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The Worst Episodes of The Simpsons

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The Worst Episodes of The Simpsons

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and...
  1. Background image for Lisa Goes Gaga
    4.0/10(3.6k votes)

    #1 - Lisa Goes Gaga

    S23:E22

    Lisa tries to make herself more popular by writing good things about herself on the school blog, but the plan backfires; Lisa helps Lady Gaga and learns the importance of being yourself.

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  2. Background image for The Star of the Backstage
    4.4/10(1.7k votes)

    #2 - The Star of the Backstage

    S33:E1

    A musical comes to life in Springfield as Marge stages a revival of her beloved high school show - but her wonderful memories are threatened by the return of a rival from the past.

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  3. Background image for All Singing, All Dancing
    4.7/10(29 votes)

    #3 - All Singing, All Dancing

    S9:E11

    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 he and other members of the family and town have broken into song and dance.

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  4. Background image for Abe League of Their Moe
    4.8/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Abe League of Their Moe

    S36:E15

    After Grampa and Moe recruit a Macedonian slugger to play in Springfield, it strains their friendship and the very integrity of baseball.

    Director:Rob Oliver
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  5. Background image for Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars
    5.0/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars

    S32:E15

    Homer tries to reunite a mechanical band from his youth, but film and TV creator J.J. Abrams gets ahold of them first.

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  6. Background image for The Musk Who Fell to Earth
    5.1/10(1.7k votes)

    #6 - The Musk Who Fell to Earth

    S26:E12

    When inventor Elon Musk lands in Springfield, he and Homer become fast friends and revolutionize the town's nuclear plant. But when Musk goes overboard and Mr. Burns wants him removed, Homer must figure out a way to break up with him.

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  8. Background image for Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy
    5.1/10(1.9k votes)

    #7 - Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy

    S30:E18

    Krusty releases an all-female reboot of “Itchy and Scratchy,” so Bart and his crew of all-male friends decide to boycott the show. After Bart’s friends turn on him for laughing at the reboot, Bart joins a woke group of sixth-grade girls who commit crimes against patriarchy.

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  9. Background image for Uncut Femmes
    5.1/10(8 votes)

    #8 - Uncut Femmes

    S32:E17

    It is discovered that Chief Wiggum's wife is more than she seems. Meanwhile, Marge takes part in a jewel heist.

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  10. Background image for Yokel Hero
    5.2/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Yokel Hero

    S32:E14

    Cletus becomes a singing sensation, while Homer becomes a new man. Then, Cletus turns on his fans, ruining everything.

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  11. Background image for Gump Roast
    5.4/10(2.1k votes)

    #10 - Gump Roast

    S13:E17

    In this clip show episode, Homer is honored at a Friars' Club Roast. A number of characters show up to roast him, but the celebrating is interrupted by Kang and Kodos, who say that humanity will be judged based on Homer's experiences.

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  12. Background image for A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas
    5.4/10(7 votes)

    #11 - A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas

    S32:E10

    A cable channel films a Christmas movie in Springfield and Skinner falls in love.

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  13. Background image for The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.
    5.4/10(7 votes)

    #12 - The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.

    S32:E21

    A British secret agent comes to Springfield in search of a Russian spy.

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  14. Background image for Kill Gil, Volumes I & II
    5.5/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Kill Gil, Volumes I & II

    S18:E9

    Homer jumps into a brawl during a holiday ice-skating show. To escape the melee, Marge takes the family Christmas shopping, where a chance encounter with Gil leads to bad luck for Gil and the Simpson clan.

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  15. Background image for The Boys of Bummer
    5.5/10(16 votes)

    #14 - The Boys of Bummer

    S18:E18

    Bart goes from hero to goat on his Little League team after an error in the championship game. Meanwhile, Homer falls asleep on a bed in a department store. When he's awakened, he raves about the mattress and is given a job as a salesman.

    Director:Rob Oliver
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  16. Background image for The 7 Beer Itch
    5.5/10(10 votes)

    #15 - The 7 Beer Itch

    S32:E5

    Homer is tempted by a British femme fatale while Marge and the kids are on a seaside vacation.

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  17. Background image for Million Dollar Abie
    5.6/10(17 votes)

    #16 - Million Dollar Abie

    S17:E16

    Homer spearheads the effort to get pro-football to bring a new franchise to Springfield. The football commissioner, on his way to officially award the franchise, stops at the Simpson house where Grandpa (mistaking him for a burglar) attacks him. Springfield loses out and Abe becomes the town’s pariah. After trying and failing assisted suicide, Abe decides to live his life without fear and when the town decides to reuse their football stadium as a bullfighting ring, he volunteers to be the toreador. Ever the activist, granddaughter Lisa protests his new profession.

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  18. Background image for The Wife Aquatic
    5.6/10(14 votes)

    #17 - The Wife Aquatic

    S18:E10

    Selma and Patti's home movies make Marge nostalgic for the Barnacle Bay vacations of her youth, so Homer takes the family there, but the area has changed since the Bouviers were little girls.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  19. Background image for Every Man's Dream
    5.6/10(1.6k votes)

    #18 - Every Man's Dream

    S27:E1

    Homer is diagnosed with narcolepsy, but instead of returning home with his prescription medication, he returns home drunk. He and Marge visit a marriage counselor and have a trial separation, during which Homer begins dating a 20-something.

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  20. Background image for I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh
    5.6/10(1.0k votes)

    #19 - I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh

    S30:E20

    Marge becomes director of Springfield's local theater, armed with Lisa's script resembling "Hamilton"; Homer joins a baby class with Maggie, and he takes a liking to supervisor Chloe.

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  21. Background image for Panic on the Streets of Springfield
    5.6/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Panic on the Streets of Springfield

    S32:E19

    Lisa gets a new imaginary friend - a depressed British singer from the 1980s. Meanwhile, Homer becomes a truck guy.

    Writer:Tim Long
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  22. Background image for She Used to Be My Girl
    5.7/10(19 votes)

    #21 - She Used to Be My Girl

    S16:E4

    Marge meets up with a former high-school pal who is now a famous news anchor, and she wonders if she made the right life choice.

    Writer:Tim Long
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  23. Background image for Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife
    5.7/10(20 votes)

    #22 - Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife

    S17:E15

    Homer is stoked for a party, where Lenny shows off his new plasma screen HD TV. Three days later and Homer still hasn’t left Lenny’s apartment. Lenny eventually gets him to leave and Marge enters them in a contest where they can win a plasma TV of their own. They don’t win, but 3rd place gets them a tour of the FOX studios, where Homer learns about a wife-swapping show where he can win enough money to buy his own plasma TV. Marge agrees to appear and they exchange wives with the Heathbar family. Charles Heathbar winds up falling in love with Marge (who is giving him what he needs), while his real wife Verity finds Homer detestable.

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  24. Background image for The Homer of Seville
    5.7/10(15 votes)

    #23 - The Homer of Seville

    S19:E2

    A freak accident gives Homer an operatic singing voice, and he becomes a star at the Springfield Opera. But with fame and fortune comes a price: He's continually bothered by fans, an obsessed woman in particular.

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  25. Background image for The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed
    5.7/10(1.8k votes)

    #24 - The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed

    S21:E16

    The Simpsons family vacation in Israel with Ned Flanders, but Homer does not appreciate any of the culture—until an Israeli tour guide named Jakob shows him around and, in a severe state of dehydration, Homer believes he is the Messiah.

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  26. Background image for Moe Goes from Rags to Riches
    5.7/10(1.6k votes)

    #25 - Moe Goes from Rags to Riches

    S23:E12

    Moe's bar rag explains that he started as a medieval tapestry a thousand years earlier; Bart tries to reconcile with Milhouse; the disappearance of Moe's bar rag makes him realize he has friends.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Lisa Goes Gaga" is the worst rated episode of "The Simpsons". It scored 4/10 based on 3626 votes. Directed by Chuck Sheetz and written by Jeff Westbrook, Tim Long, it aired on 5/20/2012. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Star of the Backstage".