List of title screen gags

This is a list of all title screen gags.

Season 7

# Image Gag Episode name Code 10 "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular!" is written on the screen in a different font. "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" 3F31

Season 14

# Image Gag Episode name Code 12 301st EPISODE "I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can" EABF07

Season 16

# Image Gag Episode name Code 16 350th Episode, man! "Don't Fear the Roofer" GABF10

Season 20

# Image Gag Episode name Code 10 A three-eyed crow flies by. "Take My Life, Please" LABF01 11 "How the Test Was Won" LABF02 12 "No Loan Again, Naturally" LABF03 13 "Gone Maggie Gone" LABF04 14 "In the Name of the Grandfather" LABF11 15 "Wedding for Disaster" LABF05 16 "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe" LABF06 17 "The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly" LABF07 18 "Father Knows Worst" LABF08 19 "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" LABF10 20 "Four Great Women and a Manicure" LABF09 21 "Coming to Homerica" LABF12

Season 21

# Image Gag Episode name Code 1 Repeat of gag from LABF01. "Homer the Whopper" LABF13 2 Shary Bobbins flies across the screen with her magic umbrella. "Bart Gets a "Z"" LABF15 3 A stork flies by carrying Maggie. "The Great Wife Hope" LABF16 4 No title screen gag. "Treehouse of Horror XX" LABF14 5 Homer flies by lying on a lawn chair with balloons. "The Devil Wears Nada" LABF17 6 Repeat of gag from LABF15. "Pranks and Greens" LABF18 7 Repeat of gag from LABF16. "Rednecks and Broomsticks" LABF19 8 Repeat of gag from LABF17. "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?" MABF01 9 Instead of the usual music of the choir singing "The Simpsons," the "Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West" theme from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is heard as Agnes Skinner rides her bicycle across the title. "Thursdays with Abie" MABF02 10 Ralph flies by hanging onto a kite. "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" LABF20 11 Plopper web slings across the screen a la Spider-Man. "Million Dollar Maybe" MABF03 12 The Simpsons fly by in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. "Boy Meets Curl" MABF05 13 Repeat of gag from MABF02, except now the choir singing "The Simpsons" is heard as well as the "Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West" theme. "The Color Yellow" MABF06 14 Repeat of gag from LABF01. "Postcards from the Wedge" MABF04 15 Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy fly across. "Stealing First Base" MABF07 16 Repeat of gag from LABF20. "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" MABF10 17 Captain Lance Murdock drives by on his motorbike and shouts "Yeehaw!" "American History X-cellent" MABF08 18 Kang and Kodos fly by in a flying saucer, laughing. "Chief of Hearts" MABF09 19 The title crashes into a Fox network satellite. "The Squirt and the Whale" MABF14 20 No title screen gag. "To Surveil with Love" MABF12 21 Bumblebee Man flies across the screen. "Moe Letter Blues" MABF13 22 Krusty the Clown and Sideshow Mel perform a trapeze act. "The Bob Next Door" MABF11 23 Ned Flanders, as an angel, flies across the screen. "Judge Me Tender" MABF15

Season 22

# Image Gag Episode name Code 1 Otto drives the school bus in the air in a hallucination like fashion. "Elementary School Musical" MABF21 2 A blimp with Mr. Burns' picture on it flies by. "Loan-a Lisa" MABF17 3 The three-eyed crow flies by with a rat in its mouth. "MoneyBart" MABF18 4 No title screen gag. "Treehouse of Horror XXI" MABF16 5 Repeat of gag from LABF01. "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" MABF20 6 The three-eyed crow flies across holding Blinky, the three-eyed fish. "The Fool Monty" NABF01 7 Original airing: A Fox News helicopter flies by, "Not Suitable For Viewers Under 75" is on it. International/online airing: King Homer climbs up the Empire State Building and grabs the three-eyed crow. "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?" NABF02 8 No title screen gag. "The Fight Before Christmas" MABF22 9 A helicopter flies by with signage reading "Merry Christmas from FOX news, but no other holidays". "Donnie Fatso" MABF19 10 Martin Prince, Jr. is hanging from a flagpole as the three-eyed crow flies past. "Moms I'd Like to Forget" NABF03 11 Mr. Burns flies by in a vintage airplane. Smithers clings to the tail. "Flaming Moe" NABF04 12 Moe, outfitted as a ski jumper, flies by and crashes into the letters of the title as they fill the screen. "Homer the Father" NABF05 13 Pie Man and Cupcake Kid fly by. "The Blue and the Gray" NABF06 14 Santa's Little Helper jumps up and grabs a passing frisbee. "Angry Dad: The Movie" NABF07 15 Santa's Little Helper flies by on a doghouse, in the same style as Snoopy, as bullets are fired. "The Scorpion's Tale" NABF08 16 Professor Frink flies by on a jet pack. "A Midsummer's Nice Dreams" NABF09 17 The Futurama theme briefly plays, and the Planet Express ship flies across the screen. "Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing" NABF10 18 No title screen gag. "The Great Simpsina" NABF11 19 Maggie flies across on a paper aeroplane. "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony" NABF12 20 Homer flies by on a flying carpet. "Homer Scissorhands" NABF13 21 Hank Scorpio flies across the screen in a Globex Corporation jet, fires two missiles and exclaims "It was this or a Porsche!" "500 Keys" NABF14 22 Princess Penelope flies by on a unicorn. "The Ned-liest Catch" NABF15

Season 23

# Image Gag Episode name Code 1 Otto slides down a rainbow. "The Falcon and the D'ohman" NABF16 2 Arnie Pye flies by in a helicopter while looking down, causing him to fall out. "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" NABF17 3 No title screen gag. "Treehouse of Horror XXII" NABF19 4 Willie flies up and away, with a leaf blower. "Replaceable You" NABF21 5 No title screen gag. "The Food Wife" NABF20 6 No title screen gag. "The Book Job" NABF22 7 Krusty and Sideshow Mel swing down on trapezes, only for Mel to fall when trying to catch Krusty's hands. "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants" PABF01 8 Bumblebee Man flies across, being chased by bees. "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" PABF02 9 Kang or Kodos flies past a la Santa Claus. "Holidays of Future Passed" NABF18 10 Maggie, representing the new year (2012), parachutes gently toward the ground, while Grampa, who represents 2011, is carried away by a gust of wind. "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" PABF03 11 Ned Flanders is flown across the screen, ravaged, by a winged demon. "The D'oh-cial Network" PABF04 12 A space shuttle gradually climbs, on the side displaying "For Sale $1". "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" PABF05 13 Ralph flies in as Cupid, shoots an arrow at the O in "Simpsons", which turns in to a love heart. Ralph flies off. "The Daughter Also Rises" PABF06 14 Title card saying: The most meaningless milestone of all! "At Long Last Leave" PABF07 15 Bart climbs down a beanstalk carrying a harp and a goose. "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart" PABF09 16 Repeat of "Angry Dad: The Movie". "How I Wet Your Mother" PABF08 17 Maggie flies past on a paper airplane. "Them, Robot" PABF10 18 Original airing: Subtitle: "Now Entering Oregon". International (except UK)/online airing: Repeat of gag from MABF21. "Beware My Cheating Bart" PABF11 19 No title screen gag. "A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again" PABF12 20 Repeat of gag from NABF21. "The Spy Who Learned Me" PABF13 21 A helicopter flies by, towing a banner which reads: "We don't hate you, Fox News. We just love MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, BBC, ESPN, and Al Jazeera more." "Ned 'n' Edna's Blend Agenda" PABF15 22 Repeat of gag from PABF09. "Lisa Goes Gaga" PABF14

Season 24

# Image Gag Episode name Code 1 Repeat of gag from NABF17. "Moonshine River" PABF21 2 No title screen gag. "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" PABF17 3 Original airing: No title screen gag. International/online airing: Itchy fly an airplane with Scratchy as propeller. "Adventures in Baby-Getting" PABF18 4 No title screen gag. "Gone Abie Gone" PABF16 5 Homer flies by wearing his Muumuu "Penny-Wiseguys" PABF19 6 Sideshow Bob is flying the Wright Brothers Plane, is struck by lightening, and goes up in flames. "A Tree Grows in Springfield" PABF22 7 No title screen gag "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" PABF20 8 Santa's sleigh and reindeer fly by, with Homer at the reins saying "Ho, ho, ho!" and Stampy the elephant trailing behind, hanging onto the sleigh with his trunk. "To Cur, with Love" RABF01 9 Repeat of gag from MABF03. "Homer Goes to Prep School" RABF02 10 A married Radiactive-Man flies across. A Test Before Trying" RABF03 11 Repeat of gag from MABF15. Changing of the Guardian" RABF04 12 Repeat of gag from NABF08. "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing" RABF07 13 Repeat of gag from MABF08. "Hardly Kirk-ing" RABF05 14 No title screen gag "Gorgeous Grampa" RABF06 15 Repeat of the gag from the International/online version of the NABF02 episode. "Black-Eyed, Please" RABF09 16 The Leprechaun and the Easter Bunny have a fight in midair. "Dark Knight Court" RABF10 17 No title screen gag "What Animated Women Want" RABF08 18 Repeat of gag from LABF01. "Pulpit Friction" RABF11 19 Repeat of gag from NABF09. "Whiskey Business" RABF13 20 While swinging on a spider web in the sky, Spider-Pig gets burned by a chopper with the U.S flag. "The Fabulous Faker Boy" RABF12 21 The screen zooms in on the 'P'. "The Saga of Carl" RABF14 22 Repeat of gag from NABF16. "Dangers on a Train" RABF17

Season 25

# Image Gag Episode name Code 1 "Superintendent Chalmers yells out "Skinnerrrr!" in a lawnchair with a balloon attached to a chair." "Homerland" RABF20 2 A three-eyed crow flies by, only to get zapped by lightning and turned into a skeleton. Then, the letters crumble. "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" RABF16 3 Repeat of gag from MABF07. "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" RABF18 4 A first-person sniper shoots down the logo. "YOLO" RABF22 5 Repeat of gag from MABF05. "Labor Pains" RABF19 6 No Gag No Gag "The Kid Is All Right" SABF02 7 Repeat of gag from MABF09. "Yellow Subterfuge" SABF04 8 Barney and his reindeer. "White Christmas Blues" SABF01 9 No Gag No Gag "Steal This Episode" SABF05 10 Similar to gag from PABF03, but this time, Maggie representing the 2014 and the grampa representing the 2013. "Married to the Blob" SABF03 11 "Specs and the City" SABF06 12 Repeat of gag from RABF12. "Diggs" SABF08 13 Repeat of PABF04 "The Man Who Grew Too Much" SABF07 14 Repeat of RABF10 "The Winter of His Content" SABF09 15 No Gag No Gag "The War of Art" SABF10 16 Repeat of PABF19 "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee" SABF11 17 Simcraft Intro Sequence "Luca$" SABF12 18 Repeat of NABF03 "Days of Future Future" SABF13 19 Repeat of gag from NABF05 "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" SABF14 20 No Gag No Gag "Brick Like Me" RABF21 21 Mario jumps up and hits a block, making a coin come out "Pay Pal" SABF15 22 "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" SABF18

Season 26

# Image Gag Episode name Code 1 Repeat of gag from MABF15. "Clown in the Dumps" SABF20 2 No Gag No Gag "The Wreck of the Relationship" SABF17 3 "Super Franchise Me" SABF19 4 No Gag No Gag "Treehouse of Horror XXV" SABF21 5 No Gag No Gag "Opposites A-Frack" SABF22 6 A Futurama-style title screen with the title "Simpsorama" and the quote "A Show out of ideas teams up with a Show out of episodes" "Simpsorama" SABF16 7 "Blazed and Confused" TABF01 8 No Gag No Gag "Covercraft" TABF02 9 The Rich Texan is riding a Cadillac driven by five bulls. "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" TABF03 10 Repeat of gag from NABF16. "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" RABF15 11 Repeat of gag from NABF06. "Bart's New Friend" TABF05 12 Repeat of gag from PABF02. "The Musk Who Fell to Earth" TABF04 13 Repeat of gag from PABF06. "Walking Big & Tall" TABF06 14 Simpsons Pixel couch gag "My Fare Lady" TABF07 15 Repeat of gag from NABF15. "The Princess Guide" TABF08 16 No Gag No Gag "Sky Police" TABF09 17 Repeat of gag from NABF13. "Waiting for Duffman" TABF10 18 King Homer climbs his Skyscraper and grabs Marge. "Peeping Mom" TABF11 19 Professor Frink flies in a Iron Man costume that malfunctions and he drops. "The Kids Are All Fight" TABF12 20 Repeat of gag from LABF01. "Let's Go Fly a Coot" TABF13 21 Repeat of gag from NABF04. "Bull-E" TABF15 22 Repeat of gag from NABF21. "Mathlete's Feat" TABF16

Season 27

# Image Gag Episode name Code 1 The Simpsons family climb down from a zip line and Homer gets stuck in the middle. "Every Man's Dream" TABF14 2 No Gag No Gag "'Cue Detective" TABF17 3 The Grand Pumpkin appears and walk to the left. "Puffless" TABF19 4 No Gag No Gag "Halloween of Horror" TABF22 5 No Gag No Gag "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" TABF18 6 No Gag No Gag "Friend with Benefit" TABF21 7 The Simpsons family from The Simpsons shorts fly across the screen as ghosts. "Lisa with an "S"" TABF20 8 Repeat of gag from LABF01. "Paths of Glory" VABF01 9 Repeat of gag from NABF18. "Barthood" VABF02 10 No Gag No Gag "The Girl Code" VABF03 11 Similar to gag from PABF03 and SABF03, but this time, Maggie representing the 2016 and the grampa representing the 2015. "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles" VABF04 12 Similar to gag from LABF15, but this time Shary Bobbins flies across the screen from right to left. "Much Apu About Something" VABF05 13 Groundskeeper Willie flying a plane in a heart shape. "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4" VABF07 14 Mr. Sparkle's box flies around the screen. "Gal of Constant Sorrow" VABF06 15 No Gag No Gag "Lisa the Veterinarian" VABF08 16 No Gag No Gag "The Marge-ian Chronicles" VABF09 17 A Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team member, with the number 18, jumps over the title screen and scores. "The Burns Cage" VABF10 18 Homer driving The Homer. "How Lisa Got Her Marge Back" VABF11 19 Similar to LABF20, except going from left to right and the kite is orange. "Fland Canyon" VABF12 20 Milhouse Jumping up and down on a bouncy castle. "To Courier with Love" VABF14 21 No Gag No Gag "Simprovised" VABF13 22 Cupid flies over the screen with a banner that says "Season Finale". A dragon appears and burns him and the banner. "Orange Is the New Yellow" VABF15

Season 28

# Image Gag Episode name Code 1 Kodos flies by with a banner that says "Vote Kodos. Make the Universe great again". "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus" VABF20 2 Witch Marge, Patty and Selma fly across the screen on their brooms. "Friends and Family" VABF18 3 No Gag No Gag "The Town" VABF17 4 No Gag No Gag "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" VABF16 5 Stretch Dude walks across the screen holding Clobber Girl in his hands. "Trust but Clarify" VABF21 6 No Gag No Gag "There Will Be Buds" VABF22 7 A crow flies by and is sucked in the Black Hole with the clouds. "Havana Wild Weekend" VABF19 8 Four men are pending from a Homer Thanksgiving balloon flying across the screen. "Dad Behavior" WABF01 9 Chazz Busby walks on a high-wire doing his jazz hand across the screen. "The Last Traction Hero" WABF03 10 The souls of Lisa, Barney and Mr. Burns flies upwards. "The Nightmare After Krustmas" WABF02 11 A plane is seen flying, carrying a waving banner that reads "GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE 2016". "Pork and Burns" WABF06 12 13 No Gag No Gag "The Great Phatsby" WABF04 WABF05 14 Two athletes on poles meet and kiss at the center and the text "Happy Valentine's Day!" appears. "Fatzcarraldo" WABF07 15 Abraham Lincoln and George Washington are flying toward each other on hot-air balloons with Vote Lincoln and Vote Washington on them, and they collide with each other exploding the hot-air balloons. "The Cad and the Hat" WABF08 16 The Air Force One flies across the screen, followed by Vladimir Putin on a flying horse. "Kamp Krustier" WABF09 17 An Air Dingus airplane flies by and Nelson says Ha Ha!. "22 for 30" WABF10 18 No Gag No Gag "A Father's Watch" WABF11 19 The "The Simpsons" text is upside down. Once the title crosses the middle, God's hand tilts it back normal. "The Caper Chase" WABF12 20 TBA 30 Years Ago... Looking for Mr. Goodbart WABF13 21 No Gag No Gag Moho House WABF14 22 A stork carries Ralph that says "I'm a return". Dogtown WABF15

Season 30

# Image Gag Episode name Code 1 The Simpsons logo shows up only for the S and O to transform into 30 and the text Years to appear beneath to form "30 years". "Bart's Not Dead" XABF19 2 No Gag "Heartbreak Hotel" XABF15 3 In the first title screen, it features a remix of the opening theme, Bob's Burgers style, while the second title screen feautures the normal one, but with God saying "In Heaven" then landing next to St. Peter. "My Way or the Highway to Heaven" XABF17 4 No Gag "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" XABF16 5 Chief Wiggum flies around in his military jet pack, before crashing into the O. "Baby You Can't Drive My Car" XABF18 6 The logo is mirrored (with the voice saying The Simpsons backwards too), till God's hand reverses it. "From Russia Without Love" XABF20 7 No Gag "Werking Mom" XABF21 8 No Gag "Krusty the Clown" XABF22

References

Visual gags
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