Difference between revisions of "Season 6"

"Bart of Darkness"

During a heatwave in Springfield at the summer holiday, Bart ends up breaking his leg when he falls off his treehouse, intending to dive in a swimming pool the family had set up. He is forced to remain in his room for the rest of the summer when the leg heals, becoming paranoid in isolation. Lisa gives Bart a telescope to make him happier and reluctantly uses it and finds that Ned Flanders may have killed his wife, Maude, as he digs a grave and her disappearance as well as a scream seemingly uttered from a woman. Bart wants Lisa to go to the Flanders house to search for proof and when she is in, Ned comes in the house while Bart struggles to reach there with his broken leg. Although wielding an axe, he puts it in the attic other then what appears to be attacking Lisa with it. It is revealed that Maude went to Bible camp for her absence and that the scream is uttered by Ned by his favourite plant dead.

Lisa is outperformed in everything she does by a new student named Allison Taylor who is younger yet smarter and is a better saxophone player than her. Lisa vows to beat her in one thing which would be an upcoming school diorama contest. She and Bart decide to sabotage Allison's diorama by replacing hers on a scene in "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe with a cow heart as Lisa predicts that Allison would win and that Lisa's own diorama had been destroyed by a gust of wind. After doing so, Principal Skinner criticizes Allison's replaced diorama and decides on her overall qualifications. A guilty Lisa then prompts her to reveal her real diorama. Skinner is unimpressed with either's work and declares Ralph's collection of Star Wars action figures the winner due to nostalgic value. Setting their differences aside, Lisa and Allison then become friends. Meanwhile, Homer protects 100 pounds of sugar stolen from an overturned truck to sell its to the town.

"Another Simpsons Clip Show"

Jon Vitti

(Credited as "Penny Wise")

Marge decides that she and Homer should teach the kids about romance, which they look back at their romantic experiences in earlier episodes. Most of which ended up unhappily although Homer points out that his and Marge's relationship had succeeded.

"Itchy & Scratchy Land"

Bart and Lisa convinces that the family should go to a newly opened Itchy & Scratchy Land, winning over their parents as it has a place for adults, which Homer and Marge are happy to go to "Parent's Island" as the name of the adult orientated area while Bart, Lisa and Maggie enjoy the main theme park. What seems to be a fine vacations goes wrong when Bart and Homer are apprehended by park security for each attacking Itchy suit

Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein

Prologue: Bart talks to the viewers in a room with paintings lampooned by the Simpsons. Marge tells him that he should warn viewers that the episode is scary, and leaves Maggie with him while she goes to buy some earrings. Bart ignores her, continuing to present the episode and telling three scary stories.

The Devil and Homer Simpson: Homer laments that he would sell his soul for a donut. The Devil promptly appears, producing a contract (whch Homer signs) and a donut. Homer leaves one segment uneaten to keep the Devil from claiming his soul, but eats it anyway while half-asleep raiding the fridge. The Devil returns to collect, but Marge insists on having a trial, to which the Devil reluctantly agrees. After Homer spends a day in hell, the trial is held. Homer wins, but for revenge the Devil turns Homer's head into a donut. He is then unable to leave the house, as police officers with coffee are expectantly waiting outside for him.

Terror at 5½ Feet: Bart witnesses a gremlin attacking the school bus and tries to warn everyone, but nobody believes him because they don't see the gremlin. With each warning, Bart gets deeper into trouble while the gremlin further damages the bus. Bart manages to get the gremlin off the bus, and it falls into the road and is picked up by Ned Flanders. When the bus finally gets to school, everyone sees the damage but they still think Bart is crazy. When Bart is sent to a mental hospital in an ambulance, the gremlin re-appears in the ambulance's rear window, holding Ned's severed head,

Bart Simpson's Dracula: When a series of mysterious attacks occurs in Springfield, Lisa suspects that a vampire is responsible and that the vampire is Mr. Burns, but no one believes her. Lisa becomes more suspicious when Mr. Burns invites the family over for dinner and serves blood for drinks. Lisa and Bart then discover vampires in Burns' basement, and Bart is caught and turned into one. Later that night, Bart and several other children of Springfield try to attack Lisa. She tells the family that they have to kill the head vampire to get Bart back, so they return to the mansion and kill Burns (who fires Homer just before he dies). They return home, where Lisa discovers that the whole family (except herself) are vampires, and the head vampire is actually Marge ("I do have a life outside this house, you know"). They all swoop in to attack Lisa, but they stop at the last second and everyone wishes the viewers a happy Halloween. Then, in a parody of the Peanuts special A Charlie Brown Christmas, they sing while Santa's Little Helper dances and Milhouse plays the piano.

Marge and the family's neighbor, Ruth Powers, spend time together while Homer tries to cope without Marge and has Lionel Hutz babysit the kids. Homer and Chief Wiggum follow the two and tries to pull them over. Ruth insteads speeds up her car and reveals that it had been stolen from her ex-husband, much to Marge's dismay. While the police catch up to them, they dismiss the two and the charges.

Marge consults a self help guru, Brad Goodman, for her constant nagging. Although he uses Bart's behaviour as an example of how people should behave. The whole town of Springfield then acts like him, which Bart does enjoy at first but then finds his behaviour assumed. The town then stop acting like him when things go wrong during an inaugural "Do what you feel" festival.

Bart remembers that he had joined a Boys Scouts-esque group called the Junior Campers while intoxicated from a squishee entirely made out of syrup he and Milhouse drank the previous day and became hyper as a result. Bart at first hates the group although is interested in some of its routines such as a member's own knife and enjoys it. A father-son rafting trip is to be held, which Homer is forced to enter. He, Bart, Ned and Rod Flanders become groups as ordered and end up seperated from the rest of the group. They become stranded at sea with no supplies for survival until upon discovering a Krusty Burger restaurant on an oil rig and become saved.

Homer finds himself attracted to Mindy Simmons, a new employee in the Nuclear Power Plant and is dissatisfied as his crush on her would ruin his marriage on Marge despite Mindy having similar traits to him. While both have feelings for one other, Homer decides not to cheat on Marge. Meanwhile, Bart's appearance is modified into looking like a nerd as additional treatments applied to him for needing glasses for two weeks as he becomes shortsighted, being more prone to being bullied as a result.

Gambling is made legalized by voters as the economy slips, having Mr. Burns open a casino. Homer is hired as a blackjack dealer and Marge has an enduring addiction for gambling which has her care about it more than her family life. Meanwhile, Bart opens his own casino in his treehouse after he was kicked out of Burn's for being too young.

A cat burglar steals items through many homes in Springfield such as Lisa's saxophone. In response to this crime wave, a neighborhood watch group is created, leaded by Homer as the police are ineffective. Although the group becomes ineffective as well due to Homer's incompetence and the cat burglar remains loose and unknown. Grampa knows who it is as he had been ignored for his old age by Homer, revealing the cat burglar to be a senior named Malloy. Citizens of Springfield track him down and have him arrested although he gives back his stolen items. Now arrested, Malloy also states that he had hidden millions of dollars under a big "T". The citizens then rush to one which is a tree shaped like a T and dig under it. Instead, there is a note written by Malloy that he had tricked them so he would be able to escape. Some disapprove this and continue digging until deciding that there is no money whilst dug down below.

John Swartzwelder

Bart becomes employed in Krustylu Studios as a production assistant after sneaking away from a school field trip to a box factory. He does not, however, enjoy his job and wants to quit. One day, Krusty needs Bart for a sketch and despite being unsuccessful in one, he becomes an unexpected star by saying "I didn't do it.". He then becomes famous although is dissatisfied for being well known by one line. Marge then encourages him that making people happy is what matters as then Bart decides to continue delivering the line. Despite saying it enthusiastically in a show, people then become tired of it and his popularity and fame sharply declines until Bart returns to being an average citizen.

Homer gets Apu fired after being food poisoned twice from expired products from the Kwik-E-Mart by having him reported with Kent Brockman. An unemployed Apu then lives with the Simpsons and actor James Wood replaces his job in the Kwik-E-Mart. Homer then decides to have Apu get his job by going to India to talk to the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain although are unsuccessful as the three questions solely available are wasted by Homer's own incompetence. Apu then visits the Kwik-E-Mart and saves Woods from being shot by a robbery in the store. Woods then helps him get his job back after being grateful from being saved.

Lisa is dissatisfied over the new Malibu Stacy doll, which phrases it utters are demeaning for women, and persuades the creator of the doll line to produce a more politically correct doll. Named "Lisa Lionheart" after Lisa herself, the new Malibu Stacy doll gets positive attention although Malibu Stacy executives then have customer's attention redirected to a new doll with a hat included, rendering Lisa's doll as unsuccessful as a result. Meanwhile, Grampa worries that he is getting old and makes the most of it such as having a job at a Krusty Burger restaurant despite being incompetent at it.

NASA is required to hire average joes for astronauts to gain higher ratings. Homer and Barney are recruited and the former wins by default as Barney becomes intoxicated by wine. Homer then is prepared for launch in space with Race Banyon and Buzz Aldrin. Their mission then goes wrong when Homer has potato chips and ants. Havoc ensures and he accidently breaks the handle of the space shuttle's hatch. Homer then inadvertently seals the door shut with an inanimate carbon rod despite being reluctant to have it close the hatch. The crew safely return back to Earth. While the rod is hailed the hero, Homer is respected by the family instead.

Homer begins to be fond of Ned Flanders when he invites him to come to a superbowl game with a spare ticket with him as he was forced to go with Ned when he had the final two tickets. Although he keeps a constant presence of Flanders, having him begin to become increasingly annoyed of Homer. He is then arrested for drunk driving when having Homer off his car while he was chasing the Flanders, resulting in Ned losing the respect of the church community. Homer then gains it back to him and Ned thanks him as well as the two becoming friends.

Bart wins a radio contest while the family clean the house as forced by Marge. Two prizes are then rewarded; an African elephant or $10,000. He chooses the former prize although it is a gag prize. The radio station, KBBL, are forced to send Bart an elephant to keep their jobs from being replaced by a machine capable of doing their jobs as stated by their boss. The elephant is named Stampy and taking care of him proves to be too expensive. Homer decides to sell him to an ivory dealer instead of a non profit Animal Refuge. Stampy then escapes and causes havoc across Springfield. As soon as the elephant is tracked down, Homer eventually decides to send the elephant to the Animal Refuge.

Mr. Burns decides to have an heir as he nearly dies from drowning in his bath to inherit his wealth. Initially, Bart is rejected but is eventually chosen for his malevolence. Marge convinces Bart to spend time with Burns and soon decides to stay with him after being disruptive than usual to his biological family. However, he begins to miss them and Burns prompts a surveillance footage that is staged by actors to portray the Simpsons. He then tests Bart's loyalty by firing Homer but Bart refuses and decides to return to the family.

Principal Skinner is fired accidently by Bart when he brings Santa's Little Helper to school for show and tell and roaming around the school. A guilty Bart then befriends Skinner while Ned Flanders is hired as the new principal of Springfield Elementary, having the school gone amok by his hesitation. While he enjoys him as a friend, Bart decides that it is necessary for Skinner to be his enemy while he had returned to the Army to become a sergeant again. He then withdraws his former role after Bart's persuasion and regains his job back whilst having Flanders fired.

Bart ditches school as he considers such a day for one too beautiful to remain inside. Principal Skinner is aware of the ditching and tracks him down but fails to capture him. Bart then sneaks into a birthday party of Mayor Quimby's nephew, Freddy and witnesses a waiter being injured, having an innocent Freddy taken into court as he was accused of attacking him. Bart is the only eyewitness and would have to state that he deliberately ditched school during the incident while Skinner is the only one aware. Meanwhile, Homer is then chosen for jury duty against Freddy Quimby and lives in a hotel.

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"The PTA Disbands"

Homer signs up to teach a class about keeping a successful marriage at a learning annex as he is tired of being called "slow". He is first unsuccessful and only can be keep the class's interest is by telling them secrets about Marge and what she and Homer do in their bedroom. She then kicks him out of the house after being fed up of continuing to tell their secrets to the class. Homer then lives in Bart's treehouse and begs Marge to return back and eventually she agrees to have him return.

Homer signs up to teach a class about keeping a successful marriage at a learning annex as he is tired of being called "slow". He is first unsuccessful and only can be keep the class's interest is by telling them secrets about Marge and what she and Homer do in their bedroom. She then kicks him out of the house after being fed up of continuing to tell their secrets to the class. Homer then lives in Bart's treehouse and begs Marge to return back and eventually she agrees to have him return.

Homer signs up to teach a class about keeping a successful marriage at a learning annex as he is tired of being called "slow". He is first unsuccessful and only can be keep the class's interest is by telling them secrets about Marge and what she and Homer do in their bedroom. She then kicks him out of the house after being fed up of continuing to tell their secrets to the class. Homer then lives in Bart's treehouse and begs Marge to return back and eventually she agrees to have him return.

Homer signs up to teach a class about keeping a successful marriage at a learning annex as he is tired of being called "slow". He is first unsuccessful and only can be keep the class's interest is by telling them secrets about Marge and what she and Homer do in their bedroom. She then kicks him out of the house after being fed up of continuing to tell their secrets to the class. Homer then lives in Bart's treehouse and begs Marge to return back and eventually she agrees to have him return.