Difference between revisions of "Season 24"

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|original run= September 30, 2012-May 19, 2013<ref name="tubatron">[https://twitter.com/tubatron/status/282212849353375744 Twitter.com]</ref>

To celebrate the premiere of Season 24, on September 28, 2012, players of iOS game ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'' were greeted with a notice that to celebrate the premiere, they have been given a Duff racecar from the [[Springfield Grand Prix]]. A quest was then given to place the Duff racer.

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{{TBT|[[File:Moonshine River promo 4.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|[[Tim Long]]<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/05/03/simpsons-portman-hathaway-deschanel/ InsideTV]</ref>}}

{{TCsT|color=white|When [[Bart]]'s love life heats up again it will this time involve five flames. But when Bart learns that [[Mary Spuckler|Mary]] has relocated to [[New York]], he decides that she's the one that got away and embarks on a mission to track her down.<ref name="InsideTV Moonshine"/><br/>

Guest starring: [[Natalie Portman]], [[Anne Hathaway]], [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], [[Sarah Silverman]], [[Al Roker]], [[Don Pardo]], [[Ken Burns]], [[Zooey Deschanel]].<ref>http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=9&d=30</ref>|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:Treehouse of Horror XXIII promo 10.jpg|200px]]}}

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{{TCsT|color=white|The episode is set to feature a ''Back to the Future'' style story involving [[Homer]] and [[Marge]], with Marge ending up with [[Artie Ziff]] in an alternative future scenario.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeNacfRYXpI YouTube - THE SIMPSONS: Al Jean talks "Nedna," season 23 and more]</ref> In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed" (the first segment), Professor Frink's unstable science experiment inadvertently created the black hole that slowly sucks in the town (and townspeople) of Springfield. The Simpsons adopt a mini-black hole that is growing more powerful. It has an interesting reaction to Bart feeding it his math homework. Comic Book Guy inserts Disney's ''The Black Hole'' into the black hole. In a found-footage parody is something really strange is going on in the Simpson house they are also have a segment about Mayan prophecy of the world ending in 2012.<ref name="Tvline">[http://tvline.com/2012/08/25/the-simpsons-treehouse-of-horror-xxiii/ TV-Line]</ref><ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/07/14/simpsons-comic-con-panel-sneak-peeks-of-daycare-and-treehouse-plus-carrie-fisher/ EntertainmentWeekly]</ref><ref>[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/07/15/comic-con-carrie-fisher-crashes-the-simpsons-panel IGN]</ref>|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:Adventures in Baby-Getting promo 5.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|November 4, 2012<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151138311693697 Facebook]</ref>}}

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{{TCsT|color=white|When Marge's car falls into a sink hole, she buys the perfect replacement to fit her family of five. But she quickly grows to hate it because, as she tells a shocked Homer, the car would be too small if she wanted to have another baby. Meanwhile, Bart and his friends are determined to find out what secret Lisa is keeping when Bart finds her cryptic messages and follows her sneaking off downtown for covert meetings after school.|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:Gone Abie Gone promo 7.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|November 11, 2012<ref>[http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z176z12z5 FoxFlash]</ref>}}

{{TCsT|color=white|[[Homer]] doesn't trust banks, so has stashed [[Lisa]]'s college fund in an online poker site. The actress and poker expert Jennifer Tilly pops up in an instructional DVD that Lisa watches to brush up on her card skills.<ref name="EW.com">[http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/16/the-simpsons-jennifer-tilly/ EW.com]</ref>|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:Penny-Wiseguys promo 1.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|November 18, 2012<ref>[http://thefutoncritic.com/showatch/simpsons/listings/ TheFutonCritic.com - The Simpsons listings]</ref>}}

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{{TB|PABF19<ref name=CLTwitter>[https://twitter.com/mxedtr/status/259360206117548033 Twitter.com]</ref>}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Homer is shocked to discover that his bowling teammate, [[Dan Gillick]] (guest voice [[Steve Carell]]), is an accountant for Fat Tony (guest voice [[Joe Mantegna]]) and his mob. When Fat Tony gets jury duty, he appoints Dan as the temporary don of the mafia. Meanwhile, Lisa adds insects to her vegetarian diet after she passes out in the middle of a saxophone solo, but starts questioning her decision when bugs start pleading for mercy in her dreams.|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:A Tree Grows in Springfield promo 2.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|[[Stephanie Gillis]]<ref name="Tree Grows in Springfield Twitter">[https://twitter.com/mxedtr/status/263744173012811776/photo/1 Twitter.com - Chris Ledesma - PABF22]</ref>}}

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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Homer]] wins a [[MyPad]] at the school auction and [[Steve Mobbs]], who is now in heaven, talks to Homer through it. Homer goes into a funk when he breaks the myPad, until [[Ned Flanders]] discovers a miracle tree in the Simpsons' back garden.|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:The Day the Earth Stood Cool promo 4.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TCsT|color=white|A "cool family" from [[Portland]] moves in next door to [[Simpson family|the Simpsons]]. Homer is desperate to befriend them, while Marge is skeptical, thinking that being cool is not all it's cracked up to be.<ref name="TV Line"/><br/>

Guest starring: [[Fred Armisen]], [[Colin Meloy]], [[Carrie Brownstein]] and [[Patton Oswalt]]|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:To Cur, with Love promo 7.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|'''"[[To Cur, with Love]]"'''<ref name="Cocatalog.loc.gov">[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=simpsons&Search_Code=FT*&SL=None&PID=T2XbobOnSm_wpFG4Af76z_7LqS&SEQ=20120622130108&CNT=25&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y Cocatalog.loc.gov]</ref>}}

{{TCsT|color=white|When a fire at the retirement home forces Grampa (Dan Castellaneta) to move home with the Simpsons, Homer throws out his back on moving day and decides to stay home to recover. While enjoying his time alone, Homer gets distracted by "Villageville" - a super-addictive tablet game in which he is able to create his own virtual village - and loses the family dog, Santa's Little Helper.|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:Homer Goes to Prep School promo 2.jpg|200px]]}}

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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Homer]] joins the "Springfield Preppers," an off-the-grid survivalist group whose leader (guest voice Tom Waits) has set up a top-secret retreat outside of town to prepare for the end of the world. But Marge grows skeptical of the group's alarmist shenanigans.<br/>

Guest starring: [[Tom Waits]].<ref name="TomWaits">[http://tvline.com/2012/08/24/the-simpsons-tom-waits/ Simpsons Exclusive: Can Singer Tom Waits Save Homer From <nowiki>[</nowiki>Spoiler<nowiki>]</nowiki>?]</ref>|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:A Test Before Trying promo 3.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TCsT|color=white|When [[Springfield Elementary]] is threatened with closure because of low standardized test scores, the fate of the school rests on one student who missed the test, and who must raise the average above the minimum threshold: [[Bart Simpson]]. Meanwhile, Homer finds a parking meter at a local dump, and starts deploying it around Springfield to fleece unwitting parkers of their quarters<br/>Guest starring: [[Valerie Harper]].|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:Changing of the Guardian promo 1.jpg|200px]]}}

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{{TB|January 27, 2013<ref name="FutonListings">[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/simpsons/listings/ The Futon Critic.com]</ref>}}

{{TCsT|color=white|After surviving a tornado, Marge and Homer seek out guardians for the kids, in case the worst should happen. They first turn to friends and family, including Homer's half-brother, Herb Powell (guest voice DeVito) with whom to entrust their kids, but when Bart and Lisa fall in love with a super-cool couple, Mav (Hank Azaria) and Portia (guest voice Jones), Marge starts to question their potential guardians' true motivations.<br/>Guest starring: [[Rashida Jones]], [[Danny DeVito]].|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing 1.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|'''"[[Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing]]"'''<ref name="tvline.com">[http://tvline.com/2012/07/09/benedict-cumberbatch-sherlock-simpsons-season-24/ TVLine - "Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch Books Dual Guest Role on The Simpsons"]</ref>}}

{{TB|February 10, 2013<ref name="FutonListings"/>}}

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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Bart]]'s heartstrings are pulled once again when [[Mary Spuckler]] returns to [[Springfield]], but his failure to pay her enough attention strains their relationship.<br>Guest starring: [[Benedict Cumberbatch]], [[Max Weinberg]], [[Robert Caro]], [[Zooey Deschanel]]<ref name="tvline">[http://tvline.com/2012/08/07/simpsons-zooey-deschanel-max-weinberg/ The Simpsons Exclusive: Zooey Deschanel, Max Weinberg Set For Valentine's-Themed Episode]</ref>|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:Hardly Kirk-ing promo 1.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|February 17, 2013<ref name="FoxFlashKirking">[http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z176z12z5 FoxFlash.com]</ref>}}

{{TCsT|color=white|[[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] explore the perks of being an adult when a shaving experiment leaves Milhouse looking exactly like his [[Kirk|father]]. Also, [[Marge]] desperately tries to save [[Maggie]] from the dangers of children's television.<br>Guest starring: [[Kevin Michael Richardson]]<ref>[http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/01/25/fox-february-highlights-include-hollywood-rounds-of-american-idol-glee-wedding-850th-episode-of-cops-touch-premiere/166848/ TV By the Numbers - FOX February Highlights Include Hollywood Rounds of 'American Idol', 'Glee' Wedding, 850th Episode of 'Cops', 'Touch' Premiere]</ref>

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{{TBT|[[File:Gorgeous Grampa promo 8.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|March 3, 2013<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/simpsons/listings/ The Futon Critic - ''The Simpsons'' listings]</ref>}}

{{TB|RABF06<ref>PAu003625982 in the [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First Copyright Database]</ref>}}

{{TCsT|color=white|The Simpsons find out that Grampa used to be an old-time Gorgeous George-type wrestler.<ref name="Splitsider">[http://splitsider.com/2012/12/talking-to-longtime-simpsons-writer-matt-selman/ Splitsider.com]</ref>|7}}

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{{TCsT|color=white|Ms. Cantwell becomes [[Lisa]]'s substitute teacher who does not warm to Lisa for some mysterious reason and bullies her and gives Lisa a "B" and Ralph an "A". After Lisa has a reading kangaroo with a bunch of little joeys in it for the books Ms. Cantwell takes the joeys out and puts them in other kangaroos.<br>Guest starring: [[Tina Fey]], [[Richard Dawkins]]<ref name="tina"/>|7}}

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{{TCsT|color=white|Bart is falsely accused of pulling an Easter prank involving the school marching band and stuffing rotten eggs in the brass section’s horns, and Lisa must step in as his attorney to defend her brother. Meanwhile, Mr. Burns attempts to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a superhero, Fruit Bat Man.<br>Guest starring: [[Janet Reno]] and [[Maggy Reno Hurchalla]]|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:What Animated Women Want Promo 1.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|RABF08<ref>PAu003625992 in the [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First Copyright Database]</ref>}}

{{TCsT|color=white|[[Wanda Sykes]] and [[George Takei]] guest voice as a couple experiencing marital differences. After watching "[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]" [[Milhouse]] takes on a Marlon Brando-inspired bad-boy persona to attract [[Lisa]]. Milhouse seeks then advice from the school counselor. [[Homer]] tries to save his marriage by becoming a better man and fulfilling old promises when [[Marge]] becomes fed up with his behavior and he seeks advice from his local sushi chef.<br>Guest starring: [[George Takei]] and [[Wanda Sykes]]|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:Pulpit Friction Promo 1.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|April 28, 2013<ref name="TwitterPulpit">[https://twitter.com/mxedtr/status/317371456164089858 Twitter.com]</ref>}}

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{{TCsT|color=white|The town is infested with bedbugs, and Lovejoy can’t cope. He’s so boring, nobody will listen to him in the middle of this panic. But then, the most lovable minister visits [[Springfield]] and he is much more popular than [[Reverend Lovejoy]]. Lovejoy becomes really upset and becomes a hot tub salesman.<ref name="norton">[http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/08/09/the-simpsons-edward-norton 'The Simpsons': Edward Norton to guest as 'the most lovable minister in the world']</ref> Bart and Flanders are the only ones unhappy with the new minister, and try to figure out how to get Lovejoy back, despite Lovejoy loving his job.

Guest starring: [[Edward Norton]]|7}}

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{{TCsT|color=white|[[Sonny Rollins]] appears as a hologram to Lisa when she takes exception to a "Tupac-at-Cochella"-style hologram of blues icon [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] and starts a letter writing campaign to stop this holographic exploitation.<ref>[http://tvline.com/2012/10/11/the-simpsons-casts-sonny-rollins/ TVLine.com - The Simpsons Exclusive: Saxophonist Sonny Rollins Gets Tupac Treatment]</ref> Grampa injures himself while babysitting Bart, and quickly discovers he prefers being cared for by his grandson than the staff at the nursing home and Moe finds a new lease on life when rich venture capitalists take an interest in his homemade bourbon after Marge and Homer help him.<br/>

Guest starring: [[Sonny Rollins]]|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:The Fabulous Faker Boy Promo 1.jpg|200px]]}}

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{{TCsT|color=white|Marge encourages Bart to explore his creative side and take music lessons and Bart develops a crush on his beautiful piano teacher, Zhenya. To pay for Bart's music lessons, Marge agrees to be Slava's driving instructor. Homer is shocked when he loses the last two remaining hairs on his head and Patrick Stewart teaches Homer how to live with his newfound baldness. Justin Bieber tries to get into a talent show that [[Bart]] is playing piano in and they won’t admit him.<br>Guest starring: [[Justin Bieber]],<ref name="justin">[http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/08/21/justin-bieber-simpsons/#more-98242 Justin Bieber to cameo on 'The Simpsons']</ref> [[Jane Krakowski]], [[Bill Hader]], [[Patrick Stewart]]|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:The Saga of Carl Carlson promo 1.jpg|200px]]}}

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{{TB|Eric Kaplan <ref>[https://twitter.com/mxedtr/status/327921255816757248/photo/1 Twitter.com]</ref>}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Homer, Moe, Lenny and Carl win the Springfield Lottery. But when Carl takes off to Iceland – his Homeland – with all the winnings, the guys embark on a Nordic adventure to rescue the cash|7}}

{{TBT|[[File:Dangers on a Train promo 4.jpg|200px]]}}

{{TB|'''"[[Dangers on a Train]]'''"<ref name="twitter.com">https://twitter.com/mxedtr/status/330048584013737986/photo/1</ref>}}

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{{TB|[[Michael Price]]<ref name="twitter.com"/>}}

{{TCsT|color=white|Marge mistakes an Ashley Madison-type website for a Dolly Madison-type cupcake site, not realizing that it's a destination for married people to arrange affairs. While on the site, she encounters the charming Ben, who pursues her as they bond over their mutual love of a ''Downton Abbey''-ish series, ''Upton Rectory''.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/30/the-simpsons-seth-macfarlane/ Entertainment Weekly - Seth MacFarlane to guest on 'The Simpsons' as... -- EXCLUSIVE]</ref>

Guest starring: [[Seth MacFarlane]] as Ben and [[Lisa Lampanelli]] as Ben's wife.|7|color=white}}

== Guest stars ==

*[[Steve Carell]]<ref name="InsideTV"/>

*[[Joe Mantegna]]<ref name="InsideTV"/>

*[[Fred Armisen]]<ref name="TV Line">[http://www.tvline.com/2012/01/the-simpsons-fred-armisen-and-carrie-brownstein-portlandia/ TV Line]</ref>

*[[Natalie Portman]]<ref name="InsideTV Moonshine">http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/05/03/simpsons-portman-hathaway-deschanel/</ref>

*[[Benedict Cumberbatch]]<ref>[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-07-05/benedict-cumberbatch-to-make-simpsons-cameo Radio Times - "Benedict Cumberbatch to make Simpsons cameo"]</ref>

*[[Marvin Hamlisch]]<ref name="usatoday">[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/livefrom/post/2012/07/zooey-meets-bart-on-simpsons-road-trip/1 Zooey meets Bart on 'Simpsons' road trip]</ref>

*[[Danny DeVito]]<ref>https://twitter.com/DannyDeVito/status/241685999162359808</ref>

*[[Janet Reno]]<ref name="spinoff">[http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/09/28/simpsons-vet-al-jean-on-season-24-treehouse-and-the-shows-end/ Spinoff Online - "Simpsons’ Al Jean On Season 24, ‘Treehouse’ and the Show’s End"]</ref>

*[[Jane Krakowski]]<ref name="spinoff"/>

== Sources ==

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeNacfRYXpI - THOH XXIII

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8O14hVWQ2c - The "Grampa disappears" story