At Marge’s insistence, Bart has a “play date” with Ralph. Bart suddenly sees the upside of this friendship when he discovers Chief Wiggum’s “master key” and goes to explore Springfield’s…
Lisa struggles with solving a simple puzzle and fears that the “Simpson gene” is suddenly wiping out her intelligence. Homer stages a family reunion in hopes of introducing Lisa to…
When Otto drives the school bus off a bridge, the kids wind up on a deserted island, fending for themselves in a “Lord of the Flies” parody. Back in Springfield,…
Homer rents a Clint Eastwood movie and is dismayed to find it’s a musical. Using clips from past episodes, the rest of the family reminds him about the many times…
When Marge gets her real estate license, she learns to put a positive spin on the flaws of the houses she’s selling. But when the Flanders buy the Murder House,…
Under Nelson’s bad influence, Bart shoots a bird with a BB gun. Stricken with remorse, he tries to nurture the eggs from the bird’s nest, which hatch into a species…
Troy McClure presents three Simpsons spinoff spoofs: In “Chief Wiggum, P.I.,” Chief Wiggum becomes a New Orleans detective. Next, Grampa Simpson’s soul is trapped inside Moe’s Love tester machine in…
In “The Thing and I,” Bart discovers his evil Siamese twin in the attic. In “The Genesis Tub,” Lisa’s science experiment becomes a quickly-developing micro-universe, where she is thought of…
Bart meets the original animator who created Itchy, penniless some 70 years after the studio stole his idea. When Bart helps him sue for restitution, he unwittingly bankrupts Itchy &…
In a scheme to get Krusty’s autograph, Bart sends him a check. When Krusty’s offshore holding corporation endorses the check, his illegal tax shelter is exposed. In despair after the…
Troy McClure hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the show, including clips of the series’ beginnings as filler on “The Tracy Ullman Show,” Simpsons trivia questions, and unaired scenes from popular…
Episode Title: The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
After visiting a local petting zoo, Lisa becomes a vegetarian and faces ridicule from family and friends. When she lashes out and ruins Homer’s barbecue, she learns a lesson in…
Bart longs to play “Fallout Boy” in the new Radioactive Man movie, but the Van Houtens thrust Milhouse into the spotlight. Meanwhile, the town of Springfield sees an opportunity for…
After Marge helps catch a petty criminal, the adrenaline rush inspires her to join the Springfield Police Department. Marge experiences feelings of power and authority that she’s never known before,…
Lisa is reunited with her idol, Bleeding Gums Murphy, but their time together is short-lived. When the jazz legend passes away, a heartbroken Lisa wants to buy his rare album…
A fortune teller foresees Lisa’s future marriage to an upper-crust Harvard classmate. After a series of embarrassing incidents, Lisa comes to realize that even though her family may not be…
Springfield plays host to a film festival. Among the contenders for best film: Barney presents “Pukahontas,” a haunting meditation on his alcoholism; Mr. Burns commissions the fawning biography “A Burns…
After Bart’s prank phone call to Australia goes awry, the Simpsons must fly out to the land down under and apologize to the Australian people. When they discover Bart’s penalty…
Grandpa Simpson’s miracle elixir reinvigorates Homer and Marge’s sex life. When father and son embark on an old-fashioned medicine show to sell the love tonic, they rake in the money,…
Backed by a cabal of Republicans and the talk radio blowhard Birch Barlow, Sideshow Bob runs for mayor of Springfield. When new mayor Bob decides to build a freeway right…
After reading the weepy best-seller The Bridges of Madison County, Marge sits down with the family and recalls romantic moments, along with temptations from her bowling instructor Jacques and Homer’s…
Homer teaches an adult education class on successful marriage, but his students show little interest until he starts telling them juicy details of his marriage to Marge. Furious, Marge kicks…
Mr. Burns and Grandpa Simpson compete for the affections of Marge’s mother. The more dashing suitor prevails, but in a scene straight out of The Graduate, Grandpa crashes the wedding…
Playing hooky, Bart sneaks onto the Quimby Compound and is the only witness when Mayor Quimby’s ne’er-do-well nephew Freddy allegedly assaults a snooty French butler. But if he comes forward,…
When gambling is legalized in Springfield, Mr. Burns opens an extravagant casino on the waterfront. Meanwhile, Bart opens a casino in his treehouse. Burns becomes a germ-phobic recluse and Homer…
Bart heckles the guru at a self-help seminar, and the man presents him to the audience as a role model for their “inner child.” But when the whole town tries…
In “The Devil and Homer Simpson,” Homer sells his soul for a doughnut. Next, in the Twilight Zone spoof “Terror at 5 1/2 Feet,” everyone doubts Bart’s sanity when he’s…
When Homer neglects Bart once too often, Bart goes to the Big Brother program to get a new father figure. Stung, Homer replaces Bart with a little brother.