In the Season 24 finale, Marge unwittingly gets involved with a Web site for married people seeking affairs, and meets a charming man (voice of Seth MacFarlane) who takes quite an interest in her.
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Homer, Moe, Lenny and Carl hit the lottery, but when Carl takes off for Iceland with the winnings, the others set off after him.
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The Simpsons get on the wrong ride on a trip to Dizzneeland and are transported to Kang and Kodos' home planet, where Homer finds himself on the locals' menu.
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In the Season 24 finale, Homer, Moe, Lenny and Carl hit the lottery, but when Carl takes off for Iceland with the winnings, the others set off after him. Meanwhile, Marge unwittingly gets involved with a website for married people seeking affairs, where she meets a charming man (voice of Seth MacFarlane).
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Marge hires Slava's attractive daughter as Bart's piano teacher, while Homer flips when he loses the last two hairs on his head, and must resort to a variety of headgear to keep the secret from Marge.
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Moe is flying high after venture capitalists take a shine to his homemade whiskey, while Grampa, after injuring himself babysitting Bart, decides he'd rather be looked after by his grandson than be at the nursing home. Also, Lisa voices her displeasure at a hologram of music legend Bleeding Gums Murphy, and Sonny Rollins (as himself) shows up to ask her to stop all that jazz about boycotting a record label.
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Homer heeds the call when he is recruited to be a deacon by the cutting-edge new pastor, but Bart wants to bring back Rev. Lovejoy after Homer embraces the faith a little too zealously. Meanwhile, it's no laughing matter when the dry cleaner mistakenly switches Marge's wedding dress for one of Krusty's costumes.
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Homer's behavior once again lands him in hot water with Marge and he needs to fathom a way to save his marriage, while a dose of "A Streetcar Named Desire" drives Milhouse to affect a Marlon Brando-esque bad-boy demeanor in an effort to impress Lisa.
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Lisa comes to her brother's defense when Bart is accused of an Easter prank involving the school marching band, the horn section and some rotten eggs. Meanwhile, Mr. Burns seizes the opportunity to realize his lifelong ambition to become a superhero.
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When Flanders' parents prove to prefer Homer's company to his, he jealously responds by giving Homer a shiner, and then tries desperately to reconcile with him. Meanwhile, Lisa is at a loss to understand why a new substitute teacher is bullying her for no obvious reason.
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Homer uncovers a family secret and learns that Grampa was once known as "Gorgeous Godfrey," the most feared and vilified wrestler on the pro circuit, but when Bart starts to emulate some of his grandfather's villainous ways, it's up to the old man to set the young man straight.
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A shaving experiment leaves Milhouse looking like a dead ringer for his father, while Marge fears Maggie is slipping into the clutches of children's television.
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Oscar-nominated animated short finds Maggie Simpson in the Ayn Rand School for Tots, where she tries to keep a butterfly from meeting an untimely end at the hands of a sadistic brat.
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A shaving experiment leaves Milhouse looking like a dead ringer for his father, while Marge fears Maggie is slipping into the clutches of children's television. The episode includes the Oscar-nominated animated short "The Longest Daycare," in which Maggie Simpson tries to keep a butterfly from meeting an untimely end at the hands of a bratty toddler.
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Bart's dream girl, Mary Spuckler, comes to town, but his failure to pay her enough attention is having a negative impact on their relationship. Meanwhile, Homer once again runs afoul of Marge and lands in the doghouse.
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A tornado leaves Marge and Homer thinking that, in case something befalls them, they need to pick out guardians for the kids. At first they consider Homer's half brother, Herb, but Bart and Lisa become enamored of a cool couple named Mav and Portia, though Marge questions the actual motivations of the potential guardians.
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Springfield Elementary must depend on Bartificial intelligence when it's threatened with closure after doing poorly on standardized testing, and since Bart's the only one who missed the exam, it's up to him to raise the average grade to save the school. Meanwhile, Homer finds a parking meter in the dump and turns it into his own private moneymaker by placing it at various spots around town, where unsuspecting drivers pump coins into it.
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With the end of the world looming, Homer decides to join an off-the-grid group of survivalists who've set up a secret sanctuary outside of Springfield to prep for the apocalypse. However, a skeptical Marge is suspicious of the plans.
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A distracted Homer allows Santa's Little Helper to get loose, and the family are furious with his unconcerned attitude, until Grandpa shines some light on things by telling them the story of Homer's childhood pup, Bongo.
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Wanting to cultivate a cooler image, Homer starts hanging out with his hip new neighbors from Portland, Ore., but Marge has some problems with their modern child-rearing methods and Bart catches on that their son, T-Rex, is a little monster.
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Homer is bummed when his "MyPad" tablet computer breaks, but hope springs eternal when Ned Flanders discovers a tree with magical powers and a bark that spells out "HOPE" in the Simpsons' backyard.
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Homer is thrown for a loop when he discovers one of his bowling buddies is an accountant for the mob, while Lisa passes out during a saxophone solo and decides to add an extra nutritional supplement, insects, to her vegetarian diet. But when she dreams of the bugs pleading for their lives, she reconsiders her decision.
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After Grampa takes it on the lam from the retirement home, a frantic Homer and Marge try to track him down, and their search uncovers some surprising secrets from his past, including the revelation that he once worked at a restaurant with Marvin Hamlisch (who provides his own voice) and fell in love with a singer at the eatery. Meanwhile, Lisa is flush with excitement when she discovers the joys of online poker.
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An auto accident sends Marge car shopping, and after she buys the perfect five-passenger vehicle she realizes that the car would be too small if she were to have another baby, which she is considering, much to Homer's shock. Meanwhile, Bart and his pals try to discover why Lisa is leaving school early for clandestine meetings downtown.
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In "Treehouse of Horror XXIII," Marge and Homer go back to ancient Mayan times and learn that the world will come to an end in 2012; and a glitch in the Springfield Subatomic Supercollider wreaks havoc on the city; Marge as a youngster has a devil of a time after entering into a satanic pact; and Bart travels back to 1974 for a chance to buy a comic book at its cover price, and inadvertently puts a hitch in Homer's courtship of Marge.
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In the Season 24 premiere, Bart and the family head to New York City, where he hopes to reconnect with the lost love of his life, Mary Spuckler, who left her hillbilly clan in Springfield for the bright lights of the Big Apple. Meanwhile, Marge and Lisa are hoping to score tickets for Broadway plays, but when they realize they don't have the dough, they settle for a "Shakespeare in the Park" freebie that turns into a midsummer night's nightmare.
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In the Season 23 finale, Lisa tries to boost her popularity by ghostwriting positive things about herself on the school blog. The effort fails miserably—until a psychic force tells Lady Gaga (who provides her own voice) that Lisa needs her help.
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When word gets out that Edna and Ned have secretly wed, Marge offers to throw them a party. But bringing folks together makes them all realize that no marriage is perfect. Meanwhile, Edna tries to help Ned's children become more socially acceptable by changing some of the rules.
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Homer embarrasses Marge at the movies during a film featuring superspy Stradivarius Cain, and his apologies fall on deaf ears.In an effort to become a better husband, he seeks help from someone he believes to be the real Stradivarius Cain.
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Bart pesters the family into going on a cruise vacation. They even luck into a luxury suite. Now all Bart needs to do is figure out a way to make it last longer than a week.
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Jimbo's girlfriend falls for Bart after he's forced to chaperone her to a movie. School bullies notice, and that's bad for Bart. Meanwhile, Homer is persuaded to buy an exercise machine, but doesn't have to be persuaded to use the TV that comes with it.
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Mr. Burns replaces all of his employees with robots—with one exception: Homer. This raises the unemployment rate in Springfield significantly, and leads to much misery. And it hits home to Homer, too, when robots attack him.
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Following a traumatic incident, Homer's bed-wetting problem worsens, and his family decide to infiltrate his dreams to get to its subconscious source. And in Homer's dreams is where his late mother (voice of Glenn Close) resides.
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Bart plasters unflattering graffiti images of Homer all over Springfield. They catch the eyes of established street artists Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Kenny Scharf and Robbie Conal, who catch him in the act, and they invite him to exhibit his work at a gallery show of his own. Meanwhile, a new health-food superstore threatens to put the Kwik-E-Mart out of business.
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In the series' 500th episode, the Simpsons are banished from Springfield, thanks to Homer's drunken antics, Bart's shenanigans and Lisa's annoying environmental activism, and end up in an off-the-grid, post-apocalyptic encampment called "The Outlands." Alison Krauss performs the series' theme song.
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On Valentine's Day, Lisa and an intellectual young man named Nick share a fairy-tale romance and make a secret getaway. Meanwhile, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage ("Mythbusters") inspire Bart and Milhouse to bust Springfield Elementary School myths.
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Moe's beloved bar rag, loomed as an ornate medieval tapestry, recounts its millennium-spanning life story. And when the rag goes missing, the supposedly friendless Moe realizes that he has more friends than he thought. Meanwhile, Bart begs Milhouse for forgiveness after they get into a fight.
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Lisa, the creator of a social network she calls SpringFace, explains why she came to regret it. Meanwhile, Patty and Selma compete against the Winklevoss twins (voice of Armie Hammer) in a 2012 Olympic competition.
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After his videotaped rant about airport security goes viral, Homer lands a radio talk show, and considerable political influence. Then he endorses rock star Ted Nugent (who provides his own voice) for president.
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Flash-forward to 2041: Bart and Lisa are heading home for the holidays with their own kids in tow. And when they turn to Marge and Homer for parenting advice, they come to realize that the apple doesn't fall far from the Christmas tree.
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After Krusty's show is canceled and his agent dumps him, the Simpsons introduce him to another agent (voice of Joan Rivers), who turns out to be the agent who discovered him years ago.
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After Homer hosts a party to promote Krusty's new liquor, Mr. Burns makes him an account exec and an ad pro (voice of John Slattery) mentors him. Soon Homer begins to neglect his family. Meanwhile, Bart begins reading classic novels.
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Homer decides to cash in on the "tween lit" craze and forms a team to group write a novel. He enlists fantasy novelist Neil Gaiman (providing his own voice) for the effort, but then must navigate treacherous industry shoals at the Springfield Book Fair. Andy Garcia has a voice cameo as a publisher.
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Marge, Bart and Lisa start a food blog ("The Three Mouthketeers"), which results in scoring reservations at Springfield's hottest new restaurant. The question becomes whether to invite Homer. Chefs Anthony Bourdain, Gordon Ramsay and Mario Batali (providing their own voices) offer Marge their opinions in a dream sequence. Later, Homer's cooking gets him into trouble.
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Homer gets a new assistant at work (voice of Jane Lynch), who quickly replaces him. She turns out to have a sinister past. Meanwhile, Bart's science-fair project , a mechanical seal, outclasses Lisa's and proves to be a hit at the retirement home.
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"Treehouse of Horror XXII": Homer gets his arm caught in a boulder in an isolated canyon. He's also paralyzed, but can communicate via natural gases. Mountain climber Aron Ralston provides his own voice. Meanwhile, Bart and Milhouse are in deep space, transformed into one-eyed avatars and caught up in planetary warfare after Bart falls in love. And Ned Flanders is transformed nightly into a cold-blooded vigilante.
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School superintendent Chalmers' lessons about Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders get Bart fired up about school (finally!). They also get Chalmers fired, so Bart and his own band of rough riders set out to get Chalmers his job back.
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Season 23 premiere: When Homer's threatened by a Ukrainian terrorist, a shy security guard (voice of Kiefer Sutherland) with a shadowy past comes to his aid. Meanwhile, Marge dreams of being on "Top Chef"; and the future of "Nedna" (Ned and Mrs. Krabappel) is revealed. "Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio has a voice cameo as himself.
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In the 22nd-season finale, Ned Flanders saves Edna Krabappel's life and they begin dating. To Ned's surprise, he learns that Edna has been with many of Springfield's men, including Homer and Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer, who provides his own voice.
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500 Keys
Season 22, Episode 21
The Simpson family find a set of keys to every door in Springfield, which leads Lisa to discover a secret classroom beneath Springfield Elementary School.
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Homer has a gift for hairstyling, but listening to women's problems and gossip all day makes him wonder if it's not really a curse. Meanwhile, Milhouse's heart is broken after declaring his love for Lisa, but he catches the eye of a popular fifth-grader (voice of Kristen Schaal), and that changes everything.
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Fat Tony (voice of Joe Mantegna) woos Marge's sister Selma, and they marry. Marge worries that Selma is choosing her new lifestyle over family after the whirlwind romance, but Tony invites Homer and Marge to join them on a getaway at the Jersey shore. Meanwhile, Bart develops a gift for finding truffles, much to Lisa's delight.
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Lisa becomes an apprentice to a magician, the Great Raymondo (voice of Martin Landau), and ends up inadvertently embroiled in a showdown of the craft's elite. David Copperfield and Penn and Teller have voice cameos as themselves.
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Homer's rage toward Bart gets him in trouble with a therapist (Paul Rudd) who manages to reverse Bart and Homer's roles. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a voice cameo as himself.
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Cheech and Chong launch a reunion comedy tour, but Chong refuses to do the old routines and leaves the stage during the Springfield show. Homer fills in for him, and Cheech hires Homer to perform with him as "Cheech and Chunk." Meanwhile, Marge and Lisa try to help the crazy cat lady, a compulsive hoarder, to clean up her house, but Marge catches the hoarding bug.
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Grampa is kicked out of the nursing home for being too surly, and moves in with the Simpsons. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa visit Springfield Desert State Park, where Lisa makes a discovery that promises a cure for Grampa's grumpiness but it may have a cost.
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Bart becomes a filmmaker for an animated short by a bizarre series of coincidences, and Homer becomes the voice of his lead character, Angry Dad. Naturally, they become the toast of awards season. Halle Berry and Ricky Gervais have voice cameos as themselves.
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Marge's hair turns gray, and the family has a hard time adjusting to the change.
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Homer learns about parenting from a 1980s sitcom. James Lipton and David Mamet have voice cameos.
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Smithers gives Moe's pub a trendy makeover, and it becomes a gay bar. Principal Skinner has eyes for the new music teacher (voice of Kristen Wiig) and enlists an unlikely ally, Bart, to help him win her heart. Alyson Hannigan and Scott Thompson have voice cameos.
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Marge recalls "The Cool Moms," a social group of women who set up playdates for their young sons. Her social life gets a lift when she reconnects with the group, but there's soon trouble in paradise.
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After Homer is jailed on New Year's Eve for bribery, he agrees to go undercover as an informant against mobster Fat Tony (voice of Joe Mantegna) to reduce his sentence. Jon Hamm has a voice cameo as an FBI investigator.
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An edgy, dysfunctional Christmas with the Simpsons features some disturbing twists. Martha Stewart has a voice cameo, and Katy Perry appears in a live-action segment with puppets of the Simpsons.
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Bart nurses a wounded pigeon back to health, but Santa's Little Helper has other plans. Danica Patrick and Rachel Weisz have voice cameos.
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Mr. Burns has multiple illnesses and is told he only has weeks to live. Bart finds him weak and vulnerable in the wilderness, and invites him into the Simpsons' home.
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Lisa learns that Marge was once a good student whose grades slipped when she became distracted, and Lisa fears she'll meet the same fate. So Marge makes a deal to allow Lisa to attend her dream school, and Lisa learns a lesson about family and altruism. Meanwhile, Bart turns the tables on Nelson and inadvertently gains a reputation as a bully.
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In three haunting tales, Bart and Milhouse discover the joys of board games, Lisa falls for a vampire (voice of Daniel Radcliffe) and Marge and Homer's romantic second honeymoon at sea is interrupted by a castaway (voice of Hugh Laurie).
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MoneyBart
Season 22, Episode 3
Lisa coaches Bart's Little League team to beef up her extracurricular-activities resumé, but her academic approach to the game takes some of the fun out of it for Bart. Baseball great Mike Scioscia and statistician Bill James have voice cameos.
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Lisa invests in Nelson's new business, which becomes an instant success, but cautions him against dropping out of school as a result. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg have voice cameos as themselves.
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In the 22nd-season premiere, Lisa goes to a performing-arts camp, which sparks her creative fire. Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Amber Riley from "Glee" lend their voices to Lisa's fellow campers, while Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie ("Flight of the Conchords") give voice to her counselors.
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In the 21st-season finale, Moe may be destined to join the panel of "American Idol" judges after he discovers a heretofore unknown skill as an arbiter. Meanwhile, Homer's loitering around the house wears on Marge. Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson have cameos.
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Bart believes his new neighbor Walt (voice of Kelsey Grammer) is Sideshow Bob in disguise, returning for revenge.
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Moe writes a letter to Homer, Apu and Rev. Lovejoy and threatens to run off with one of their wives. In flashbacks, the three guys remember intimate moments between Moe and their ladies.
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Springfield is plunged into an Orwellian nightmare when surveillance cameras are installed everywhere to beef up security after a supposed terrorist attack. Meanwhile, Lisa faces hair-color prejudice.
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An ecology-themed episode finds the Simpsons using a wind turbine in their backyard as a cheap, clean energy source, and Homer and Lisa trying to rescue a blue whale that's been beached by a storm.
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Homer is assigned to court-ordered community service, and he befriends his supervisor, Chief Wiggum, while performing it. Unfortunately, Homer jeopardizes the friendship by not answering the bell when Wiggum is injured and needs him most. Meanwhile, Bart falls under the spell of the Japanese game Battle Ball.
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Mr. Burns goes to jail and Smithers takes over at the power plant, but the employees take advantage of him.
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Flanders invites the Simpsons on his congregation's trip to Jerusalem, and despite a questionable attitude at the outset, Homer learns a lot. Sacha Baron Cohen has a voice cameo as an idiosyncratic tour guide.
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Bart develops a crush on a girl (voice of Sarah Silverman) in his class. Meanwhile, Lisa's peers snub her for being an overachiever, but First Lady Michelle Obama (voice of Angela Bassett) comes to her defense.
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When Bart gets in trouble for not turning in homework, Homer and Marge use different parenting tacks, a situation that Bart quickly realizes he can exploit.
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Lisa researches her ancestors for a school project and learns that her Southern forebears helped a slave escape to freedom. Voice of Virgil: Wren T. Brown.
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A planned evening of ice skating and a chance encounter introduces Marge and Homer to the sport of curling, and they wind up joining a team and becoming involved in the Olympic trials. Bob Costas has a cameo as himself.
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Homer buys a lottery ticket that's a million-dollar winner, but he has to miss his date with Marge to do it. Chris Martin of Coldplay has a voice cameo as himself.
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In the 450th episode, Krusty the Clown teams up with a female costar, Princess Penelope (voice of Anne Hathaway), and before long he proposes marriage to her. Meanwhile, Mr. Burns and the workers clash at the nuclear power plant. Guest voices include Eartha Kitt and Jackie Mason.
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Grampa becomes famous when a human-interest columnist publishes his anecdote about serving on a battleship in World War II that was struck by a torpedo. Guest Mitch Albom provides his own voice.
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Bart decides he wants a brother after observing Lisa and Maggie's bond when the power goes out during a blizzard. Peyton, Eli and Cooper Manning, Kim Cattrall, Huell Howser and the Smothers Brothers have voice cameos as themselves.
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The Simpsons get stranded in hill country and are introduced to the wonders of witchcraft and moonshine. Voice of Cassandra: Neve Campbell.
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Bart learns of a legendary prankster (voice of Jonah Hill) from Springfield Elementary's past and becomes fast friends with the joker, who's now 19 years old and hasn't stopped doing pranks.
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Marge poses for a "Philanthro-Chicks" calendar to raise money for charity, and the photographer eases her inhibitions with wine, resulting in some provocative photos that make her the talk of the town.
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In "Treehouse of Horror XX," Lisa is drawn into a Hitchcockian revenge plot when she isn't chosen for an academic honor; Krusty invents a ghastly fast-food item that unleashes a plague of zombies; and Moe's microbrew has a vile secret ingredient.
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The Ultimate Punch, Kick and Choke Championship comes to town, and it's a predictably bad influence on the boys at Bart's school. Marge starts a campaign to ban the "sport" and the event's founder agrees to shut it down if she'll fight him and win.
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The kids in Mrs. Krabappel's class think she needs to lighten up, so they spike her coffee with liquor. Unfortunately, she makes a fool of herself and Principal Skinner fires her. Her replacement is a cool guy---so cool that Bart feels guilty about getting Mrs. Krabappel fired.
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Season 21 opener: Homer gets the lead in a movie about a superhero who can take on the powers of every superhero in any comic book he touches. To whip Homer into superhero shape, the studio hires a celebrity fitness trainer (voice of Seth Rogen). It won't be an easy job.
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After swarms of unemployed workers from Ogdenville descend on Springfield, the mayor closes the borders and citizen Homer goes on border patrol in the 20th-season finale.
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A trip to the manicurist for Marge and Lisa sparks flights of fancy about Queen Elizabeth, Snow White, Lady Macbeth and the idealistic architect from Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead," starring Maggie (voice of Jodie Foster).
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Homer moves into a crummy apartment in Waverly Hills so that Bart and Lisa can attend swanky Waverly Hills Elementary. Lisa has trouble fitting in, so Bart tells everyone that his sister is friends with pop star Alaska Nebraska (voice of Ellen Page).
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Homer becomes a hovering parent when he learns that Bart and Lisa are struggling in aspects of their academic and social lives at school. Meanwhile, Marge gets hooked on a sauna she finds in the basement.
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Bart gets a crush on a volunteer (voice of Anne Hathaway) at Grampa's nursing home and decides to become a volunteer, too. Meanwhile, Lisa does a report on what Springfield will look like in 50 years and becomes depressed. She's diagnosed with Environment-Related Despair and given antidepressants.
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Moe sets up a date with a woman he met in a chat room. When she turns out to be a little person, Moe must adjust his attitude to make it work. Meanwhile, Marge asks Homer to spend more time with Maggie.
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The Parson visits Reverend Lovejoy and tells him that his recertification fee was declined by his credit card. Consequently, anything Lovejoy officiated during the past three months is invalid, including Marge and Homer's second marriage.
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The Simpsons travel to Ireland so that Grandpa can have one last beer at his beloved O'Flanagan's Pub in Dunkilderry, but it's not the quaint Irish town Grandpa remembers. It's now a gentrified yuppie enclave. Kathy Ireland has a voice cameo as herself.
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Homer loses Maggie to nuns in a convent while Marge temporarily loses her sight in an eclipse-related injury in an episode that manages to spoof "National Treasure," "The Da Vinci Code" and "Ratatouille."
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When Homer's questionable financing of his annual Mardi Gras bash forces the Simpsons to put their house up for sale, Flanders becomes their new landlord.
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As the school prepares for standardized testing, Bart and other "underperformers" get an exemption from taking the test and are whisked away to Capital City. Meanwhile, Homer needs to avoid getting injured after his insurance lapses.
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Homer learns of election fraud in the race for senior-class president of his high school, and wonders how his life would have been different if he had won the election.
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Lisa befriends a new girl at school named Juliet (voice of Emily Blunt), and the two quickly become inseparable. They end up writing a book together about a fantasy world called Equalia, where they are queens, but the line between fantasy and reality blurs. Fall Out Boy perform the theme song during the closing credits.
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Mr. Burns wins a basketball team in a poker game and relocates them to Springfield. When his new sports arena is planned on the site of a bee colony, Lisa starts a campaign to save the endangered bees. Mark Cuban and Marv Albert have voice cameos as themselves.
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Lisa gets a Mypod at the Springfield Mall, and Homer becomes suspicious of Bart's new Muslim friend, Bashir. Voice of Mina: Shohreh Aghdashloo.
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Lisa becomes an expert at solving crossword puzzles and enters a tournament, where Homer gets involved with an underground betting ring. Voices include crossword editor Will Shortz and crossword creator Merl Reagle as themselves.
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A family vacation at a cabin in the woods brings back memories: Homer and Marge reminisce about their courtship, while Bart and Lisa recall their early childhood.
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The 19th edition of the series' Halloween "Treehouse of Horror" franchise includes twisted parodies of "Transformers" and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."
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Bart's shenanigans cost Homer a chance to buy a lottery ticket that turns out to be a $50,000 winner. Instead, Lenny buys the ticket and throws a huge party, where Bart meets a rich kid who looks just like him. The look-alikes decide to trade lives for a while. The experience teaches Bart a lesson about the meaning of family.
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Bart wants a cell phone in the worst way, and that's just how he gets one when he finds Denis Leary's phone. Meanwhile, a GPS mix-up sends Lisa on a dream trip---to Machu Picchu, Peru, with Homer, Marge and Maggie. Denis Leary provides his own voice.
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In the 20th-season premiere, Homer and Marge get unlikely new jobs, Homer as a bounty hunter and Marge as a baker at an erotic bakery. Guest voices include Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Robert Forster.
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In the 19th-season finale, Lisa receives Springfield's Entertainer of the Year Award, and Sideshow Mel narrates her history in showbiz in a wry spoof of "All About Eve." Drew Carey voices himself.
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Homer's mother, Mona (voice of Glenn Close), returns, but Homer is reluctant to trust her because she abandoned him so many times as a child. She dies before he can forgive her, but he's able to grant her last wish. Lance Armstrong has a voice cameo as himself.
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Lisa makes a film about her family that gets accepted by the Sundance Film Festival, and the Simpsons go to Park City, Utah, to attend. Director Jim Jarmusch makes a voice appearance as himself.
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Bart joins the 4-H club and raises a calf to be a blue-ribbon-winning bull, but panics when he learns the bull will be slaughtered.
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The Simpsons take in a country singer Homer used to manage who owes back taxes to Springfield. She is now destitute, so the family tries to help her get back on her feet. The Dixie Chicks have a voice cameo as themselves. Lurleen: Beverly D'Angelo.
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With Lisa's encouragement, Marge pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina. But when Marge auditions at the ballet academy, Lisa is invited to enroll. Unfortunately, Lisa becomes addicted to secondhand smoke from the other dancers. Meanwhile, Homer's beef-jerky operation runs into a snag.
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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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A new kid at school named Donny (voice of Topher Grace) works with Bart on his pranks. But when the pranks start to backfire, Bart wonders if he can trust his new accomplice. Meanwhile, the Simpsons get a fancy loaner car after Marge gets in an accident, and Homer falls in love with it. Terry Gross has a voice cameo as herself.
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Homer and Marge celebrate Valentine's Day by going on the Tunnel of Love ride at a carnival, but they end up stranded when Bart pulls a prank involving gelatin. To pass the time, Homer tells the love story of Bonnie and Clyde, Marge tells her version of "Lady and the Tramp," and Bart tells the love story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.
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Flashbacks follow Marge and Homer back to their dating days, when she was a college student and he was working for his father to support her. Then Marge becomes smitten with a professor, so a sorrowful Homer turns to music---and invents grunge. Kurt Loder and "Weird Al" Yankovic have cameos as themselves.
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Homer burns down Springfield's fast-food district. In order to float a bond issue to rebuild it, Mayor Quimby moves up election day, making Springfield's primary election the first in the nation. This causes the town to be overrun with reporters, candidates and pundits. Dan Rather and Jon Stewart have voice cameos.
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Homer loses his memory---and his family---when he drinks Moe's most potent libation, the Forget-Me-Shot, in an episode that spoofs “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “It's a Wonderful Life.”
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Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) tries again for revenge against the Simpsons. In a nod to “Frasier,” David Hyde Pierce and John Mahoney have cameos as Sideshow Bob's brother and father, respectively. Also: Keith Olbermann has a voice cameo as himself.
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Marge opens a gym for real women because she's disenchanted with Springfield's snooty, glitzy L.A. Body Works. Her gym, Shapes: A Gym for Women, is a huge success, launching a chain that makes Marge rich and famous. But Homer fears Marge will leave him for someone more attractive and goes to extreme lengths to try to save his marriage. Jack Black has a singing cameo.
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Milhouse stays with the Simpsons when his parents remarry each other and honeymoon on a cruise ship. But when his parents are knocked overboard and lost at sea, Milhouse decides to grow up and be a man.
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The series' 18th Halloween show features three vignettes that parody movies: one that spoofs “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”; one that sends up “E.T.”; and one that parodies “Se7en.”
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Marge is held hostage during a bank robbery and forms an uneasy bond with one of the thieves before he's taken to prison. Dwight: Steve Buscemi.
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Homer takes a job as a tow-truck driver, and Marge hires a service that claims to make babies less clingy. Both decisions have unexpected consequences. Matt Dillon has a cameo.
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24 Minutes
Season 18, Episode 21
In a parody of “24,” the school's Counter Truancy Unit tries to stop three sixth-graders planning to disrupt the school bake sale with a stink bomb. Kiefer Sutherland voices the role of Jack Bauer, and Mary Lynn Rajskub voices Chloe O'Brian.
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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. Voices include Placido Domingo as himself.
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Homer falls in love with the high life of flying in private planes when he saves Mr. Burns from drowning, and Burns repays him by flying him to Chicago for a night on the town. Lionel Richie has a voice cameo as himself, and Stephen Colbert provides the voice for Homer's life coach.
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Newsman Kent Brockman is fired for swearing on the air when Homer dumps coffee in his lap, but Lisa gets Brockman back in the game with her Webcam. Ludacris has a voice cameo as himself.
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The hourlong 18th-season finale features a parody of “24.” The school's Counter Truancy Unit tries to thwart disruption of the school bake sale with a stink bomb. Next, newsman Kent Brockman is fired for swearing on the air when Homer dumps coffee in his lap. Kiefer Sutherland voices the role of Jack Bauer and Mary Lynn Rajskub voices Chloe O'Brian.
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The Simpsons' pooch, Santa's Little Helper, becomes a police dog. Stephen Hawking has a cameo as himself.
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Homer, Apu, Moe and Skinner volunteer as firemen after Homer's sleepwalking accident injures the town's firefighters. They do some light looting at the fires to make up for not being compensated, but Marge and Lisa shame them into mending their ways.
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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.
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Marge goes online for the first time and becomes obsessed with a role-playing game that Bart and many of their neighbors are playing. Meanwhile, Lisa develops her own obsession---for soccer---and Homer becomes a referee.
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Homerazzi
Season 18, Episode 16
After a celebrity scandal is accidently captured in a family photo, Homer decides to become a paparazzo. Betty White, Harry Hamlin and Peter Wolf have voice cameos.
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Selma and Grampa embark on a May-December romance, and Bart and Lisa get into trouble with deliverymen over cardboard boxes. Judge Harm: Jane Kaczmarek.
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Bart has to see a psychiatrist (voice of Meg Ryan) after he starts a panic at school by telling a story about a murderous cafeteria worker. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to civilize Cletus Spuckler's hillbilly children, with mixed results. Stephen Sondheim and Andy Dick have voice cameos as themselves.
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Eric Idle provides the voice of a documentary filmmaker who interviewed a group of Springfield schoolchildren 32 years ago and has followed up at eight-year intervals to film how their lives have unfolded.
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Lisa pretends to be Native American for multicultural day at school. Meanwhile, Bart finds love with an older woman (voice of Natalie Portman).
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Homer learns three lessons about revenge from stories told by Marge, Lisa and Bart that parody “The Count of Monte Cristo,” “Revenge of the Nerds” and “Batman Begins.”
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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.
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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. Elvis Stojko voices himself.
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When Bart ends up the only guest at Nelson's birthday party, the bully decides he's his best friend and goes about protecting Bart in a parody of “Goodfellas.” Meanwhile, Homer reads Lisa to sleep and debates on whether to reveal the book's sad ending to her.
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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. The episode features the song "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits.
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Lisa sees poetry in the notes Moe sticks to the walls of his hotel room, so she sends his work to a poetry journal, which publishes it, making Moe the toast of the literary circuit. Guest voices include Gore Vidal, Michael Chabon and Jonathan Franzen.
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Homer is bamboozled by Army recruiters and winds up in basic training, where he runs afoul of a tough-minded colonel (voice of Kiefer Sutherland) and is assigned to play the enemy in war games.
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The 17th annual Halloween trilogy. Included: “Married to the Blob,” in which a meteor turns Homer into a monster; “You Gotta Know When to Golem,” about a monster from Jewish folklore; and “The Day the Earth Looked Stupid,” about an alien invasion. Guest voices: Dr. Phil McGraw; Richard Lewis; Fran Drescher.
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Marge reads Homer's carpentry books and becomes very handy at fixing things. Gender bias keeps the townspeople from accepting a female carpenter, so Marge pretends that Homer does the work. Meanwhile, Bart torments Skinner when he learns the principal has an extreme allergy to peanuts.
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A child psychiatrist suggests drumming to channel Bart's energy, and the boy proves he's got the beat when he shows some talent on the skins. The White Stripes have voice cameos as themselves.
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Lisa's friendship with Fat Tony's son Michael prompts mob boss Tony to invite the Simpsons over for dinner. Michael says he'd rather be a chef than take over the family business, but that's before Tony is shot by a rival mobster. “Sopranos” stars Michael Imperioli and Joe Pantoliano voice Tony's top thugs, and Metallica band members provide their own voices.
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A viewers' choice episode.
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A passionate kiss between Marge and Homer airs on the big screen at a baseball game, prompting second baseman Buck Mitchell to turn to the pair for advice about his marriage to singer Fiona (Mandy Moore). Stacy Keach is the voice of H.K. Duff.
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Springfield is embroiled in a public debate about the theories of evolution and creationism. Melanie Griffith has a cameo as herself, and Larry Hagman is the voice of lawyer Wallace Brady.
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Marge has retrograde amnesia after inhaling too many fumes in a spring-cleaning frenzy. So Homer takes her around town to reacquaint her with the surroundings, but Marge doesn't know who Homer is and puts herself back on the singles market.
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After making a sexist comment, Principal Skinner is replaced by Melanie Upfoot (Frances McDormand), who divides the school into two schools: one for boys, one for girls. Lisa gets frustrated when she's not allowed to take math at the boys school, so she dresses like a boy to get around the rule.
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When dinner at the Frying Dutchman turns ugly, the Simpsons try to salvage the evening by taking turns telling tales of tragedies at sea.
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The nuclear-power plant is being shut down and outsourced to India, and Homer is sent to train the new employees. Meanwhile, Selma and Patty kidnap Richard Dean Anderson, who voices himself. When Anderson discovers how exciting real-life drama is, he refuses to leave.
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Grandpa derails Homer's plan to bring a pro football team to Springfield when he mistakes the football commissioner for a burglar.
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Homer signs the family up for a spouse-trading reality show. He has to take in a controlling wife while Marge moves in with a beaten-down husband (voice of Ricky Gervais), who quickly develops a crush on her.
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While Marge babysits Flanders' sons, Rod and Todd, Homer takes Bart and Lisa to a retirement home for animal actors, and a chimp with a strong maternal instinct snatches Bart. Susan Sarandon and baseball's Randy Johnson have voice cameos as themselves.
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When the Simpsons become trapped in a cave, Lisa relates a story that happened to her. It then becomes Mr. Burns' story, then Moe's, and so on.
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Lisa tries to turn Groundskeeper Willie into a proper gentleman for a science-fair project. Elsewhere, Coach Krupt takes over as gym teacher and begins a reign of terror. Coach Krupt: Hank Azaria.
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Bart's latest prank lands him a trip to behavioral-modification camp, but he runs away en route; Marge boosts her garage sale with expired pills.
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A long-lost letter suggests a treasure hunter (Michael York) may be Homer's father. William H. Macy and Joe Frazier have cameos.
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A trio of Christmas-themed stories includes Marge and Homer as Mary and Joseph; Burns and Grandpa shooting down Santa in World War II; and a Springfieldian take on “The Nutcracker.”
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In Italy, the Simpsons run into Sideshow Bob, who swears a vendetta against them after they let slip his criminal past to his new family. Kelsey Grammer.
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Lily Tomlin voices one of Marge's new friends, who engage her in exciting activities; Lisa gets a surprising tutor to teach her Italian for a summer in Rome.
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Homer's heroics during an emergency (caused by Bart) lead him to join the throng running for mayor when Quimby faces a recall.
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Tandem bicycling and afternoon tea make pals of Bart and Marge until bullies call Bart a mama's boy. Meanwhile, Homer gains strength, in one arm only. Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta.
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In the 16th Halloween trilogy, a comatose Bart is replaced by a robot; Mr. Burns hunts citizens on his estate; and Springfield falls under a witch's spell that only Maggie can break. Terry Bradshaw and Dennis Rodman have cameos.
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Maggie's chicken pox lead to a reunion of Kirk and Luann Van Houten, but the result is not the family dynamic Milhouse had hoped for. Maggie Roswell, Hank Azaria, Pamela Hayden.
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Lisa has the best---i.e., worst---view when the cemetery is relocated behind the Simpson home. Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright.
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In the 17th-season opener, Alec Baldwin voices a marine biologist who counsels Marge after she leaves Homer for permitting illicit activity---what she describes as “snuggle films”---in the house to pay off a gambling debt. Joe Mantegna, Hank Azaria, Tress MacNeille.
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Flanders moves after Homer humiliates him, but neither man is pleased with his new neighbors. Jason Bateman has a cameo. Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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Liam Neeson voices a priest who counsels Bart, and later Homer, who embrace the faith when an expelled Bart attends Catholic school.
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A religious movie and subsequent coincidences convince Homer that “the Rapture is nigh,” and the folks of Springfield, God love 'em, take him at his word. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria.
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“American Idol” winner Fantasia plays a fellow contestant as Lisa enters Krusty's singing competition, where she performs a song written by Homer, who becomes an aggressive stage mother.
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Albert Brooks plays the director of the fat farm where Bart is sent after suffering a heart attack brought on by eating too much junk food. Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner.
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Ray Romano plays a roofer who becomes Homer's new best pal, but his failure to show up for work leads Marge to suspect that he's imaginary---so she has Homer committed. Stephen Hawking has a cameo. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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Amy Poehler plays Bart's girlfriend during his teenage years as Prof. Frink reveals the future to Bart and a Yale-bound Lisa. Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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When Springfield's new Frank Gehry-designed concert hall fails to draw, Mr. Burns takes it over and gives a special job to Homer. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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Financial concerns split Marge and Homer, who responds to her penny pinching by buying an RV. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer poses as Selma's husband in China so she can adopt a baby, but a bureaucrat (Lucy Liu) checks up. Robert Wagner has a cameo. Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Tired of his teasing, Lisa gets a restraining order against Bart, with Gary Busey explaining how it works in an accompanying video. Jane Kaczmarek, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria.
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Springfield legalizes gay marriage to attract tourists, and Homer becomes an ordained minister (via the Internet) to cash in. Tress MacNeille, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner.
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50 Cent has a cameo as Bart fakes his own kidnapping after defying his parents to attend a rap concert. Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright.
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Homer's victory dance at a carnival game leads to fame as a personal choreographer, and a gig producing the Super Bowl halftime show, with help from Flanders. Athlete cameos include Tom Brady, Michelle Kwan, Warren Sapp, LeBron James and Yao Ming.
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Marge insists on becoming an active partner in Moe's after Homer takes out another mortgage to finance the tavern's required repairs. Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta.
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Cutbacks in prescription-drug benefits send Homer and Grandpa to Canada, and make them heroes upon their return. Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Bart's success at selling novelty T-shirts enables Homer to quit his job and help Lisa with her science project---by supplying some plutonium. Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Kim Cattrall plays Marge's former classmate, a famous TV newswoman who sparks inspiration in Lisa, and jealousy in Marge. Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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Bully Nelson Muntz is the lucky beneficiary when Marge feels her mothering skills are lost on her own kids; teasing puts Lisa on a diet. Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith.
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James Caan comes to party after Bart turns his tree house into a bachelor pad; Marge counters cheaters when she enters a bake-off. Writer Thomas Pynchon also has a cameo. Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Julie Kavner.
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The annual Halloween trilogy begins Season 16, with Flanders having death premonitions; Lisa and Bart probing murders in 1890s London; and Burns swallowing a miniaturized Maggie. Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright.
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Burns buys every media outlet in Springfield, leaving Lisa to battle him with her self-published newspaper. Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Bart really is a victim of circumstance when he appears to moon the flag, but Marge's defense of him paints the whole family as un-American. Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer's confession that his first kiss wasn't with Marge prompts his story of a summer-camp romance that further offends her. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille.
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Avenging a slight to Lisa turns Homer into the city's new crusader for justice, a masked man whose weapon of choice is a pie in the face. Nichelle Nichols has a cameo. Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta.
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Marge and Homer blow off a family gathering in Dayton for some alone time in Miami Beach, but the kids are determined to follow. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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Skinner's cold feet near the altar also give Edna second thoughts, leading her into a rebound romance. Matt Groening has a cameo. Marcia Wallace, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar plays a delinquent whom Bart meets in a juvenile-correction facility that's not strong enough to hold them. Jane Kaczmarek, Nancy Cartwright, Charles Napier.
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After a winery tour, Marge and Homer become drinking pals, until a driving mishap prompts one to pull a fast one on the other. Music group Brave Combo has a cameo. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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Jon Lovitz returns as Marge's one-time date Artie Ziff, a former tycoon on the lam for a financial scam who's hiding in the Simpsons' attic. Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta.
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Simon Cowell plays an admissions interviewer at a prestigious pre-nursery school where Maggie's IQ is found to surpass Lisa's, causing an identity crisis for the older sister. Yeardley Smith, Tress MacNeille, Julie Kavner.
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Bart bonds with Lisa after Milhouse and his mom move to Capital City; Homer panhandles to buy Marge's anniversary gift. Pamela Hayden, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Marge talks history, with Homer as Henry VIII, Lenny and Carl as Lewis and Clark, Lisa as an opinionated Sacagawea and Bart as Mozart. Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Tom Clancy, Thomas Pynchon and the Olsen twins have cameos as Marge writes a novel that casts Homer in a bad light, and Flanders in a good one. Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Unable to build Bart a working robot for TV's “Robot Rumble,” Homer becomes the robot by hiding inside, taking beatings, but giving better. Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria.
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Maggie is among the babies who riot at a kiddie concert, prompting a backlash by single childless citizens, who organize against kids and families. Hank Azaria, Tress MacNeille, Julie Kavner.
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A version of “A Christmas Carol” causes Homer to go from greedy to giving, prompting jealousy in Flanders, who gives gifts to everyone in town. Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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Krusty's rabbi father (Jackie Mason) helps him prepare for his bar mitzvah, which includes Mr. T; Homer guest hosts for Krusty and is a hit. Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Homer's videotaped encounter with a grizzly bear earns him a reputation for cowardice, so he decides to have a rematch. Charles Napier, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, Sir Ian McKellen and J.K. Rowling have cameos as the Simpsons visit London and Homer collides with the queen. Jane Leeves plays Grandpa's wartime romance. Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille.
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Lisa is made to look like Eva Peron in this loose parody as faculty members undermine her student-body presidency. Michael Moore has a cameo, addressing striking students at Springfield Elementary. Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Surfacing to see her son, Homer's fugitive mom (Glenn Close) is caught and tried for sabotaging a lab owned by Mr. Burns, who's loath to let a grudge die. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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A Halloween trilogy (XIV), with Jennifer Garner, Oscar De La Hoya and Jerry Lewis as Professor Frink's father, who goes on a rampage after being brought back from the dead. Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright.
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Moe saves Maggie's life and becomes her new best friend, but an otherwise intrusive presence in the house. Joe Mantegna, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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Busted for a prank gone awry, Milhouse and Bart are enrolled in different youth groups that become heated rivals. Pamela Hayden, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright.
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Marge is the family chauffeur after Homer's latest driving mishap costs him his license. Jackson Browne and Steve Buscemi have cameos. Judge: Jane Kaczmarek. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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After the family cat saves his life, Homer disdains the dog, until the canine is picked to be the mascot for Duff beer. Stacy Keach, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta.
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After David Byrne turns Homer's anti-Flanders song into a monster hit, the family vacations at a dude ranch, where Lisa falls in love with a wrangler (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), and Homer and Bart rescue Native Americans from beavers. Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott, Hank Azaria.
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A rift with Marge over his drinking sends Homer packing and into a condo which he shares with two gay men. Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Eric Idle is the voice of a documentarian who steers Lisa in a new direction---astronomy---as he shoots “A Day in the Life of Springfield Elementary.” Joe Mantegna, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria.
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C. E. D'oh
Season 14, Episode 15
Homer's stint in a success workshop gives him new initiative, but Mr. Burns' lack of appreciation prompts Homer to plot revenge, which results in a takeover of the power plant. Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta.
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Hoping to reroute air traffic over their house, the Simpsons ask Krusty to run for Congress, where the successful clown finds more of his kind. Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith.
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Marisa Tomei plays a movie star who falls for Flanders enough to move to Springfield when he disdains going Hollywood. Cameos: producer-director James L. Brooks, author Helen Fielding (“Bridget Jones's Diary”). Tress MacNeille, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Spelling champ Lisa makes the Spellympics, where host George Plimpton proposes a deal; Homer joins a traveling fan club for a new Krusty food product. Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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Jane Kaczmarek, skateboarder Tony Hawk and Blink 182 are guest voices in the 300th episode as Bart divorces his parents after learning that Homer put him in an embarrassing commercial as a baby and then spent all the residuals. Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.
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Coincidences lead Homer to believe he's got a direct prayer line to God, which doesn't stop him from suing when he falls at church. Lisa Leslie has a cameo. Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith.
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After a mugging, Marge becomes agoraphobic, until she starts weight training, which turns her into a buff bully who enters a bodybuilding contest. Pamela Reed, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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After his insensitive birthday gift to Lisa, Homer hires a PI to dig up information on her so he can know her better. But there's a problem with the bill. Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer.
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Bart nominates Mrs. Krabappel for Teacher of the Year, netting the family a trip to the awards show in Orlando, where Little Richard is to present the prize. Marcia Wallace, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille.
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Someone's trying to kill Homer, so Chief Wiggum consults an expert: Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer), who moves in with the Simpsons to shadow Homer. Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright.
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The Simpsons participate in a reality show called "1895 Challenge," in which they live without modern conveniences. When ratings start to sink, the producers add a celebrity---David L. Lander from "Laverne & Shirley." Boxing's Larry Holmes has a cameo.
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Marge goes to a clinic for liposuction and comes out with breast implants. Adam West and Burt Ward have cameos as Batman and Robin. Jan Hooks, Julie Kavner, Tress MacNeille, Hank Azaria.
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Lisa's high score on an achievement test gets her promoted to the third grade, the same class as Bart when he's demoted for his low score. Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner.
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Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz and Brian Setzer are the teachers when Homer attends a rock-and-roll fantasy camp. Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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“Treehouse of Horror XIII” finds Homer cloned; Dr. Hibbert turning the family into half animals; and Springfield invaded by zombie cowboys. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer's community service for threatening an endangered species involves helping a kindly senior, who meets an untimely death. Carmen Electra and Frances Sternhagen are guest voices. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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Homer starts a security company that ultimately replaces the cops---and runs afoul of mobster Fat Tony (Joe Mantegna). Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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Two college girls mistake Lisa for a peer; Bart lives inside a bubble to contain the infection he got from a Chinese mosquito. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky has a cameo. Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer.
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Apu's fling with the Squishee Lady is caught live by Homer, but on tape by his wife Manjula (Jan Hooks). James Lipton has a cameo. Hank Azaria, Tress MacNeille, Julie Kavner.
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Encouraged by comic-book guru Stan Lee (in a cameo), Bart creates a strip about Homer that gets onto the Internet. Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta.
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Gump Roast
Season 13, Episode 17
The Springfield Friars Club roasts Homer, with emcee Krusty the Clown introducing friends, family and their memories from past episodes. Dan Castellaneta (who co-wrote with wife Deb Lacusta), Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner.
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The band Phish has a cameo in an episode in which Dr. Hibbert prescribes medicinal marijuana for Homer's eye injury, and the resulting joviality nets Homer a promotion from Mr. Burns. Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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The Simpsons go to Brazil when the orphan whom Lisa's been sponsoring there is reported missing. Tress MacNeille, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner.
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In a trilogy of classics parodies, Homer seeks to destroy Troy as Odysseus; Lisa's Joan of Arc leads the French; and Bart plays Hamlet, with Moe as Claudius. Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Grampa Simpson regains his driver's license to woo a new woman (Olympia Dukakis) but is goaded into a race by senior punks. Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner.
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Dennis Weaver plays an old cowboy star whose newest pal, Bart, tries to land him a guest shot on Krusty's show. Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Reese Witherspoon plays film star Rainier Wolfcastle's daughter, whose crush on Bart is unrequited. Wolfgang Puck has a cameo. Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Harry Shearer.
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Now fabulously wealthy, Marge's grabby prom date Artie Ziff (Jon Lovitz) offers a million dollars for a weekend with her that, he says, will have “no funny stuff.” The Simpsons agree when they realize the money will help their marriage---by paying for an operation that will cure Homer's snoring. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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An(other) accident forces Homer's jaws to be wired shut, and improved listening skills result in a kinder, gentler---and more boring---Homer. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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Ben Stiller plays a sugar company's CEO who draws Marge's ire after Springfield is declared the “World's Fattest Town.” Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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A social worker is assigned to try to bring the family together after police respond to a fight between Bart and Homer during a game of Monopoly. Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Ron Taylor.
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In this Christmas episode, Richard Gere offers Buddhist teachings to Lisa after she leaves her church because of Mr. Burns' tacky fund-raising efforts, which include commercials (during sermons) and podium-placed ads.
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A hypnotist unlocks a repressed memory in Homer, who recalls childhood times with Moe, Carl and Lenny---and his finding a corpse. Paul Newman and singer Judith Owen have voice cameos. Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives voice to a young woman wooed by Burns, who drafts Homer to help him cultivate a more youthful image. Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta.
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To change his attitude, Moe changes his bar, but the result drives his regulars out...and into Homer's garage bar, where R.E.M. performs. Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.
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A tough judge (Jane Kaczmarek) blames Homer for Bart's latest prank and orders them to be tethered together to achieve better parental supervision. Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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“Treehouse of Horror XII” includes Pierce Brosnan as the voice of a computerized house that falls for Marge; a Gypsy's curse bringing bad luck to Homer's loved ones; and Bart and Lisa as competing wizards, with Bart enlisting help from a dark source.
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The Who intervenes after Homer leads a revolt against a new area code that splits the town along lines of affluence. Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Zac Starkey provide voices. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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Folk-tale parodies abound, with Homer as Paul Bunyan; Lisa as Connie Appleseed; and Bart as Tom Sawyer, helping to save Huck Finn from a shotgun marriage to Becky Thatcher. Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille, Nancy Cartwright.
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Homer opens a day-care center in the house, prompting envy in Lisa and Bart when he treats other kids better than he treats them. Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright.
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Flanders fulfills his late wife's dream by building a Bible-themed amusement park. Shawn Colvin plays Christian singer Rachel Jordan. Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer's severed thumb, Lisa's science project and Bart's discovery of fireworks prompt separate but simultaneous adventures that conclude with an encounter with mobster Fat Tony (Joe Mantegna). Frankie Muniz, Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright.
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The Simpsons win a trip to Africa, where they get lost on safari and become caught between poachers and a chimp researcher. Tress MacNeille, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta.
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Lisa's attempt to befriend the new girl in school is met with a fist; Homer enters the baby-proofing business. Tress MacNeille, Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta.
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Homer's newfound advocacy for the little guy prompts him to protest against the Duff executive (Stacy Keach) who owns the local ballclub. Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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'N Sync has a cameo as a record producer tries to create the next big boy band out of Milhouse, Bart, Nelson and Ralph Wiggum. Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright.
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Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) talks his way out of prison and into a job at the school. There, he hypnotizes Bart---to make him kill Krusty, who plans a final show after growing sick of network interference. Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer.
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The Simpsons win points for their new tennis court, but constantly lose on Homer's poor play. Serena and Venus Williams, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi have voice cameos. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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Bart and Milhouse are banned for life from the comic-book store, until Comic Book Guy becomes a man in need of friends. Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Pokey Mom
Season 12, Episode 10
Homer hurts his back at a prison rodeo, where Marge meets an artistic inmate (Michael Keaton) whom she takes under her wing. Warden: Charles Napier. Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Homr
Season 12, Episode 9
Researchers find and fix the cause of Homer's “subnormal” intelligence, but Homer finds life as a brain is a drain on his popularity. Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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A blizzard traps Skinner and Groundskeeper Willie with an assortment of students at Springfield Elementary. Bart (of course) leads the revolt. Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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With Homer-logical justification, Bart and Homer go on the grift and do fairly well before joining a more experienced con man for a big score. Edward Norton plays an FBI man. Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner.
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Homer buys a computer and builds a Web site where he anonymously spreads local rumor and innuendo, and makes things up when his sources run dry. Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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With Smithers away, Burns hires a cash-hungry Homer as his “prank monkey” to perform stunts that ultimately damage Homer's dignity. Leeza Gibbons has a cameo. Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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Joshua Jackson plays a committed---and cute---teen environmentalist who inspires Lisa to take up residence in a redwood tree to save it from destruction. Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.
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Drew Barrymore plays Krusty's long-lost daughter, a surprise to the clown, who betrays her in a poker game with Fat Tony (Joe Mantegna). Stephen King, Amy Tan and John Updike have cameos. Karl Wiedergott, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright.
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In the 11th annual Halloween trilogy, a ghostly Homer tries to perform a good deed on Earth; Bart and Lisa are trapped in a fairy-tale forest; and dolphins revolt against humans after Lisa frees their king from the Springfield Marine Park. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria.
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A “Behind the Music”-style look at the Simpsons, narrated by VH1's Jim Forbes, shows their rise to stardom---and the “private hell” that followed. Willie Nelson has a cameo. Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith.
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Otto's girlfriend (Parker Posey) seems to be usurping Marge's role when she moves in with the family after a dispute over heavy metal. Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Lisa struggles in a tap-dance class taught by a former child star; Bart and Milhouse ditch camp to spend a week creating havoc in the mall. Yeardley Smith, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Nancy Cartwright.
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The family seeks a restful vacation in Florida, but arrives during spring break, which Homer extends. Guest voices include Charlie Rose, Kid Rock and Joe C. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Barney quits drinking to take helicopter-flying lessons, leaving Homer feeling resentful and inferior; Lisa and Bart enter a contest to photograph the cover of the Springfield phone book. Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
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A mystic shows Bart his future as a ne'er-do-well musician rooming with Ralph Wiggum---and brother to President Lisa Simpson, who inherits a fiscal crisis that Bart makes worse. Voices include Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Pygmoelian
Season 11, Episode 16
Moe wins Duff's “beer-tending” contest but loses out on making their calendar. So he undergoes plastic surgery and lands a soap-opera role that he missed years before. Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille.
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Homer becomes a South Seas missionary to escape an angry PBS mob that includes Betty White, who wants to collect his pledge of $10,000. Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner.
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Homer tries to help a grieving Springfieldian after an accident at the new auto-racing venue has fatal consequences. Voices: Shawn Colvin, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Tress MacNeille, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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At the state fair, Lisa feels robbed at the band competition, and the family acquires a horse that becomes a winner after an attitude adjustment. Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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While house-sitting for Burns (who's getting a checkup at the Mayo Clinic), Homer throws a party aboard the billionaire's yacht in international waters---where anything goes. Britney Spears is a guest voice. Voices: Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Pamela Hayden, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Faith Off
Season 11, Episode 11
After Bart's successful laying on of hands at a revival meeting, a preacher declares Bart has “the power.” So the boy pitches his own tent. Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer.
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With Marge laid up by a skiing (lodge) accident, Lisa tries to run the house and plays a trick on Homer and Bart to get them to help clean. Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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Bankrupt Springfield Elementary is taken over by a private outfit whose members' real goal is to mine the kids' minds for toy ideas. Voices include Tim Robbins, Joe Mantegna and Gary Coleman.
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John Goodman and Henry Winkler guest star as bikers who protest when Homer takes their gang name for his own after winning a Harley. Jay North (“Dennis the Menace”) has a voice cameo. Other voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Feeling more stressed than blessed after the birth of their octuplets, Apu and Manjula get child-care help in a deal they come to regret. Voices: Jan Hooks, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer bowls a perfect game, but celebrity goes to his head. Cameos: Ron Howard; Penn and Teller; entertainment reporters Nancy O'Dell and Pat O'Brien. Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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To avoid a duel, Homer moves the Simpsons to Grandpa's old farm, and grows a profitable, but dangerous, hybrid crop. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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A Halloween trilogy: Homer causes a Y2K catastrophe; superheroes Lisa and Bart save actress Lucy Lawless; Marge runs Flanders over, and Homer tries to cover it up. Dick Clark and Tom Arnold also appear as themselves. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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With Lisa's help, Homer becomes the food critic for the Springfield Shopper, but fellow critics criticize his always-positive reviews, prompting a radical change---and revenge by restaurateurs. Voices: Ed Asner, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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A drug for Attention Deficit Disorder makes Bart studious, productive---and paranoid about satellites spying on him. Mark McGwire has a cameo. Other voices: Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith.
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Mel Gibson brings the Simpsons to Hollywood so Homer can help “tweak” his new film after Homer's is the sole negative voice at a test screening. First tweak: add action, and lots of it. Other voices: Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer. Dan Castellaneta.
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After getting tips on thrifty living, the family takes a vacation to Japan, where they appear on a game show to win plane tickets back home. Voices: George Takei, Gedde Watanabe, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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Lisa is invited to join local members of Mensa, who take a complaint to City Hall---and wind up running it. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Tress MacNeille.
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After another billionaire makes a memorable impression on Springfield, Burns asks for Homer's help on a quest for popularity, which eventually takes them both to Scotland. Voices: Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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Bart is assigned to do community service at the Retirement Castle, where he tries to inject some life into the recreation activities. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Isabella Rossellini plays a gallery owner who sees art in the concrete mess that results from Homer's attempt at building a barbeque. After the piece sells, she arranges a one-man show. Pop artist Jasper Johns has a voice cameo.
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The family's biblical dreams include Homer and Marge as Adam and Eve, with Flanders as God; Milhouse as Moses; and Bart as David battling Goliath's son ("this time, it's personal"). Voices include Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta.
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Truck drivers target Homer after he blabs about an industry scam while filling in for a recently deceased driver. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden.
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The Simpsons are forced to house a cellular transmitter, giving Lisa stress, while Marge hears calls through Maggie's baby monitor. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta.
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The Simpsons' new sport-utility vehicle gives Marge road rage against less powerful vehicles, sending her to traffic school taught by Chief Wiggum. Voices: Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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Elton John has a cameo, as Apu's valentines to his wife make the rest of Springfield's men pale in comparison. And neither the men nor the women like it. Jan Hooks, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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Having the same name as a bumbling TV character prompts Homer to change his name. Ed Begley Jr. has a cameo. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright.
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Homer leads a slew of Springfield denizens to the Super Bowl. Guest voices include Rupert Murdoch, Dolly Parton, John Elway, Dan Marino, John Madden and Pat Summerall.
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Wiggum declares a curfew for kids, who are being blamed for school vandalism committed by a drunken Homer and friends. Cyndi Lauper has a cameo. Voices include Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Pamela Hayden.
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Seeking more fun out of life, Flanders asks for help from Homer, who takes him to Las Vegas. The Moody Blues have a cameo. Other voices: Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Tress MacNeille.
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Homer becomes the mayor's bodyguard and puts a stop to a crooked operation involving Fat Tony (Joe Mantegna), who vows revenge on the mayor. Mark Hamill guest stars. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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After inadvertently damaging Grandpa's kidneys, Homer offers one of his, then chickens out and runs away to the sea, boarding "The Ship of Lost Souls." Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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Springfield Elementary earns a grant, thanks to Lisa's latest A---a grade acquired by cheating; Homer plans to fatten up a small lobster, but becomes emotionally attached. Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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George Carlin and Martin Mull play former hippies who join newly dropped-out Homer on an "old-time freak-out." Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner.
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Homer becomes an assistant to Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin (and their houseguest, Ron Howard), none of whom are interested in his screenplay. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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The ninth Halloween show. Included: Homer turns evil after a hair transplant; Bart and Lisa get trapped inside their TV; the alien Kang is revealed as Maggie's father. Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford appear in live-action.
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Bart accidentally kills a bird with Nelson's new BB gun, then tries to care for its orphaned eggs. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Russi Taylor, Phil Hartman, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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Homer patterns himself after Thomas Edison, but his inventions leave something to be desired. William Daniels has a voiceover. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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A hip new student makes an impression at Springfield Elementary; Homer drags Bart into grease recycling. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Pamela Hayden, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner.
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Marge and Homer nearly get caught when they re-create their first intimate encounter---at a miniature-golf course; Bart and Lisa unearth a film can containing an alternate ending to "Casablanca." Voices include Julie Kavner and Dan Castellaneta.
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Lisa tricks Homer into giving her permission to take the bus downtown alone---then she gets lost. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Maggie Roswell.
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Homer gets in shape (no, really!) and climbs a mountain to promote the alleged health-food product that helped him achieve success. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner.
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Steve Martin and rock band U2 are guest voices as Homer defeats the sanitation commissioner with a dirty campaign and a slew of crazy promises. Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner.
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Lisa is "anchorchild" of a TV news show for kids, but Bart steals the show after some coaching from Kent Brockman. Meanwhile, Homer's "helper monkey" is no help to Marge. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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During a tax audit, Homer strikes an unusual deal---he agrees to work for the FBI and to recover a trillion-dollar bill embezzled by Mr. Burns. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright.
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A nuclear-sub captain (Rod Steiger) puts naval reservist Homer in command during war games. Bob Denver has a cameo. Other voices: Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Marge orders Bart to play with Ralph Wiggum, an appalling task---until Bart gets hold of Chief Wiggum's master key to the city. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta and Phil Hartman.
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Grandpa says "Simpson genes" are behind Lisa's sudden lack of brain power; Jasper tries to live for the future in the Kwik-E-Mart freezer. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright.
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Broke from courting his new girlfriend, Moe recruits Homer for an illegal scheme so he can keep financing the romancing. Voices include Helen Hunt, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer and Nancy Cartwright.
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After bombing at a comedy festival, Krusty retires---briefly. Jay Leno, Janeane Garofalo, Bobcat Goldthwait and Steven Wright have cameos. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright.
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Das Bus
Season 9, Episode 14
A bus accident strands Bart, Lisa and their classmates on an island; Homer starts a business on the Internet. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Pamela Hayden, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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Cult members find Homer difficult to win over as they woo Springfield citizens with the promise of a life of serenity with their Leader. That is, as soon as they can fuel their spaceship for the trip to the planet Blisstonia.
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Bart Carny
Season 9, Episode 12
Homer and Bart become carnival workers, and take in two fellow carnies whose crooked game is closed by Chief Wiggum. Voices: Jim Varney, Hank Azaria, Tress MacNeille, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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Homer's declared distaste for musicals prompts flashbacks to song-and-dance scenes from past episodes. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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After accidentally destroying the Simpsons' Christmas gifts, Bart claims a burglar stole them, and Springfield responds generously to that false news. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith.
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Marge gets a realtor's license and goes to work---for Lionel Hutz, who finds her honesty a dubious asset. Meanwhile, Homer buys a hot rod at a police auction, but the incarcerated former owner protests.
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Lisa unearths a human skeleton with extra bones suggesting angel's wings to all but Lisa, who's suspected when it disappears. Scientist Stephen Jay Gould has a cameo. Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Marge pretends to be Apu's wife so he can avoid an arranged marriage. But his mother learns the truth, and sends for his intended. Voices: Andrea Martin, Jan Hooks, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta.
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Bart Star
Season 9, Episode 6
Homer heckles Flanders out of coaching Pee Wee football---and then takes over, replacing winning QB Nelson with Bart. Joe Namath has a cartoon cameo. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright.
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Homer buys a gun, but after a few mishaps, Marge demands he get rid of it. When he doesn't, she leaves with the kids. Voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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In a Halloween trilogy, nuclear survivor Homer battles mutants; Bart is morphed with a fly; Marge is accused of being a witch in 1649. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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The story of how Lisa got her sax includes Bart's first day at school, his visit to the school psychologist and a heat wave in Springfield. Fyvush Finkel has a voice cameo. Other voices: Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner.
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Skinner is declared an impostor by a POW whose identity he assumed in Vietnam. Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille, Marcia Wallace, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright.
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The Simpsons go to New York City and, while there, Homer tries to retrieve his illegally parked car, and Marge and the kids see the sights, including a Broadway musical about the Betty Ford Center. Voices include Julie Kavner.
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Lisa joins the all-male military school where Bart is sent for discipline. Then comes the hazing. Voices: Willem Dafoe, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Tress MacNeille, Hank Azaria.
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Three mock spin-offs: “Chief Wiggum, P.I.”; “The Love-Matic Grandpa”; and “The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour,” with guest star Tim Conway and a teen stand-in for Lisa. Other voices: Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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A new plant employee who's had it tough resents Homer's lack of professionalism and his cushy life. Meanwhile, Bart buys an abandoned factory at an auction for a dollar. Voices: Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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Reverend Lovejoy puts Marge in charge of counseling parishioners; Homer finds his likeness is popular in Japan as the symbol for a cleaning product. Voices: Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Sab Shimono, Gedde Watanabe.
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Penniless from bad investments, Burns asks for help from Lisa, who turns him into a profitable recycler. But then Burns takes things a nasty step further to increase his dividends. Pro wrestler Bret "The Hit Man" Hart has a voice cameo.
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Bart replaces Santa's Little Helper with a "limited edition" dog he bought with a fraudulent credit card. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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After witnessing a kiss between Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel, Bart becomes their confidante. But rumors of their passion lead to their being fired---until Skinner reveals a secret. Voices: Marcia Wallace, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright.
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Homer becomes a bootlegger when Springfield decides to enforce a 200-year-old prohibition decree. Voices: Dave Thomas, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Lisa's reputation as a first-rate baby sitter is jeopardized when she's put in charge of Bart, who's determined to make things tough. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta.
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Murderous convict Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) is released to work for his brother Cecil (David Hyde Pierce), whom Bob bested at the Krusty-sidekick audition. Other voices: Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer's fearful about the potential influence that the Simpsons' new gay friend may have on Bart. Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith.
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Itchy and Scratchy creator Roger Myers picks Homer to be the voice of a new canine character---who is roundly rejected by the public. Voices: Alex Rocco, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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When Marge suffers stress-related hair loss, the Simpsons hire nanny Shary Bobbins, who speaks in song and inspires others to do so. But the Simpsons may prove too much for her. Voices: Maggie Roswell, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner.
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On a company mountain retreat, an avalanche traps hiking partners Homer and Mr. Burns in a cabin. Voices: Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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A smooth talker sells Marge on the pretzel business. But when sales go soft, Homer asks crime boss Fat Tony for help. Joe Mantegna, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Maggie Roswell.
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Homer's claim of an alien sighting brings FBI agents Scully and Mulder to investigate. Guest voices: Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Leonard Nimoy. Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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Chief Wiggum's chili peppers send Homer on a hallucinatory, spiritual journey that makes him question whether Marge is his soulmate. Voices: Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner.
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Citizens rebuild the Flanders' hurricane-damaged house. But Ned's guilt about criticizing their work sends him to a mental hospital. Voices: Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Pamela Hayden, Julie Kavner.
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Lisa develops a crush on Nelson, and then she tries to change him. Meanwhile, Homer solicits money over the phone using an automatic telephone dialer. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Milhouse's parents decide to divorce, prompting Homer to take action to prevent a similar fate for himself and Marge. Voices: Maggie Roswell, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright.
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While Marge and Lisa are away, Bart becomes the right-hand man for the owner of a burlesque house. Voices: Tress MacNeille, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Rodney Dangerfield is the voice of Mr. Burns' illegitimate son, who irritates Burns with his lack of social graces. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright.
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Moe turns Homer into a prizefighter, who meets the champ in a bout called by ring announcer Michael Buffer. Other voices: Paul Winfield, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Pamela Hayden, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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In an idyllic planned community, Homer works for a new boss who has trouble with the government. Meanwhile, the rest of the family has difficulty dealing with the bucolic burg.
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A Halloween trilogy. This time, Bart meets his "pure evil" Siamese twin; Lisa's science project attacks Bart; aliens Kang and Kodos invade Clinton and Dole's replicas just before the 1996 Presidential election.
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On vacation, Lisa plays dumb to make friends with the "cool" kids, leaving a jealous Bart all burned up, with Milhouse as his only comrade. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Hank Azaria.
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Homer goes on tour with Hullabalooza, a rock concert featuring sideshow acts. His talent: catching a cannonball with his belly. Cameos include Peter Frampton, Smashing Pumpkins, Cypress Hill and Sonic Youth.
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Marge and Homer support a proposal to deport illegal immigrants from Springfield---until they learn it would affect Apu, who buys fraudulent identification documents from Fat Tony (voice of Joe Mantegna).
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Mr. Burns tries to kill Grampa Simpson to seize a treasure the two found during World War II as members of the "Flying Hellfish" battalion. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria.
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Interconnecting vignettes depict moments in the lives of Springfield residents, including Apu's partying activities; Smithers' allergic reaction to a bee sting; and Dr. Nick's appearance before a medical review board.
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Bart drives Milhouse, Martin and Nelson to Tennessee, thanks to his fake ID and Martin's cash from a stock dividend. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor.
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Selma dates Troy McClure, whose agent (voice of Jeff Goldblum) reports that being seen in public with a woman is a career boost that could make people forget “that scandal at the aquarium.”
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Bart wants justice done after learning that the animator (voice of Kirk Douglas) who created Itchy was ripped off. Lionel Hutz takes the animator's case. Other voices: William Hickey, Alex Rocco, Suzanne Somers.
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Homer succumbs to job stress while subbing for Smithers as Burns' assistant. Voices: Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Lisa's research on Jebediah Springfield turns up some unknown---and unpopular---facts. Donald Sutherland is a guest voice as the curator of the Springfield Historical Society. Other voices: Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Phil Hartman.
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Bart inadvertently alerts the IRS to tax fraud by Krusty, whose possessions are auctioned off by the Government. Bob Newhart has a cameo. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer.
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Marge's new designer suit nets her an invitation to the Springfield Country Club, where she finds it's a stress to dress to impress. Meanwhile, "natural" golfer Homer hits the links with Mr. Burns.
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Homer is irked by his new neighbors, former President and Mrs. Bush, especially when Mr. Bush gives Bart a spanking and criticizes Homer's parenting. Voices: Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille, Dan Castellaneta.
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Team Homer
Season 7, Episode 12
Homer, Moe, Apu and Otto form a bowling team; Bart's prank leads Springfield Elementary to adopt school uniforms. Voices: Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Julie Kavner.
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Busted for shopliting, Bart manages to keep the incident quiet---until he returns to the store for the Simpsons' Christmas portrait. And the news is devastating to Marge. Voices: Tress MacNeille, Julie Kavner, Scott McDonald.
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Troy McClure hosts a retrospective featuring Simpsons history and trivia, and series "outtakes," including an alternate ending to the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" episode and a burping contest between Barney and baseball's Wade Boggs.
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Sideshow Bob (voice of Kelsey Grammer) steals an atomic bomb and demands that Springfield abolish television. Other voices: Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta.
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Homer comes face-to-face with his long-lost mother (voice of Glenn Close)---who reveals why she abandoned him. Other voices: Harry Morgan, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria.
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Homer purposely gains weight to qualify for disability, disdaining Marge's complaints and the fact that she's losing interest in him physically. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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Halloween 1996: Homer tumbles into another dimension in a story spun off “The Twilight Zone”; Paul Anka helps combat the “Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores”; and Groundskeeper Willie appears in a spoof of “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”
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Vegetarian Lisa ruins Homer's barbecue, but she gets moral support from Apu and his friends, Paul and Linda McCartney. Other voices: Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for five bucks; Moe goes after the family crowd. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Innocent mishaps draw the attention of investigators, who put the Simpson kids in a foster home---the Flanders'. Voices include Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Maggie Roswell, Nancy Cartwright.
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Bart auditions for the part of Fallout Boy in the movie "Radioactive Man," being filmed in Springfield. Mickey Rooney has a cameo. Other voices: Pamela Hayden, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer.
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Conclusion. Chief Wiggum conducts an investigation into who shot Mr. Burns in an episode that parodies TV dramas, including "Dallas," "Twin Peaks" and "The Fugitive." Voices: Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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"America's Most Wanted"host John Walsh examines "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" Included: profiles of the possible suspects, their motives and the changing Las Vegas odds on each.
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Mr. Burns makes many enemies when he steals the oil discovered beneath Springfield Elementary. Part 1 of two. Voices: Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner.
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Springfield boys try to recapture the town's beloved lemon tree after it's stolen. Voices include Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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Marge joins the police force after thwarting a criminal, and Homer thinks he now has a free ride as a cop's spouse. Voices include Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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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, who recounts his big break on "The Tonight Show." Voices: Steve Allen, Yeardley Smith, Ron Taylor, Phil Hartman.
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Bart helps precipitate a teachers strike, but he rues his handiwork when Marge takes over for Mrs. Krabapple. Voices: Julie Kavner, Marcia Wallace, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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The Simpson household's overrun with puppies---the offspring of Santa's Little Helper and his new girlfriend from which Mr. Burns would love to make a greyhound-skin tuxedo. Voices include Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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A fortuneteller predicts Lisa's engagement and wedding to a fellow student (Mandy Patinkin) from an upper-crust British family. Voices include Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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Film critic Jay Sherman (Jon Lovitz) is among the judges at the Springfield Film Festival, which Mr. Burns conspires to win by bribing some judges. Other voices include Harry Shearer, Phil Hartman, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner.
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A loan from Patty and Selma makes Homer their slave; Bart is forced to take ballet. Voice cameos: Susan Sarandon, Mel Brooks. Other voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer.
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After tricking an Australian boy into accepting a collect call, Bart flies Down Under to apologize. Voices: Phil Hartman, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Homer graduates from Krusty's Clown College and becomes a target for the clown's bookie. Voices include Dick Cavett, Johnny Unitas, Joe Mantegna, Harry Shearer, John Castellaneta.
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A comet is hurtling toward Springfield, so the Simpsons take refuge in a bomb shelter---Flanders'. Voices include Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner.
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Homer recalls his days as a debt-free dad of two---until Marge got pregnant with Maggie. Voices include Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer becomes the leader of a secret club, but his power is undermined by a "spiritual emptiness." Voices include Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Marge sees a psychiatrist (Anne Bancroft) to explore her fear of flying and learns that her father may be the key. Other voices include Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright.
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Grandpa's homemade tonic puts life back in the Simpson bedroom, so he and Homer hit the road to sell the stuff. Voices include Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer.
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A baby sitter accuses Homer of sexual harassment. Dennis Franz has a voice cameo. Other voices include Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden.
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Lisa's surprising ability at hockey spawns jealousy in Bart and a showdown when their teams meet. Voices include Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta.
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Bart learns that the good Rev. Lovejoy's daughter (voice of Meryl Streep) is really bad. Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Frightfest '94: Lack of beer and cable TV make Homer a crazed killer; the present is altered by a time-traveling Homer; and Principal Skinner turns detention students into food. Voices include Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.
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Mayor Quimby pardons attempted murderer Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer), who then runs against Quimby for mayor. Other voices include Larry King and Dr. Demento, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Marge makes Homer promise not to embarrass her when they visit Itchy & Scratchy Land, "the violentest place on earth." Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta.
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A family discussion of love yields stories (seen in flashbacks) that all end in heartbreak. Voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Lisa is dumbfounded by a new classmate who's younger, smarter and her competitor for first-chair sax. Meanwhile, Homer tries to profit after a truck spills its load of sugar.
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The Simpsons get a pool, but a broken leg sinks the summer for Bart. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.
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Homer teaches a class on “Secrets of a Successful Marriage,” but sharing secrets about his own union gets him kicked out of the house. Voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Grandpa Simpson falls for Marge's mother, but loses out to a competitor; Bart gets ripped off shopping at home with Homer's credit card.
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Bart can clear Mayor Quimby's nephew of a charge of battery, but only by implicating himself as a hooky player. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria.
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Bart takes his dog to school, which gets Skinner fired, which in turn leaves Bart missing his archnemesis. Voices: Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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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. Harry Shearer, Phil Hartman, Julie Kavner.
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Bart wins an elephant, but Homer won't let him keep it. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith.
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Flanders' extra ticket to the big game makes him Homer's new best friend, a role that sorely tests Flanders' patience. Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright.
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Homer and Barney compete to be the first "average" American in space. Buzz Aldrin and James Taylor have cameos. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner.
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Lisa's outrage over the gender stereotypes reinforced by a new talking doll prompts her to confront the dollmaker (Kathleen Turner). Yeardley Smith, Pamela Hayden, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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Homer accompanies Apu to the Kwik-E-Mart home office---in India---after Apu is fired. James Woods has a voice cameo. Other voices: Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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When an on-air remark catapults Bart to instant stardom, he finds that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be. Conan O'Brien has a cameo. Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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Homer leads a vigilante group to catch the Springfield Cat Burglar (voice of Sam Neill), who then robs the museum. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.
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Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart's casino for kids. Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart's casino for kids. Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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Homer is attracted to a pretty power-plant worker (voice of Michelle Pfeiffer), and Werner Klemperer speaks for the guardian angel who helps Homer fight temptation. Other voices: Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.
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Bart joins the Junior Campers, which isn't all bad until he goes on a rafting trip that includes Flanders and "celebrity dad" Ernest Borgnine. Other voices: Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Pamela Hayden.
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Springfield emulates Bart after he's praised by a self-help guru. James Brown has a cameo at Springfield's Do What You Want festival.
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Marge's wild night out with neighbor Ruth (Pamela Reed) includes running from the police in Ruth's car, stolen from her ex.
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Homer sells his soul; Vampire Burns invites the Simpsons for dinner; Bart sees a gremlin damaging his school bus.
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Rosebud
Season 5, Episode 4
Burns longs for a childhood toy that winds up in the grip of Maggie. The Ramones have a cameo. Voices: Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer takes Nuclear Physics 101 at the local college, where he gets a trio of nerdy tutors expelled for extracurricular activities. Voices: Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner.
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The Simpsons go incognito to avoid the newly paroled Sideshow Bob, who's out to get Bart. Other voices: Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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Homer recalls when he, Apu, Barney and Principal Skinner became recording icons---after Barney replaced Chief Wiggum, on the advice of their manager. George Harrison and David Crosby have cameos.
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Johnny Carson, Bette Midler, Luke Perry, Hugh Hefner and the Red Hot Chili Peppers help Krusty when his show is canceled after a new star causes his ratings to plummet. Barry White has a cameo.
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Lionel Hutz represents Marge after Apu catches her accidentally taking an item from his store. David Crosby has a cameo. Other voices: Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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Barry White helps Lisa's effort to save snakes from Whacking Day. And, Bart is expelled from Springfield Elementary. Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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The Front
Season 4, Episode 19
Lisa and Bart write an Itchy and Scratchy episode; Homer makes up a missing high-school credit. Brooke Shields has a cameo. Other voices: Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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Bart's prank hospitalizes Homer, whose life flashes by (in past clips) before he goes into a coma. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Union president Homer fights to keep the dental plan. Dr. Joyce Brothers has a cameo. Other voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith.
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Duffless
Season 4, Episode 16
Homer goes on the wagon after a drunken-driving arrest; Lisa's science project pits Bart's brain against a hamster's. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer.
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Chief Wiggum's son has a crush on Lisa after she gives him a Valentine out of pity. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta.
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Homer's neglect sends Bart looking for a new father; Lisa battles addiction to a "Springfield Heights, 90210" star. Voices: Phil Hartman, Tress MacNeille, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright.
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After Selma receives a videotaped warning about dying alone, she wants a baby. Voices: Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Phil Hartman.
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Leonard Nimoy is among the first to ride Springfield's new monorail, opposed by Marge. Phil Hartman plays the monorail salesman. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer.
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Homer sees a discount doctor for a coronary bypass. Voices: Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.
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Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor) speaks, but not before the story of Lisa's first word is recalled, as well as how the 1984 Soviet Olympic boycott hurt Krusty. Other voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta.
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Adam West and Linda Ronstadt have cameos as Homer and Barney become competitors in the snow-plowing business. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright.
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Sara Gilbert plays a new neighbor who captures---and breaks---Bart's heart; Homer sues after a restaurant denies him “all you can eat.” Pamela Reed plays the girl's mother.
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Burns tries to please a new employee---Marge---with singer Tom Jones. Meanwhile, Bart cries "wolf" too often. Other voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Marcia Wallace.
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Bart is punished by being barred from the Itchy and Scratchy movie. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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A Halloween trilogy includes a murderous Krusty doll; a "King Kong" parody; an invasion of zombies unleashed by Bart's incantation. Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner.
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Lisa meets Bob Hope (who has a voice cameo) when she becomes Little Miss Springfield, a title she inherits after the winner's struck by lightning. Other voices: Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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Homer decides to skip church permanently, and God gives His OK in Homer's dream. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith.
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Marge is cast in a version of "A Streetcar Named Desire," playing Blanche to Ned Flanders' Stanley. Jon Lovitz provides the voice for director Llewelyn Sinclair. Other voices: Julie Kavner, Phil Hartman, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Bart leads an uprising at Krusty's summer camp after he and Lisa are subjected to a Dickensian sweatshop. Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer's stepbrother asks for a loan after Homer is awarded some cash, presented by Smokin' Joe Frazier. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Bart resents Milhouse's new girlfriend; Homer gets the wrong subliminal tape, which has him gaining vocabulary, not losing weight. Voices include Kimmy Robertson, Pamela Hayden, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Phil Hartman.
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Spinal Tap hits Springfield, and Otto the bus driver hits the skids after being fired, taking refuge in the Simpsons' garage.
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Bart suspects something rotten when Selma gets engaged to Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer). Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta.
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Marge fears a cheatin' heart when a waitress-country singer asks Homer to be her manager. Voices: Beverly D'Angelo, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Santa's Little Helper notices resentment after the Simpsons make sacrifices to fund his life-saving operation. Voices: Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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The results from their aptitude tests cause Bart and Lisa to make 180-degree turns in their behavior. Steve Allen has a voiceover. Other voices: Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Burns hires Major League ringers for the plant softball championship. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright.
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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. Voices: Marcia Wallace, Nancy Cartwright.
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A stressed Marge vacations alone, leaving Bart and Lisa with Patty and Selma, and Maggie with Homer---until she leaves in search of Marge.
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From 1992: Lisa's ability to pick winning football teams kicks off a strong bond with Homer---which might end with the upcoming Super Bowl. Voices: Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Phil Hartman.
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Radio Bart
Season 3, Episode 13
Bart fools the town into thinking there's a little boy trapped in a well. Sting performs "We're Sending Our Love down the Well." Other voices: Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta.
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A trip down memory lane to the early days of Simpson wedded bliss, when Marge was with child and Homer was without a job. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright.
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Burns sells the power plant to a German corporation that doesn't care for Homer's approach to his work. Voices: Harry Shearer, Phil Hartman, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Homer's new drink makes Moe's hot enough to draw Aerosmith, who perform "Walk This Way." Other voices: Catherine O'Hara, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta.
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When Homer helps Bart build a soapbox racer, it does little for the car but a lot for their relationship. Voices: Dan Castellanetta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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From 1991: After disappointing Lisa, Homer buys her a pony, solving one problem, but creating others, requiring a second job---at Apu's Quik-e-Mart. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria.
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Halloween, 1991: Maggie uses one of three wishes; a mind-reading Bart rules Springfield; Homer donates his brain to Mr. Burns' science project.
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Bart and Lisa use theological arguments to try to reunite Krusty the Clown and his rabbi father (Jackie Mason), who disowned Krusty when he turned from rabbi to clown. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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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. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer.
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While working for Fat Tony (Joe Mantegna), Bart gains enough influence with his boss to solve his problems with Principal Skinner---perhaps permanently. Neil Patrick Harris has a voice cameo. Other voices: Nancy Cartwright, Phil Hartman, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Flanders suffers a failure after Homer wishes him ill. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Lisa's essay wins the Simpsons a trip to Washington, D.C., where her faith in democracy is shaken by her unethical Congressman. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright.
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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. Voices include Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith.
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Blood Feud
Season 2, Episode 22
From 1991: After Bart's blood saves Burns, Homer sends his boss a nasty letter for falling short of the material gratitude that Homer expected. Voices: Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Bart earns less than he expected doing chores for a neighbor (Cloris Leachman), so he goes partners with Milhouse and Martin on a rare comic book. Other voices: Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright.
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Homer and Marge attend a marriage retreat, where Homer catches a legendary fish---and maybe more. Voices: Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Marcia Wallace.
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Lisa finds that Homer pales in comparison with her substitute teacher, as does Bart with his opponent for class president. Voices: Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Marcia Wallace, Nancy Cartwright.
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From 1991: Ringo Starr has a cartoon cameo as Marge gets to paint a portrait of Mr. Burns. Other voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright.
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Old Money
Season 2, Episode 17
Grandpa Simpson loses his love, leaving him with a heavy heart---and a heavy wallet when his sweetie leaves him money in her will. Voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith.
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Bart's dog is sent to obedience school after he destroys Homer's expensive new sneaks. Tracey Ullman, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright.
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Danny DeVito is the voice of Homer's wealthy long-lost half brother, who makes the mistake of giving Homer an important job. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith.
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Bart benefits when Principal Skinner falls for his Aunt Patty, who has Skinner but doesn't want him, while Aunt Selma has naught but want. Voices: Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Hank Azaria.
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After learning eternal hell is the price for stealing, Lisa decides she'd rather go to heaven than watch pirated cable TV. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Phil Hartman, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta.
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Marge and Homer reveal how they met as they tell a tale of love at first sight (but only for one) and the high-school prom they attended (but not together). Voices: Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer takes to sushi like a fish to water, but an apprentice chef may have given Homer some bad blowfish---and 24 hours to live. Guest voices: Larry King, George Takei. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.
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A lawyer suggests there may be profit in the pain after Bart suffers minor injuries in a collision with Burns' car. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria.
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Marge's protests over cartoon violence lead to a cultural renaissance in Springfield. Voices: Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Maggie Roswell, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith.
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After seeing a daredevil at a truck rally, Bart discovers his reason for living---a career in death defiance. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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On Thanksgiving, Bart runs away after accidentally wrecking Lisa's centerpiece. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner.
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Lisa gives Bart some tips on handling the pressure in a miniature-golf grudge match with a neighbor's son. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner.
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Homer's success as the mascot of Springfield's minor-league ball club earns him a shot at the majors, in Capital City. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer's boss, Burns, wants to be governor to lower nuclear-safety standards to keep his plant on line. Voices: Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria.
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Halloween tales include a family in a haunted house; a misunderstanding with aliens; and a rendition of “The Raven.” Voices include James Earl Jones, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith.
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Homer receives a promotion, a key to the executive washroom and an invaluable secretary (voice of Harvey Fierstein), thanks to a “miracle” hair grower. Other voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
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