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{{Crew
 
{{Crew
 
|name= Ralph Sosa
 
|name= Ralph Sosa
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|image= [[File:Ralph Sosa.jpg|200px]]
 
|gender= {{Male cast}}
 
|gender= {{Male cast}}
 
|job= Character layout artist<br>Storyboard artist<br>Director<br>Assistant director<br>Animatic layout artist<br>Assistant sequence director
 
|job= Character layout artist<br>Storyboard artist<br>Director<br>Assistant director<br>Animatic layout artist<br>Assistant sequence director
 
|birthdate=  
 
|birthdate=  
 
|status= Active
 
|status= Active
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|episodes= 123
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|episodes= 215
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|seasons= [[Season 8]] - Present
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|seasons= [[Season 8]] - [[Season 10|10]], [[Season 13|13]] - Present
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|short= ''[[The Longest Daycare]]''
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|first short= ''[[The Longest Daycare]]''
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|latest short= ''[[Rogue Not Quite One]]''
 
|game=''[[The Simpsons Game]]''
 
|game=''[[The Simpsons Game]]''
 
|first episode= "[[Mountain of Madness]]"
 
|first episode= "[[Mountain of Madness]]"
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|latest episode= "[[Moho House]]"
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|latest episode= "[[Cremains of the Day]]"
 
|movie=yes
 
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'''Ralph Sosa''' is an American director. He directed the episodes "[[Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]" (with [[Mike B. Anderson]]), "[[In the Name of the Grandfather]]" and "[[Mona Leaves-a]]" (with Anderson). He has also worked on the show as a character layout artist, a storyboard revisionist and an assistant director and was an assistant sequence director on ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.  
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'''Ralph Sosa''' is an American director and animator. He currently serves as a storyboard artist and character layout artist. He previously served as a director, storyboard revisionist and assistant director. He also served as an assistant sequence director on ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.  
  
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For his work on the [[Guillermo del Toro couch gag]], Sosa was nominated for an {{W|Annie Award}} in "Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production", along with [[Guillermo del Toro]] and [[Guy Davis]].<ref>[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/award-season-focus/complete-list-of-2013-annie-award-nominations-91711.html Cartoon Brew - "Complete List of 2013 Annie Award Nominations"]</ref>
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== Awards ==
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{{Table|width=60%|align=left|
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{{THT|Award}}
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{{TH|Year}}
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{{TH|Episode}}
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{{TH|Result}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production}}}}
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{{TB|[[2013]]<ref name="Annie2013">[https://web.archive.org/web/20141214105919/http://www.annieawards.org/nominees/ The Annie Awards - "41st Annual Annie Awards Winners"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXIV]]"<br>{{small|[[Guillermo del Toro opening sequence]]}}}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}}}
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{{TB|[[2005]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Future-Drama]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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}}
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
 
=== Directed by ===
 
=== Directed by ===
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*{{ep|Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em}}
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{{Season20A
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|E14=yes
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{{Season22A
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|E9=yes
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*{{game|The Simpsons Game}}
 
*{{game|The Simpsons Game}}
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*{{ep|Mona Leaves-a}}
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{{TC}}
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*{{ep|In the Name of the Grandfather}}
 
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*{{ep|Donnie Fatso}}
 
  
 
=== Character layout ===
 
=== Character layout ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
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*{{ep|Mountain of Madness}}
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{{TO}}
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*{{ep|In Marge We Trust}}
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{{Season8A
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*{{ep|The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase}}
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|E12=yes
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*{{ep|Realty Bites}}
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|E22=yes
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*{{ep|Trash of the Titans}}
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|E24=yes
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*{{ep|Homer to the Max}}
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}}
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*{{ep|The Old Man and the Key}}
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{{Season9A
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*{{ep|Blame It on Lisa}}
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|E9=yes
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*{{ep|The Sweetest Apu}}
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|E22=yes
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*{{ep|Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge}}
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}}
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*{{ep|Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade}}
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{{Season10A
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*{{ep|Pray Anything}}
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|E13=yes
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*{{ep|C.E. D'oh}}
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}}
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*{{ep|Three Gays of the Condo}}
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{{Season13A
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*{{ep|The Bart of War}}
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|E13=yes
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*{{ep|My Mother the Carjacker}}
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|E15=yes
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*{{ep|The President Wore Pearls}}
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|E19=yes
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*{{ep|Today, I Am a Clown}}
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|E22=yes
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*{{ep|I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot}}
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}}
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*{{ep|Margical History Tour}}
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{{Season14A
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*{{ep|Catch 'Em If You Can}}
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|E3=yes
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*{{ep|The Way We Weren't}}
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|E10=yes
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*{{ep|Fat Man and Little Boy}}
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|E15=yes
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*{{ep|Pranksta Rap}}
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|E17=yes
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*{{ep|Lisa the Drama Queen}}
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|E21=yes
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX}}
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}}
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*{{ep|The Fight Before Christmas}}
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{{Season15A
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*{{spec|The Longest Daycare}}
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|E2=yes
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*{{ep|Adventures in Baby-Getting}}
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|E3=yes
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*{{ep|Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus|("Simpsons Time" Couch Gag)}}
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|E6=yes
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*{{ep|The Great Phatsby: Part One}}
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|E9=yes
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*{{ep|The Great Phatsby: Part Two}}
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|E11=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E20=yes
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}}
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{{Season16A
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|E5=yes
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|E9=yes
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}}
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{{Season20A
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|E9=yes
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}}
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{{Season21A
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|E4=yes
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}}
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{{Season22A
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|E8=yes
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}}
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{{Season24A
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|E3=yes
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}}
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{{Season28A
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|E1=yes
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|E1n="Simpsons Time" couch gag
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{Season29A
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|E5=yes
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}}
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{{Season31A
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|E4=yes
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}}
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{{Season32A
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|E4=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season33A
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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}}
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{{Season34A
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|E5=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season35A
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|E1=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E7=yes
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}}
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{{SpecialsA
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|TLD=yes
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|RogueOne=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Additional timer ===
 
=== Additional timer ===
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*{{ep|The Way We Weren't}}
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{{TO}}
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*{{ep|Pranksta Rap}}
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{{Season15A
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|E20=yes
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}}
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{{Season16A
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|E9=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
 
=== Storyboard revisions ===
 
=== Storyboard revisions ===
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*{{ep|Pranksta Rap}}
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{{Scroll|
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*{{ep|Future-Drama}}
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{{TO}}
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*{{ep|Marge's Son Poisoning}}
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{{Season16A
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*{{ep|The Wettest Stories Ever Told}}
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|E9=yes
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*{{ep|Mona Leaves-a}}
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|E15=yes
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*{{ep|Days of Future Future}}
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}}
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*{{ep|Friend with Benefit}}
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{{Season17A
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|E5=yes
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|E18=yes
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}}
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{{Season19A
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|E19=yes
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}}
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{{Season25A
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|E18=yes
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}}
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{{Season27A
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{Season30A
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|E21=yes
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|E23=yes
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}}
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{{Season31A
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|E4=yes
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}}
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{{Season33A
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|E6=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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}}
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{{Season35A
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|E3=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Assistant director ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season16A
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{Season17A
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|E5=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E18=yes
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}}
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{{Season21A
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|E4=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
 
=== Storyboard ===
 
=== Storyboard ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
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*{{ep|Homer's Paternity Coot}}
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{{TO}}
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*{{ep|Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em}}
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{{Season17A
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*{{ep|Donnie Fatso}}
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|E10=yes
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*{{ep|The Scorpion's Tale}}
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}}
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*{{ep|Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing}}
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{{Season18A
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*{{ep|The Real Housewives of Fat Tony}}
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|E3=yes
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*{{ep|500 Keys}}
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}}
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*{{ep|The Falcon and the D'ohman}}
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{{Season22A
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*{{ep|Replaceable You}}
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|E9=yes
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*{{ep|The Food Wife}}
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|E15=yes
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*{{ep|The Ten-Per-Cent Solution}}
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|E17=yes
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*{{ep|Holidays of Future Passed}}
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|E19=yes
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*{{ep|The D'oh-cial Network}}
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|E21=yes
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*{{ep|The Daughter Also Rises}}
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}}
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*{{ep|How I Wet Your Mother}}
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{{Season23A
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*{{ep|Them, Robot}}
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|E1=yes
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*{{ep|A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again}}
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|E4=yes
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*{{ep|Ned 'N' Edna's Blend}}
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|E5=yes
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*{{ep|Lisa Goes Gaga}}
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|E8=yes
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*{{ep|Gone Abie Gone}}
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|E9=yes
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*{{ep|A Tree Grows in Springfield}}
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|E11=yes
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*{{ep|The Day the Earth Stood Cool}}
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|E13=yes
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*{{ep|Homer Goes to Prep School}}
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|E16=yes
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*{{ep|Changing of the Guardian}}
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|E17=yes
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*{{ep|Gorgeous Grampa}}
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|E19=yes
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*{{ep|Black-Eyed, Please}}
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|E21=yes
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*{{ep|Dark Knight Court}}
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|E22=yes
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*{{ep|The Fabulous Faker Boy}}
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}}
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*{{ep|The Saga of Carl}}
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{{Season24A
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*{{ep|Homerland}}
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|E4=yes
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIV}}
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|E6=yes
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*{{ep|Four Regrettings and a Funeral}}
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|E7=yes
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*{{ep|YOLO}}
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|E9=yes
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*{{ep|The Kid Is All Right}}
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|E11=yes
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*{{ep|Yellow Subterfuge}}
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|E14=yes
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*{{ep|Specs and the City}}
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|E15=yes
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*{{ep|Diggs}}
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|E16=yes
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*{{ep|The War of Art}}
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|E20=yes
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*{{ep|Luca$}}
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|E21=yes
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*{{ep|What to Expect When Bart's Expecting}}
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}}
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*{{ep|Pay Pal}}
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{{Season25A
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*{{spec|The Simpsons Take the Bowl}}
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|E1=yes
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*{{ep|Clown in the Dumps}}
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|E2=yes
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXV}}
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|E3=yes
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*{{ep|Opposites A-Frack}}
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|E4=yes
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*{{ep|Covercraft}}
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|E6=yes
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*{{ep|Bart's New Friend}}
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|E7=yes
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*{{ep|The Musk Who Fell to Earth}}
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|E11=yes
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*{{ep|The Princess Guide}}
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|E12=yes
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*{{ep|Waiting for Duffman}}
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|E15=yes
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*{{ep|The Kids Are All Fight}}
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|E17=yes
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*{{ep|Bull-E}}
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|E19=yes
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*{{ep|Every Man's Dream}}
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|E21=yes
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*{{ep|Halloween of Horror}}
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}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXVI}}
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{{Season26A
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*{{ep|Lisa with an "S"}}
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|E1=yes
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*{{ep|Barthood}}
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|E4=yes
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*{{ep|Much Apu About Something}}
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|E5=yes
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*{{ep|Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4}}
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|E8=yes
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*{{ep|The Marge-ian Chronicles}}
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|E11=yes
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*{{ep|How Lisa Got Her Marge Back}}
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|E12=yes
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*{{ep|Simprovised}}
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|E15=yes
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*{{ep|Orange Is the New Yellow}}
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|E17=yes
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*{{ep|Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus|("Simpsons Time" Couch Gag)}}
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|E19=yes
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*{{ep|The Town}}
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|E21=yes
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*{{ep|Trust But Clarify}}
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}}
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*{{ep|Havana Wild Weekend}}
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{{Season27A
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*{{ep|Dad Behavior}}
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|E1=yes
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*{{ep|The Last Traction Hero}}
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|E4=yes
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*{{ep|The Great Phatsby: Part One}}
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|E5=yes
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*{{ep|The Great Phatsby: Part Two}}
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|E7=yes
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*{{ep|Fatzcarraldo}}
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|E9=yes
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*{{ep|A Father's Watch}}
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|E12=yes
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*{{ep|Moho House}}
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|E13=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season28A
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|E1=yes
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|E1n="Simpsons Time" couch gag
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|E3=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season29A
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season30A
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season31A
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|E1=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season32A
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|E2=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season33A
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season34A
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season35A
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|E5=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{SpecialsA
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|Bowl=yes
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|RogueOne=yes
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}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons Game}}
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{{TC}}
 
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=== Animatic layout ===
 
=== Animatic layout ===
 
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*{{ep|Million Dollar Maybe}}
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{{TO}}
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*{{ep|Boy Meets Curl}}
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*{{ep|The Color Yellow}}
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|E11=yes
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*{{ep|Postcards from the Wedge}}
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|E12=yes
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*{{ep|Stealing First Base}}
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|E13=yes
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*{{ep|The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed}}
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|E14=yes
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*{{ep|American History X-cellent}}
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|E15=yes
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*{{ep|Chief of Hearts}}
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|E16=yes
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*{{ep|The Squirt and the Whale}}
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|E17=yes
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*{{ep|To Surveil, with Love}}
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|E18=yes
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*{{ep|Moe Letter Blues}}
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|E19=yes
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*{{ep|The Bob Next Door}}
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|E20=yes
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*{{ep|Judge Me Tender}}
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|E21=yes
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}
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|E22=yes
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*{{ep|Ned 'N' Edna's Blend}}
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|E23=yes
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*{{ep|Moonshine River}}
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}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIII}}
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{{Season22A
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*{{ep|Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus|("Simpsons Time" Couch Gag)}}
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|E4=yes
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}}
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{{Season23A
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season24A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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}}
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{{Season28A
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|E1=yes
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|E1n="Simpsons Time" couch gag
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Animation storyboards ===
 
=== Animation storyboards ===
 
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIV|(Opening title)}}
 
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIV|(Opening title)}}
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=== Additional storyboards ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season30A
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{Season31A
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{Season35A
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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=== Lead character layout ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season35A
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|E8=yes
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{{TC}}
  
 
== References ==
 
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== External links ==
 
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*{{MobyGames|383554}}
 
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sosa, Ralph}}
 
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Latest revision as of 08:22, April 23, 2024

Ralph Sosa
Ralph Sosa.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Character layout artist
Storyboard artist
Director
Assistant director
Animatic layout artist
Assistant sequence director
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 215
Seasons active: Season 8 - 10, 13 - Present
First short: The Longest Daycare
Most recent short: Rogue Not Quite One
First episode: "Mountain of Madness"
Most recent episode: "Cremains of the Day"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie
Game: The Simpsons Game


Ralph Sosa is an American director and animator. He currently serves as a storyboard artist and character layout artist. He previously served as a director, storyboard revisionist and assistant director. He also served as an assistant sequence director on The Simpsons Movie.

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production 2013[1] "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
Guillermo del Toro opening sequence 		Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2005[2] "Future-Drama" Nominated

Credits[edit]

Directed by[edit]

Character layout[edit]

Additional timer[edit]

Storyboard revisions[edit]

Assistant director[edit]

Storyboard[edit]

Assistant sequence director[edit]

Animatic layout[edit]

Animation storyboards[edit]

Additional storyboards[edit]

Lead character layout[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The Annie Awards - "41st Annual Annie Awards Winners" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  2. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"


External links[edit]


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