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The Itchy & Scratchy Show

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|name = The Itchy & Scratchy Show
|image = [[File:The Itchy and Scratchy Show.png|220px]]
|genre = Cartoon
|Created By = [[Chester J. Lampwick]]
|Produced By = [[Roger Meyers, Jr.]] [[Krusty the Clown]]
|Starring = [[June Bellamy]] [[Homer Simpson]] (Former)
|Country of Origin = United States
|Channel = Channel 6 (Current)
|Number of Episodes = 83+
|First Appearance = "[[The Bart Simpson Show]]"
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'''''The Itchy & Scratchy Show''''' is an animated TV show and a segment of ''[[The Krusty the Klown Show]]'' on [[Channel 6]]. The show involves a anthropomorphic mouse named [[Itchy]] and a anthropomorphic cat named [[Scratchy]] attempting to kill each other, though [[Itchy]] kills Scratchy in every cartoon except for one episode. The show contains a huge amount of blood and gore and cartoon violence. It is a parody of ''[[wikipedia:Tom & Jerry|Tom & Jerry]]'', but exaggerated to be more violent and gory, unlike ''Tom & Jerry'' which only had slapstick humor.

Most of the time, each Itchy & Scratchy episode is based on some kind of theme that the Simpsons episode is being aired as.
For example, The Itchy & Scratchy episode "[[diePod Slaylist]]", shows Scratchy listening to a MyPod when Itchy turns the volume to extreme levels to make Scratchy's eye's explode, this is related with [[Lisa]] owning a MyPod.

== History ==
[[Chester J. Lampwick]] invented Itchy in the year 1919 and owns the rights to Itchy. Lampwick was also known as the "father of cartoon violence." [[Roger Meyers, Sr.]] (1890–1985) plagiarized Itchy and established Itchy and Scratchy Studios in 1921. Originally Itchy was called "Itchy the Lucky Mouse" (a parody of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit).<ref name="The Day the Violence Died">[[The Day the Violence Died]]"</ref> He starred in his first cartoon made by Lampwick, "[[Manhattan Madness]]".

Scratchy starred in his first cartoon in 1928, entitled ''[[That Happy Cat]]''. The film, which is about fourteen seconds of animation showing the cat whistling and tipping his hat, did very poorly. It is unknown who created Scratchy, or if he was plagiarized by Meyers Sr. in the same way that Itchy was.

Later in 1928, Itchy and Scratchy starred in their first cartoon together entitled "[[Steamboat Itchy]]" a parody of Disney's ''{{w|Steamboat Willie}}'' featuring {{w|Mickey Mouse}}.

Along with the cartoon shorts, Itchy and Scratchy were featured in a wartime radio series,<ref>"[[The Old Man and the Key]]"</ref> at least two films - ''[[Pinitchio]]'' and ''[[Scratchtasia]]'',<ref name="Itchy & Scratchy Land">[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]"</ref> and television commercials for [[Laramie cigarettes]].<ref>"[[HOMЯ]]"</ref>
An X-rated Itchy & Scratchy titled "Itchy & Scratchy meet Fritz The Cat" was created during the 1970s. According to [[Comic Book Guy]], only bootleg copies are available "because of its frank depiction of sex and narcotic consumption".<ref name="The Day the Violence Died"/>

At one point, additional characters were added to the pair on a show titled ''Itchy & Scratchy and Friends Hour'': [[Uncle Ant]], [[Disgruntled Goat]], [[Flatulent Fox]], [[Ku Klux Clam]], [[Manic Mailman]], [[Dinner Dog]] and [[Rich Uncle Skeleton]]. These characters parodied the addition of superfluous, two-dimensional characters to TV shows in an effort to draw viewer interest.<ref name="Itchy & Scratchy Land"/>

Itchy and Scratchy Studios is currently run by [[Roger Meyers, Jr.]] (born 1956), the son of the cartoon's "creator." Itchy and Scratchy Studios was bankrupted after being sued by Lampwick for $800 billion, but was saved after receiving a large cash settlement from the government over its use of Mr. ZIP.<ref name="The Day the Violence Died"/>

''The Itchy and Scratchy Show'' airs as a segment on the Krusty the Klown show, though it moved to the [[Gabbo]] show during the latter's short-lived run.<ref>"[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"</ref> The show underwent a non-violent retooling following a protest campaign led by [[Marge Simpson]], but after Marge was later discredited, it returned to its original violent format.<ref>"[[Itchy & Scratchy & Marge]]"</ref> The show has spawned an Academy Award-winning film adaptation,<ref>"[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]"</ref> [[Itchy & Scratchy Land (Theme Park)|amusement parks]],<ref name="Itchy & Scratchy Land"/> and a musical.<ref>"[[Girls Just Want to Have Sums]]"</ref>

The show is animated in South Korea. [[June Bellamy]] (a takeoff on voice actress June Foray) voices both Itchy and Scratchy.<ref name="ReferenceA">"[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]"</ref>

=== Poochie ===
[[File:Poochie.png|thumb|122px|Poochie, a short lived character on the show.]]

[[Poochie]] was a dog character added to the ''Itchy & Scratchy'' lineup. The producers believed the cartoons were getting stale, and needed a new character to reinvigorate the show, despite the objections of one of the show's writers, who "at the risk of sounding pretentious", felt that Itchy and Scratchy comprised "a dramaturgical dyad". [[Homer Simpson]] got the job of voicing Poochie, who was introduced in the ''Itchy & Scratchy'' cartoon, ''[[The Beagle Has Landed]]''. A product of marketing department thinking, Poochie was near-universally despised, and was killed off in his second appearance, despite Homer's objections.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

== Theme song ==
{{Main|The Itchy & Scratchy Show theme song}}

== List of cartoons==
{{Main|List of Itchy and Scratchy cartoons}}

== Non-canon ==
{{Noncanon}}
=== Treehouse of Horror ===
In the [[Treehouse of Horror IX]] segment "The Terror of Tiny Toon", Bart and Lisa entered their television and were attacked by Itchy & Scratchy. At the end of the story, they broke out of the TV into the real world: Fortunately they were not a threat, as they were the same size as "real-world" cats and mice.

=== Video games ===
A video game named ''The Itchy and Scratchy Game'' was released for Sega Megadrive/Genesis, Game Gear, Super NES and Game Boy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gameboy.ign.com/objects/010/010551.html|title=The Itchy and Scratchy Game|accessdate=2007-09-22|date=|author=|publisher=IGN.com}}</ref> Another game, ''Itchy and Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness'', was released for Game Boy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gameboy.ign.com/objects/010/010414.html|title=''Itchy and Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness|accessdate=2007-09-22|date=|author=|publisher=IGN.com}}</ref> A level of the SNES/Genesis game ''[[Bart's Nightmare]]'' also prominently features Itchy and Scratchy. There was a special unlockable level in the ''[[The Simpsons Wrestling]]'' where only Itchy and Scratchy are playable.

The characters of Itchy and Scratchy also appear in ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'', featured in the level [[Grand Theft Scratchy]] in the form of pimps and hoodlums.

== Behind the Laughter ==
=== Origins ===
''The Itchy & Scratchy Show'' first appeared in ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show|Tracey Ullman Show]]'' [[The Simpsons shorts|short]] "[[The Bart Simpson Show]]", which originally aired November 20, 1988. They are based on ''Tom and Jerry'' and other cat & mouse cartoons. As a child, series creator [[Matt Groening]] and his friends would fantasize about an ultra violent cartoon and how much fun it would be to work on a show like that.<ref name="Groening1">{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt|year=2002|title=The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The names "Itchy" and "Scratchy" were inspired by "Pixie and Dixie", who were mice on the cartoon show ''Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks''.<ref name="Groening1"/> [[David Silverman]], a director and producer for ''The Simpsons'', states that the show is based on ''Herman and Katnip''.<ref name="silverman-interview">{{cite web | url = http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/interviews/silverman.asp | title = The David Silverman Interview | accessdate = 2006-09-19}}</ref>

=== Development ===
"Itchy and Scratchy" cartoons are often added when a show needs expanding<ref name="Scully1">{{cite video | people=Scully, Mike|year=2006|title=The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode "Girly Edition"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> or when there is an issue that the writers wish to satirize.<ref name="Jean1">{{cite video | people=Jean, Al|year=2002|title=The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The shorts are often hard for the writers and take a long time to develop and come up with a title for the short and in the end they do not fill up a large amount of time.<ref name="Reiss1"/> Writing the Itchy & Scratchy cartoons is quite often a group effort, with it being pitched out one gag after another.<ref name="Groening3">{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt|year=2006|title=The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode "Girly Edition"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Itchy & Scratchy are a favourite of [[John Swartzwelder]], who has written many of the episodes that centre around them and quite often pitches the ideas for the shorts.<ref name="Reiss1">{{cite video | people=Reiss, Mike|year=2002|title=The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>

In several episodes centering around the production of ''The Itchy & Scratchy Show'', such as "[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]", the show's staff are shown. Almost all of them are caricatures of the actual staff of ''The Simpsons''. In the first scene at the production table the person in the lower right corner, wearing a squid T-shirt, is [[David X. Cohen]]. On the left side, the furthest away is [[Bill Oakley]] with [[Josh Weinstein]] next to him. Next to Weinstein is [[George Meyer]], who is the writer who speaks out and gets fired. The animator shown designing Poochie is supervising director [[David Silverman]]. Others who appear include [[Dan McGrath]], [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]], [[Donick Cary]], [[Ron Hauge]], [[Ned Goldreyer]] and [[Mike Scully]], who had to be added in later, as the animators "didn't have his photo" from which to get an accurate likeness.

Itchy is voiced by [[Dan Castellanata]] and Scratchy is voiced by [[Harry Shearer]].

=== Cultural influence ===
In a 2006 article IGN.com ranked Itchy & Scratchy in tenth position on their list of the "[http://tv.ign.com/articles/730/730957p2.html Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters]", citing that "the Itchy & Scratchy Show shines a nice mirror on cartoons, showing just how funny cartoon violence really is."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/730/730957p3.html|title=Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters|accessdate=2007-06-08|date=2006-09-06|author=Eric Goldman, Dan Iverson, Brian Zoromski|publisher=IGN.com}}</ref> In 2007, ''Vanity Fair'' named "[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]" the sixth best episode in the show's history, describing it as "a classic satire of network influence, obsessed TV fans, and programs that survive long after the shark has been jumped, the episode is a meta-celebration, a tongue-in-cheek rebuttal to everyone who claimed that the quality of ''The Simpsons'' had declined over the years."<ref>{{cite news | author = John Orvted | title = Springfield's Best | publisher = [[Vanity Fair]] | date = [[2007-09-22]] | url = http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/08/top10simpsons200708 | accessdate=2007-07-13}}</ref> Todd Gilchrist called it a masterpiece, stating it "could easily be packaged and sold by itself."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.dvd.ign.com/articles/725/725343p1.html|title=The Simpsons - The Complete Eighth Season|accessdate=2007-07-31|author=Gilchrist, Todd|date=2006-09-22|IGN.com}}</ref> Comic Book Guy's phrase "Worst. Episode. Ever" was named as a quote that could be used in everyday life, as well as being one of the most popular quotes from the show, by The A.V. Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/47756/2|title=Beyond "D'oh!": Simpsons Quotes For Everyday Use|author=Bahn, Christopher; Donna Bowman, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, Nathan Rabin, Tasha Robinson, Kyle Ryan, Scott Tobias|date=2006-04-26|accessdate=2007-09-22|publisher=The A.V. Club}}</ref>

== Appearances ==
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*{{ep|Stark Raving Dad}}
*{{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
*{{ep|Bart the Murderer}}
*{{ep|Homer Defined}}
*{{ep|Like Father, Like Clown}}
*{{ep|Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk}}
*{{ep|Radio Bart}}
*{{ep|Bart's Friend Falls in Love}}
*{{ep|Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?}}
*{{ep|Homer the Heretic}}
*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie}}
*{{ep|Lisa's First Word}}
*{{ep|Homer's Triple Bypass}}
*{{ep| So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show}}
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*{{ep|Replaceable You}}
*{{ep|Clown in the Dumps}}
*{{bon|O Bart, Where Art Thou?}}
*{{bon|Comic Fan No More}}
*{{bk|The Bart Book}}
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== References ==
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== Cultural references ==
=== Opening sequence ===
*The music in the scenes with the Mayan Indians is based on ''{{w|Apocalypto}}''.

=== The Greatest Story Ever Holed ===
*The segment title is a pun on the film ''{{w|The Greatest Story Ever Told}}''.
** This segment has the third title that makes a reference to this movie; the others are "[[The Wettest Stories Ever Told]]" from [[season 17]] and "[[The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed]]" from [[season 21]].
*The segment is a reference to the {{w|Large Hadron Collider}}.
*[[Comic Book Guy]] throws a DVD copy of the {{w|Disney}} film {{w|The Black Hole}} into the [[Springfield's black hole|black hole]].

=== UNnormal Activity ===
*The film series ''{{w|Paranormal Activity}}'' is punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.

=== Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure ===
*The title is a pun on ''{{w|Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure}}''.
*''{{w|Back to the Future}}'':
**The segment's plotline is a parody of the movie's.
**The music in the sequences where [[Bart]] travels through time is similar to the movie's soundtrack.
*When [[Bart]] travels back in time he passes by movie posters for a large number of {{w|James Bond}} films.

=== Credits ===
*[[James L. Brooks|James "Haha, the Devil Bought Facebook" Brooks]] refers to [[Facebook]].
*[[Sam Simon|simonsam@twitTERROR]] refers to [[Twitter]] and Sam Simon's Twitter name.
*[[Matt Selman|Humatt Selmanpede]] refers to ''{{W|The Human Centipede}}''.
*[[Marc Wilmore|The Phatman of the Opera]] is a reference to ''{{W|The Phantom of the Opera}}''.
*[[Jeff Westbrook|Uncle Festerbrook]] is a reference to {{W|Uncle Fester}} of ''{{W|The Addams Family}}''.
*[[Brian Kelley|Brian Death Knelley]] is a reference to a {{W|Death knell}}.
*[[Don Payne|Time and Relative Don in Payne]] is a reference to the [[TARDIS]] (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) from ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
*[[Bonita Pietila|23 Shades of Yellow]] is a reference to ''{{W|50 Shades of Grey}}''.
*[[Al Jean|Th-Th-Th-That's Al, Folks!]] is a reference to {{W|Porky Pig}}'s catchphrase, "That's all, folks!" from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
*[[Chris Edgerly|Night of the Living Dead-Gerly]] is a reference to ''{{W|Night of the Living Dead}}''.
*[[Don Barrozo|Don of the Dead Barrozo]] is a reference to ''{{W|Dawn of the Dead}}''.
*[[Chris Ledesma]] is credited as "[[Simpsons Music 500]]", the name of his blog.

== Trivia ==
*So far, this is the earliest Treehouse of Horror episode aired on October 7th, 2012
*This is the second episode featuring multiple Homers, the other episode is [[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]

== Continuity ==
*The third story contains a number of references to the [[Season 2]] episode "[[The Way We Was]]", most prominent is the detention room scene where Marge and Homer intially fell in love.

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All events that happened in '''2012'''.

== January ==
*Many comic logos were re-designed, including ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' and ''[[Bart Simpson Comics]]''.
*'''6th:''' [[Tom Ardolino]], drummer for band [[NRBQ]] and guest star, died.
*'''8th:''' "[[Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson]]" aired for the first time.
*'''15th:''' "[[The D'oh-cial Network]]" aired for the first time.
*'''22nd:''' [[Dick Tufeld]], actor and guest star, died.
*'''29th:''' "[[Moe Goes from Rags to Riches]]" aired for the first time.

== February ==
*'''8th:''' [[The Simpsons Ultimate Fan Marathon Challenge]] started.
*'''9th:''' The ''[[Matt Groening Vinyl Figure]]'' was released.
*'''12th:''' "[[The Daughter Also Rises]]" aired for the first time. The Simpsons Ultimate Fan Marathon Challenge ended. [[John Severin]], comic artist, died.
*'''17th:''' ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'' was first released.
*'''19th:''' "[[At Long Last Leave]]" aired for the first time.

== March ==
*'''4th:''' "[[Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart]]" aired for the first time.
*'''11th:''' "[[How I Wet Your Mother]]" will air for the first time.
*'''18th:''' "[[Them, Robot]]" aired for the first time.

== April ==
*'''15th:''' "[[Beware My Cheating Bart]]" aired for the first time.
*'''18th:''' [[Dick Clark]], presenter and guest star, died.
*'''19th:''' The 2012 issue of '''[[The Simpsons Bumper Packs#Summer|The Simpsons Summer Bumper Pack]]''' was released.
*'''29th:''' "[[A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again]]" aired for the first time.

== May ==
*'''6th:''' "[[The Spy Who Learned Me]]" aired for the first time.
*'''13th:''' "[[Ned 'N' Edna's Blend]]" aired for the first time.
*'''20th:''' "[[Lisa Goes Gaga]]", [[season 23]]'s final episode, aired for the first time. [[Season 23]] finished.

== June ==

== July ==
*'''8th:''' [[Ernest Borgnine]], actor and guest star, died.
*'''13th:''' "[[The Longest Daycare]]" aired in theatres.
*'''31st:''' [[Gore Vidal]], author and guest star, died.

== August ==
*'''6th:''' [[Marvin Hamlisch]], composer, conductor and guest star, died.
*'''25th:''' [[Neil Armstrong]], astronaut and guest star, died.

== September ==
*'''30th:''' [[Season 24]] Started. "[[Moonshine River]]" aired for the first time.

== October ==
*'''7th''' [[Treehouse of Horror XXIII]] aired for the first time
*'''21st''' [[Adventures in Baby-Getting]] will air for the first time.

== November ==
*'''11th''' [[Gone Abie Gone]] will air for the first time.
*'''TBA''' [[Penny-Wiseguys]] will air for the first time.

== December ==
*'''2nd''' [[The Day the Earth Stood Cool]] will air for the first time.

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'''"Treehouse of Horror XXIV"''' is an upcoming episode of [[season 25]]. According to [[Al Jean]] in an interview on September 28, 2012, this episode is already completed and includes "a very violent world resembling Dr. Seuss', and also the movie ''{{w|Freaks}}''."<ref>[http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/09/28/simpsons-vet-al-jean-on-season-24-treehouse-and-the-shows-end/ Comicbookresources.com - Simpsons’ Al Jean On Season 24, ‘Treehouse’ and the Show’s End]</ref>

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'''The Simpsons Halloween episodes''', more commonly known as '''Treehouse of Horror series''', are an annual tradition in which there is a special Halloween episode consisting of three separate, self-contained pieces. These pieces usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting; they always take place outside the normal continuity of the show (and are therefore considered to be non-canon), and completely abandon any pretense of being realistic.

[[File:HangingCouch.jpg|thumb|250px|The Couch gag in [[Treehouse of Horror VI]].]]

Regular Simpsons characters play humorous special roles, occasionally being killed in gruesome ways by zombies, monsters, or even each other. Groundskeeper Willie has died many times in the Treehouse of Horror episodes, mostly by being [[Treehouse of Horror V|stuck in the back with an axe]], impaled by a sharp object, burned by a furnace and [[Treehouse of Horror XI|even once by a dolphin]].

The Halloween episodes also regularly parody many classic horror and science fiction films and episodes such as "The Shining", "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", "To Serve Man", "Living Doll", "It's a Good Life", "A Kind of a Stopwatch", "The Little People" and "Little Girl Lost".

==Origins==
According to DVD commentary, the reason why the episodes are non-canon is a trade-off for the writers. Writing three 7-minute segments was just too taxing for the writers, so it was proposed that they could do anything without worrying about continuity to appease them.

The yearly Halloween special was named "Treehouse of Horror" because the [[Treehouse of Horror|original special]] depicted the Simpson children in their treehouse telling scary stories to one another. In later years the series dropped the framing device of characters telling stories, but kept the ''Treehouse'' title.

[[File:Homer3D.jpg|thumb|250px|The 3D Homer from Treehouse of Horror VI.]]

In a section of "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]" called "Homer³," Homer and Bart go into a three-dimensional world, which Homer likens to ''[[wikipedia:Tron (film|Tron]]'', created by Pacific Data Images, a computer animation company that would later produce [[wikipedia:Shrek|Shrek]]. This segment from the Halloween episode was also used as a segment of a film shown in the IMAX 3D film Cyberworld. This was the first and one of the few times The Simpsons have strayed from their traditional 2D animation, and the longest, as other moments consisted of live action couch gags or short claymation or CGI television and film parodies. Other Treehouse segment name parodies include "Citizen Kang", "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", "The Thing and I", "Hex and the City" "House of Whacks", "I've Grown a Costume On Your Face", "The Shinning" and "Reaper Madness".

==Traditions==
For several years the characters broke the fourth wall and introduced their pieces directly to the audience. In "[[Treehouse of Horror II]]" the writers decided to give the cast and crew of the show scary names in the opening and closing credits (like "Bat Groening" and "James Hell Brooks"). This also became a tradition, and has been done in every Halloween episode since except [[Treehouse of Horror XII|XII]] and [[Treehouse of Horror XIII|XIII]]. The names have changed in subsequent seasons, with the exception of [[Sam Simon]]'s, who left during the fourth season. He has since remained "Sam 'Sayonara' Simon."
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[[File:KangKodos.jpg|thumb|250px|Homer encountering [[Kang and Kodos]] after being abducted by them in [[Treehouse of Horror VIII]].]]

Another mainstay of the Halloween shows is the appearance of the two space aliens [[Kang and Kodos]], introduced in the second segment of the first "Treehouse of Horror." However they are not always important to any story in the special; starting with "[[Treehouse of Horror III]]" they began appearing just to keep up the tradition. While they have had significant parts in other "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, they often only appear in the middle of a totally different story, for example, a story about zombies attacking the town will suddenly turn to them in space, watching the events and laughing maniacally at the Earthlings' suffering, before switching back to the actual story. In later years they would sometimes appear at either the beginning or end of the episode, outside of any of the stories; for example, one year they appeared between the last segment and the credits wondering why The Simpsons producers hadn't called them to be in the episode. Soon they get a call offering them to be on a commercial for something called "Old Navy".

From the second halloween episode, "shh" in the Gracie Films logo is abandoned and the Gracie Films music at the end is replaced with a pipe organ version. From the fourth halloween episode a scream was added as well.

Also, at the start of Treehouse of Horror I, II, IV and V Marge comes out with a message urging parents not to let their children watch the program as they will suffer from nightmares; however, she gives up, saying how no one ever listens to her. This was abandoned in later seasons because the length of each episode has been reduced significantly since first few seasons and because by then the writers were sure that everyone was aware that the shows are scary.[1] Another tradition they abandoned was including tombstones with humorous messages in the opening credits: the credits for Treehouse of Horror V include a single tombstone with the words "Amusing Tombstones" to signal this.

==Recent years==

Although the Treehouse series is meant to be seen on Halloween, in recent years new installments have premiered after Halloween. This is due to Fox's current contract with Major League Baseball's World Series and Playoff games. If the Series does not go the full seven games, Fox usually airs the previous season's Treehouse episode on the Sunday before Halloween (or if Sunday happens to fall on Halloween). However, it has been known on many occasions for new shows to premiere on the West Coast only in time for Halloween regardless of how long the World Series lasts. It gets the full national premiere, of course, as scheduled in November, after Halloween. Another reason for the late airing is that during November, Nielsen Media Research conducts one of its four annual sweeps months - in recent years, the annual Treehouse of Horror episodes tend to draw some of the highest ratings of the season to which it belongs. Between [[Treehouse of Horror XI]] to [[Treehouse of Horror XIX]] and [[Treehouse of Horror XXI]] was aired in November.

FOX's arrangement with Major League Baseball was made fun of in the opening sequence for "[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]]". Kang, frustrated that the episode is being delayed by a World Series baseball game, decides to "fast forward" the game, but overdoes it, sucking the Earth, the universe, and everything else (including [[God]]) into nothingness. He then leaves a sticky note, which shows the title. Another joke about the programming of Halloween episodes in November appears in "[[Treehouse of Horror XIV]]", where Kang looks at a TV Guide and says, "Those humans. They're showing a Halloween episode. In November!" Kodos replies, "Who cares about Halloween? We've already got our Christmas decorations up!" The camera then cuts to a shot of the fireplace with Christmas decorations, complete with multi-legged stockings and alien reindeer, scattered about, and festive Christmas music plays over the opening credits.

So far, only 2 Treehouse of Horror episodes were aired before the World Series, both [[Treehouse of Horror XX]] and [[Treehouse of Horror XXIII]], Every other Treehouse of Horror episodes were aired right after the World Series with half of them going into November.

== Comics Series ==

In 1995, Matt Groening's Bongo Comics Group, a company specializing in Simpsons-based publications, began a series of comic book adaptations of the Treehouse of Horror series. These annual editions are released in September each year, and as of September 2011 there will be seveteen issues available. Originally, guest writers from other comic book companies were invited to submit scripts to Bongo, where the comics themselves would then be drawn by Bongo staff. Beginning with #5 (1999), the "guests" were allowed to submit both stories and art, wherein at the most Bongo would only supply the lettering and colorings of the stories [however, there are few cases of this rule being broken; i.e., "The Catastrophe on Substitute Springfields" (#7, 2001) and "The Legend of Batterface" (#10, 2004).

Note: the comics are really rare to find. especially #7 But they have been re-released in comic compilations.

== Episodes ==
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror X}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIII}}
}}

{{Treehouse of Horror}}

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2012

2012-10-08T18:49:38Z

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2012

2012-10-08T18:39:41Z

Dragon122:

{{Timeline}}

All events that happened in '''2012'''.

== January ==
*Many comic logos were re-designed, including ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' and ''[[Bart Simpson Comics]]''.
*'''6th:''' [[Tom Ardolino]], drummer for band [[NRBQ]] and guest star, died.
*'''8th:''' "[[Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson]]" aired for the first time.
*'''15th:''' "[[The D'oh-cial Network]]" aired for the first time.
*'''22nd:''' [[Dick Tufeld]], actor and guest star, died.
*'''29th:''' "[[Moe Goes from Rags to Riches]]" aired for the first time.

== February ==
*'''8th:''' [[The Simpsons Ultimate Fan Marathon Challenge]] started.
*'''9th:''' The ''[[Matt Groening Vinyl Figure]]'' was released.
*'''12th:''' "[[The Daughter Also Rises]]" aired for the first time. The Simpsons Ultimate Fan Marathon Challenge ended. [[John Severin]], comic artist, died.
*'''17th:''' ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'' was first released.
*'''19th:''' "[[At Long Last Leave]]" aired for the first time.

== March ==
*'''4th:''' "[[Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart]]" aired for the first time.
*'''11th:''' "[[How I Wet Your Mother]]" will air for the first time.
*'''18th:''' "[[Them, Robot]]" aired for the first time.

== April ==
*'''15th:''' "[[Beware My Cheating Bart]]" aired for the first time.
*'''18th:''' [[Dick Clark]], presenter and guest star, died.
*'''19th:''' The 2012 issue of '''[[The Simpsons Bumper Packs#Summer|The Simpsons Summer Bumper Pack]]''' was released.
*'''29th:''' "[[A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again]]" aired for the first time.

== May ==
*'''6th:''' "[[The Spy Who Learned Me]]" aired for the first time.
*'''13th:''' "[[Ned 'N' Edna's Blend]]" aired for the first time.
*'''20th:''' "[[Lisa Goes Gaga]]", [[season 23]]'s final episode, aired for the first time. [[Season 23]] finished.

== June ==

== July ==
*'''8th:''' [[Ernest Borgnine]], actor and guest star, died.
*'''13th:''' "[[The Longest Daycare]]" aired in theatres.
*'''31st:''' [[Gore Vidal]], author and guest star, died.

== August ==
*'''6th:''' [[Marvin Hamlisch]], composer, conductor and guest star, died.
*'''25th:''' [[Neil Armstrong]], astronaut and guest star, died.

== September ==
*'''30th:''' [[Season 24]] Started. "[[Moonshine River]]" aired for the first time.

== October ==
*'''7th''' [[Treehouse of Horror XXIII]] aired for the first time
*'''21st''' [[Adventures in Baby-Getting]] will air for the first time.

== November ==
*'''11th''' [[Gone Abie Gone]] will air for the first time.

== December ==

[[Category:Years]]
[[Category:2012| ]]

2012

2012-10-08T18:37:02Z

Dragon122:

{{Timeline}}

All events that happened in '''2012'''.

== January ==
*Many comic logos were re-designed, including ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' and ''[[Bart Simpson Comics]]''.
*'''6th:''' [[Tom Ardolino]], drummer for band [[NRBQ]] and guest star, died.
*'''8th:''' "[[Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson]]" aired for the first time.
*'''15th:''' "[[The D'oh-cial Network]]" aired for the first time.
*'''22nd:''' [[Dick Tufeld]], actor and guest star, died.
*'''29th:''' "[[Moe Goes from Rags to Riches]]" aired for the first time.

== February ==
*'''8th:''' [[The Simpsons Ultimate Fan Marathon Challenge]] started.
*'''9th:''' The ''[[Matt Groening Vinyl Figure]]'' was released.
*'''12th:''' "[[The Daughter Also Rises]]" aired for the first time. The Simpsons Ultimate Fan Marathon Challenge ended. [[John Severin]], comic artist, died.
*'''17th:''' ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'' was first released.
*'''19th:''' "[[At Long Last Leave]]" aired for the first time.

== March ==
*'''4th:''' "[[Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart]]" aired for the first time.
*'''11th:''' "[[How I Wet Your Mother]]" will air for the first time.
*'''18th:''' "[[Them, Robot]]" aired for the first time.

== April ==
*'''15th:''' "[[Beware My Cheating Bart]]" aired for the first time.
*'''18th:''' [[Dick Clark]], presenter and guest star, died.
*'''19th:''' The 2012 issue of '''[[The Simpsons Bumper Packs#Summer|The Simpsons Summer Bumper Pack]]''' was released.
*'''29th:''' "[[A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again]]" aired for the first time.

== May ==
*'''6th:''' "[[The Spy Who Learned Me]]" aired for the first time.
*'''13th:''' "[[Ned 'N' Edna's Blend]]" aired for the first time.
*'''20th:''' "[[Lisa Goes Gaga]]", [[season 23]]'s final episode, aired for the first time. [[Season 23]] finished.

== June ==

== July ==
*'''8th:''' [[Ernest Borgnine]], actor and guest star, died.
*'''13th:''' "[[The Longest Daycare]]" aired in theatres.
*'''31st:''' [[Gore Vidal]], author and guest star, died.

== August ==
*'''6th:''' [[Marvin Hamlisch]], composer, conductor and guest star, died.
*'''25th:''' [[Neil Armstrong]], astronaut and guest star, died.

== September ==
*'''30th:''' [[Season 24]] Started. "[[Moonshine River]]" aired for the first time.

== October ==
*'''7th''' [[Treehouse of Horror XXIII]] aired for the first time
*'''21st''' [[Adventures in Baby-Getting]] will air for the first time.

== November ==

== December ==

[[Category:Years]]
[[Category:2012| ]]

Treehouse of Horror V/References

2012-10-08T05:35:05Z

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== Cultural references ==
=== Opening sequence ===
*During [[Marge]]'s introduction, a black-and-white movie clip appears which is ostensibly from a {{w|Glenn Ford}} movie called ''200 Miles to Oregon''. There is no such actual movie with that title, but it may be a pun on or reference to the original ''{{w|3:10 to Yuma (1957 film)|3:10 to Yuma}}'', in which Glenn Ford starred as Ben Wade.
*[[Bart]]'s introduction (where his voice appears as waves on an oscilloscope) is a parody of the Control Voice's introduction in the 1960s TV series ''{{w|The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits}}''.

=== The Shinning ===
*''[[The Shining]]'' - Punned in the title and referenced throughout the segment.
**[[Groundskeeper Willie]] and [[Moe]] are parallels of the characters Dick Halloran and Lloyd the bartender, respectively.
**[[Maggie]] spells "REDRUM" with her blocks when [[Homer]] tries to watch the TV.
**Analogous to Jack Torrance endlessly typing "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy", Homer writes "No TV and no beer make Homer go crazy" all over the walls. The only thing Homer types is "Feelin' fine," which briefly reassures [[Marge]], until a lightning flash reveals the writing on the walls.
**After Marge discovers that Homer has written "No TV and no beer make Homer go crazy" all over the walls, Homer bursts through a door, scaring her, and asks what she thinks of his book. In ''The Shining'', Jack sneaks up on Wendy and asks her what she thinks of his play.
**Homer does a "Heeeere's Johnny!" scene similar to Jack Torrance, but Homer breaks into two wrong rooms before finding the family.
**Marge defends herself from Homer with a bat and later locks Homer in a dry food cellar, similar to what Wendy does to Jack.
*Among Moe's gang of "ghouls" are the following:
**{{w|Freddy Krueger}} from the ''{{w|A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|Nightmare on Elm Street}}'' movies.
**{{w|Pinhead (Hellraiser)|Pinhead}} from the ''{{w|Hellraiser (franchise)|Hellraiser}}'' movies.
**{{w|Jason Voorhees}} from the ''{{w|Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th}}'' movies.
**{{w|Count Dracula|Dracula}} from {{w|Dracula (1931 film)|the movie of the same name}}.
**The Wolfman from {{w|The Wolf Man (1941 film)|the movie of the same name}}.
**The Mummy from {{w|The Mummy (1932 film)|the movie of the same name}}.
*{{w|Scotchgard}} - When Homer hits Willie in the back with an axe, Marge says that she hopes the rug was Scotchgarded.
*''{{w|A Chorus Line}}'' - A parody of the song "One" plays on the portable TV when the Simpsons are frozen in the snow. It is also played during the closing sequence.

=== Time and Punishment ===
* ''{{w|Crime and Punishment}}'' - The classic novel by {{w|Fyodor Dostoyevsky|Dostoyevsky}} is punned in the title.
* ''{{w|The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show}}'' - [[Mister Peabody]] and [[Sherman]] appear during [[Homer]]'s first trip back in time.
* ''{{w|Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park}}'' - When Homer first arrives in the past, he says, "I've gone back to the time when dinosaurs weren't just confined to zoos!"
* ''{{w|Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984}}'' references:
**[[Ned Flanders]] being the absolute lord and master of the world, similar to {{w|Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother}}.
**Video screens record everything, while everyone is required to watch any official announcements made via the screens, reminiscent of the {{w|Telescreen|telescreens}}.
**Portraits of Flanders where the eyes follow the viewer, similar to portraits of Big Brother.
*''[[Terminator]]'': When Ned speaks to everyone via video, the screen rises up from the kitchen floor, similar to the {{w|T-1000}} in the mental hospital scene of ''{{w|Terminator 2: Judgment Day|Terminator 2}}''.
*According to the DVD commentary for the last Season 8 episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' "Moebius", Part 2, the last line pronounced by {{W|Jack O'Neill}} ("''Close enough''") is a reference to "Treehouse of Horror V".

=== Nightmare Cafeteria ===
* ''{{w|Soylent Green}}'' - [[Principal Skinner]] hits on the idea of serving students as food to solve the problem of overcrowding, similar to the movie's plot.

=== Closing Sequence ===
*The song the inside-out Simpsons and [[Groundskeeper Willie]] sing and dance to is a parody of "One" from ''{{w|A Chorus Line}}''. It is also played at the end of "The Shinning".

== Goofs ==
When [[Lisa]] told [[Homer]] that his hand was jammed in the toaster, when the whole family screamed, Lisa's lips didn't move.

== Trivia ==
*In all three stories, [[Groundskeeper Willie]] is hit in the back with an axe when he tries to help someone:
:1. By [[Homer]] in "The Shinning", after Homer goes mad and Willie attempts to come to the rescue of the rest of the family.
:2. By [[Maggie]] in "Time and Punishment", when he says he can help Homer get back to his own time. Maggie then says to Homer, "This is indeed a disturbing universe", in [[James Earl Jones]]'s voice.
:3. By [[Principal Skinner]] in "Nightmare Cafeteria", when he tries to save [[Bart]], [[Lisa]] and [[Milhouse]] from being eaten by the teachers. This time after Willie is hit, he says, "Ach, I'm bad at this."

=== The Shinning ===
*Before [[Mr. Burns]] and [[Smithers]] leave for the winter, Smithers suggests to Burns that cutting off the cable television and beer supply may have been the reason for the previous caretakers' going insane and murdering their families. Burns then says that if they come back and everyone is slaughtered, he owes Smithers a Coke. Mr. Burns also says he owes Smithers a Coke in "[[Treehouse of Horror II]]" when he and Smithers are returning Homer's brain to his body, realizing that he was alive all along.
*A deleted scene shows [[Bart]] encountering [[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] as the ghosts of the previous caretaker's daughters, similar to Danny Torrance in ''The Shining''. Bart is skateboarding in the halls, turns a corner, and sees Sherri and Terri, who sing, "Your father's gonna kill you!" Bart then skates down another hall and sees [[Patty]] and [[Selma]], who tell him, "They're right, y'know."

=== Nightmare Cafeteria ===
*The segment comes full circle from the episode "[[Bart the Murderer]]", where [[Principal Skinner]] disappears and one of the rumors going around [[Springfield Elementary School]] is that Skinner was ground into hamburger and served for lunch in the cafeteria.
*When Skinner tells [[Bart]] he's going to enjoy devouring him, he adds, "I believe I'll start as you've so often suggested, by eating your shorts", referencing Bart's trademark catchphrase, "[[Eat My Shorts!]]"
*According to the DVD commentary, a scene that was written, but not used, had [[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] being served for lunch as "Terri-yaki with Sherri Sauce".
*The overcrowded classroom in this episode was later reused for "[[Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh]]".

== Airings ==
Along with every other [[Treehouse of Horror Series|Treehouse of Horror]] episode up to [[Treehouse of Horror XVI|XVI]], this episode aired as part of [[The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Mania]].

{{Season 6|R}}
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[[Category:Trivia]]

Treehouse of Horror XXI

2010-11-07T12:00:11Z

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''For the continuing series of Halloween specials, see [[Treehouse of Horror Series]].''
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'''Treehouse of Horror XXI''' is the twenty-first [[Treehouse of Horror Series|Treehouse of Horror]] episode and the fourth of [[Season 22]]. It is scheduled to air on November 7, 2010.

== Plot ==
===Professor Frink's Warning===
For the first time since [[Treehouse of Horror V]], a character from the show warn young viewers about the Halloween episode.

"Welcome precious primetime viewers, value internet downnloaders, and scary digital pirates. If you want to shield your little darlings from our stomach-turning holiday special, simply hit fast forward on your DVR remotes (hits the fast forward button). Ah, I went too far, spoil the whole show for everybody, I don't deserve to weal the remote." Then Frink turn the remote on himself and hit the fast fowward button, he gets older, then turns him into dust, the wind blow the dust to show the Treehouse of Horror XXI title.
[[Video:The Simpsons - 'Treehouse of Horror' (with Hugh Laurie) Promo|thumb|left|250px|Promotional video for this episode]]
=== Master and Cadaver ===
[[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] take a cruise together on a sailboat where a castaway disrupts their romantic getaway, like ''Dead Calm''.<ref>[http://www.screenjunkies.com/tvnews/exclusive-sacha-baron-cohen-visits-simpsons-plus-season-finale-spoilers Exclusive: Sacha Baron Cohen Visits 'The Simpsons' Plus Season Finale Spoilers]</ref>

=== Tweenlight ===
[[Lisa Simpson]] falls in love with a vampire named [[Edmund]]. However, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Count Dracula|Edmund's father]] disapprove of their love and team up to try to destroy it - a parody of the Twilight saga.<ref>[http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/11/18/exclusive-daniel-radcliffe-to-guest-on-the-simpsons Exclusive: Daniel Radcliffe to guest on 'The Simpsons']</ref>

=== War and Pieces ===
A story where games, such as chess and snakes and ladders come to life and a parody of ''The Office'' that takes place at Monster Mifflin in Transylvania with Frankenstein as the boss. <ref>[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/livefrom/post/2010/07/whos-visiting-springfield-this-season/1 Who's visiting Springfield this season?]</ref>

== Gallery ==
Promotional pictures for this episode
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promo-thohxxi-2.jpg|Logo of Treehouse of Horror and Fox Broadcasting.
promo-thohxxi-3.jpg
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</gallery>

== References ==
<references/>

{{Treehouse of Horror}}
{{Season 22}}

[[es:Treehouse of Horror XXI]]
[[pt:A Casa dos Horrores XXI]]
[[Category:Anthology]]
[[Category:2010]]

Treehouse of Horror XXI

2010-11-07T11:51:20Z

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'''Treehouse of Horror XXI''' is the twenty-first [[Treehouse of Horror Series|Treehouse of Horror]] episode and the fourth of [[Season 22]]. It is scheduled to air on November 7, 2010.

== Plot ==
===Professor Frink's Warning===
For the first time since [[Treehouse of Horror V]], a character from the show warn young viewers about the Halloween episode.

"Welcome precious primetime viewers, value internet downnloaders, and scary digital pirates. If you want to shield your little darlings from our stomach-turning holiday special, simply hit fast forward on your DVR remotes (hits the fast forward button). Ah, I went too far, spoil the whole show for everybody, I don't deserve to weal the remote." Then he turn the remote on himself and hit the fast fowward button, he gets older, then turns him into dust, once the wind blow the dust to show the Treehouse of Horror XXI title.
[[Video:The Simpsons - 'Treehouse of Horror' (with Hugh Laurie) Promo|thumb|left|250px|Promotional video for this episode]]
=== Master and Cadaver ===
[[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] take a cruise together on a sailboat where a castaway disrupts their romantic getaway, like ''Dead Calm''.<ref>[http://www.screenjunkies.com/tvnews/exclusive-sacha-baron-cohen-visits-simpsons-plus-season-finale-spoilers Exclusive: Sacha Baron Cohen Visits 'The Simpsons' Plus Season Finale Spoilers]</ref>

=== Tweenlight ===
[[Lisa Simpson]] falls in love with a vampire named [[Edmund]]. However, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Count Dracula|Edmund's father]] disapprove of their love and team up to try to destroy it - a parody of the Twilight saga.<ref>[http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/11/18/exclusive-daniel-radcliffe-to-guest-on-the-simpsons Exclusive: Daniel Radcliffe to guest on 'The Simpsons']</ref>

=== War and Pieces ===
A story where games, such as chess and snakes and ladders come to life and a parody of ''The Office'' that takes place at Monster Mifflin in Transylvania with Frankenstein as the boss. <ref>[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/livefrom/post/2010/07/whos-visiting-springfield-this-season/1 Who's visiting Springfield this season?]</ref>

== Gallery ==
Promotional pictures for this episode
<gallery captionalign="left">
promo-thohxxi-2.jpg|Logo of Treehouse of Horror and Fox Broadcasting.
promo-thohxxi-3.jpg
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Edmund.jpg
Roger.jpg
</gallery>

== References ==
<references/>

{{Treehouse of Horror}}
{{Season 22}}

[[es:Treehouse of Horror XXI]]
[[pt:A Casa dos Horrores XXI]]
[[Category:Anthology]]
[[Category:2010]]

Treehouse of Horror XXI

2010-11-07T11:49:46Z

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'''Treehouse of Horror XXI''' is the twenty-first [[Treehouse of Horror Series|Treehouse of Horror]] episode and the fourth of [[Season 22]]. It is scheduled to air on November 7, 2010.

== Plot ==
===Professor Frink's Warning===
For the first time since Treehouse of Horror V, a character from the show warn young viewers about the Halloween episode.

"Welcome precious primetime viewers, value internet downnloaders, and scary digital pirates. If you want to shield your little darlings from our stomach-turning holiday special, simply hit fast forward on your DVR remotes (hits the fast forward button). Ah, I went too far, spoil the whole show for everybody, I don't deserve to weal the remote." Then he turn the remote on himself and hit the fast fowward button, he gets older, then turns him into dust, once the wind blow the dust to show the Treehouse of Horror XXI title.
[[Video:The Simpsons - 'Treehouse of Horror' (with Hugh Laurie) Promo|thumb|left|250px|Promotional video for this episode]]
=== Master and Cadaver ===
[[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] take a cruise together on a sailboat where a castaway disrupts their romantic getaway, like ''Dead Calm''.<ref>[http://www.screenjunkies.com/tvnews/exclusive-sacha-baron-cohen-visits-simpsons-plus-season-finale-spoilers Exclusive: Sacha Baron Cohen Visits 'The Simpsons' Plus Season Finale Spoilers]</ref>

=== Tweenlight ===
[[Lisa Simpson]] falls in love with a vampire named [[Edmund]]. However, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Count Dracula|Edmund's father]] disapprove of their love and team up to try to destroy it - a parody of the Twilight saga.<ref>[http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/11/18/exclusive-daniel-radcliffe-to-guest-on-the-simpsons Exclusive: Daniel Radcliffe to guest on 'The Simpsons']</ref>

=== War and Pieces ===
A story where games, such as chess and snakes and ladders come to life and a parody of ''The Office'' that takes place at Monster Mifflin in Transylvania with Frankenstein as the boss. <ref>[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/livefrom/post/2010/07/whos-visiting-springfield-this-season/1 Who's visiting Springfield this season?]</ref>

== Gallery ==
Promotional pictures for this episode
<gallery captionalign="left">
promo-thohxxi-2.jpg|Logo of Treehouse of Horror and Fox Broadcasting.
promo-thohxxi-3.jpg
thohxxi-4.jpg
Edmund.jpg
Roger.jpg
</gallery>

== References ==
<references/>

{{Treehouse of Horror}}
{{Season 22}}

[[es:Treehouse of Horror XXI]]
[[pt:A Casa dos Horrores XXI]]
[[Category:Anthology]]
[[Category:2010]]

Treehouse of Horror XXI

2010-11-07T11:44:09Z

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'''Treehouse of Horror XXI''' is the twenty-first [[Treehouse of Horror Series|Treehouse of Horror]] episode and the fourth of [[Season 22]]. It is scheduled to air on November 7, 2010.

===Professor Frink's Warning===
For the first time since [[Treehouse of Horror V]], a character from the show warn young viewers about the Halloween episode.

"Welcome precious primetime viewers, value internet downnloaders, and scary digital pirates. If you want to shield your little darlings from our stomach-turning holiday special, simply hit fast forward on your DVR remotes (hits the fast forward button). Ah, I went too far, spoil the whole show for everybody, I don't deserve to weal the remote." Then he turn the remote on himself and hit the fast fowward button, he gets older, then turns him into dust, once the wind blow the dust to show the Treehouse of Horror XXI title.

== Plot ==
[[Video:The Simpsons - 'Treehouse of Horror' (with Hugh Laurie) Promo|thumb|left|250px|Promotional video for this episode]]
=== Master and Cadaver ===
[[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] take a cruise together on a sailboat where a castaway disrupts their romantic getaway, like ''Dead Calm''.<ref>[http://www.screenjunkies.com/tvnews/exclusive-sacha-baron-cohen-visits-simpsons-plus-season-finale-spoilers Exclusive: Sacha Baron Cohen Visits 'The Simpsons' Plus Season Finale Spoilers]</ref>

=== Tweenlight ===
[[Lisa Simpson]] falls in love with a vampire named [[Edmund]]. However, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Count Dracula|Edmund's father]] disapprove of their love and team up to try to destroy it - a parody of the Twilight saga.<ref>[http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/11/18/exclusive-daniel-radcliffe-to-guest-on-the-simpsons Exclusive: Daniel Radcliffe to guest on 'The Simpsons']</ref>

=== War and Pieces ===
A story where games, such as chess and snakes and ladders come to life and a parody of ''The Office'' that takes place at Monster Mifflin in Transylvania with Frankenstein as the boss. <ref>[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/livefrom/post/2010/07/whos-visiting-springfield-this-season/1 Who's visiting Springfield this season?]</ref>

== Gallery ==
Promotional pictures for this episode
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promo-thohxxi-2.jpg|Logo of Treehouse of Horror and Fox Broadcasting.
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Roger.jpg
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== References ==
<references/>

{{Treehouse of Horror}}
{{Season 22}}

[[es:Treehouse of Horror XXI]]
[[pt:A Casa dos Horrores XXI]]
[[Category:Anthology]]
[[Category:2010]]

Treehouse of Horror series

2010-10-25T01:53:18Z

Dragon122:

{{Realworld}}
[[File:Treehouse of horror.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''The Simpsons Halloween Episodes''' are an annual tradition in which there is a special Halloween episode consisting of three separate, self-contained pieces. These pieces usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting; they always take place outside the normal continuity of the show (and are therefore considered to be non-canon), and completely abandon any pretense of being realistic.

[[File:HangingCouch.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Regular Simpsons characters play humorous special roles, occasionally being killed in gruesome ways by zombies, monsters, or even each other. Groundskeeper Willie has died many times in the Treehouse of Horror episodes, mostly by being stuck in the back with an axe, impaled by a sharp object, burned by a furnace and even once by a dolphin.

The Halloween episodes also regularly parody many classic horror and science fiction films and episodes such as "The Shining", "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", "To Serve Man", "Living Doll", "It's a Good Life", "A Kind of a Stopwatch", "The Little People" and "Little Girl Lost".

== Origins ==
According to DVD commentary, the reason why the episodes are non-canon is a trade-off for the writers. Writing three 7-minute segments was just too taxing for the writers, so it was proposed that they could do anything without worrying about continuity to appease them.

The yearly Halloween special was named "Treehouse of Horror" because the [[Treehouse of Horror|original special]] depicted the Simpson children in their treehouse telling scary stories to one another. In later years the series dropped the framing device of characters telling stories, but kept the ''Treehouse'' title.

[[File:Homer3D.jpg|thumb|250px|The 3d Homer from TOH 6]]
In a section of "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]" called "Homer³," Homer and Bart go into a three-dimensional world, which Homer likens to Tron, created by Pacific Data Images, a computer animation company that would later produce Shrek. This segment from the Halloween episode was also used as a segment of a film shown in the IMAX 3D film Cyberworld. This was the first and one of the few times The Simpsons have strayed from their traditional 2D animation, and the longest, as other moments consisted of live action couch gags or short claymation or CGI television and film parodies. Other Treehouse segment name parodies include "Citizen Kang", "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", "The Thing and I", "Hex and the City" "House of Whacks", "I've Grown a Costume On Your Face", "The Shinning" and "Reaper Madness".

== Traditions ==
For several years the characters broke the fourth wall and introduced their pieces directly to the audience. In "[[Treehouse of Horror II]]" the writers decided to give the cast and crew of the show scary names in the opening and closing credits (like "Bat Groening" and "James Hell Brooks"). This also became a tradition, and has been done in every Halloween episode since except XII and XIII. The names have changed in subsequent seasons, with the exception of [[Sam Simon]]'s, who left during the fourth season. He has since remained "Sam 'Sayonara' Simon."
[[File:KangKodos.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Another mainstay of the Halloween shows is the appearance of the two space aliens [[Kang and Kodos]], introduced in the second segment of the first "Treehouse of Horror." However they are not always important to any story in the special; starting with "[[Treehouse of Horror III]]" they began appearing just to keep up the tradition. While they have had significant parts in other "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, they often only appear in the middle of a totally different story, for example, a story about zombies attacking the town will suddenly turn to them in space, watching the events and laughing maniacally at the Earthlings' suffering, before switching back to the actual story. In later years they would sometimes appear at either the beginning or end of the episode, outside of any of the stories; for example, one year they appeared between the last segment and the credits wondering why The Simpsons producers hadn't called them to be in the episode. Soon they get a call offering them to be on a commercial for something called "Old Navy".

From the second halloween episode, "shh" in the Gracie Films logo is abandoned and the Gracie Films music at the end is replaced with a pipe organ version. From the fourth halloween episode a scream was added as well.

Also, at the start of Treehouse of Horror I, II, IV and V Marge comes out with a message urging parents not to let their children watch the program as they will suffer from nightmares; however, she gives up, saying how no one ever listens to her. This was abandoned in later seasons because the length of each episode has been reduced significantly since first few seasons and because by then the writers were sure that everyone was aware that the shows are scary.[1] Another tradition they abandoned was including tombstones with humorous messages in the opening credits: the credits for Treehouse of Horror V include a single tombstone with the words "Amusing Tombstones" to signal this.

Recent years

Although the Treehouse series is meant to be seen on Halloween, in recent years new installments have premiered after Halloween. This is due to Fox's current contract with Major League Baseball's World Series and Playoff games. If the Series does not go the full seven games, Fox usually airs the previous season's Treehouse episode on the Sunday before Halloween (or if Sunday happens to fall on Halloween). However, it has been known on many occasions for new shows to premiere on the West Coast only in time for Halloween regardless of how long the World Series lasts. It gets the full national premiere, of course, as scheduled in November, after Halloween. Another reason for the late airing is that during November, Nielsen Media Research conducts one of its four annual sweeps months - in recent years, the annual Treehouse of Horror episodes tend to draw some of the highest ratings of the season to which it belongs. Beginning on [[Treehouse of Horror XI]], every episode was aired in November, with an excepted of [[Treehouse of Horror XX]] (it was aired on October 18, 2009).

FOX's arrangement with Major League Baseball was made fun of in the opening sequence for "[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]]". Kang, frustrated that the episode is being delayed by a World Series baseball game, decides to "fast forward" the game, but overdoes it, sucking the Earth, the universe, and everything else (including God) into nothingness. He then leaves a sticky note, which shows the title. Another joke about the programming of Halloween episodes in November appears in "Treehouse of Horror XIV", where Kang looks at a TV Guide and says, Those humans. They're showing a Halloween episode. In November!" Kodos replies, "Who cares about Halloween? We've already got our Christmas decorations up!" The camera then cuts to a shot of the fireplace with Christmas decorations, complete with multi-legged stockings and alien reindeer, scattered about, and festive Christmas music plays over the opening credits.

However, the most recent Treehouse episode, [[Treehouse of Horror XX|XX]], aired before Halloween.

== Comics Series ==

In 1995, Matt Groening's Bongo Comics Group, a company specializing in Simpsons-based publications, began a series of comic book adaptations of the Treehouse of Horror series. These annual editions are released in September each year, and as of September 2007 there will be thirteen issues available. Originally, guest writers from other comic book companies were invited to submit scripts to Bongo, where the comics themselves would then be drawn by Bongo staff. Beginning with #5 (1999), the "guests" were allowed to submit both stories and art, wherein at the most Bongo would only supply the lettering and colorings of the stories [however, there are few cases of this rule being broken; i.e., "The Catastrophe on Substitute Springfields" (#7, 2001) and "The Legend of Batterface" (#10, 2004).

Note: the comics are really rare to find. especially #7

== Episodes ==
{{scroll|
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror X}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}
}}
[[Category:Treehouse of Horror]]
[[Category:Anthology]]

Treehouse of Horror series

2010-10-25T01:49:42Z

Dragon122:

{{Realworld}}
[[File:Treehouse of horror.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''The Simpsons Halloween Episodes''' are an annual tradition in which there is a special Halloween episode consisting of three separate, self-contained pieces. These pieces usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting; they always take place outside the normal continuity of the show (and are therefore considered to be non-canon), and completely abandon any pretense of being realistic.

[[File:HangingCouch.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Regular Simpsons characters play humorous special roles, occasionally being killed in gruesome ways by zombies, monsters, or even each other. Groundskeeper Willie has died many times in the Treehouse of Horror episodes, mostly by being stuck in the back with an axe, impaled by a sharp object, burned by a furnace and even once by a dolphin.

The Halloween episodes also regularly parody many classic horror and science fiction films and episodes such as "The Shining", "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", "To Serve Man", "Living Doll", "It's a Good Life", "A Kind of a Stopwatch", "The Little People" and "Little Girl Lost".

== Origins ==
According to DVD commentary, the reason why the episodes are non-canon is a trade-off for the writers. Writing three 7-minute segments was just too taxing for the writers, so it was proposed that they could do anything without worrying about continuity to appease them.

The yearly Halloween special was named "Treehouse of Horror" because the [[Treehouse of Horror|original special]] depicted the Simpson children in their treehouse telling scary stories to one another. In later years the series dropped the framing device of characters telling stories, but kept the ''Treehouse'' title.

[[File:Homer3D.jpg|thumb|250px|The 3d Homer from TOH 6]]
In a section of "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]" called "Homer³," Homer and Bart go into a three-dimensional world, which Homer likens to Tron, created by Pacific Data Images, a computer animation company that would later produce Shrek. This segment from the Halloween episode was also used as a segment of a film shown in the IMAX 3D film Cyberworld. This was the first and one of the few times The Simpsons have strayed from their traditional 2D animation, and the longest, as other moments consisted of live action couch gags or short claymation or CGI television and film parodies. Other Treehouse segment name parodies include "Citizen Kang", "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", "The Thing and I", "Hex and the City" "House of Whacks", "I've Grown a Costume On Your Face", "The Shinning" and "Reaper Madness".

== Traditions ==
For several years the characters broke the fourth wall and introduced their pieces directly to the audience. In "[[Treehouse of Horror II]]" the writers decided to give the cast and crew of the show scary names in the opening and closing credits (like "Bat Groening" and "James Hell Brooks"). This also became a tradition, and has been done in every Halloween episode since except XII and XIII. The names have changed in subsequent seasons, with the exception of [[Sam Simon]]'s, who left during the fourth season. He has since remained "Sam 'Sayonara' Simon."
[[File:KangKodos.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Another mainstay of the Halloween shows is the appearance of the two space aliens [[Kang and Kodos]], introduced in the second segment of the first "Treehouse of Horror." However they are not always important to any story in the special; starting with "[[Treehouse of Horror III]]" they began appearing just to keep up the tradition. While they have had significant parts in other "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, they often only appear in the middle of a totally different story, for example, a story about zombies attacking the town will suddenly turn to them in space, watching the events and laughing maniacally at the Earthlings' suffering, before switching back to the actual story. In later years they would sometimes appear at either the beginning or end of the episode, outside of any of the stories; for example, one year they appeared between the last segment and the credits wondering why The Simpsons producers hadn't called them to be in the episode. Soon they get a call offering them to be on a commercial for something called "Old Navy".

From the second halloween episode, "shh" in the Gracie Films logo is abandoned and the Gracie Films music at the end is replaced with a pipe organ version. From the fourth halloween episode a scream was added as well.

Also, at the start of Treehouse of Horror I, II, IV and V Marge comes out with a message urging parents not to let their children watch the program as they will suffer from nightmares; however, she gives up, saying how no one ever listens to her. This was abandoned in later seasons because the length of each episode has been reduced significantly since first few seasons and because by then the writers were sure that everyone was aware that the shows are scary.[1] Another tradition they abandoned was including tombstones with humorous messages in the opening credits: the credits for Treehouse of Horror V include a single tombstone with the words "Amusing Tombstones" to signal this.

Recent years

Although the Treehouse series is meant to be seen on Halloween, in recent years new installments have premiered after Halloween. This is due to Fox's current contract with Major League Baseball's World Series and Playoff games. If the Series does not go the full seven games, Fox usually airs the previous season's Treehouse episode on the Sunday before Halloween (or if Sunday happens to fall on Halloween). However, it has been known on many occasions for new shows to premiere on the West Coast only in time for Halloween regardless of how long the World Series lasts. It gets the full national premiere, of course, as scheduled in November, after Halloween. Another reason for the late airing is that during November, Nielsen Media Research conducts one of its four annual sweeps months - in recent years, the annual Treehouse of Horror episodes tend to draw some of the highest ratings of the season to which it belongs. Beginning on [[Treehouse of Horror XI]] every episode was aired in November, with an excepted of [[Treehouse of Horror XX]] (it was aired on October 18, 2009).

FOX's arrangement with Major League Baseball was made fun of in the opening sequence for "[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]]". Kang, frustrated that the episode is being delayed by a World Series baseball game, decides to "fast forward" the game, but overdoes it, sucking the Earth, the universe, and everything else (including God) into nothingness. He then leaves a sticky note, which shows the title. Another joke about the programming of Halloween episodes in November appears in "Treehouse of Horror XIV", where Kang looks at a TV Guide and says, Those humans. They're showing a Halloween episode. In November!" Kodos replies, "Who cares about Halloween? We've already got our Christmas decorations up!" The camera then cuts to a shot of the fireplace with Christmas decorations, complete with multi-legged stockings and alien reindeer, scattered about, and festive Christmas music plays over the opening credits.

However, the most recent Treehouse episode, [[Treehouse of Horror XX|XX]], aired before Halloween.

== Comics Series ==

In 1995, Matt Groening's Bongo Comics Group, a company specializing in Simpsons-based publications, began a series of comic book adaptations of the Treehouse of Horror series. These annual editions are released in September each year, and as of September 2007 there will be thirteen issues available. Originally, guest writers from other comic book companies were invited to submit scripts to Bongo, where the comics themselves would then be drawn by Bongo staff. Beginning with #5 (1999), the "guests" were allowed to submit both stories and art, wherein at the most Bongo would only supply the lettering and colorings of the stories [however, there are few cases of this rule being broken; i.e., "The Catastrophe on Substitute Springfields" (#7, 2001) and "The Legend of Batterface" (#10, 2004).

Note: the comics are really rare to find. especially #7

== Episodes ==
{{scroll|
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror X}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}
}}
[[Category:Treehouse of Horror]]
[[Category:Anthology]]

Treehouse of Horror series

2010-10-25T01:41:34Z

Dragon122:

{{Realworld}}
[[File:Treehouse of horror.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''The Simpsons Halloween Episodes''' are an annual tradition in which there is a special Halloween episode consisting of three separate, self-contained pieces. These pieces usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting; they always take place outside the normal continuity of the show (and are therefore considered to be non-canon), and completely abandon any pretense of being realistic.

[[File:HangingCouch.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Regular Simpsons characters play humorous special roles, occasionally being killed in gruesome ways by zombies, monsters, or even each other. Groundskeeper Willie has died many times in the Treehouse of Horror episodes, mostly by being stuck in the back with an axe, impaled by a sharp object, burned by a furnace and even once by a dolphin.

The Halloween episodes also regularly parody many classic horror and science fiction films and episodes such as "The Shining", "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", "To Serve Man", "Living Doll", "It's a Good Life", "A Kind of a Stopwatch", "The Little People" and "Little Girl Lost".

== Origins ==
According to DVD commentary, the reason why the episodes are non-canon is a trade-off for the writers. Writing three 7-minute segments was just too taxing for the writers, so it was proposed that they could do anything without worrying about continuity to appease them.

The yearly Halloween special was named "Treehouse of Horror" because the [[Treehouse of Horror|original special]] depicted the Simpson children in their treehouse telling scary stories to one another. In later years the series dropped the framing device of characters telling stories, but kept the ''Treehouse'' title.

[[File:Homer3D.jpg|thumb|250px|The 3d Homer from TOH 6]]
In a section of "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]" called "Homer³," Homer and Bart go into a three-dimensional world, which Homer likens to Tron, created by Pacific Data Images, a computer animation company that would later produce Shrek. This segment from the Halloween episode was also used as a segment of a film shown in the IMAX 3D film Cyberworld. This was the first and one of the few times The Simpsons have strayed from their traditional 2D animation, and the longest, as other moments consisted of live action couch gags or short claymation or CGI television and film parodies. Other Treehouse segment name parodies include "Citizen Kang", "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", "The Thing and I", "Hex and the City" "House of Whacks", "I've Grown a Costume On Your Face", "The Shinning" and "Reaper Madness".

== Traditions ==
For several years the characters broke the fourth wall and introduced their pieces directly to the audience. In "[[Treehouse of Horror II]]" the writers decided to give the cast and crew of the show scary names in the opening and closing credits (like "Bat Groening" and "James Hell Brooks"). This also became a tradition, and has been done in every Halloween episode since except XII and XIII. The names have changed in subsequent seasons, with the exception of [[Sam Simon]]'s, who left during the fourth season. He has since remained "Sam 'Sayonara' Simon."
[[File:KangKodos.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Another mainstay of the Halloween shows is the appearance of the two space aliens [[Kang and Kodos]], introduced in the second segment of the first "Treehouse of Horror." However they are not always important to any story in the special; starting with "[[Treehouse of Horror III]]" they began appearing just to keep up the tradition. While they have had significant parts in other "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, they often only appear in the middle of a totally different story, for example, a story about zombies attacking the town will suddenly turn to them in space, watching the events and laughing maniacally at the Earthlings' suffering, before switching back to the actual story. In later years they would sometimes appear at either the beginning or end of the episode, outside of any of the stories; for example, one year they appeared between the last segment and the credits wondering why The Simpsons producers hadn't called them to be in the episode. Soon they get a call offering them to be on a commercial for something called "Old Navy".

From the second halloween episode, "shh" in the Gracie Films logo is abandoned and the Gracie Films music at the end is replaced with a pipe organ version. From the fourth halloween episode a scream was added as well.

Also, at the start of Treehouse of Horror I, II, IV and V Marge comes out with a message urging parents not to let their children watch the program as they will suffer from nightmares; however, she gives up, saying how no one ever listens to her. This was abandoned in later seasons because the length of each episode has been reduced significantly since first few seasons and because by then the writers were sure that everyone was aware that the shows are scary.[1] Another tradition they abandoned was including tombstones with humorous messages in the opening credits: the credits for Treehouse of Horror V include a single tombstone with the words "Amusing Tombstones" to signal this.

Recent years

Although the Treehouse series is meant to be seen on Halloween, in recent years new installments have premiered after Halloween. This is due to Fox's current contract with Major League Baseball's World Series and Playoff games. If the Series does not go the full seven games, Fox usually airs the previous season's Treehouse episode on the Sunday before Halloween (or if Sunday happens to fall on Halloween). However, it has been known on many occasions for new shows to premiere on the West Coast only in time for Halloween regardless of how long the World Series lasts. It gets the full national premiere, of course, as scheduled in November, after Halloween. Another reason for the late airing is that during November, Nielsen Media Research conducts one of its four annual sweeps months - in recent years, the annual Treehouse of Horror episodes tend to draw some of the highest ratings of the season to which it belongs. Only Treehouses was aired on or before Halloween, up to Treehouse of Horror X (1990 - 1999) and Treehouse of Horror XX (Oct.18, 2009).

FOX's arrangement with Major League Baseball was made fun of in the opening sequence for "[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]]". Kang, frustrated that the episode is being delayed by a World Series baseball game, decides to "fast forward" the game, but overdoes it, sucking the Earth, the universe, and everything else (including God) into nothingness. He then leaves a sticky note, which shows the title. Another joke about the programming of Halloween episodes in November appears in "Treehouse of Horror XIV", where Kang looks at a TV Guide and says, Those humans. They're showing a Halloween episode. In November!" Kodos replies, "Who cares about Halloween? We've already got our Christmas decorations up!" The camera then cuts to a shot of the fireplace with Christmas decorations, complete with multi-legged stockings and alien reindeer, scattered about, and festive Christmas music plays over the opening credits.

However, the most recent Treehouse episode, [[Treehouse of Horror XX|XX]], aired before Halloween.

== Comics Series ==

In 1995, Matt Groening's Bongo Comics Group, a company specializing in Simpsons-based publications, began a series of comic book adaptations of the Treehouse of Horror series. These annual editions are released in September each year, and as of September 2007 there will be thirteen issues available. Originally, guest writers from other comic book companies were invited to submit scripts to Bongo, where the comics themselves would then be drawn by Bongo staff. Beginning with #5 (1999), the "guests" were allowed to submit both stories and art, wherein at the most Bongo would only supply the lettering and colorings of the stories [however, there are few cases of this rule being broken; i.e., "The Catastrophe on Substitute Springfields" (#7, 2001) and "The Legend of Batterface" (#10, 2004).

Note: the comics are really rare to find. especially #7

== Episodes ==
{{scroll|
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror X}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}
}}
[[Category:Treehouse of Horror]]
[[Category:Anthology]]

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire/References

2010-10-23T14:54:01Z

Dragon122: /* Notes */

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|episode=Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
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==Notes==

*This is the first independent episode of [[The Simpsons]] (previous episodes was aired on [[The Tracey Ullman Show]]).
*This is the only episode that does not start with any kind of show opening. The title is shown and then the episode begins.
*This episode was nominated for, but did not win, a Primetime Emmy Award in the categories of "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or less)" and "Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special."
*DVD commentary revealed that the creators got letters of praise for heightening the awareness of the abandonment of racing dogs, who are often thrown out onto the streets when their owners decide the dogs are no longer profitable, even though they did not know it was a serious problem when they created the episode.
*When Lisa is doing the tribal dance, many people were curious as to why she isn't wearing anything from the waist down. Years later, the DVD commentary for this episode revealed that Lisa is actually wearing a leotard, and is in fact not naked.
*Matt Groening said that he was inspired to do the "Christmas of Many Lands" sketch by an oral report he gave when he was in the second grade. Groening, whose grandmother is from Russia, gave a report on how Russian children are greeted by "Grandfather Winter" and given gifts from him, and how due to differences in the Julian and Gregorian calenders the Russians celebrate their Christmas in January!

== Trivia ==
=== Signs and Other Things To Read ===
*The [[Springfield Elementary School]] Christmas show receives 3 1/2 stars in a recent review advertised in front of the building.
*Lisa requests a pony six times on her Christmas wish list.
*Next door to the tattoo parlor is Dr. Zitsofsky's Dermatology Clinic. A sign in the window reads, "Tattoos removed by laser."
*Homer receives a 13 dollar check: He grossed $120 less social security, less unemployment insurance, less santa training, less costume purchase, less beard rental, less Christmas club.

=== Background jokes ===
*One tattoo in the Happy Sailor Tattoo Parlor features a knife piercing a heart.
*Marge pulls her car into parking area "ZZ" at the [[Springfield Mall]].
*The "slightly irregular" Christmas trees cost $45.
*Santa's Little Helper was number 8 in the greyhound race.

=== Counting Scenes ===
*There are 28 children in Bart's 4th Grade class on stage during the Christmas concert.
*Maggie fell 5 times:
**While Bart and Lisa were writing their letters to Santa (twice)
**Again off-screen shortly
**Homer asks for the extension cord
**Outside admiring Ned's Christmas lights

=== Characters ===
*The mechanical rabbit's name is Screwy
*Dogs in the race against Santa's Little Helper:
**Quadruped
**Whirlwind
**Fido
**Dog O' War
**Chew My Shoe
*This marks the first episode with [[Santa's Little Helper]], [[Patty Bouvier]], [[Selma Bouvier]], [[Ned Flanders]], [[Todd Flanders|Todd Flanders]], [[Mr. Burns]], [[Smithers]], and [[Grampa Simpson|Grampa Simpson.]]

== Errors ==
*Lewis changes from black to yellow when Milhouse dares Bart to pull Santa's beard off.
*After Homer brings Santa's Little Helper home, Homer and Marge hug, and if you look behind them, the background is upside down. There is a picture hanging upside down, and there is a lamp which seems to be hanging from the ceiling. Then in the next shot, the background is normal.
*When Homer walks out Circus of Values with his purchases, he bumps into Flanders, and all the presents scatter everywhere. Watch out for a red present with a green bow that goes flying near the left hand side of the screen. As soon as it hits the ground it turns into a pink box with a white bow wrapped around it, with no shot changes. Other presents move around and change colors too.
*While having breakfast, all of the Simpsons' glasses of orange juice keep disappearing and reappearing throughout the scene.
*Bart yanks Homer's beard off in the mall, Homer then takes Bart into Santa's workshop. When they are inside Santa's workshop, Homer's beard is back on, despite the fact that he didn't put it back on, he let it fall to the ground when Bart pulled it off.
*When Marge is speaking on the phone to her sisters, her sisters say something that sounds like they said that Homer is ugly. Marge then puts down the phone wire that she was curling round her finger. It is easier to see this when you are using DVD, because then you can go into slow-motion, but you can temporarily see that the phone wire disappears when Marge puts it down. It is at the very end of an early scene, because as soon as this happens it changes to another scene.
*When Homer finds out that he has no Christmas bonus the background behind Marge is the kitchen, but then it cuts to Homer and the background behind him is the kitchen too.
*When Homer has been informed about the Christmas money being spent on Bart getting his tattoo surgically removed, he leaves the house. When he opens and closes the door to leave, the wreath on the door is white with a red bow. When Homer then turns to look his Christmas decorations, the wreath is now green.
*Just before the kitchen mistake, Marge comes through the door and you see that she has come from a room with a piano in it. It has a musical book on it. But when the shot changes so we see Marge turn the jar upside down, the book of musical notes has disappeared.
*When Mr. Burns comes on the P.A. system Homer started eating a donut, he takes a bite and after that the donut stays the same size even though he takes 2 more bites. Additionally, when Mr Burns says that there will be no Christmas Bonuses, everyone's donut disappears.
*When Homer is putting Christmas lights around the outside of the house, he falls from the roof. You can then hear Lisa and Bart sarcastically clap. But you can see they both have their hands by their side, and no-one is clapping.
*When Milhouse, Bart and Lewis are talking about the fake Santa, Milhouse's eyebrows go from blue to black to blue again.
*When Homer walks up the front drive you can see the road and there are no markings on it. But when he turns to look at his house, there are orange lines running down the road.
*When Marge reveals the Christmas money from her hair, her necklace changes from red to white.
*When Homer says that he isn't getting a bonus from the power plant he is facing the kitchen but in the next shot Marge is behind Homer who is behind the kitchen.
*The little boy in the play at the beginning appears to be [[Ralph Wiggum]], but his voice is completely different.

== Cultural references ==
*[[wikipedia:All in the Family|All in the Family]]: similair storyline.
*[[wikipedia:The Christmas Song|The Christmas Song]]: title is a pun on line "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire".
*[[wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]]: Bart refers to ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''
*[[wikipedia:The Smurfs|The Smurfs]]: Bart refers to ''The Smurfs Christmas Special''
*[[wikipedia:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol]]: Skinner mentions the book and Bart refers to Tiny Tim.
*[[wikipedia:Jingle Bells|Jingle Bells]]: Bart sings the "Batman Smells" alternative.
*[[wikipedia:Miracle on 34th Street|Miracle on 34th Street]]: Bart makes a disrespectful remark to a mall Santa.
*[[wikipedia:Man o' War|Man o' War]]: a dog is called Dog o' War.
*[[wikipedia:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]: The family sings it at the end.
*[[wikipedia:Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]: Bart is strapped to a table with a laser moving towards him.
*[[wikipedia:The Gift of the Magi|Gift of the Magi]]: Homer doesn't get his Christmas bonus and says to himself "Oh well, thank goodness for the big jar" and Marge used her money to remove Bart's tattoo and says to herself "Oh well, thank goodness for Homer's Christmas bonus", similar to how in this short story by O'Henry, a man sells his watch to buy his wife an expensive set of combs and his wife has her hair cut, selling the remainder to a wigmaker, in order to buy a gold chain for her husband's watch.
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Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

2010-10-23T14:42:05Z

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{{Quote|This could be the miracle that saves the Simpsons' Christmas. If TV has taught me anything, it's that miracles always happen to poor kids at Christmas. It happened to Tiny Tim, it happened to Charlie Brown, it happened to the Smurfs, and it's going to happen to us!|[[Bart Simpson]]}}
"'''Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire'''" is the first episode of [[Season 1]] and the first independent episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (since previous episodes having only been proceeded by shorts on the "[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]"). It first aired on December 17, 1989. The title of the episode is a parody of the festive song, "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire". Fox considers the episode to be a special, so it was one of two episodes from the first season to be nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Series. It lost to "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]". It was also nominated for Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or Special.

== Synopsis ==
It's a not-so-merry Christmas for the Simpsons, when [[Charles Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] decides to cut the Christmas Bonuses and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] has to spend the family's Christmas savings to erase a tattoo Bart thought would make a great Christmas present. In order to hide the fact that he did not get the bonus, Homer takes a second job as a mall Santa.

== Plot ==
===Opening Sequence===
The title, The Simpsons Christmas Special, appears on screen against a black snowy background and the camera pans down to start act one. No blackboard joke or couch gag.
===Act One===
[[File:Santa school.jpg|thumb|right|Homer attending [[Santa School]]]]
The episode begins as Homer hastily drives Marge and Maggie, in the family car, through snow covered streets. They are late for Bart and Lisa’s Christmas pageant at the school. Once at the school, Homer and Marge stumble through a full audience to find their seats; everyone looks on stage at the pageant that has already begun. Homer and Marge sit down just in time to see Principal Skinner introduce the second grade. They do a presentation of different Santa Clauses from around the world, and Lisa steals the show as Tawanga, the Santa Claus of the South Seas. Cut to Skinner introducing the fourth grade singing a medley of Christmas carols. As they all sing Jingle Bells, Bart can be heard singing much different words to the song, he is quickly yanked from the performance. The pageant continues on, as a bored Homer wonders aloud how long the pageant will last. Afterwards, at the Simpson home, Marge writes a letter for the Simpson family Christmas cards, as Homer gets out Christmas decorations, and Bart and Lisa write their Christmas wish lists. In the letter Marge describes how everyone is doing and as she reads the letter in her head the camera pans around to the different family members as she mentions their names. Bart and Lisa show Marge their wish lists; Marge is upset when Lisa once again asks for a pony for Christmas and Bart asks for a tattoo. Just then Marge’s sister Patty calls; a grumbling Homer hands the phone over to Marge and the two sisters discuss their plans for getting together on Christmas Eve. Cut to Homer, who is outside putting the finishing touches on the Christmas lights on the roof, as the kids watch from the sidewalk. After Homer falls from the roof, he calls out to Marge plug the lights in. Only a few of the lights actually light up, and Homer admires his handy work, while the kids are less than impressed. Ned Flanders is also outside, and ready to plug in his lights for the first time, he calls out to Homer and tells him to check it out. As he plugs the lights in his entire house lights up, including a talking Santa Claus on the roof. The lights illuminate everyone’s face and much to Homer’s dismay; his kids are very impressed at Ned’s display of lights.
At breakfast the next morning, Marge tells the kids to grab their money so they can go Christmas shopping at the mall. As the excited kids run off to get their money, Homer asks Marge where she has been keeping the Christmas savings. She makes him turn around and she pulls a big jar of money out of her hair. Homer is impressed at the amount of money they have for Christmas this year. Later at the mall, as Marge, Lisa and Maggie look at gifts together; Bart is off by himself, and comes across a tattoo parlor. In the window, he sees a tattoo of a heart with the word “mother” written across it. He daydreams that Marge will have a positive reaction to him getting a tattoo, so he runs inside the parlor, lies to the tattoo artist about his age, and hops into the chair. Meanwhile, at the nuclear power plant, Mr. Burns announces over the loud speaker that there will not be any Christmas bonuses this year for unskilled workers; this includes Homer. Homer sighs as he remembers they still have the big jar full of money for Christmas presents. Back at the mall, Marge hears Bart’s yells of pain coming from inside the tattoo parlor and she quickly runs inside to see Bart with the heart tattoo halfway finished on his arm. She quickly pulls him out of the chair and takes him to a tattoo removal clinic. The tattoo removal is expensive and requires a full cash payment up front. Marge has to use all the Christmas money for Bart’s tattoo removal, but she sighs when she remembers they still can use Homer’s Christmas bonus. Back at home Marge tells Homer what has happened and Homer freaks out. She tells him to calm down, and that they will just have to stretch his Christmas bonus a little further this year. Homer fakes relief when Marge mentions his bonus, he tells everyone that this will be the best Christmas ever and steps outside for a walk. Once outside he looks up at his poorly decorated house and then at Flanders’ masterpiece. A depressed Homer hangs his head in despair.

===Act Two===
That night in bed, Marge senses something is amiss with Homer and she asks what is wrong. Homer almost tells her the truth about his Christmas bonus, but quickly backpedals and instead offers to do the Christmas shopping, so she doesn’t have to. Marge agrees and seems satisfied that there is nothing wrong and they both go to bed. The next day Homer does some Christmas shopping alone at a cheap thrift store. He purchases pantyhose for Marge, pads of paper for Bart and a squeaky chew toy for Maggie. On his way out the door with his bag of presents Homer accidentally crashes into Ned who has an armful of fancily wrapped packages. All the presents are spilled onto the ground, and as Homer picks the few he purchased and sees how many Ned bought, he becomes sad and depressed and heads over to Moe’s. At Moe’s, Homer drinks a beer alone, when a cheerful Barney walks in wearing a Santa Claus suit. Barney explains that he is in a good mood because he has extra money from working a part time job acting as Santa Claus at the mall. Homer suddenly has an idea. Cut to the personnel office in the mall, as Homer fills out an application and is interviewed to be a mall Santa. After reviewing Homer’s application, and interviewing him, the personnel director welcomes Homer aboard and sends him to mall Santa training. A montage of Homer enduring Santa training ensues.
Homer finally makes it home late at night and a worried Marge wants to know where he has been. Homer ignores her and heads upstairs, but Marge tells him that her sisters are here and that he needs to visit with them. As Homer talks with Patty and Selma, they comment on the fact that the Simpsons don’t have a Christmas tree up yet. Homer tells them he was just on his way out to get one, and he angrily hurries out the door. In the car, Homer drives past several expensive Christmas tree lots and finally stops at a private tree farm and uses a chain saw to steal a nice Christmas tree for the family. Back at home, Homer stands up the tree, and everyone is impressed except for Patty and Selma. On Christmas Eve at the mall, Homer works as Santa Claus, while children wait in line to sit on his lap. From a distance, Bart and Milhouse watch the kids line up to sit on Santa’s lap, they comment on how they can’t believe that these kids are falling for the fake Santa bit. Milhouse dares Bart to yank off Santa’s beard and Bart agrees. Bart jumps in line and finally gets his turn on Santa’s lap. Not knowing that Santa is really Homer, Bart yanks off his beard. Bart is shocked at what he has uncovered, and an angry Homer escorts Bart inside Santa’s workshop to speak with him in private. Homer explains the situation to Bart, who understands and feels bad for yanking off Homer’s beard. At the end of the Homer’s shift, Bart goes with Homer as he picks up his check. Homer is surprised to learn that he has only made 13 dollars. When he questions the cashier, she explains the majority of his check went to pay for the Santa suit, social security, etc. While a depressed Homer sits down to figure out what to do with the 13 dollars, an excited Barney tells Homer that he is going to the dog track to place a bet with his 13 dollars. He invites Homer to come along with him, Homer is reluctant but Bart convinces him to go, citing that this might be their only chance to save the Simpson family Christmas.

===Act Three===
Back at the Simpson home everyone including Patty, Selma and Grandpa Simpson, wait for Homer and Bart to come home. Cut to the dog track, where Barney gives Homer a tip on a dog named Whirlwind. After seeing what Whirlwind looks like, Homer is reluctant to bet on him. Just then an announcement plays over the P.A. system, announcing that a dog named Santa’s Little Helper will be replacing another dog in the fourth race. Homer senses that the announcement is an omen, and decides to bet on him even though Bart recommends not to, and despite the fact that the odds are 99 to 1. Homer puts down all 13 dollars on Santa’s Little Helper. Meanwhile at home, Patty and Selma talk bad about Homer, while everyone still waits for him and Bart. Back at the track Homer and Bart anxiously await the running of the fourth race. As the race begins Homer and Bart cheer on Santa’s Little Helper, but Whirlwind, Barney’s pick, is out to an early lead with Santa’s Little Helper bringing up the rear. Homer and Bart quickly realize their chances at winning any money are dashed, as Santa’s Little Helper doesn’t even finish the race. Cut to Homer and Bart, out in the parking lot of the dog track, looking for discarded betting slips hoping to find that someone has thrown away a winner. Barney drives by in a convertible with a woman in the passenger seat, and gloats to Bart and Homer about his pick for the race: Whirlwind. A dejected Bart and Homer head back to their car, when off in the distance they see a racing dog owner yelling and chasing off Santa’s Little Helper for losing once again. Santa’s Little Helper jumps up into Homer’s arms. Bart asks Homer if they can keep the dog. Homer, reluctant at first, quickly warms up to the dog and decides to take him home. Cut back to the Simpson home, where everyone still awaits Bart and Homer’s return. Suddenly, a sad looking Homer enters in and starts to confess to everyone about the fact that he didn't receive his Christmas bonus, and apologizes for the lack of presents; when Bart bursts in, along with a barking Santa’s Little Helper. Everyone falls in love with the dog, and Homer realizes that in the end he has done a good job providing gifts at Christmas.

===Credits===
The credits roll as the entire Simpson family including Patty, Selma, and Grandpa Simpson, sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Near the end of the song Homer chokes Bart for adding "unofficial" words to the song.

==Behind the Laughter==
===Production===
[[File:BarneyGumble-Blond.jpg|right|thumb|Barney as a blond]]
Fox was very nervous about the show because they were unsure that they could sustain the audience's attention for the duration of the episode. In the end, they gambled by asking FOX for 13 full-length episodes. The series was originally planned to premiere in the fall of [[1989]], but due to major problems with the animation of "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]" (the first Simpsons episode produced), the series instead began on December 17, 1989 with this episode. "Some Enchanted Evening" instead aired as the season finale.

The episode, being the first to air, lacked the now famous opening sequence which was later added in the second episode when Groening thought of the idea of a longer opening sequence resulting in less animation.

The "Santas of many lands" portion of the Christmas pageant is based on Matt Groening's experience in the second grade when he did a report on Christmas in Russia. Groening also used that reference in his strip "Life in Hell" when he spoofed himself as a young man, being told that it is too bad his grandmother is from Russia, because Christmas is against the law there. Also, Matt Groening claims that this episode has been incorrectly credited with creating the "alternate version" of Jingle Bells.

[[David Silverman]] directed this episode, although [[Rich Moore]] storyboarded it and designed Flanders. Several of the scenes were laid out by [[Eric Stefani]], brother of [[wikipedia:Gwen Stefani|Gwen Stefani]]. In this episode, Barney had yellow hair which was the same color as his skin, but that was later dropped because of the belief that only the Simpson family should have such hair.

===Release===
This episode was released on VHS by [[FOX|FOX Home Video]] in 1991. The VHS release was titled "The Simpsons Christmas Special". It was later released on VHS and DVD in ''Christmas with the Simpsons'' in 2001, and then eventually released in 2001 in the Season One boxset.

===Reception===
The episode was nominated for two [[wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmy Awards]] in 1990: "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)" and "Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or Special." Because "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" is considered to be a separate special, ''The Simpsons'' was nominated twice in the Animated Program category; the episode would lose to fellow ''The Simpsons'' episode "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]".

== External Links ==
*[http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/0101.htm "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"] at The Simpsons.com
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Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

2010-10-23T14:41:33Z

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{{Quote|This could be the miracle that saves the Simpsons' Christmas. If TV has taught me anything, it's that miracles always happen to poor kids at Christmas. It happened to Tiny Tim, it happened to Charlie Brown, it happened to the Smurfs, and it's going to happen to us!|[[Bart Simpson]]}}
"'''Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire'''" is the first episode of [[Season 1]] and the first independent episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (since previous episodes having only been proceeded by shorts on the "[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]". It first aired on December 17, 1989. The title of the episode is a parody of the festive song, "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire". Fox considers the episode to be a special, so it was one of two episodes from the first season to be nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Series. It lost to "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]". It was also nominated for Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or Special.

== Synopsis ==
It's a not-so-merry Christmas for the Simpsons, when [[Charles Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] decides to cut the Christmas Bonuses and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] has to spend the family's Christmas savings to erase a tattoo Bart thought would make a great Christmas present. In order to hide the fact that he did not get the bonus, Homer takes a second job as a mall Santa.

== Plot ==
===Opening Sequence===
The title, The Simpsons Christmas Special, appears on screen against a black snowy background and the camera pans down to start act one. No blackboard joke or couch gag.
===Act One===
[[File:Santa school.jpg|thumb|right|Homer attending [[Santa School]]]]
The episode begins as Homer hastily drives Marge and Maggie, in the family car, through snow covered streets. They are late for Bart and Lisa’s Christmas pageant at the school. Once at the school, Homer and Marge stumble through a full audience to find their seats; everyone looks on stage at the pageant that has already begun. Homer and Marge sit down just in time to see Principal Skinner introduce the second grade. They do a presentation of different Santa Clauses from around the world, and Lisa steals the show as Tawanga, the Santa Claus of the South Seas. Cut to Skinner introducing the fourth grade singing a medley of Christmas carols. As they all sing Jingle Bells, Bart can be heard singing much different words to the song, he is quickly yanked from the performance. The pageant continues on, as a bored Homer wonders aloud how long the pageant will last. Afterwards, at the Simpson home, Marge writes a letter for the Simpson family Christmas cards, as Homer gets out Christmas decorations, and Bart and Lisa write their Christmas wish lists. In the letter Marge describes how everyone is doing and as she reads the letter in her head the camera pans around to the different family members as she mentions their names. Bart and Lisa show Marge their wish lists; Marge is upset when Lisa once again asks for a pony for Christmas and Bart asks for a tattoo. Just then Marge’s sister Patty calls; a grumbling Homer hands the phone over to Marge and the two sisters discuss their plans for getting together on Christmas Eve. Cut to Homer, who is outside putting the finishing touches on the Christmas lights on the roof, as the kids watch from the sidewalk. After Homer falls from the roof, he calls out to Marge plug the lights in. Only a few of the lights actually light up, and Homer admires his handy work, while the kids are less than impressed. Ned Flanders is also outside, and ready to plug in his lights for the first time, he calls out to Homer and tells him to check it out. As he plugs the lights in his entire house lights up, including a talking Santa Claus on the roof. The lights illuminate everyone’s face and much to Homer’s dismay; his kids are very impressed at Ned’s display of lights.
At breakfast the next morning, Marge tells the kids to grab their money so they can go Christmas shopping at the mall. As the excited kids run off to get their money, Homer asks Marge where she has been keeping the Christmas savings. She makes him turn around and she pulls a big jar of money out of her hair. Homer is impressed at the amount of money they have for Christmas this year. Later at the mall, as Marge, Lisa and Maggie look at gifts together; Bart is off by himself, and comes across a tattoo parlor. In the window, he sees a tattoo of a heart with the word “mother” written across it. He daydreams that Marge will have a positive reaction to him getting a tattoo, so he runs inside the parlor, lies to the tattoo artist about his age, and hops into the chair. Meanwhile, at the nuclear power plant, Mr. Burns announces over the loud speaker that there will not be any Christmas bonuses this year for unskilled workers; this includes Homer. Homer sighs as he remembers they still have the big jar full of money for Christmas presents. Back at the mall, Marge hears Bart’s yells of pain coming from inside the tattoo parlor and she quickly runs inside to see Bart with the heart tattoo halfway finished on his arm. She quickly pulls him out of the chair and takes him to a tattoo removal clinic. The tattoo removal is expensive and requires a full cash payment up front. Marge has to use all the Christmas money for Bart’s tattoo removal, but she sighs when she remembers they still can use Homer’s Christmas bonus. Back at home Marge tells Homer what has happened and Homer freaks out. She tells him to calm down, and that they will just have to stretch his Christmas bonus a little further this year. Homer fakes relief when Marge mentions his bonus, he tells everyone that this will be the best Christmas ever and steps outside for a walk. Once outside he looks up at his poorly decorated house and then at Flanders’ masterpiece. A depressed Homer hangs his head in despair.

===Act Two===
That night in bed, Marge senses something is amiss with Homer and she asks what is wrong. Homer almost tells her the truth about his Christmas bonus, but quickly backpedals and instead offers to do the Christmas shopping, so she doesn’t have to. Marge agrees and seems satisfied that there is nothing wrong and they both go to bed. The next day Homer does some Christmas shopping alone at a cheap thrift store. He purchases pantyhose for Marge, pads of paper for Bart and a squeaky chew toy for Maggie. On his way out the door with his bag of presents Homer accidentally crashes into Ned who has an armful of fancily wrapped packages. All the presents are spilled onto the ground, and as Homer picks the few he purchased and sees how many Ned bought, he becomes sad and depressed and heads over to Moe’s. At Moe’s, Homer drinks a beer alone, when a cheerful Barney walks in wearing a Santa Claus suit. Barney explains that he is in a good mood because he has extra money from working a part time job acting as Santa Claus at the mall. Homer suddenly has an idea. Cut to the personnel office in the mall, as Homer fills out an application and is interviewed to be a mall Santa. After reviewing Homer’s application, and interviewing him, the personnel director welcomes Homer aboard and sends him to mall Santa training. A montage of Homer enduring Santa training ensues.
Homer finally makes it home late at night and a worried Marge wants to know where he has been. Homer ignores her and heads upstairs, but Marge tells him that her sisters are here and that he needs to visit with them. As Homer talks with Patty and Selma, they comment on the fact that the Simpsons don’t have a Christmas tree up yet. Homer tells them he was just on his way out to get one, and he angrily hurries out the door. In the car, Homer drives past several expensive Christmas tree lots and finally stops at a private tree farm and uses a chain saw to steal a nice Christmas tree for the family. Back at home, Homer stands up the tree, and everyone is impressed except for Patty and Selma. On Christmas Eve at the mall, Homer works as Santa Claus, while children wait in line to sit on his lap. From a distance, Bart and Milhouse watch the kids line up to sit on Santa’s lap, they comment on how they can’t believe that these kids are falling for the fake Santa bit. Milhouse dares Bart to yank off Santa’s beard and Bart agrees. Bart jumps in line and finally gets his turn on Santa’s lap. Not knowing that Santa is really Homer, Bart yanks off his beard. Bart is shocked at what he has uncovered, and an angry Homer escorts Bart inside Santa’s workshop to speak with him in private. Homer explains the situation to Bart, who understands and feels bad for yanking off Homer’s beard. At the end of the Homer’s shift, Bart goes with Homer as he picks up his check. Homer is surprised to learn that he has only made 13 dollars. When he questions the cashier, she explains the majority of his check went to pay for the Santa suit, social security, etc. While a depressed Homer sits down to figure out what to do with the 13 dollars, an excited Barney tells Homer that he is going to the dog track to place a bet with his 13 dollars. He invites Homer to come along with him, Homer is reluctant but Bart convinces him to go, citing that this might be their only chance to save the Simpson family Christmas.

===Act Three===
Back at the Simpson home everyone including Patty, Selma and Grandpa Simpson, wait for Homer and Bart to come home. Cut to the dog track, where Barney gives Homer a tip on a dog named Whirlwind. After seeing what Whirlwind looks like, Homer is reluctant to bet on him. Just then an announcement plays over the P.A. system, announcing that a dog named Santa’s Little Helper will be replacing another dog in the fourth race. Homer senses that the announcement is an omen, and decides to bet on him even though Bart recommends not to, and despite the fact that the odds are 99 to 1. Homer puts down all 13 dollars on Santa’s Little Helper. Meanwhile at home, Patty and Selma talk bad about Homer, while everyone still waits for him and Bart. Back at the track Homer and Bart anxiously await the running of the fourth race. As the race begins Homer and Bart cheer on Santa’s Little Helper, but Whirlwind, Barney’s pick, is out to an early lead with Santa’s Little Helper bringing up the rear. Homer and Bart quickly realize their chances at winning any money are dashed, as Santa’s Little Helper doesn’t even finish the race. Cut to Homer and Bart, out in the parking lot of the dog track, looking for discarded betting slips hoping to find that someone has thrown away a winner. Barney drives by in a convertible with a woman in the passenger seat, and gloats to Bart and Homer about his pick for the race: Whirlwind. A dejected Bart and Homer head back to their car, when off in the distance they see a racing dog owner yelling and chasing off Santa’s Little Helper for losing once again. Santa’s Little Helper jumps up into Homer’s arms. Bart asks Homer if they can keep the dog. Homer, reluctant at first, quickly warms up to the dog and decides to take him home. Cut back to the Simpson home, where everyone still awaits Bart and Homer’s return. Suddenly, a sad looking Homer enters in and starts to confess to everyone about the fact that he didn't receive his Christmas bonus, and apologizes for the lack of presents; when Bart bursts in, along with a barking Santa’s Little Helper. Everyone falls in love with the dog, and Homer realizes that in the end he has done a good job providing gifts at Christmas.

===Credits===
The credits roll as the entire Simpson family including Patty, Selma, and Grandpa Simpson, sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Near the end of the song Homer chokes Bart for adding "unofficial" words to the song.

==Behind the Laughter==
===Production===
[[File:BarneyGumble-Blond.jpg|right|thumb|Barney as a blond]]
Fox was very nervous about the show because they were unsure that they could sustain the audience's attention for the duration of the episode. In the end, they gambled by asking FOX for 13 full-length episodes. The series was originally planned to premiere in the fall of [[1989]], but due to major problems with the animation of "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]" (the first Simpsons episode produced), the series instead began on December 17, 1989 with this episode. "Some Enchanted Evening" instead aired as the season finale.

The episode, being the first to air, lacked the now famous opening sequence which was later added in the second episode when Groening thought of the idea of a longer opening sequence resulting in less animation.

The "Santas of many lands" portion of the Christmas pageant is based on Matt Groening's experience in the second grade when he did a report on Christmas in Russia. Groening also used that reference in his strip "Life in Hell" when he spoofed himself as a young man, being told that it is too bad his grandmother is from Russia, because Christmas is against the law there. Also, Matt Groening claims that this episode has been incorrectly credited with creating the "alternate version" of Jingle Bells.

[[David Silverman]] directed this episode, although [[Rich Moore]] storyboarded it and designed Flanders. Several of the scenes were laid out by [[Eric Stefani]], brother of [[wikipedia:Gwen Stefani|Gwen Stefani]]. In this episode, Barney had yellow hair which was the same color as his skin, but that was later dropped because of the belief that only the Simpson family should have such hair.

===Release===
This episode was released on VHS by [[FOX|FOX Home Video]] in 1991. The VHS release was titled "The Simpsons Christmas Special". It was later released on VHS and DVD in ''Christmas with the Simpsons'' in 2001, and then eventually released in 2001 in the Season One boxset.

===Reception===
The episode was nominated for two [[wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmy Awards]] in 1990: "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)" and "Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or Special." Because "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" is considered to be a separate special, ''The Simpsons'' was nominated twice in the Animated Program category; the episode would lose to fellow ''The Simpsons'' episode "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]".

== External Links ==
*[http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/0101.htm "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"] at The Simpsons.com
*{{snpp capsule|7G08|episode=Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire}}
*{{imdb episode|id=tt0348034|episode=Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire}}
*[http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/the-simpsons-christmas-special-the-simpsons-roasting-on-an-open-fire/episode/1286/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;0 "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"] at [http://www.tv.com TV.com]

{{Season 1}}
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[[pt:O prêmio de Natal]]
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[[Category:Bart episodes]]
[[Category:Specials]]
[[Category:Outstanding Animated Program Emmy nominated episodes]]
[[Category:Season premieres]]

TV Simpsons

2010-10-23T14:36:56Z

Dragon122:

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{{Ullman Short
|name = TV Simpsons
|image = [[File:Mg48.jpg|250px]]
|Air Date = May 14, 1989
|Production Code = MG48
}}

'''T.V. Simpsons''' is the forty eighth and final [[The Simpsons shorts|short]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' before the show went independent. It originally aired on May 14, 1989 on [[The Tracey Ullman Show]].

== Plot ==
When he wants to watch the bowling, [[Homer]] sends [[Bart]] outside to fly a kite, but the kite gets tangled in the antenna and distorts the TV picture. Homer is forced to climb up onto the roof to restore it. [[Mr. Burns]] has an appearance when Homer gets caught up in the business and is late for work.

{{Shorts season 3}}
[[Category:Shorts season 3]]
[[Category:1989]]
[[Category:Shorts]]

TV Simpsons

2010-10-23T14:35:53Z

Dragon122:

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{{Ullman Short
|name = TV Simpsons
|image = [[File:Mg48.jpg|250px]]
|Air Date = May 14, 1989
|Production Code = MG48
}}

'''T.V. Simpsons''' is the forty eighth and final [[The Simpsons shorts|short]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' before the show went independent . It originally aired on May 14, 1989 on [[The Tracey Ullman Show]].

== Plot ==
When he wants to watch the bowling, [[Homer]] sends [[Bart]] outside to fly a kite, but the kite gets tangled in the antenna and distorts the TV picture. Homer is forced to climb up onto the roof to restore it. [[Mr. Burns]] has an appearance when Homer gets caught up in the business and is late for work.

{{Shorts season 3}}
[[Category:Shorts season 3]]
[[Category:1989]]
[[Category:Shorts]]

Family Portrait

2010-10-23T13:04:58Z

Dragon122:

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{{Ullman Short
|name = Family Portrait
|image = [[File:Family Portrait.png|250px]]
|Air Date = March 6, 1988
|Production Code = MG25
}}

'''Family Portrait''' is the eighteenth [[The Simpsons shorts|short]] in the second shorts season. It aired in [[The Tracy Ullman Show]] on March 6, 1988. Homer tries to take a perfect family portrait of the family although they fail to do so each shot. This was also aired as a Couch Gag in the episode "[[You Kent Always Say What You Want]]" in [[Season 18]].

== Synopsis ==
[[Homer]] calls the family to gather around for a portrait. They do not listen and resume their daily routines. Homer calls them up but they still do not listen. The family finally gather around when he shouts for them to make a portrait. Homer sets the camera for the automatic timer however he arrives in the shot to late and ends up blocking Marge and having Bart and Maggie out of the shot.

The next shot [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] are already bored and want Homer to be a lot quicker so that they could resume their daily routines. Lisa says "Mumbo Jumbo", prompting Homer to ask what did she say, annoyed although says it was nothing. He wants the family to be closer although becomes too close eventually by the shot, resembling a mutant.

In the final shot, Bart then tries to use profanity to get Homer to speed up however Homer continues on and has everyone smile correctly in the final shot, however Bart is making faces which messes up the final shot as an annoyed Homer strangles him while [[Maggie]] and Lisa make faces and [[Marge]] falls asleep. 

{{Shorts season 2}}
[[Category:Shorts season 2]]
[[Category:1988]]

You Kent Always Say What You Want

2010-10-22T21:26:07Z

Dragon122:

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{{episode
|image = You_Kent_Always_Say_What_You_Want.jpg
|Caption = Homer on Kent's "Smartline" talk show
|Episode Number = 400
|productionCode = JABF15
|originalAirdate = May 20th, 2007
|blackboardText = N/A
|couchGag = No gag. "[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'s" episode "[[Family Portrait]]" plays instead.
|specialGuestVoices = [[Ludacris]], [[Maurice LaMarche]] as FOX announcer
|Written By = [[Tim Long]]
|Directed By = [[Matthew Nastuk]]
}}

'''You Kent Always Say What You Want''' is the twenty-second episode of [[Season 18]]. It aired as part of the one hour season finale alongside the episode "[[24 Minutes]]". Apart from being the 400th episode of the series, it was also the last episode to air before [[The Simpsons Movie]].

== Plot ==
Driving home after a trip to the dentist, Homer and the kids decide to go to the local ice cream parlor, where Homer buys what turns out to be the store's millionth ice cream cone. This results in Homer appearing on [[Kent Brockman]]'s talk show "[[Smartline]]". Kent is livid about doing the report since there is a much more interesting piece he could be doing. While there an overexcited Homer knocks over Kent's mug, spilling hot coffee on his lap. Kent jumps up and, in a moment of pain, yells out the most worst word ever in the English Language. Kent immediately apologizes and pledges to give money to charity, but as he and Homer leave he is relieved to see that no one seems to have noticed his faux-pas. When the Simpsons talk about it over dinner, Lisa says that no one really cares about a little mistake except certain groups that have nothing better to do than watch TV for hours on end for even the slightest hint of bad behavior, to which Bart replies that he cant believe someone would do that. However, [[Ned Flanders]] is doing exactly that: sitting watching tapes in the dark, scanning them for anything even remotely blasphemous, including a dog cleaning itself or a guy with a pants fold near his groin. He sees Kent's swearing and despite acknowledging that Kent didn't mean it and that no one would care otherwise he immediately sends a letter to the Federal Communications Commission reporting the incident. The next day, during the Channel 6 newscast, Kent finds out that he is under scrutiny for his indiscretion and that the station has been fined $10 million. Later, [[Lindsay Naegle]] speaks to Kent, assuring him that his job is safe, but then abruptly fires him after claiming that the Splenda in his coffee is cocaine.

The next day, at the Simpsons' home, Homer finds Kent sleeping on their couch, after Marge took him in amid fears that he might commit suicide. Later, while watching TV, Lisa wonders why Fox News can be so conservative when the Fox Network keeps airing "raunchy shows". Kent replies that Fox deliberately run shows that will attract huge fines, that are then funneled through the FCC to the Republican Party (apparently, everyone in the media knows it, but no one has the guts to say it). Lisa goads him into blowing the whistle on the scam using her web camera. Kent's subsequent webcast is successful, but the Republican Party, less than thrilled about Kent revealing their ill-gotten gains, orders Lindsay Naegle and [[Krusty]] to stop him.

The next day, Lisa and Kent are accosted by the party members, who offer him his old job back with a 50% raise. Kent immediately accepts and apologizes to Lisa. At home, feeling downcast, she complains to Homer that there is no truth or bravery in today's media. Homer starts to tell Lisa something horrible Kent mentioned about the Fox Network, but no matter how many times he tries to say it, he is voiced over by [[Maurice LaMarche]]'s adverts for Fox, cut off by the [[20th Century Fox]] Television logo and music, and finally being shushed by the [[Gracie Films]] logo.

== Production ==
This episode, formerly known as '''"The Kent State Massacre"'''<ref>Reg. # PAu-3-061-056 in the [http://www.copyright.gov/records U.S. Copyright Records database] Retrieved on June 16, 2007</ref>, was renamed in light of the Virginia Tech massacre, which occurred only a month before the episode was set to air.

The episode was intended to spoof increased fines by the Federal Communications Commission in the wake of the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction. However, a month before the episode aired, Don Imus was fired for remarks he made on the air about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. Similarly, Brockman wasn't immediately fired for his comments.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.ctnow.com/tv/hce-simpsons.artmay20,0,7396345.story?coll=hce-headlines-entertain-top
|publisher=Hartford Courant (ctnow.com)
|author=Roger Catlin
|accessdate=2007-05-22
|date=2007-05-20
|title=If Only Homer Could Count: He'd Know Tonight's Season Finale Marks The 400th Episode Of `The Simpsons'
}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Robert Canning of IGN.com named the episode one his three favorites of the season, stating that it "ended the season on a very high note".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/796/796072p1.html|title=The Simpsons: Season 18 Review|accessdate=2007-06-15|date=2007-06-14|author=Robert Canning|publisher=IGN.com}}</ref>

== References ==
<references/>

{{Season 18}}

[[pt:O Massacre do Depoimento de Kent]]
[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Season 18]]
[[Category:2007]]
[[Category:Season finales]]

List of couch gags

2010-10-22T20:58:21Z

Dragon122: /* Season 11 */

[[File:Simpsons_Couch.gif|right|thumb|The Simpsons sit on the couch]]
The following is a '''list of [[couch gag]]s''' seen on '''''[[The Simpsons]]'''''.

== [[The Simpsons (season 1)|Season 1]] ==

{| cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width="22" style="background-color:#DEDDE2"|#
!width="117" style="background-color:#DEDDE2"|Airdate
!style="background-color:#DEDDE2"|Thumbnail
! style="background-color:#DEDDE2"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color:#DEDDE2"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color:#DEDDE2"|Code
|-style="background-color:#F2F2F2"
|1
|December 17, [[1989]]
|
|''no gag ([[Christmas]], pilot episode)''
|"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"
|7G08
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|2
|January 14, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS1E02-01.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS1E02-02.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; Bart is squeezed off, up into the air and out of frame, only to crash back down to the floor during the credits shot of the TV. ''(This is the only time the couch gag visually continues into the closing shot of the TV.)''
|"[[Bart the Genius]]"
|7G02
|-style="background-color:#F2F2F2"
|3
|January 21, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS1E03.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; the couch falls apart under their weight, leaving them sitting on cushions on the floor.
|"[[Homer's Odyssey]]"
|[[7G03]]
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|4
|January 28, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS1E04.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; Homer is squeezed off and lands on the floor with a thud.
|"[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]"
|7G04
|-style="background-color:#F2F2F2"
|5
|February 4, 1990
|
|''no gag (shortened opening)''
|"[[Bart the General]]"
|7G05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|6
|February 11, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS1E06.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; Maggie is squeezed off, up into the air and out of frame, but Marge catches her as she falls back down. ''(This couch gag also appears in the [[The Simpsons (arcade game)|arcade game]].)''
|"[[Moaning Lisa]]"
|7G06
|-style="background-color:#F2F2F2"
|7
|February 18, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS1E13Standard.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; nothing else happens. ''(Meant to be first couch gag; see note above.)''
|"[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"
|7G09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|8
|February 25, 1990
|
|''repeat of 7G02's gag''
|"[[The Telltale Head]]"
|7G07
|-style="background-color:#F2F2F2"
|9
|March 18, 1990
|
|''no gag (shortened opening)''
|"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"
|7G11
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|10
|March 25, 1990
|
|''repeat of 7G03's gag''
|"[[Homer's Night Out]]"
|7G10
|-style="background-color:#F2F2F2"
|11
|April 15, 1990
|
|''repeat of 7G04's gag''
|"[[The Crepes of Wrath]]"
|7G13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|12
|April 29, 1990
|
|''repeat of 7G06's gag''
|"[[Krusty Gets Busted]]"
|7G12
|-style="background-color:#F2F2F2"
|13
|May 13, 1990
|
|''repeat of 7G09's gag''
|"[[Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)|Some Enchanted Evening]]"
|7G01
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 2)|Season 2]] ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width="22" style="background-color:#C5E4E1"|<nowiki>#</nowiki>
!width="117" style="background-color:#C5E4E1"|Airdate
!style="background-color: #C5E4E1"|Thumbnail
!style="background-color:#C5E4E1"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color:#C5E4E1"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color:#C5E4E1"|Code
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|14
|October 11, 1990
|[[File:CouchgagS2.png|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS2E01.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; the couch falls through the floor with a crash. Homer says "D'oh!" only in this version, all repeats cut it.
|"[[Bart Gets an F]]"
|7F03
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|15
|October 18, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS2E02.jpg|200px]]
|The family stands in a line, does a little dance (Egyptian-like moves) and lands on the couch, arms outstretched in a "ta-da!" pose.
|"[[Simpson and Delilah]]"
|7F02
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|16
|October 25, 1990
|
|''no gag ([[Treehouse of Horror|Halloween]] episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror]]"
|7F04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|17
|November 1, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS2E04.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; the couch pops open into a fold-out bed.
|"[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]"
|7F01
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|18
|November 8, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS2E05-02.png|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS2E05.jpg|200px]]
|The family-minus Maggie sits;then Maggie pokes her head out of Marge's hair.
|"[[Dancin' Homer]]"
|7F05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|19
|November 15, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS2E06.jpg|200px]]
|Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II sit on the couch among the family members.
|"[[Dead Putting Society]]"
|7F08
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|20
|November 22, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS2E07.jpg|200px]]
|The family can not sit; the couch is already occupied by [[Abe Simpson]], who is woken up startled.
|"[[Bart vs. Thanksgiving]]"
|7F07
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|21
|December 6, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS2E08.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; Homer's weight tips the couch over sideways, launching the family off-screen, but Maggie lands safely on a cushion on the floor.
|"[[Bart the Daredevil]]"
|7F06
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|22
|December 20, 1990
|[[File:CouchGagS2E09.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs in to find the couch missing; they look around, puzzled.
|"[[Itchy & Scratchy & Marge]]"
|7F09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|23
|January 10, 1991
|[[File:CouchGagS2E10.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; Homer squeezes the others onto the floor one-by-one and takes the couch for himself.
|"[[Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]"
|7F10
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|24
|January 24, 1991
|[[File:CouchGagS2E11.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; the couch tips over backwards, and Maggie pops up from behind.
|"[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]"
|7F11
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|25
|January 31, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F03's gag''
|"[[The Way We Was]]"
|7F12
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|26
|February 7, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F02's gag''
|"[[Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment]]"
|7F13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|27
|February 14, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F01's gag''
|"[[Principal Charming]]"
|7F15
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|28
|February 21, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F05's gag''
|"[[Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]"
|7F16
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|29
|March 7, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F08's gag''
|"[[Bart's Dog Gets an F]]"
|7F14
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|30
|March 28, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F07's gag''
|"[[Old Money]]"
|7F17
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|31
|April 11, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F06's gag''
|"[[Brush with Greatness]]"
|7F18
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|32
|April 25, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F09's gag''
|"[[Lisa's Substitute]]"
|7F19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|33
|May 2, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F10's gag''
|"[[The War of the Simpsons]]"
|7F20
|-style="background-color:#EFF8F7"
|34
|May 9, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F11's gag''
|"[[Three Men and a Comic Book]]"
|7F21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|35
|July 11, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F03's gag''
|"[[Blood Feud (The Simpsons)|Blood Feud]]"
|7F22
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 3)|Season 3]] ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width="22" style="background-color:#E2C7DD"|<nowiki>#</nowiki>
!width="117" style="background-color:#E2C7DD"|Airdate
!style="background-color:#E2C7DD"|Thumbnail
!style="background-color:#E2C7DD"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color:#E2C7DD"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color:#E2C7DD"|Code
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|36
|September 19, 1991
|[[File:TippingCouch.png|200px]]
|The family sits; the couch tips over backwards, but this time crashes through the back wall.
|"[[Stark Raving Dad]]"
|7F24
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|37
|September 26, 1991
|[[File:CouchS3.png|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS3E02.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; Homer pulls Santa's Little Helper out from beneath him.
|"[[Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]"
|8F01
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|38
|October 3, 1991
|
|''repeat of 7F02's gag''
|"[[When Flanders Failed]]"
|7F23
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|39
|October 10, 1991
|[[File:CouchGagS3E04.jpg|200px]]
|The family forms a human pyramid, cheerleader-style, on the couch with Maggie on top.
|"[[Bart the Murderer]]"
|8F03
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|40
|October 17, 1991
|[[File:CouchGagS3E05.jpg|200px]]
|A space alien on the couch hears the family coming, pulls a hanging cord, and disappears through a trapdoor in the floor. The family enters and sits.
|"[[Homer Defined]]"
|8F04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|41
|October 24, 1991
|[[File:FamilyWithoutBart.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS3E06.jpg|200px]]
|The family, minus Bart, sits; Bart leaps in from the side and lands outstretched across the others' laps.
|"[[Like Father, Like Clown]]"
|8F05
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|42
|October 31, 1991
|
|''no gag (Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror II]]"
|8F02
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|43
|November 7, 1991
|[[File:CouchGagS3E08.jpg|200px]]
|Homer arrives first and lies across the couch; the others arrive seconds later and sit on top of him.
|"[[Lisa's Pony]]"
|8F06
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|44
|November 14, 1991
|[[File:CouchGagS3E09.jpg|200px]]
|The couch lacks cushions; the family sits, but sinks into the hollow couch.
|"[[Saturdays of Thunder]]"
|8F07
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|45
|November 21, 1991
|[[File:CouchGagS3E10.jpg|200px]]
|Two burglars are in the process of carrying the couch out of the room; the family runs in and sits, but the burglars dump them onto the floor and carry the couch away.
|"[[Flaming Moe's]]"
|8F08
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|46
|December 5, 1991
|[[File:CouchGagS3E11.jpg|200px]]
|The family cannot sit, as the couch is already occupied by Santa's Little Helper, who growls menacingly; the family backs away cautiously.
|"[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]"
|8F09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|47
|December 26, 1991
|[[File:CouchGagS3E12.jpg|200px]] [[File:FamilyPose.png|200px]]
|The family cartwheels into the room and onto the couch; Maggie falls while cartwheeling and hops the rest of the way.
|"[[I Married Marge]]"
|8F10
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|48
|January 9, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS3E13.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; with confused looks on their faces, they bounce around on the couch, passing over and under each other, ending in entirely different positions from where they first sat.
|"[[Radio Bart]]"
|8F11
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|49
|January 23, 1992
|
|''repeat of 8F01's gag''
|"[[Lisa the Greek]]"
|8F12
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|50
|February 6, 1992
|
|''repeat of 8F03's gag''
|"[[Homer Alone]]"
|8F14
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|51
|February 13, 1992
|
|''repeat of 8F04's gag''
|"[[Bart the Lover]]"
|8F16
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|52
|February 20, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS3E17.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs in; they all bang their heads together and fall over, unconscious on the floor, except Maggie who sits alone.
|"[[Homer at the Bat]]"
|8F13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|53
|February 27, 1992
|
|''repeat of 8F05's gag''
|"[[Separate Vocations]]"
|8F15
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|54
|March 12, 1992
|
|''repeat of 8F06's gag''
|"[[Dog of Death]]"
|8F17
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|55
|March 26, 1992
|
|''repeat of 8F07's gag''
|"[[Colonel Homer]]"
|8F19
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|56
|April 9, 1992
|
|''repeat of 8F08's gag''
|"[[Black Widower]]"
|8F20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|57
|April 23, 1992
|
|''repeat of 8F09's gag''
|"[[The Otto Show]]"
|8F21
|-style="background-color:#F7F0F5"
|58
|May 7, 1992
|
|''repeat of 7F24's gag''
|"[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]"
|8F22
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|59
|August 27, 1992
|
|''repeat of 8F10's gag''
|"[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]"
|8F23
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 4)|Season 4]] ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
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!width="117" style="background-color: #38A0DC"|Airdate
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|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|60
|September 24, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS4E01Flintstones.jpg|200px]]
|The family go to sit on the couch, but find it occupied by Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, and Pebbles Flintstone. Fred waves to Homer.
|"[[Kamp Krusty (Episode)|Kamp Krusty]]"
|8F24
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|61
|October 1, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS4E02.jpg‎|200px]]
|The family sits; the couch morphs into a monster, swallowing the family. They come back later, though
|"[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]"
|8F18
|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|62
|October 8, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS4E03.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; the couch rotates into a secret compartment in the wall, leaving an identical empty couch in its place.
|"[[Homer the Heretic]]"
|9F01
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|63
|October 15, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS4E04.jpg|200px]]
|Maggie is already seated; the rest of the family runs past the couch and out of frame, into empty white space beyond the edge of the film, before frantically running back into frame. Note: The animation is weird.
|"[[Lisa the Beauty Queen]]"
|9F02
|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|64
|October 29, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS4E05.jpg|200px]]
|The family's skeletons sit. ''(Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror III]]"
|9F04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|65
|November 3, 1992
|[[File:CocuhGagS4E06.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; the couch deflates like a balloon.
|"[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]"
|9F03
|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|66
|November 05, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS4E07.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits with mismatched heads; they swap heads back and forth until they are back to normal.
|"[[Marge Gets a Job]]"
|9F05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|67
|November 12, 1992
|
|''repeat of 7F03's gag''
|"[[New Kid on the Block]]"
|9F06
|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|68
|November 19, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS4E09.png|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS4E09-02.jpg|200px]]
|A wooden chair is in place of the couch; Homer and Marge sit on it, with the kids in their laps
|"[[Mr. Plow]]"
|9F07
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|69
|December 3, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS4E10-02.jpg|200px]] [[File:Couch_gag_2.jpg|200px]]
|As the standard theme music stops, the family forms a chorus line, joined by a line of Rockette-like women, all high-kicking to a Vegas-like rendition of the main theme melody. The living room walls are lifted to make way for a large production number, featuring hand-standing elephants, magicians, Santa's Little Helper leaping through a ring of fire, and more all set to circus style music. The standard theme music then returns, concluding normally. ''(This is the first extra-long couch gag, as well as the first to cut into the standard theme with alternate music. This couch gag is also used for edited versions of other episodes from all seasons.)''
|"[[Lisa's First Word]]"
|9F08
|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|70
|December 17, 1992
|[[File:CouchGagS4E11.jpg|200px]]
|The family, all tiny-sized, sits on the couch. Maggie needs to be pulled up onto the couch.
|"[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]"
|9F09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|71
|January 14, 1993
|[[File:CouchS4.png|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS4E12.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; within seconds, the room fills with other regulars from the cast, totally blocking the family and obscuring their view.
|"[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]"
|9F10
|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|72
|January 21, 1993
|[[File:CouchGagS4E13.jpg|200px]]
|The family is snared in a net trap.
|"[[Selma's Choice]]"
|9F11
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|73
|February 04, 1993
|
|''repeat of 9F01's gag''
|"[[Brother From the Same Planet]]"
|9F12
|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|74
|February 11, 1993
|
|''repeat of 9F08's gag''
|"[[I Love Lisa]]"
|9F13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|75
|February 18, 1993
|
|''repeat of 9F02's gag''
|"[[Duffless]]"
|9F14
|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|76
|March 11, 1993
|
|''repeat of 8F18's gag''
|"[[Last Exit to Springfield]]"
|9F15
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|77
|April 1, 1993
|
|''repeat of 9F05's gag''
|"[[So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]"
|9F17
|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|78
|April 15, 1993
|
|''repeat of 9F08's gag''
|"[[The Front (The Simpsons)|The Front]]"
|9F16
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|79
|April 29, 1993
|
|''repeat of 9F07's gag''
|"[[Whacking Day]]"
|9F18
|-style="background-color:#E3F2FF"
|80
|May 6, 1993
|
|''repeat of 9F09's gag''
|"[[Marge in Chains]]"
|9F20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|81
|May 13, 1993
|
|''repeat of 9F11's gag''
|"[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"
|9F19
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 5)|Season 5]] ==
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!width="117" style="background-color: #FD9D83"|Airdate
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|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|82
|September 30, 1993
|[[File:CouchGagS5E01-01.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS5E01-04.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS5E01-02.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS5E01-05.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS5E01-03.jpg|200px]]
|A trio of couch gags: The family runs in, crashes into each other, and shatters into pieces; Santa's Little Helper wanders in and examines the pieces. A voice says "Couch gag, take two." The family sits on the couch, coalescing into a five-headed, ten-eyed, multicolored blob. A voice says "Couch gag, take three." The family runs in, crashes into each other, and explodes; Maggie's pacifier drops out of the air onto the scorched floor (in the syndicated version, the "take one" couch gag where the family smashes like glass as they run to the couch is used)
|"[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]"
|9F21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|83
|October 7, 1993
|
|''repeat of 9F08's gag''
|"[[Cape Feare]]"
|9F22
|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|84
|October 14, 1993
|[[File:CouchGagS5E03.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; the couch and family are crushed by the cutout foot from the opening of ''Monty Python's Flying Circus''.
|"[[Homer Goes to College]]"
|1F02
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|85
|October 21, 1993
|[[File:CouchGagS5E04.jpg|200px]]
|The family cannot sit as the couch is already occupied by an identical family. ''(This scene is frequently recycled in other episodes on syndication.)''
|"[[Rosebud (The Simpsons)|Rosebud]]"
|1F01
|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|86
|October 28, 1993
|[[File:CouchGagS5E05.jpg|200px]]
|A zombie family bursts up through the floor and sits on the couch. ''(Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]"
|1F04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|87
|November 4, 1993
|[[File:CouchGagS5E06.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs in and crashes through the wall, as it turns out the couch and other living room furniture is just a flat backdrop.
|"[[Marge on the Lam]]"
|1F03
|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|88
|November 11, 1993
|[[File:CouchGagS5E07.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is already occupied by a morbidly obese man, who slides over, giving the family little room to sit.
|"[[Bart's Inner Child]]"
|1F05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|89
|November 18, 1993
|[[File:CouchGagS5E08-01.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS5E08-02.jpg|200px]]
|The lights are out as five pairs of eyes enter; the lights turn on revealing only eyes, as the eyeless family rushes in and sits down, reconnecting with their eyes.
|"[[Boy-Scoutz N the Hood]]"
|1F06
|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|90
|December 9, 1993
|[[File:CouchGagS5E09.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits, then realizes the couch is on the set of the ''Late Show with David Letterman''; next to the couch, Dave spins in his chair to face forward at his desk.
|"[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]"
|1F07
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|91
|December 16, 1993
|
|''repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags''
|"[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]"
|1F08
|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|92
|January 06, 1994
|
|''repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags''
|"[[Homer the Vigilante]]"
|1F09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|93
|February 03, 1994
|
|''repeat of the second of 9F21's three gags''
|"[[Bart Gets Famous]]"
|1F11
|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|94
|February 10, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS5E13.jpg|200px]]
|Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa poke their heads out from behind the couch; Maggie pokes out from behind the center cushion.
|"[[Homer and Apu]]"
|1F10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|95
|February 17, 1994
|
|''repeat of 1F02's gag''
|"[[Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]"
|1F12
|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|96
|February 24, 1994
|
|''repeat of 1F05's gag''
|"[[Deep Space Homer]]"
|1F13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|97
|March 17, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS5E16.jpg|200px]]
|There are two identical couches side-by-side; the family members split down the middle vertically, each half-family sitting on a couch.
|"[[Homer Loves Flanders]]"
|1F14
|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|98
|March 31, 1994
|
|''repeat of 1F06's gag''
|"[[Bart Gets an Elephant]]"
|1F15
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|99
|April 14, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS5E18.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS5E18-02.jpg|200px]]
|The family bounces into the room in ball form. Everyone lands safely on the couch except Bart, who bounces away; Homer pulls him onto the couch.
|"[[Burns' Heir]]"
|1F16
|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|100
|April 28, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS5E19-01.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS5E19-02.jpg|200px]]
|
The family sits as the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] logo bug appears in the lower-right corner of the screen; Homer tears it off and the family stomps on it then sits back down.

(Note: This was done rather quickly)
|"[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]"
|1F18
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|101
|May 5, 1994
|
|''repeat of 1F07's gag''
|"[[The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]"
|1F19
|-style="background-color:#FFEBD9"
|102
|May 12, 1994
|
|''repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags''
|"[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]"
|1F21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|103
|May 19, 1994
|
|''repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags''
|"[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]"
|1F20
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 6)|Season 6]] ==
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!width="117" style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Airdate
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|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|104
|September 04, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS6E01.jpg|200px]]
|The Simpsons are sitting in midair as if they're on the couch. The real couch then comes in and assembles itself on top of the family.
|"[[Bart of Darkness]]"
|1F22
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|105
|September 11, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS6E02.jpg|200px]]
|The floor is water, the family swims into the room (Bart wearing a scuba mask) and climbs up onto the couch (Homer pokes his right ear to dry it).
|"[[Lisa's Rival]]"
|1F17
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|106
|September 25, 1994
|
|''repeat of 1F02's gag''
|"[[Another Simpsons Clip Show]]"
|2F33
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|107
|October 2, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS6E04.jpg|200px]]
|The family is beamed aboard the couch a la ''[[Star Trek]]''.
|"[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]"
|2F01
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|108
|October 9, 1994
|
|''repeat of 1F06's gag (first airing)/no gag (repeats)''
|"[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]"
|2F02
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|109
|October 30, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS6E06.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits with mismatched limbs and heads; they swap body parts, but don't fully correct the mismatches. ''(Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror V]]"
|2F03
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|110
|November 06, 1994
|
|''repeat of 1F06's gag''
|"[[Bart's Girlfriend]]"
|2F04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|111
|November 13, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS6E08.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits, then gets shot up into the ceiling, with only their legs and feet showing.
|"[[Lisa on Ice]]"
|2F05
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|112
|November 27, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS6E09.jpg|200px]]
|In a loose parody of the film, ''Time Bandits'', the family runs in and chase after the couch as the back of the room recedes endlessly away from them.
|"[[Homer Badman]]"
|2F06
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|113
|December 4, 1994
|[[File:CouchGagS6E10.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs in together from the side, with big grins, passing through a repeat pan of the couch and TV ''(in a parody of how 1950s and 1960s cartoons utilized repeating backgrounds in order to save money.)''
|"[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]"
|2F07
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|114
|December 18, 1994
|
|''repeat of 9F08's gag''
|"[[Fear of Flying (The Simpsons)|Fear of Flying]]"
|2F08
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|115
|January 8, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS6E12.jpg|200px]]
|The living room is at the center of an M.C. Escher's Relativity style environment with multiple staircases and conflicting perspectives; the family enters from various directions (and dimensions) and sits.
|"[[Homer the Great]]"
|2F09
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|116
|January 22, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS6E13.jpg|200px]]
|In the style of a ''[[James Bond]]'' film opening, the living room is viewed through a gun barrel. Homer enters from the side, turns to the camera, and fires a gun. The screen "bleeds" red and falls. Music typically heard in a James Bond film plays throughout.
|"[[And Maggie Makes Three]]"
|2F10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|117
|February 5, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS6E14.jpg|200px]]
|The scene is black and white, and the couch, TV, and other living room furniture have an 1930s appearance; the family runs in, wearing Mickey Mouse style white gloves and big smiles, dancing.
|"[[Bart's Comet]]"
|2F11
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|118
|February 12, 1995
|
|''repeat of 1F22's gag''
|"[[Homie the Clown]]"
|2F12
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|119
|February 19, 1995
|
|''repeat of 1F17's gag''
|"[[Bart vs. Australia]]"
|2F13
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|120
|February 26, 1995
|
|''repeat of 2F01's gag, but a visual effect closer to Quantum Leap's''.
|"[[Homer vs. Patty & Selma]]"
|2F14
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|121
|March 05, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS6E18.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; their sizes are reversed, with Maggie the largest and Homer the tiniest. (Except Bart who has not changes.)
|"[[A Star Is Burns]]"
|2F31
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|122
|March 19, 1995
|
|''repeat of 2F05's gag''
|"[[Lisa's Wedding]]"
|2F15
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|123
|April 9, 1995
|
|''repeat of 2F06's gag''
|"[[Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]]"
|2F18
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|124
|April 16, 1995
|
|''repeat of 2F09's gag''
|"[[The PTA Disbands]]"
|2F19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|125
|April 30, 1995
|
|''repeat of 2F31's gag''
|"[['Round Springfield]]"
|2F32
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|126
|May 7, 1995
|
|''repeat of 2F10's gag''
|"[[The Springfield Connection]]"
|2F21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|127
|May 14, 1995
|
|''repeat of 2F11's gag''
|"[[Lemon of Troy]]"
|2F22
|-style="background-color:#EAEAEA"
|128
|May 21, 1995
|
|''repeat of 2F07's gag''
|"[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]"
|2F16
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 7)|Season 7]] ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
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!width="117" style="background-color: #9B98D8"|Airdate
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|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|129
|September 17, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS7E01.jpg|200px]]
|The couch slides away as a police lineup height chart unfurls from above; the family lines up in front of it. ''(This episode reveals the answer to the mystery of who shot Mr. Burns).''
|"[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)]]"
|2F20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|130
|September 24, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS7E02.jpg|200px]]
|Like a fax machine, the couch ejects a sheet of paper with a picture of the family, which then floats up into the air, before sliding beneath the couch.
|"[[Radioactive Man (The Simpsons episode)|Radioactive Man]]"
|2F17
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|131
|October 01, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS7E03.jpg|200px]]
|The screen is split into a 3-by-3 grid of squares, as in the opening to ''The Brady Bunch'', with the living room in the center square, and the five family members, plus Grampa, Santa's Little Helper, and Snowball II each occupying an outer square; they all run out of their individual squares and sit on the couch in the center square, except Grampa who remains asleep in his square.
|"[[Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily]]"
|3F01
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|132
|October 08, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS7E04.jpg|200px]]
|The family drive around the room in go-karts, wearing fezzes; they line up in front of the couch and honk their horns simultaneously.
|"[[Bart Sells His Soul]]"
|3F02
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|133
|October 15, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS7E05.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits, colorless; mechanical arms from above then spray-paint their colors onto them.
|"[[Lisa the Vegetarian]]"
|3F03
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|134
|October 29, 1995
|[[File:HangingCouch.jpg|200px]]
|The family drops down from above, their necks in nooses. ''(Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"
|3F04
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|135
|November 05, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS7E07.jpg|200px]]
|Malfunctioning, buzzing wind-up doll versions of the family wander around the room, most of them failing to reach the couch.
|"[[King-Size Homer]]"
|3F05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|136
|November 19, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS7E08.jpg|200px]]
|A bowling pin clearing bar scares Snowball II off the couch, then a pinsetter places the family on the couch like bowling pins.
|"[[Mother Simpson]]"
|3F06
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|137
|November 26, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS7E09.jpg|200px]]
|The whole room is filled with water, the couch is made of clam shells, and a treasure chest is in place of the TV; sea monkey versions of the family members swim in and sit on the clam couch.
|"[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]"
|3F08
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|138
|December 03, 1995
|
|A montage of couch gags from 8F18, 9F02, 9F10, 9F09, 8F09, 1F02, 2F31, 2F09, 2F06, 1F17, 2F11, and 9F08.
|"[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]"
|3F31
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|139
|December 17, 1995
|[[File:CouchGagS7E11.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; Homer notices a drain plug in the floor and removes it, and the family, couch, and everything else in the room is sucked down the drain like a toilet flush.
|"[[Marge Be Not Proud]]"
|3F07
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|140
|January 07, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS7E12.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; the camera then zooms in through a mouse hole, where a small mouse version of the family sits on a couch as well.
|"[[Team Homer]]"
|3F10
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|141
|January 14, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS7E13.jpg|200px]]
|Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie's heads are mounted on the back wall like trophies, while Homer is sprawled across the carpet like a bear skin rug; a hunter sits on the couch, puts down his gun, and lights up a pipe.
|"[[Two Bad Neighbors]]"
|3F09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|142
|February 04, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS7E14.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits as the room is illuminated by a fluorescent black light and a guitar riff plays, until Homer turns the light on.
|"[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield]]"
|3F11
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|143
|February 11, 1996
|
|''repeat of 2F17's gag (but this time, the paper does not slide back under the couch)''
|"[[Bart the Fink]]"
|3F12
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|144
|February 18, 1996
|
|''repeat of 3F01's gag''
|"[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]"
|3F13
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|145
|February 25, 1996
|
|''repeat of 3F02's gag''
|"[[Homer the Smithers]]"
|3F14
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|146
|March 17, 1996
|
|''repeat of 3F03's gag''
|"[[The Day the Violence Died]]"
|3F16
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|147
|March 24, 1996
|
|''repeat of 3F05's gag''
|"[[A Fish Called Selma]]"
|3F15
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|148
|March 31, 1996
|
|''repeat of 3F06's gag (all airings)/ repeat of 9F08 for edited version''
|"[[Bart on the Road]]"
|3F17
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|149
|April 14, 1996
|
|''repeat of 3F08's gag''
|"[[22 Short Films About Springfield]]"
|3F18
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|150
|April 28, 1996
|
|''repeat of 3F07's gag''
|"[[Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"]]"
|3F19
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|151
|May 05, 1996
|
|''repeat of 3F09's gag''
|"[[Much Apu About Nothing]]"
|3F20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|152
|May 19, 1996
|
|''repeat of 3F11's gag''
|"[[Homerpalooza]]"
|3F21
|-style="background-color:#F1F1F9"
|153
|May 19, 1996
|
|''repeat of 2F17's gag ''
|"[[Summer of 4 Ft. 2]]"
|3F22
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 8)|Season 8]] ==
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|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|154
|October 27, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS8E01.jpg|200px]]
|The [[Grim Reaper]] sits on the couch; the family runs in one at a time, immediately falling over dead in a pile; the Grim Reaper puts his feet up on the pile and relaxes. ''(Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]"
|4F02
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|155
|November 03, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS8E02.jpg|200px]]
|The family descends from above with parachutes on, except Homer, who falls flat on his face from a malfunctioning parachute pack.
|"[[You Only Move Twice]]"
|3F23
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|156
|November 10, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS8E03.jpg|200px]]
|The couch sits in the middle of a desert; the family, in western cowboy garb, sits on the couch, which gallops off into the sunset.
|"[[The Homer They Fall]]"
|4F03
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|157
|November 17, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS8E04.jpg|200px]]
|Clear blue bubble versions of the family members float into the room, land on the couch, and pop.
|"[[Burns, Baby Burns]]"
|4F05
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|158
|November 24, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS8E05.jpg|200px]]
|The whole scene is a parody of the cover of The Beatles' album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'', featuring a large crowd of regulars, and the family standing in front of the couch, front and center; Homer, spoofing the back cover of the album, turns to look at the crowded scene behind him.
|"[[Bart After Dark]]"
|4F06
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|159
|December 01, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS8E06.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits, but Bart is green; Homer messes with the dials on the TV, turning Bart red; finally, Homer smacks Bart upside the head, correcting Bart's color.
|"[[A Milhouse Divided]]"
|4F04
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|160
|December 15, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS8E07.jpg|200px]]
|The whole room is upside-down, with the couch and everything else on what appears to be the ceiling. The family, also upside-down, runs in on the ceiling and sits, before falling down onto the floor "above" them.
|"[[Lisa's Date with Density]]"
|4F01
|-
|161
|December 29, 1996
|[[File:CouchGagS8E08.jpg|200px]]
|Homer puts a quarter in a slot marked "Vend-A-Couch". Nothing happens. Homer bangs on the wall a few times and a couch comes down, crushing him.
|"[[Hurricane Neddy]]"
|4F07
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|162
|January 5, 1997
|
|''repeat of 3F23's gag''
|"[[El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)]]"
|3F24
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|163
|January 12, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS8E10.jpg|200px]]
|The family flies into the room via jet packs; Maggie spirals in last, landing in Marge's lap.
|"[[The Springfield Files]]"
|3G01
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|164
|January 19, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS8E11.jpg|200px]]
|The family members intermittently pop up out of five holes in the floor, a la Whack-a-Mole, with a large mallet attempt to whack them; Homer gets whacked and says "[[D'oh!]]". The circus music from [[Homie the Clown]] plays throughout.
|"[[The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]"
|4F08
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|165
|February 2, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS8E12.jpg|200px]]
|The family finds Grampa asleep on the couch, which has a folding bed. They fold the bed up, ignoring Grampa's cry of "What?!" and sit down as normal.
|"[[Mountain of Madness]]"
|4F10
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|166
|February 07, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS8E13.jpg|200px]]
|The living room is empty. Cut to an outside shot of the family waiting impatiently as Homer struggles with a locked door. he bangs on the door as Fred Flintstone would on his.
|"[[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]"
|3G03
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|167
|February 9, 1997
|
|''repeat of 4F06's gag, however, in syndication, this is replaced with the "Simpsons Meet The Flintstones" couch gag from 8F24 ''
|"[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]"
|4F12
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|168
|February 16, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS8E15.jpg|200px]]
|The living room appears in an "America Onlink" window, on which a cursor clicks "Load Family," the message "Please wait... loading 1 of 5" is displayed, and a progress bar fills very slowly as the same few seconds of the theme music play in a loop; eventually, the pointer repeatedly clicks the "Exit" button in frustration.
|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"
|4F11
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|169
|February 23, 1997
|
|''repeat of 4F01's gag''
|"[[Brother from Another Series]]"
|4F14
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|170
|March 2, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS8E17.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is on the deck of a ship at sea in rough waters, sliding back and forth with the tilt of the ship. The family, dressed in raingear, sits on the couch, before an enormous wave washes them away.
|"[[My Sister, My Sitter]]"
|4F13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|171
|March 16, 1997
|
|''repeat of 4F03's gag''
|"[[Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]]"
|4F15
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|172
|April 06, 1997
|
|''repeat of 4F05's gag''
|"[[Grade School Confidential]]"
|4F09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|173
|April 13, 1997
|
|''repeat of 4F10's gag''
|"[[The Canine Mutiny]]"
|4F16
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|174
|April 20, 1997
|
|''repeat of 4F08's gag'' (Except this time, the sounds of the mallet hitting the family members is more aggressive and the circus music from "Homer the Clown" is sped up)
|"[[The Old Man and the Lisa]]"
|4F17
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|175
|April 27, 1997
|
|''repeat of 4F07's gag''
|"[[In Marge We Trust]]"
|4F18
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|176
|May 4, 1997
|
|''repeat of 4F04's gag''
|"[[Homer's Enemy]]"
|4F19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|177
|May 11, 1997
|
|''no gag (special opening)''
|"[[The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase]]"
|4F20
|-style="background-color:#EDF6F8"
|178
|May 18, 1997
|
|''repeat of 4F01's gag''
|"[[The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]"
|4F21
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 9)|Season 9]] ==
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|179
|September 21, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS9E01.jpg|200px]]
|The family comes in, dressed as the Harlem Globetrotters, showing off different basketball tricks to the tune of ''Sweet Georgia Brown''
|"[[The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]"
|4F22
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|180
|September 28, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS9E02.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits, dresses up in spacesuits; the couch blasts off like a rocket.
|"[[The Principal and the Pauper]]"
|4F23
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|181
|October 19, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS9E03.jpg|200px]]
|Homer runs in and his top half pops off, revealing Marge concealed inside; Marge's top half pops off, revealing Bart inside, and so forth (just like a Russian nesting doll).
|"[[Lisa's Sax]]"
|3G02
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|182
|October 26, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS9E04.jpg|200px]]
|The couch becomes a five-seated electric chair that shocks the family ''(Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror VIII]]"
|5F02
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|183
|November 2, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS9E05.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is full of water as the family runs in with their butts on fire; they hop onto the couch as steam emerges from them in relief.
|"[[The Cartridge Family]]"
|5F01
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|184
|November 9, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS9E06.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; an auto-crusher compresses them all into a rectangular block.
|"[[Bart Star]]"
|5F03
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|185
|November 16, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS9E07.jpg|200px]]
|Bart runs in and spray-paints the family onto the couch, tagging it with an "El Barto" signature, then runs off.
|"[[The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons]]"
|5F04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|186
|November 23, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS9E08.jpg|200px]]
|The living room is set up like a sauna. Three old men sit, pouring water on the coals. The family (wearing only towels) comes in, then leave sheepishly.
|"[[Lisa the Skeptic]]"
|5F05
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|187
|December 7, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS9E09.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; [[Matt Groening]]'s<ref>Season 10 DVD audio commentary "[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"</ref>live action hand spins the picture around, smearing the family like spin art.
|"[[Realty Bites]]"
|5F06
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|188
|December 21, 1997
|[[File:CouchGagS9E10.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; the living room is revealed to be inside a snow globe, which is shaken, making snow fall in the living room. ''([[Christmas]] episode for this first usage)''
|"[[Miracle on Evergreen Terrace]]"
|5F07
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|189
|January 04, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS9E11.jpg|200px]]
|The floor is a treadmill; the family runs in place on the treadmill before leaping to the couch, except Homer, who falls, gets dragged around on the treadmill, and shouts "Marge, stop this crazy thing!" a la George Jetson in the original closing credits of ''The Jetsons''.
|"[[All Singing, All Dancing]]"
|5F24
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|190
|January 11, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS9E12.jpg|200px]]
|The family goes to sit down, only to have their seat pulled from under them by Nelson Muntz (Nelson then says "ha-ha!")
|"[[Bart Carny]]"
|5F08
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|191
|February 8, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS9E13.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs in, tiny-sized, (''as in 9F09's gag''); this time, each family member lifts the next up onto the couch one-by-one, then a full-sized Santa's Little Helper takes Homer away in his mouth as Homer screams.
|"[[The Joy of Sect]]"
|5F23
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|192
|February 15, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS9E14.jpg|200px]]
|The floor is water and the couch is a lilypad; a frog family (Maggie as a tadpole) hops onto the lilypad and frog-Homer turns on the TV with his long tongue.
|"[[Das Bus]]"
|5F11
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|193
|February 22, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F01's gag''
|"[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]"
|5F10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|194
|March 1, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F03's gag''
|"[[Dumbbell Indemnity]]"
|5F12
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|195
|March 8, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS9E17.jpg|200px]]
|A vine grows in the middle of the room; each family member's face sprouts from the vine as a fruit or vegetable.
|"[[Lisa the Simpson]]"
|4F24
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|196
|March 22, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F04's gag (but this time, Bart peeks from around the TV first to make sure the coast is clear)''
|"[[This Little Wiggy]]"
|5F13
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|197
|March 29, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS9E19.jpg|200px]]
|A take-off on the opening sequence to ''Rocky & Bullwinkle'', ending with the family popping up from out of the ground in a flower patch; Bart coughs up a clod of dirt. The ''Rocky & Bullwinkle'' theme plays throughout.
|"[[Simpson Tide]]"
|3G04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|198
|April 5, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F05's gag''
|"[[The Trouble with Trillions]]"
|5F14
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|199
|April 19, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F06's gag''
|"[[Girly Edition]]"
|5F15
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|200
|April 26, 1998
|[[File:ChalkboardGagS9CouchGagE22.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs in, only to end up in Mrs. Krabappel's classroom where Bart is writing "I Will Not Mess With The Opening Credits" on the blackboard.
|"[[Trash of the Titans]]"
|5F09
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|201
|May 03, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F07's gag''
|"[[King of the Hill (The Simpsons)|King of the Hill]]"
|5F16
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|202
|May 10, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F08's gag''
|"[[Lost Our Lisa]]"
|5F17
|-style="background-color:#F7D6E8"
|203
|May 17, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F11's gag''
|"[[Natural Born Kissers]]"
|5F18
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 10)|Season 10]] ==
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|204
|August 23, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F08's gag''
|"[[Lard of the Dance]]"
|5F20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|205
|September 20, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS10E02.jpg|200px]]
|Similar to the couch gag in "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]" (9F10), the living room is filled with secondary and tertiary characters from the show. Unlike 9F10, the living room is now a movie theater and the Simpsons are shuffling their way through to find a seat. After they sit down, Homer has some of the Comic Book Guy's popcorn.
|"[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]]"
|5F21
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|206
|September 27, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS10E03.jpg|200px]]
|Two firefighters hold the couch and catch most of the family as they fall from above, but they miss Homer, who crashes through the floor.
|"[[Bart the Mother]]"
|5F22
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|207
|October 25, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagSeason10E04.jpg|200px]]
|The family never make it to the couch; Bart gets run over by Homer. Lisa gets catapulted into the garage roof, and Homer gets run down by Marge as she drives into the garage. Meanwhile, in the living room Freddy Krueger (of the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' movies) and Jason Voorhees (of the ''Friday the 13th'' movies) sit on the couch, wondering where the family is. ''(Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]"
|AABF01
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|208
|November 08, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS10E05.jpg|200px]]
|Marge enters with a laundry basket and hangs the other family members on a clothesline above the couch.
|"[[When You Dish Upon a Star]]"
|5F19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|209
|November 15, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS10E06.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; a safety bar lowers over their laps and the couch zooms around the room like a roller coaster.
|"[[D'oh-in in the Wind]]"
|AABF02
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|210
|November 22, 1998
|[[File:CouchGagS10E07.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; hair dryers descend onto their heads, then lift up, revealing the family members all have swapped hairdos. Homer has Maggie's, Marge has Bart's, Bart has Lisa's, Lisa has Homer's, and Maggie has Marge's (the weight of it causing her to fall off the couch).
|"[[Lisa Gets an "A"]]"
|AABF03
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|211
|December 06, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F11's gag''
|"[[Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"]]"
|AABF04
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|212
|December 20, 1998
|
|''repeat of 5F03's gag''
|"[[Mayored to the Mob]]"
|AABF05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|213
|January 10, 1999
|
|''repeat of 5F06's gag''
|"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"
|AABF06
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|214
|January 17, 1999
|[[File:CouchGagS10E11.jpg|200px]]
|The family, in cowboy hats, straddles the back of the couch, a large trapdoor opens beneath the couch and they drop; a top-down perspective shows the family riding the falling couch as it drops from high above a city below, in a parody of Slim Pickens' character riding the bomb in ''Dr. Strangelove''.
|"[[Wild Barts Can't Be Broken]]"
|AABF07
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|215
|January 31, 1999
|[[File:CouchGagS10E12.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is floating on water as the family sits; the couch hits an iceberg and sinks, taking the family under with it, but Maggie resurfaces shortly on a floating cushion (a la The ''Titanic'').
|"[[Sunday, Cruddy Sunday]]"
|AABF08
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|216
|February 7, 1999
|
|''repeat of 5F19's gag''
|"[[Homer to the Max]]"
|AABF09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|217
|February 14, 1999
|
|''repeat of AABF03's gag''
|"[[I'm With Cupid]]"
|AABF11
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|218
|February 21, 1999
|
|''repeat of AABF02's gag''
|"[[Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"]]"
|AABF10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|219
|February 28, 1999
|
|''repeat of 5F22's gag''
|"[[Make Room for Lisa]]"
|AABF12
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|220
|March 28, 1999
|[[File:CouchGagS10E17.jpg|200px]]
|Adult Bart and Lisa, and young Marge and Homer (with a Maggie doll) sit on the couch; young Homer snatches the remote, but mother Lisa slaps his hand and he drops it.(Like in the short Bart's Little Fantasty).
|"[[Maximum Homerdrive]]"
|AABF13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|221
|April 4, 1999
|[[File:CouchGagS10E18.jpg|200px]]
|The family slips on banana peels on the floor, flipping upside-down in the air, but all land safely on the couch.
|"[[Simpsons Bible Stories]]"
|AABF14
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|222
|April 11, 1999
|
|''repeat of AABF07's gag''
|"[[Mom and Pop Art]]"
|AABF15
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|223
|April 25, 1999
|
|''repeat of 5F21's gag''
|"[[The Old Man and The "C" Student]]"
|AABF16
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|224
|May 2, 1999
|
|''repeat of 9F08's gag''
|"[[Monty Can't Buy Me Love]]"
|AABF17
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|225
|May 9, 1999
|
|''repeat of AABF08's gag''
|"[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]"
|AABF18
|-style="background-color:#efe6d0"
|226
|May 16, 1999
|[[File:CouchGagS10E23.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits, get sucked inside the couch, and come out looking like shredded paper.
|"[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]"
|AABF20
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 11)|Season 11]] ==
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|227
|September 26, 1999
|[[File:CouchGagS11E01.jpg|200px]]
|The Simpsons family (as they were drawn on [[The Tracy Ullman Show]]) is already on the couch. The Simpsons (as they're currently drawn) come in and both families run screaming out the living room.
|"[[Beyond Blunderdome]]"
|AABF23
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|228
|October 03, 1999
| [[File:CouchGagS11E02.jpg|200px]]
|The family comes in, colorless and marked with numbers. A group of Asian painters come in to color the family
|"[[Brother's Little Helper]]"
|AABF22
|-style="background-color:#D0E0E5"
|229
|October 24, 1999
|[[File:CouchGagS11E03.jpg|200px]]
|The family comes in. Marge notices [[Matt Groening]]'s signature at the bottom of the screen and wipes it off. A caricature of Matt Groening (wearing an orange and yellow Hawaiian shirt) comes in and resigns the scene (i.e. the floor) to Marge's horror.
|"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"
|AABF21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|230
|October 31, 1999
|[[File:CouchGagS11E04.jpg|200px]]
|The family members appear as they have in previous Halloween episodes: Homer is a jack-in-the-box (from 8F02), Bart is a mutantfly (from 5F02), Marge is a witch (also from 5F02), and Maggie is an alien (from AABF01); Lisa, an ax victim (the only one not based on a previous episode), asks what aliens have to do with Halloween, and Maggie demands "Silence!" in a deep voice before disintegrating Lisa with a ray gun. ''(Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror X]]"
|BABF01
|-style="background-color:#D0E0E5"
|231
|November 7, 1999
| [[File:CouchGagS11E05.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is set up like a trendy nightclub (with a disco ball, velvet rope, bouncer, and club hoppers). Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie are let in, while Homer is denied access.
|"[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]"
|AABF19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|232
|November 14, 1999
|[[File:CouchGagS11E06.jpg|200px]]
|A cement truck pours cement onto the couch; the cement instantly hardens into sculptures of the family, but cement Homer's head cracks and falls to the floor.
|"[[Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder]]"
|BABF02
|-style="background-color:#D0E0E5"
|233
|November 21, 1999
|[[File:CouchGagS11E07.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; the couch rotates into a secret compartment in the wall (as in 9F01's gag), but instead of an empty couch on the other side, it's Vincent Price as a mad scientist torturing a scared [[Ned Flanders]].
|"[[Eight Misbehavin']]"
|BABF03
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|234
|November 28, 1999
|
|''repeat of AABF20's gag''
|"[[Take My Wife, Sleaze]]"
|BABF05
|-style="background-color:#D0E0E5"
|235
|December 19, 1999
| [[File:CouchGagS11E09.jpg|200px]]
|The family slides down into the living room from a fire pole and sits, except Homer, who gets stuck in the hole in the ceiling and flails about.
|"[[Grift of the Magi]]"
|BABF07
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|236
|January 9, 2000
|[[File:CouchGagS11E10.jpg|200px]]
|A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_test_dummy crash test dummy] version of the family sits. The couch slides forward and slams into the TV (simluating a car crash test), then pulls back into place. Crash test dummy Homer's head falls off from the trauma.
|"[[Little Big Mom]]"
|BABF04
|-style="background-color:#D0E0E5"
|237
|January 16, 2000
|[[File:CouchGagS11E11.jpg|200px]]
|A psychiatrist (who looks a mix between Sigmund Freud and Milhouse van Houten) is sitting in a chair next to the couch. Homer hops on the couch and yells, "Oh, doctor, I'm crazy!", then sobs as the other family members stare sadly at each other.
|"[[Faith Off]]"
|BABF06
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|238
|January 23, 2000
|
|''repeat of AABF13's gag''
|"[[The Mansion Family]]"
|BABF08
|-style="background-color:#D0E0E5"
|239
|February 06, 2000
|[[File:CouchGagS11E13.jpg|200px]]
|The family leaps into the room, all dressed in white karate uniforms and black belts, and chops the couch up with karate moves; Homer, remote in hand, does a karate flip and switches on the TV.
|"[[Saddlesore Galactica]]"
|BABF09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|240
|February 13, 2000
|[[File:CouchGagS11E14.jpg|200px]]
|The family drives bumper cars around the room (Marge and Maggie share a car); they all pin Homer's car against the back wall and slam him repeatedly.
|"[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]"
|BABF10
|-style="background-color:#D0E0E5"
|241
|February 20, 2000
| [[File:BABF11simpsonstrain.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is sitting in the Evergreen Terrace subway station, and the family sits; the train arrives and they board, leaving the empty couch behind.
|"[[Missionary: Impossible]]"
|BABF11
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|242
|February 27, 2000
|
|''repeat of AABF21's gag''
|"[[Pygmoelian]]"
|BABF12
|-style="background-color:#D0E0E5"
|243
|March 19, 2000
|
|''repeat of AABF19's gag''
|"[[Bart to the Future]]"
|BABF13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|244
|April 9, 2000
|
|''repeat of AABF23's gag''
|"[[Days of Wine and D'oh'ses]]"
|BABF14
|-style="background-color:#D0E0E5"
|245
|April 30, 2000
| [[File:BABF16.jpg|200px]]
|The family is barefoot and briskly walking over a bed of hot coals. When they reach the couch, they sigh in relief as their feet are black and smoldering.
|"[[Kill the Alligator and Run]]"
|BABF16
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|246
|May 7, 2000
| [[File:CouchGagS11E20.jpg|200px]]
|The family swings into the room on a vine, like Tarzan; Homer fails to release the vine in time and crashes offscreen, like ''George of the Jungle''.
|"[[Last Tap Dance in Springfield]]"
|BABF15
|-style="background-color:#D0E0E5"
|247
|May 14, 2000
|
|''repeat of AABF22's gag''
|"[[It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge]]"
|BABF18
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|248
|May 21, 2000
|[[File:CouchGagS11E22.jpg|200px]]
|The couch has a coin slot on the side. The family sits, and Bart puts a coin in it. The couch then vibrates away, taking the family with them.
|"[[Behind the Laughter]]"
|BABF19
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 12)|Season 12]] ==
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|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|249
|November 1, 2000
|
|''no gag (Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror XI]]"
|BABF21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|250
|November 5, 2000
|[[File:BABF20.jpg|200px]]
|Bart arrives at the couch first and places a whoopee cushion under Homer's spot. When the family sits down, Homer sits on the part of the couch with the whoopee cushion underneath and triggers its farting sound. Homer grins sheepishly at Marge, Lisa, and Maggie (who are frowning) while Bart laughs.
|[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Springfields A Tale of Two Springfields]
|BABF20
|
|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|251
|November 12, 2000
|[[File:BABF17.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs in and freezes in mid-air; the camera pans around them in bullet-time (a la The Matrix and the Gap Khaki commercials at the time that featured swing dancing), then time resumes normally as they sit.
|[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Insane_Clown_Poppy Insane Clown Poppy]
|BABF17
|
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|252
|November 19, 2000
|[[File:CouchGagS12E04.jpg|200px]]
|Maggie is already seated (as in 9F02's gag) this time, rest of the family waddle in dressed as the [[Teletubbies]]. Maggie claps with delight. Homer is Twinky Winky, Marge is Dipsy, Lisa is Po, and Bart as Laa-Laa.
|"[[Lisa the Tree Hugger]]"
|CABF01
|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|253
|November 26, 2000
|[[File:CouchGagS12E05.jpg|200px]]
|The family skateboard off a ramp one by one, landing on the couch, except Homer, who flips upside-down and lands on the floor. Adding insult and injury, Homer's skateboard falls out of the air onto his head.
|"[[Homer vs. Dignity]]"
|CABF04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|254
|December 3, 2000
|[[File:CouchGagS12E06.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs in to find Santa's Little Helper dancing on his rear legs like Snoopy from the Charlie Brown Christmas Special while the popular theme from the Charlie Brown cartoons plays. Santa's Little Helper notices the family staring at him, slowly stops dancing, and barks.
|"[[The Computer Wore Menace Shoes]]"
|CABF02
|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|255
|December 10, 2000
|[[File:CouchGagS12E07.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is in a fishbowl; the family swims to the couch in scuba gear.
|"[[The Great Money Caper]]"
|CABF03
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|256
|December 17, 2000
|[[File:CouchGagS12E08.jpg|200px]]
|The family, in football uniforms, pile on top of a football (and on top of each other); Maggie, football in hand, leaps from the pile, spikes the ball, and does a touchdown dance.
|"[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]"
|CABF06
|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|257
|January 7, 2001
|[[File:CouchGagS12E09.jpg|200px]]
|The family is deposited one by one onto the couch via tubes (like those used to travel around New New York City in the future depicted on Matt Groening's other animated sitcom ''[[Futurama]]''); one tube briefly deposits Futurama's Fry on the couch in place of Bart, but then sucks Fry back up and leaves Bart in his place.
|"[[HOMR]]"
|BABF22
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|258
|January 14, 2001
|
|''repeat of BABF03's gag''
|"[[Pokey Mom]]"
|CABF05
|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|259
|February 4, 2001
|[[File:CouchGagS12E11.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is absent, and the [[Squeaky Voiced Teen]] stands next to a "valet parking" sign; the family runs in and waits while the valet pushes the couch into frame; the family sits and the valet holds his hand out for a tip, but he does not receive one and walks off annoyed.
|"[[Worst Episode Ever]]"
|CABF08
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|260
|February 11, 2001
|[[File:CouchGagS12E12.jpg|200px]]
|The family, wearing winter coats, ice skates around the room before sitting on the couch; Homer's portion of the couch breaks off and falls through the ice.
|"[[Tennis the Menace]]"
|CABF07
|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|261
|February 18, 2001
|
|''repeat of BABF06's gag''
|"[[Day of the Jackanapes]]"
|CABF10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|262
|February 25, 2001
|[[File:CouchGagS12E14.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is next to a prison wall as a searchlight pans around the scene; the family, in striped prison uniforms, burrows up from the ground and sits on the couch, where the searchlight spots them.
|"[[New Kids on the Blecch]]"
|CABF12
|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|263
|March 04, 2001
|
|''repeat of BABF09's gag''
|"[[Hungry, Hungry Homer]]"
|CABF09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|264
|March 11, 2001
|
|''repeat of BABF10's gag''
|"[[Bye Bye Nerdie]]"
|CABF11
|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|265
|April 01, 2001
|
|''repeat of 9F08's gag''
|"[[Simpson Safari]]"
|CABF13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|266
|April 29, 2001
|
|''repeat of CABF04's gag''
|"[[Trilogy of Error]]"
|CABF14
|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|267
|May 06, 2001
|
|''repeat of BABF02's gag''
|"[[I'm Goin' to Praiseland]]"
|CABF15
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|268
|May 13, 2001
|
|''repeat of BABF04's gag''
|"[[Children of a Lesser Clod]]"
|CABF16
|-style="background-color:#F0A1A6"
|269
|May 20, 2001
|
|''repeat of BABF11's gag''
|"[[Simpsons Tall Tales]]"
|CABF17
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 13)|Season 13]] ==
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|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|270
|October 28, 2001
|
|''no gag (Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]"
|CABF19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|271
|November 11, 2001
|[[File:CABF22.jpg|200px]]
|The family stands on a simplistically-drawn sailboat and leaps into the water; when the splash subsides, the family is sitting on the couch, dripping wet, having leapt out of the crooked sailboat painting on the rear wall.
|"[[The Parent Rap]]"
|CABF22
|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|272
|November 18, 2001
|
|''repeat of CABF06's gag''
|"[[Homer the Moe]]"
|CABF20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|273
|December 2, 2001
|
|''repeat of CABF12's gag''
|"[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]"
|CABF18
|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|274
|December 9, 2001
|
|''repeat of BABF17's gag''
|"[[The Blunder Years]]"
|CABF21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|275
|December 16, 2001
|[[File:CouchGagS13E06.jpg|200px]]
|A giant slot machine sits in place of the couch; the five tumblers each come up bearing the faces of the family, except for the final tumbler which comes up "7" instead of Maggie and the machine dispenses gold coins with Maggie's face on them.
|"[[She of Little Faith]]"
|DABF02
|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|276
|January 6, 2002
|[[File:Simpsons_Opening_Couch_Gag_Season_13_(With_Gardener_Trimming_Hedge_Into_Shape_of_Family).jpg|200px]]
|A hedge is in place of the couch; a gardener quickly trims the hedge into the shape of the family.
|"[[Brawl in the Family]]"
|DABF01
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|277
|January 20, 2002
|[[File:CouchGagS13E08.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits; a claw arm (as found in coin-op prize machines) grabs Homer's head and lifts him up as he screams, "Ow, my brain!"
|"[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]"
|DABF03
|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|278
|January 27, 2002
|[[File:DABF09.jpg|200px]]
|Homer, dressed as Charlie Chaplin's "The Tramp" character, waddles in, twitches his nose, and sits down. The other family members, dressed as archetypical silent film characters, join Homer.
|"[[Jaws Wired Shut]]"
|DABF05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|279
|February 10, 2002
|[[File:CouchGagS13E10.jpg|200px]]
|The family arrives to find two repo men carrying the couch away. As Homer cries over this, a confused Marge sits on the floor with the kids to watch TV.
|"[[Half-Decent Proposal]]"
|DABF04
|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|280
|February 17, 2002
|
|''repeat of 9F08's gag''
|"[[The Bart Wants What It Wants]]"
|DABF06
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|281
|February 24, 2002
|[[File:CouchGagS13E12.jpg|200px]]
|The family catch The Squeaky Voice Teen making out with a teenage girl on the couch.
|"[[The Lastest Gun in the West]]"
|DABF07
|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|282
|March 10, 2002
|[[File:CouchGagS13E13.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs in to find the Blue Man Group performing on drums in front of the couch. Homer murmurs "What the-?!" ''(in reruns and repeats of this couch gag in other episodes, The Blue Man Group plays more aggressively and Homer's "What the--?!" is muted out)''
|"[[The Old Man and the Key]]"
|DABF09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|283
|March 17, 2002
|[[File:CouchGagSeason13E14.jpg|200px]]
|Drawn in pencil, the family sits in a flipbook flipped by live-action hands.
|"[[Tales from the Public Domain]]"
|DABF08
|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|284
|March 31, 2002
|[[File:CouchGagS13E15.jpg|200px]]
|The family are marionettes who get caught in each other's strings. The camera pans up to reveal [[Matt Groening]] as the puppet master, who throws the puppets down and sighs in frustration.
|"[[Blame it on Lisa]]"
|DABF10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|285
|April 07, 2002
|
|''repeat of DABF01's gag''
|"[[Weekend at Burnsie's]]"
|DABF11
|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|286
|April 21, 2002
|
|''repeat of DABF02's gag''
|"[[Gump Roast]]"
|DABF12
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|287
|April 28, 2002
|
|''repeat of DABF03's gag''
|"[[I Am Furious Yellow]]"
|DABF13
|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|288
|May 05, 2002
|
|''repeat of DABF04's gag''
|"[[The Sweetest Apu]]"
|DABF14
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|289
|May 12, 2002
|
|''repeat of DABF07's gag''
|"[[Little Girl in the Big Ten]]"
|DABF15
|-style="background-color:#D0B2F0"
|290
|May 19, 2002
|
|''repeat of DABF05's gag''
|"[[The Frying Game]]"
|DABF16
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|291
|May 22, 2002
|
|''repeat of DABF09's gag (but with different audio: the group plays more loudly/aggressively and Homer stays silent)''
|"[[Papa's Got a Brand New Badge]]"
|DABF17
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 14)|Season 14]] ==
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|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|292
|November 03, 2002
|
|''no gag (Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]"
|DABF19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|293
|November 10, 2002
|[[File:DABF22.jpg|200px]]
|Homer is on water skis, with the others on him, as he ski-jumps over sharks; everybody lands on the couch, but Homer is without his legs, which are in the sharks' mouths ''(a reference to the term "jumped the shark", describing a TV show that has reached its peak and is now declining in quality or has done something to cause it to decline prematurely)''.
|"[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]"
|DABF22
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|294
|November 17, 2002
|[[File:DABF20.jpg|200px]]
|Spoofing the ''Get Smart'' opening, Homer walks through a series of futuristic doors, falls through the bottom of a phone booth, and lands on the couch (where the others are already sitting).
|"[[Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade]]"
|DABF20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|295
|November 24, 2002
|[[File:DABF18.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is drawn on a "Etch A Sketch" (called a "Sketch-A-Etch" in the couch gag) and Homer yells, "Whoo-hoo!" when the picture is completed.
|"[[Large Marge]]"
|DABF18
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|296
|December 1, 2002
|[[File:DABF21.jpg|200px]]
|In a parody of the Macintosh paint program, Kid Pix, a mouse cursor drags Homer from the left side of the couch to the right, changes the wall color to green, and replaces the boat painting with the Mona Lisa. ''(Final couch gag to be traditionally animated)''
|"[[Helter Shelter]]"
|DABF21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|297
|December 15, 2002
|[[File:EABF01.jpg|200px]]
|The family sits on the couch. Homer clicks on the remote control and sends the family to the Stone Age, clicks it again to send them to the Roman Empire where they watch a gladiator match, and clicks it a final time to return them to the present.
|"[[The Great Louse Detective]]"
|EABF01
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|298
|January 05, 2003
|[[File:EABF02.jpg|200px]]
|Everybody is deep-fried in a fast-food fryer, then emptied onto the couch and salted.
|"[[Special Edna]]"
|EABF02
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|299
|January 12, 2003
|[[File:EABF03.jpg|200px]]
|In black and white, everyone is wearing early-20th-century clothing and is watching the TV from a girder at a construction site. ''(Done in the style of Charles C. Ebbets' photograph "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper.")''
|"[[The Dad Who Knew Too Little]]"
|EABF03
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|300
|February 02, 2003
|[[File:EABF04.jpg|200px]]
|Everybody sticks their head through a cutout of the couch and have their pictures taken.
|"[[Strong Arms of The Ma]]"
|EABF04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|301
|February 09, 2003
|[[File:EABF06.jpg|200px]]
|A giant baby picks up doll versions of the Simpson family and plays with them.
|"[[Pray Anything]]"
|EABF06
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|302
|February 16, 2003
|[[File:EABF05.jpg|200px]]
|Everybody and everything is made of gingerbread; Homer takes a bite out of Bart's head.
|"[[Barting Over]]"
|EABF05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|303
|February 16, 2003
|
|''repeat of DABF18's gag''
|"[[I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can]]"
|EABF07
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|304
|March 02, 2003
|
|''repeat of DABF10's gag''
|"[[A Star Is Born-Again]]"
|EABF08
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|305
|March 09, 2003
|
|''repeat of EABF01's gag''
|"[[Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington]]"
|EABF09
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|306
|March 16, 2003
|
|''repeat of DABF08's gag''
|"[[C.E. D'oh]]"
|EABF10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|307
|March 30, 2003
|
|''repeat of DABF22's gag''
|"[['Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky]]"
|EABF11
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|308
|April 13, 2003
|
|''repeat of EABF02's gag''
|"[[Three Gays of the Condo]]"
|EABF12
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|309
|April 27, 2003
|[[File:EABF13.jpg|200px]]
|Everybody is a mime, walking against the wind and then sitting on a non-existent couch.
|"[[Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]"
|EABF13
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|310
|May 04, 2003
|
|''repeat of EABF03's gag''
|"[[Old Yeller Belly]]"
|EABF14
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|311
|May 11, 2003
|
|''repeat of EABF04's gag''
|"[[Brake My Wife, Please]]"
|EABF15
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|312
|May 18, 2003
|
|''repeat of EABF06's gag''
|"[[Bart of War]]"
|EABF16
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|313
|May 18, 2003
|
|''repeat of EABF05's gag''
|"[[Moe Baby Blues]]"
|EABF17
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 15)|Season 15]] ==
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!width="117" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Airdate
!width="117" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Thumbnail
!style="background-color: #FADA00"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Code
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|314
|November 02, 2003
|
|''no gag (Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror XIV]]"
|EABF21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|315
|November 09, 2003
|[[File:EABF18.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs to the couch as normal, only to decay and turn to piles of dust.
|"[[My Mother the Carjacker]]"
|EABF18
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|316
|November 16, 2003
|[[File:EABF20.jpg|200px]]
|A [[Polaroid]] photo ejects onto the couch; it develops into a photo of the family.
|"[[The President Wore Pearls]]"
|EABF20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|317
|November 23, 2003
|[[File:EABF22.jpg|200px]]
|There is a [[Wikipedia:Play-Doh|Play-Doh]] press on the back wall; it presses Play-Doh versions of everybody out onto the couch.
|"[[The Regina Monologues]]"
|EABF22
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|318
|November 30, 2003
|
|''repeat of DABF20's gag''
|"[[The Fat and the Furriest]]"
|EABF19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|319
|December 07, 2003
|[[File:FABF01.jpg|200px]]
|Everybody slides down separate poles and end up on the couch, in [[Wikipedia:Batman|Batman]]-style costumes, in the Batcave.
|"[[Today I Am a Clown]]"
|FABF01
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|320
|December 14, 2003
|[[File:FABF02.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is a street bench in Japan, and everyone is a famous anime character: Homer is [[Wikipedia:Ultraman|Ultraman]], Marge is Jun from ''[[Wikipedia:Science Ninja Team Gatchaman|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'', Lisa is [[Wikipedia:Usagi Tsukino|Usagi Tsukino]], the protagonist from ''[[Wikipedia:Sailor Moon|Sailor Moon]]'', Bart is [[Wikipedia:Astro Boy(1960)|Astro Boy]] and Maggie is [[Pikachu]] from ''[[Pokémon]]''.
|"[['Tis the Fifteenth Season]]"
|FABF02
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|321
|January 04, 2004
|[[File:FABF03.jpg|200px]]
|Somebody offscreen throws knives at the wall while everyone is seated on the couch, but when Homer reaches for a bowl of chips, a knife nearly hits him.
|"[[Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays]]"
|FABF03
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|322
|January 11, 2004
|[[File:FABF04.JPG|200px]]
|Everybody is squeezed like frosting out of a pastry bag onto the top of a cake.
|"[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot]]"
|FABF04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|323
|January 25, 2004
|[[File:FABF05.JPG|200px]]
|Everybody's head pops out of a giant piece of apple pie. Homer takes a bite from the pie.
|"[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]"
|FABF05
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|324
|February 08, 2004
|[[File:FABF06.JPG|200px]]
|A tray is placed into a microwave, and the family rises as the tray is cooked. ''(The is the third food-based couch gag in a row)''
|"[[Margical History Tour]]"
|FABF06
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|325
|February 15, 2004
|[[File:FABF07.JPG|200px]]
|A woman throws some seeds into a plot of dirt where the couch usually is, and waters them; everybody sprouts up like plants.
|"[[Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]"
|FABF07
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|326
|February 22, 2004
|[[File:FABF09.jpg|200px]]
|Everybody is a bag on a moving dry-cleaning rack, which stops over the couch.
|"[[Smart and Smarter]]"
|FABF09
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|327
|March 14, 2004
|[[File:FABF08couchgag.jpg|200px]]
|In a parody of [[Powers of Ten]], the couch scene pans out until it reaches outer space, where the galaxies are replaced with atoms, which pan out until they reach Homer's head and then the couch scene again. ''Homer: Wooowwww.''''(reairings and repeats of the couch gag in other episodes redub "Wooowww" with "Cool!" and have Kang and Kodos laughing instead of staying silent)'''''
|"[[The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]"
|FABF08
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|328
|March 21, 2004
|
|''repeat of EABF18's gag''
|"[[Co-Dependent's Day]]"
|FABF10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|329
|March 28, 2004
|
|''repeat of EABF20's gag''
|"[[The Wandering Juvie]]"
|FABF11
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|330
|April 18, 2004
|
|''repeat of EABF22's gag''
|"[[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]"
|FABF12
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|331
|April 25, 2004
|
|''repeat of FABF04's gag''
|"[[Catch 'em If You Can]]"
|FABF14
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|332
|May 02, 2004
|
|''repeat of FABF01's gag''
|"[[Simple Simpson]]"
|FABF15
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|333
|May 09, 2004
|
|''repeat of FABF03's gag''
|"[[The Way We Weren't]]"
|FABF13
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|334
|May 16, 2004
|
|''repeat of FABF06's gag''
|"[[Bart-Mangled Banner]]"
|FABF17
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|335
|May 23, 2004
|
|''repeat of FABF02's gag''
|"[[Fraudcast News]]"
|FABF18
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 16)|Season 16]] ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width="22" style="background-color: #FADA00"|<nowiki>#</nowiki>
!width="117" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Airdate
!style="background-color:#FADA00"|Picture
!style="background-color: #FADA00"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Code
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|336
|November 07, 2004
|
|''no gag (Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror XV]]"
|FABF23
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|337
|November 14, 2004
|[[File:CouchGagS16E02-1.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS16E02-2.jpg|200px]]
|The couch is outside, mounted on the end of a [[Wikipedia:Catapult|catapult]]. The family sits on the couch, and then get launched skyward.
|"[[All's Fair in Oven War]]"
|FABF20
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|338
|November 21, 2004
|[[File:CouchGagS16E03.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs into the room to find the couch missing, only to have the couch fall from the sky and crush them.
|"[[Sleeping With the Enemy]]"
|FABF19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|339
|December 05, 2004
|[[File:CouchGagS16E04.jpg|200px]]
|All of the family members sit down as normal. The twist: The Simpsons now look like [[Moe Szyslak]].
|"[[She Used to Be My Girl]]"
|FABF22
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|340
|December 12, 2004
|[[File:CouchGagS16E05.jpg|200px]]
|After the family takes their usual places on the couch, the couch rises into the air and is actually part of the tendril of an anglerfish (which bears a striking resemblance to the one from ''[[Wikipedia:Finding Nemo|Finding Nemo]]''), which eats the family.
|"[[Fat Man and Little Boy (The Simpsons)|Fat Man and Little Boy]]"
|FABF21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|341
|January 16, 2005
|[[File:CouchGagS16E06.jpg|200px]]
|The family runs into the room and take their usual places on the couch. Nothing happens. Lisa then says directly to the viewers "What, can't we sit on the couch without something happening?" Homer then gets impaled by a spear and yells, "D'oh!"
|"[[Midnight Rx]]"
|FABF16
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|342
|January 30, 2005
|
|The living room is a desert with all of the furniture and fixtures made of sand. The family crawls to the couch, but get buried by the sand underneath the desert sun.
|"[[Mommie Beerest]]"
|GABF01
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|343
|February 06, 2005
|
|The family enters the living room and in front of the couch they climb on top of the other like a totem pole.
|"[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]"
|GABF02
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|344
|February 13, 2005
|[[File:CouchGagS16E09.jpg|200px]]
|The family hops to the living room dressed as chess pieces: Homer is the king, Marge is the queen, Bart is a rook, Lisa is a knight and Maggie is a pawn.
|"[[Pranksta Rap]]"
|GABF03
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|345
|February 20, 2005
|
|The family, dressed as hockey players, with cuts and scrapes, skate into the living room and skate around the couch. Homer is carrying the Stanley Cup with Maggie sitting in the bowl.
|"[[There's Something About Marrying]]"
|GABF04
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|346
|March 06, 2005
|
|''repeat of FABF08's gag (but this time, Kang and Kodos are heard laughing and Homer says "cooool" at the end)''
|"[[On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister]]"
|GABF05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|347
|March 13, 2005
|
|The family comes into the darkened living room. The lights go up; the living room is set up with balloons and streamers and a group of recurring characters yell out "Surprise!". Homer then has a heart attack and collapses.
|"[[Goo Goo Gai Pan]]"
|GABF06
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|348
|March 20, 2005
|
|The family enters the living room and sits on the couch like normal. Homer then pulls off his face, revealing himself to be [[Sideshow Bob]]. Bob pulls out a knife and chases after Bart.
|"[[Mobile Homer]]"
|GABF07
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|349
|April 03, 2005
|
|The family sits on the couch, only to have a spit comes through the wall and the floor open up to reveal fire down below. The couch and family begin rotating over the fire. Marge's hair catches fire and the boat painting falls off the wall.
|"[[The Seven-Beer Snitch]]"
|GABF08
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|350
|April 17, 2005
|
|Several toy forms of transportation come into the living room, only to change Transformers-style into the family. Homer is Optimus Prime, Marge is Skyfire, Lisa is Hound, Maggie is Bumblebee, and Bart appears to be Jazz.
|"[[Future-Drama]]"
|GABF12
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|351
|May 01, 2005
|
|The living room is an almost fully assembled jigsaw puzzle, with only the pieces with the family members' heads needing to be placed. The person completing the puzzle places all the heads on correctly except for Homer and Maggie, after which the former fixes them.
|"[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]"
|GABF10
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|352
|May 01, 2005
|
|''repeat of FABF20's gag''
|"[[The Heartbroke Kid]]"
|GABF11
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|353
|May 08, 2005
|
|''repeat of DABF20's gag''
|"[[A Star Is Torn]]"
|GABF13
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|354
|May 08, 2005
|
|''repeat of FABF22's gag''
|"[[Thank God It's Doomsday]]"
|GABF14
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|355
|May 15, 2005
|
|''repeat of FABF21's gag''
|"[[Home Away from Homer]]"
|GABF15
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|356
|May 15, 2005
|
|The family floats into the living room as balloons and Snowball II pops the one that looks like Homer.
|"[[The Father, The Son, and The Holy Guest Star]]"
|GABF09
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 17)|Season 17]] ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width="22" style="background-color: #FADA00"|<nowiki>#</nowiki>
!width="117" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Airdate
!style="background-color: #FADA00"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Code
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|357
|September 11, 2005
|The family enters the living room through a [[metal detector]], except for Homer, who sets it off. After four failed attempts, Homer (who is now stripped down to his briefs) is detained by a security guard who is inspecting Homer with a handheld scanning wand.
|"[[Bonfire of the Manatees]]"
|GABF18
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|358
|September 18, 2005
|The living room is made of clay. Six balls roll to the couch and form into Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie, Bart—and [[Gumby]]. ''(filmed in [[claymation]])''
|"[[The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]"
|GABF16
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|359
|September 25, 2005
|The family enters the living room and takes their places on the couch, then an on-screen [[TiVo]] style menu pops up asking if the viewer would like to delete or save this recording. "Delete this recording now" is selected and the screen goes blank.
|"[[Milhouse of Sand and Fog]]"
|GABF19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|360
|November 06, 2005
|''no gag (Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]]"
|GABF17
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|361
|November 13, 2005
|The family runs in to sit on the couch, but it turns into a monster and chases them out of the house. Everyone's couches come to life and start attacking and swallowing the people sitting on them; [[Professor Frink]] is attacked by a futuristic flying couch with laser weaponry; Moe is attacked by the booths in his bar, but fights quite well with his shotgun; Homer takes refuge in a store called "Couch World", where he is piled upon by dozens of couches. ''(An unusually long couch gag, it runs for exactly 40 seconds.)''
|"[[Marge's Son Poisoning]]"
|GABF20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|362
|November 20, 2005
|The family enters the living room and take their usual places on the couch, only the camera pulls back and we find that the living room and the family are part of an alien zoo exhibit on [[Kang and Kodos|Rigel IV]].
|"[[See Homer Run]]"
|GABF21
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|363
|November 27, 2005
|The couch is replaced with a bird's nest and the family members take their usual places; then a large bird enters and feeds Homer a giant worm.
|"[[The Last of the Red Hat Mamas]]"
|GABF22
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|364
|December 11, 2005
|A pair of animated hands deals five cards on the couch: the jack of diamonds (Bart), the queen of diamonds (Marge), the king of diamonds (Homer), the ace of diamonds (Lisa), and a joker (Maggie).
|"[[The Italian Bob]]"
|HABF02
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|365
|December 18, 2005
|A copy of "The Springfield Shopper" spins into frame, with the headline, "COUCH GAG THRILLS NATION" and a black and white photo of The Simpsons already seated.
|"[[Simpsons Christmas Stories]]"
|HABF01
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|366
|January 8, 2006
|The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal and a camera flashes, setting off a series of family portraits. In the 2006 and 2007 portraits, they all look the same. In 2008, Homer is missing and the family is wearing black. In 2009, Lenny has taken Homer's place and Bart and Lisa both begin puberty. In 2010, Carl has taken Marge's place and Lenny is still there. In 2011, Marge is back, but Lenny is gone and replaced by Jimbo Jones. In 2012, Homer is back, but is now a robot. In 2013, every member of the Simpson family is a robot.
|"[[Homer's Paternity Coot]]"
|HABF03
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|367
|January 29, 2006
|In a parody of the ''[[Bonanza]]'' opening, a map of Springfield burns away to reveal the family on horseback in the countryside. The couch is nowhere to be found. ''Bonanza''-like music continues over the closing shot of the TV.
|"[[We're on the Road to D'ohwhere]]"
|HABF04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|368
|February 26, 2006
|''repeat of GABF16's gag''
|"[[My Fair Laddy]]"
|HABF05
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|369
|March 12, 2006
|The couch moves down an automated assembly line; Homer is added by a mechanical arm.
|"[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]"
|HABF06
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|370
|March 19, 2006
|The family enters the living room only to find their access to the couch has been blocked by laser beams. They work their way through the laser beams and sit down. Then the beams shut off and Homer's head drops to the floor.
|"[[Bart Has Two Mommies]]"
|HABF07
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|371
|March 26, 2006
|The family (played by live action actors and actresses) sit on the couch just as the animated Simpsons opening comes on. ''(Subsequent airings had a repeat of the "Simpsons Roasting on a Barbecue" couch gag from GABF08).''
|"[[Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife]]"
|HABF08
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|372
|April 2, 2006
|''repeat of GABF19's gag''
|"[[Million Dollar Abie]]"
|HABF09
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|373
|April 9, 2006
|''repeat of HABF02's gag (but this time Homer shouts "Whoo-hoo!" after the cards are dealt, since this can be a Royal Flush)''
|"[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore]]"
|HABF10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|374
|April 23, 2006
|''repeat of GABF10's gag (but this time, Homer says [[D'oh!]] when the heads are mixed up and laughs when they are fixed)''
|"[[The Wettest Stories Ever Told]]"
|HABF11
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|375
|April 30, 2006
|''repeat of GABF06's gag''
|"[[Girls Just Want To Have Sums]]"
|HABF12
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|376
|May 07, 2006
|''repeat of GABF12's gag''
|"[[Regarding Margie]]"
|HABF13
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|377
|May 14, 2006
|''repeat of HABF03's gag''
|"[[The Monkey Suit]]"
|HABF14
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|378
|May 21, 2006
|''repeat of GABF20's gag''
|"[[Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]"
|HABF16
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 18)|Season 18]] ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width="22" style="background-color: #FADA00"|<nowiki>#</nowiki>
!width="117" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Airdate
!style="background-color: #FADA00"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Code
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|379
|September 10, 2006
|The couch is replaced by four wooden stools. An instrumental of [[Pop Goes the Weasel]] plays as the family plays [[musical chairs]]. When the music stops, everyone, except for Homer, sits down. Homer groans in disappointment.
|"[[The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]]"
|HABF15
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|380
|September 17, 2006
|Everyone but Homer sits on the couch. [[King Kong|King Homer]], from [[Treehouse of Horror III]], grabs Marge through a window and drags her to the top of the [[Empire State Building]], where he is attacked by biplanes.
|"[[Jazzy and the Pussycats]]"
|HABF18
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|381
|September 24, 2006
|A vending machine filled with every castmember (including The Simpson family) from the show appears instead of the couch. Ralph Wiggum comes in, selects a Homer figurine, and bites the head off before leaving.
|"[[Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em...]]"
|HABF20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|382
|November 5, 2006
|''no gag (Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]"
|HABF17
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|383
|November 12, 2006
|The family sits down and gets moved across the floor in a car wash, where they get sprayed with water, squirted with hot wax, and scrubbed with brushes. Marge's hair turns puffy, Maggie's pacifier turns up missing, and everyone looks sad as three men wipe them dry and puts a new pacifier in Maggie's mouth.
|"[[G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]]"
|HABF21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|384
|November 19, 2006
|In a computer window, everyone is drag-and-dropped onto the couch, which is then drag-and-dropped onto a wastebasket; a computer menu item "empty trash" is then selected.
|"[[Moe'N'a Lisa]]"
|HABF19
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|385
|November 26, 2006
|All of the family members have the bodies of cockroaches; they all scuttle off after the lights are turned on.
|"[[Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)]]"
|HABF22
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|386
|December 10, 2006
|A pair of cartoon hands cuts a piece of paper into the shape of Homer. The hands then pull out the paper to reveal a chain shaped like the rest of the Simpsons family members. Homer can be heard yelling, "Whoo-hoo!"
|"[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]"
|JABF02
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|387
|December 17, 2006
|The family (in Christmas attire) sits on the couch, and the camera pulls out to reveal they are in a Christmas decoration which is on a Christmas tree, and Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II rest nearby.
|"[[Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2]]"
|JABF01
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|388
|January 7, 2007
|The family on the couch is pinned up, one by one, onto a bulletin board.
|"[[The Wife Aquatic]]"
|JABF03
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|389
|January 28, 2007
|The family, as infants in diapers, crawls into the living and up onto to their usual place on the couch. They begin to age into their current appearance.
|"[[Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times]]"
|JABF05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|390
|February 11, 2007
|The family are paper dolls, and are each dressed into their regular clothes.
|"[[Little Big Girl]]"
|JABF04
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|391
|February 18, 2007
|''repeat of HABF22's gag[[Springfield Up#Material cut from the original American airing|1]]''
|"[[Springfield Up]]"
|JABF07
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|392
|March 4, 2007
|''repeat of HABF20's gag''
|"[[Yokel Chords]]"
|JABF09
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|393
|March 11, 2007
|''repeat of HABF04's gag''
|"[[Rome-old and Juli-eh]]"
|JABF08
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|394
|March 25, 2007
|Homer evolves from a single-celled organism which continuously divides to a more complex organism—first as a jellyfish, then a common fish that nearly escapes the clutches of an octopus that looks like Mr. Burns. Getting out of the ocean, Homer evolves into a prehistoric lizard that extends his tongue to snack on an insect that resembles his power plant coworker, Lenny. Homer then evolves into a slightly larger lizard with a scale on his back that sees a pterodactyl resembling Principal Skinner's mother, Agnes, flying overhead. Homer then evolves into a rat that gets chased by a tyrannosaurus rex resembling Bart, who then gets into a battle with a stegosaurus resembling Lisa. Homer hides in a hole just before a large asteroid crashes on Earth, wiping out all dinosaur life. Homer comes out of the hole, passing the skeletal remains of T-Rex Bart, before changing into a sloth, then a monkey as he approaches a jungle, becoming more apelike upon swinging through the trees. Leaving the jungle, a brief Ice Age occurs as he evolves from a Neanderthal, to a Cro-Magnon, to an upright walking caveman. Caveman Homer passes by Moe (who is also a caveman), who then devolves into a rat creature. As Homer continues walking, he evolves into men from different historical eras (a nomad from the Middle Ages, a Spanish explorer, a Pilgrim, and a 19th century intellectual) until he finally evolves into his modern self and enters the house, stepping over Santa's Little Helper. With the rest of the family sitting on the sofa, Marge asks him "What took you so long?" Homer can only give an exhausted sigh of relief. ''(This is the longest couch gag to date as it runs over 1 minute long.)''
|"[[Homerazzi]]"
|JABF06
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|395
|April 22, 2007
|''repeat of HABF01's gag''
|"[[Marge Gamer]]"
|JABF10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|396
|April 29, 2007
|''repeat of HABF15's gag''
|"[[The Boys of Bummer]]"
|JABF11
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|397
|May 6, 2007
|''repeat of HABF21's gag''
|"[[Crook and Ladder]]"
|JABF13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|398
|May 13, 2007
|The family comes in and sits on the couch. A second family comes and also sits on the couch. Then hundreds of multiple families come in, and the second story windows and chimney overflow with them. Homer shouts, "Hey, don't shove!"
|"[[Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!]]"
|JABF12
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|399
|May 20, 2007
|''no gag (special opening/[[24 (TV series)|24]]-themed)''
|"[[24 Minutes]]"
|JABF14
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|400
|May 20, 2007
|''no gag (the [[Tracy Ullman Show]]-era Simpsons episode "Family Portrait" (where Homer tries to get the family to pose for a family photo) is shown with a caption that reads, "20 Years Ago...")''
|"[[You Kent Always Say What You Want]]"
|JABF15
|}

== [[The Simpsons (season 19)|Season 19]] ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width="22" style="background-color: #FADA00"|<nowiki>#</nowiki>
!width="117" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Airdate
!style="background-color: #FADA00"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Code
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|401
|September 23, 2007
|The entire opening sequence is changed to show a ruined Springfield being rebuilt in the aftermath of ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''. As construction work goes on around them, The Simpsons join [[Plopper]] the pig on the couch to the tune of the "Spider Pig" theme. Homer holds him and says "My summer love".
|"[[He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's]]"
|JABF20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|402
|September 30, 2007
|''repeat of JABF06's gag (but this time, Marge's line after Homer enters the living room is "Did you bring the milk?")''
|"[[The Homer of Seville]]"
|JABF18
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|403
|October 7, 2007
|The living room is made of [[Lego]] bricks and the family members are built one by one out of Legos. Homer can be heard shouting, "Woo-hoo!" when a 1x3 Lego Brick is put on his head, and "D'oh!" when a black 1x1 Lego brick (representing his two strands) is placed on his head instead.
|"[[Midnight Towboy]]"
|JABF21
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|404
|October 14, 2007
|The family sits down as normal, except Maggie is missing. Homer looks to the empty space where Maggie is, then gets lifted by a giant Maggie as the camera pulls out to reveal the living room being part of a dollhouse and the family as the dolls that live within. Maggie puts the miniature Homer in her mouth and sucks it like a pacifier.
|"[[I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]"
|JABF19
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|405
|November 4, 2007
|''no gag (Halloween episode)''
|"[[Treehouse of Horror XVIII]]"
|JABF16
|-
|406
|November 11, 2007
|The family (already seated on the couch) appears on the cover of ''Modern Couch Gag'' magazine.
|"[[Little Orphan Millie]]"
|JABF22
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|407
|November 18, 2007
|A pair of hands open up a book called "The Simpsons" and reveals a pop-up centerfold of the family sitting on the couch.
|"[[Husbands and Knives]]"
|JABF17
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|408
|November 25, 2007
|A magician walks into the living room and uses his cape to make the couch and family members appear.
|"[[Funeral for a Fiend]]"
|KABF01
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|409
|December 16, 2007
|''repeat of GABF05's gag (but this time Homer says "weird" at the end)''
|"[[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]]"
|KABF02
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|410
|January 6, 2008
|A medieval tapestry shows the [[Flanders family|Flanders]] stealing the [[Simpson family|Simpsons's]] couch. The Simpsons then take it back and kill the Flanders.
|"[[E Pluribus Wiggum]]"
|KABF03
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|411
|January 27, 2008
|The family is sitting on the couch. The screen zooms out to show them as a painting in a museum.
|"[[That 90's Show]]"
|KABF04
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|412
|February 17, 2008
|Each family member rushes into the living room and attaches themselves to a giant-size baby mobile. Homer tips the mobile.
|"[[Love, Springfieldian Style]]"
|KABF05
|-
|413
|March 2, 2008
|Two hands add to a Lite-Brite of the family on the couch
|"[[The Debarted]]"
|KABF06
|-
|414
|March 9, 2008
|The family are small toys on the couch. Professor Frink puts drops of water on them and they all grow to normal size, except Homer, who needs a bucket of water.
|"[[Dial 'N' For Nerder]]"
|KABF07
|-
|415
|March 30, 2008
|Wile E. Coyote paints a fake couch on the wall which the Simpsons run into
|"[[Smoke On The Daughter]]"
|KABF08
|-
|416
|April 13, 2008
|The Simpson family is painted on the couch.
|"[[Papa Don't Leech]]"
|KABF09
|-
|417
|April 27, 2008
|''repeat of KABF03's gag''
|"[[Apocalypse Cow]]"
|KABF10
|-
|418
|May 4, 2008
|''repeat of JABF17's gag''
|"[[Any Given Sundance]]"
|KABF11
|-
|419
|May 11, 2008
|''repeat of KABF02's gag''
|"[[Mona Leaves-a]]"
|KABF12
|-
|420
|May 18, 2008
|''repeat of HABF19's gag''
|"[[All About Lisa]]"
|KABF13
|}

== Season 20 ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width="22" style="background-color: #FADA00"|<nowiki>#</nowiki>
!width="117" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Airdate
!style="background-color: #FADA00"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Code
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|421
|September 28, 2008
|The Simpsons are incased in Carbonite by Bounty Hunter Boba Fett
|"[[Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes]]
|KABF17
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|422
|October 5, 2008
|The Simpsons see themselves sitting on the couch where Mount Rushmore should be. Bart remarks "Aye Caramba!"
|[[Lost Verizon]]
|KABF15
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|423
|October 19, 2008
|The Simpsons are caught in a twister and when they land, they are on a farm in black and white.
|
[[Double, Double, Boy in Trouble]]
|KABF14
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|424
|November 2, 2008
|None
|[[Treehouse of Horror XIX]]
|KABF16
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|425
|November 9, 2008
|The Simpsons come out of cuckoo clocks
|[[Dangerous Curves]]
|KABF18
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|426
|November 16, 2008
|The Simpsons rush to the couch in roman times. A volcano explodes and covers them in ash
|[[Homer And Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]
|KABF19
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|427
|November 30, 2008
|Bart is writing on the Chalkboard "I will Not Bring The Chalkboard Home"
|[[Mypods and Boomsticks]]
|KABF20
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|428
|December 7, 2008
|'''Repeat of JABF01''
|[[The Burns and the Bees]]
|KABF21
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|429
|January 25, 2009
|The Simpsons run to the couch in a box [[Comic Book Guy]] puts a $19.99 sticker on it and says "Worst Couch Gag Ever"
|[[Lisa the Drama Queen]]
|KABF22
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|430
|February 15, 2009
|The Simpsons run to find that the couch is Missing, and they chase it around the world and into Outer Space
|[[Take My Life, Please]]
|KABF23
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|431
|March 1, 2009
|The Simpsons go through the openings of ''The Honeymooners'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''The Brady Bunch'', and ''Cheers. ''In the'' Cheers ''segment, Sideshow Bob enters in reference to [[Kelsey Grammer]]'s character in ''Cheers'', the family run out screaming and end up at the couch with a sigh of relief. .
|[[How the Test Was Won]]
|KABF24
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|432
|March 8, 2009
|The Simpsons come in and find their couch beaten and torn. Funeral music plays as they bury the couch in the backyard. The Simpsons then visit a ranch to pick out a new couch. The Simpsons sit on a black and white spotted couch, which throws Homer off it. The scene then cuts to The Simpsons in their living room, sitting on their new couch. Homer is in a body cast and turns on the wall-mounted flatscreen TV.
|[[No Loan Again, Naturally]]
|LABF03
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|433
|March 15, 2009
|The couch is strung up like a piñata. A blindfolded Ralph Wiggum comes in, swinging a stick and hits the couch, making the Simpsons spill out on the floor.
|[[Gone Maggie Gone]]
|LABF04
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|434
|March 22, 2009
|The Simpsons are dog show participants being lead on leashes by men in fancy suits. A judge awards Bart the blue ribbon, and Homer attacks Bart.
|[[In the Name of the Grandfather]]
|LABF11
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|435
|March 29, 2009
|The Simpsons are a meal at a fancy restaurant (Homer is a garden salad, Lisa's face appears in a bowl of soup, Marge is a plate of spaghetti and meatballs, Bart is a T-Bone steak, and Maggie is the mint that comes with the restaurant bill), which The Comic Book Guy eats. After he wipes his mouth with a napkin, a stain appears that resembles The Simpsons sitting on the couch.
|[[Wedding for Disaster]]
|LABF05
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|436
|April 5, 2009
|The screen is white. A cartoon left hand flips an animation cel that has eyes on it, flips another that has Homer's skeleton sitting cross-legged, flips another that has Homer's stomach and a can of Duff beer on the lap, flips another that has Homer naked, another where the rest of the family are fully clothed and sitting in mid-air, and another where The Simpsons are in their living room and sitting on the couch. Marge notices Homer is still naked and pulls down an animation cel that has Homer's clothes.
|[[Eeny Teeny Maya Moe]]
|LABF06
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|437
|April 19, 2009
|The living room is covered in thick, jungle plants. The Simpsons slash their way through in order to reach the couch, and find an ape version of the Simpson family already seated. The ape-Simpsons hoot and screech, scaring off the human Simpsons.
|[[The Good, the Sad and the Drugly]]
|LABF07
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|438
|April 26, 2009
|There's an Olympic-sized pool leading to the couch. The Simpsons take their places on the marks and swim to the couch once a starter pistol goes off. Marge is first, Lisa's second, Bart is third, and Maggie is last. The family looks around, wondering where Homer is. Cut to a shot of an unconscious Homer floating facedown in the pool.
|[[Father Knows Worst]]
|LABF08
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|439
|May 3, 2009
|The living room is the seating area in the Colosseum during the era of the Roman Empire. The Simpsons (dressed in togas) rush to an empty space to sit down. The sounds of a gladiator match can be heard offscreen. The audience cheers as the head of a gladiator flies into the audience. Bart catches it.
|[[Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh]]
|LABF10
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|440
|May 10, 2009
|A large marble rock is in the living room where the couch should be. A stereotypical French sculptor quickly chisels out a statue of The Simpsons sitting on the couch. The sculptor then turns the statue of the Simpsons into a statue of a Civil War soldier on a horse.
|[[Four Great Women and a Manicure]]
|LABF09
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|441
|May 17, 2009
|''repeat of LABF02's couch gag''
|[[Coming to Homerica]]
|LABF12
|}

== Season 21 ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width="22" style="background-color: #FADA00"|#
!width="117" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Airdate
!style="background-color: #FADA00"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Code
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|442
|September 27, 2009
|The Simpsons are at an underground train station where a train pulls in and opens its doors, revealing the living room, complete with couch. The Simpsons get in and sigh as the door closes and the train pulls off.
|[[Homer the Whopper]]
|LABF13
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|443
|October 4, 2009
|The Simpsons, wearing white cowboy hats, exchange gunfire around the couch. Maggie comes out from behind the sailboat picture on the wall and blasts the room with a machine gun.
|[[Bart Gets a 'Z']]
|LABF15
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|444
|October 11, 2009
|
''repeat of LABF01's couch gag''
|[[The Great Wife Hope]]
|LABF16
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|445
|October 18, 2009
|
''None. (Halloween episode)''
|[[Treehouse of Horror XX]]
|LABF14
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|446
|November 15, 2009
|
''The Simpsons family, dressed in prehistoric-style clothing, runs onto the couch (which is in a prehistoric area, resting on a tar pit) and sinks with it into a tar pit.''
|[[The Devil Wears Nada]]
|LABF17
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 447 || November 22, 2009 || Instead of the couch, The Simpsons (dressed as Victorian-era Christmas carolers) appear next to a Christmas tree and sing a parody of "[[Twelve Days of Christmas|The 12 Days of Christmas]]," featuring twelve Grampas grumbling (as they stand in a customer return line), eleven Barneys belching (as they lie drunk in the snow), ten Lennys leaping (over a fence), nine Carls dancing (in a ballroom), eight Moes a-milking, seven Selmas smoking, six Flanders praying, five golden Frinks (Professor Frink's heads are on five gold coins), four crawling nerds (Database, Wendell, Martin, and Milhouse crawling from Nelson Muntz), three-eyed fish (Blinky from "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"), two special Ralphs, and (as the Simpsons walk to the couch), a Maggie in a Snuggly. || "[[Pranks and Greens]]" || LABF18
|- style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
| 448 || November 29, 2009 || The Simpsons and Marge's sisters (Patty and Selma) gather around the dinner table for a Thanksgiving meal, but soon gather their plates and head for the couch where they watch a football game on TV. || "[[Rednecks and Broomsticks]]" || LABF19
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 449 || December 13, 2009 || The living room furniture (the couch cushions, the rug, the flat-screen TV, and the lamps) are all dancing to disco music just as The Simpsons come in. Once Homer yells, "Hey!", the furniture returns to normal and the Simpsons sit on the couch. || "[[O Brother, Where Bart Thou?]]" || MABF01
|- style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
| 450 || January 3, 2010 || Homer is standing on a coiled platform, which launches him (and the rest of the Simpson family) through a pinball game called "Couch Gag Chaos." || "[[Thursdays with Abie]]" || MABF02
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 451 || January 10, 2010 || The couch is seen inside a human egg. Each family member is a sperm cell swimming towards and penetrating the egg to sit on the couch. The zygote then divides multiple times, forming a Mr. Burns embryo. || "[[Once Upon a Time in Springfield]]" || LABF20
|- style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
| 452 || January 31, 2010 || Homer runs to the couch first. He pulls out a [[myPhone]], presses the "Couch Gag" app and downloads Bart, Lisa, Marge, and Maggie. When Homer gets an incoming call from Mr. Burns, he screams and swallows the phone. || "[[Million Dollar Maybe]]" || MABF03
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 453 || February 14, 2010 || A hand deals five tarot cards featuring Homer (the King of Cups), Marge (the Queen of Cups), Bart (the Fool), Lisa (the Princess), and Maggie (the Death card) on a blue table. Cut to reveal Grampa getting his fortune read by the gypsy from "[[Treehouse of Horror XII|Hex and the City]]". Grampa gasps and turns the Death card towards the gypsy. The gypsy drops dead. || "[[Boy Meets Curl]]" || MABF05
|- style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
| 454 || February 21, 2010 || ''repeat of LABF08's couch gag'' ||"[[The Color Yellow]]" ||MABF06
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 455 || March 14, 2010 || ''repeat of LABF04's couch gag'' || "[[Postcards from the Wedge]]" || MABF05
|- style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
| 456 || March 21, 2010 || A rain cloud moves over a crop field behind the Simpsons' House, it rains, the cloud leaves and various fruits grow out of the ground the Simpson family (all except Homer) are bugs and sit on the largest fruit, Homer, as a Snail pops out of the fruit. || "[[Stealing First Base]]" || MABF07
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 457 || March 28, 2010 || ''repeat of LABF11's couch gag'' || "[[The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed]]" || MABF10
|- style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
| 458 || April 11, 2010 || The couch is outside the house, which is a cardboard set that falls down on the Simpsons|| "[[American History X-cellent]]" || MABF08
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 459 || April 18, 2010 || ''repeat of LABF05's couch gag'' || "[[Chief of Hearts]]" || MABF09
|- style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
| 460 || April 25, 2010 || The Simpsons chase after the couch through the articles on ''The Springfield Shopper''. The couch gives in and reunites with the family after seeing an ad about it in the classified section.|| "[[The Squirt and the Whale]]" || MABF14
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 461 || May 5, 2010 || The Simpsons running into the living room, and are lifted onto the sofa and into the air by several supporting characters as everyone sings to Ke$ha's "[[Tik Tok]]". || "[[To Surveil With Love]]" || MABF12
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 462 || May 9, 2010 || The Simpsons are a miniature model constructed by Nelson then blown up with a firecracker. || "[[Moe Letter Blues]]" || MABF13
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 463 || May 16, 2010 || Harold from the children's book, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_and_the_Purple_Crayon Harold and the Purple Crayon]'' draws The Simpsons' living room just as they run in to sit. Homer asks Harold to draw him a beer, and Harold obliges. Homer pats the child on the head. || "[[The Bob Next Door]]" || MABF11
|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
| 464 || May 23, 2010 || Homer and Bart appear as hand puppets, and the puppets begin attacking each other. The view pans down, and Homer is shown choking Bart himself.
| "[[Judge Me Tender]]" || MABF15
|}

== Season 22 ==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width="22" style="background-color: #FADA00"|#
!width="117" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Airdate
!style="background-color: #FADA00"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Code
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|465
|September 26, 2010
|The Simpsons sit on the couch with a banner hung above saying "22 Seasons congratulations from FOX" A FOX representative invites Maggie to blow out a candle on a cake, then eats the cake himself leaving the Simpsons Family. The banner then falls down.
|[[Elementary School Musical]]
|MABF21
|-
|}

== Couch gags within episodes ==
Sometimes there is a couch gag during the episode itself, usually during a spoof of the opening sequence.
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!style="background-color:#FADA00"|Picture
!style="background-color: #FADA00"|Gag
!width="120" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Episode
!width="10" style="background-color: #FADA00"|Code
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|October 7, 1993
|[[File:CouchGagS05E02Parody01.jpg|200px]] [[File:CouchGagS05E02Parody02.jpg|200px]]
|During the "Thompsons" introduction, the family sits on the couch and a pile of fish falls from above.
|"Cape Feare"
|9F22
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|December 21, 1997
|[[File:During5F07.jpg|200px]]
|After everybody of Springfield has taken all the stuff from them, The Simpsons walk to the place where the couch gags take place.
|"Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
|5F07
|-style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
|May 21, 2000
|[[File:DuringBABF19.jpg|200px]]
|In an "aborted" couch gag, the family sits wearing Western outfits; the director cuts the scene as Bart is busy on the phone agreeing to do ''Teen Wolf 3''. Lisa complains that she wants to go to bed, asking if there are child labor laws. Homer asks if Marge told her about the laws, and Marge tells him to poop in his hat. Kang and Kodos then show up with useless ballet tickets, asking if they needed them that night.
|"Behind the Laughter"
|BABF19
|-style="background-color:#FFFFFF"
|May 1, 2005
|[[File:CouchGagS17Parody.jpg|200px]]
|Instead of saying "The Simpsons", the announcer says "Three weeks later". Everyone except Bart sits; the overweight Bart arrives late and suffers a [[wikipedia:myocardial infarction|heart attack]].
|"[[The Heartbroke Kid]]"
|GABF11
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Opening sequence gags]]

Treehouse of Horror series

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Dragon122: /* Traditions */

{{Realworld}}
[[File:Treehouse of horror.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''The Simpsons Halloween Episodes''' are an annual tradition in which there is a special Halloween episode consisting of three separate, self-contained pieces. These pieces usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting; they always take place outside the normal continuity of the show (and are therefore considered to be non-canon), and completely abandon any pretense of being realistic.

[[File:HangingCouch.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Regular Simpsons characters play humorous special roles, occasionally being killed in gruesome ways by zombies, monsters, or even each other. Groundskeeper Willie has died many times in the Treehouse of Horror episodes, mostly by being stuck in the back with an axe, impaled by a sharp object, burned by a furnace and even once by a dolphin.

The Halloween episodes also regularly parody many classic horror and science fiction films and episodes such as "The Shining", "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", "To Serve Man", "Living Doll", "It's a Good Life", "A Kind of a Stopwatch", "The Little People" and "Little Girl Lost".

== Origins ==
According to DVD commentary, the reason why the episodes are non-canon is a trade-off for the writers. Writing three 7-minute segments was just too taxing for the writers, so it was proposed that they could do anything without worrying about continuity to appease them.

The yearly Halloween special was named "Treehouse of Horror" because the [[Treehouse of Horror|original special]] depicted the Simpson children in their treehouse telling scary stories to one another. In later years the series dropped the framing device of characters telling stories, but kept the ''Treehouse'' title.

[[File:Homer3D.jpg|thumb|250px|The 3d Homer from TOH 6]]
In a section of "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]" called "Homer³," Homer and Bart go into a three-dimensional world, which Homer likens to Tron, created by Pacific Data Images, a computer animation company that would later produce Shrek. This segment from the Halloween episode was also used as a segment of a film shown in the IMAX 3D film Cyberworld. This was the first and one of the few times The Simpsons have strayed from their traditional 2D animation, and the longest, as other moments consisted of live action couch gags or short claymation or CGI television and film parodies. Other Treehouse segment name parodies include "Citizen Kang", "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", "The Thing and I", "Hex and the City" "House of Whacks", "I've Grown a Costume On Your Face", "The Shinning" and "Reaper Madness".

== Traditions ==
For several years the characters broke the fourth wall and introduced their pieces directly to the audience. In "[[Treehouse of Horror II]]" the writers decided to give the cast and crew of the show scary names in the opening and closing credits (like "Bat Groening" and "James Hell Brooks"). This also became a tradition, and has been done in every Halloween episode since except XII and XIII. The names have changed in subsequent seasons, with the exception of [[Sam Simon]]'s, who left during the fourth season. He has since remained "Sam 'Sayonara' Simon."
[[File:KangKodos.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Another mainstay of the Halloween shows is the appearance of the two space aliens [[Kang and Kodos]], introduced in the second segment of the first "Treehouse of Horror." However they are not always important to any story in the special; starting with "[[Treehouse of Horror III]]" they began appearing just to keep up the tradition. While they have had significant parts in other "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, they often only appear in the middle of a totally different story, for example, a story about zombies attacking the town will suddenly turn to them in space, watching the events and laughing maniacally at the Earthlings' suffering, before switching back to the actual story. In later years they would sometimes appear at either the beginning or end of the episode, outside of any of the stories; for example, one year they appeared between the last segment and the credits wondering why The Simpsons producers hadn't called them to be in the episode. Soon they get a call offering them to be on a commercial for something called "Old Navy".

From the second halloween episode, "shh" in the Gracie Films logo is abandoned and the Gracie Films music at the end is replaced with a pipe organ version. From the fourth halloween episode a scream was added as well.

Also, at the start of Treehouse of Horror I, II, IV and V Marge comes out with a message urging parents not to let their children watch the program as they will suffer from nightmares; however, she gives up, saying how no one ever listens to her. This was abandoned in later seasons because the length of each episode has been reduced significantly since first few seasons and because by then the writers were sure that everyone was aware that the shows are scary.[1] Another tradition they abandoned was including tombstones with humorous messages in the opening credits: the credits for Treehouse of Horror V include a single tombstone with the words "Amusing Tombstones" to signal this.

Recent years

Although the Treehouse series is meant to be seen on Halloween, in recent years new installments have premiered after Halloween. This is due to Fox's current contract with Major League Baseball's World Series and Playoff games. If the Series does not go the full seven games, Fox usually airs the previous season's Treehouse episode on the Sunday before Halloween (or if Sunday happens to fall on Halloween). However, it has been known on many occasions for new shows to premiere on the West Coast only in time for Halloween regardless of how long the World Series lasts. It gets the full national premiere, of course, as scheduled in November, after Halloween. Another reason for the late airing is that during November, Nielsen Media Research conducts one of its four annual sweeps months - in recent years, the annual Treehouse of Horror episodes tend to draw some of the highest ratings of the season to which it belongs. Only Two Treehouses was aired on or before Halloween, Treehouse of Horror X (Oct. 31, 1999) and Treehouse of Horror XX (Oct.18, 2009).

FOX's arrangement with Major League Baseball was made fun of in the opening sequence for "[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]]". Kang, frustrated that the episode is being delayed by a World Series baseball game, decides to "fast forward" the game, but overdoes it, sucking the Earth, the universe, and everything else (including God) into nothingness. He then leaves a sticky note, which shows the title. Another joke about the programming of Halloween episodes in November appears in "Treehouse of Horror XIV", where Kang looks at a TV Guide and says, Those humans. They're showing a Halloween episode. In November!" Kodos replies, "Who cares about Halloween? We've already got our Christmas decorations up!" The camera then cuts to a shot of the fireplace with Christmas decorations, complete with multi-legged stockings and alien reindeer, scattered about, and festive Christmas music plays over the opening credits.

However, the most recent Treehouse episode, [[Treehouse of Horror XX|XX]], aired before Halloween.

== Comics Series ==

In 1995, Matt Groening's Bongo Comics Group, a company specializing in Simpsons-based publications, began a series of comic book adaptations of the Treehouse of Horror series. These annual editions are released in September each year, and as of September 2007 there will be thirteen issues available. Originally, guest writers from other comic book companies were invited to submit scripts to Bongo, where the comics themselves would then be drawn by Bongo staff. Beginning with #5 (1999), the "guests" were allowed to submit both stories and art, wherein at the most Bongo would only supply the lettering and colorings of the stories [however, there are few cases of this rule being broken; i.e., "The Catastrophe on Substitute Springfields" (#7, 2001) and "The Legend of Batterface" (#10, 2004).

Note: the comics are really rare to find. especially #7

== Episodes ==
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror X}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}
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