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Click on a below link or just skim through the episode guide categories: Centered around Willie Episodes in which Willie predominantly features as a significant part of the plot. Alas! These episodes are far too scarce. Involving Willie Episodes that are mostly about the Simpson family or another character but in which Willie still plays a semi important part. Featuring Willie Episodes which have a plot surrounding another person and in which Willie appears in a few scenes. Willie- Seen but not heard This section is just what it sounds like. Willie is in these episodes in the background or as part of a large crowd. Centered around Willie Treehouse of Horror V (2F03) Airdate: 30-10-94 Willie gets axed to death in all 'Treehouse of Horror V' stories. In the first tale; The Shinning,' Willie, the gardener at Mr. Burns' estate discovers Bart can read his thoughts. he calls it the 'shinning', and tells Bart if he's ever in trouble to call him. When Homer, due to a lack of tv and beer, goes craky, Bart uses his telepathic power to call Willie for help. wheh Willie arrives, Homer kills him. in 'Time and punishment' and 'Nightmare cafeteria', in which students are killed and served as lunch, Willie is also killed in the same way. Treehouse of horror VI (3F04) Airdate: 29-10-95 The second story in this, 'Nightmare on evergreen terrace', is about how Willie was burned alive during a PTA meeting because none of the parents would help him. Willie vowed to make them pay, by killing their children as they sleep. Bart decides to fall asleep on purpose to conquor Willie in his dreams. Lisa too, falls asleep. Willie turns into a giant bagpipe/spider monster and captures them both. As he's about to kill them, Maggie puts her pacifier into the bagpipe's vent, causing Willie to explode. Girly edition (5F15) Airdate: 19-04-98 When Willie confiscates Bart's skateboard and takes it into his shack, Bart is enraged. He gets it back by filling Willie's shack with creamed corn; causing it to explode. Willie vows to kill Bart for his deed. When Bart is more successful than Lisa on the children's tv show, 'Kidz Newz', because of his human interest stories, Lisa sets up a live-on-air confrontation between Bart and the now homeless Willie. Willie attacks Bart but is saved by Lisa when she shows up and calms Willie down. Monty can't buy me love (AABF17) Airdate: 02-05-99 When popular billionaire Arthur Fortune opens a megastore in Springfield, Mr. Burns, in a popularity stunt, decides to capture the loch ness monster and bring it back to Springfield. he does so, with Homer, Prof. Frink and Groundskeeper Willie's help. While there we see Willie's family. They do succeed in bringing back the monster, but when it tries to escape, causing chaos, Mr. Burns' popularity, once again, plummets. Involving Willie Radio Bart (8F11) Airdate: 09-01-92 Bart plays a trick on the town, making them think a boy called Timmy is trapped down the town well. Willie is the first to hear his calls, and goes to get help on his tractor. when Bart tries to cover up what he's done and falls down the well himself; Willie, the townspeople and Sting help dig him out. Marge gets a Job (9F05) Airdate: 05-11-92 When Marge goes out to work, Bart is left in grampa's care. in school he cries wolf so many times to avoid a test, that when he really is attacked by an escaped wolf, nobody believes him. Willie comes to Bart's rescue, wrestling and defeating the wolf. Whacking day (9F18) Airdate: 29-02-93 Skinner and Willie lock the school's most troublesome students in the basement for the duration of superintendent chalmer's visit. Willie is later seen outside, declaring his love for his tractor. he is approached by a scottish woman and leaves with her, whereupon Bart sees the unattended tractor and takes it for a spin. in the last scene of the episode Willie and Skinner are speeding to the school on Willie's tractor to release the locked up boys, days after forgetting they were there. Bart's inner child (1F05) Airdate: 11-11-93 Everybody starts to act like Bart. there is a 'Do as you feel' festival, at which the ferris wheel breaks and rolls away down the road. Willie admits he didn't 'feel' like oiling it. The town blames Bart for the disaster. Sweet Seymour Skinner's badasssss song (1F18) Airdate: 28-04-94 When santa's little helper vanishes into the school's air vents Groundskeeper Willie is ordered by Skinner to be greased up and sent inside and get him. he succeeds; but gets stuck in a vent high up in the gym and has to be rescued by fire brigade. superintendent Chalmers witnesses the comotion and fires Skinner. Later in the episode, he gets his job back. Homer badman (2F06) Airdate: 27-11-94 When Homer grabs a gummy venus demilo off the babysitter's butt, she sccuses him of sexual harrassment. His name is finally cleared by Willie's ameteur videotape of what really happened. Who shot Mr. Burns? (Part one) (2F16) Airdate: 21-05-95 Willie loses his job because Burns stole the school's oil and left it bankrupt. He is enraged and publically threatens to kill Burns. Later Mr. Burns is shot by a mystery assailant. Who shot Mr. Burns? (Part two) (2F20) Airdate: 17-09-95 Willie is questioned by police and found innocent. Homer, the prime suspect, is arrested ofr the murder. However Burns identifies Maggie Simpson as the one who shot him. The joy of sect (5F23) Airdate: 08-02-98 Homer joins a cult called the Movementarians. Gradually all of Springfield is brainwashed by this cult. Marge and Rev. Lovejoy hire Groundskeeper Willie to de-programme Homer and the children. However when Homer tells Willie about the sect; Willie himself gets brainwashed. Lard of the dance (5F20) Airdate: 23-08-98 Homer begins recycling grease for money. However, he has such small quantities of it that he cannot make a profit. Homer and Bart break into Springfield elementary to steal the school's grease. they are caught by Willie claiming it is his grease, and a fight breaks out. The great money caper (CABF13) Airdate: 10-05-98 Bart and Homer are busy conning Springfield citizens. However, they get conned and the car is stolen. they both tell Marge they were car-jacked and describe the assailant as foreign and bushy haired. Willie gets arrested for the crime, gets put on trial and found guilty. In an escape attempt he shoots principal Skinner in the courthouse. When Homer finally comes clean, he discovers it was all a ploy to teach him and Bart a lesson and the whole town (except Willie!) was in on it. Featuring Willie Principal charming (7F15) Airdate: 14-02-91 (Groundskeeper Willie's first appearance) When Bart writes his name in 40ft letters on the football pitch with sodium tetrasulfate he is punished by having to sew grass seeds with Groundskeeper Willie. when Skinner decides he needs Bart to find out information about his new girlfriend, Patty, he cuts short the punishment. however; when patty breaks up with him, he no-longer has to be nice to Bart and reinstates the punishment, much to Willie's delight. Lisa's pony (8F06) Airdate: 07-11-91 Homer lets down Lisa once again and to make up for it he buys her a pony. to pay for it he has to take a second job at the kwik-e-mart. at the school talent contest, Willie, lunchlady doris and bleeding gums murphy are judges. Kamp Krusty (8F24) Airdate: 24-09-92 Willie appears in Bart's dream about the last day of school. He is later seen in the teacher's lounge putting scotch in the punch. before Skinner leaves for his holidays, he tells Willie he wants the toilets sparkling on his return. Lisa the Beauty Queen (9F02) Airdate: 15-10-92 Groundskeeper Willie is selling haggis at the school carnival. It is here, Lisa gets a picture of herself drawn and becomes convinced she's ugly. Homer enters her in the 'Little miss Springfield' pagent to boost her esteem. Itchy and Scratchy: the movie (9F03) Airdate: 03-11-92 Willie and Skinner are at the door greeting parents at the parent-teacher meeting. I love Lisa (9F13) Airdate: 11-02-93 Willie is moved to tears by Ralph Wiggum's performance of George Washington in a school production. Homer's Barbershop Quartet (9F21) Airdate: 30-09-93 Homer tells the kids the story of his rise to fame in a barbershop quartet. after their 5 and 1/2 weeks at the top; group member Skinner returns to school and talks to Willie about the holidays. Treehouse of Horror IV (1F04) Airdate: 28-10-93 While riding the school bus during a storm, Bart sees a demonic gremlin on the side of the bus. Willie, soaking wet, gets on the bus to get a lift to the school. Marge on the Lam (1F03) Airdate: 04-11-93 Marge starts going on girls night's out with the neighbour ruth powers. on one of these nights, they go drinking in a country and western themed bar. we see Willie here, on a bucking bronco asking 'how come no-body else's chair is doin' this?' Bart's girlfriend (2F04) Airdate: 06-11-94 Bart wants to go out with Rev. Lovejoy's daughter, Jessica. she takes pity on him when Willie is used as a decoy in a false scottish festival 'scotchtoberfest', to set Bart up for skinnner. Willie plays the bagpipes for a small audience. Bart attaches balloons to his kilt and it rises up. a woman in the audience faints upon seeing under Willie's kilt. 'Round Springfield (2F32) Airdate: 30-04-95 Due to school budget cuts, Lunchlady Doris is also the school nurse, 'I get two paycheques this way', and Groundskeeper Willie doubles as a French teacher. Lisa the vegetarian (3F03) Airdate: 15-10-95 After hearing two 'independent thought' alarms in the one day, Skinner tells Willie to remove the coloured chalk from the classrooms. Lemon of troy (2F22) Airdate: 14-05-95 This episode takes place in Shelbyville, and although Willie is not actually in it; the Shelbyville elementary school Groundskeeper is seen and she bears a striking resemblance to Willie. Team Homer (3F10) Airdate: 07-01-96 Homer is a member of a successful bowling team, until Mr. Burns joins it and his bad playing loses them games. one of their opponents is a team called 'The Stereotypes'; which includes Willie. Much Apu about nothing (3F20) Airdate: 05-05-96 Mayor Quimby initiates proposition 24, which, if passed, will call for the deportation of all Springfield's illegal immigrants. the school-children turn against Uter, because he is foreign. Willie tells them to leave Uter alone and pick on him instead. The episode ends with the proposition being passed and Willie being deported. Bart after dark (4F06) Airdate: 24-11-96 When the residents of Springfield discover there is a burlesque house in their town, they form a mob to go and destroy it. Willie is part of the mob. Lisa's date with density (4F01) Airdate: 15-12-96 Nelson is punished at school by doing janitorial work with Willie. Nelson torments him and ends up spraying him with water from a hose. Lisa Simpson witnesses this and thinks it is funny. She develops a crush on Nelson and they start to go out. Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-d'oh!-cious (3G03) Airdate: 07-02-97 The Simpson children get a nanny. While out walking with her they meet Willie and find out that they used to be engaged. The canine mutiny (4F16) Airdate: 13-04-97 Bart gets a wonder dog, Laddie, and gives Santa's little helper away. However Bart soon gets sick of the new dog, and tries to trace santa's little helper. He finds out that Willie owned him for a time, but gave him away. The principal and the pauper (4F23) Airdate: 28-09-97 It's Skinner's 20th year as principal of Springfield elementary and a surprise function is organised for him during which a man shows up claiming that he is the real Seymour Skinner and that Skinner is an imposter. Earlier, while superintendent Chalmers was organising the party, Willie reminded him that he too has worked there 20 years. Chalmers, in turn reminded Willie that the teachers lounge is just for teachers. The Cartridge Family (5F01) Airdate: 02-11-97 In this episode, Homer gets a gun; something Marge is greatly opposed to. Willie is seen at the start of this episode, at a soccer match. D'oh-in' in the wind (AABF02) Airdate: 15-11-98 Homer befriends two hippies. After ruining their juice business, he makes a new batch, with hallucinogenics in it. Willie gets stoned, and thinks he sees fergie. However, it is just a rake, and he cuts himself to ribbions. Lisa gets an 'A' (AABF03) Airdate: 22-11-98 Lisa has a dilemma. to fail a test and get an 'F' or to cheat and pass it. She decides to cheat after Bart and Nelson tell her she should. Willie, while un-blocking a toilet, tells her he got an 'F' once and it never did him any harm. This makes up her mind. She does cheat on the test and gets an A+++. Wild Barts can't be broken (AABF07) Airdate: 17-01-99 A curfew is imposed on the town by Chief Wiggum, meaning no kids can be on the streets after dark. The final showdown between adults and kids results in a musical style song in which Willie takes part. Alone again natura-diddly (BABF10) Airdate: 13-02-00 This tragic episode sees the demise of Maude Flanders. She dies after falling over the railing at a car racing track. Willie is in the crowd, watching the car racing. At Maude's funeral Willie plays 'Amazing Grace' on the bagpipes. Bart to the future (BABF13) Airdate: 13-03-00 in an Indian casino, Bart gets his future told. the older Bart, and his band are playing in Nelson's bar. they are unpopular, and people hurl things at the stage. nelson is seen telling Willie to strengthen the shields, a parody of 'Star Trek's' Scotty. Brawl in the Family (DABF01) Airdate: 06-01-00 in this episode, the wives Ned and Homer married in Vegas come back to find them. during an acid rain shower at the beginning, Willie is dancing through the streets singing 'I'm singing in the rain'. The acid rain begins to burn through his umbrella, and then his clothes. Sweets and sour Marge (DABF03) Airdate: 20-01-02 Willie takes part in the Springfield record attempt for the largest human pyramid. During this attempt it is discovered that Springfield is America's fattest town. this displeases Marge, who stops the town's sugar supply. In a later trial to ban sugar, Willie is on the jury. The Bart Wants What it Wants (8F06) Airdate: 07-11-91 When Bart realises that his new friend Greta (Ranier Wolfcastle's daughter) has a crush on him he promptly dumps her. When she starts seeing Milhouse, Bart tries to win her back by following her to Canada. In this episode Skinner tells Willie he will be doing stand up comedy. Bart listenes outside, shows up and heckles Skinner. Little girl in the big ten (DABF14) Airdate: 12-05-02 Bart is contagious, and has to live in a bubble. Lisa pretends to be a college student. Willie is in the school gym cutting Milhouse down from the ropes. He tells him 'You can win 'em back if you stick the landing'. Papa's got a brand new Badge (DABF17) Airdate: 22-05-02 In this episode, Homer starts his own security company with Lenny and Carl. Willie is seen at the beginning adjusting the school's air conditioner and later looting socks. Treehouse of Horror XIII (DABF19) Airdate: 03-11-02 Willie appears in the second two Halloween stories. In "The fright to Creep and Scare Harms", Lisa gets firearms banned in Springfield. Willie is one of the townspeople handing in their guns. In "The Island of Dr. Hibbert", Willie, along with other Springfielders has been morphed into a manimal by Doctor Hibbert. I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can (EABF07) Airdate: 04-05-03 Lisa enters the spelling bee championships- the Spellympics, but is asked to throw the competition so a younger, cuter male competitor can win to improve the shows image. Willie, in the first scene is told by Skinner he will be getting a pay cut. He is very angry and bitter about this. Willie- seen but not heard Stark raving dad (7F24) Airdate: 19-09-91 Homer wears a pink shirt to work and ends up in a mental hospital. There he meets a big fat white guy calling himself Michael Jackson. He brings him home, to find a mass of people waiting for a glimpse of Michael. Willie is among them. Seperate Vocations (8F15) Airdate: 27-02-92 Bart, having developed a taste for law and order; has Willie arrested for burning leaves with 'a blatent disregard for our clean air laws.' Secrets of a successful marriage (1F20) Airdate: 19-05-94 Homer teaches an adult education class on marriage. Willie is seen taking a class taught by Lenny, 'how to chew tobacco'. Otto, Grampa Simpson, Capt. McCallister, Jasper and Hans Moleman are also in attendance. Homer the great (2F09) Airdate: 08-01-95 Homer joins 'the Stonecutters.' Willie is also a member. Lost our Lisa (5F17) Airdate: 10-05-98 The children get a day off school for the teachers conference. Bart is pleased that they, the kids are off having fun and the teachers are stuck in school. We then see Mrs. Krabapple, Skinner, Chalmers and Willie on a rollercoaster. Lisa the Simpson (4F24) Airdate: 03-01-98 Lisa fears she is losing her mind because she cannot work out a simple puzzle in school. When she stays behind to try and work it out, Willie is there, cleaning the school. Viva Ned Flanders (AABF06) Airdate: 06-01-99 Homer tries to teach Ned to lead an exciting life upon learning he is in his 60's. Willie is in the church when Homer reveals Ned's real age. Faith off (BABF06) Airdate: 16-01-00 Bart becomes a faith healer. Willie attends one of his meetings. Worst episode ever (CABF08) Airdate: 06-01-99 Willie is watching Tom Savini perform in the comic book store. The computer wore menace shoes (CABF02) Airdate: 03-12-00 Homer starts his own website spreading gossip and slander about the people of Springfield. For his good work he is awarded a Pulitzer prize. Willie is in the crowd at the award ceremony. Hungry Hungry Homer (CABF09) Airdate: 04-03-01 Homer goes on a hunger strike, after finding out the Springfield isotopes are moving to Albequerque. Willie is at one of their matches. Children of a lesser clod (CABF18) Airdate: 13-05-01 The Simpsons take free classes at the YMCA. Homer plays in the 'over 35's basketball league.' Willie plays on the opposing team. After injuring his knee, Homer starts a day-care centre. The sweetest Apu (DABF14) Airdate: 05-05-02 Willie is seen taking part in a civil war re-inactment. In this episode, Apu cheats on his wife. she finds out, and after some time forgives him, but says things may never be the same with their marriage. Pray Anything (EABF06) Airdate: 09-02-03 Homer starts to live in the church after recieving it in compensation. Willie goes to his 'church' warming party |
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