Difference between revisions of "List of scenes cut from The Simpsons shorts"

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Info supplied by The Simpsons Archive, with titles supplied by the Simpsons World episode guide.

Season 1

• "Good Night" - MG01

No cut scenes given, but 11 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "Watching TV" - MG02

No cut scenes given, but 5 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "Jumping Bart" - MG03

No information given.

• "Babysitting Maggie" - MG04

Act One, which consists of Bart and Lisa watching Maggie electrocute herself by sticking a fork into an electrical socket, is cut in syndications airings.

• "The Pacifier" - MG05

18 seconds of the short are cut in syndication. The cut lines and scenes are listed below, and are both in Act One.

"Bart: How long are you going to keep sucking on that stupid pacifier?
Lisa: What a little baby you are."

―In act 1.

When Maggie's pacifier is pulled out of her mouth in act one, she proceeds to fall forward and walk off. She then walks down a hall, falls by a mouse hole, and walks off-screen. The scene shifts to her entering her bedroom, where she falls and picks herself up again to open a drawer full of pacifiers.

• "Burping Contest" - MG06

22 seconds of the short are cut in syndication. The scene cut is listed below:
Marge watches Homer disappointedly after he burps, and then Maggie burps, leaving Marge to watch the rest of the family, stunned.

• "Dinnertime" - MG07

10 seconds of the short are cut in syndication. The line cut is listed below:

"TV: On tonight's news: Bus plunge kills forty-three. Freak roller coaster accident decapitates a family of five. And a sneak preview of today's exciting bikini beachwear. But first this important message."

―In act four.

Season 2

• "Football" - MG08

No cut scenes given, but 5 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "Making Faces" - MG09

22 seconds of the short are cut in syndication. The entire second act is cut in syndication, where, they continue making faces, and Marge returns to tell them to knock it off. When she leaves, Bart and Lisa try to imitate her scowl, though their attempts are beaten by Maggie's imitation ("Look at this!").

• "What Maggie's Thinking" - MG10

14 seconds of the short are cut in syndication. Again, the entire second act is cut in syndication.

"Lisa: Let's try to communicate with it in its own language."

―Act Two.

Bart then leans over and babbles, when Maggie shoves a bottle in his mouth.

• "Gone Fishin'" - MG11

10 seconds of the short are cut in syndication. Two words are cut.

"Homer: Hmm. I coulda sworn we brought more worms."

―In act three.

• "House of Cards" - MG12

Nothing was cut for syndication.

• "Space Patrol" - MG13

No cut scenes given, but 4 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "The Funeral" - MG14

No cut scenes given, but 12 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "Bart and Homer's Dinner" - MG15

Nothing was cut for syndication.

• "The Perfect Crime" - MG16

No cut scenes given, but 3 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "Scary Stories" - MG17

No cut scenes given, but 1 second of the short is cut in syndication airings.

• "Bart's Haircut" - MG18

No cut scenes given, but 2 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "Grampa and the Kids" - MG19

No cut scenes given, but 3 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "World War III" - MG20

No cut scenes given, but 2 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "Skateboarding" - MG21

Nothing was cut, however, it was first timed to be 54 seconds long, but in accuracy, it was 5 seconds longer.

• "The Pagans" - MG22

No cut scenes given, but 4 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "Closeted" - MG23

No cut scenes given, but 3 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "The Aquarium" - MG24

Nothing was cut for syndication.

• "Family Portrait" - MG25

Nothing was cut for syndication.

• "Bart's Hiccups" - MG26

No cut scenes given, but 7 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "The Money Jar" - MG27

No cut scenes given, but 1 seconds of the short is cut in syndication airings.

• "Zoo Story" - MG28

No cut scenes given, but 3 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

• "The Art Museum" - MG29

No cut scenes given, but 4 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.

Season 3

Season 3

• "Shut Up, Simpsons" - MG30

9 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings. The scene cut is listed below:
When Grampa whacks Homer with a rolled-up newspaper, Maggie squeaks her rabbit, and everyone glares at her, before the screen turns black.

• "Shoplifting" - MG31

3 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings. The scene cut is listed below.

"Bart: Uh, is it too late to make a full confession? (Homer and Marge come to take Bart and Lisa home.)"

―Act one.

• "Home Hypnotism" - MG32

8 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings. The quotes cut are listed below:

"Marge: I don't know, Homer. The kids get kind of rambunctious sometimes, but I think that's normal.
Homer: A little rambunctious? They're bouncin' off the walls!"

―Act one.

"Marge: Oh no! They're zombies!
(The kids fall on the floor laughing.)
Homer: Laughing zombies!"

―Act two

• "Punching Bag" - MG33

No cut scenes given, but 4 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "Bart the Hero" - MG34

No cut scenes given, but 3 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "Shell Game" - MG35

Nothing was cut for syndication.

• "Echo Canyon" - MG36

No cut scenes given, but 3 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "Scary Movie" - MG37

No cut scenes given, but 4 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "The Bart Simpson Show" - MG38

Nothing was cut for syndication

• "The Krusty the Clown Show" - MG39

No cut scenes given, but 3 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "Simpson Christmas" - MG40

No information given.

• "Bart's Little Fantasy" - MG41

No cut scenes given, but 8 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "Maggie in Peril (Chapter One)" - MG42

No cut scenes given, but 4 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "Maggie in Peril (The Thrilling Conclusion)" - MG43

Brian Howard gives the timing for this short as 0:56, but in syndication, the short contains 14 more seconds of animation.

• "Bathtime" - MG44

No cut scenes given, but 4 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "Bart's Nightmare" - MG45

No cut scenes given, but 6 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "Bart of the Jungle" - MG46

No cut scenes given, but 4 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "Family Therapy" - MG47

No cut scenes given, but 2 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.

• "TV Simpsons - MG48

No information given.