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|birthdate= {{birthdate|1975|9|2}}
 
|birthdate= {{birthdate|1975|9|2}}
 
|deathdate=  
 
|deathdate=  
|status= Active
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|status= Inactive
|episodes= 168
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|episodes= 165
|seasons= [[Season 7]] - Present
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|seasons= [[Season 7]] - [[Season 26|26]]
 
|short= ''[[The Longest Daycare]]''
 
|short= ''[[The Longest Daycare]]''
 
|first episode= "[[Team Homer]]"
 
|first episode= "[[Team Homer]]"
 
|latest episode= "[[Bull-E]]"
 
|latest episode= "[[Bull-E]]"
 
|movie=yes
 
|movie=yes
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|book= ''[[The Simpsons Beyond Forever!]]''
 
}}
 
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'''Bradley Evan "Brad" Ableson ''' (born September 2, 1975) is an American animator. He currently serves as a storyboard artist for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and previously served as a character layout artist and storyboard revisionist.
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'''Bradley Evan "Brad" Ableson ''' (born September 2, 1975) is an American animator. He served as a storyboard artist, character layout artist and storyboard revisionist for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
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== Awards ==
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{{Table|width=50%|align=left|
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{{THT|Award}}
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{{TH|Year}}
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{{TH|Episode}}
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{{TH|Result}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production}}}}
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{{TB|[[2014]]<ref name="Annie2014">[https://web.archive.org/web/20171110141558/https://annieawards.org/legacy/42nd-annie-awards The Annie Awards - "42nd Annie Awards"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|N/A}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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}}
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
 
=== Character layout ===
 
=== Character layout ===
{{Scroll|width=78%|
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{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Team Homer}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Bart the Fink}}
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{{Season7A
*{{ep|The Day the Violence Died}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Bart on the Road}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
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|E20=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII}}
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|E23=yes
*{{ep|You Only Move Twice}}
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}}
*{{ep|A Milhouse Divided}}
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{{Season8A
*{{ep|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|My Sister, My Sitter}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|The Canine Mutiny}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Homer's Enemy}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Lisa's Sax}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Lisa the Skeptic}}
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|E23=yes
*{{ep|The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace}}
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}}
*{{ep|E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)}}
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{{Season9A
*{{spec|The Longest Daycare}}
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|E3=yes
 +
|E8=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season10A
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|E2=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season11A
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|E5=yes
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}}
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{{SpecialsA
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|TLD=yes
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}}
 +
{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Storyboard ===
 
=== Storyboard ===
{{Scroll|width=78%|
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{{Scroll|
*{{ep|The Last Temptation of Krust}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Dumbbell Indemnity}}
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{{Season9A
*{{ep|The Trouble with Trillions}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Trash of the Titans}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Lost Our Lisa}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace}}
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|E24=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
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}}
*{{ep|When You Dish Upon a Star}}
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{{Season10A
*{{ep|Mayored to the Mob}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Wild Barts Can't Be Broken}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Homer to the Max}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|I'm with Cupid}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Make Room for Lisa}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Mom and Pop Art}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|The Old Man and the 'C' Student}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|They Saved Lisa's Brain}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Beyond Blunderdome}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Brother's Little Helper}}
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|E20=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror X}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)}}
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}}
*{{ep|Eight Misbehavin'}}
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{{Season11A
*{{ep|Take My Wife, Sleaze}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|The Mansion Family}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Alone Again, Natura-Diddly}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Pygmoelian}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Kill the Alligator and Run}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Behind the Laughter}}
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|E12=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XI}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Skinner's Sense of Snow}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Simpson Safari}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Trilogy of Error}}
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|E21=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XII}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|The Parent Rap}}
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}}
*{{ep|A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love}}
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{{Season12A
*{{ep|The Blunder Years}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|Jaws Wired Shut}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|The Lastest Gun in the West}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Blame It on Lisa}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|I Am Furious Yellow}}
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}}
*{{ep|The Frying Game}}
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{{Season13A
*{{ep|How I Spent My Strummer Vacation}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Large Marge}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|The Great Louse Detective}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|The Dad Who Knew Too Little}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|A Star Is Born Again}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|C. E. D'oh}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Three Gays of the Condo}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Brake My Wife, Please}}
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}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIV}}
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{{Season14A
*{{ep|My Mother the Carjacker}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|The President Wore Pearls}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Today, I Am a Clown}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Margical History Tour}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|The Ziff Who Came to Dinner}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|Co-Dependent's Day}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|My Big Fat Geek Wedding}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Catch 'Em If You Can}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Sleeping with the Enemy}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Fat Man and Little Boy}}
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}}
*{{ep|Midnight Rx}}
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{{Season15A
*{{ep|Pranksta Rap}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|Goo Goo Gai Pan}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|The Seven-Beer Snitch}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|The Heartbroke Kid}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Thank God It's Doomsday}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|The Girl Who Slept Too Little}}
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|E11=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Marge's Son Poisoning}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|See Homer Run}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Simpsons Christmas Stories}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Homer's Paternity Coot}}
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}}
*{{ep|My Fair Laddy}}
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{{Season16A
*{{ep|The Seemingly Never-Ending Story}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Million Dollar Abie}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|The Wettest Stories Ever Told}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Regarding Margie}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Jazzy & The Pussycats}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|GI (Annoyed Grunt)}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Rome-old and Juli-eh}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Marge Gamer}}
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}}
*{{ep|Midnight Towboy}}
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{{Season17A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVIII}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Love, Springfieldian Style}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Smoke on the Daughter}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Apocalypse Cow}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Mona Leaves-a}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|Lost Verizon}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|Father Knows Worst}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Coming to Homerica}}
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|E18=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Rednecks and Broomsticks}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|O Brother, Where Bart Thou?}}
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}}
*{{ep|Million Dollar Maybe}}
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{{Season18A
*{{ep|Boy Meets Curl}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Stealing First Base}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Chief of Hearts}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|To Surveil, with Love}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|The Bob Next Door}}
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}}
*{{ep|Elementary School Musical}}
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{{Season19A
*{{ep|How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|The Fight Before Christmas}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Flaming Moe}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|The Blue and the Gray}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|The Scorpion's Tale}}
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|E17=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIII}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Penny-Wiseguys}}
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}}
*{{ep|A Tree Grows in Springfield}}
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{{Season20A
*{{ep|To Cur with Love}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|A Test Before Trying}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Love Is a Many Splintered Thing}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Hardly Kirk-ing}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|What Animated Women Want}}
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}}
*{{ep|Pulpit Friction}}
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{{Season21A
*{{ep|Whiskey Business}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Dangers on a Train}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|YOLO}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Labor Pains}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|White Christmas Blues}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Steal This Episode}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Married to the Blob}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|The Man Who Grew Too Much}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|The Winter of His Content}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|Luca$}}
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}}
*{{ep|What to Expect When Bart's Expecting}}
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{{Season22A
*{{ep|Brick Like Me}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|Pay Pal}}
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|E7=yes
*{{spec|The Simpsons Take the Bowl}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Clown in the Dumps}}
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|E11=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXV}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|Opposites A-Frack}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|The Man Who Came to Be Dinner}}
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}}
*{{ep|Bart's New Friend}}
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{{Season24A
*{{ep|The Musk Who Fell to Earth}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Bull-E}}
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E8=yes
 +
|E10=yes
 +
|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
 +
|E22=yes
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}}
 +
{{Season25A
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|E4=yes
 +
|E5=yes
 +
|E8=yes
 +
|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
 +
|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season26A
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|E1=yes
 +
|E4=yes
 +
|E5=yes
 +
|E10=yes
 +
|E11=yes
 +
|E12=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{SpecialsA
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|Bowl=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
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=== Couch gag ===
 
=== Couch gag ===
*{{ep|A Tale of Two Springfields}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Insane Clown Poppy}}
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{{Season12A
*{{ep|Lisa the Tree Hugger}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|The Great Money Caper}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Skinner's Sense of Snow}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|HOMR}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Worst Episode Ever}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|New Kids on the Blecch}}
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|E9=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E14=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
 
=== Storyboard revisions ===
 
=== Storyboard revisions ===
*{{ep|Marge's Son Poisoning}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|The Seemingly Never-Ending Story}}
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{{Season17A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Apocalypse Cow}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|Eeny Teeny Maya Moe}}
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}}
*{{ep|The Devil Wears Nada}}
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{{Season18A
*{{ep|The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Lisa Goes Gaga}}
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}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIV}}
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{{Season19A
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|E17=yes
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}}
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{{Season20A
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|E16=yes
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}}
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{{Season21A
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|E5=yes
 +
|E16=yes
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}}
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{{Season23A
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season25A
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|E2=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
 
=== Story artist ===
 
=== Story artist ===
 
*{{mov}}
 
*{{mov}}
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=== Production art and character designs ===
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*{{bk|The Simpsons Beyond Forever!}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
*{{IMDB|name/nm1556070/}}
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*{{IMDb|name/nm1556070/}}
  
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{{Character layout artists|former=yes}}
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{{Storyboard artists|former=yes|formerrev=yes}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ableson, Brad}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ableson, Brad}}
  
[[Category:Character layout artists]]
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[[Category:Book crew]]
[[Category:Storyboard artists]]
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[[Category:Annie Award nominees]]
[[Category:Storyboard revisionists]]
 

Latest revision as of 06:43, April 21, 2023

Brad Ableson
Brad Ableson.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Character layout artist
Storyboard artist
Storyboard revisionist
Birth date: September 2, 1975 (1975-09-02) (age 49)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 165
Seasons active: Season 7 - 26
Short: The Longest Daycare
First episode: "Team Homer"
Most recent episode: "Bull-E"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie
Book: The Simpsons Beyond Forever!


Bradley Evan "Brad" Ableson (born September 2, 1975) is an American animator. He served as a storyboard artist, character layout artist and storyboard revisionist for The Simpsons.

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production 2014[1] N/A Nominated

Credits[edit]

Character layout[edit]

Storyboard[edit]

Storyboard clean up[edit]

Couch gag[edit]

Storyboard revisions[edit]

Story artist[edit]

Production art and character designs[edit]

References[edit]


External links[edit]