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Here is the complete episode list for The Simpsons. It includes original air dates, episode numbers, episode titles, and brief episode descriptions. (Please e-mail us if you find any errors!: gdtvd@mailcity.com) The first column of this table indicates the episodes of The Simpsons we currently have in our archive. (All episodes were recorded in standard play on VHS tapes.) The entries for this column are defined as follows:
[blank] | Episode not currently in archive |
CLEAN | Episode was recorded off a commercial-free satellite feed |
ORIG | Episode was recorded from its original broadcast |
RERUN | Episode was recorded from a rerun (no known cuts) |
SYND | Episode was recorded from a syndicated rerun (several minutes are typically trimmed from these by the syndicators to make room for more commercials) |
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SYND | 17-Dec-1989 | Episode 1 | Season 1 Number 1 | Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire | Homer seeks extra cash for his family's Christmas gifts. |
SYND | 14-Jan-1990 | Episode 2 | Season 1 Number 2 | Bart the Genius | Bart cheats on a test and lands in a gifted class. |
SYND | 21-Jan-1990 | Episode 3 | Season 1 Number 3 | Homer's Odyssey | After losing his job, Homer becomes an anti-nuclear activist. |
SYND | 28-Jan-1990 | Episode 4 | Season 1 Number 4 | There's No Disgrace Like Home | Homer seeks therapy for his battling family. |
SYND | 4-Feb-1990 | Episode 5 | Season 1 Number 5 | Bart the General | Bart's grandfather helps him get revenge on a bully. |
SYND | 11-Feb-1990 | Episode 6 | Season 1 Number 6 | Moaning Lisa | The family tries to cheer Lisa. |
SYND | 18-Feb-1990 | Episode 7 | Season 1 Number 7 | The Call of the Simpsons | Homer and Bart seek help for the family, stranded in the woods. |
SYND | 25-Feb-1990 | Episode 8 | Season 1 Number 8 | The Telltale Head | Bart decapitates a statue of Springfield's founder. |
SYND | 18-Mar-1990 | Episode 9 | Season 1 Number 9 | Life on the Fast Lane | Marge is drawn to a tall, blond bowling instructor. |
SYND | 25-Mar-1990 | Episode 10 | Season 1 Number 10 | Homer's Night Out | Bart displays an embarrassing photo of Homer. |
SYND | 15-Apr-1990 | Episode 11 | Season 1 Number 11 | The Crepes of Wrath | An exchange program sends Bart to France and an Albanian to Springfield. |
SYND | 29-Apr-1990 | Episode 12 | Season 1 Number 12 | Krusty Gets Busted | Bart defends a clown accused of robbery. |
SYND | 13-May-1990 | Episode 13 | Season 1 Number 13 | Some Enchanted Evening | Bart and Lisa learn their sitter's secret. |
SYND | 11-Oct-1990 | Episode 14 | Season 2 Number 1 | Bart Gets an F | Failing fourth grade, Bart gets the class brain to tutor him. |
SYND | 18-Oct-1990 | Episode 15 | Season 2 Number 2 | Simpson and Delilah | A co-worker threatens to reveal Homer's secret of success. |
SYND | 25-Oct-1990 | Episode 16 | Season 2 Number 3 | Treehouse of Horror | Bart and Lisa try to top each other's Halloween tales. |
SYND | 1-Nov-1990 | Episode 17 | Season 2 Number 4 | Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish | Homer's boss runs for governor; the Simpsons try to help. |
SYND | 8-Nov-1990 | Episode 18 | Season 2 Number 5 | Dancin' Homer | Team mascot Homer makes it to the big leagues. |
SYND | 15-Nov-1990 | Episode 19 | Season 2 Number 6 | Dead Putting Society | Homer bets that Bart will beat Flanders' son in a miniature golf tournament. |
SYND | 22-Nov-1990 | Episode 20 | Season 2 Number 7 | Bart vs. Thanksgiving | Bart runs away from home after a fight with Lisa. |
SYND | 6-Dec-1990 | Episode 21 | Season 2 Number 8 | Bart the Daredevil | Bart plans to duplicate a daredevil's stunts. |
SYND | 20-Dec-1990 | Episode 22 | Season 2 Number 9 | Itchy & Scratchy & Marge | Marge crusades against violence on TV cartoons. |
SYND | 10-Jan-1991 | Episode 23 | Season 2 Number 10 | Episode 23: Bart Gets Hit by a Car | Homer mulls litigation after his boss hits Bart with his car. |
SYND | 24-Jan-1991 | Episode 24 | Season 2 Number 11 | One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish | Thinking he's dying, Homer assesses his life; guest voice Larry King. |
SYND | 31-Jan-1991 | Episode 25 | Season 2 Number 12 | The Way We Was | Homer and Marge recall their courtship. |
SYND | 7-Feb-1991 | Episode 26 | Season 2 Number 13 | Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment | Lisa teaches Homer the evils of pirating cable. |
SYND | 14-Feb-1991 | Episode 27 | Season 2 Number 14 | Principal Charming | The Simpsons play Cupid for Principal Skinner and Marge's sister. |
SYND | 21-Feb-1991 | Episode 28 | Season 2 Number 15 | Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? | Homer's design ruins his half-brother's (voice of Danny DeVito) car empire. |
SYND | 7-Mar-1991 | Episode 29 | Season 2 Number 16 | Bart's Dog Gets an F | Homer wants to get rid of the dog unless he passes obedience school. |
SYND | 28-Mar-1991 | Episode 30 | Season 2 Number 17 | Old Money | A love interest leaves Grampa Simpson $106,000. |
SYND | 11-Apr-1991 | Episode 31 | Season 2 Number 18 | Brush with Greatness | Marge enrolls in an art class; Homer joins a weight-loss clinic. |
SYND | 25-Apr-1991 | Episode 32 | Season 2 Number 19 | Lisa's Substitute | Bart runs for class president; Lisa falls for a teacher. |
SYND | 2-May-1991 | Episode 33 | Season 2 Number 20 | War of the Simpsons | Marge and Homer head for a mountain retreat to help their marriage. |
SYND | 9-May-1991 | Episode 34 | Season 2 Number 21 | Three Men and a Comic Book | PICTURE QUALITY IS POOR. Bart gets a job to pay for a rare comic book. |
SYND | 11-Jul-1991 | Episode 35 | Season 2 Number 22 | Blood Feud | Bart is the only potential blood donor for Homer's boss. |
SYND | 19-Sep-1991 | Episode 36 | Season 3 Number 1 | Stark Raving Dad | Homer's rest-home roommate thinks he is Michael Jackson. |
SYND | 26-Sep-1991 | Episode 37 | Season 3 Number 2 | Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington | Lisa's essay wins the family a trip to Washington, D.C. |
SYND | 3-Oct-1991 | Episode 38 | Season 3 Number 3 | When Flanders Failed | Homer feels guilty about Flanders' failing business. |
SYND | 10-Oct-1991 | Episode 39 | Season 3 Number 4 | Bart the Murderer | Bart befriends a mobster, then Principal Skinner disappears. |
SYND | 17-Oct-1991 | Episode 40 | Season 3 Number 5 | Homer Defined | Homer saves Springfield from a nuclear meltdown. |
SYND | 24-Oct-1991 | Episode 41 | Season 3 Number 6 | Like Father, Like Clown | Lisa and Bart try to reunite Krusty with his estranged father (Jackie Mason). |
SYND | 31-Oct-1991 | Episode 42 | Season 3 Number 7 | Treehouse of Horror II | An excess of Halloween candy gives Bart, Lisa and Homer nightmares. |
SYND | 7-Nov-1991 | Episode 43 | Season 3 Number 8 | Lisa's Pony | Lisa's hurt feelings prompt guilty Homer to buy her a pony. |
SYND | 14-Nov-1991 | Episode 44 | Season 3 Number 9 | Saturdays of Thunder | Homer and Bart bond while building a shaky soap-box racer. |
SYND | 21-Nov-1991 | Episode 45 | Season 3 Number 10 | Flaming Moe's | A drink Homer invented makes bartender Moe rich; guest voices of Aerosmith. |
SYND | 5-Dec-1991 | Episode 46 | Season 3 Number 11 | Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk | Mr. Burns sells the plant; Homer is laid off. |
SYND | 26-Dec-1991 | Episode 47 | Season 3 Number 12 | I Married Marge | Marge thinks she's pregnant, prompting Homer to relive their early years. |
SYND | 9-Jan-1992 | Episode 48 | Season 3 Number 13 | Radio Bart | Bart fools the town into thinking a child has fallen down a well. |
SYND | 23-Jan-1992 | Episode 49 | Season 3 Number 14 | Lisa the Greek | Lisa's ability to pick football winners thrills Homer. |
SYND | 6-Feb-1992 | Episode 50 | Season 3 Number 15 | Homer Alone | With Marge away, Homer must care for Maggie. |
SYND | 13-Feb-1992 | Episode 51 | Season 3 Number 16 | Bart the Lover | Bart answers a personals ad placed by a hated teacher. |
SYND | 20-Feb-1992 | Episode 52 | Season 3 Number 17 | Homer at the Bat | Mr. Burns recruits major leaguers for a company softball game. |
SYND | 27-Feb-1992 | Episode 53 | Season 3 Number 18 | Separate Vocations | Aptitude tests peg Lisa as a housewife and Bart as a cop. |
SYND | 12-Mar-1992 | Episode 54 | Season 3 Number 19 | Dog of Death | Lottery fever distracts the Simpsons from their dog's illness. |
SYND | 26-Mar-1992 | Episode 55 | Season 3 Number 20 | Colonel Homer | Homer decides to manage a country singer (voice of Beverly D'Angelo). |
SYND | 9-Apr-1992 | Episode 56 | Season 3 Number 21 | Black Widower | A "Krusty the Clown" performer gets out of prison and proposes to Selma. |
SYND | 23-Apr-1992 | Episode 57 | Season 3 Number 22 | The Otto Show | Spinal tap plays Springfield. |
SYND | 7-May-1992 | Episode 58 | Season 3 Number 23 | Bart's Friend Falls in Love | Milhouse's new romance comes between him and Bart. |
SYND | 27-Aug-1992 | Episode 59 | Season 3 Number 24 | Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? | Homer and destitute brother Herb (voice of Danny DeVito) reunite. |
SYND | 24-Sep-1992 | Episode 60 | Season 4 Number 1 | Kamp Krusty | Bart and Lisa find horror at Krusty the Clown's camp. |
SYND | 1-Oct-1992 | Episode 61 | Season 4 Number 2 | A Streetcar Named Marge | Marge lands the lead in "Oh, Streetcar!" |
SYND | 8-Oct-1992 | Episode 62 | Season 4 Number 3 | Homer the Heretic | Homer starts his own religion after skipping church. |
SYND | 15-Oct-1992 | Episode 63 | Season 4 Number 4 | Lisa the Beauty Queen | Lisa wins a beauty contest by default; guest voice Bob Hope. |
SYND | 29-Oct-1992 | Episode 64 | Season 4 Number 5 | Treehouse of Horror III | Halloween tales: A doll comes alive; Homer is a giant on an island; Bart entrances the town. |
SYND | 3-Nov-1992 | Episode 65 | Season 4 Number 6 | Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie | Homer won't let Bart see the new "Itchy & Scratchy" movie. |
SYND | 5-Nov-1992 | Episode 66 | Season 4 Number 7 | Marge Gets a Job | Marge gets a job at the plant and must fend off Burns; guest voice Tom Jones. |
SYND | 12-Nov-1992 | Episode 67 | Season 4 Number 8 | New Kid on the Block | Bart falls for a teen tomboy (Sara Gilbert). |
SYND | 19-Nov-1992 | Episode 68 | Season 4 Number 9 | Mr. Plow | Homer buys a snow plow and goes into business. Guest voices: Adam West, Linda Ronstadt. |
SYND | 3-Dec-1992 | Episode 69 | Season 4 Number 10 | Lisa's First Word | While teaching Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor) to talk, the Simpsons reminisce about Lisa's first word. |
SYND | 17-Dec-1992 | Episode 70 | Season 4 Number 11 | Homer's Triple Bypass | Heart patient Homer shops for a cheap surgeon. |
SYND | 14-Jan-1993 | Episode 71 | Season 4 Number 12 | Marge vs. the Monorail | Homer is conductor of the new monorail. Guest voice: Leonard Nimoy. |
SYND | 21-Jan-1993 | Episode 72 | Season 4 Number 13 | Selma's Choice | Selma considers in-vitro fertilization. |
SYND | 4-Feb-1993 | Episode 73 | Season 4 Number 14 | Brother from the Same Planet | Bart and Homer join a big brother program to spite each other. |
SYND | 11-Feb-1993 | Episode 74 | Season 4 Number 15 | I Love Lisa | A boy mistakes Lisa's pity for love. |
SYND | 18-Feb-1993 | Episode 75 | Season 4 Number 16 | Duffless | Homer finds life dull after quitting drinking. |
SYND | 11-Mar-1993 | Episode 76 | Season 4 Number 17 | Last Exit to Springfield | His striking union elects Homer president. |
SYND | 1-Apr-1993 | Episode 77 | Season 4 Number 18 | So It Has Come to This: The Simpsons Clip Show | A practical joke puts Homer in the hospital where the family flashes back. |
SYND | 15-Apr-1993 | Episode 78 | Season 4 Number 19 | The Front | Bart and Lisa ghostwrite "Itchy & Scratchy" episodes; Homer did not graduate. Guest Brooke Shields. |
SYND | 29-Apr-1993 | Episode 79 | Season 4 Number 20 | Whacking Day | Bart is expelled; Lisa protests Springfield's annual snake-bashing day. |
SYND | 6-May-1993 | Episode 80 | Season 4 Number 21 | Marge in Chains | Marge is jailed for shoplifting. |
SYND | 13-May-1993 | Episode 81 | Season 4 Number 22 | Krusty Gets Kancelled | Cancellation sends Krusty into a tailspin. |
SYND | 30-Sep-1993 | Episode 82 | Season 5 Number 1 | Homer's Barbershop Quartet | Homer recalls his days in a barbershop quartet. Guests George Harrison, David Crosby. |
SYND | 7-Oct-1993 | Episode 83 | Season 5 Number 2 | Cape Feare | Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) seeks revenge on Bart. |
SYND | 14-Oct-1993 | Episode 84 | Season 5 Number 3 | Homer Goes to College | To keep his job, Homer must go back to college. |
SYND | 21-Oct-1993 | Episode 85 | Season 5 Number 4 | Rosebud | On his birthday, Mr. Burns longs for his favorite childhood toy. |
SYND | 28-Oct-1993 | Episode 86 | Season 5 Number 5 | Treehouse of Horror IV | Three vignettes have Halloween themes. |
SYND | 4-Nov-1993 | Episode 87 | Season 5 Number 6 | Marge on the Lam | Marge and a divorced neighbor (Pamela Reed) take a wild car ride. |
SYND | 11-Nov-1993 | Episode 88 | Season 5 Number 7 | Bart's Inner Child | Homer and Marge take recalcitrant Bart to a therapist. |
SYND | 18-Nov-1993 | Episode 89 | Season 5 Number 8 | Boy-Scoutz N the Hood | Homer and Bart are stranded in a raft with Flanders and son. |
SYND | 9-Dec-1993 | Episode 90 | Season 5 Number 9 | The Last Temptation of Homer | A pretty new co-worker (Michelle Pfeiffer) comes on to Homer. |
SYND | 16-Dec-1993 | Episode 91 | Season 5 Number 10 | $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) | Springfield legalizes gambling; Burns opens a casino; Marge becomes a gambling addict. |
SYND | 6-Jan-1994 | Episode 92 | Season 5 Number 11 | Homer the Vigilante | Homer leads a vigilante group pursuing a cat burglar. |
SYND | 3-Feb-1994 | Episode 93 | Season 5 Number 12 | Bart Gets Famous | An appearance on Krusty's show gains Bart fame. Guest voice Conan O'Brien. |
SYND | 10-Feb-1994 | Episode 94 | Season 5 Number 13 | Homer and Apu | Homer and Apu head to India to get Apu's job back. Guest James Woods. |
SYND | 17-Feb-1994 | Episode 95 | Season 5 Number 14 | Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy | Lisa files a sexual discrimination suit against a doll manufacturer. Guest Kathleen Turner. |
SYND | 24-Feb-1994 | Episode 96 | Season 5 Number 15 | Deep Space Homer | VERY BEGINNING OF OPENING CREDITS IS MISSING. Homer and Barney vie to become the first citizens in space. Guests Buzz Aldrin; James Taylor. |
SYND | 17-Mar-1994 | Episode 97 | Season 5 Number 16 | Homer Loves Flanders | Homer and Flanders become pals. |
SYND | 31-Mar-1994 | Episode 98 | Season 5 Number 17 | Bart Gets an Elephant | Bart wins an elephant in a radio contest. |
SYND | 14-Apr-1994 | Episode 99 | Season 5 Number 18 | Burns' Heir | Burns chooses Bart as an heir after a brush with death. |
SYND | 27-Apr-1994 | Episode 100 | Season 5 Number 19 | Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song | Bart's pranks get Principal Skinner fired; Flanders is the replacement. |
SYND | 5-May-1994 | Episode 101 | Season 5 Number 20 | The Boy Who Knew Too Much | Bart faces a moral dilemma after witnessing an altercation. |
SYND | 12-May-1994 | Episode 102 | Season 5 Number 21 | Lady Bouvier's Lover | Marge's mother falls for Homer's father, then is swept off her feet by Burns. |
SYND | 19-May-1994 | Episode 103 | Season 5 Number 22 | Secrets of a Successful Marriage | Homer teaches an adult class on marriage using secrets about Marge. |
SYND | 4-Sep-1994 | Episode 104 | Season 6 Number 1 | Bart of Darkness | The Simpsons' new pool makes Lisa popular; Bart thinks he sees a murder. |
SYND | 11-Sep-1994 | Episode 105 | Season 6 Number 2 | Lisa's Rival | Lisa's rival (Winona Ryder) turns her world upside down. |
SYND | 25-Sep-1994 | Episode 106 | Season 6 Number 3 | Another Simpsons Clip Show | The Simpsons reminisce about lost loves in flashbacks. |
SYND | 2-Oct-1994 | Episode 107 | Season 6 Number 4 | Itchy & Scratchy Land | Homer, Marge and the kids visit Itchy & Scratchy Land, a violent theme park. |
SYND | 9-Oct-1994 | Episode 108 | Season 6 Number 5 | Sideshow Bob Roberts | Sideshow Bob, Springfield's new mayor, condemns the Simpson home. |
SYND | 30-Oct-1994 | Episode 109 | Season 6 Number 6 | Treehouse of Horror V | Halloween vignettes spoof "The Shining," "Crime and Punishment" and "Soylent Green." |
SYND | 6-Nov-1994 | Episode 110 | Season 6 Number 7 | Bart's Girlfriend | Bart meets the minister's daughter (Meryl Streep). |
SYND | 13-Nov-1994 | Episode 111 | Season 6 Number 8 | Lisa on Ice | MISSED A TINY BIT AFTER A COMMERCIAL BREAK. The rivals of Bart's hockey team recruit "natural" Lisa. |
SYND | 27-Nov-1994 | Episode 112 | Season 6 Number 9 | Homer Badman | A baby sitter accuses Homer of sexual harassment; guest Dennis Franz |
SYND | 4-Dec-1994 | Episode 113 | Season 6 Number 10 | Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy | Grampa concocts a love potion, which he and Homer sell. |
SYND | 18-Dec-1994 | Episode 114 | Season 6 Number 11 | Fear of Flying | Marge sees a psychiatrist (Anne Bancroft) to conquer her fear of flying. |
SYND | 8-Jan-1995 | Episode 115 | Season 6 Number 12 | Homer the Great | Homer becomes master of a secret society; guest Patrick Stewart. |
SYND | 22-Jan-1995 | Episode 116 | Season 6 Number 13 | And Maggie Makes Three | Homer recalls the events leading up to Maggies birth. |
SYND | 5-Feb-1995 | Episode 117 | Season 6 Number 14 | Bart's Comet | Bart discovers a comet headed straight for Springfield. |
SYND | 12-Feb-1995 | Episode 118 | Season 6 Number 15 | Homie the Clown | Clown college graduate Homer's gigs are so successful, the mob believes he is Krusty. |
SYND | 19-Feb-1995 | Episode 119 | Season 6 Number 16 | Bart vs. Australia | To save diplomatic relations, the Simpsons go to Australia; guest Phil Hartman. |
SYND | 26-Feb-1995 | Episode 120 | Season 6 Number 17 | Homer vs. Patty & Selma | A loan from Patty and Selma makes Homer their slave; guests Susan Sarandon; Mel Brooks. |
SYND | 5-Mar-1995 | Episode 121 | Season 6 Number 18 | A Star Is Burns | To boost its image, Springfield holds a film festival. |
SYND | 19-Mar-1995 | Episode 122 | Season 6 Number 19 | Lisa's Wedding | A fortune teller shows Lisa her future; guest Mandy Patinkin. |
SYND | 9-Apr-1995 | Episode 123 | Season 6 Number 20 | Two Dozen and One Greyhounds | Mr. Burns steals a litter of puppies, with plans to make a Greyhound-skin tuxedo. |
SYND | 16-Apr-1995 | Episode 124 | Season 6 Number 21 | The PTA Disbands | When faculty strikes at Bart's school, PTA member Marge becomes his teacher. |
SYND | 30-Apr-1995 | Episode 125 | Season 6 Number 22 | 'Round Springfield | When Lisa's friend dies, she seeks a way to honor the jazz-man. |
RERUN | 7-May-1995 | Episode 126 | Season 6 Number 23 | The Springfield Connection | After apprehending a criminal, Marge enrolls in the police academy. |
SYND | 14-May-1995 | Episode 127 | Season 6 Number 24 | Lemon of Troy | Marge's lecture inspires vandal Bart to take pride in his community. |
SYND | 21-May-1995 | Episode 128 | Season 6 Number 25 | Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1) | Someone shoots Mr. Burns after he makes the town dependent on him. |
SYND | 17-Sep-1995 | Episode 129 | Season 7 Number 1 | Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 2) | Chief Wiggums conducts a manhunt to find Mr. Burns' assailant. |
RERUN | 24-Sep-1995 | Episode 130 | Season 7 Number 2 | Radioactive Man | OPENING CREDITS ARE MISSING. Millhouse and Bart vie for a role in a Hollywood film being made in Springfield. |
RERUN | 1-Oct-1995 | Episode 131 | Season 7 Number 3 | Home Sweet Home-Dum-Diddly Doodily | Due to unusual circumstances, the Simpson children are placed in a foster home. |
RERUN | 8-Oct-1995 | Episode 132 | Season 7 Number 4 | Bart Sells His Soul | The Rev. Lovejoy catches Bart and Millhouse playing a prank in church. |
SYND | 15-Oct-1995 | Episode 133 | Season 7 Number 5 | Lisa the Vegetarian | Lisa gives up meat on the eve of Homer's big barbecue; guests Paul and Linda McCartney. |
SYND | 29-Oct-1995 | Episode 134 | Season 7 Number 6 | Treehouse of Horror VI | Parodies of '50s monster movies, "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "The Twilight Zone." |
RERUN | 5-Nov-1995 | Episode 135 | Season 7 Number 7 | King-Size Homer | Homer binges to reach 300 pounds so he can claim disability. |
RERUN | 19-Nov-1995 | Episode 136 | Season 7 Number 8 | Mother Simpson | Homer's mother (Glenn Close) returns to Springfield; guest Harry Morgan. |
ORIG | 26-Nov-1995 | Episode 137 | Season 7 Number 9 | Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming | Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) wreaks havoc at Springfield's air show. |
ORIG | 3-Dec-1995 | Episode 138 | Season 7 Number 10 | The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular! | Host Troy McClure (Phil Hartman) presents a retrospective of the show. |
ORIG | 17-Dec-1995 | Episode 139 | Season 7 Number 11 | Marge Be Not Proud | For a family portrait, Bart must return to the scene of his shoplifting. |
SYND | 7-Jan-1996 | Episode 140 | Season 7 Number 12 | Team Homer | Homer forms his own bowling league; Bart starts a riot at school. |
SYND | 14-Jan-1996 | Episode 141 | Season 7 Number 13 | Two Bad Neighbors | President Bush buys a house across the street from the Simpsons. |
SYND | 4-Feb-1996 | Episode 142 | Season 7 Number 14 | Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield | Marge and Homer enjoy their new status at the country club; guest Tom Kite. |
RERUN | 11-Feb-1996 | Episode 143 | Season 7 Number 15 | Bart the Fink | Krusty the Clown dies in a plane crash; guest Bob Newhart. |
SYND | 18-Feb-1996 | Episode 144 | Season 7 Number 16 | Lisa the Iconoclast | Lisa researches Springfield's founding father; guest Donald Sutherland. |
RERUN | 25-Feb-1996 | Episode 145 | Season 7 Number 17 | Homer the Smithers | Homer fills in for vacationing Smithers, forcing Mr. Burns to become independent. |
SYND | 17-Mar-1996 | Episode 146 | Season 7 Number 18 | The Day the Violence Died | Bart meets a bum (Kirk Douglas) who says he created Itchy and Scratchy. |
SYND | 24-Mar-1996 | Episode 147 | Season 7 Number 19 | A Fish Called Selma | Troy McClure (Phil Hartman) proposes to Selma. |
RERUN | 31-Mar-1996 | Episode 148 | Season 7 Number 20 | Bart on the Road | Bart rents a car with a fake driver's license and takes a road trip with his pals. |
RERUN | 14-Apr-1996 | Episode 149 | Season 7 Number 21 | 22 Short Films about Springfield | Vignettes highlight the lives of many Springfield residents. |
SYND | 28-Apr-1996 | Episode 150 | Season 7 Number 22 | Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish" | Bart doubts his grandfather's old war stories until Mr. Burns tries to kill him. |
ORIG | 5-May-1996 | Episode 151 | Season 7 Number 23 | Much Apu about Nothing | Apu turns to Fat Tony (Joe Mantegna) for help when he faces deportation. |
ORIG | 19-May-1996 | Episode 152 | Season 7 Number 24 | Homerpalooza | Homer takes Bart and Lisa to a rock concert. |
ORIG | 19-May-1996 | Episode 153 | Season 7 Number 25 | Summer of 4'2" | The family rents a beach house for its first vacation; guest Christina Ricci. |
RERUN | 27-Oct-1996 | Episode 154 | Season 8 Number 1 | Treehouse of Horror VII | Bart has a demented twin; Lisa creates her own universe; aliens kidnap politicos. |
SYND | 3-Nov-1996 | Episode 155 | Season 8 Number 2 | You Only Move Twice | Homer's new job forces the family to leave Springfield. |
RERUN | 10-Nov-1996 | Episode 156 | Season 8 Number 3 | The Homer They Fall | Homer becomes a professional boxer; guest Paul Winfield; Michael Buffer. |
RERUN | 17-Nov-1996 | Episode 157 | Season 8 Number 4 | Burns Baby Burns | Mr. Burns' illegitimate son (Rodney Dangerfield) plans a kidnapping with Homer. |
SYND | 24-Nov-1996 | Episode 158 | Season 8 Number 5 | Bart after Dark | Bart discovers the house next door is a burlesque parlor. |
SYND | 1-Dec-1996 | Episode 159 | Season 8 Number 6 | A Milhouse Divided | Homer contemplates a divorce when Milhouse's parents split up. |
RERUN | 15-Dec-1996 | Episode 160 | Season 8 Number 7 | Lisa's Date with Density | Lisa has a crush on bully Nelson Muntz; Homer panhandles electronically. |
ORIG | 29-Dec-1996 | Episode 161 | Season 8 Number 8 | Hurricane Neddy | A hurricane hitting Springfield spares the Simpsons but destroys Ned's home. |
RERUN | 5-Jan-1997 | Episode 162 | Season 8 Number 9 | The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer | LOW VOLUME. Homer dreams about a talking coyote (Johnny Cash) after consuming exotic peppers. |
ORIG | 12-Jan-1997 | Episode 163 | Season 8 Number 10 | The Springfield Files | The FBI eyes Homer's alien encounter; guests David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Leonard Nimoy. |
SYND | 19-Jan-1997 | Episode 164 | Season 8 Number 11 | The Twisted World of Marge | Marge needs help promoting her pretzel franchise, so Homer turns to the mob. |
ORIG | 2-Feb-1997 | Episode 165 | Season 8 Number 12 | Mountain of Madness | Avalanches trap Homer and Mr. Burns in a cabin at a teamwork retreat. |
ORIG | 7-Feb-1997 | Episode 166 | Season 8 Number 13 | Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious | Stressed out Marge hires a nanny in an episode spoofing ``Mary Poppins.'' |
ORIG | 9-Feb-1997 | Episode 167 | Season 8 Number 14 | The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show | Low ratings force Itchy and Scratchy to take on a new character voiced by Homer. |
RERUN | 16-Feb-1997 | Episode 168 | Season 8 Number 15 | Homer's Phobia | An antique dealer (John Waters) befriends the Simpsons. |
ORIG | 23-Feb-1997 | Episode 169 | Season 8 Number 16 | Brother from Another Series | Newly free Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) reunites with his brother (David Hyde Pierce). |
ORIG | 2-Mar-1997 | Episode 170 | Season 8 Number 17 | My Sister, My Sitter | Bart tests Lisa when she is left in charge as his baby sitter. |
SYND | 16-Mar-1997 | Episode 171 | Season 8 Number 18 | Homer vs. the 18th Amendment | A prohibition law puts Moe back in business with a speakeasy. |
SYND | 6-Apr-1997 | Episode 172 | Season 8 Number 19 | Grade-School Confidential | Bart witnesses a tender moment between Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel. |
ORIG | 13-Apr-1997 | Episode 173 | Season 8 Number 20 | The Canine Mutiny | Bart obtains a credit card and purchases an expensive dog. |
CLEAN | 20-Apr-1997 | Episode 174 | Season 8 Number 21 | The Old Man and the Lisa | Lisa helps Mr. Burns rebuild his finances; guest Bret "Hit Man" Hart. |
CLEAN | 27-Apr-1997 | Episode 175 | Season 8 Number 22 | In Marge We Trust | Lovejoy has trouble when Marge volunteers at church. |
ORIG | 4-May-1997 | Episode 176 | Season 8 Number 23 | Homer's Enemy | Homer clashes with an industrious new co-worker; Bart buys an empty factory. |
ORIG | 11-May-1997 | Episode 177 | Season 8 Number 24 | The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase | Troy McClure (Phil Hartman) reviews three possible Simpson spin-offs. |
ORIG | 18-May-1997 | Episode 178 | Season 8 Number 25 | The Secret War of Lisa Simpson | Lisa enrolls in an all-boys military academy; guest Willem Dafoe. |
ORIG | 21-Sep-1997 | Episode 179 | Season 9 Number 1 | The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson | The family visits New York City after Barney disappears with the family car. |
ORIG | 28-Sep-1997 | Episode 180 | Season 9 Number 2 | The Principal and the Pauper | When the principal celebrates 20 years, a stranger claims to be the real Seymour Skinner. |
CLEAN | 19-Oct-1997 | Episode 181 | Season 9 Number 3 | Lisa's Sax | The destruction of Lisa's saxophone prompts the family to reminisce. |
ORIG | 26-Oct-1997 | Episode 182 | Season 9 Number 4 | Treehouse of Horror VIII | Homer battles mutants; Bart morphs with a fly; history of Halloween. |
CLEAN | 2-Nov-1997 | Episode 183 | Season 9 Number 5 | The Cartridge Family | Homer buys a gun to protect the family. |
CLEAN | 9-Nov-1997 | Episode 184 | Season 9 Number 6 | Bart Star | Homer coaches pee-wee football, making Bart quarterback; Joe Namath helps. |
CLEAN | 16-Nov-1997 | Episode 185 | Season 9 Number 7 | The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons | Marge and the kids pose as Apu's family to appease his matchmaking mother. |
CLEAN | 23-Nov-1997 | Episode 186 | Season 9 Number 8 | Lisa the Skeptic | People think the bones Lisa finds at a construction site belong to an angel. |
CLEAN | 7-Dec-1997 | Episode 187 | Season 9 Number 9 | Realty Bites | Bored Marge takes up selling real estate and makes her first sale to the Flanders. |
CLEAN | 21-Dec-1997 | Episode 188 | Season 9 Number 10 | Miracle on Evergreen Terrace | Springfield has Christmas spirit until Bart ruins everything. |
CLEAN | 4-Jan-1998 | Episode 189 | Season 9 Number 11 | All Singing, All Dancing | Marge and Lisa chase away Homer's video blues when he learns the movie he rented is a musical. |
CLEAN | 11-Jan-1998 | Episode 190 | Season 9 Number 12 | Bart Carny | Homer invites some carnival barkers to be house guests while the show is in town. |
CLEAN | 8-Feb-1998 | Episode 191 | Season 9 Number 13 | The Joy of Sect | Homer joins a cult led by a man who promises to take members to another planet. |
CLEAN | 15-Feb-1998 | Episode 192 | Season 9 Number 14 | Das Bus | Homer's Internet company is targeted by Bill Gates; Springfield youths are stranded on an island. |
CLEAN | 22-Feb-1998 | Episode 193 | Season 9 Number 15 | The Last Temptation of Krust | Krusty the Clown is banned from the Springfield Comedy Festival. |
CLEAN | 1-Mar-1998 | Episode 194 | Season 9 Number 16 | Dumbbell Indemnity | Homer lands in jail after stealing a car to impress Moe's girlfriend. |
CLEAN | 8-Mar-1998 | Episode 195 | Season 9 Number 17 | Lisa the Simpson | Lisa fears she has a genetic predisposition to stupidity. |
CLEAN | 22-Mar-1998 | Episode 196 | Season 9 Number 18 | This Little Wiggy | Marge makes Bart befriend Ralph, which leads the boys on an electrifying adventure through Springfield. |
CLEAN | 29-Mar-1998 | Episode 197 | Season 9 Number 19 | Simpson Tide | Homer, fired for trying to enlarge a doughnut in the reactor core, joins the naval reserve. |
ORIG | 5-Apr-1998 | Episode 198 | Season 9 Number 20 | The Trouble with Trillions | When the IRS audits Homer, he agrees to help them recover a trillion dollars from Mr. Burns. |
SYND | 19-Apr-1998 | Episode 199 | Season 9 Number 21 | Girly Edition | Bart and Lisa anchor a children's news program. |
CLEAN | 26-Apr-1998 | Episode 200 | Season 9 Number 22 | Trash of the Titans | Homer runs for sanitation commissioner and disrupts a U2 concert. |
CLEAN | 3-May-1998 | Episode 201 | Season 9 Number 23 | King of the Hill | Homer accepts a mountain-climbing challenge. |
CLEAN | 10-May-1998 | Episode 202 | Season 9 Number 24 | Lost Our Lisa | Lisa gets lost on a bus trip to the museum. |
CLEAN | 17-May-1998 | Episode 203 | Season 9 Number 25 | Margie, May I Sleep with Danger? | Homer and Marge add spice to their love life. (Episode aka "Natural Born Kisser") |
CLEAN | 23-Aug-1998 | Episode 204 | Season 9 Number 26 | Lard of the Dance | Homer involves Bart in a new get-rich-quick scheme; Lisa plans a school dance. |
CLEAN | 20-Sep-1998 | Episode 205 | Season 10 Number 1 | The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace | Homer tries to invent a gadget to rival those of Thomas Edison. |
CLEAN | 27-Sep-1998 | Episode 206 | Season 10 Number 2 | Bart the Mother | Bart takes care of a species that could endanger life in Springfield. |
CLEAN | 25-Oct-1998 | Episode 207 | Season 10 Number 3 | Treehouse of Horror IX | A dead convict controls Homer; Homer and Marge are on "Jerry Springer"; the kids meet Itchy and Scratchy. |
CLEAN | 8-Nov-1998 | Episode 208 | Season 10 Number 4 | When You Dish upon a Star | Homer bumbles into a celebrity couple's life and becomes their personal assistant. |
ORIG | 15-Nov-1998 | Episode 209 | Season 10 Number 5 | D'oh-in' in the Wind | Homer digs up his mother's past, discovers his true middle name and meets her old friends. |
CLEAN | 22-Nov-1998 | Episode 210 | Season 10 Number 6 | Lisa Gets an A | Lisa cheats on a test, gets an A and is celebrated for her achievement. |
CLEAN | 6-Dec-1998 | Episode 211 | Season 10 Number 7 | Homer Simpson in "Kidney Trouble" | Grampa busts a kidney when Homer refuses to make a rest stop on a road trip. |
CLEAN | 20-Dec-1998 | Episode 212 | Season 10 Number 8 | Mayored to the Mob | Homer saves Mayor Quimby's life, and mobster Fat Tony targets him. |
ORIG | 10-Jan-1999 | Episode 213 | Season 10 Number 9 | Viva Ned Flanders | Disspirited Ned Flanders takes Homer's advice and goes to Las Vegas. |
CLEAN | 17-Jan-1999 | Episode 214 | Season 10 Number 10 | Wild Barts Can't Be Broken | Chief Wiggum imposes a curfew on kids after a vandalism spree. |
ORIG | 31-Jan-1999 | Episode 215 | Season 10 Number 11 | Sunday, Cruddy Sunday | When Homer buys bogus Super Bowl tickets, he must find a way to get a busload of angry fans into the game. Guest voices include Rupert Murdoch, Dolly Parton, Fred Willard, John Madden, Pat Summerall, Rosey Grier, Dan Marino and Troy Aikman. |
ORIG | 7-Feb-1999 | Episode 216 | Season 10 Number 12 | Homer to the Max | A TV character's moniker prompts Homer to change his name. |
CLEAN | 14-Feb-1999 | Episode 217 | Season 10 Number 13 | I'm with Cupid | Apu gives his wife, Manjula, an extravagant St. Valentine's Day gift. |
RERUN | 21-Feb-1999 | Episode 218 | Season 10 Number 14 | Marge Simpson in "Screaming Yellow Honkers" | Marge develops road rage driving her new sport utility vehicle. |
CLEAN | 28-Feb-1999 | Episode 219 | Season 10 Number 15 | Make Room for Lisa | Sharing a room with Bart stresses Lisa; Marge eavesdrops on cellular phone conversations. |
CLEAN | 28-Mar-1999 | Episode 220 | Season 10 Number 16 | Maximum Homerdrive | Homer challenges a truck driver to a beef-eating contest. |
ORIG | 4-Apr-1999 | Episode 221 | Season 10 Number 17 | Simpsons Bible Stories | The Rev. Lovejoy's sermon puts the Simpsons to sleep, and they dream of being Bible characters. |
CLEAN | 11-Apr-1999 | Episode 222 | Season 10 Number 18 | Mom and Pop Art | Homer sublimates his anger into art and wins praise from an art dealer. |
CLEAN | 25-Apr-1999 | Episode 223 | Season 10 Number 19 | The Old Man and the C Student | A forced volunteer at a retirement center, Bart finds the elderly young at heart. |
CLEAN | 2-May-1999 | Episode 224 | Season 10 Number 20 | Monty Can't Buy Me Love | Mr. Burns goes to extremes to win popularity in Springfield. |
CLEAN | 9-May-1999 | Episode 225 | Season 10 Number 21 | They Saved Lisa's Brain | Lisa becomes the youngest member of Springfield's MENSA chapter. |
ORIG | 16-May-1999 | Episode 226 | Season 10 Number 22 | Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo | The Simpsons visit Tokyo, where they become contestants on a game show. |
RERUN | 26-Sep-1999 | Episode 227 | Season 11 Number 1 | Beyond Blunderdome | Homer advises Mel Gibson about his new film, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'" |
ORIG | 3-Oct-1999 | Episode 228 | Season 11 Number 2 | Brother's Little Helper | Bart's personality changes when he's given drugs to fight attention deficit disorder. |
ORIG | 24-Oct-1999 | Episode 229 | Season 11 Number 3 | Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner | Homer becomes food critic for The Springfield Shopper, and all the restaurants get good reviews. |
CLEAN | 31-Oct-1999 | Episode 230 | Season 11 Number 4 | Treehouse of Horror X | Homer causes catastrophe at the nuclear plant; Bart and Lisa X-ray the Halloween candy; the family murders Ned Flanders. |
CLEAN | 7-Nov-1999 | Episode 231 | Season 11 Number 5 | E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt) | Homer and Bart cross tomato plants with tobacco plants and get a new addictive substance. |
CLEAN | 14-Nov-1999 | Episode 232 | Season 11 Number 6 | Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder | Homer's perfect bowling game makes him a celebrity. |
CLEAN | 21-Nov-1999 | Episode 233 | Season 11 Number 7 | Eight Misbehavin' | Apu's wife has octuplets. |
CLEAN | 28-Nov-1999 | Episode 234 | Season 11 Number 8 | Take My Wife, Sleaze | Homer wins a motorcycle; Marge is kidnapped by bikers. |
CLEAN | 19-Dec-1999 | Episode 235 | Season 11 Number 9 | Grift of the Magi | A huge company takes over Springfield Elementary to use the children to develop the ultimate toy. |
ORIG | 9-Jan-2000 | Episode 236 | Season 11 Number 10 | Little Big Mom | Lisa takes over the household after Marge is injured in a ski accident. |
ORIG | 16-Jan-2000 | Episode 237 | Season 11 Number 11 | Faith Off | Bart teams with Brother Faith to help Homer when he gets his head stuck in a bucket of glue. |
ORIG | 23-Jan-2000 | Episode 238 | Season 11 Number 12 | The Mansion Family | Homer throws a huge party aboard Mr. Burns' yacht. |
ORIG | 6-Feb-2000 | Episode 239 | Season 11 Number 13 | Saddlesore Galactica | Bart and Homer discover that horse racing is a treacherous business after they rescue a horse from the state fair. |
ORIG | 13-Feb-2000 | Episode 240 | Season 11 Number 14 | Alone Again, Natura-Diddly | The Simpsons console a grieving friend when he loses a loved one to an untimely death. |
ORIG | 20-Feb-2000 | Episode 241 | Season 11 Number 15 | Missionary: Impossible | Homer is forced to join the Peace Corps after he reneges on an anonymous $10,000 pledge to PBS. Guest voice: Betty White. |
CLEAN | 27-Feb-2000 | Episode 242 | Season 11 Number 16 | Pygmoelian | Plastic surgery turns Moe into a big-time lady-killer. |
ORIG | 19-Mar-2000 | Episode 243 | Season 11 Number 17 | Bart to the Future | A glimpse into the future shows that Lisa is president of the United States, and Bart's a White House freeloader. |
ORIG | 9-Apr-2000 | Episode 244 | Season 11 Number 18 | Days of Wine and D'Oh'ses | Forswearing alcohol, a newly sober Barney spearheads a rescue mission to save Bart and Lisa. |
CLEAN | 30-Apr-2000 | Episode 245 | Season 11 Number 19 | Kill the Alligator and Run | In Florida, Homer gets swept up in spring break revelry and accidentally runs over a legendary swamp alligator. Guest voices: Kid Rock, Joe C., Robert Evans and Charlie Rose. |
CLEAN | 7-May-2000 | Episode 246 | Season 11 Number 20 | The Last Tap Dance in Springfield | Lisa enrolls in a dance school run by a former child star; Bart and Milhouse camp out at a shopping mall for a week. |
CLEAN | 14-May-2000 | Episode 247 | Season 11 Number 21 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge | A jilted bride moves in with the Simpsons and smothers Homer and the children with motherly love, driving Marge mad. Guest voice: Parker Posey. |
CLEAN | 21-May-2000 | Episode 248 | Season 11 Number 22 | Behind the Laughter | A profile of the Simpsons a la "Behind the Music," including how Quincy Jones reunited them after their breakup. Guest voices: Willie Nelson and Jim Forbes. |
RERUN | 1-Nov-2000 | Episode 249 | Season 12 Number 1 | Treehouse of Horror XI | Satan kicks Homer out of hell; dolphins take over Springfield; the Simpsons discover the dark side of fairy tales. |
ORIG | 5-Nov-2000 | Episode 250 | Season 12 Number 2 | A Tale of Two Springfields | After Homer divides the town, waging war against East Springfield, it is up to the Who to reunite Springfield. The Who guest stars. |
ORIG | 12-Nov-2000 | Episode 251 | Season 12 Number 3 | Insane Clown Poppy | Bart meets a girl named Sophie who claims to be Krusty's illegitimate daughter. Guest voices: Drew Barrymore, Stephen King, Joe Mantegna, Amy Tan and John Updike. |
ORIG | 19-Nov-2000 | Episode 252 | Season 12 Number 4 | Lisa the Tree Hugger | Lisa is smitten with an eco-terrorist and spends four days in a tree to prevent it from being cut down. Guest voice: Joshua Jackson. |
ORIG | 26-Nov-2000 | Episode 253 | Season 12 Number 5 | Homer vs. Dignity | When Homer asks for a raise, Mr. Burns pays him to play unpleasant jokes on others. Guest voice: Leeza Gibbons. |
CLEAN | 3-Dec-2000 | Episode 254 | Season 12 Number 6 | The Computer Wore Menace Shoes | After Homer creates a tell-all Web page, he is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his truthful revelations. |
ORIG | 10-Dec-2000 | Episode 255 | Season 12 Number 7 | The Great Money Caper | Homer and Bart turn into a couple of con artists to pay for a car repair bill. Guest voices: Edward Norton and Robby Krieger. |
CLEAN | 17-Dec-2000 | Episode 256 | Season 12 Number 8 | Skinner's Sense of Snow | Bart and the others lay siege to their elementary school when it doesn't shut down during a snow storm. |
ORIG | 7-Jan-2001 | Episode 257 | Season 12 Number 9 | HOMR | Homer's intellectual curiosity blossoms after doctors remove a crayon wedged in his brain. |
ORIG | 14-Jan-2001 | Episode 258 | Season 12 Number 10 | Pokey Mom | A softhearted Marge invites a recent parolee to move into the Simpson household. Guest voices: Michael Keaton, Robert Schimmel, Charles Napier and Bruce Vilanch. |
ORIG | 4-Feb-2001 | Episode 259 | Season 12 Number 11 | The Worst Episode Ever | Bart and Milhouse screen Comic Book Guy's illegal video stash while filling in at his store. |
ORIG | 11-Feb-2001 | Episode 260 | Season 12 Number 12 | Tennis the Menace | When Homer builds a backyard tennis court, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and the Williams sisters come to play. Guest voices: Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, and Serena and Venus Williams. |
RERUN | 18-Feb-2001 | Episode 261 | Season 12 Number 13 | Day of the Jackanapes | Sideshow Bob programs Bart to kill Krusty the Clown. Guest voice: Kelsey Grammer. |
ORIG | 25-Feb-2001 | Episode 262 | Season 12 Number 14 | New Kids on the Bleech | Bart, Milhouse, Ralph and Nelson are recruited by boy-band creator L.T. Smash; NSYNC pays a visit to Springfield. Guest voices: NSYNC. |
CLEAN | 4-Mar-2001 | Episode 263 | Season 12 Number 15 | Hungry Hungry Homer | Homer goes on a hunger strike to protest the relocation of Springfield's baseball team. |
CLEAN | 11-Mar-2001 | Episode 264 | Season 12 Number 16 | Bye Bye Nerdy | Lisa tries to figure out why the new girl picks on smart children; Homer baby-proofs the house for Maggie. Guest voices: Tress MacNeille and Rosie O'Donnell. |
ORIG | 1-Apr-2001 | Episode 265 | Season 12 Number 17 | Simpson Safari | Homer's quest for food leads him to a box of 30-year-old animal crackers that contain a winning ticket to Africa. |
ORIG | 29-Apr-2001 | Episode 266 | Season 12 Number 18 | Trilogy of Error | Marge severs Homer's thumb, Lisa creates a grammar robot, and Bart and Milhouse try to bust fireworks smugglers. Guest voices: Frankie Muniz and Joe Mantegna. |
CLEAN | 6-May-2001 | Episode 267 | Season 12 Number 19 | I'm Goin' to Praiseland | Homer and Flanders build a Bible theme park as a tribute to Ned's wife, Maude. Guest voice: Shawn Colvin. |
CLEAN | 13-May-2001 | Episode 268 | Season 12 Number 20 | Children of a Lesser Clod | Homer starts a daycare center in his home while recuperating from a knee injury. |
ORIG | 20-May-2001 | Episode 269 | Season 12 Number 21 | Tall Tales | The Simpsons inhabit the roles of folk heroes in tall tales told by a hobo on a train. |
6-Nov-2001 | Episode 270 | Season 13 Number 1 | Treehouse of Horror XII | The computer in Marge's futuristic house executes a plan to kill Homer; a gypsy puts a hex on Homer; Bart and Lisa attend Springwarts School of Magicry, where Bart conspires with Lord Montymort and his sidekick Slithers to sabotage Lisa's magic. | |
11-Nov-2001 | Episode 271 | Season 13 Number 2 | The Parent Rap | A judge sentences Bart to be tethered to Homer as punishment for stealing a police cruiser.Guest voice: Jane Kaczmarek. | |
18-Nov-2001 | Episode 272 | Season 13 Number 3 | Homer the Moe | Feeling alienated at Moe's hip new club, Homer opens a makeshift bar in his garage and invites the rock group R.E.M. to play there. | |
2-Dec-2001 | Episode 273 | Season 13 Number 4 | Hunka Hunka Burns in Love | Homer is hired to write the blurbs found inside Chinese fortune cookies, and one of his cookies leads to love for Mr. Burns. | |
9-Dec-2001 | Episode 274 | Season 13 Number 5 | The Blunder Years | Homer regresses to his childhood and relives long-buried memories. | |
16-Dec-2001 | Episode 275 | Season 13 Number 6 | She of Little Faith | After Homer accidentally demolishes the church, Mr. Burns raises money to repair it through corporate sponsorships; a disenchanted Lisa becomes a Buddhist and meditates with actor Richard Gere, but she can't resist celebrating Christmas. | |
6-Jan-2002 | Episode 276 | Season 13 Number 7 | Brawl in the Family | A feud ignites in the family following a sour board-game. | |
20-Jan-2002 | Episode 277 | Season 13 Number 8 | Sweets and Sour Marge | Ben Stiller plays a sugar company's CEO who draws Marge's ire after Springfield is declared the "World's Fattest Town." | |
27-Jan-2002 | Episode 278 | Season 13 Number 9 | Jaws Wired Shut | An(other) accident forces Homer's jaws to be wired shut, and improved listening skills result in a kinder, gentler — and more boring — Homer. | |
10-Feb-2002 | Episode 279 | Season 13 Number 10 | Half Decent Proposal | Jon Lovitz plays Marge's one-time prom date Artie Ziff, a nerd who turned Marge off when he turned all-hands that night. Now, a techno-invention has made him rich. Encouraged by her sisters, and some girls-night imbibing, Marge e-mails Artie, who responds by helicoptering onto the Simpsons' lawn and inviting the family to his yacht. There, he makes his proposition: one million bucks to spend a weekend alone with Marge. And Artie promises "no funny stuff." The Simpsons agree when they realize the money will help their marriage — by paying for an operation to cure Homer's snoring. | |
17-Feb-2002 | Episode 280 | Season 13 Number 11 | The Bart Wants What It Wants | Reese Witherspoon and Wolfgang Puck are guest voices as Bart and Milhouse fight over a girl. The object of their affection — and altercation — is Greta Wolfcastle (Witherspoon), the daughter of action-film star Rainier Wolfcastle (Puck). After Bart and his slingshot rescue her backpack from bullies, Greta is immediately smitten. But her crush is unrequited, and the oblivious Bart blows off a date with her in order to harass Principal Skinner at his stand-up comedy debut. Clued to Greta's feelings, Bart breaks off the relationship — until Milhouse steps in. It's only then, in the name of love, that Bart asks his parents' help to win Greta back by following her to her dad's film set...in Toronto. | |
24-Feb-2002 | Episode 281 | Season 13 Number 12 | The Lastest Gun in the West | Dennis Weaver provides the voice of Buck McCoy, an old cowboy star who becomes Bart's new hero. They first meet after a stray dog chases Bart onto the grounds of Buck's mansion. Bart becomes pals with the horse-opera great, who later visits the Simpsons and brings along video highlights of his career. With Bart's help, it's not long before a Western craze sweeps Springfield Elementary, and he and Lisa land Buck a guest spot on Krusty the Clown's TV show. This could be Buck's big shot at a comeback, but there's a problem: His film career isn't the only thing that could use rehab. | |
10-Mar-2002 | Episode 282 | Season 13 Number 13 | The Old Man and the Key | Grampa Simpson regains his driver's license to woo a new woman (Olympia Dukakis), but is goaded into a race by senior punks. | |
17-Mar-2002 | Episode 283 | Season 13 Number 14 | Tales from the Public Domain | In a trilogy of classics parodies, Homer seeks to destroy Troy as Odysseus; Lisa's Joan of Arc leads the French; and Bart plays Hamlet, with Moe as Claudius. | |
31-Mar-2002 | Episode 284 | Season 13 Number 15 | Blame It on Lisa | The Simpsons go to Brazil when the orphan whom Lisa's been sponsoring there is reported missing. | |
7-Apr-2002 | Episode 285 | Season 13 Number 16 | Weekend at Burnsie's | The band Phish has a cameo in an episode in which Dr. Hibbert prescribes medicinal marijuana for Homer's eye injury, and the resulting joviality nets Homer a promotion from Mr. Burns. | |
21-Apr-2002 | Episode 286 | Season 13 Number 17 | Gump Roast | The Springfield Friars Club roasts Homer, with emcee Krusty the Clown introducing friends, family and their memories from past episodes. | |
28-Apr-2002 | Episode 287 | Season 13 Number 18 | I Am Furious Yellow | Encouraged by comic-book guru Stan Lee (in a cameo), Bart creates a strip about Homer that gets onto the Internet. | |
5-May-2002 | Episode 288 | Season 13 Number 19 | The Sweetest Apu | Apu's fling with the Squishee Lady is caught live by Homer, but on tape by his wife Manjula (Jan Hooks). James Lipton has a cameo. | |
12-May-2002 | Episode 289 | Season 13 Number 20 | Little Girl in the Big Ten | Two college girls mistake Lisa for a peer; Bart lives inside a bubble to contain the infection he got from a Chinese mosquito. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky has a cameo. | |
19-May-2002 | Episode 290 | Season 13 Number 21 | The Frying Game | Homer's community service for threatening an endangered species involves helping a kindly senior, who meets an untimely death. Carmen Electra and Frances Sternhagen are guest voices. | |
22-May-2002 | Episode 291 | Season 13 Number 22 | Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge | Homer becomes Springfield's top cop in an episode that draws inspiration from both The Sopranos and High Noon. The latest addition to Homer's résumé (recited by Mr. Simpson in a litany of past labors) comes on the heels of a heat wave that sparked a riot. The incident (in which Homer played an inadvertent role) exposes the inadequacies of Chief Wiggum and his men. Losing all confidence in the local constabulary, Homer forms his own security company — SpringShield — which subsequently replaces the police when the mayor catches Wiggum in yet another embarrassing situation. But the new chief is quickly tested when he runs afoul of mobster Fat Tony (Joe Mantegna). | |
3-Nov-2002 | Episode 292 | Season 14 Number 1 | Treehouse of Horror XIII | In the first story, a magical new hammock enables Homer to "Send In the Clones," a small army of duplicates that he happily dispatches to do chores — until one kills Flanders. Next is "The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms," in which Springfield is invaded by a posse of cowboy zombies led by Billy the Kid, prompting Homer to go back in time to save the day. In the finale, the family ships out for "The Island of Dr. Hibbert," where they become guinea pigs in experiments to cross humans with animals. | |
10-Nov-2002 | Episode 293 | Season 14 Number 2 | How I Spent My Strummer Vacation | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz and Brian Setzer teach Homer a thing or two about music when he attends a rock-and-roll fantasy camp. As a gift from his family, Homer joins Apu, Barney, Otto and Chief Wiggum for a week of training in the complete rock-star lifestyle, "without the lawsuits and the STDs," says Mr. Jagger, who leads a session on "Inducing Crowd Frenzy." There are also workshops on slinging guitars; plowing through groupies and paparazzi; and songwriting, where Homer gets on Tom Petty's nerves. But one rockin' week is not enough for Homer, who wangles an invitation to join his instructors for a benefit concert. | |
17-Nov-2002 | Episode 294 | Season 14 Number 3 | Bart vs. Lisa vs. 3rd Grade | Lisa's high score on an achievement test gets her promoted to the third grade, the same class as Bart when he's demoted for his low score. | |
24-Nov-2002 | Episode 295 | Season 14 Number 4 | Large Marge | Marge goes to a clinic for liposuction and comes out with breast implants. | |
1-Dec-2002 | Episode 296 | Season 14 Number 5 | Helter Shelter | The Simpsons participate in a reality show called "1895 Challenge," in which they live without modern conveniences. When ratings start to sink, the producers add a celebrity — David L. Lander from Laverne & Shirley. | |
15-Dec-2002 | Episode 297 | Season 14 Number 6 | The Great Louse Detective | Kelsey Grammer returns as venerable criminal Sideshow Bob, whose deep-rooted hatred for Bart is set aside as he tries to find out who's trying to kill...Homer? Apparently someone is out to get Homer J., who barely escapes after a shadowy figure locks him in a spa steam room. Seeing the need for someone who understands a murderous mind, Chief Wiggum calls on the incarcerated Bob, who moves in with the Simpsons to keep close tabs on the intended target. When Bob asks why someone might want to do Homer harm, he's taken aback by Homer's response: "I'm a people person...who drinks." | |
5-Jan-2003 | Episode 298 | Season 14 Number 7 | Special Edna | Bart nominates Mrs. Krabappel for Teacher of the Year, netting the family a trip to the awards show in Orlando, where Little Richard is to present the prize. (Episode aka "Love and Marking") | |
12-Jan-2003 | Episode 299 | Season 14 Number 8 | The Dad Who Knew Too Little | After his insensitive birthday gift to Lisa, Homer hires a PI to dig up information on her so he can know her better. But there's a problem with the bill. | |
2-Feb-2003 | Episode 300 | Season 14 Number 9 | Strong Arms of the Ma | After a mugging, Marge becomes agoraphobic, until she starts weight training, which turns her into a buff bully who enters a bodybuilding contest. | |
9-Feb-2003 | Episode 301 | Season 14 Number 10 | Pray Anything | Coincidences lead Homer to believe he's got a direct prayer line to God, which doesn't stop him from suing when he falls at church. | |
16-Feb-2003 | Episode 302 | Season 14 Number 11 | Barting Over | Bart sues for divorce from his parents. | |
16-Feb-2003 | Episode 303 | Season 14 Number 12 | I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can | Spelling champ Lisa makes the Spellympics, where host George Plimpton proposes a deal; Homer joins a traveling fan club for a new Krusty food product. | |
2-Mar-2003 | Episode 304 | Season 14 Number 13 | A Star is Born-Again | Tomei plays a movie star who falls for Flanders enough to move to Springfield when he disdains going Hollywood. | |
9-Mar-2003 | Episode 305 | Season 14 Number 14 | Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington | Hoping to reroute air traffic over their house, the Simpsons ask Krusty to run for Congress, where the successful clown finds more of his kind. | |
16-Mar-2003 | Episode 306 | Season 14 Number 15 | C.E. D'oh! | Homer's stint in a success workshop gives him new initiative, but Mr. Burns' lack of appreciation prompts Homer to plot revenge, which results in a takeover of the power plant. | |
30-Mar-2003 | Episode 307 | Season 14 Number 16 | Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky | Lisa embraces astronomy as a career path, but when Springfield's night lights prevent her from gazing at the sky, she lobbies to have them dimmed. | |
13-Apr-2003 | Episode 308 | Season 14 Number 17 | Three Gays of the Condo | A rift with Marge over his drinking sends Homer packing and into a condo which he shares with two gay men. | |
27-Apr-2003 | Episode 309 | Season 14 Number 18 | Dude, Where's My Ranch? | After David Byrne turns Homer's anti-Flanders song into a monster hit, the family vacations at a dude ranch, where Lisa falls in love with a wrangler (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), and Homer and Bart rescue Native Americans from beavers. | |
4-May-2003 | Episode 310 | Season 14 Number 19 | Old Yeller Belly | After the family cat saves his life, Homer disdains the dog, until the canine is picked to be the mascot for Duff beer. | |
11-May-2003 | Episode 311 | Season 14 Number 20 | Brake My Wife, Please | Marge is the family chauffeur after Homer's latest driving mishap costs him his license. | |
18-May-2003 | Episode 312 | Season 14 Number 21 | The Bart of War | Bart joins the "Pre-Teen Braves" and battles with Milhouse and the "Calvary Kids". | |
18-May-2003 | Episode 313 | Season 14 Number 22 | Moe Baby Blues | Moe becomes Maggie's fulltime babysitter. | |
2-Nov-2003 | Episode 314 | Season 15 Number 1 | Treehouse of Horror XIV | Homer assumes the duties of the Grim Reaper after knocking off Death with a bowling ball. Professor Frink's father goes on a rampage. Bart and Milhouse stop time with a 49-cent "miracle watch." | |
9-Nov-2003 | Episode 315 | Season 15 Number 2 | My Mother the Carjacker | Surfacing to see her son, Homer's fugitive mom (Glenn Close) is caught and tried for sabotaging a lab owned by Mr. Burns, who's loath to let a grudge die. | |
16-Nov-2003 | Episode 316 | Season 15 Number 3 | The President Wore Pearls | Lisa is made to look like Eva Peron in this loose parody as faculty members undermine her student-body presidency. Michael Moore has a cameo, addressing striking students at Springfield Elementary. | |
23-Nov-2003 | Episode 317 | Season 15 Number 4 | The Regina Monologues | Prime Minister Tony Blair, Sir Ian McKellen and J.K. Rowling have cameos as the Simpsons visit London and Homer collides with the queen. Jane Leeves plays Grandpa's wartime romance. | |
30-Nov-2003 | Episode 318 | Season 15 Number 5 | The Fat And The Furriest | Homer's videotaped encounter with a grizzly bear earns him a reputation for cowardice, so he decides to have a rematch. | |
7-Dec-2003 | Episode 319 | Season 15 Number 6 | Today, I Am A Klown | Krusty's rabbi father (Jackie Mason) helps him prepare for his bar mitzvah, which includes Mr. T; Homer guest hosts for Krusty and is a hit. | |
14-Dec-2003 | Episode 320 | Season 15 Number 7 | 'Tis The Fifteenth Season | A version of “A Christmas Carol” causes Homer to go from greedy to giving, prompting jealousy in Flanders, who gives gifts to everyone in town. | |
4-Jan-2004 | Episode 321 | Season 15 Number 8 | Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays | Maggie is among the babies who riot at a kiddie concert, prompting a backlash by single childless citizens, who organize against kids and famililes. | |
11-Jan-2004 | Episode 322 | Season 15 Number 9 | I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot | Unable to build Bart a working robot for TV's “Robot Rumble,” Homer becomes the robot by hiding inside, taking beatings, but giving better. | |
25-Jan-2004 | Episode 323 | Season 15 Number 10 | Diatribe Of A Mad Housewife | Tom Clancy, Thomas Pynchon and the Olsen twins have cameos as Marge writes a novel that casts Homer in a bad light, and Flanders in a good one. | |
8-Feb-2004 | Episode 324 | Season 15 Number 11 | Margical History Tour | Marge talks history, with Homer as Henry VIII, Lenny and Carl as Lewis and Clark, Lisa as an opinionated Sacagawea and Bart as Mozart. | |
15-Feb-2004 | Episode 325 | Season 15 Number 12 | Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Bart bonds with Lisa after Milhouse and his mom move to Capital City; Homer panhandles to buy Marge's anniversary gift. | |
22-Feb-2004 | Episode 326 | Season 15 Number 13 | Smart And Smarter | Jon Lovitz returns as Marge's one-time date Artie Ziff, a former tycoon on the lam for a financial scam who's hiding in the Simpsons' attic. | |
14-Mar-2004 | Episode 327 | Season 15 Number 14 | The Ziff Who Came To Dinner | Jon Lovitz returns as Marge's one-time date Artie Ziff, a former tycoon on the lam for a financial scam who's hiding in the Simpsons' attic. | |
21-Mar-2004 | Episode 328 | Season 15 Number 15 | Co-Dependent's Day | After a winery tour, Marge and Homer become drinking pals, until a driving mishap prompts one to pull a fast one on the other. Music group Brave Combo has a cameo. | |
28-Mar-2004 | Episode 329 | Season 15 Number 16 | The Wandering Juvie | Sarah Michelle Gellar plays a delinquent whom Bart meets in a juvenile-correction facility that's not strong enough to hold them. | |
18-Apr-2004 | Episode 330 | Season 15 Number 17 | My Big Fat Geek Wedding | Skinner's cold feet near the altar also give Edna second thoughts, leading her into a rebound romance. Matt Groening has a cameo. | |
25-Apr-2004 | Episode 331 | Season 15 Number 18 | Catch 'Em If You Can | Marge and Homer blow off a family gathering in Dayton for some alone time in Miami Beach, but the kids are determined to follow. | |
2-May-2004 | Episode 332 | Season 15 Number 19 | Simple Simpson | Avenging a slight to Lisa turns Homer into the city's new crusader for justice, a masked man whose weapon of choice is a pie in the face. Nichelle Nichols has a cameo. | |
9-May-2004 | Episode 333 | Season 15 Number 20 | The Way We Weren't | Homer's confession that his first kiss wasn't with Marge prompts his story of a summer-camp romance that further offends her. | |
16-May-2004 | Episode 334 | Season 15 Number 21 | Bart-Mangled Banner | Bart really is a victim of circumstance when he appears to moon the flag, but Marge's defense of him paints the whole family as un-American. | |
23-May-2004 | Episode 335 | Season 15 Number 22 | Fraudcast News | Burns buys every media outlet in Springfield, leaving Lisa to battle him with her self-published newspaper. | |
7-Nov-2004 | Episode 336 | Season 16 Number 1 | Treehouse Of Horror XV | Flanders has premonitions; Eliza Simpson and Dr. Bartley try to find the "Mutton Chop Murderer"; The Simpsons are shrunk down and injected into the body of Mr. Burns. | |
14-Nov-2004 | Episode 337 | Season 16 Number 2 | All's Fair In Oven War | James Caan comes to party after Bart turns his tree house into a bachelor pad; Marge counters cheaters when she enters a bake-off. Writer Thomas Pynchon also has a cameo. | |
21-Nov-2004 | Episode 338 | Season 16 Number 3 | Sleeping With The Enemy | Bully Nelson Muntz is the lucky beneficiary when Marge feels her mothering skills are lost on her own kids; teasing puts Lisa on a diet. | |
5-Dec-2004 | Episode 339 | Season 16 Number 4 | She Used To Be My Girl | Kim Cattrall plays Marge's former classmate, a famous TV newswoman who sparks inspiration in Lisa, and jealousy in Marge. | |
12-Dec-2004 | Episode 340 | Season 16 Number 5 | Fat Man And Little Boy | Bart's success at selling novelty T-shirts enables Homer to quit his job and help Lisa with her science project---by supplying some plutonium. | |
16-Jan-2005 | Episode 341 | Season 16 Number 6 | Midnight Rx | Cutbacks in prescription-drug benefits send Homer and Grandpa to Canada, and make them heroes upon their return. | |
30-Jan-2005 | Episode 342 | Season 16 Number 7 | Mommie Beerest | Marge insists on becoming an active partner in Moe's after Homer takes out another mortgage to finance the tavern's required repairs. | |
6-Feb-2005 | Episode 343 | Season 16 Number 8 | Homer And Ned's Hail Mary Pass | Homer's victory dance at a carnival game leads to fame as a personal choreographer, and a gig producing the Super Bowl halftime show, with help from Flanders. Athlete cameos include Tom Brady, Michelle Kwan, Warren Sapp, LeBron James and Yao Ming. | |
13-Feb-2005 | Episode 344 | Season 16 Number 9 | Pranksta Rap | 50 Cent has a cameo as Bart fakes his own kidnapping after defying his parents to attend a rap concert. | |
20-Feb-2005 | Episode 345 | Season 16 Number 10 | There's Something About Marrying | Springfield legalizes gay marriage to attract tourists, and Homer becomes an ordained minister (via the Internet) to cash in. | |
6-Mar-2005 | Episode 346 | Season 16 Number 11 | On A Clear Day I Can't See My Sister | Tired of his teasing, Lisa gets a restraining order against Bart, with Gary Busey explaining how it works in an accompanying video. | |
13-Mar-2005 | Episode 347 | Season 16 Number 12 | Goo Goo Gai Pan | Homer poses as Selma's husband in China so she can adopt a baby, but a bureaucrat (Lucy Liu) checks up. Robert Wagner has a cameo. | |
20-Mar-2005 | Episode 348 | Season 16 Number 13 | Mobile Homer | Financial concerns split Marge and Homer, who responds to her penny pinching by buying an RV. | |
3-Apr-2005 | Episode 349 | Season 16 Number 14 | The Seven-Beer Snitch | When Springfield's new Frank Gehry-designed concert hall fails to draw, Mr. Burns takes it over and gives a special job to Homer. | |
17-Apr-2005 | Episode 350 | Season 16 Number 15 | Future-Drama | Amy Poehler plays Bart's girlfriend during his teenage years as Prof. Frink reveals the future to Bart and a Yale-bound Lisa. | |
1-May-2005 | Episode 351 | Season 16 Number 16 | Don't Fear The Roofer | Ray Romano plays a roofer who becomes Homer's new best pal, but his failure to show up for work leads Marge to suspect that he's imaginary---so she has Homer committed. Stephen Hawking has a cameo. | |
1-May-2005 | Episode 352 | Season 16 Number 17 | The Heartbroke Kid | Albert Brooks plays the director of the fat farm where Bart is sent after suffering a heart attack brought on by eating too much junk food. | |
8-May-2005 | Episode 353 | Season 16 Number 18 | A Star Is Torn | “American Idol” winner Fantasia plays a fellow contestant as Lisa enters Krusty's singing competition, where she performs a song written by Homer, who becomes an aggressive stage mother. | |
8-May-2005 | Episode 354 | Season 16 Number 19 | Thank God, It's Doomsday | A religious movie and subsequent coincidences convince Homer that “the Rapture is nigh,” and the folks of Springfield, God love 'em, take him at his word. | |
15-May-2005 | Episode 355 | Season 16 Number 20 | Home Away From Homer | Flanders moves after Homer humiliates him, but neither man is pleased with his new neighbors. Jason Bateman has a cameo. | |
15-May-2005 | Episode 356 | Season 16 Number 21 | The Father, The Son, & The Holy Guest Star | Liam Neeson voices a priest who counsels Bart, and later Homer, who embrace the faith when an expelled Bart attends Catholic school. | |
11-Sep-2005 | Episode 357 | Season 17 Number 1 | The Bonfire Of The Manatees | In the 17th-season opener, Alec Baldwin voices a marine biologist who counsels Marge after she leaves Homer for permitting illicit activity---what she describes as “snuggle films”---in the house to pay off a gambling debt. | |
18-Sep-2005 | Episode 358 | Season 17 Number 2 | The Girl Who Slept Too Little | Lisa has the best---i.e., worst---view when the cemetery is relocated behind the Simpson home. | |
25-Sep-2005 | Episode 359 | Season 17 Number 3 | Milhouse Of Sand And Fog | Maggie's chicken pox lead to a reunion of Kirk and Luann Van Houten, but the result is not the family dynamic Milhouse had hoped for. | |
6-Nov-2005 | Episode 360 | Season 17 Number 4 | Treehouse Of Horror XVI | In the 16th Halloween trilogy, a comatose Bart is replaced by a robot; Mr. Burns hunts citizens on his estate; and Springfield falls under a witch's spell that only Maggie can break. Terry Bradshaw and Dennis Rodman have cameos. | |
13-Nov-2005 | Episode 361 | Season 17 Number 5 | Marge's Son Poisoning | Tandem bicycling and afternoon tea make pals of Bart and Marge until bullies call Bart a mama's boy. Meanwhile, Homer gains strength, in one arm only. | |
20-Nov-2005 | Episode 362 | Season 17 Number 6 | See Homer Run | Homer's heroics during an emergency (caused by Bart) lead him to join the throng running for mayor when Quimby faces a recall. | |
27-Nov-2005 | Episode 363 | Season 17 Number 7 | The Last Of The Red Hat Mamas | In Italy, the Simpsons run into Sideshow Bob, who swears a vendetta against them after they let slip his criminal past to his new family. | |
11-Dec-2005 | Episode 364 | Season 17 Number 8 | The Italian Bob | In Italy, the Simpsons run into Sideshow Bob, who swears a vendetta against them after they let slip his criminal past to his new family. | |
18-Dec-2005 | Episode 365 | Season 17 Number 9 | Simpsons Christmas Stories | A trio of Christmas-themed stories includes Marge and Homer as Mary and Joseph; Burns and Grandpa shooting down Santa in World War II; and a Springfieldian take on “The Nutcracker.” | |
8-Jan-2006 | Episode 366 | Season 17 Number 10 | Homer's Paternity Coot | A long-lost letter suggests a treasure hunter (Michael York) may be Homer's father. William H. Macy and Joe Frazier have cameos. | |
29-Jan-2006 | Episode 367 | Season 17 Number 11 | We're On the Road to D'ohwhere | Bart's latest prank lands him a trip to behavioral-modification camp, but he runs away en route; Marge boosts her garage sale with expired pills. | |
26-Feb-2006 | Episode 368 | Season 17 Number 12 | My Fair Laddy | Lisa tries to turn Groundskeeper Willie into a proper gentleman for a science-fair project. Elsewhere, Coach Krupt takes over as gym teacher and begins a reign of terror. | |
12-Mar-2006 | Episode 369 | Season 17 Number 13 | The Seemingly Never-Ending Story | When the Simpsons become trapped in a cave, Lisa relates a story that happened to her. It then becomes Mr. Burns' story, then Moe's, and so on. | |
19-Mar-2006 | Episode 370 | Season 17 Number 14 | Bart Has Two Mommies | While Marge babysits Flanders' sons, Rod and Todd, Homer takes Bart and Lisa to a retirement home for animal actors, and a chimp with a strong maternal instinct snatches Bart. Susan Sarandon and baseball's Randy Johnson have voice cameos as themselves. | |
26-Mar-2006 | Episode 371 | Season 17 Number 15 | Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife | Homer signs the family up for a spouse-trading reality show. He has to take in a controlling wife while Marge moves in with a beaten-down husband (voice of Ricky Gervais), who quickly develops a crush on her. | |
2-Apr-2006 | Episode 372 | Season 17 Number 16 | Million Dollar Abie | Grandpa derails Homer's plan to bring a pro football team to Springfield when he mistakes the football commissioner for a burglar. | |
9-Apr-2006 | Episode 373 | Season 17 Number 17 | Kiss, Kiss Bang Bangalore | The nuclear-power plant is being shut down and outsourced to India, and Homer is sent to train the new employees. Meanwhile, Selma and Patty kidnap Richard Dean Anderson, who voices himself. When Anderson discovers how exciting real-life drama is, he refuses to leave. | |
23-Apr-2006 | Episode 374 | Season 17 Number 18 | The Wettest Stories Ever Told | When dinner at the Frying Dutchman turns ugly, the Simpsons try to salvage the evening by taking turns telling tales of tragedies at sea. | |
30-Apr-2006 | Episode 375 | Season 17 Number 19 | Girls Just Want to Have Sums | After making a sexist comment, Principal Skinner is replaced by Melanie Upfoot (Frances McDormand), who divides the school into two schools: one for boys, one for girls. Lisa gets frustrated when she's not allowed to take math at the boys school, so she dresses like a boy to get around the rule. | |
7-May-2006 | Episode 376 | Season 17 Number 20 | Regarding Margie | Marge has retrograde amnesia after inhaling too many fumes in a spring-cleaning frenzy. So Homer takes her around town to reacquaint her with the surroundings, but Marge doesn't know who Homer is and puts herself back on the singles market. | |
14-May-2006 | Episode 377 | Season 17 Number 21 | The Monkey Suit | Springfield is embroiled in a public debate about the theories of evolution and creationism. Melanie Griffith has a cameo as herself, and Larry Hagman is the voice of lawyer Wallace Brady. | |
21-May-2006 | Episode 378 | Season 17 Number 22 | Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play | A passionate kiss between Marge and Homer airs on the big screen at a baseball game, prompting second baseman Buck Mitchell to turn to the pair for advice about his marriage to singer Fiona (Mandy Moore). Stacy Keach is the voice of H.K. Duff. | |
10-Sep-2006 | Episode 379 | Season 18 Number 1 | The Mook, the Chef, the Wife, and Her Homer | Lisa's friendship with Fat Tony's son Michael prompts mob boss Tony to invite the Simpsons over for dinner. Michael says he'd rather be a chef than take over the family business, but that's before Tony is shot by a rival mobster. “Sopranos” stars Michael Imperioli and Joe Pantoliano voice Tony's top thugs, and Metallica band members provide their own voices. | |
17-Sep-2006 | Episode 380 | Season 18 Number 2 | Jazzy and the Pussycats | A child psychiatrist suggests drumming to channel Bart's energy, and the boy proves he's got the beat when he shows some talent on the skins. The White Stripes have voice cameos as themselves. | |
24-Sep-2006 | Episode 381 | Season 18 Number 3 | Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em | Marge reads Homer's carpentry books and becomes very handy at fixing things. Gender bias keeps the townspeople from accepting a female carpenter, so Marge pretends that Homer does the work. Meanwhile, Bart torments Skinner when he learns the principal has an extreme allergy to peanuts. | |
5-Nov-2006 | Episode 382 | Season 18 Number 4 | Treehouse of Horror XVII | The 17th annual Halloween trilogy. Included: “Married to the Blob,” in which a meteor turns Homer into a monster; “You Gotta Know When to Golem,” about a monster from Jewish folklore; and “The Day the Earth Looked Stupid,” about an alien invasion. Guest voices: Dr. Phil McGraw; Richard Lewis; Fran Drescher. | |
12-Nov-2006 | Episode 383 | Season 18 Number 5 | G.I. (Annoyed Grunt) | Homer is bamboozled by Army recruiters and winds up in basic training, where he runs afoul of a tough-minded colonel (voice of Kiefer Sutherland) and is assigned to play the enemy in war games. | |
19-Nov-2006 | Episode 384 | Season 18 Number 6 | Moe 'N' a Lisa | Lisa sees poetry in the notes Moe sticks to the walls of his hotel room, so she sends his work to a poetry journal, which publishes it, making Moe the toast of the literary circuit. Guest voices include Gore Vidal, Michael Chabon and Jonathan Franzen. | |
26-Nov-2006 | Episode 385 | Season 18 Number 7 | Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair) | Homer is fired and decides to buy an ice-cream truck. Marge makes use of the mountains of Popsicle sticks from Homer's ice-cream consumption by creating sculptures of Springfield citizens with them, leading to a feature about her on the news. | |
10-Dec-2006 | Episode 386 | Season 18 Number 8 | The Haw-Hawed Couple | When Bart ends up the only guest at Nelson's birthday party, the bully decides he's his best friend and goes about protecting Bart in a parody of “Goodfellas.” Meanwhile, Homer reads Lisa to sleep and debates on whether to reveal the book's sad ending to her. | |
17-Dec-2006 | Episode 387 | Season 18 Number 9 | Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2 | Homer jumps into a brawl during a holiday ice-skating show. To escape the melee, Marge takes the family Christmas shopping, where a chance encounter with Gil leads to bad luck for Gil and the Simpson clan. Elvis Stojko voices himself. | |
7-Jan-2007 | Episode 388 | Season 18 Number 10 | The Wife Aquatic | Selma and Patti's home movies make Marge nostalgic for the Barnacle Bay vacations of her youth, so Homer takes the family there, but the area has changed since the Bouviers were little girls. |