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The Simpsons Season 18 Episodes

22 Episodes 2006 - 2007

Episode-length parodies abound in the 18th season of "The Simpsons." In "Springfield Up" (a spoof of the "Up" documentary series), a filmmaker chronicles Homer's life from childhood to the present day. "Yokel Chords" finds Lisa tutoring seven children á la "The Sound of Music." And "24 Minutes" presents a crossover with another show that was a hit on FOX at the time, as "24" protagonist Jack Bauer (voice of Kiefer Sutherland) deals with a threat in Springfield. In other events, Marge learns how to navigate the Internet and becomes addicted to a computer game, while Bart dates a 16-year-old girl voiced by Natalie Portman.

Episode 1

The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer

Sun, Sep 10, 2006 30 mins

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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Episode 2

Jazzy and the Pussycats

Sun, Sep 17, 2006 30 mins

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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Episode 3

Please Homer Don't Hammer 'Em

Sun, Sep 24, 2006 30 mins

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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Episode 4

Treehouse of Horror XVII

Sun, Nov 5, 2006 30 mins

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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Episode 5

G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)

Sun, Nov 12, 2006 30 mins

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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Episode 6

Moe'N'a Lisa

Sun, Nov 19, 2006 30 mins

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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Episode 7

Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)

Sun, Nov 26, 2006 30 mins

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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Episode 8

The Haw-Hawed Couple

Sun, Dec 10, 2006 30 mins

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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Episode 9

Kill Gil, Volumes I & II

Sun, Dec 17, 2006 30 mins

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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Episode 10

The Wife Aquatic

Sun, Jan 7, 2007 30 mins

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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Episode 11

Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times

Sun, Jan 28, 2007 30 mins

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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Episode 12

Little Big Girl

Sun, Feb 11, 2007 30 mins

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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Episode 13

Springfield Up

Sun, Feb 18, 2007 30 mins

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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Episode 14

Yokel Chords

Sun, Mar 4, 2007 30 mins

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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Episode 15

Rome-Old and Juli-Eh

Sun, Mar 11, 2007 30 mins

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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Episode 16

Homerazzi

Sun, Mar 25, 2007 30 mins

After a celebrity scandal is accidentally 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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Episode 17

Marge Gamer

Sun, Apr 22, 2007 30 mins

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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Episode 18

The Boys of Bummer

Sun, Apr 29, 2007 30 mins

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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Episode 19

Crook and Ladder

Sun, May 6, 2007 30 mins

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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Episode 20

Stop! Or My Dog Will Shoot!

Sun, May 13, 2007 30 mins

The Simpsons' pooch, Santa's Little Helper, becomes a police dog. Stephen Hawking has a cameo as himself.

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Episode 21

24 Minutes

Sun, May 20, 2007 30 mins

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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Episode 22

You Kent Always Say What You Want

Sun, May 20, 2007 30 mins

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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