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|image= [[File:Season 25 iTunes logo.png|250px]]
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|original run= September 29, [[2013]] – May 18, [[2014]]
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|episodes= 22
 
|previous= [[Season 24|24]]
 
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'''Season 25''' is the next season that is set to air from fall [[2013]] to spring 2014. If ''The Simpsons'' is not picked up for another season, this season will be the final season of ''The Simpsons''. The first table read for the season was on March 7, 2013.<ref>http://wp.me/p1IXQ4-Av</ref>
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'''Season 25''' of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is the season that aired during the {{W|2013–14 United States network television schedule}}. It began on September 29, [[2013]] with "[[Homerland]]" and ended on May 18, [[2014]] with "[[The Yellow Badge of Cowardge]]".
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Shortly before the season's second episode, the show was renewed for a [[Season 26|twenty-sixth season]].<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-simpsons/fox-extends-yellow-streak-with-record-setting-26th-season-pick-up-of-the-simpson/10151913331318656 The Simpsons Facebook page]</ref> The first table read for the season was on March 7, 2013.<ref>http://wp.me/p1IXQ4-Av</ref> This season premiered on September 29, 2013 with the episode "[[Homerland]]" and ended on May 18, [[2014]] with "[[The Yellow Badge of Cowardge]]".
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No new episodes from this season aired during February [[2014]] due to the transmission of the {{W|Super Bowl XLVIII}}, {{W|2014 Winter Olympics|The 2014 Winter Olympic Games}} in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]], {{W|2014 Daytona 500|the 2014 Daytona 500}} in {{W|Florida}} and the {{W|86th Academy Awards}}.<ref name="LedesmaFebruary2014">[https://twitter.com/mxedtr/status/421748086629605376 Simpsons will be OFF after 1/26/14 - Chris Ledesma's Twitter]</ref> But the show returned on March 9, [[2014]].<ref name="LedesmaFebruary2014"/>
  
 
== Episodes ==
 
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{{TB|September 29, 2013<ref name="FutonSep29">[http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/08/01/get-ready-for-star-filled-animation-domination-sundays-this-fall-on-fox-896005/20130801fox06/ The Futon Critic - Get Ready for Star-Filled "Animation Domination" Sundays This Fall on FOX]</ref>}}
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{{TB|[[Bob Anderson]]}}
{{TB|[[Stephanie Gillis]]<ref name="Twitter Season 25 premiere">[https://twitter.com/mxedtr/status/367741360238891010/photo/1 pic.twitter.com/X3MQAWXn3K Chris Ledesma's TwitPic]</ref>}}
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{{TCsT|Homer starts to act strangely polite after returning from a nuclear power plant convention, prompting a suspicious Lisa to ask an intense FBI agent to help her solve this mystery.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/15/the-simpsons-kristen-wiig/ InsideTV - 'The Simpsons': Kristen Wiig to guest as FBI agent -- EXCLUSIVE]</ref>
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{{TCsT|Homer starts to act strangely polite after returning from a nuclear power plant convention, prompting a suspicious Lisa to ask an intense FBI agent to help her solve this mystery.
  
Guest starring [[Kristen Wiig]] as an FBI agent.|7|color=white}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Kristen Wiig]] as [[Annie Crawford]] and [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] as {{ap|FBI agent|Homerland 1}}.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TCsT|color=white|The “Treehouse Of Horror XXIV” episode dives into three tales – “Oh The Places You’ll D’oh,” “Dead and Shoulders,and “Freaks no Geeks.
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{{TCsT|color=white|The "Treehouse Of Horror XXIV" episode dives into three tales – "Oh The Places You'll D'oh," "Dead and Shoulders," and "Freaks no Geeks."
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"Oh The Places You'll D'oh"
  
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"Oh The Places You'll D'oh" is a spin on a "rhyming Dr. Seuss-ian tale." But instead of "The Cat in The Hat," Homer plays "The Fat in The Hat" and wreaks havoc on the poor town of Springfield.
  
“Oh The Places You’ll D’oh” is a spin on a “rhyming Dr. Seuss-ian tale.” But instead of “The Cat in The Hat,” Homer plays “The Fat in The Hat” and wreaks havoc on the poor town of Springfield.
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"Dead and Shoulders" certainly isn't a spin on the hair product "Head & Shoulders." In this "spine-tingling" tale, Bart is involved in a horrifying kite accident ... that leaves him beheaded. But Bart isn't dead and gone. Instead his head is attached to Lisa's body and the two siblings "must live together as one."
  
“Dead and Shoulders” certainly isn’t a spin on the hair product “Head & Shoulders.” In this “spine-tingling” tale, Bart is involved in a horrifying kite accident … that leaves him beheaded. But Bart isn’t dead and gone. Instead his head is attached to Lisa’s body and the two siblings “must live together as one.”
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"Freaks no Geeks"
  
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The circus is coming to town in this "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" story. Set in Springfieldland in the 1930s, the Burnsum and Bailey Circus (Mr. Burns' traveling circus) has stopped into town. Starring trapeze artist Marge and Strong Man Homer, the circus is anything but a joyous event when "circus freak Moe starts to make advances towards Marge."|7}}
  
The circus is coming to town in this “Treehouse of Horror XXIV” story. Set in Springfieldland in the 1930s, the Burnsum and Bailey Circus (Mr. Burns’ traveling circus) has stopped into town. Starring trapeze artist Marge and Strong Man Homer, the circus is anything but a joyous event when “circus freak Moe starts to make advances towards Marge.”|7}}
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Four Springfielders are prompted to try to right past regrets following the funeral of a beloved neighbor. Homer regrets selling his Apple stock to buy a bowling ball, Marge worries she caused Bart's rebellious streak, Mr. Burns reminisces about a romance he gave up with a beautiful Parisian woman and Kent Brockman admits he was too afraid to leave local news and follow his former partner Rachel Maddow (guest appearing as herself) to cable news.  
  
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{{TB|"[[The Man Who Came To Be Dinner]]"<ref>PAu003644040 in the [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First Copyright Database]</ref>}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|The Simpsons go to an amusement park where the lines for the rides are terrible, except for this one rocket called Journey to Your Future. They end up on [[Kang and Kodos]] home planet [[Rigel VII]].<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/News/Simpsons-Space-Al-Jean-1053325.aspx TV Guide.com - Keck's Exclusives: The Simpsons in Space]</ref>|7}}
 
  
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{{TCsT|Gretchen, a woman stuck in an elevator, with Homer gives birth to a baby with Homer's help, which she names Homer, Jr.<ref>[http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/elisabeth-moss-will-guest-star-on-the-simpsons.html Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss Will Guest-Star on The Simpsons Next Fall]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/358682918698233856 Twitter Elizabeth Moss tweet]</ref>
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{{TCsT|Marge encourages Homer to embrace his "You-Only-Live-Once" spirit by inviting an old pen pal to stay with him and cross items off of his "to-do" list from when he was a 10-year old. Meanwhile, Lisa institutes a new honor code at Springfield Elementary.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Llewellyn Sinclair]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|Gretchen, a woman stuck in an elevator, with Homer gives birth to a baby with Homer's help, which she names Homer, Jr. Lisa getting recruited as a cheerleader for the local pro football team.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Elisabeth Moss]] as {{ap|Gretchen|Labor Pains}}.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TCsT|30 years from now, Jenda is dating a crab-like alien creature and … she’s still not getting along with Bart. Bart is trying to get over his divorce and he does it in a bit of a Total Recall-type way.<ref>http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/11/simpsons-amy-poehler/</ref> Homer keeps dieing and becomes a hologram.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/358678511160016897 The Simpsons Holidays of Future Passed Tweet]</ref>
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{{TCsT|A new student comes to [[Springfield Elementary]] called Isabel Gutierrez, who is Lisa's intellectual equal. Lisa and Isabel become fast best friends but things take a left turn when they realize they have different political views - Isabel is a [[Springfield Republican Party|republican]]. They end up running against each other in the second-grade election, and then we flash to the future where they're engaged in an actual presidential debate — and Anderson Cooper is the moderator.
 
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{{TCsT|Principal Skinner promises the students that the best-behaved among them can take a ride in a submarine. When Skinner gives all the kids a clean slate, Bart believes even his own past indiscretions will be forgotten if he doesn't get into any more trouble. Meanwhile Lisa tries to help a cash-poor Krusty to turn things around by suggesting he sell the foreign rights to his shows.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] as [[Jamaican Krusty]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TB|"[[Steal This Episode]]"<ref name="tvline">[http://tvline.com/2013/06/05/the-simpsons-season-25-will-arnett-fbi-agent/ TV Line - "Simpsons Exclusive: Will Arnett to Guest Star as an Arresting Figure in Homer's Life"]</ref>}}
 
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{{TCsT|Deputy Director Gratman, the FBI's anti-piracy boss, is tasked with hunting down Homer, who stands accused of illegally downloading a movie.<ref name="tvline"/>
 
  
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{{TB|[[Steven Dean Moore]]}}
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{{TCsT|A radiation leak at the nuclear power plant causes a strange phenomenon that makes Springfield the only place with snow for the holidays. When tourists drive up Christmas shopping prices in Springfield, Marge decides to open up the Simpsons' house to boarders.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TCsT|Deputy Director Gratman, the FBI's anti-piracy boss, is tasked with hunting down Homer, who stands accused of illegally downloading a movie. Fed up with movie theaters, Homer is taught by Bart how to illegally download films, and he starts screening them in his backyard for folks in Springfield. One of the movies that Homer shows is a ''{{W|This is 40}}''-esque Apatow dramedy titled ''Life is Funny'' that stars Mann and Rudd. Halford winds up singing a parody of the Judas Priest classic "Breaking The Law" in an effort to nab Homer, while Apatow testifies against our patriarch "with a hilarious, self-important speech about Hollywood people".
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Will Arnett]] as [[Deputy Director Gratman]], [[Judd Apatow]] as {{Ch|Judd Apatow|himself}}, [[Leslie Mann]] as {{Ch|Leslie Mann|herself}}, [[Paul Rudd]] as {{Ch|Paul Rudd|himself}}, [[Seth Rogen]] as {{Ch|Seth Rogen|himself}}, [[Channing Tatum]] as {{Ch|Channing Tatum|himself}}, [[Rob Halford]] as {{Ch|Rob Halford|himself}} and [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] as [[prison inmate]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TB|"[[The War of Art]]"<ref name="Tom Richmond Twitter">[https://twitter.com/tubatron/status/357162454863728641/photo/1 Tom Richmond on the table read (Twitter)]</ref>}}
 
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]] stands to ruin a blossoming relationship between [[Comic Book Guy]] and an attractive young Japanese woman/manga fan and he getting married. [[Stan Lee]] swings by [[Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop|Comic Book Guy]]'s store and doles out some advice on comics, romance, and, yes, romance comics.
  
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{{TCsT|Mr. Burns gives high-tech eyeglasses to all of his employees in order to spy on them. Homer loves the enhanced reality of his new gadget - that is, until Marge tries them on and he finds out she's seeing a marriage counselor. Meanwhile, Bart takes a stand against buying Nelson a Valentine's Day card, despite buying one for every other kid in class, and Nelson delivers him an ultimatum: find him the best Valentine's Day gift ever or be fed to the classroom electric pencil sharpener.
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{{TB|"[[Brick Like Me]]"<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=PAu003670180&Search_Code=REGS&PID=NKB8PjjBbmCL0blDw8uxcY6jOrV9&SEQ=20130608012544&CNT=25&HIST=1 PAu003670180 at the United States Copyright Office]</ref>}}
 
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{{TB|"[[Four Regrettings and a Funeral]]"<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.com.au/ustv/s195/the-simpsons/news/a446651/newsroom-writer-aaron-sorkin-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons.html 'Newsroom' writer Aaron Sorkin to guest star on 'The Simpsons']</ref>}}
 
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{{TCsT|[[Kent Brockman]] has decided that local news has been a real mistake and a terrible career move for him. In a moment of truth during Brockman’s meeting at the [[Fox News]], Aaron Sorkin appears in a thought bubble above Brockman’s head and advises the anchor on whether or not he should work for the cable channel.<ref>http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/12/20/the-simpsons-aaron-sorkin/</ref>
 
  
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{{TCsT|Bart is rescued from a confrontation with Springfield Elementary's bullies by Diggs (Daniel Radcliffe), a recent transfer student and aspiring champion in the niche sport of falconry. But Bart soon discovers that Diggs harbors aspirations on a far more grand scale than wrangling falcons: he actually wants to take to the sky himself.
  
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{{TCsT|On a research trip, Lisa is shocked to discover that Sideshow Bob is now the chief scientist at a massive chemical engineering company, but her fears are allayed as she becomes enamored with his likeminded appreciation of high-culture. Meanwhile, Marge's attempt to preach healthy sexual practices to a teen church group goes awry.
  
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{{TB|"[[Diggs]]"<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=+%09PAu003683177+&Search_Code=REGS&PID=IAKVOZl5gMkp8r6jNlgncurlJFO&SEQ=20130808065801&CNT=10&HIST=1 Registration number PAu003683177 at the United States Copyright Office]</ref>}}
 
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{{TCsT|Bart will encounter Diggs, a strange older boy with a passion for falconry, among other things.<ref name="InsideTVEW">[http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/06/28/the-simpsons-daniel-radcliffe/ Inside TV - "'The Simpsons': Daniel Radcliffe to guest"]</ref>
 
  
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{{TCsT|Marge invites Grampa and two other octogenarians to live at the Simpsons' house after the Retirement Castle is closed for health violations, but she quickly becomes frustrated with Homer when he starts embracing the "old person lifestyle." Meanwhile, at Springfield Elementary, Bart defends Nelson's affinity for hand-me-down underwear, leading Nelson to befriend Bart.
  
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{{TB|"[[The Man Who Grew Too Much]]"<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=PAu003683279+&Search_Code=REGS&PID=qQ5SVOT2o2qzQtp50qsbzn-cE&SEQ=20130808070014&CNT=10&HIST=1 Registration number PAu003683279 at the United States Copyright Office]</ref>}}
 
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{{TCsT|The Van Houtens are shocked when an old flame of Kirk's makes a claim on a painting they accidentally sold in a yard sale, Homer must choose between his friendship with Kirk Van Houten and a valuable painting he bought at the Van Houten's yard sale.
  
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{{TB|"[[What to Expect When Bart's Expecting]]"<ref name="Expect">[http://nocertaintyonlyadventure.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/img_1181.jpg?w=650 No Certainty Only Adventure - Wordpress - "SABF14" script cover]</ref>}}
 
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]] stands to ruin a blossoming relationship between [[Comic Book Guy]] and an attractive young Japanese woman/manga fan and he getting married. [[Stan Lee]] swings by [[Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop|Comic Book Guy]]’s store and doles out some advice on comics, romance, and, yes, romance comics.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/28/the-simpsons-stan-lee/ http://insidetv.ew.com]</ref><ref name="spinoff"/>
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]] gets recruited as a FIFA World Cup referee and [[Lisa]] praises his integrity in a speech. The [[Simpson family]] goes to [[Brazil]] where Homer's honesty gets put to the test by one of the slickest South American gangsters in the soccer match-bribing business.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Andrés Cantor]] as {{Ch|Andrés Cantor|himself}}.|color=white|7}}
  
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{{TCsT|A new student comes to [[Springfield Elementary]] called Isabel, who is Lisa's intellectual equal.<ref name="EvaLongoria">[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a488634/eva-longoria-talks-the-simpsons-role.html DigitalSpy.co.uk - Eva Longoria talks 'The Simpsons' role]</ref> Lisa and Isabel become fast friends but things take a left turn when they realize they have different political views - Isabel is a [[Springfield Republican Party|republican]]. They end up running against each other in the second-grade election, and then we flash to the future where they’re engaged in an actual presidential debate — and Anderson Cooper is the moderator. <ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/News/Kecks-Eva-Longoria-Simpsons-1066439.aspx TV Guide - "Keck's Exclusives First Look: Eva Longoria Meets The Simpsons"]</ref> <ref name="cooper"/>
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] helps [[Snake]] escape from the cops and starts to get gifts. [[Milhouse]] gets mad at Bart over him helping Snake. Meanwhile, [[Lisa]] befriends Lucas, a new chubby little boy (played by Zach Galifianakis) who wants to be a competitive eater. Suddenly Marge is worried that Lisa is trying to marry a boy that's just like Homer, and then Homer is offended that Marge is worried about that.
  
Guest starring [[Eva Longoria]] as Isabel<ref name="EvaLongoria"/> and [[Anderson Cooper]] as {{ch|Anderson Cooper|himself}}<ref name="cooper">[http://tvline.com/2013/05/16/the-simpsons-anderson-cooper-presidential-debate-future/ http://tvline.com]</ref>|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|Set in the future, Homer has a new clone for every time he dies. Lisa is married to a zombie version of Milhouse, while Bart deals with custody issues with his ex-wife, Jenda. Each defines what love means to them. Jenda is dating a crab-like alien creature and ... she's still not getting along with Bart. Bart is trying to get over his divorce and he does it in a bit of a Total Recall-type way.
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{{TCsT|[[Lisa]] befriends a new chubby little boy (played by Zach Galifianakis) who wants to be a competitive eater, Suddenly Marge is worried that Lisa is trying to marry a boy that’s just like Homer, and then Homer is offended that Marge is worried about that..<ref name="EW Comic-con"/>
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{{TCsT|Bart can't stand art class. So he makes a voodoo doll of his art teacher. But when his spell makes her pregnant instead, he becomes a savior to Springfield couples trying to conceive. Then, he's kidnapped to help conceive a thoroughbred race horse.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]] and [[Tavi Gevinson]] as {{ap|Jenny|What to Expect When Bart's Expecting}}.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TCsT|Marge swears off befriending any more couples when Homer offends their charming new British neighbors. But when Lisa declares that she, too, doesn't need friends, Marge reconsiders. Guest voices include National Public Radio's Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell as themselves, and comedian John Oliver.
  
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{{TCsT|A crossover with ''[[Futurama]]'', the Planet Express team comes to [[Springfield]]. Hypnotoad will also make an appearance.<ref name="cinemablend">[http://www.cinemablend.com/television/simpsons-2013-comic-con-panel-live-blog-57655.html Cinema Blend - "The Simpsons 2013 Comic-Con Panel Live Blog"]</ref> The plot will revolve around Bender and Bart, Bender has to come back from the future to kill Bart because there’s something that Bart does now that makes the future really, really, really bad. The recording starts at September 19, 2013.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VJNu-jfGJY</ref> It will be the season final or the next season premier (if FOX renewed the series for another season). Some scenes will be based in the comic ''[[Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis]]''.<ref name="EW Comic-con"/>
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{{TCsT|Bart is plagued with guilt when he wins the annual "last day of school" race around Springfield Elementary, with an assist from Nelson, who beats up frontrunner Milhouse. Meanwhile, Homer tries to bring back the annual 4th of July fireworks display after it's canceled for budget reasons.
  
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== Notes ==
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== Season 25 episodes script covers ==
*[[Judd Apatow]], writer/director of Knocked Up, Superbad and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, will be writing an episode of The Simpsons in season 25 where Homer is hypnotized to think he's ten years old and becomes friends with Bart.<ref>http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/20/the-simpsons-judd-apatow-conan</ref>
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*[[Don Payne]], who passed away on March 25th 2013, will have two episodes that will air posthumously in the 25th season, "White Christmas Blues" and "Labor Pains"<ref>http://tv.yahoo.com/news/r-p-don-payne-152031803.html</ref>
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=== Other guest stars ===
 
*Other guest stars slated to appear in season 25 are:
 
**[[Christiane Amanpour]]<ref name="foxseason25">[http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/?sh=the-simpsons Fox.com - The Simpsons Season 25]</ref>
 
**[[Rachel Maddow]]<ref name="foxseason25"/>
 
**Judd Apatow<ref name="FutonSep29"/>
 
**[[Joe Mantegna]] as {{ap|Fat Tony|second}}<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/joemantegna/posts/10151697206269482 Joe Mantegna's Facebook post - "Off to record another Fat Tony episode for The Simpsons. " I don't get mad, I get Stabby" F.T."]</ref>
 
  
 
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Season Information
Original run: September 29, 2013 – May 18, 2014
No. of episodes: 22
Previous season: 24
Next season: 26

Season 25 of The Simpsons is the season that aired during the 2013–14 United States network television schedule. It began on September 29, 2013 with "Homerland" and ended on May 18, 2014 with "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge".

Shortly before the season's second episode, the show was renewed for a twenty-sixth season.[1] The first table read for the season was on March 7, 2013.[2] This season premiered on September 29, 2013 with the episode "Homerland" and ended on May 18, 2014 with "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge".

No new episodes from this season aired during February 2014 due to the transmission of the Super Bowl XLVIII, The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, the 2014 Daytona 500 in Florida and the 86th Academy Awards.[3] But the show returned on March 9, 2014.[3]

Episodes[edit]

Picture # Original title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code
Homerland poster.png 531 - 1 "Homerland" September 29, 2013 Bob Anderson Stephanie Gillis RABF20
Homer starts to act strangely polite after returning from a nuclear power plant convention, prompting a suspicious Lisa to ask an intense FBI agent to help her solve this mystery.

Guest starring: Kristen Wiig as Annie Crawford and Kevin Michael Richardson as FBI agent.

Treehouse of Horror XXIV poster.jpg 532 - 2 "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" October 6, 2013 Rob Oliver Jeff Westbrook RABF16
The "Treehouse Of Horror XXIV" episode dives into three tales – "Oh The Places You'll D'oh," "Dead and Shoulders," and "Freaks no Geeks."

"Oh The Places You'll D'oh"

"Oh The Places You'll D'oh" is a spin on a "rhyming Dr. Seuss-ian tale." But instead of "The Cat in The Hat," Homer plays "The Fat in The Hat" and wreaks havoc on the poor town of Springfield.

"Dead and Shoulders"

"Dead and Shoulders" certainly isn't a spin on the hair product "Head & Shoulders." In this "spine-tingling" tale, Bart is involved in a horrifying kite accident ... that leaves him beheaded. But Bart isn't dead and gone. Instead his head is attached to Lisa's body and the two siblings "must live together as one."

"Freaks no Geeks"

The circus is coming to town in this "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" story. Set in Springfieldland in the 1930s, the Burnsum and Bailey Circus (Mr. Burns' traveling circus) has stopped into town. Starring trapeze artist Marge and Strong Man Homer, the circus is anything but a joyous event when "circus freak Moe starts to make advances towards Marge."

Four Regrettings and a Funeral promo 6.jpg 533 - 3 "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" November 3, 2013 Mark Kirkland Marc Wilmore RABF18

Four Springfielders are prompted to try to right past regrets following the funeral of a beloved neighbor. Homer regrets selling his Apple stock to buy a bowling ball, Marge worries she caused Bart's rebellious streak, Mr. Burns reminisces about a romance he gave up with a beautiful Parisian woman and Kent Brockman admits he was too afraid to leave local news and follow his former partner Rachel Maddow (guest appearing as herself) to cable news.

Guest starring: Joe Namath as himself and Rachel Maddow as herself.

YOLO promo 2.jpg 534 - 4 "YOLO" November 10, 2013 Michael Polcino Michael Nobori RABF22
Marge encourages Homer to embrace his "You-Only-Live-Once" spirit by inviting an old pen pal to stay with him and cross items off of his "to-do" list from when he was a 10-year old. Meanwhile, Lisa institutes a new honor code at Springfield Elementary.

Guest starring: Jon Lovitz as Llewellyn Sinclair.

Labor Pains promo 2.jpg 535 - 5 "Labor Pains" November 17, 2013 Matthew Faughnan Don Payne and Mitchell H. Glazer RABF19
Gretchen, a woman stuck in an elevator, with Homer gives birth to a baby with Homer's help, which she names Homer, Jr. Lisa getting recruited as a cheerleader for the local pro football team.

Guest starring: Elisabeth Moss as Gretchen.

The Kid is All Right promo 4.jpg 536 - 6 "The Kid Is All Right" November 24, 2013 Mark Kirkland Tim Long SABF02
A new student comes to Springfield Elementary called Isabel Gutierrez, who is Lisa's intellectual equal. Lisa and Isabel become fast best friends but things take a left turn when they realize they have different political views - Isabel is a republican. They end up running against each other in the second-grade election, and then we flash to the future where they're engaged in an actual presidential debate — and Anderson Cooper is the moderator.

Guest starring: Anderson Cooper as himself, Maurice LaMarche as John Kerry, and Eva Longoria as Isabel Gutierrez.

Yellow Subterfuge promo.jpg 537 - 7 "Yellow Subterfuge" December 8, 2013 Bob Anderson Joel H. Cohen SABF04
Principal Skinner promises the students that the best-behaved among them can take a ride in a submarine. When Skinner gives all the kids a clean slate, Bart believes even his own past indiscretions will be forgotten if he doesn't get into any more trouble. Meanwhile Lisa tries to help a cash-poor Krusty to turn things around by suggesting he sell the foreign rights to his shows.

Guest starring: Kevin Michael Richardson as Jamaican Krusty.

White Christmas Blues promo.jpg 538 - 8 "White Christmas Blues" December 15, 2013 Steven Dean Moore Don Payne SABF01
A radiation leak at the nuclear power plant causes a strange phenomenon that makes Springfield the only place with snow for the holidays. When tourists drive up Christmas shopping prices in Springfield, Marge decides to open up the Simpsons' house to boarders.
Steal This Episode promo 4.jpg 539 - 9 "Steal This Episode" January 5, 2014 Matthew Nastuk J. Stewart Burns SABF05
Deputy Director Gratman, the FBI's anti-piracy boss, is tasked with hunting down Homer, who stands accused of illegally downloading a movie. Fed up with movie theaters, Homer is taught by Bart how to illegally download films, and he starts screening them in his backyard for folks in Springfield. One of the movies that Homer shows is a This is 40-esque Apatow dramedy titled Life is Funny that stars Mann and Rudd. Halford winds up singing a parody of the Judas Priest classic "Breaking The Law" in an effort to nab Homer, while Apatow testifies against our patriarch "with a hilarious, self-important speech about Hollywood people".

Guest starring: Will Arnett as Deputy Director Gratman, Judd Apatow as himself, Leslie Mann as herself, Paul Rudd as himself, Seth Rogen as himself, Channing Tatum as himself, Rob Halford as himself and Kevin Michael Richardson as prison inmate.

Married to the Blob promo 3.jpg 540 - 10 "Married to the Blob" January 12, 2014 Chris Clements Tim Long SABF03
Homer stands to ruin a blossoming relationship between Comic Book Guy and an attractive young Japanese woman/manga fan and he getting married. Stan Lee swings by Comic Book Guy's store and doles out some advice on comics, romance, and, yes, romance comics.

Guest starring: Stan Lee as himself, Harlan Ellison as himself and Maurice LaMarche as Milo.

Specs and the City promo 2.jpg 541 - 11 "Specs and the City" January 26, 2014 Lance Kramer Brian Kelley SABF06
Mr. Burns gives high-tech eyeglasses to all of his employees in order to spy on them. Homer loves the enhanced reality of his new gadget - that is, until Marge tries them on and he finds out she's seeing a marriage counselor. Meanwhile, Bart takes a stand against buying Nelson a Valentine's Day card, despite buying one for every other kid in class, and Nelson delivers him an ultimatum: find him the best Valentine's Day gift ever or be fed to the classroom electric pencil sharpener.

Guest starring: Will Lyman as himself and Maurice LaMarche as Super Bowl XLVIII announcer.

Diggs promo 1.jpg 542 - 12 "Diggs" March 9, 2014 Michael Polcino Dan Greaney & Allen Glazier SABF08
Bart is rescued from a confrontation with Springfield Elementary's bullies by Diggs (Daniel Radcliffe), a recent transfer student and aspiring champion in the niche sport of falconry. But Bart soon discovers that Diggs harbors aspirations on a far more grand scale than wrangling falcons: he actually wants to take to the sky himself.

Guest starring: Daniel Radcliffe as Diggs.

The Man Who Grew Too Much promo 1.jpg 543 - 13 "The Man Who Grew Too Much" March 9, 2014 Matthew Schofield Jeff Westbrook SABF07
On a research trip, Lisa is shocked to discover that Sideshow Bob is now the chief scientist at a massive chemical engineering company, but her fears are allayed as she becomes enamored with his likeminded appreciation of high-culture. Meanwhile, Marge's attempt to preach healthy sexual practices to a teen church group goes awry.

Guest starring: Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob.

The Winter of His Content promo 1.jpg 544 - 14 "The Winter of His Content" March 16, 2014 Chuck Sheetz Kevin Curran SABF09
Marge invites Grampa and two other octogenarians to live at the Simpsons' house after the Retirement Castle is closed for health violations, but she quickly becomes frustrated with Homer when he starts embracing the "old person lifestyle." Meanwhile, at Springfield Elementary, Bart defends Nelson's affinity for hand-me-down underwear, leading Nelson to befriend Bart.

Guest starring: Kevin Michael Richardson as Chester, Julius Hibbert's dad and SAT Prepper.

The War of Art promo 1.jpg 545 - 15 "The War of Art" March 23, 2014 Steven Dean Moore Rob LaZebnik SABF10
The Van Houtens are shocked when an old flame of Kirk's makes a claim on a painting they accidentally sold in a yard sale, Homer must choose between his friendship with Kirk Van Houten and a valuable painting he bought at the Van Houten's yard sale.

Guest starring: Max von Sydow as Klaus Ziegler.

You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee promo 4.jpg 546 - 16 "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee" March 30, 2014 Mark Kirkland Michael Price SABF11
Homer gets recruited as a FIFA World Cup referee and Lisa praises his integrity in a speech. The Simpson family goes to Brazil where Homer's honesty gets put to the test by one of the slickest South American gangsters in the soccer match-bribing business.

Guest starring: Andrés Cantor as himself.

Luca$ promo 5.jpg 547 - 17 "Luca$" April 6, 2014 Chris Clements Carolyn Omine SABF12
Bart helps Snake escape from the cops and starts to get gifts. Milhouse gets mad at Bart over him helping Snake. Meanwhile, Lisa befriends Lucas, a new chubby little boy (played by Zach Galifianakis) who wants to be a competitive eater. Suddenly Marge is worried that Lisa is trying to marry a boy that's just like Homer, and then Homer is offended that Marge is worried about that.

Guest starring: Zach Galifianakis as Lucas Bortner.

Days of Future Future promo 4.jpg 548 - 18 "Days of Future Future" April 13, 2014 Bob Anderson J. Stewart Burns SABF13
Set in the future, Homer has a new clone for every time he dies. Lisa is married to a zombie version of Milhouse, while Bart deals with custody issues with his ex-wife, Jenda. Each defines what love means to them. Jenda is dating a crab-like alien creature and ... she's still not getting along with Bart. Bart is trying to get over his divorce and he does it in a bit of a Total Recall-type way.

Guest starring: Amy Poehler as Jenda.

What to Expect When Bart's Expecting promo 1.jpg 549 - 19 "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" April 27, 2014 Matthew Nastuk John Frink SABF14
Bart can't stand art class. So he makes a voodoo doll of his art teacher. But when his spell makes her pregnant instead, he becomes a savior to Springfield couples trying to conceive. Then, he's kidnapped to help conceive a thoroughbred race horse.

Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony and Tavi Gevinson as Jenny.

Brick Like Me poster.png 550 - 20 "Brick Like Me" May 4, 2014 Matthew Nastuk Brian Kelley RABF21
Homer wakes up in a world where his family and everyone in Springfield are made of Legos and must "put together" how he got there to get home.
Pay Pal promo 3.jpg 551 - 21 "Pay Pal" May 11, 2014 Michael Polcino David H. Steinberg SABF15
Marge swears off befriending any more couples when Homer offends their charming new British neighbors. But when Lisa declares that she, too, doesn't need friends, Marge reconsiders. Guest voices include National Public Radio's Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell as themselves, and comedian John Oliver.

Guest starring: Peter Sagal as himself, Carl Kasell as himself and John Oliver as Booth Wilkes-John.

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Bart is plagued with guilt when he wins the annual "last day of school" race around Springfield Elementary, with an assist from Nelson, who beats up frontrunner Milhouse. Meanwhile, Homer tries to bring back the annual 4th of July fireworks display after it's canceled for budget reasons.

Guest starring: Glenn Close as Mona Simpson and Edwin Moses as himself.


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Season 25 Episodes
Homerland Treehouse of Horror XXIV Four Regrettings and a Funeral YOLO Labor Pains The Kid Is All Right Yellow Subterfuge White Christmas Blues Steal This Episode Married to the Blob Specs and the City Diggs The Man Who Grew Too Much The Winter of His Content The War of Art You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee Luca$ Days of Future Future What to Expect When Bart's Expecting Brick Like Me Pay Pal The Yellow Badge of Cowardge