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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 8 Episode 10 - The Springfield Files
    8.4/10(45 votes)

    S8:E10

    Homer witnesses something out of this world in Springfield woods, but no one believes him -- not even FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, who come to investigate the incident.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - Family Reunion
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    S2:E15

    While Grandpa goes on to Chicago because he missed his train stop (likely on purpose), the Pickles stop in (fictional) Willoughby, Iowa to attend their family reunion, hosted by Hugh Pickles and his wife Dotti. Angelica tells Tommy and the other kids that reunions are swap meets for kids, with the kids being swapped. Her lie ended up backfiring on her, however, when a couple of other farming relatives, Mackie and Edie, have a kid like Angelica.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 7 Episode 17 - Homer the Smithers
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    S7:E17

    Forced to take a vacation, Smithers needs to find a temporary replacement who won't outshine him. Homer seems the perfect choice until a sudden outburst forces Mr. Burns to assert his independence.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  4. undefined Season 7 Episode 11 - Marge Be Not Proud
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    S7:E11

    Nabbed for shoplifting, Bart manages to keep it a secret from the family... until it's time to have the family Christmas photo taken at the Try-N-Save.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  5. undefined Season 8 Episode 14 - The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    S8:E14

    In an attempt to boost ratings, the Itchy and Scratchy Show adds a new "in-your-face" character voiced by Homer.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  6. undefined Season 8 Episode 22 - In Marge We Trust
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    S8:E22

    Disturbed that Reverend Lovejoy has lost interest in counseling parishioners, Marge volunteers as the "Listen Lady." Meanwhile, Homer sees his likeness on a box of Japanese detergent.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 9 Episode 13 - The Joy of Sect
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    S9:E13

    A cult lures in most of Springfield to toil for “The Leader.” After Marge escapes and has the family deprogrammed, Homer exposes the man behind the spaceship.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  8. undefined Season 9 Episode 23 - King of the Hill
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    S9:E23

    After Rainier Wolfcastle helps Homer get in shape, Homer accepts a challenge to climb the Murderhorn, the tallest mountain in Springfield.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  9. undefined Season 35 Episode 11 - Frinkenstein's Monster
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    S35:E11

    Professor Frink secretly helps Homer, through a zoom interview, land a high-level position at a state-of-the-art nuclear plant in Shelbyville. But since Homer lacks the skills to actually perform the job, Frink must monitor Homer's work situation remotely and dictate his every word... causing Frink to fear he's created a monster.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  10. undefined Season 6 Episode 22 - Round Springfield
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    S6:E22

    Bart winds up in the hospital as a result of eating Krusty cereal, and when Lisa comes to visit him, she is reunited with her sax idol.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  11. undefined Season 8 Episode 6 - A Milhouse Divided
    7.5/10(36 votes)

    S8:E6

    Kirk and Luann Van Houten are getting a divorce. Homer is confident that it will never happen to him, but Kirk tells him how quickly things can change.

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  12. undefined Season 34 Episode 5 - Not It
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    S34:E5

    Homer and his teenaged friends are pursued by a killer clown in a spoof of Stephen King's novel "It".

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  13. undefined Season 11 Episode 21 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    S11:E21

    Otto's girlfriend seems to be usurping Marge's role when she moves in with the family after a dispute over heavy metal.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  14. undefined Season 10 Episode 19 - Mom and Pop Art
    7.3/10(36 votes)

    S10:E19

    Homer's failed do-it-yourself project gets mistaken for "outsider art." Suddenly in the limelight, Homer must come up with new "works" to impress the art world.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  15. undefined Season 10 Episode 4 - Treehouse of Horror IX
    7.3/10(38 votes)

    S10:E4

    In "Hell Toupée," Snake is sent to the electric chair, and his hair is transplanted onto Homer. In "The Terror of Tiny Toon," Bart and Lisa become cartoon characters in an episode of Itchy & Scratchy. In "Starship Poopers," a growth spurt casts doubt on Maggie's paternity, and the family goes on the Jerry Springer show.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  16. undefined Season 9 Episode 7 - The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons
    7.1/10(36 votes)

    S9:E7

    Trying to escape his arranged marriage, Apu asks Marge to pose as his wife during his mother’s visit. When the ruse fails, Homer makes a last-ditch attempt to intervene, but Apu is smitten with his new bride Manjula.

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  17. undefined Season 11 Episode 15 - Missionary: Impossible
    7.1/10(33 votes)

    S11:E15

    When Homer fails to give money he promised over the phone, he is forced by PBS stars to flee the country. He becomes a missionary on a small tropical island, where he introduces the natives to casino gambling.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  18. undefined Season 12 Episode 14 - New Kids on the Blecch
    7.1/10(34 votes)

    S12:E14

    A music producer selects Bart, Nelson, Milhouse and Ralph to be members of the next hit boy band, who record subliminal songs about joining the Navy.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  19. undefined Season 13 Episode 5 - The Blunder Years
    7.1/10(29 votes)

    S13:E5

    After tricking Marge into thinking an advertising spokesman is coming to visit her, Homer takes Marge and the rest of the family to a restaurant. A hypnotist uses his powers on Homer, and makes him remember a horrific childhood incident where Homer found a dead body in a ravine. The Simpson family decides to investigate this and find out where the body came from.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  20. undefined Season 24 Episode 8 - To Cur, with Love
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    S24:E8

    Grampa has to move into the Simpsons house following a fire at the retirement home, and on moving day, Homer 'throws his back out' and 'rests' at home. He later finds an advert for a video game, Villageville on his myPad, and starts playing. During that time, Homer loses Santa's Little Helper. When the family find him, Homer doesn't seem to care because he's "not a dog person". Grampa later tells the rest of the family the story of Homer's childhood companion, pet dog Bongo.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  21. undefined Season 33 Episode 2 - Bart's in Jail
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    S33:E2

    When Grampa falls victim to a phone scammer, the Simpsons set out on a mission of vengeance to get his money back.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  22. undefined Season 14 Episode 6 - The Great Louse Detective
    7.0/10(33 votes)

    S14:E6

    The Simpson family win a free spa weekend, and Homer is nearly killed when a mysterious figure locks him in a sauna. Chief Wiggum decides to hire someone who can think like a murderer in order to find one. Bart's mortal enemy Sideshow Bob is sent to live with the Simpsons so he can help find Homer's attempted killer. Bob and Homer track down the attempted murderer and discover that it is Frank Grimes, Jr., the son of a man that Homer drove to insanity (in the season eight episode "Homer's Enemy"). After Grimes is arrested, Bob tries to kill Bart, but he finds that he has "grown accustomed to [his] face" and cannot harm him.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  23. undefined Season 15 Episode 1 - Treehouse of Horror XIV
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    S15:E1

    "Reaper Madness" - Death becomes Homer and our hero must learn to reap what he sows (and pull a fast one on the almighty). "Frinkenstein" - Soon to be Nobel-prize winning Professor Frink reanimates his father for some gruesome body parts-swapping. "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off" - A parody of Clockstoppers, starring Bart and Milhouse.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  24. undefined Season 17 Episode 9 - Simpsons Christmas Stories
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    S17:E9

    The Simpsons re-enact the Nativity; a World War II tale stars Grampa, Mr. Burns and Santa; a musical features "The Nutcracker Suite."

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
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  25. undefined Season 20 Episode 7 - Mypods and Boomsticks
    7.0/10(28 votes)

    S20:E7

    Lisa struggles to become the proud owner of a Mypod, and Homer believes Bart's new Middle-Eastern friend Bashir is involved in a terrorist plot to destroy the Springfield Mall.

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Steven Dean Moore Ratings Summary

"The Springfield Files" is the best rated episode directed by Steven Dean Moore. It scored 8.444/10 based on 45 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 1/12/1997 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Family Reunion".