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The Simpsons Season 15 Episodes
Season 15 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2003 - 2004
Episode 1
Treehouse of Horror XIV
Tue, Nov 4, 200330 mins
First, Homer kills the Grim Reaper and takes his place in Reaper Madness. Then, Professor Frink's father is revived, only to kill people and steal their organs in Frinkenstein. Finally, Bart and Milhouse get a stop watch that can stop time in Stop the World, I Want To Goof Off.
Episode 2
My Mother the Carjacker
Sun, Nov 9, 200330 mins
Following up a cryptic message in the newspaper Homer meets up with his mother, who has returned to Springfield in disguise to catch up on all the years they missed together. Although she is subsequently arrested the jury acquit her of all crimes, which infuriates Burns, still unforgiving of her sabotage of his germ warfare plant forty years earlier and who has her arrested on a minor charge of using false names to get into national parks. Homer hi-jacks the bus taking her to prison and, after faking her death, Mother Simpson escapes, leaving another cryptic message to notify Homer that she is safe.
Episode 3
The President Wore Pearls
Sun, Nov 16, 200330 mins
In a loose - and acknowledged - take on 'Evita' Lisa becomes the students' president,undergoing a glamorous make-over in the process. However Skinner uses her as a scapegoat in order to trim various subjects from the school curriculum and on discovering this and persuading the kids that she has been used, Lisa leads them out on strike. The strike is supported by other unions - and Michael Moore,who comes to give advice - and,after an attempt to move Lisa to another school thwarted by Homer,the subjects are reinstated.
Episode 4
The Regina Monologues
Sun, Nov 23, 200330 mins
The Simpsons visit London, where Grampa hopes to meet his old sweetheart Edwina. Confused by the London traffic system, Homer accidentally rams Queen Elizabeth II's coach and gets put in the Tower of London. Escaping through a secret tunnel he ends up in the Queen's bedroom but she agrees to let him go back to America as long as he takes Madonna with him. At the airport, Grampa finally meets Edwina and her daughter - who looks and sounds a lot like Homer.
Episode 5
The Fat and the Furriest
Sun, Nov 30, 200330 mins
Homer is attacked at the dump by a grizzly bear. He is mocked for his fear of the bear and develops a phobia of bears in general,even cuddly toy ones. Grampa persuades him that the only cure is to confront the bear - which Homer does,discovering that the bear is angry because of an electric prod in his ear. When Homer removes it the two become friends and Homer helps the bear escape to an animal sanctuary.
Episode 6
Today, I Am a Clown
Sun, Dec 7, 200330 mins
Krusty learns that he did not have a bar-mitzvah as a boy because he was considered too disruptive, so he plans to have one as an adult. Whilst he is studying for it Homer replaces his television show with a panel game, which is initially successful but then bombs. To restore ratings it is suggested that Krusty have a glitzy, televised, bar-mitzvah with guest star Mr. T. but, sensing his father's disapproval, Krusty opts for a more traditional one.
Episode 7
'Tis the Fifteenth Season
Tue, Dec 16, 200330 mins
After watching 'Mr. McGrew's Christmas Carol' on TV Homer decides to mend his selfish ways and do good things for the townsfolk as Christmas approaches. Usurped as the nicest guy in Springfield, Ned becomes jealous and the two vie to claim the title. After Lisa, a Buddhist, has told Homer that people do not need presents he goes around stealing them in the manner of the Grinch but is eventually forced to put them back.
Episode 8
Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays
Sun, Jan 4, 200430 mins
Marge takes Maggie to a concert of every baby's hero Roofi. Because of the terrible weather and the fact there have been way too many concert cards sold, the concert ends in a riot. Because the people of Springfield have to pay a million dollars to pay for the damage, SSCCATAGAPP (Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples And Teens And Gays Against Parasitic Parents) is established. The group wants to remove everything that makes Springfield child-friendly. When she learns there's no talking to the leader of SSCCATAGAPP, Marge starts her own group, protecting the rights of children.
Episode 9
I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot
Sun, Jan 11, 200430 mins
Snowball II dies and Marge takes Lisa to a shelter to find a new cat. Unfortunately, the new cat dies as well. Marge and Lisa return to the shelter to, again, find a new cat. Meanwhile Homer wants Bart to be proud of him and tries to make a robot so he and Bart can fight robot wars together. When it becomes clear he can't built a robot, Homer pretends to be a fighting robot.
Episode 10
Diatribe of a Mad Housewife
Sun, Jan 25, 200430 mins
After he gets fired at the plant, Homer gets a job as a car salesman. There he comes across an old ambulance and decides to become an ambulance driver. Not hindered by any medical knowledge Homer starts his new job. Marge also found a new pastime: writing. She writes a book and manages to get it published. It's the talk of the town, not in the least because the book's not very flattering about Homer and suggests a love connection between Flanders and Marge.
Episode 11
Margical History Tour
Sun, Feb 8, 200430 mins
Marge tells Bart, Lisa, and Milhouse history tales for their school reports because of the library's low standard. The first story, "Henry VIII", depicts Homer as Henry VIII, who marries several women to get the son who can take over the kingdom when he dies. In the second story, "Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea", Lisa is Sacagawea, a native American who is assigned to help President Thomas Jefferson's men to find the west coast. In the last story, "Mozart and Salieri", Bart is Mozart, a successful young composer, whose little sister Salieri is very jealous at Mozart's success.
Episode 12
Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Sun, Feb 15, 200430 mins
Milhouse's mother gets a job in Capitol City and takes Milhouse with her. Bart feels really bad about this and tries to find a new best friend. When Ralph doesn't fit the bill he and Lisa become best friends. It's weird but satisfying to both of them. Homer, who's at Moe's, realizes he hasn't got an anniversary gift for Marge yet. When he's outside (and totally drunk) he sits on the sidewalk and a woman gives him some money. He starts dancing and more people give him money. This gives Homer an idea to raise the money needed to buy Marge beautiful gifts.
Episode 13
Smart & Smarter
Sun, Feb 22, 200430 mins
After a quarrel with Dr. Hibbert, Homer decides to enlist Maggie for a pre-nursery school. Maggie doesn't get tested because she can't talk. Back home Lisa discovers Maggie can make words and the family goes back to the pre-nursery school. This time Maggie passes the test gloriously and turns out to have an IQ of 167. This is more than Lisa's IQ (159) which makes her unsure about her identity.
Episode 14
The Ziff Who Came to Dinner
Tue, Mar 16, 200430 mins
Homer takes Bart and Lisa (along with Rod and Todd) to see a horror film at the local multiplex. Traumatised, Bart and Lisa believe the attic to be haunted but, it turns out to be Artie Ziff whose been hiding there after becoming bankrupt. Homer and Marge reluctantly allow him to stay with the family.
Episode 15
Co-Dependent's Day
Sun, Mar 21, 200430 mins
After seeing lousy film 'Cosmic Wars', which they were looking forward to for a long time, Bart and Lisa want to let the director know the new movie sucked. A complaint letter gets ignored and Bart and Lisa want to personally speak to the director. Because he lives in the neighborhood of a winery Homer and Marge agree. While Bart and Lisa talk to the director, Homer and Marge discover alcohol brings them together and make a habit of drinking wine and getting drunk together.
Episode 16
The Wandering Juvie
Sun, Mar 28, 200430 mins
Bart plays a prank on the entire city when he invites everybody for a fake wedding and takes all the gifts so he can return them for store credit. Chief Wiggum catches him and Bart is sent to jail. In jail Bart meets Gina Vendetti who escapes with Bart. Gradually, Gina and Bart get to know and understand each other.
Episode 17
My Big Fat Geek Wedding
Sun, Apr 18, 200430 mins
Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabapple are going to marry. At his bachelor party Skinner admits having cold feet about the wedding. Mrs. Krabapple notices this at the wedding and she runs away. She finds new love in Comic Book Guy while Skinner, helped by Homer, does his best to win her back. Things all climax at a sci-fi convention where Comic Book Guy plans to marry Mrs. Krabapple and Skinner - disguised as Catwoman - tries to prevent this.
Episode 18
Catch 'Em If You Can
Sun, Apr 25, 200430 mins
Marge and Homer decide not to go to Dayton, Ohio, to celebrate Uncle Tyrone's birthday. In stead they go to Miami to enjoy a vacation without the children. When Bart and Lisa find out they are insulted and decide to chase their parents so they cannot enjoy their vacation without children.
Episode 19
Simple Simpson
Sun, May 2, 200430 mins
After the Texan millionaire mocks Lisa's entry at the fair Homer,disguised in a mask and cape,throws a pie in his face and becomes an avenging super-hero,putting pies in the face of those who deserve to be punished. However he is unmasked by Burns who threatens to expose him unless he pies the visiting Dalai Lama and has to be helped over his crisis of conscience by Lisa.
Episode 20
The Way We Weren't
Sun, May 9, 200430 mins
Homer tells the children of his first love at school,a girl who actually turned out to be Marge but whom he failed to recognize because she had burnt her blue hair brown ironing it. Marge takes up the story,explaining that they were to meet for a second date but Homer failed to show. Homer explains it was because he accidentally ended up in Fat Camp and could not escape in time. However each has kept the half of the heart-shaped love token they exchanged as proof of that first meeting.
Episode 21
Bart-Mangled Banner
Sun, May 16, 200430 mins
When a donkey rips Bart's shorts off whilst he is standing in front of a screen exhibiting the American flag, he is erroneously taken to be mooning it and he and the family declared to be unpatriotic and, with them, by definition, Springfield. Quimby changes the town's name to Libertyville but the family is still sent to the Ronald Reagan Rehabilitation Center on Alcatraz. They escape and end up in France, which they quite like but decide to 'emigrate' to the New World and start over.
Episode 22
Fraudcast News
Sun, May 23, 200430 mins
Lisa makes her own newspaper for publishing poems and such, and at the same time Mr Burns decides to buy every media in town to improve his image. In the end Lisa's newspaper is the only media in town not owned by Burns, which inspires the town's inhabitants to create their own newspapers.
