Difference between revisions of "Season 12"

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Season 12 aired between November 1, 2000 and May 20, 2001. It had 21 episodes

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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XI]]"}}

{{TB|[[Rob LaZebnik]](Part 1) [[John Frink]] and [[Don Payne]](Part 2) [[Carolyn Omine]](Part 3)}}

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{{TB|"[[A Tale of Two Springfields]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|While calling Animal Control over a badger taking residence in Santa's Little Helper's doghouse, Homer discovers that Springfield has two different area codes—and ends up leading a revolt that splits the town in two.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Insane Clown Poppy]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|During an outdoor book fair, Krusty finds out he has a daughter (from a one-night stand with a female soldier who fought in the Gulf War), but loses her trust after gambling away her violin to Fat Tony, prompting Homer and Krusty to retrieve it.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Lisa the Tree Hugger]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Eager to join "Dirt First" after witnessing their pro-vegetarianism demonstration atop the local Krusty Burger franchise, Lisa attempts to prove her worth by camping out in a giant redwood destined for logging. Meanwhile, Bart joins the workforce in order to buy a new game console advertised on television.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Homer vs. Dignity]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Short on funds, Homer approaches the ever-wealthy Mr. Burns for a raise. But when Burns grants his request on the condition that Homer act as his personal jester, Homer finds himself in a series of degrading and embarrassing situations.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[The Computer Wore Menace Shoes]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Homer discovers the Internet and starts his own web page, where he calls himself Mr. X and begins revealing Springfield's secrets. When it is announced that Mr. X's work has won a Pulitzer Prize, Homer reveals himself in order to claim the prize. However, with his identity as Mr. X now public, Homer can no longer obtain any secrets as no one will say anything while he's around. Homer then begins making up stories to put on his web page. When one of those stories turns out to be the truth, he is kidnapped and taken to "The Island", a place where those who know too much are taken out of society.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[The Great Money Caper]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Strapped for cash, Homer and Bart thumb their way through "A Child's Garden of Cons" in search of the road to easy money.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]"}}

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{{TB|"[[HOMЯ]]"}}

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{{TB|"[[Pokey Mom]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Marge feels sympathy for an inmate she meets at a prison rodeo, vouches for him at his parole hearing and tries to assist his reentry into the real world. Meanwhile, Homer starts his own chiropractic office.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Worst Episode Ever]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Despite being banned from life forever from the comic book store, Bart and Milhouse take over its management when the Comic Book Guy suffers from a cardiac episode, "the worst episode ever". Their management of the shop is fairly successful, until they discover the Comic Book Guy's secret stash of illegal video clips and begin charging admission for their viewing. Meanwhile, the Comic Book Guy on the road to recovery receives tips from Homer on making friends to no avail. Until a chance meeting with Principal Skinner's mother sparks an unusual relationship.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Tennis the Menace]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Instead of buying a casket for his father, Homer uses the money to build a tennis court instead. Springfield wants to use the court for a tennis tournament, which all of the family members enter. But when teams are divided, the family gets competitive with each other, and they recruit professional tennis players to play in their places.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Day of the Jackanapes]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Upon learning that Krusty has erased all the archival tapes of his show from the Sideshow Bob era, Bob schemes to use Bart as a manchurian candidate to blow up Krusty live on the air.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[New Kids on the Blecch]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|When a talent agency discovers the musical abilities of Bart, Nelson, Milhouse and Ralph, it scurries to set them up as the next big boy band sensation, complete with a sinister subliminal propaganda campaign in mind: "Join the Navy".|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Hungry, Hungry Homer]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|After Homer discovers that the Springfield Isotopes are being moved to Albuquerque, he stages a hunger strike outside the stadium.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Bye Bye Nerdie]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Lisa's attempts to befriend a new student at Springfield Elementary result in constant bullying, leading her on a crusade to find out just what makes bullies tick.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Simpson Safari]]"}}

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{{TB|"[[Trilogy of Error]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Homer's thumb is cut off following breakfast and the episode follows three different paths. Homer's day: as he and Marge race to get his thumb reattached. Lisa's day: as she misses the bus and tries to get to school so that she can win the science fair. Bart's day: as he and Milhouse make use of a stash of fireworks that Fat Tony has illegally smuggled into the country. In the end their respective paths come together.|7}}

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{{TB|"[[I'm Goin' to Praiseland]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|When he can stop thinking of her and to help him stop living in the past, Ned gets the Simpson family to help remove all the reminders of Maude he has around the house. Only one item misses getting thrown into the chipper, a sketchbook that contains Maude's vision of a Christian amusement park called "Praiseland." Ned goes on a quest to build this amusement park, which, opens to lackluster reviews; describe as the "height of tedium". When suddenly a miracle occurs, as a Maude mask floats in front of the Maude statue. It is quickly discovered that anyone who stands in front of the statue has visions. Is it truly a miracle, or just the passing of gas?|7}}

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{{TB|"[[Children of a Lesser Clod]]"}}

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{{TB|"[[Simpsons Tall Tales]]"}}

{{TCsT|color=white|The family wins a trip to Delaware, but Homer refuses to pay the tax on the ticket, so they ride the rails and meet a hobo who sings and tells them some tall tales. First is the story of Paul Bunyan, with Homer playing the role of Paul as a giant doofus (a natural role for him). Next is Lisa as "Connie Appleseed," who tries to convince the pioneers to eat apples instead of buffalo. The third story isn't really tall, but a Mark Twain-style tale about Tom Sawyer (Bart) and Huckleberry Finn (Nelson), who go on the run when Huck won't marry Becky (Lisa).|7}}