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The '''seventeenth season''' of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' ran for 22 episodes, which aired from September 11, 2005 to May 21, 2006.
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The '''seventeenth season''' of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' ran for 22 episodes; the first being "[[The Bonfire of the Manatees]]" which aired on September 11, 2005, and the last being "[[Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]", on May 21, 2006.
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One episode in this season, "[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]" won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour). At the 34th Annie Awards, episode writer [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] won the award for "Best Writing in an Animated Television Production."<ref>[http://annieawards.org/34thwinners.html Annie Awards - 34th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners]</ref>[[Kelsey Grammer]] won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his voice portrayal of Sideshow Bob in "[[The Italian Bob]]".<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/23/emmy.advancer/index.html CNN - Welcome to the Emmy 'mess']</ref>
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==Episodes==
 
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{{TBT|[[File:Bonfire of the Manatees.jpg|200px]]}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Marge]] helps a man save manatees, while leaving [[Homer]] struggling to win her back, which will involve a saving bullied manatees from a gang of water-skiers.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Homer]]'s latest gamble with the Mafia goes awry, and when [[Marge]] walks in on the filming of a porn movie in their own house, she takes off and ends up caring for manatees with a doctor, leaving a forlorn Homer to shack up with [[Santa's Little Helper]]'s cousins in order to find her.<br/>'''Guest voices''': [[Alec Baldwin]], [[Joe Mantegna]]|7}}
 
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{{TB|"'''[[The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]'''"|align=}}
 
{{TB|"'''[[The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]'''"|align=}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|There's three in a bed when [[Lisa]] is scared of the noises coming from the cemetery behind their house, which makes her suffer from many sleepless nights...and nightmares.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Some seemingly-innocent protesting ends horribly when the residents of [[Evergreen Terrace]] end up with a cemetery behind their back gardens. But Lisa is profoundly moved by the re-installation, since she has a front-row seat from her bedroom window, and it all culminates to her having nightmares and moving in with Homer and Marge.|7}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Kirk]] and [[Luann]] reconcile, but since they are more focused on each other, and they don't pay any attention to [[Milhouse]] anymore, [[Bart]] and him conjure up a plan which will separate them again...|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Kirk]] and [[Luann]] reconcile after some heavy talking at a pox party (don't ask), but there's a difference - they are unknowingly being selfish and ignoring [[Milhouse]], which leaves him down in the dumps. Mischievous as always, him and [[Bart]] conjure up a plan that inadvertently leads the parents of both children to split up - again!|7}}
 
{{TBT|[[File:Treehouse of Horror XVI.jpg|200px]]}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|The family replace [[Bart]] with a robot, but when he wakes up from a coma he's been put in, and plots revenge. Then, [[Mr. Burns]]'s plan to invite people to hunt reverses to Burns hunting the townspeople, and later, a witch puts everyone under a spell, a spell which only [[Maggie]] can break.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|A comatose Bart is replaced by a robot after he fails to jump into a pool, but when the two finally meet - it leads to a rivalry - and then the former being dumped in the woods; a duplicitous [[Mr. Burns|Burns]] is at it again when he invites residents of Springfield to his hunting event - then decides to turn in into a survival of the fittest as he hunts them; a witch visits a fancy-dress contest, at which everyone thinks it's a costume, and so the incensed witch recklessly performs spells on everyone - and Maggie unwittingly becomes the one who can revert the incantations.<br/>'''Guest voices''': [[Dennis Rodman]], [[Terry Bradshaw]]|7}}
 
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{{TB|"'''[[Marge's Son Poisoning]]'''"|align=}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Marge]] purchases a tandem, but no-one will ride it with her. [[Bart]] takes up the opportunity, but soon he's getting teased for being a "momma's boy" and tells Marge the real reason he rode with her.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|When visiting a closing amusement pier, Marge purchases a tandem which she believes Homer will ride with her, but instead he goes off to an arm-wrestling competition, and Bart kindly volunteers to ride with her, seeing how forlorn she is. But it all goes badly wrong when Bart is branded a "momma's-boy" and kicks off...|7}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Homer]] becomes the elementary school's "safety salamander" so he can stop [[Lisa]]'s frustrations against men. After saving many citizens from a multiple car-crash, Homer takes part in the mayor election.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Homer's attempts at fathering fail completely when he mistreats a birthday gift from [[Lisa]], which leads Homer to become safety salamander at [[Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary]] to try and impress her. But when Homer saves many residents from a pile-up, and runs for mayor, it seems Homer's fame is going to his head...|7}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Homer]] ruins [[Marge]]'s attempt to get new friends, and she thinks she'll never get any. However, [[Tammy]], the owner of a group called the "The Cherry Red Tomatoes", invites her to join. But soon, Marge discovers the group's plan to break into the Burns mansion...|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Homer embarrasses Marge once again with his puerile behaviour and she feels as if she'll never gain friends with him around, until that is she is invited to join a women's group called the Cheery Red Tomatoes, which is innocent enough at first - until Marge has proven herself to be a virtuous member and is introduced to a heist plan... Meanwhile, Milhouse teaches Lisa Italian, and Lisa begins developing unrequited feelings...<br/>'''Guest voices''': [[Lily Tomlin]]|7}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|Guess who's back on our screens! Yes, [[Sideshow Bob]], is back, and with a wife and a child as well! On a trip to get a new car for [[Mr. Burns]], the Simpsons reside in a small town, where Bob is the mayor!|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Burns sends Homer to a small town in Italy to pick up his brand new car, and he decides to take the family. But there's trouble ahead when the mayor of this new town is someone very, very familiar...someone familiar with spiky red hair and a vendetta against Bart...<br/>'''Guest voices''': [[Kelsey Grammer]], [[Maria Grazia Cucinotta]]|7}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Homer]] tells the whole church about the creation of Jesus, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] are told the story of [[Grampa]]'s attempt to get revenge on Santa Claus, and the performance of "The Nutcracker" at Springfield Elementary makes everyone go singing-crazy, especially [[Moe]].|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Homer tells the whole church about the creation of Jesus, Bart and Lisa are told the story of [[Grampa]]'s decade-old attempt to get revenge on Santa Claus, and the performance of "The Nutcracker" at Springfield Elementary makes everyone go singing-crazy, especially [[Moe]].|7}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|After the discovery of a frozen mailman in Mount Springfield with letters from the mid-60s, [[Homer]] discovers a note from a man telling [[Mona Simpson|Mona]] about their son, which suggests that [[Grampa]] is not Homer's father. Homer goes in search of his true father, [[Mason Fairbanks]], who is a retired lifeguard.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|The discovery of a frozen mailman from the 60s sends shockwaves through the Simpson family after it transpires Homer's mother [[Mona Simpson|Mona]] may have actually been impregnated by a nobody called [[Mason Fairbanks]]<br/>'''Guest voices''': [[Michael York]], [[William H. Macy]], [[Joe Frazier]]|7}}
 
{{TBT|[[File:We're on the Road to D'oh-where.png|200px]]}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|A road trip turns into a comedy skit when [[Homer]] has to take detour on his way to Vegas to take [[Bart]] to education camp and [[Marge]] manages a surprised income with unprescribed drugs.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Bart's recklessness in the steam tunnel turns Springfield Elementary into, practically, a damp mess, and Homer is advised to take him to an education camp - which means giving up a trip to Vegas and spending the time instead with his idiotic son. But the two begin to bond more on the journey, and will Homer make that crucial decision. Meanwhile, Marge decides to have a clear out, and some prescription drugs appear out of nowhere, which [[Otto]] and some others take an interest in... |7}}
 
{{TBT|[[File:My Fair Laddy.jpg|200px]]}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|When Bart tries to get revenge on a new gym teacher who likes hitting students in the face with dodgeballs, he accidentally destroys [[Groundskeeper Willie]]'s shack, leaving him homeless, but [[Lisa]] takes him in. She makes Willie a proper gentlemen, and signs up for the science fair, with him as her project.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Retribution is on the place when a new gym teacher is determined to pummel students with dodgeballs incessantly as his main choice of sport, and Bart takes it into his own hands - filling up a dodgeball with ice-cold water. But it goes errant and accidentally breaks a window and falls on top of [[Groundskeeper Willie|Willie]]'s shack, flattening it, and, feeling sorry, Bart takes him in, and Lisa surprisingly turns his life around by transforming him into a pompous gentleman.|7}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|When The Simpsons get stuck in a cave after a failed nature trip, [[Lisa]] is told a story by [[Homer]], while the rest of the family try to get help. More stories evolve, and will the whole cave story actually be a story?|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|When The Simpsons get stuck in a cave after a failed nature trip, [[Lisa]] is told a story by [[Homer]], while the rest of the family try to get help. More stories evolve, and will the whole cave story actually be a story?<br/>'''Guest voices''': [[Maurice LaMarche]]|7}}
 
{{TBT|[[File:Bart Has Two Mommies Promo Card.jpg|200px]]}}
 
{{TBT|[[File:Bart Has Two Mommies Promo Card.jpg|200px]]}}
 
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{{TB|"'''[[Bart Has Two Mommies]]'''"|align=}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Bart]] technically has an animal mother and a human mother when he gets stuck in the zoo with a depressed monkey. [[Marge]] introduces new banned activities to [[Rod]] and [[Todd]] while babysitting.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Marge offers to babysit [[Rod]] and [[Todd]], and it turns out quite well, until she starts throwing Band-Aid required activities into the mix; Homer and the kids visit the zoo where Bart is kidnapped by a depressed monkey, who thinks Bart is her son.<br/>'''Guest voices''': [[Susan Sarandon]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Randy Johnson]], [[Antonio Fargas]]|7}}
 
{{TBT|[[File:Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife Promo.jpg|200px]]}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Homer]] and [[Marge]] take part in a show where families swap mothers. Homer and the kids get stuck with a very strict woman, but Marge's stay with the wive's husband doesn't go well when he develops a crush on her.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|"[[Mother Flippers]]", a brand-new show, appeals to both Homer and Marge when they need money for a plasma TV after getting enthralled by [[Lenny]]'s. But not everything goes entirely to plan when Homer ends up with an extremely strict and pretentious wife, and Marge ends up with a love-sick husband.<br/>'''Guest voices''': Ricky Gervais|7}}
 
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{{TB|"'''[[Million-Dollar Abie]]'''"|align=}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|When [[Springfield]] is offered a chance to host a NFL franchise, [[Grampa]] ruins their chances, so he travels to an assisted-suicide center. After a strange turn of events, he becomes a bullfighter.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Abe]] accidentally ruins Springfield's chances for an NFL franchise when he mistakes an endorser who popped by the Simpsons' house for directions, for a burglar. The reaction is so profound that Abe ends up at an assisted-suicide centre, and then as a bullfighter when the town turns the especially-built for football ring into a bullfighting one.<br/>'''Guest voices''': [[Rob Reiner]]|7}}
 
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{{TB|April 9, 2006 }}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|When the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] is transferred to India, [[Homer]] is chosen to work there. He receives loads of things and gifts, which makes him believe that he's a god.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|It's 'all hail Homer' when the nuclear power plant gets transferred to India, Homer is chosen to work there, and upon his arrival, he gets showered with gifts.<br/>'''Guest voices''': [[Richard Dean Anderson]]<br/>[[Meher Tatna]]|7}}
 
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{{TB|"'''[[The Wettest Stories Ever Told]]'''"|align=}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|A long-awaited meal at [[The Frying Dutchman]] makes the Simpsons decide to tell stories with the nautical theme - Lisa tells about the Mayflower voyage, Bart tells about mutiny in Tahiti, and Homer tells about capsizing cruises.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[The Frying Dutchman]] is the scene set for a story-telling session with the nautical theme as the Simpsons impatiently wait for an inevitably not-arriving meal - Lisa tells the story of the Mayflower voyage, Bart about mutiny in Tahiti, and Homer about capsizing cruises.|7}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|The maths in the girls section of Springfield Elementary aren't difficult enough for [[Lisa]], so not difficult that she dresses up as a boy to get into the boys section, where maths is hard! But Lisa, or Jake Boyman, gets teased, and [[Bart]] helps her to be a "boy" long enough to get an award at the upcoming ceremony.|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Principal Skinner]]'s chauvinistic remark about how men are better at maths than women leads to Springfield Elementary being split in two - boys and girls on different sides of the school. Lisa finds the girls' maths not as challenging, and she masquerades as a boy, using the alias "Jake Boyman" and attends the boys' lessons. But some bullying leads to Lisa breaking, however some incongruous support from her brother lifts her spirits again.|7}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|After hitting her head on a stool, and inhaling cleaner bottle fumes, [[Marge]] suffers from amnesia. Slowly, memories are starting to come back, but not memories about [[Homer]].|7}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|After hitting her head on a stool, and inhaling cleaner bottle fumes, Marge suffers from amnesia. Slowly, memories return, but there is a big Homer-shaped gap - well, there's no gap at all.|7}}
 
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Season 17
Season Information
Original run: September 11, 2005 - May 21, 2006
No. of episodes: 22
Previous season: Season 16
Next season: Season 18

The seventeenth season of The Simpsons ran for 22 episodes; the first being "The Bonfire of the Manatees" which aired on September 11, 2005, and the last being "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play", on May 21, 2006.

One episode in this season, "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour). At the 34th Annie Awards, episode writer Ian Maxtone-Graham won the award for "Best Writing in an Animated Television Production."[1]Kelsey Grammer won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his voice portrayal of Sideshow Bob in "The Italian Bob".[2]

Episodes

Picture Title Original airdate Directed by Written by Production code #
Bonfire of the Manatees.jpg "The Bonfire of the Manatees" September 11, 2005 Mark Kirkland Dan Greaney GABF18 357
Homer's latest gamble with the Mafia goes awry, and when Marge walks in on the filming of a porn movie in their own house, she takes off and ends up caring for manatees with a doctor, leaving a forlorn Homer to shack up with Santa's Little Helper's cousins in order to find her.
Guest voices: Alec Baldwin, Joe Mantegna
200px "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" September 18, 2005 Raymond S. Persi John Frink GABF16 358
Some seemingly-innocent protesting ends horribly when the residents of Evergreen Terrace end up with a cemetery behind their back gardens. But Lisa is profoundly moved by the re-installation, since she has a front-row seat from her bedroom window, and it all culminates to her having nightmares and moving in with Homer and Marge.
Milhouse of Sand and Fog.png "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" September 25, 2005 Steven Dean Moore Patric M. Verrone GABF19 359
Kirk and Luann reconcile after some heavy talking at a pox party (don't ask), but there's a difference - they are unknowingly being selfish and ignoring Milhouse, which leaves him down in the dumps. Mischievous as always, him and Bart conjure up a plan that inadvertently leads the parents of both children to split up - again!
200px "Treehouse of Horror XVI" November 6, 2005 David Silverman Marc Wilmore GABF17 360
A comatose Bart is replaced by a robot after he fails to jump into a pool, but when the two finally meet - it leads to a rivalry - and then the former being dumped in the woods; a duplicitous Burns is at it again when he invites residents of Springfield to his hunting event - then decides to turn in into a survival of the fittest as he hunts them; a witch visits a fancy-dress contest, at which everyone thinks it's a costume, and so the incensed witch recklessly performs spells on everyone - and Maggie unwittingly becomes the one who can revert the incantations.
Guest voices: Dennis Rodman, Terry Bradshaw
200px "Marge's Son Poisoning" November 13, 2005 Mike B. Anderson Daniel Chun GABF20 361
When visiting a closing amusement pier, Marge purchases a tandem which she believes Homer will ride with her, but instead he goes off to an arm-wrestling competition, and Bart kindly volunteers to ride with her, seeing how forlorn she is. But it all goes badly wrong when Bart is branded a "momma's-boy" and kicks off...
200px "See Homer Run" November 20, 2005 Nancy Kruse Stephanie Gillis GABF21 362
Homer's attempts at fathering fail completely when he mistreats a birthday gift from Lisa, which leads Homer to become safety salamander at Springfield Elementary to try and impress her. But when Homer saves many residents from a pile-up, and runs for mayor, it seems Homer's fame is going to his head...
200px "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas" November 27, 2005 Matthew Nastuk Joel H. Cohen GABF22 363
Homer embarrasses Marge once again with his puerile behaviour and she feels as if she'll never gain friends with him around, until that is she is invited to join a women's group called the Cheery Red Tomatoes, which is innocent enough at first - until Marge has proven herself to be a virtuous member and is introduced to a heist plan... Meanwhile, Milhouse teaches Lisa Italian, and Lisa begins developing unrequited feelings...
Guest voices: Lily Tomlin
Sideshow bob opera.png "The Italian Bob" December 11, 2005 Mark Kirkland John Frink HABF02 364
Burns sends Homer to a small town in Italy to pick up his brand new car, and he decides to take the family. But there's trouble ahead when the mayor of this new town is someone very, very familiar...someone familiar with spiky red hair and a vendetta against Bart...
Guest voices: Kelsey Grammer, Maria Grazia Cucinotta
200px "Simpsons Christmas Stories" December 18, 2005 Steven Dean Moore Don Payne HABF01 365
Homer tells the whole church about the creation of Jesus, Bart and Lisa are told the story of Grampa's decade-old attempt to get revenge on Santa Claus, and the performance of "The Nutcracker" at Springfield Elementary makes everyone go singing-crazy, especially Moe.
200px "Homer's Paternity Coot" January 8, 2006 Joel H. Cohen HABF03 366
The discovery of a frozen mailman from the 60s sends shockwaves through the Simpson family after it transpires Homer's mother Mona may have actually been impregnated by a nobody called Mason Fairbanks
Guest voices: Michael York, William H. Macy, Joe Frazier
We're on the Road to D'oh-where.png "We're on the Road to D'oh-where" January 29, 2006 Nancy Kruse Kevin Curran HABF04 367
Bart's recklessness in the steam tunnel turns Springfield Elementary into, practically, a damp mess, and Homer is advised to take him to an education camp - which means giving up a trip to Vegas and spending the time instead with his idiotic son. But the two begin to bond more on the journey, and will Homer make that crucial decision. Meanwhile, Marge decides to have a clear out, and some prescription drugs appear out of nowhere, which Otto and some others take an interest in...
200px "My Fair Laddy" February 26, 2006 Bob Anderson Michael Price HABF05 368
Retribution is on the place when a new gym teacher is determined to pummel students with dodgeballs incessantly as his main choice of sport, and Bart takes it into his own hands - filling up a dodgeball with ice-cold water. But it goes errant and accidentally breaks a window and falls on top of Willie's shack, flattening it, and, feeling sorry, Bart takes him in, and Lisa surprisingly turns his life around by transforming him into a pompous gentleman.
200px "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" March 12, 2006 Raymond Persi Ian Maxtone-Graham HABF06 369
When The Simpsons get stuck in a cave after a failed nature trip, Lisa is told a story by Homer, while the rest of the family try to get help. More stories evolve, and will the whole cave story actually be a story?
Guest voices: Maurice LaMarche
200px "Bart Has Two Mommies" March 19, 2006 Michael Marcantel Dana Gould HABF07 370
Marge offers to babysit Rod and Todd, and it turns out quite well, until she starts throwing Band-Aid required activities into the mix; Homer and the kids visit the zoo where Bart is kidnapped by a depressed monkey, who thinks Bart is her son.
Guest voices: Susan Sarandon, Dave Thomas, Randy Johnson, Antonio Fargas
200px "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" March 26, 2006 Matthew Nastuk Ricky Gervais HABF08 371
"Mother Flippers", a brand-new show, appeals to both Homer and Marge when they need money for a plasma TV after getting enthralled by Lenny's. But not everything goes entirely to plan when Homer ends up with an extremely strict and pretentious wife, and Marge ends up with a love-sick husband.
Guest voices: Ricky Gervais
Habf09.png "Million-Dollar Abie" April 2, 2006 Steven Dean Moore Tim Long HABF09 372
Abe accidentally ruins Springfield's chances for an NFL franchise when he mistakes an endorser who popped by the Simpsons' house for directions, for a burglar. The reaction is so profound that Abe ends up at an assisted-suicide centre, and then as a bullfighter when the town turns the especially-built for football ring into a bullfighting one.
Guest voices: Rob Reiner
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore.png "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore" April 9, 2006 Mark Kirkland Dan Castellaneta
Deb Lacusta 		HABF10 373
It's 'all hail Homer' when the nuclear power plant gets transferred to India, Homer is chosen to work there, and upon his arrival, he gets showered with gifts.
Guest voices: Richard Dean Anderson
Meher Tatna
HABF11.png "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" April 23, 2006 Mike B. Anderson Jeff Westbrook HABF11 374
The Frying Dutchman is the scene set for a story-telling session with the nautical theme as the Simpsons impatiently wait for an inevitably not-arriving meal - Lisa tells the story of the Mayflower voyage, Bart about mutiny in Tahiti, and Homer about capsizing cruises.
200px "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" April 30, 2006 Nancy Kruse Matt Selman HABF12 375
Principal Skinner's chauvinistic remark about how men are better at maths than women leads to Springfield Elementary being split in two - boys and girls on different sides of the school. Lisa finds the girls' maths not as challenging, and she masquerades as a boy, using the alias "Jake Boyman" and attends the boys' lessons. But some bullying leads to Lisa breaking, however some incongruous support from her brother lifts her spirits again.
200px "Regarding Margie" May 7, 2006 Michael Polcino Marc Wilmore HABF13 376
After hitting her head on a stool, and inhaling cleaner bottle fumes, Marge suffers from amnesia. Slowly, memories return, but there is a big Homer-shaped gap - well, there's no gap at all.
The Monkey Suit.png "The Monkey Suit" May 14, 2006 Raymond S. Persi J. Stewart Burns HABF14 377
A new evolution exhibit at the museum Ned takes his kids to influences Rod and Todd, and Ned and Reverend Lovejoy form a plan to discourage evolution and introduce creationism heavily in education. Lisa heavily protests against this, and it even goes as far as she being arrested for teaching evolution to a group of schoolfriends; Homer is deemed the "missing link" in evolution.
Tabitha.png "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" May 21, 2006 Bob Anderson Joel H. Cohen HABF16 378
Homer and Marge are probably the most terrible marriage counsellors ever - but Isotopes player Buck Mitchell and his wife Tabitha Vixx soon require their newly-formed services. But, inevitably, it seems the marriage counsellors' marriage is also at stake.
Guest voices: Stacy Keach, Mandy Moore

Episodes in other countries

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the season began airing on Sky1 on December 11, 2005, and on Channel 4 on September 1, 2010.

References

  1. ↑ Annie Awards - 34th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners
  2. ↑ CNN - Welcome to the Emmy 'mess'
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Season 17 Episodes
The Bonfire of the Manatees • The Girl Who Slept Too Little • Milhouse of Sand and Fog • Treehouse of Horror XVI • Marge's Son Poisoning • See Homer Run • The Last of the Red Hat Mamas • The Italian Bob • Simpsons Christmas Stories • Homer's Paternity Coot • We're on the Road to D'ohwhere • My Fair Laddy • The Seemingly Never-Ending Story • Bart Has Two Mommies • Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife • Million-Dollar Abie • Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore • The Wettest Stories Ever Told • Girls Just Want to Have Sums • Regarding Margie • The Monkey Suit • Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play
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