The Best Episodes Directed By Steven Dean Moore

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(37 votes)

   #1 - The Springfield Files

   S8:E101/12/1997

   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.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Family Reunion

   S2:E1510/25/1992

   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.

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   8.2/10(35 votes)

   #3 - Homer the Smithers

   S7:E172/25/1996

   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.

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   7.9/10(27 votes)

   #4 - King of the Hill

   S9:E235/3/1998

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

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   7.9/10(10 votes)

   #5 - Frinkenstein's Monster

   S35:E112/18/2024

   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.

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   7.8/10(32 votes)

   #6 - The Joy of Sect

   S9:E132/8/1998

   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.

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   7.7/10(35 votes)

   #7 - Marge Be Not Proud

   S7:E1112/17/1995

   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.

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   7.7/10(39 votes)

   #8 - The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show

   S8:E142/9/1997

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

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   7.7/10(32 votes)

   #9 - In Marge We Trust

   S8:E224/27/1997

   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.

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    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #10 - Not It

    S34:E510/23/2022

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

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    7.5/10(34 votes)

    #11 - Round Springfield

    S6:E224/30/1995

    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.

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    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #12 - A Milhouse Divided

    S8:E612/1/1996

    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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    7.4/10(30 votes)

    #13 - Mom and Pop Art

    S10:E194/11/1999

    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.

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    7.4/10(25 votes)

    #14 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge

    S11:E215/14/2000

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

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    7.2/10(32 votes)

    #15 - Treehouse of Horror IX

    S10:E410/25/1998

    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.

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    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #16 - Missionary: Impossible

    S11:E152/20/2000

    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.

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    7.2/10(12 votes)

    #17 - The Tell-Tale Pants

    S35:E165/5/2024

    Marge comes upon a surprising windfall and, angry with Homer, spends it secretly on herself.

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    7.1/10(30 votes)

    #18 - The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons

    S9:E711/16/1997

    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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    7.1/10(23 votes)

    #19 - The Blunder Years

    S13:E512/9/2001

    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.

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20. 

    7.1/10(29 votes)

    #20 - Treehouse of Horror XIV

    S15:E111/2/2003

    "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.

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    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #21 - Mypods and Boomsticks

    S20:E711/30/2008

    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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    7.1/10(20 votes)

    #22 - To Cur, with Love

    S24:E812/16/2012

    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.

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    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Bart's in Jail

    S33:E210/3/2021

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

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    7.0/10(27 votes)

    #24 - New Kids on the Blecch

    S12:E142/25/2001

    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.

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    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #25 - The Great Louse Detective

    S14:E612/15/2002

    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.

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