8.3/1031 votes#1 - King-Size Homer
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1995
Homer tries to gain sixty pounds so he can stay home on disability. When he nearly causes a catastrophe at the plant, Homer reconsiders his plan.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.8/1017 votes#2 - Barthood
Season 27 Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2015
Bart’s coming of age story a la “Boyhood” chronicles his life from six years old to his time as an accomplished young man. Along the way, his tense relationship with Homer, an overly uncaring version of himself, and Lisa, who overshadows him in every way possible, shape Bart more than he realizes.
Director: Rob Oliver
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.7/1026 votes#3 - Treehouse of Horror VII
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/1996
A Halloween trilogy. This time, Bart meets his "pure evil" Siamese twin; Lisa's science project attacks Bart; aliens Kang and Kodos invade as Clinton and Dole's replicas just before the 1996 Presidential election.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.7/1020 votes#4 - Mrs. California
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2011
Robert California brings his wife into the office for a job, and tells Andy behind her back not to give her one which turns disastrous. Meanwhile, Dwight opens a gym in the building and tries to get Darryl to join it.
Director: Charlie Grandy
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.7/1019 votes#5 - Suit Warehouse
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/2013
Clark brings an espresso maker to the office. Dwight and Clark pretend to be a father-and-son to land a sale. Darryl goes on an interview at Jim's company, where Pam drops by unexpectedly.
Director: Matt Sohn
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.6/1024 votes#6 - My Sister, My Sitter
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/1997
Lisa has a stellar reputation as a babysitter, but when Homer and Marge leave her in charge of Bart and Maggie, everything starts going wrong.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.5/1022 votes#7 - Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
Season 10 Episode 23 - Aired 5/16/1999
After their bank account is drained at a cyber-cafe, the Simpsons go on a disastrous low-budget trip to Japan, where they wind up as contestants on a humiliating game show.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.5/102 votes#8 - The Great Phatsby (2)
Season 28 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/2017
Mr. Burns tries to relive his glory days and crosses paths with a mysterious music mogul. After being conned by him and reduced to bankruptcy, Mr. Burns seeks revenge on the Music Producer with the help of Homer, Bart, rapper Jazzy James and the mogul's ex-wife, Praline. Also, Lisa is courted by the richest kid in town, Smithers begins a perilous journey and Marge opens an obscure boutique store.
Director: Timothy Bailey
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.4/1021 votes#9 - Summer of 4 Ft. 2
Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 5/19/1996
On a family vacation, Lisa tries on a new identity to fit in with the other kids at the beach. Jealous, Bart reveals her true nerdiness to the group.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.1/1022 votes#10 - Realty Bites
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1997
When Marge gets her real estate license, she learns to put a positive spin on the flaws of the houses she’s selling. But when the Flanders buy the Murder House, she realizes she has to tell the truth.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.1/1020 votes#11 - This Little Wiggy
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/1998
At Marge’s insistence, Bart has a “play date” with Ralph. Bart suddenly sees the upside of this friendship when he discovers Chief Wiggum’s “master key” and goes to explore Springfield’s abandoned prison.
Director: Neil Affleck
Writer: Dan Greaney
6.9/1018 votes#12 - I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot
Season 15 Episode 9 - Aired 1/11/2004
Homer builds a battle robot to win Bart's respect, and places it in a tournament against other robots. What Bart does not know, though, is that the robot is actually Homer in costume. Meanwhile, Snowball II dies and Lisa tries to find a replacement cat.
Director: Lauren MacMullan
Writer: Dan Greaney
6.8/106 votes#13 - Lisa the Boy Scout
Season 34 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2022
When the Boy Explorers become co-ed, Bart and Lisa vow to "out scout" each other at the annual jamboree.
Director: Timothy Bailey
Writer: Dan Greaney
6.7/1021 votes#14 - I'm with Cupid
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/1999
Apu is making the husbands of Springfield look bad with his extravagent Valentine's Day efforts for Manjula. When the men try to sabotage Apu's grand gesture, they accidentally wind up benefiting from it.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Dan Greaney
6.6/1017 votes#15 - Bart to the Future
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 3/19/2000
We see a possible future in which Bart is a grown-up slacker, living with Ralph Wiggum, while Lisa is no less than President of the United States.
Director: Michael Marcantel
Writer: Dan Greaney
6.3/1022 votes#16 - The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/1997
Troy McClure presents three Simpsons spinoff spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.," Chief Wiggum becomes a New Orleans detective. Next, Grampa Simpson's soul is trapped inside Moe's Love tester machine in "The Love-Matic Grampa." Finally, the Simpson family hosts a '70s-style variety show.
Director: Neil Affleck
Writer: Dan Greaney
6.2/109 votes#17 - Now Museum, Now You Don't
Season 32 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2020
Lisa stays home from school to explore the wonders of Western art. She appears as Lisanardo, while Bart takes the shape of a French impressionist, Homer and Marge as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and Maggie as a warrior Cupid.
Director: Timothy Bailey
Writer: Dan Greaney
5.9/1018 votes#18 - The Bonfire of the Manatees
Season 17 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/2005
After Homer gets into trouble over his football gambling debts, he allows the Springfield Mafia to shoot a "snuggle film" in the house without Marge's permission. When she and the kids return home from a trip to "Santa's Village" and find production still going on, a furious Marge leaves for the beach and encounters a marine biologist named Caleb Thorn who has dedicated his life to saving manatees.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Dan Greaney
5.8/1014 votes#19 - 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky
Season 14 Episode 16 - Aired 3/30/2003
A snobby British filmmaker named Declan Desmond begins making a documentary about student life at Springfield Elementary School. When introduced to Lisa, he tells her that she has too many goals and suggests that she pick one career. Lisa focuses on astronomy, but cannot watch the stars because of light pollution. She convinces Mayor Quimby to decrease the light's intensity during the night, which only results in an increase in the crime rate. Quimby bows to public pressure and switches the lights back on permanently. Lisa overloads the generators at the Power Plant, causing a power outage, and is able to watch a meteor shower undisturbed by light.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Dan Greaney
5.8/1017 votes#20 - Judge Me Tender
Season 21 Episode 23 - Aired 5/23/2010
When Moe discovers a hidden talent for judging contests, he is approached by a television agent to join the AMERICAN IDOL judges' panel. Moe flies to Los Angeles where he tours the Fox lot and receives some sage career advice. Meanwhile, Homer drives Marge crazy when he begins hanging around the house.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Dan Greaney
5.7/1011 votes#21 - The Great Phatsby (1)
Season 28 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2017
Mr. Burns tries to relive his glory days and crosses paths with a mysterious music mogul. After being conned by him and reduced to bankruptcy, Mr. Burns seeks revenge on the Music Producer with the help of Homer, Bart, rapper Jazzy James and the mogul's ex-wife, Praline. Also, Lisa is courted by the richest kid in town, Smithers begins a perilous journey and Marge opens an obscure boutique store.
Director: Chris Clements
Writer: Dan Greaney
5.5/1021 votes#22 - Diggs
Season 25 Episode 12 - Aired 3/9/2014
A recent transfer student named Diggs rescues Bart from a confrontation with bullies.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Dan Greaney
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"King-Size Homer" is the best rated episode written by Dan Greaney. It scored 8.29/10 based on 31 votes. It was directed by Jim Reardon. It aired on 11/5/1995 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Barthood".