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Homer's Christmas bonus is canceled and the rainy-day funds are needed to pay for Bart's tattoo removal.

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

Bart's labeled a genius and sent to a school for the gifted.

Bart the Genius

After being fired from the nuclear power plant for negligence, Homer becomes a safety activist.

Homer's Odyssey

After seeing families being nice to each other at a company picnic, Homer orders the Simpsons to a family therapist.

There's No Disgrace Like Home

Terrorized by the school bully, Bart seeks counsel from Grandpa Simpson, who takes him to a warfare expert for basic training.

Bart the General

The meaning of life and second grade have Lisa playing the blues solo--until she jams with a kindred spirit; Homer seeks tutelage to beat Bart at video boxing.

Moaning Lisa

The Simpsons put the wild back in the wilderness when their RV goes over a cliff and Homer and Bart go for help, get lost and lose their clothes.

The Call of the Simpsons

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

The Telltale Head

Homer's bowling-ball gift "for Marge" prompts her to take up the sport--and maybe also a handsome instructor who offers to teach her "many things."

Life on the Fast Lane

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

Homer's Night Out

A little story about how Bart saves France after blowing up Principal Skinner's mom with a cherry bomb.

The Crepes of Wrath

Bart's TV hero Krusty the Clown is arrested for a convenience-store robbery, and witness Homer must testify against the clown.

Krusty Gets Busted

Homer takes Marge out for a romantic night, leaving the kids with a sitter--who's profiled on "America's Most Armed and Dangerous."

Some Enchanted Evening

Bart fails four consecutive history exams and the school psychiatrist recommends that Bart repeat the fourth grade.

Bart Gets an 'F'

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.

Simpson and Delilah

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.

Treehouse of Horror

Bart catches a three-eyed fish in a river downstream of the Nuclear Power Plant. This causes the plant to become inspected, and in order to prevent it from being shut down, Mr. Burns decides to run for governor. After a hard campaign which sees Burns rise from being universally despised to running neck and neck with popular incumbent Mary Bailey, it is decided that Burns will have dinner with a random employee the night before the election. Homer is chosen, much to Marge's chagrin.

Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

Homer fires up the crowd at a Springfield Isotopes baseball game and is chosen to be the team's new mascot. He immediately becomes a popular attraction and the Isotopes start a winning streak. As a result, Homer is promoted to a team in Capital City, the Capital City Capitals.

Dancin' Homer

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. 

Dead Putting Society

Lisa makes a table centerpiece for the Thanksgiving dinner, which Bart accidentally destroys. After he is sent to his room by his parents, Bart angrily runs away from home and experiences a very different kind of Thanksgiving holiday.

Bart vs. Thanksgiving

The Simpsons go to a Monster truck rally that features famous daredevil Lance Murdock. Bart immediately becomes enamored and decides that he wants to become a daredevil as well. His first stunt ends in injury, but to gain the respect of his friends, he promises a far more impressive feat to them: to jump the Springfield Gorge.

Bart the Daredevil

Maggie attacks Homer with a mallet after seeing it on Itchy & Scratchy. Marge begins a protest outside the production offices, demanding the show be retooled to prevent further violence.

Itchy & Scratchy & Marge

After Mr. Burns hits Bart with his car, ambulance-chasing attorney Lionel Hutz persuades Homer and Marge to sue for a million dollars.

Bart Gets Hit by a Car

After eating poisonous blowfish at a sushi restaurant, Homer decides to live life to the fullest in the 24 hours he has left to live.

One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish

When the TV breaks, Marge and Homer entertain the kids with the story of how they first met.

The Way We Was

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.

Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment

When Marge begs Homer to find Selma a husband, he sets her up with Principal Skinner... who falls in love with Patty instead.

Principal Charming

Homer's long-lost half-brother is the CEO of a car company that's wildly successful... until he hires Homer to help design a car for the average man.

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

After a series of destructive acts, Homer decides that Santa's Little Helper must go unless he passes obedience school. As the dog's last hours with the family approach, Bart must find a way to get through to him.

Bart's Dog Gets an 'F'

When Grandpa's new girlfriend at the Springfield Retirement Castle dies, he inherits her savings and must decide the best way to spend his windfall.

Old Money

Marge rediscovers her interest in art and takes up painting. When Mr. Burns hires her to paint his official portrait, Marge tries but fails to find his "inner beauty."

Brush with Greatness

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

Lisa's Substitute

At a lakeside retreat for married couples, Marge is determined to fix her marriage with Homer, but Homer is more determined to catch General Sherman, the freakishly large catfish that lives in the lake.

The War of the Simpsons

Bart, Milhouse, and Martin pool their money to buy the new first issue of Radioactive Man, but their investment and their friendship are threatened when they can't agree on who will keep it.

Three Men and a Comic Book

When Mr. Burns is saved by a transfusion of Bart's blood, Homer expects a handsome reward but is outraged to receive only a simple thank-you note.

Blood Feud

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.

Stark Raving Dad

Lisa's essay wins the Simpsons a trip to Washington, D.C., where her faith in democracy is shaken by her unethical Congressman.

Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington

Flanders suffers a failure after Homer wishes him ill.

When Flanders Failed

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

Bart the Murderer

Homer's averting of a nuclear meltdown earns him employee-of-the-month honors--and a call from Magic Johnson; Milhouse's parents prohibit him from playing with Bart.

Homer Defined

Bart and Lisa use theological arguments to try to reunite Krusty the Clown and his rabbi father, who disowned Krusty when he turned from rabbi to clown.

Like Father, Like Clown

Maggie uses one of three wishes; a mind-reading Bart rules Springfield; Homer donates his brain to Mr. Burns' science project.

Treehouse of Horror II

After disappointing Lisa, Homer buys her a pony, solving one problem, but creating others, requiring a second job--at Apu's Kwik-E-Mart.

Lisa's Pony

When Homer helps Bart build a soapbox racer, it does little for the car but a lot for their relationship.

Saturdays of Thunder

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.

Flaming Moe's

Burns sells the power plant to a German corporation that doesn't care for Homer's approach to his work.

Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk

A trip down memory lane to the early days of Simpson wedded bliss, when Marge was with child and Homer was without a job.

I Married Marge

Bart fools the town into thinking there's a little boy trapped in a well.

Radio Bart

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

Lisa the Greek

A stressed Marge vacations alone, leaving Bart and Lisa with Patty and Selma, and Maggie with Homer--until she leaves in search of Marge.

Homer Alone

Bart's answer to detention from Mrs. Krabappel is to answer her personal ad with letters from a Mr. Wonderful, but his last laugh is more of a guilty whimper.

Bart the Lover

Burns hires Major League ringers for the plant softball championship.

Homer at the Bat

The results from their aptitude tests cause Bart and Lisa to make 180-degree turns in their behavior.

Separate Vocations

Santa's Little Helper notices resentment after the Simpsons make sacrifices to fund his life-saving operation.

Dog of Death

Marge fears a cheatin' heart when a waitress-country singer asks Homer to be her manager.

Colonel Homer

Bart suspects something rotten when Selma gets engaged to Sideshow Bob.

Black Widower

Spinal Tap hits Springfield, and Otto the bus driver hits the skids after being fired, taking refuge in the Simpsons' garage.

The Otto Show

Bart resents Milhouse's new girlfriend; Homer gets the wrong subliminal tape, which has him gaining vocabulary, not losing weight.

Bart's Friend Falls in Love

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

Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?

Bart leads an uprising at Krusty's summer camp after he and Lisa are subjected to a Dickensian sweatshop.

Kamp Krusty

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

A Streetcar Named Marge

After skipping church one Sunday morning, Homer decides to quit church altogether and spend Sundays worshiping in his own way -- with cigars and beer.

Homer the Heretic

Homer enters Lisa into the Little Miss Springfield Pageant to help her feel better about her looks. But when she must choose between the title and her integrity, she realizes that confidence comes from within.

Lisa the Beauty Queen

A Halloween trilogy includes a murderous Krusty doll; a "King Kong" parody; an invasion of zombies unleashed by Bart's incantation.

Treehouse of Horror III

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

Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie

Mr. Burns is instantly smitten when Marge takes a job at the nuclear power plant.

Marge Gets a Job

Bart has a crush on his new neighbor, a teenage girl who only has eyes for Jimbo Jones. Bart sets out to prove that Jimbo is not as tough as he seems.

New Kid on the Block

Homer and Barney become competitors in the snow-plowing business.

Mr. Plow

While trying to get Maggie to say her first word, Marge and Homer reminisce about Bart's and Lisa's first words.

Lisa's First Word

Homer sees a discount doctor for a coronary bypass.

Homer's Triple Bypass

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

Marge vs. the Monorail

After seeing Aunt Gladys die alone, Aunt Selma wants to get married and have a baby... until she spends a day babysitting Bart and Lisa at Duff Gardens.

Selma's Choice

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.

Brother from the Same Planet

Chief Wiggum's son has a crush on Lisa after she gives him a Valentine out of pity.

I Love Lisa

After a DUI, Homer swears off beer for a month. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa's sibling rivalry plays out in the school science fair.

Duffless

Union president Homer fights to keep the dental plan.

Last Exit to Springfield

An April Fools' Day prank provides the jumping-off point for Simpson family flashbacks.

So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show

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

The Front

Lisa takes a stand against Springfield's annual snake-bashing festival.

Whacking Day

Overwhelmed by her family's demands during a flu epidemic, Marge accidentally shoplifts at the Kwik-E-Mart and winds up in prison.

Marge in Chains

Krusty's Hollywood pals help when his show is canceled after a new star causes his ratings to plummet.

Krusty Gets Kancelled

Homer recalls when he, Apu, Barney and Principal Skinner became recording icons.

Homer's Barbershop Quartet

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

Cape Feare

Homer takes Nuclear Physics 101 at the local college, where he gets a trio of nerdy tutors expelled for extracurricular activities.

Homer Goes to College

Burns longs for a childhood toy that winds up in the grip of Maggie.

Rosebud

Homer sells his soul; Vampire Burns invites the Simpsons for dinner; Bart sees a gremlin damaging his school bus.

Treehouse of Horror IV

Marge's wild night out with neighbor Ruth includes running from the police in Ruth's car, stolen from her ex.

Marge on the Lam

Springfield emulates Bart after he's praised by a self-help guru.

Bart's Inner Child

After a reckless Squishee bender with Milhouse, Bart wakes to the shocking realization that he joined the Junior Campers. Lured by pocketknives and knot-tying lessons, Bart assimilates into the group but then must face the father-son rafting trip.

Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood

Homer struggles with his attraction to new coworker Mindy, a beautiful engineer whose love for doughnuts is equal to his own.

The Last Temptation of Homer

Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart's casino for kids.

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Homer leads a vigilante group to catch the Springfield Cat Burglar, who then robs the museum.

Homer the Vigilante

When an on-air remark catapults Bart to instant stardom, he finds that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Bart Gets Famous

Homer accompanies Apu to the Kwik-E-Mart home office--in India--after Apu is fired.

Homer and Apu

Lisa's outrage over the gender stereotypes reinforced by a new talking doll prompts her to confront the dollmaker.

Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

Homer and Barney compete to be the first "average" American in space.

Deep Space Homer

Flanders' extra ticket to the big game makes him Homer's new best friend, a role that sorely tests Flanders' patience.

Homer Loves Flanders

Bart wins an elephant, but Homer won't let him keep it.

Bart Gets an Elephant

Bart is picked to be Burns' heir and moves into the Burns mansion, prompting Homer and Marge to hire a deprogrammer to get him back.

Burns' Heir

Bart takes his dog to school, which gets Skinner fired, which in turn leaves Bart missing his archnemesis.

The Best Seasons of The Simpsons

The Best Seasons of The Simpsons

Season 6

Season 7

Season 5

Season 4

Season 8

Season 3

Season 2

Season 9

Season 1

Season 10

Season 12

Season 11

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 18

Season 20

Season 19

Season 17

Season 21

Season 23

Season 25

Season 22

Season 24

Season 27

Season 29

Season 33

Season 26

Season 36

Season 35

Season 31

Season 34

Season 28

Season 32

Season 30