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The Simpsons Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1992 - 1993
Episode 1
Kamp Krusty
Thu, Sep 24, 199230 mins
It's the last day of school and bart and Lisa wanna go to Kamp Krusty. While Lisa passes with all her positive grades Bart fails. But Homer allows him to go as the parents want the kids to go. While there excited the Kamp in reality it had nothing to do with Krusty and it was more like military school or hell. With the kids going crazy and taking over the Kamp. Krusty finally comes and reveals they paid him a dump truck of money to use his name. And Krusty brings them to Mexico.
Episode 2
A Streetcar Named Marge
Thu, Oct 1, 199230 mins
After blowing up in Homer's face, Marge is cast as the lead in a musical production with Ned Flanders as her love interest, but the more she plays the part, the madder she gets at Homer; Maggie attempts to retrieve her pacifier from the nanny.
Episode 3
Homer the Heretic
Thu, Oct 8, 199230 mins
Homer decides not to attend church one Sunday and has the time of his life and vows never to return to church again, however one Sunday after falling asleep while smoking a cigar he accidentally sets fire to The Simpsons house, Flanders spots the flames and rescues him, Homer comes to his senses and turns up at church the following Sunday(asleep).
Episode 4
Lisa the Beauty Queen
Thu, Oct 15, 199230 mins
With her self-esteem shattered by a school carnival cartoonist, Homer decides to enter Lisa in a local children's beauty contest, which she ends up winning by default. But when she finds out how heavily involved Laramie Tobacco is in using the contest to sell cigarettes, she uses her position as a platform against the tobacco industry and other establishments of power and corruption.
Episode 5
Treehouse of Horror III
Thu, Oct 29, 199230 mins
In "Clown Without Pity", a Krusty the Clown doll goes berserk in the Simpson home. In "King Homer", Marge is wooed by a giant ape. And final story, In "Dial 'Z' for Zombies", Bart's attempt to bring back the family cat turns the town of Springfield into a pack of bloodthirsty zombies.
Episode 6
Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
Tue, Nov 3, 199230 mins
During Parent-Teacher Night at school, Ms. Krabappel tells Marge she is troubled by Bart's increasingly demonic behavior. She urges Homer and Marge to be more strict with Bart when it comes to discipline. They try out Krabappel's advice when Bart damages Grampa's dentures in his latest household antics and ground him from supper. Bart realizes he needs to change, but when Homer comes into his room with pizza, he decides he can get away with anything. However, Bart eventually presses his luck. One day when he is asked to watch Maggie, she wanders off and knocks the car in gear, crashing it into Springfield Prison (resulting in a massive jailbreak). This time, Homer decides he needs to be severe with Bart: He can never watch the soon-to-open "The Itchy and Scratchy Movie," a movie that has seen a massive advertising blitz in Springfield. Bart forlornly watches a long line for the movie extend past his house, and as the months pass, he finally realizes he needs to change. Homer tells him that through proper discipline, anything is possible - even Krabappel's earlier remark that Bart could one day become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In the closing tag (set 40 years into the future), Homer and Bart watch "The Itchy and Scratchy Movie" at an oldies theater.
Episode 7
Marge Gets a Job
Thu, Nov 5, 199230 mins
Bart has pulled one prank too many and Mrs. Krabappel accuses him of being the boy who cried 'Wolf!' so it is unfortunate that,when a real wolf escapes from a television studio and attacks him, nobody will believe him. After the house is discovered to need the foundations repaired Marge gets a job at the power plant and attracts the lustful attentions of Monty Burns,who arranges to have Tom Jones sing for her but sacks her when he finds out that she is married.
Episode 8
New Kid on the Block
Thu, Nov 12, 199230 mins
The Winfields, who live next door to the Simpsons, move and are replaced by divorced Ruth Powers and her teen-aged daughter Laura. Bart enjoys it when Laura baby-sits for him and his sisters and develops a crush on her. When he finds out that she is dating Jimbo Jones he makes a prank call to Moe's Tavern, pretending to be Jimbo who is frightened off by Moe and rejected by Laura, who says she would date Bart were he older. After unsuccessfully trying to sue Captain McAllister's restaurant and its All-You-Can-Eat boast Homer becomes a living advertisement for the place as Bottomless Pete: Nature's Cruellest Mistake.
Episode 9
Mr. Plow
Thu, Nov 19, 199230 mins
Homer buys a truck with an attached snow plow after he destroys his car, and to pay for it, he starts a snow shoveling business, calling himself Mr. Plow. It all goes off without a hitch, until he finds himself in competition with The Plow King, a.k.a. Barney Gumbel. Now begins the winter of discontent.
Episode 10
Lisa's First Word
Thu, Dec 3, 199230 mins
While trying to coax Maggie into saying her first word, Homer and Marge talk about how Lisa spoke hers.
Episode 11
Homer's Triple Bypass
Thu, Dec 17, 199230 mins
Years of poor eating habits catch up with Homer when he suffers a massive heart attack, but the family can't afford the triple bypass operation he needs.
Episode 12
Marge vs. the Monorail
Thu, Jan 14, 199330 mins
After receiving a considerable donation of money, Springfield builds a monorail system with Homer as the conductor, unaware they've just boarded a one-way train to Hell.
Episode 13
Selma's Choice
Thu, Jan 21, 199330 mins
Selma starts to feel broody, but after taking Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens, she changes her mind.
Episode 14
Brother from the Same Planet
Thu, Feb 4, 199330 mins
After Homer forgets to pick up Bart from soccer practice, Bart joins a mentor program called Big Brothers presenting himself as an orphan, and is assigned a big brother called Tom. When Homer finds out, he joins the program too as a big brother.
Episode 15
I Love Lisa
Thu, Feb 11, 199330 mins
Feeling sorry for Ralph, Lisa sends him a Valentine card. Having developed a crush on her, Ralph invites Lisa to go see the Krusty the Clown show. She accepts but after Krusty asks them if they are boyfriend and girlfriend, Lisa lets Ralph know that she just wants them to be friends.
Episode 16
Duffless
Thu, Feb 18, 199330 mins
Homer gets barred from driving and forced to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. He decides to use Lisa's bike but only falls off and gets bombarded with bottles from the Duff balloon. However he eventually keeps his promise to Marge to stay Duffless for thirty days and they cycle off into the sunset. Lisa proves that a hamster is more intelligent than Bart in the run up to displaying their science projects but he ultimately upstages her by flying the hamster around the class in a miniature plane.
Episode 17
Last Exit to Springfield
Thu, Mar 11, 199330 mins
Mr. Burns revokes the dental plan from the power plant's union contract, and when Homer realizes that he'll now have to pay for Lisa's new braces, he leads the power plant employees on a strike, while Mr. Burns struggles to put an end to the rioting.
Episode 18
So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
Thu, Apr 1, 199330 mins
While Homer recovers in hospital from Bart's disastrous April Fool's Day prank, the family reminiscences over earlier hardships.
Episode 19
The Front
Thu, Apr 15, 199330 mins
After watching a particularly tame Itchy and Scratchy show Lisa and Bart send one of their own scripts to the studio but it is rejected as they under age so they write some more and get Grandpa to say that he is the author. As a result Grandpa wins an award but at the presentation ceremony is horrified to see one of the cartoons for the first time. Homer,meanwhile,has to attend night school after it is discovered that he never actually graduated.
Episode 20
Whacking Day
Thu, Apr 29, 199330 mins
Marge teaches Bart at home after Skinner expels him. Lisa is horrified to find that it is Whacking Day,when Springfield citizens beat snakes to death so,helped by Barry White,she and Bart rescue the snakes by directing them to the Simpsons' house. Bart discovers that the real origin of Whacking Day was to beat up Irishman,a fact which impresses Skinner who lets him back in the school.
Episode 21
Marge in Chains
Thu, May 6, 199330 mins
A misunderstanding leads to Marge being imprisoned for shoplifting, with her absence soon descending the family, and eventually, the town into chaos.
Episode 22
Krusty Gets Kancelled
Thu, May 13, 199330 mins
A massive week-long advertising blitz declaring "Gabbo" to be coming. Gabbo turns out to be a ventriloquist dummy whose show airs directly opposite the Krusty the Clown show. Having beaten off hordes of competition before, Krusty laughs off the threat, but while Gabbo's star rises, Krusty's falls. His show is unceremoniously canceled. Broke, obese, and desperate for work, he turns to Bart and Lisa for help. Eventually they persuade many of Krusty's celebrity friends (Johnny Carson, Bette Midler, Hugh Hefner, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and his half-brother Luke Perry) to join him in a TV comeback special.
