The Best Episodes Directed By Rich Moore

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(48 votes)

   #1 - Marge vs. the Monorail

   S4:E121/14/1993

   When Springfield gets a sudden windfall, a charismatic traveling salesman convinces the town to build a monorail.

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   8.6/10(45 votes)

   #2 - Cape Feare

   S5:E210/7/1993

   The Simpsons go incognito to avoid the newly paroled Sideshow Bob, who's out to get Bart.

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   8.4/10(51 votes)

   #3 - Roswell That Ends Well

   S4:E112/9/2001

   A spacetime accident leaves the Planet Express crew stranded in Roswell, New Mexico in the year 1947, where a shattered Bender is mistaken for UFO debris and Zoidberg is captured as an alien specimen. Leela and the professor work to get everybody home, while Fry tries to keep his accident-prone grandfather alive.

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   8.4/10(52 votes)

   #4 - The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings

   S5:E168/10/2003

   Fry makes a deal with the Robot Devil so he can become a skillful musician and win Leela's heart.

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   8.1/10(50 votes)

   #5 - Flaming Moe's

   S3:E1011/21/1991

   Moe steals the drink recipe Homer invented, and the rechristened “Flaming Moe” turns his tavern into a hotspot. When a national franchise wants to buy the recipe, Homer wants revenge.

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   8.0/10(49 votes)

   #6 - Anthology of Interest I

   S2:E205/21/2000

   The Professor's "What-If" machine simulates Bender, Leela and Fry's wishes. Bender discovers what it would be like if he were 500 feet tall, Leela discovers what it would be like if she were more impulsive, and Fry discovers what would happen if he never came to the future.

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   8.0/10(105 votes)

   #7 - Space Pilot 3000

   S1:E13/28/1999

   On New Year's Eve 1999, Pizza Delivery boy Philip J. Fry accidentally falls into a cryogenic chamber and is frozen for 1,000 years. Finally unfrozen, he explores New New York, meets his new best friend (a kleptomaniacal robot named Bender) and goes to work for his great-great-great-great-grand-nephew's space delivery business.

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   8.0/10(46 votes)

   #8 - Bart the Murderer

   S3:E410/10/1991

   While working for Fat Tony, Bart gains enough influence with his boss to solve his problems with Principal Skinner--perhaps permanently.

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   8.0/10(51 votes)

   #9 - Stark Raving Dad

   S3:E19/19/1991

   A deviation from his norm lands Homer in a mental institution, where he shares a room with a man who thinks he's Michael Jackson.

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    8.0/10(43 votes)

    #10 - Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie

    S4:E611/3/1992

    Bart is punished by being barred from the Itchy and Scratchy movie.

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    7.9/10(53 votes)

    #11 - Lisa's Substitute

    S2:E194/25/1991

    With Miss Hoover out sick, a substitute teacher takes the class and becomes an inspiring role model for Lisa.

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    7.8/10(65 votes)

    #12 - Hell Is Other Robots

    S1:E95/18/1999

    During a Beastie Boys concert, Bender runs into a high school buddy, Fender. He invites him to a party, which turns out to be robots getting high off of electricity, or "jacking on". After one try, Bender is hooked.

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    7.7/10(65 votes)

    #13 - Treehouse of Horror

    S2:E310/25/1990

    The Simpson kids hide in the family treehouse and tell each other spooky stories. The first regards haunted houses, the second introduces Kang and Kodos for the first time in an alien abduction, and the third is a Simpson-adapted retelling of The Raven.

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14. 

    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #14 - Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?

    S3:E248/27/1992

    Homer's half-brother asks for a loan after Homer is awarded some cash.

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    7.5/10(59 votes)

    #15 - Simpson and Delilah

    S2:E210/18/1990

    Homer uses his medical insurance to buy Dimoxinil, a miracle hair-growth formula. After growing luxurious locks, he's given a promotion which allows him to hire a secretary named Karl and makes grand promises to his family at home.

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    7.5/10(44 votes)

    #16 - Lisa the Greek

    S3:E141/23/1992

    Lisa's ability to pick winning football teams kicks off a strong bond with Homer.

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    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #17 - The Front

    S4:E194/15/1993

    Lisa and Bart write an Itchy and Scratchy episode; Homer makes up a missing high-school credit.

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    7.4/10(53 votes)

    #18 - Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment

    S2:E132/7/1991

    Homer becomes the most popular guy in town when he gets an illegal cable hook-up, but Lisa fears he will go to hell for violating the Eighth Commandment.

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    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #19 - A Streetcar Named Marge

    S4:E210/1/1992

    Marge is cast in a version of "A Streetcar Named Desire," playing Blanche to Ned Flanders' Stanley.

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    7.2/10(57 votes)

    #20 - Brannigan, Begin Again

    S2:E611/28/1999

    Upon destroying the new DOOP headquarters, Zapp Brannigan and Kif find themselves court-martialed and dishonorably discharged. They take up jobs at Planet Express, where Kif learns what respect feels like and Zapp incites a mutiny against Leela.

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    7.2/10(52 votes)

    #21 - A Clone of My Own

    S2:E154/9/2000

    Professor Farnsworth unveils his clone, Cubert Farnsworth, whom he plans to leave everything to upon his retirement. But Cubert wants no part of Farnsworth's lifestyle, prompting the professor into a premature retirement on the Near-Death Star.

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    7.2/10(55 votes)

    #22 - Dead Putting Society

    S2:E611/15/1990

    Bart and Todd Flanders decide to enter a miniature golf tournament. Homer becomes confident that Bart will win and makes a bet with Ned that the father of the boy that does not win will have to mow their neighbors lawn in their wife's Sunday dress.

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    7.1/10(70 votes)

    #23 - The Telltale Head

    S1:E82/25/1990

    Bart pulls a stunt that shocks the entire town, including the new friends he was trying to impress.

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Clum Babies

    S2:E511/16/2005

    Wooldoor discovers the healing powers of his bodily fluids. Ling-Ling finds love.

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    6.6/10(74 votes)

    #25 - Homer's Night Out

    S1:E103/25/1990

    Shutterbug Bart captures Homer with a sexy entertainer at a bachelor party.

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