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FABF is the sixteenth production season of The Simpsons. Al Jean served as the showrunner for the season. The episodes mostly aired in broadcast season 15 on Fox, with six rollover episodes from the production season airing in broadcast season 16. The episodes aired from December 7, 2003 with "Today I Am a Clown", to January 16, 2005 with "Midnight Rx".
Episodes[edit]
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FABF01
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"Today I Am a Clown"
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December 7, 2003
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Nancy Kruse
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Joel H. Cohen
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S15 E6
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| When Krusty admits he never had a bar mitzvah, he turns to his father, Rabbi Krustofsky, for help. Later, Krusty realizes his shooting schedule has him working on the Sabbath and proposes hiring a guest host. Not wanting to hire anyone who might upstage him or threaten his career, Krusty hires Homer as his replacement.
Guest starring: Jackie Mason as Hyman Krustofsky and Mr. T as himself.
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FABF02
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"'Tis the Fifteenth Season"
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December 14, 2003
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Steven Dean Moore
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Michael Price
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S15 E7
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| When Homer spends a large amount of money on a frivolous gift for himself at Christmas, the family has very little to spend on the holidays. A Christmas film gives Homer a change of heart and he becomes the nicest man in Springfield. But when he takes some advice from Lisa the wrong way, he gets led astray.
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FABF03
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"Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays"
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January 4, 2004
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Bob Anderson
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Jon Vitti
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S15 E8
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| After babies of Springfield riot at a Roofi concert, an anti-children group is formed. Marge tries to rally the townspeople to fight against the group and the proposed law changes.
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FABF04
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"I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot"
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January 11, 2004
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Lauren MacMullan
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Dan Greaney and Allen Glazier
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S15 E9
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| Bart and Homer enter a Robot Rumble competition, but when Homer isn't able to build a decent robot, he decides to adjust the robot so that he can operate it from the inside. Meanwhile, Snowball II dies and Lisa tries to replace her with another cat.
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FABF05
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"Diatribe of a Mad Housewife"
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January 25, 2004
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Mark Kirkland
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Robin J. Stein
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S15 E10
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| Marge is inspired to write a romance novel, though after Homer hears rumors that Marge is secretly in love with Ned Flanders due to the storyline of the novel, he grows jealous. Meanwhile, Homer buys an ambulance and becomes an ambulance driver.
Guest starring: Tom Clancy as himself, Ashley Olsen as herself, Mary-Kate Olsen as herself, and Thomas Pynchon as himself.
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FABF06
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"Margical History Tour"
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February 8, 2004
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Mike B. Anderson
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Brian Kelley
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S15 E11
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| When the Springfield Library becomes low on books, the children of Springfield Elementary don't have enough resources to do research for their history papers. To help out, Marge gives the kids verbal anecdotes about historical figures, including tales of King Henry VIII, Sacagawea's assistance to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and a very Bart-like Mozart feuding with his sister Salieri.
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FABF07
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"Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
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February 15, 2004
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Matthew Nastuk
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Julie Chambers and David Chambers
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S15 E12
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| Bart is heartbroken when Milhouse and his mother move away to Capital City. Desperate to fill Milhouse's shoes, Bart attempts to find a new best friend with no such luck. When Bart decides to pay Milhouse a visit, he is shocked to see his once meek best friend has reinvented himself. Meanwhile, Homer pretends to be poor to get money off strangers.
Guest starring: Nick Bakay as Salem Saberhagen, William Daniels as KITT, Isabel Sanford as herself, and Dick Tufeld as Robot B-9.
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FABF08
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"The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"
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March 14, 2004
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Nancy Kruse
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Deb Lacusta and Dan Castellaneta
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S15 E14
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| Marge's old prom date Artie Ziff returns to Springfield, having lost his money and his Internet business, and asks to stay with the Simpsons until he gets back on his feet. What Artie doesn't tell them is that he's also a fugitive from justice, sought by the SEC for cheating his stockholders.
Guest starring: Jon Lovitz as Artie Ziff, Jay Sherman, Professor Lombardo, Aristotle Amadopolis, and Llewellyn Sinclair.
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FABF09
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"Smart and Smarter"
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February 22, 2004
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Steven Dean Moore
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Carolyn Omine
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S15 E13
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| When Maggie is found to have an IQ of 167, she becomes the genius of the family. Lisa loses her sense of self as she becomes resentful of her younger sister.
Guest starring: Simon Cowell as Henry.
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FABF10
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"Co-Dependent's Day"
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March 21, 2004
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Bob Anderson
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Matt Warburton
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S15 E15
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| On a trip to Northern California, Homer and Marge find that they have fun drinking together. When drunk driving home, Homer crashes the car before moving Marge into the driver's seat, pinning the blame on her. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa confront the creator of Cosmic Wars over the quality of the new film.
Guest starring: Brave Combo as themselves.
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FABF11
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"The Wandering Juvie"
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March 28, 2004
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Lauren MacMullan
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John Frink and Don Payne
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S15 E16
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| After playing a prank on the whole town, Bart is sentenced to six months of juvenile detention. There he meets Gina Vendetti, who forces Bart to escape with her.
Guest starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar as Gina Vendetti, Jane Kaczmarek as Judge Constance Harm, and Charles Napier as the Warden.
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FABF12
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"My Big Fat Geek Wedding"
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April 18, 2004
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Mark Kirkland
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Kevin Curran
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S15 E17
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| When Principal Skinner gets cold feet before his wedding to Edna Krabappel, she calls off the wedding. Determined to win her back, Skinner enlists Homer's help. Meanwhile, Marge is convinced Edna can do better. Edna rebounds into a relationship with Comic Book Guy, who whisks her off to a comic book convention. But Skinner is determined to win her back.
Guest starring: Matt Groening as himself.
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FABF13
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"The Way We Weren't"
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May 9, 2004
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Mike B. Anderson
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J. Stewart Burns
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S15 E20
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| When Homer admits that Marge was not his first kiss, he recounts the story of his first smooch at summer camp with an anonymous girl—who turns out to be Marge after all. Following their first kiss, young Homer and Marge planned to meet again, but Homer accidentally returned to the wrong camp. Marge admits to Homer that believing her first kiss had stood her up caused her 30 years of heartbreak.
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FABF14
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"Catch 'Em If You Can"
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April 25, 2004
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Matthew Nastuk
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Ian Maxtone-Graham
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S15 E18
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| When Homer and Marge get caught having a rendezvous in Miami instead of going to a family party in Dayton, Ohio, Bart, Lisa, and Grampa track them down to ruin their alone time. Meanwhile, Grampa befriends Raoul, a gay Miami swinger who seemingly enjoys Grampa's stories.
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FABF15
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"Simple Simpson"
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May 2, 2004
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Jim Reardon
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Jon Vitti
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S15 E19
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| When Lisa is humiliated at the Springfield County Fair, Homer becomes Pie Man, a costumed vigilante who throws pies at his enemies. But Pie Man's sense of justice gets twisted when Mr. Burns unmasks him and turns him into his personal hitman.
Guest starring: Nichelle Nichols as herself.
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FABF16
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"Midnight Rx"
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January 16, 2005
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Nancy Kruse
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Marc Wilmore
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S16 E6
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| When Mr. Burns terminates the employee prescription drug program, the citizens of Springfield are no longer able to afford their very expensive but much-needed prescription drugs. In order to keep the town medicated, Homer, Grampa, Apu, and Flanders travel to Canada to buy the drugs with fake Canadian health care cards.
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FABF17
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"Bart-Mangled Banner"
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May 16, 2004
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Steven Dean Moore
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John Frink
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S15 E21
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| When Bart accidentally 'moons' the American flag at a school function and Homer says he hates America on national TV, the Simpsons are labeled as unpatriotic and are arrested for high treason. They then embark on a cross-country mission to the nation's capital to prove they love America.
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FABF18
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"Fraudcast News"
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May 23, 2004
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Bob Anderson
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Don Payne
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S15 E22
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| After scathing articles about Mr. Burns are published in newspapers, Burns buys all the media outlets. In response to the propaganda Burns is now pushing, Lisa decides to start her own paper and writes an article about Mr. Burns' manipulation. Furious, Burns attempts to take down Lisa's paper, but she refuses to go quietly.
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FABF19
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"Sleeping with the Enemy"
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November 21, 2004
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Lauren MacMullan
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Jon Vitti
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S16 E3
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| After Bart gets a 100 on a test without cheating, Marge throws him a party—a boring party. Thinking that none of her kids appreciates her, she finds Nelson in the park and gives him lunch, which leads to Marge looking after him. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes conscious about her weight after she is teased at school.
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FABF20
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"All's Fair in Oven War"
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November 14, 2004
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Mark Kirkland
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Matt Selman
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S16 E2
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| Homer buys Marge a new kitchen, and her cooking gets such good reviews that she enters the Ovenfresh Bakeoff. Meanwhile, Bart and Milhouse find a stack of Playdude magazines.
Guest starring: James Caan as himself and Thomas Pynchon as himself.
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FABF21
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"Fat Man and Little Boy"
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December 12, 2004
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Mike B. Anderson
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Joel H. Cohen
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S16 E5
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| When Bart writes slogans on t-shirts, he catches the attention of Goose Gladwell, a gag gift entrepreneur, and starts raking in the cash from t-shirt sales. With Bart now the breadwinner, Homer feels he no longer has a place in the family. But when Gladwell is revealed as a fraud, Homer steps in to defend his son.
Guest starring: Eric Idle as Declan Desmond.
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FABF22
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"She Used to Be My Girl"
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December 5, 2004
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Matthew Nastuk
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Tim Long
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S16 E4
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| Marge runs into her former high school pal Chloe Talbot, who is now a famous news reporter. While Lisa has become enamored with Chloe's worldliness, Marge becomes jealous and wonders if she made the right decision by choosing family over a career.
Guest starring: Kim Cattrall as Chloe Talbot.
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FABF23
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"Treehouse of Horror XV"
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November 7, 2004
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David Silverman
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Bill Odenkirk
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S16 E1
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| In "The Ned Zone", Ned Flanders gains the power of foretelling people's deaths after suffering a head injury and is shocked to discover that he will be the one to kill Homer. In "Four Beheadings and a Funeral", set in Victorian London, Master Detective Eliza Simpson and her faithful sidekick, Dr. Bartley, attempt to catch the Mutton Chop Murderer. In "In the Belly of the Boss", Maggie is shrunken inside a vitamin capsule in a freak science accident and is swallowed by Mr. Burns, and the Simpsons go to save her.
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