshow Bob attempts to land the only job suited for a two-time felon: Mayor of Springfield. Backed by a cabal of Republicans led by Mr. Burns and the corpulent talk radio blow-hard Birch Barlow, Bob takes on Mayor Quimby in a dirty fight for the job. Fearing ... | |
 | 6x06 Treehouse of Horror V (Aired: Oct. 30, 1994) In this year's gruesomely ghoulish Halloween gift package, the Simpsons find themselves stuck in a haunted old mansion in the hills, hurtling through the outer reaches of the space-time continuum, and, most frightening of all, in the Springfield Elementary School cafeteria kitchen. In the first segment, ... | |
 | 6x07 Bart's Girlfriend (Aired: Nov. 06, 1994) Bart falls in love with Reverend Lovejoy's daughter, Jessica. In an effort to impress her, Bart pretends to be polite and mannered, but he soon learns that what Jessica really likes about him is that he's a bad, bad boy. Together they pull numerous pranks and commit acts of vandalism, but things get ... | |
 | 6x08 Lisa on Ice (Aired: Nov. 13, 1994) When she nearly flunks gym class, Lisa is forced to take up a sport. She realizes that she's a natural at hockey, becoming the goalie for the Gougers, a pee-wee team coached by Apu. Lisa is a star player, but things get complicated when the Gougers face off against Bart's team. Years of sibling rivalry ... | |
 | 6x09 Homer Badman (Aired: Nov. 27, 1994) Homer's life is turned upside down when he is accused of sexual harassment by an uppity baby-sitter named Ashley Grant. Protestors camp out on the Simpsons' lawn and reporters scrutinize Homer's every move. His attempts to clear his name are ruined by a complete lack of political correctness. The only ... | |
 | 6x10 Grandpa vs. Sexual Inadequacy (Aired: Dec. 04, 1994) When Homer and Marge's sex life fizzles out, Grandpa whips up a batch of bottled passion for Homer. The home remedy proves an amazing success and after a marathon snuggle session with Marge, Homer convinces his father to try and sell the potion. Hitting the open road, Homer and Grandpa rake in the bucks ... | |
 | 6x11 Fear of Flying (Aired: Dec. 18, 1994) When Marge has an even more disturbing experience than usual on an airplane, she must confront her debilitating fear of flying. Consulting a soft-spoken psychoanalyst named Dr. Zweig, Marge begins to get to the roots of her anxiety. In therapy, it turns out that Marge's father lied throughout her entire ... | |
 | 6x12 Homer the Great (Aired: Jan. 08, 1995) When Homer begins to notice Lenny and Carl acting strangely, he trails them and discovers that they are members of The Stonecutters, a secret organization. Homer wants to join but he can't unless he's the son of a member. Luckily, Grampa is a Stonecutter (and a member of the Black Panthers) so Homer's ... | |
 | 6x13 And Maggie Makes Three (Aired: Jan. 22, 1995) The story of the youngest Simpson's early year is finally told. Shortly before Maggie is born, Homer quits the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to pursue his dream of working at a bowling alley. But when Marge reveals that she is pregnant, Homer must return to the plant and beg for his job back. The only ... | |
 | 6x14 Bart's Comet (Aired: Feb. 05, 1995) When Bart is forced to assist Principal Skinner during a long night of astronomy, he discovers what appears to be a giant comet heading towards Springfield. A call to the astronomers at the observatory confirms that a comet is indeed hurtling towards Springfield at an alarming rate, and will more than ... | |
 | 6x15 Homie the Clown (Aired: Feb. 12, 1995) Krusty the Clown's accountants reveal that the entertainer is flat broke despite his successful show and his many lucrative endorsement deals. The only way for him to get out of the hole financially is to open his own clown college and train students to perform as Krusty at restaurant openings and private ... | |
 | 6x16 Bart vs. Australia (Aired: Feb. 19, 1995) After a prank phone call to Australia goes awry, Bart and his entire family must fly out to the land down under and apologize to the Australian people. Once there, Evan Conover, the Undersecretary of State for International Protocol, Brat and Punk Division, tells the Simpsons that in Australia, the only ... | |
 | 6x17 Homer vs. Patty and Selma (Aired: Feb. 26, 1995) Foolishly, Homer pulls all of his stock out of Pumpkin futures just before the pre-Halloween boom in the Pumpkin market. Broke and dejected, he is reduced to taking a loan from his sisters-in-law, Patty and Selma. Clearly relishing Homer's degradation, Patty and Selma make him their slave. Meanwhile, ... | |
 | 6x18 A Star is Burns (Aired: Mar. 05, 1995) Springfield plays host to a film festival in which various townspeople display their original work. Barney presents "Pukahontas," a haunting meditation on his alcoholism; Apu directs "Bright Lights, Beef Jerky," the tale of a lonely man working the loneliest shift in a small-town Kwik-E-Mart. Two other ... | |
 | 6x19 Lisa's Wedding (Aired: Mar. 19, 1995) At the Renaissance Faire, Lisa wanders into the fortune teller's booth and has her entire future laid bare. She sees herself in the year 2010, attending Harvard and falling in love with a British student named Hugh Parkfield. Hugh asks Lisa to marry him, and as their wedding approaches Lisa worries that ... | |
 | 6x20 Two Dozen and One Greyhounds (Aired: Apr. 09, 1995) Bart goes into a specialized animal store looking for the perfect present to give his dog Greyhound. | |
 | 6x21 The PTA Disbands (Aired: Apr. 16, 1995) When the teachers' union reaches a dead end in its negotiations with Principal Skinner, the teachers strike, forcing the Board of Education to come up with a creative way to keep the school running. The only plan that's in place is to have highly intelligent robots teach classes, but since such robots ... | |
 | 6x22 Round Springfield (Aired: Apr. 30, 1995) Lisa is reunited with her idol, Bleeding Gums Murphy, but their time together is short lived when the jazz legend passes away. Heartbroken, Lisa wants to give him a proper tribute, but to do so, she needs to buy his rare album, Sax on the Beach, so she can play it on the local jazz radio station. Bart ... | |
 | 6x23 The Springfield Connection (Aired: May. 07, 1995) When Marge and Homer are walking down the streets of Springfield, they come across a street artist who challenges people for bets. Homer bets 20 dollar but loses. Marge accuses the man of making the street unsafe. The man tries to run away, but marge hits him and he falls down. A while later he gets ... | |
 | 6x24 Lemon of Troy (Aired: May. 14, 1995) The simmering rivalry between Springfield and its neighboring town, Shelbyville, heats up when a group of kids from Shelbyville steal Springfield's prized lemon tree. It's up the youngest Springfieldians to cross over the town line and reclaim what is theirs. During the mission to get the tree, Bart ... | |
 | 6x25 Who Shot Mr. Burns? (1) (Aired: May. 21, 1995) In the first part of this groundbreaking suspense story, Mr. Burns develops a sun-blocking machine that prevents any sunlight from reaching Springfield. With the town immersed in darkness, Mr. Burns' Power Plant can make even more money. In addition to blocking the sun, Burns has also deprived the school ... | |
| Season 07 | ||
 | 7x01 Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2) (Aired: Sep. 17, 1995) An entire nation tunes in with rapt attention as Mr. Burns' assailant is finally revealed. At first, all signs point to Smithers, and Burns' right-hand man confesses when confronted by the police. But new evidence emerges that clears Smithers, and Homer Simpson becomes the main suspect. Based on DNA ... | |
 | 7x02 Radioactive Man (Aired: Sep. 24, 1995) When Springfield is chosen as the shooting location for Rainier Wolfcastle's big-screen adaptation of the popular Radioactive Man comic series, the entire town tries to take the movie's producers for every dime they've got. Children from Springfield Elementary are invited to audition for the role of ... | |
 | 7x03 Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily (Aired: Oct. 01, 1995) When Bart is sent home from school with head lice and Lisa loses her shoes, Marge and Homer are accused of being negligent parents and their kids are taken away by the bureaucratic do-gooders at the Child Protection Agency. As (bad) luck would have it, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are placed in the foster care ... | |
 | 7x04 Bart Sells His Soul (Aired: Oct. 08, 1995) Bart decides to sell his soul to Milhouse for five dollars. Meanwhile, Moe transforms his dank, depressing Tavern into a family restaurant called Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag. When he stops finding Itchy & Scratchy funny and can no longer activate the automatic doors at the Kwik-E-Mart, Bart realizes that ... | |
 | 7x05 Lisa the Vegetarian (Aired: Oct. 15, 1995) Lisa realizes that it's wrong to eat animals after a long petting session with a baby lamb at a local zoo. Swearing off meat turns out to be a controversial decision for Lisa, since everyone around her seems to support the eating of flesh. At school, Lisa must sit through a politically slanted pro-meat ... | |
 | 7x06 Treehouse of Horror VI (Aired: Oct. 29, 1995) In this year's blood-chilling blockbuster boo-fest, the Simpsons celebrate Halloween with three visions of terror. First, Springfield is destroyed by a band of angry, marauding billboard icons. The Lard Lad, Professor Peanut, and the Duff Cowboy escape their billboards and crush everything in sight until ... | |
 | 7x07 King-Size Homer (Aired: Nov. 05, 1995) Sick of the workaday grind at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer comes up with a scheme to gain enough weight to be classified as disabled, thereby earning the right to work from home. With a target weight of 300 pounds in mind, he eats everything in site, including Maggie's Play-Doh. Fat as ... | |
 | 7x08 Mother Simpson (Aired: Nov. 19, 1995) Homer's long-lost mother returns to the Simpson family. After some initial pleasantries, Bart and Lisa suspect that something's fishy about their new grandmother. It turns out that Mother Simpson is a fugitive from the law and has spent the last quarter century in hiding. In a flashback, we learn that ... | |
 | 7x09 Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (Aired: Nov. 26, 1995) Lax prison security makes it possible for Sideshow Bob to escape from prison yet again. This time, however, he's less interested in killing Bart Simpson as he is in knocking out Springfield's television stations, since he's grown to detest TV so much while in prison. Bob sneaks onto the Springfield air ... | |
 | 7x10 The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular (Aired: Dec. 03, 1995) To celebrate the momentous 138th episode of The Simpsons, Troy McClure hosts a retrospective of classic moments and never-before-seen outtakes. As a reward to the show's loyal viewers, a number of long-unanswered questions, like "What's the deal with Mr. Smithers?" are finally addressed, sort of. Also ... | |
 | 7x11 Marge Be Not Proud (Aired: Dec. 17, 1995) Bart wants a new video game called "Bonestorm" more than anything in the world. When Marge won't buy it for him and Milhouse won't let him play with his copy, Bart steals one from the Try-N-Save department store. Bart is caught in the act by Detective Don Brodka, a tough-talking store security guard ... | |
 | 7x12 Team Homer (Aired: Jan. 07, 1996) Homer forms the Pin Pals, a bowling team made up of Moe, Apu and Otto, but the team has to cut Otto when Mr. Burns muscles in and insists on joining. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner implements a school-wide dress code when Bart shows up to school in a MAD Magazine T-shirt. The Pin Pals take on the Holy ... | |
 | 7x13 Two Bad Neighbors (Aired: Jan. 14, 1996) Former President George Herbert Walker Bush becomes the newest resident of Evergreen Terrace, moving with his wife Barbara into the large house across the street from the Simpsons. Everyone in the neighborhood is excited to have the Bushes in Springfield, but Homer and Bart get off on the wrong foot ... | |
 | 7x14 Scenes From the Class Struggle in Springfield (Aired: Feb. 04, 1996) Bart messes with Krusty the Clown's life yet again, this time getting his idol busted for tax fraud. An audit reveals that Krusty is one of the worst scofflaws in history and the IRS seizes all his assets and sells them at auction. In the throes of financial despair, Krusty crashes his plane, The I'm-On-A-Roll-A-Gay, ... | |
 | 7x15 Bart the Fink (Aired: Feb. 11, 1996) Bart messes with Krusty the Clown's life yet again, this time getting his idol busted for tax fraud. An audit reveals that Krusty is one of the worst scofflaws in history and the IRS seizes all his assets and sells them at auction. In the throes of financial despair, Krusty crashes his plane, The I'm-On-A-Roll-A-Gay, ... | |
 | 7x16 Lisa the Iconoclast (Aired: Feb. 18, 1996) A noble spirit possesses the people of Springfield as they prepare for the town's bicentennial celebration. Always the iconoclast, Lisa discovers some new data about Jebediah Springfield, the town's legendary founder, that she feels she must share with everyone. According to Lisa's research, the saintly ... | |
 | 7x17 Homer the Smithers (Aired: Feb. 25, 1996) Mr. Burns' assistant, Waylon Smithers, nearly works himself into a nervous breakdown and is forced to go on a vacation. Fearing that whoever fills in for him in his absence might replace him permanently, Smithers places Homer Simpson in the job, figuring that there's no way the plant's worst employee ... | |
 | 7x18 The Day the Violence Died (Aired: Mar. 17, 1996) controversy yet again when Bart and Lisa befriend Chester J. Lampwick, a homeless man who claims to have invented the cartoon cat and mouse, only to have his idea stolen by Roger Meyers, Sr. back in 1919. With Bart and Lisa's help, Chester enlists Lionel Hutz and sues Roger Meyers, Jr. for $800 million ... | |
 | 7x19 A Fish Called Selma (Aired: Mar. 24, 1996) After a series of sordid tabloid scandals involving marine life, Troy McClure (whom you might remember from such films as The Muppets Go Medieval and P is for Psycho) needs some quick damage control. MacArthur Parker, Troy's agent, recommends he appear to in public as normal as possible. Enter Selma ... | |
 | 7x20 Bart on the Road (Aired: Mar. 31, 1996) A day spent with Aunts Patty and Selma at the DMV leads to a fake ID for Bart and a cross-country road trip for his friends. With Bart's sparkling new driver's license and $600 Martin Prince made in the stock market, Bart, Martin, Milhouse and Nelson rent a car and hit the open road. Their plan is check ... | |
 | 7x21 22 Short Films About Springfield (Aired: Apr. 14, 1996) In this breakneck tour through a day in the life of Springfield, we learn that a lot goes on in a little town in some state, somewhere in America. Apu takes the day off from the Kwik-E-Mart and has a kwik-e-romance. Barney finally pays Moe his bar tab only to witness Snake steal it. Principal Skinner ... | |
 | 7x22 Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish" (Aired: Apr. 28, 1996) After Grandpa's old army buddy passes away, the biggest secret in old Abe's life is revealed. During the Second World War, he was a member of the Flying Hellfish, a platoon that included Mr. Burns and several other men. Seizing a Nazi mansion, the Hellfish stole some priceless paintings and locked them ... | |
 | 7x23 Much Apu About Nothing (Aired: May. 05, 1996) When Proposition 24, an anti-immigrant law, is put into effect, Apu risks being deported as an illegal alien. All of Apu's attempts to get fake papers and Americanize himself fail and it's up to Homer to help his loyal Kwik-E-Mart counterman pass his naturalization exam. An all-night cram session ensues, ... | |
 | 7x24 Homerpalooza (Aired: May. 19, 1996) Homer gets grungy when he becomes a sideshow performer at Hullabalooza, an alternative rock festival that features Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, Cypress Hill and, uh, Peter Frampton. Homer's performance consists of using his enormous gut as a target for cannonballs, which makes him a huge hit with ... | |
 | 7x25 Summer of 4 ft. 2 (Aired: May. 19, 1996) When her family goes away to a beach house for the weekend, Lisa decides to transform herself into a new, cooler person. Her first step is abandoning her old, dorky clothes in favor of tricked-out threads. She also hides her egg-headed impulses by dumbing-down her vocabulary and pretending she doesn't ... | |
| Season 08 | ||
 | 8x01 Treehouse of Horror VII (Aired: Oct. 27, 1996) In this year's spooky series of Halloween stories, Bart discovers that he has a special new sibling, Lisa discovers that she is a God to a race of tiny people, and the American people discover that Bill Clinton and Bob Dole are actually aliens Kang and Kodos. In the first segment, Bart investigates noises ... | |
 | 8x02 You Only Move Twice (Aired: Nov. 03, 1996) A charismatic yet secretive businessman named Hank Scorpio enlists Homer to work for Globex Corporation. Homer likes Scorpio's casual, laid-back management style and accepts the job, moving his family to Cypress Creek, where Globex is located. As Homer learns the ropes of his new job, life in Cypress ... | |
 | 8x03 The Homer They Fall (Aired: Nov. 10, 1996) Homer becomes a boxer and Moe serves as his manager. Even though Homer doesn't have any combinations or footwork to speak of, he can withstand even the most powerful blows to his head and remain standing. Homer fights his way up through the professional ranks and soon agrees to fight a client of Lucius ... | |
 | 8x04 Burns, Baby Burns (Aired: Nov. 17, 1996) Mr. Burns' long-lost illegitimate son, Larry, shows up and wants just a little "respect." Mr. Burns initially welcomes Larry, but rejects his son when he turns out to be a total idiot. Larry befriends Homer and the two concoct a plan to "kidnap" Larry and demand a ransom from Burns. Marge begs them to ... | |
 | 8x05 Bart After Dark (Aired: Nov. 24, 1996) When Bart stumbles into a burlesque theater tucked away in a creepy old mansion, he begins working there as a doorman and eventually an MC. From his perch at the front of the Maison Derriere, Bart sees everyone from Principal Skinner to his own grandpa coming in for the girls and drinks. But when a group ... | |
 | 8x06 A Milhouse Divided (Aired: Dec. 01, 1996) In a move that will surely cause even more psychological damage for their son Milhouse, Kirk and Luann Van Houten split up in a messy, public way. Each Van Houten deals with the breakup differently: Luann begins dating an American Gladiator named Pyro while Kirk kicks off a new career a singer, self-producing ... | |
 | 8x07 Lisa's Date With Density (Aired: Dec. 15, 1996) Lisa develops a crush on bully Nelson Muntz. Even though she seems to know that Nelson can never really change his naughty ways, Lisa thinks she can help him be a better person. She tries her best, but Nelson's thug friends Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney lead him astray yet again. Nelson gets busted for throwing ... | |
 | 8x08 Hurricane Neddy (Aired: Dec. 29, 1996) God tests Ned Flanders and Ned Flanders fails. When a hurricane wipes out the Flanders' house, Ned and Maude and the kids have to move into a homeless shelter. At the same time, his store, the Leftorium, is looted. Joining together to help their needy neighbors, the people of Springfield, led by Homer, ... | |
 | 8x09 El Viaje de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) (Aired: Jan. 05, 1997) At the annual Springfield Chili Cook-Off, Homer eats super-spicy chili made with a dangerous Guatemalan pepper grown by mental patients. The pepper has a powerful hallucinogenic effect and Homer wanders off into the darkest, strangest regions of his mind. Guided by a talking coyote, he goes on a voyage ... | |
 | 8x10 The Springfield Files (Aired: Jan. 12, 1997) Leonard Nimoy presents the strange tale of Homer Simpson's close encounter with an extraterrestrial being. One night after drinking a few too many at Moe's, Homer sees a bald, glowing, big-eyed creature that tells him not to be afraid. Homer tells everyone that the creature is an alien. Marge and the ... | |
 | 8x11 The Twisted World of Marge Simpson (Aired: Jan. 19, 1997) When Marge tries to start her own business, she finds herself involved with Fat Tony and his legitimate businessmen friends, who act as her silent partners. Marge tries to open a Pretzel Wagon franchise after meeting Frank Orman, The Pretzel Man, at a small business convention. The pretzel business is ... | |
 | 8x12 Mountain of Madness (Aired: Feb. 02, 1997) The employees of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant head for the hills for a survival excursion. Homer gets paired with Mr. Burns and finds out that his tyrannical boss isn't such a bad guy. But when the two men are trapped by an avalanche, they slowly go mad with cabin fever and try to kill one another ... | |
 | 8x13 Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala (Annoyed Grunt) cious (Aired: Feb. 07, 1997) When her homemaking chores become too overwhelming, Marge's hair starts to fall out. To lighten her load, she hires a nanny for the kids. After some interviews with terrible applicants, Shary Bobbins arrives. The kids love Shary and her catchy little songs. Eventually, Shary changes the Simpsons' lives ... | |
 | 8x14 The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show (Aired: Feb. 09, 1997) To save the moribund Itchy & Scratchy Show, the producers do extensive market testing to determine exactly how to make the show funnier and more relevant to today's cartoon-watching audience. They decide that a new character, a crazy, hip-hop surfer dog named Poochie is just what the show needs. It falls ... | |
 | 8x15 Homer's Phobia (Aired: Feb. 16, 1997) The Simpson family befriends John, the owner of Cockamamie's collectible shop and a devoted collector of kitsch and Americana. Everyone takes to John, especially Bart, which makes Homer a bit nervous since John is openly gay. Fearing that John's sexual preference might rub off on his son, Homer tries ... | |
 | 8x16 Brother From Another Series (Aired: Feb. 23, 1997) Once again, Sideshow Bob is released from Prison, on the condition that he is looked after by his brother, Cecil Terwilliger, an upstanding citizen and head of construction on the Springfield Hydroelectric Dam. Immediately upon Bob's release, Bart suspects that his old nemesis is up to no good, but can't ... | |
 | 8x17 My Sister, My Sitter (Aired: Mar. 02, 1997) Lisa embarks on a career as a babysitter. She starts by watching Rod and Todd Flanders, which leads to numerous other babysitting gigs all over Springfield. When Homer and Marge decide they need some time to be alone together, they put Lisa in charge of Maggie and Bart. Bart is furious that his little ... | |
 | 8x18 Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment (Aired: Mar. 16, 1997) When Mayor Quimby and the Springfield City Hall brass ban all liquor from the town, Moe's Tavern becomes a speakeasy. But procuring booze proves extremely difficult, especially when Rex Banner, a straight-laced government prohibition agent, comes to town. It's up to Homer to start his own bootlegging ... | |
 | 8x19 Grade School Confidential (Aired: Apr. 06, 1997) A casual conversation between Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel leads to a torrid love affair that nearly destroys a fairly good public school. The educators use Bart as their go-between and beard, bribing him with a clean permanent record if he keeps their secret and continues to pass love notes ... | |
 | 8x20 The Canine Mutiny (Aired: Apr. 13, 1997) After a computer mix-up, Santa's Little Helper gets his own credit card, which Bart uses to buy tons of expensive gadgets and gifts from catalogs. One of his many purchases is Laddie, a supremely bred dog that can do tricks, save lives, and use a toilet. The Simpson family falls madly in love with their ... | |
 | 8x21 The Old Man and Lisa (Aired: Apr. 20, 1997) Mr. Burns loses all of his money through a series of foolish investments. Burns recalls how Lisa Simpson goaded him so roughly when he spoke at her school and decides to enlist her to help him gain his fortune back. At first, Lisa distrusts the evil tycoon, but together they start a recycling business ... | |
 | 8x22 In Marge We Trust (Aired: Apr. 27, 1997) Marge becomes a big hit with the Springfield Community Church parishioners when she begins dispensing her homespun advice. The church sets up a hotline that people can call to talk with Marge about their problems. Meanwhile, while digging for goodies at the garbage dump, Homer finds a box of Japanese ... | |
 | 8x23 Homer's Enemy (Aired: May. 04, 1997) A new employee named Frank Grimes comes to work at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Grimes has a huge chip on his shoulder after a life of bad luck and hard work: He was blown up in a silo explosion as a teenager, had to teach himself to hear and feel pain, got a degree in nuclear physics through ... | |
 | 8x24 The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase (Aired: May. 11, 1997) Troy McClure, whom you might remember from such films as David vs. Super Goliath and They Came to Burgle Carnegie Hall, hosts a star-filled view of the future of The Simpsons. First we see Chief Wiggum's spin-off, Chief Wiggum, P.I., in which everyone's favorite cushiony crime-fighter battles corruption ... | |
 | 8x25 The Secret War of Lisa Simpson (Aired: May. 18, 1997) Bart and Lisa enroll in military school. While no fan of obeying orders, Bart eventually takes to the school, befriending some of the cadets and even earning the grudging respect of the school's Commandant. Lisa, on the other hand, is ostracized for being a girl and made to work twice as hard as everyone ... | |
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 | 9x01 The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (Aired: Sep. 21, 1997) New York City to Homer Simpson: Drop dead! When Barney steals Homer's car and leaves it illegally parked between the Twin Towers, Homer and his family are forced to go to the Big Apple to retrieve it. Homer confesses that he has hated New York ever since a bad experience there as a young man, but Marge ... | |
 | 9x02 The Principal and the Pauper (Aired: Sep. 28, 1997) Will the real Seymour Skinner please stand up? A man named Seymour Skinner shows up in Springfield claiming that the man who works as Springfield Elementary School's Principal is an imposter. It turns out that the Skinner who's lived in Springfield all these years is really named Armin Tamzarian, and ... | |
 | 9x03 Lisa's Sax (Aired: Oct. 19, 1997) A walk down memory lane reveals the sad story of Bart's first days in kindergarten. His dislike for school and problems making friends are exacerbated by the presence of his little sister, Lisa. While meeting with J. Loren Pryor, the Springfield Elementary School psychologist, few of Bart's problems ... | |
 | 9x04 Treehouse of Horror VIII (Aired: Oct. 26, 1997) Three new yucky Halloween yarns from your favorite yellow family. First, Homer seems to be the only survivor of a nuclear explosion. As the last living person on earth--literally, the Homega Man--Homer is free to do whatever he wants, specifically steal cars and crash them and dance naked in the Springfield ... | |
 | 9x05 The Cartridge Family (Aired: Nov. 02, 1997) The only way to take Homer's gun is to pry it from his lifeless, four-fingered hand. When a riot erupts at a Continental Soccer Association match, Homer buys a gun to protect his family. Marge is disgusted by his purchase but Homer loves his gun and starts attending NRA meetings with Moe, Dr. Hibbert ... | |
 | 9x06 Bart Star (Aired: Nov. 09, 1997) Bart joins the Springfield Wildcats, a pee-wee football team. During games, Homer heckles Ned, the team's coach, so much that he quits and makes Homer the coach. In his new role, Homer starts to show Bart special treatment, which alienates the boy from his teammates. Eventually, Bart quits the team but ... | |
 | 9x07 The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons (Aired: Nov. 16, 1997) Apu's mother writes him a letter reminding him of his arranged bride and that he must marry her soon. When his mother comes to town, Apu enlists Marge to pretend she is his wife. Meanwhile, Homer has checked himself into the Springfield Retirement Castle, enjoying the leisurely days and free meals. After ... | |
 | 9x08 Lisa the Skeptic (Aired: Nov. 23, 1997) During an archeological dig in Sabertooth Meadow, the students of Springfield Elementary School unearth a strange skeleton of what appears to be a winged human. Everyone in town believes that it's an angel's skeleton, but Lisa Simpson tries to convince them otherwise. Homer steals the angel and sells ... | |
 | 9x09 Realty Bites (Aired: Dec. 07, 1997) Marge pursues a new career in real estate sales while Homer is pursued by Snake. Marge starts working at Red Blazer Reality, a highly competitive company where she must sell a certain number of houses or be fired. Meanwhile, Homer buys Snake's old car from a Police Auction and Snake isn't too happy about ... | |
 | 9x10 Miracle on Evergreen Terrace (Aired: Dec. 21, 1997) When Bart accidentally destroys his family's Christmas tree and all the presents underneath it on Christmas morning, he lies and says that he saw a burglar steal their stuff. A report by Kent Brockman about the supposed robbery leads to an outpouring of support and money for the Simpsons from the people ... | |
 | 9x11 All Singing, All Dancing (Aired: Jan. 04, 1998) The Simpsons break out in song--over and over again--as we dance along memory lane and watch all of the musical interludes from the last eight seasons. Apu asks who | |
