The Best Episodes Written By Carolyn Omine

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(16 votes)

   #1 - Treehouse of Horror XXXIII

   S34:E610/30/2022

   In a book-themed trilogy, Marge's resentment takes monstrous form, Lisa tries to save the planet through murder and Homer learns he's not the man he thought he was.

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   8.1/10(15 votes)

   #2 - A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream

   S35:E210/8/2023

   Marge feels an overwhelming dread of the empty nest.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - A Kiss is Just a Kiss

   S2:E29/13/1995

   It's a case of kiss and tell for Nicholas when he kisses a classmate and his teacher tells his parents that he is sexually harassing the girl. Meanwhile, after seeing Zaria kiss the son of a record company executive, Michael tries to get the executive to listen to his demo tape.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - An American Class President

   S2:E183/13/1996

   Zaria runs for class president against Bradley, a popular senior who stoops to use dirty politics by spreading false rumors about her. Furious, Zaria discovers that Bradley has a drug problem and was about to enter the school's counseling program before it was cancelled. Her moral dilemma is whether to sling the mud back at Bradley.

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   7.3/10(28 votes)

   #5 - Halloween of Horror

   S27:E410/18/2015

   When Lisa becomes scared at the Krustyland Halloween Horror Night, Homer is forced to take down his Everscream Terrors decorations. Halloween pop-up employees seek vengeance on Homer for causing them to lose their jobs, and rob his house while Homer and Lisa hide out in the attic. Homer and Lisa light up their stored holiday decorations to attract attention and stand up to the intruders.

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   7.3/10(12 votes)

   #6 - My Octopus and a Teacher

   S33:E184/24/2022

   Bart can't control his feelings when he gets a new teacher. Meanwhile, Lisa befriends an octopus.

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   7.2/10(28 votes)

   #7 - The Great Money Caper

   S12:E712/10/2000

   Homer and Bart become father–son con artists (after Bart is given money out of pity when Homer decided to not take him home), but soon find that they are the ones being had.

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   7.2/10(10 votes)

   #8 - Highway to Well

   S31:E173/22/2020

   When Maggie goes to preschool, Marge decides to get a job to pass the time and ends up working at an upscale weed dispensary; Homer decides to open his own dispensary that mimics a sketchy drug deal, putting their two businesses at odds.

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   7.1/10(20 votes)

   #9 - 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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    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #10 - Treehouse of Horror XI

    S12:E111/1/2000

    This year's Halloween story sees The Simpsons as "The Munsters" (with everyone except Lisa getting killed), Homer as a wandering spirit on the hunt for a good deed in "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad," Bart and Lisa as peasants in a fairy tale forest in "Scary Tales Can Come True," and Lisa inadvertently dooming mankind by rescuing a dolphin in "Night of the Dolphin."

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Man Who Canceled Christmas

    S2:E1112/20/1995

    Robert decides to cancel the Christmas holiday because he is disgusted with his children's greedy behavior. On Christmas Eve, all of the children have the same strange dream where they are visited by elves, which look a lot like Wendell and Robert. The elves make each of the kids realize how terrible they've been acting. The next morning Robert has a change of heart and decides to celebrate Christmas as usual. However the kids decide to celebrate Christmas a different way by giving all of their presents to needy children.

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    6.9/10(22 votes)

    #12 - Dial 'N' for Nerder

    S19:E143/9/2008

    Homer cheats on his diet, so Marge gets a reality show called "The Sneakers" to check up on him. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa fear that a prank they played on Martin Prince had deadly consequences.

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13. 

    6.9/10(28 votes)

    #13 - Blazed and Confused

    S26:E711/16/2014

    Bart schemes to bring down his new teacher, Mr. Lassen, who is a terrible bully. Meanwhile, The Simpsons go to Burning Man.

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14. 

    6.8/10(25 votes)

    #14 - Chief of Hearts

    S21:E184/18/2010

    Homer is completing his court-ordered community service when he befriends his supervisor, Chief Wiggum, by offering him one of his sandwiches. Touched by the act of kindness, Wiggum assigns the other convicts unpleasant tasks, but allows Homer to join him at the picnic table. They continue to grow close, but when the Chief gets injured during a botched bank robbery, Homer doesn't come through when Wiggum needs him the most. Meanwhile, Bart becomes addicted to Battle Ball, a Japanese game made up of plastic balls and magnetic cards, and his family and teachers try to help him kick the habit.

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    6.8/10(24 votes)

    #15 - Looking for Mr. Goodbart

    S28:E204/30/2017

    Bart gets in trouble on Grandparents Day at school and is forced to hang out with Skinner's mother as punishment. After spending time with various grandmas in the neighborhood, he learns the benefits of hanging out with the elderly, but eventually recognizes the dangers of taking advantage of them. Meanwhile, Peekimon Get has taken over the town of Springfield.

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    6.7/10(21 votes)

    #16 - Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)

    S18:E711/26/2006

    Homer is fired and decides to buy an ice-cream truck. Marge makes use of the mountains of Popsicle sticks from Homer's ice-cream consumption by creating sculptures of Springfield citizens with them, leading to a feature about her on the news.

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    6.7/10(26 votes)

    #17 - Gal of Constant Sorrow

    S27:E142/21/2016

    After Bart accidentally sends a sweet homeless woman's cart into the river, he allows her to live in his closet for a small fee. When Lisa discovers that the woman is an incredible folk singer, she offers her own closet and plans a concert, only to be disappointed by Hettie's surprising substance abuse and violent nature. Meanwhile Homer tries to prove he's handy, but accidentally traps the cat in the walls of the house.

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    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #18 - The Way of the Dog

    S31:E225/17/2020

    Santa's Little Helper nips at Marge, causing the family to reflect on the difficult life that the dog led prior to being adopted by the family. They end up reuniting him with his mother to avoid having to euthanize him.

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    6.5/10(23 votes)

    #19 - Sweets and Sour Marge

    S13:E81/20/2002

    Springfield is officially declared the World's Fattest Town after an attempt to break a world record lands everyone on top of a truck scale. Out of embarrassment and disgust, Marge goes on a crusade against the local sugar corporation. However, when sugar is banned, Homer, Bart, Mr. Burns and Apu start bootlegging sugar.

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    6.5/10(23 votes)

    #20 - The Strong Arms of the Ma

    S14:E92/2/2003

    Marge gets mugged and becomes so traumatized that she develops Agoraphobia. She hides in the basement. Having little else to do, she decides to exercise with a weight set Homer bought from Rainier Wolfcastle's garage sale. She becomes so strong and confident that she is able to leave the basement. She continues working out and decides to start taking steroids so she can enter a bodybuilding competition. One night at Moe's Tavern she loses her temper and starts destroying the bar and fighting all of the patrons. Homer confronts Marge and says he misses the sweet woman that he married. Marge, horrified at what she has done, apologizes and decides to stop working out.

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    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #21 - Treehouse of Horror XXII

    S23:E310/30/2011

    A boulder traps Homer's arm when he takes a drive through a canyon; a spider bite paralyzes Homer; Flanders becomes a vigilante by night; Bart and Milhouse travel to a distant planet to obtain an extract.

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    6.5/10(30 votes)

    #22 - Luca$

    S25:E174/6/2014

    Lisa dates a competitive eater; Bart benefits from helping convict Snake Jailbird escape from a jam.

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    6.4/10(27 votes)

    #23 - Treehouse of Horror XII

    S13:E111/6/2001

    In the twelfth Treehouse of Horror episode: Hex and the City – While on a day trip through Ethnictown, Homer's bumbling catches the ire of a gypsy, who curses Homer's family and friends into receiving nothing but bad luck. House of Whacks – in this mixed parody of Demon Seed and 2001: A Space Odyssey, Marge buys an automated house and customizes it with the Pierce Brosnan personality, who falls for Marge and attempts to murder Homer. Wiz Kids – In this Harry Potter parody, Bart and Lisa go to a school for wizards, and Lord Montemort (Mr. Burns) uses Bart to capture Lisa's magic. Guest star: Pierce Brosnan and Matthew Perry.[20]

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    6.4/10(19 votes)

    #24 - Smart and Smarter

    S15:E132/22/2004

    When Maggie does better than Lisa on an IQ test, Lisa becomes upset over no longer being the smart one and tries to lead Maggie astray.

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    6.3/10(27 votes)

    #25 - Little Big Mom

    S11:E101/9/2000

    When Marge leaves the house to recuperate from a skating injury, everything goes to hell - until Lisa convinces Homer and Bart they have leprosy.

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