List of scenes cut from The Simpsons shorts
This is a list of scenes cut from The Simpsons shorts, with information supplied by The Simpsons Archive and the titles supplied by Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20.
In a listing, first there will be the short's title and production code. Underneath, information about the scene cut, and in some listings, there is a quote, from the cut scene.
Season 1
- "Good Night" - MG01
No cut scenes given, but 11 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings. More specifically, the part after Homer says "We may be the best parents in the world."
- "Watching Television" - MG02
No cut scenes given, but 5 seconds of the short are cut in syndication airings.
- "Bart Jumps" - MG03
No information given.
- "Babysitting Maggie" - MG04
Act One, which consists of Bart and Lisa Watching Television while Maggie electrocutes herself by sticking a fork into an electrical socket, is cut in syndication airings. It was cut because children watching the episode of The Tracey Ullman Show in which this short was included could have copied Maggie's actions in Act One, and several children watching could have ended up with serious injuries, or could have died. If the scene were to have been left in, it is likely that parents would have prevented this from happening, however.
- "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.
- "Burp 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.
- "Eating Dinner" - 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 & 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
- "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. In syndication, the "Get out there and get into shape" of Homer's opening sentence is cut.
- "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.
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. To be specific again, the part where the rope that Homer is tied to breaks just before the screen cuts to black.
- "Family Therapy" - MG47
No cut scenes given, but 2 seconds of the short was cut in syndication.
- "TV Simpsons - MG48
No information given.
