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Season 24

Season Information Original run: September 30, 2012[1]-May 2013 No. of episodes: Unknown Previous season: 23 Next season: 25

Season 24 starts on September 30, 2012 and ends in May 2013. This season was renewed along with a 25th season.^[2]

To celebrate the premiere of Season 24, on September 28, 2012, players of iOS game The Simpsons: Tapped Out were greeted with a notice that to celebrate the premiere, they have been given a Duff racecar from the Springfield Grand Prix. A quest was then given to place the Duff racer.

Episodes

Picture # Original title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code 509 - 1 "Moonshine River" September 30, 2012 Tim Long[3] PABF22 When Bart's love life heats up again it will this time involve five flames. But when Bart learns that Mary has relocated to New York, he decides that she's the one that got away and embarks on a mission to track her down.[4] Guest starring: Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sarah Silverman, Al Roker, Don Pardo, Ken Burns, Zooey Deschanel.[5] 510 - 2 "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" October 7, 2012[6] Steven Dean Moore David Mandel and Brian Kelley PABF17 The episode is set to feature a Back to the Future style story involving Homer and Marge, with Marge ending up with Artie Ziff in an alternative future scenario.[7] In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed" (the first segment), Professor Frink's unstable science experiment inadvertently created the black hole that slowly sucks in the town (and townspeople) of Springfield. The Simpsons adopt a mini-black hole that is growing more powerful. It has an interesting reaction to Bart feeding it his math homework. Comic Book Guy inserts Disney's The Black Hole into the black hole. In a found-footage parody is something really strange is going on in the Simpson house they are also have a segment about Mayan prophecy of the world ending this year.[8][9][6] ??? - ? "Adventures in Baby-Getting" October 21, 2012[10] Bill Odenkirk[10] PABF18[10] ??? - ? "Penny-Wiseguys" November 2012[11] PABF16 A Fat Tony episode guest starring Steve Carell who plays Dan Gillick, Fat Tony's accountant turned mob boss, when Fat Tony serves jury duty. Dan winds up joining Pin Pals as a replacement for Otto, who has suffered a psychotic breakdown.[12] ??? - ? "Gone Abie Gone" PABF18 Homer doesn't trust banks, so has stashed Lisa's college fund in an online poker site. The actress and poker expert Jennifer Tilly pops up in an instructional DVD that Lisa watches to brush up on her card skills.[13] ??? - ? "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" PABF20 A "cool family" from Portland moves in next door to the Simpsons. Homer is desperate to befriend them, while Marge is skeptical, thinking that being cool is not all it's cracked up to be.[14] Guest starring: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Patton Oswalt ??? - ? "Pulpit Friction" The town is infested with bedbugs, and Lovejoy can’t cope. He’s so boring, nobody will listen to him in the middle of this panic.[11] But then, the most lovable minister visits Springfield and he is much more popular than Reverend Lovejoy. Lovejoy becomes really upset and becomes a hot tub salesman.[15]Bart and Flanders are the only ones unhappy with the new minister, and try to figure out how to get Lovejoy back, despite Lovejoy loving his job.[11] Guest starring: Edward Norton ??? - ? "A Tree Grows in Springfield" PABF21 ??? - ? "The Changing of the Guardian" ??? - ? "A Test Before Trying" ??? - ? "To Cur, with Love"[16] ??? - ? "Homer Goes to Prep School"[16] Tom Waits helps introduce Homer to a community of survivalists. Guest starring: Tom Waits.[17] ??? - ? "Hardly Kirk-ing" RABF05 ??? - ? "Gorgeous Grampa" RABF06[18] ??? - ? "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing"[19] RABF07[20] Bart’s heartstrings are pulled once again when Mary Spuckler returns to Springfield, but his failure to pay her enough attention strains their relationship. Guest starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Max Weinberg, Robert Caro, Zooey Deschanel[21] ??? - ? "The Fabulous Faker Boy"[22] Justin Bieber tries to get into a talent show that Bart is playing piano in and they won’t admit him. Guest starring Justin Bieber[23] ??? - ? "What Animated Women Want" RABF08[24] ??? - ? "Black-Eyed, Please" RABF09[25] Ms. Cantwell becomes Lisa's substitute teacher who does not warm to Lisa for some mysterious reason and bullies her and gives Lisa a ‘B’ and Ralph an ‘A’. After Lisa has a reading kangaroo with a bunch of little joeys in it for the books Ms. Cantwell takes the joeys out and puts them in other kangaroos Guest starring Tina Fey as Ms. Cantwell[26] ??? - ? Grampa disappears, so the Simpsons are trying to find him and they find out all these things they never knew about him, and Homer's surprised to discover his father had dreams and ambitions, which he is very shocked by.[11] Also, Anika Noni Rose plays a love interest from Grampa's past and happens to be a night club singer,[27] named Rita. It turns out that Rita was married to Grampa when Homer was still a child.[11] ??? - ? Michael Price Explores the life of Roger Meyers, Jr. and his struggle with trying to live up to the memory of his father. Meanwhile, Itchy & Scratchy Land closes down and Homer and Bart get a small steam train from the park, restore it and install it in their back garden. This attracts the attention of fellow model-train enthusiasts like Rev. Lovejoy and Comic Book Guy, who at first just want to help out, but then end up taking over.[28][29] ??? - ? There will be a touching story involving Homer and Santa's Little Helper.[29] ??? - ? Lisa is convinced by Lunchlady Doris to eat bugs.[30] ??? - ? Lisa defends Bart in kid court. Bart is actually wrongly accused of a crime, of a prank and Lisa is his defender and she gets her comeuppance as always. She gets a little high on her horse.[31] ??? - ? Season finale Al Jean (co-writer) The Simpsons go to an amusement park where the lines for the rides are terrible, except for this one rocket called Journey to Your Future. They end up on Kang and Kodos' home planet Rigel VII.[32]

Guest stars

• Anika Noni Rose - Does a duet with Dan Castellaneta^[33]
• Steve Carell^[12]
• Joe Mantegna^[12]
• Fred Armisen^[14]
• Carrie Brownstein^[14]
• Jennifer Tilly^[13]
• Natalie Portman^[4]
• Anne Hathaway^[4]
• Sarah Michelle Gellar^[4]
• Sarah Silverman^[4]
• Zooey Deschanel^[4]
• Benedict Cumberbatch^[34]
• Jeff Gordon^[35]
• Patton Oswalt^[35]
• Marvin Hamlisch^[35]
• Max Weinberg^[21]
• Robert Caro^[21]
• Edward Norton^[15]
• Justin Bieber ^[23]
• Tom Waits^[17]
• Tina Fey^[26]
• Danny DeVito^[36]

Sources

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeNacfRYXpI - THOH XXIII
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8O14hVWQ2c - The "Grampa disappears" story