List of couch gags

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The following is a list of couch gags seen on The Simpsons.

Season 1

# Image Gag Episode Code 2 The family sits; Bart is squeezed off, up into the air and out of frame, only to crash back down to the floor during the credits shot of the TV. (This is the only time the couch gag visually continues into the closing shot of the TV.) "Bart the Genius" 7G02 3 The family sits; the couch falls apart under their weight, leaving them sitting on cushions on the floor. "Homer's Odyssey" 7G03 4 The family sits; Homer is squeezed off and lands on the floor with a thud. "There's No Disgrace Like Home" 7G04 6 The family sits; Maggie is squeezed off, up into the air and out of frame, but Marge catches her as she falls back down (this couch gag also appears in the The Simpsons Arcade Game). "Moaning Lisa" 7G06 7 The family sits; nothing else happens. "The Call of the Simpsons" 7G09 8 repeat of 7G02's gag "The Telltale Head" 7G07 10 repeat of 7G03's gag "Homer's Night Out" 7G10 11 repeat of 7G04's gag "The Crepes of Wrath" 7G13 12 repeat of 7G06's gag "Krusty Gets Busted" 7G12 13 repeat of 7G09's gag "Some Enchanted Evening" 7G01

Season 2

# Image Gag Episode Code 14 The family sits; the couch falls through the floor with a crash. Homer says "D'oh!" only in this version, all repeats cut it. "Bart Gets an "F"" 7F03 15 The family stands in a line, does a little dance (Egyptian-like moves) and lands on the couch, arms outstretched in a "ta-da!" pose. "Simpson and Delilah" 7F02 17 The family sits; the couch pops open into a fold-out bed. "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" 7F01 18 The family-minus Maggie sits; then Maggie pokes her head out of Marge's hair. "Dancin' Homer" 7F05 19 Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II sit on the couch among the family members. "Dead Putting Society" 7F08 20 The family can not sit; the couch is already occupied by Abe Simpson, who is woken up startled. "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" 7F07 21 The family sits; Homer's weight tips the couch over sideways, launching the family off-screen, but Maggie lands safely on a cushion on the floor. "Bart the Daredevil" 7F06 22 The family runs in to find the couch missing; they look around, puzzled. "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" 7F09 23 The family sits; Homer squeezes the others onto the floor one-by-one and takes the couch for himself. "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" 7F10 24 The family sits; the couch tips over backwards, and Maggie pops up from behind. "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" 7F11 25 repeat of 7F03's gag "The Way We Was" 7F12 26 repeat of 7F02's gag "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" 7F13 27 repeat of 7F01's gag "Principal Charming" 7F15 28 repeat of 7F05's gag "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" 7F16 29 repeat of 7F08's gag "Bart's Dog Gets an "F"" 7F14 30 repeat of 7F07's gag "Old Money" 7F17 31 repeat of 7F06's gag "Brush with Greatness" 7F18 32 repeat of 7F09's gag "Lisa's Substitute" 7F19 33 repeat of 7F10's gag "The War of the Simpsons" 7F20 34 repeat of 7F11's gag "Three Men and a Comic Book" 7F21 35 repeat of 7F03's gag "Blood Feud" 7F22

Season 3

# Image Gag Episode Code 36 The family sits; the couch tips over backwards, but this time crashes through the back wall. "Stark Raving Dad" 7F24 37 The family sits; Homer pulls Santa's Little Helper out from beneath him. "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" 8F01 38 repeat of 7F02's gag "When Flanders Failed" 7F23 39 The family forms a human pyramid, cheerleader-style, on the couch with Maggie on top. "Bart the Murderer" 8F03 40 A space alien on the couch hears the family coming, pulls a hanging cord, and disappears through a trapdoor in the floor. The family enters and sits. "Homer Defined" 8F04 41 The family (minus Bart) sits in a normal fashion; Bart leaps in from the side and lands outstretched across the others' laps. "Like Father, Like Clown" 8F05 43 Homer arrives first and lies across the couch; the others arrive seconds later and sit on top of him. "Lisa's Pony" 8F06 44 The couch lacks cushions; the family sits, but sinks into the hollow couch. "Saturdays of Thunder" 8F07 45 Two burglars are in the process of carrying the couch out of the room; the family runs in and sits, but the burglars dump them onto the floor and carry the couch away. "Flaming Moe's" 8F08 46 The family cannot sit, as the couch is already occupied by Santa's Little Helper, who growls menacingly; the family backs away cautiously. "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" 8F09 47 The family cartwheels into the room and onto the couch; Maggie falls while cartwheeling and hops the rest of the way. "I Married Marge" 8F10 48 The family sits; with confused looks on their faces, they bounce around on the couch, passing over and under each other, ending in entirely different positions from where they first sat. "Radio Bart" 8F11 49 repeat of 8F01's gag "Lisa the Greek" 8F12 50 repeat of 8F03's gag "Homer Alone" 8F14 51 repeat of 8F04's gag "Bart the Lover" 8F16 52 The family runs in; they all bang their heads together and fall over, unconscious on the floor, except Maggie who sits alone. "Homer at the Bat" 8F13 53 repeat of 8F05's gag "Separate Vocations" 8F15 54 repeat of 8F06's gag "Dog of Death" 8F17 55 repeat of 8F07's gag "Colonel Homer" 8F19 56 repeat of 8F08's gag "Black Widower" 8F20 57 repeat of 8F09's gag "The Otto Show" 8F21 58 repeat of 7F24's gag "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" 8F22 59 repeat of 8F10's gag "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" 8F23

Season 4

# Image Gag Episode Code 60 The family go to sit on the couch, but find it occupied by Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, and Pebbles Flintstone. Fred waves to Homer. "Kamp Krusty" 8F24 61 The family sits; the couch morphs into a monster, swallowing the family. "A Streetcar Named Marge" 8F18 62 The family sits; the couch rotates into a secret compartment in the wall, leaving an identical empty couch in its place. "Homer the Heretic" 9F01 63 Maggie is already seated; the rest of the family runs past the couch and out of frame, into empty white space beyond the edge of the film, before frantically running back into frame. "Lisa the Beauty Queen" 9F02 64 The family (as skeletons) sit in a normal fashion. "Treehouse of Horror III" 9F04 65 The family sits; the couch deflates like a balloon. "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" 9F03 66 The family sits with mismatched heads; they swap heads back and forth until they are back to normal. "Marge Gets a Job" 9F05 67 repeat of 7F03's gag "New Kid on the Block" 9F06 68 A wooden chair is in place of the couch; Homer and Marge sit on it, with the kids in their laps. "Mr. Plow" 9F07 69 Circus Line couch gag "Lisa's First Word" 9F08 70 The family, all tiny-sized, sits on the couch. Maggie needs to be pulled up onto the couch. "Homer's Triple Bypass" 9F09 71 The family sits; within seconds, the room fills with other regulars from the cast, totally blocking the family and obscuring their view. "Marge vs. the Monorail" 9F10 72 The family is snared in a net trap. "Selma's Choice" 9F11 73 repeat of 9F01's gag "Brother from the Same Planet" 9F12 74 Circus Line couch gag "I Love Lisa" 9F13 75 repeat of 9F02's gag "Duffless" 9F14 76 repeat of 8F18's gag "Last Exit to Springfield" 9F15 77 repeat of 9F05's gag "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" 9F17 78 Circus Line couch gag "The Front" 9F16 79 repeat of 9F07's gag "Whacking Day" 9F18 80 repeat of 9F09's gag "Marge in Chains" 9F20 81 repeat of 9F11's gag "Krusty Gets Kancelled" 9F19

Season 5

# Image Gag Episode Code 82 A trio of couch gags: The family runs in, crashes into each other, and shatters into pieces; Santa's Little Helper wanders in and examines the pieces. A voice says "Couch gag, take two." The family sits on the couch, coalescing into a five-headed, ten-eyed, multicolored blob. A voice says "Couch gag, take three." The family runs in, crashes into each other, and explodes; Maggie's pacifier drops out of the air onto the scorched floor (in the syndicated version, the "take one" couch gag where the family smashes like glass as they run to the couch is used). "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" 9F21 83 Circus Line couch gag "Cape Feare" 9F22 84 The family sits; the couch and family are crushed by the cutout foot from the opening of Monty Python's Flying Circus. "Homer Goes to College" 1F02 85 The family cannot sit as the couch is already occupied by an identical family. "Rosebud" 1F01 86 The family (as zombies) tunnel to the couch and sit as normal. "Treehouse of Horror IV" 1F04 87 The family runs in and crashes through the wall, as it turns out the couch and other living room furniture is just a flat backdrop. "Marge on the Lam" 1F03 88 The couch is already occupied by a morbidly obese man, who slides over, giving the family little room to sit. "Bart's Inner Child" 1F05 89 The lights are out as five pairs of eyes enter; the lights turn on revealing only eyes, as the eyeless family rushes in and sits down, reconnecting with their eyes. "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" 1F06 90 The family sits, then realizes the couch is on the set of the Late Show with David Letterman; next to the couch, Dave spins in his chair to face forward at his desk. "The Last Temptation of Homer" 1F07 91 repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" 1F08 92 repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags "Homer the Vigilante" 1F09 93 repeat of the second of 9F21's three gags "Bart Gets Famous" 1F11 94 Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa poke their heads out from behind the couch; Maggie pokes out from behind the center cushion. "Homer and Apu" 1F10 95 repeat of 1F02's gag "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" 1F12 96 repeat of 1F05's gag "Deep Space Homer" 1F13 97 There are two identical couches side-by-side; the family members split down the middle vertically, each half-family sitting on a couch. "Homer Loves Flanders" 1F14 98 repeat of 1F06's gag "Bart Gets an Elephant" 1F15 99 The family bounces into the room in ball form. Everyone lands safely on the couch except Bart, who bounces away; Homer pulls him onto the couch. "Burns' Heir" 1F16 100 The family sits as the FOX logo bug appears in the lower-right corner of the screen; Homer tears it off and the family stomps on it then sits back down. "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" 1F18 101 repeat of 1F07's gag "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" 1F19 102 repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags "Lady Bouvier's Lover" 1F21 103 repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" 1F20

The Complete Fifth Season

Image Gag The living room is tilted and the couch tilts with the family and ports outside the frame. Homer tries to climb up by falling down. The couch goes up like a rocket, a fire starts on the floor and a man comes and puts out the fire. Homer pushes when he sits on the couch, and Maggie jumps off the couch but when she comes down it start Homer crowded again. The family bounces out of the picture and ports outside the frame but Maggie still bounces up and down Everyone except Bart are angels, he is the devil and he pokes the iron fire on Lisa Maggie tries to leave the couch, but Homer takes her back. The family flies down in parachutes before a can of beer comes in a separate parachute that Homer drinks. The Flanders family pray in the Simpsons' clothing. The family gets a drop of water and grows, Lisa begins to shrivel but gets a drop of water and being then normal. The family sits on an invisible couch, Lisa points out that to Marge. When the family sits down, the music is stopped and the family look surprised before the music continues.

Season 6

# Image Gag Episode Code 104 The Simpsons are sitting in midair as if they're on the couch. The real couch then comes in and assembles itself on top of the family. "Bart of Darkness" 1F22 105 The floor is water, the family swims into the room (Bart wearing a scuba mask) and climbs up onto the couch (Homer pokes his right ear to dry it). "Lisa's Rival" 1F17 106 repeat of 1F02's gag "Another Simpsons Clip Show" 2F33 107 The family is beamed aboard the couch a la Star Trek. "Itchy & Scratchy Land" 2F01 108 First airing: repeat of 1F06's gag Repeats: No Gag "Sideshow Bob Roberts" 2F02 109 The family sits with mismatched limbs and heads; they swap body parts, but don't fully correct the mismatches. "Treehouse of Horror V" 2F03 110 repeat of 1F06's gag "Bart's Girlfriend" 2F04 111 The family sits, then gets shot up into the ceiling, with only their legs and feet showing. "Lisa on Ice" 2F05 112 In a loose parody of the film, Time Bandits, the family runs in and chase after the couch as the back of the room recedes endlessly away from them. "Homer Badman" 2F06 113 The family runs in together from the side, with big grins, passing through a repeat pan of the couch and TV (in a parody of how 1950s and 1960s cartoons utilized repeating backgrounds in order to save money). "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" 2F07 114 Circus Line couch gag "Fear of Flying" 2F08 115 The living room is at the center of an M.C. Escher's Relativity style environment with multiple staircases and conflicting perspectives; the family enters from various directions (and dimensions) and sits. "Homer the Great" 2F09 116 In the style of a James Bond film opening, an unseen somebody is watching Homer, Homer notices him/her and shoots her/him, casusing s/he to bleed badly and sits alone. Music typically heard in a James Bond film plays throughout. "And Maggie Makes Three" 2F10 117 The scene is black and white, and the couch, TV, and other living room furniture have an 1930s appearance; the family runs in, wearing Mickey Mouse style white gloves and big smiles, dancing. "Bart's Comet" 2F11 118 repeat of 1F22's gag "Homie the Clown" 2F12 119 repeat of 1F17 "Bart vs. Australia" 2F13 120 repeat of 2F01's gag, but a visual effect closer to Quantum Leap's. "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" 2F14 121 The family sits; their sizes are reversed, with Maggie the largest and Homer the tiniest. (Except Bart who has not changed.) "A Star Is Burns" 2F31 122 repeat of 2F05's gag "Lisa's Wedding" 2F15 123 repeat of 2F06's gag "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" 2F18 124 repeat of 2F09's gag "The PTA Disbands" 2F19 125 repeat of 2F31's gag "'Round Springfield" 2F32 126 repeat of 2F10's gag "The Springfield Connection" 2F21 127 repeat of 2F11's gag "Lemon of Troy" 2F22 128 repeat of 2F07's gag "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" 2F16

Season 7

# Image Gag Episode Code 129 The couch slides away as a police lineup height chart unfurls from above; the family lines up in front of it. "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" 2F20 130 Like a fax machine, the couch ejects a sheet of paper with a picture of the family, which then floats up into the air, before sliding beneath the couch. "Radioactive Man" 2F17 131 The screen is split into a 3-by-3 grid of squares, as in the opening to The Brady Bunch, with the living room in the center square, and the five family members, plus Grampa, Santa's Little Helper, and Snowball II each occupying an outer square; they all run out of their individual squares and sit on the couch in the center square, except Grampa who remains asleep in his square. "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" 3F01 132 The family drive around the room in go-karts, wearing fezzes; they line up in front of the couch and honk their horns simultaneously. "Bart Sells His Soul" 3F02 133 The family sits, colorless; mechanical arms from above then spray-paint their colors onto them. "Lisa the Vegetarian" 3F03 134 The family drops down from above, their necks in nooses. Maggie then sucks her pacifier, zombie like. "Treehouse of Horror VI" 3F04 135 Malfunctioning, buzzing wind-up doll versions of the family wander around the room, most of them failing to reach the couch. "King-Size Homer" 3F05 136 A bowling pin clearing bar scares Snowball II off the couch, then a pinsetter places the family on the couch like bowling pins. "Mother Simpson" 3F06 137 The whole room is filled with water, the couch is made of clam shells, and a treasure chest is in place of the TV; sea monkey versions of the family members swim in and sit on the clam couch. "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" 3F08 138 A montage of couch gags from 8F18, 9F02, 9F10, 9F09, 8F09, 1F02, 2F31, 2F09, 2F06, 1F17, 2F11, and 9F08. "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" 3F31 139 The family sits; Homer notices a drain plug in the floor and removes it, and the family, couch, and everything else in the room is sucked down the drain like a toilet flush. "Marge Be Not Proud" 3F07 140 The family sits; the camera then zooms in through a mouse hole, where a small mouse version of the family sits on a couch as well. "Team Homer" 3F10 141 Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie's heads are mounted on the back wall like trophies, while Homer is sprawled across the carpet like a bear skin rug; a hunter sits on the couch, puts down his gun, and lights up a pipe. "Two Bad Neighbors" 3F09 142 The family sits as the room is illuminated by a fluorescent black light and a guitar riff plays, until Homer turns the light on and everything returns to normal. "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" 3F11 143 repeat of 2F17's gag (but this time, the paper does not slide back under the couch) "Bart the Fink" 3F12 144 repeat of 3F01's gag "Lisa the Iconoclast" 3F13 145 repeat of 3F02's gag "Homer the Smithers" 3F14 146 repeat of 3F03's gag "The Day the Violence Died" 3F16 147 repeat of 3F05's gag "A Fish Called Selma" 3F15 148 repeat of 3F06's gag repeat of 9F08 for edited version "Bart on the Road" 3F17 149 repeat of 3F08's gag "22 Short Films About Springfield" 3F18 150 repeat of 3F07's gag "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" 3F19 151 repeat of 3F09's gag "Much Apu About Nothing" 3F20 152 repeat of 3F11's gag "Homerpalooza" 3F21 153 repeat of 2F17's gag "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" 3F22

Season 8

# Thumbnail Gag Episode Code 154 The Grim Reaper sits on the couch; the family runs in one at a time, immediately falling over dead in a pile; the Grim Reaper puts his feet up on the pile and relaxes. "Treehouse of Horror VII" 4F02 155 The family descends from above with parachutes on, except Homer, who falls flat on his face from a malfunctioning parachute pack. "You Only Move Twice" 3F23 156 The couch sits in the middle of a desert; the family, in western cowboy garb, sits on the couch, which gallops off into the sunset. "The Homer They Fall" 4F03 157 Clear blue bubble versions of the family members float into the room, land on the couch, and pop. "Burns, Baby Burns" 4F05 158 The whole scene is a parody of the cover of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, featuring a large crowd of regulars, and the family standing in front of the couch, front and center; Homer, spoofing the back cover of the album, turns to look at the crowded scene behind him. "Bart After Dark" 4F06 159 The family sits as normal, but Bart is green; Homer messes with the dials on the TV, turning Bart red; finally, Homer smacks Bart upside the head, correcting Bart's color. "A Milhouse Divided" 4F04 160 The whole room is upside-down, with the couch and everything else on what appears to be the ceiling. The family, also upside-down, runs in on the ceiling and sits in a normal fashion, before falling down onto the floor "above" them. "Lisa's Date with Density" 4F01 161 Homer puts a quarter in a slot marked "Vend-A-Couch". Nothing happens. Homer bangs on the wall a few times and a couch comes down, crushing him. "Hurricane Neddy" 4F07 162 repeat of 3F23's gag "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" 3F24 163 The family flies into the room via jet packs; Maggie spirals in last, landing in Marge's lap. "The Springfield Files" 3G01 164 The family members intermittently pop up out of five holes in the floor, a la Whack-a-Mole, with a large mallet attempt to whack them. He fails to whack Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart but Homer gets whacked and says "D'oh!". The circus music from "Homie the Clown" plays throughout. "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" 4F08 165 The family finds Grampa asleep on the couch, which has a folding bed. They fold the bed up, ignoring Grampa's cry of "Huh?" and sit down as normal. "Mountain of Madness" 4F10 166 The living room is empty. Cut to an outside shot of the family waiting impatiently as Homer struggles with a locked door. he bangs on the door as Fred Flintstone would on his. "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" 3G03 167 repeat of 4F06's gag, however, in syndication, this is replaced with the "Simpsons Meet The Flintstones" couch gag from 8F24 "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" 4F12 168 The living room appears in an "America Onlink" window, on which a cursor clicks "Load Family," the message "Please wait... loading 1 of 5" is displayed, and a progress bar fills very slowly as the same few seconds of the theme music play in a loop; eventually, the pointer repeatedly clicks the "Exit" button in frustration but this does not seem to work. "LOADING COUCH GAG" appears but nothing happens for ages so the user gives up. "Homer's Phobia" 4F11 169 repeat of 4F01's gag "Brother from Another Series" 4F14 170 The couch is on the deck of a ship at sea in rough waters, sliding back and forth with the tilt of the ship. The family, dressed in rain gear, sits on the couch, before an enormous wave washes them away. "My Sister, My Sitter" 4F13 171 repeat of 4F03's gag "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" 4F15 172 repeat of 4F05's gag "Grade School Confidential" 4F09 173 repeat of 4F10's gag "The Canine Mutiny" 4F16 174 repeat of 4F08's gag (Except this time, the sounds of the mallet hitting the family members is more aggressive and the circus music from "Homie the Clown" is sped up) "The Old Man and the Lisa" 4F17 175 repeat of 4F07's gag "In Marge We Trust" 4F18 176 repeat of 4F04's gag "Homer's Enemy" 4F19 178 repeat of 4F01's gag "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" 4F21

Season 9

# Thumbnail Gag Episode Code 179 The family comes in, dressed as the Harlem Globetrotters, showing off different basketball tricks to the tune of Sweet Georgia Brown "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" 4F22 180 The family sits, dresses up in spacesuits; the couch blasts off like a rocket. "The Principal and the Pauper" 4F23 181 Homer runs in and his top half pops off, revealing Marge concealed inside; Marge's top half pops off, revealing Bart inside, and so forth (although it is unknown how Marge would fit in Homer due to her hair. "Lisa's Sax" 3G02 182 The couch becomes a five-seated electric chair that shocks the family "Treehouse of Horror VIII" 5F02 183 The family (on fire) run in, screaming in pain. They hop onto The couch (which is full of water) and sigh in relief. "The Cartridge Family" 5F01 184 The family sits; an auto-crusher compresses them all into a rectangular block. "Bart Star" 5F03 185 Bart runs in and spray-paints the family onto the couch, tagging it with an "El Barto" signature, then runs off. "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" 5F04 186 The living room is set up like a sauna. Three old men sit, pouring water on the coals. The family (wearing only towels) comes in, then leave sheepishly. "Lisa the Skeptic" 5F05 187 The family sits; Matt Groening's live action hand spins the picture around, smearing the family like spin art. "Realty Bites" 5F06 188 The family sits; the living room is revealed to be inside a snow globe, which is shaken, making snow fall in the living room. (Christmas episode for this first usage) "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" 5F07 189 The floor is a treadmill; the family runs in place on the treadmill before leaping to the couch, except Homer, who falls, gets dragged around on the treadmill, and shouts "Marge, stop this crazy thing!" a la George Jetson in the original closing credits of The Jetsons. "All Singing, All Dancing" 5F24 190 The family goes to sit down, only to have the couch pulled from under them by Nelson Muntz (Nelson then says "ha-ha!") "Bart Carny" 5F08 191 The family runs in, tiny-sized, (as in 9F09's gag); this time, each family member lifts the next up onto the couch one-by-one, then a full-sized Santa's Little Helper takes Homer away in his mouth as Homer screams. "The Joy of Sect" 5F23 192 The floor is water and the couch is a lilypad; a frog family (Maggie as a tadpole) hops onto the lilypad and frog-Homer turns on the TV with his long tongue. "Das Bus" 5F11 193 repeat of 5F01's gag "The Last Temptation of Krust" 5F10 194 repeat of 5F03's gag "Dumbbell Indemnity" 5F12 195 A vine grows in the middle of the room; each family member's face sprouts from the vine as a fruit or vegetable. "Lisa the Simpson" 4F24 196 repeat of 5F04's gag (but this time, Bart peeks from around the TV first to make sure the coast is clear) "This Little Wiggy" 5F13 197 A take-off on the opening sequence to Rocky & Bullwinkle, ending with the family popping up from out of the ground in a flower patch; Bart coughs up a clod of dirt. The Rocky & Bullwinkle theme plays throughout. "Simpson Tide" 3G04 198 repeat of 5F05's gag "The Trouble with Trillions" 5F14 199 repeat of 5F06's gag "Girly Edition" 5F15 200 The family runs in, only to end up in Mrs. Krabappel's classroom where Bart is writing "I Will Not Mess With The Opening Credits" on the blackboard. "Trash of the Titans" 5F09 201 repeat of 5F07's gag "King of the Hill" 5F16 202 repeat of 5F08's gag "Lost Our Lisa" 5F17 203 repeat of 5F11's gag "Natural Born Kissers" 5F18

Season 10

# Image Gag Episode Code 204 repeat of 5F08's gag "Lard of the Dance" 5F20 205 Similar to the couch gag in "Marge vs. the Monorail" (9F10), the living room is filled with secondary and tertiary characters from the show. Unlike 9F10, the living room is now a movie theater and the Simpsons are shuffling their way through to find a seat. After they sit down, Homer has some of the Comic Book Guy's popcorn. "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" 5F21 206 Two firefighters hold the couch and catch most of the family as they fall from above, but they miss Homer, who crashes through the floor. "Bart the Mother" 5F22 207 The family never make it to the couch; Bart gets run over by Homer. Lisa gets catapulted into the garage roof, and Homer gets run down by Marge as she drives into the garage. Meanwhile, in the living room Freddy Krueger (of the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies) and Jason Voorhees (of the Friday the 13th movies) sit on the couch, wondering where the family is. "Treehouse of Horror IX" AABF01 208 Marge enters with a laundry basket and hangs the other family members on a clothesline above the couch. "When You Dish Upon a Star" 5F19 209 The family sits; a safety bar lowers over their laps and the couch zooms around the room like a roller coaster. "D'oh-in' in the Wind" AABF02 210 The family sits; hair dryers descend onto their heads, then lift up, revealing the family members all have swapped hairdos. Homer has Maggie's, Marge has Bart's, Bart has Lisa's, Lisa has Homer's, and Maggie has Marge's (the weight of it causing her to fall off the couch). "Lisa Gets an "A"" AABF03 211 repeat of 5F11's gag "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"" AABF04 212 repeat of 5F03's gag "Mayored to the Mob" AABF05 213 repeat of 5F06's gag "Viva Ned Flanders" AABF06 214 The family, in cowboy hats, straddles the back of the couch, a large trapdoor opens beneath the couch and they drop; a top-down perspective shows the family riding the falling couch as it drops from high above a city below, in a parody of Slim Pickens' character riding the bomb in Dr. Strangelove. "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" AABF07 215 The couch is floating on water as the family sits; the couch hits an iceberg and sinks, taking the family under with it, but Maggie resurfaces shortly on a floating cushion (as shown in the film Titanic). "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" AABF08 216 repeat of 5F19's gag "Homer to the Max" AABF09 217 repeat of AABF03's gag "I'm with Cupid" AABF11 218 repeat of AABF02's gag "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"" AABF10 219 repeat of 5F22's gag "Make Room for Lisa" AABF12 220 Adult Bart and Lisa, and young Marge and Homer (with a Maggie doll) sit on the couch; young Homer snatches the remote, but mother Lisa slaps his hand and he drops it. "Maximum Homerdrive" AABF13 221 The family slips on banana peels on the floor, flipping upside-down in the air, but all land safely on the couch. "Simpsons Bible Stories" AABF14 222 repeat of AABF07's gag "Mom and Pop Art" AABF15 223 repeat of 5F21's gag "The Old Man and the "C" Student" AABF16 224 repeat of 9F08's gag "Monty Can't Buy Me Love" AABF17 225 repeat of AABF08's gag "They Saved Lisa's Brain" AABF18 226 The family sits, get sucked inside the couch, and come out looking like shredded paper. "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" AABF20

Season 11

# Image Gag Episode Code 227 The Simpson family (as they were drawn on The Tracey Ullman Show) is already on the couch. The Simpsons (as they're currently drawn) then enter; both families run screaming out of the living room. "Beyond Blunderdome" AABF23 228 The family comes in, colorless and marked with numbers. A group of Asian painters come in to color the family. "Brother's Little Helper" AABF22 229 The family comes in. Marge notices Matt Groening's signature at the bottom of the screen and wipes it off. A caricature of Matt Groening (wearing an orange and yellow Hawaiian shirt) comes in and resigns the scene (i.e. the floor) to Marge's horror. "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" AABF21 230 The family members appear as they have in previous Halloween episodes: Homer is a jack-in-the-box (from 8F02), Bart is a mutantfly (from 5F02), Marge is a witch (also from 5F02), and Maggie is an alien (from AABF01); Lisa, an ax victim (the only one not based on a previous episode), asks what aliens have to do with Halloween, and Maggie demands "Silence!" in a deep voice before disintegrating Lisa with a ray gun. "Treehouse of Horror X" BABF01 231 The couch is set up like a trendy nightclub (with a disco ball, velvet rope, bouncer, and club hoppers). Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie are let in, while Homer is denied access. "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" AABF19 232 A cement truck pours cement onto the couch; the cement instantly hardens into sculptures of the family, but cement Homer's head cracks and falls to the floor. "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" BABF02 233 The family sits; the couch rotates into a secret compartment in the wall (as in 9F01's gag), but instead of an empty couch on the other side, it's Vincent Price as a mad scientist torturing a scared Ned Flanders. "Eight Misbehavin'" BABF03 234 repeat of AABF20's gag "Take My Wife, Sleaze" BABF05 235 The family slides down into the living room from a fire pole and sits, except Homer, who gets stuck in the hole in the ceiling and flails about. "Grift of the Magi" BABF07 236 A crash test dummy version of the family sits. The couch slides forward and slams into the TV (simulating a car crash test), then pulls back into place. Crash test dummy Homer's head falls off from the trauma. "Little Big Mom" BABF04 237 A psychiatrist is sitting in a chair next to the couch. The family tries to run on but Homer gets there first and hops on the couch and yells, "Oh, doctor, I'm crazy!", as the other family members stare sadly at each other. "Faith Off" BABF06 238 repeat of AABF13's gag "The Mansion Family" BABF08 239 The family leaps into the room, all dressed in white karate uniforms and black belts, and chops the couch up with karate moves; Homer, remote in hand, does a karate flip and switches on the TV. "Saddlesore Galactica" BABF09 240 Homer is driving a bumper car. Marge, Bart and Lisa appear, also in bumper cars, and ram him into the wall. "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" BABF10 241 The couch is sitting in the Evergreen Terrace subway station, and the family sits; the train arrives and they board, leaving the empty couch behind. "Missionary: Impossible" BABF11 242 repeat of AABF21's gag "Pygmoelian" BABF12 243 repeat of AABF19's gag "Bart to the Future" BABF13 244 repeat of AABF23's gag "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" BABF14 245 The family is barefoot and briskly walking over a bed of hot coals. When they reach the couch, they sigh in relief as their feet are black and smoldering. "Kill the Alligator and Run" BABF16 246 The family swings into the room on a vine, like Tarzan; Homer fails to release the vine in time and crashes off screen. "Last Tap Dance in Springfield" BABF15 247 repeat of AABF22's gag "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" BABF18 248 The couch has a coin slot on the side. The family sits, and Bart puts a coin in it. The couch then vibrates away, taking the family with them. "Behind the Laughter" BABF19

Season 12

# Image Gag Episode Code 250 Bart arrives at the couch first and places a whoopee cushion under Homer's spot. When the family sits down, Homer sits on the part of the couch with the whoopee cushion underneath and triggers its farting sound. Homer grins sheepishly at Marge, Lisa, and Maggie (who are frowning) while Bart laughs. "A Tale of Two Springfields" BABF20 251 The family runs in and freezes in mid-air; the camera pans around them in bullet-time, then time resumes normally as they sit. "Insane Clown Poppy" BABF17 252 Maggie is already seated (as in 9F02's gag) but unlike 9F02's gag, this time, rest of the family waddle in dressed as the Teletubbies. Maggie claps with delight. Homer is Twinky Winky, Marge is Dipsy, Lisa is Po, and Bart as Laa-Laa. "Lisa the Tree Hugger" CABF01 253 The family skateboard off a ramp one by one, landing on the couch, except Homer, who flips upside-down and lands on the floor. Adding insult and injury, Homer's skateboard falls out of the air onto his head. "Homer vs. Dignity" CABF04 254 The family runs in to find Santa's Little Helper dancing on his rear legs like Snoopy from the Charlie Brown Christmas Special while the popular theme from the Charlie Brown cartoons plays. Santa's Little Helper notices the family staring at him, slowly stops dancing, and barks. "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" CABF02 255 The couch is in a fishbowl; the family swims to the couch in scuba gear. "The Great Money Caper" CABF03 256 The family, in football uniforms, pile on top of a football (and on top of each other); Maggie, football in hand, leaps from the pile, spikes the ball, and does a touchdown dance. "Skinner's Sense of Snow" CABF06 257 The family is deposited one by one onto the couch via tubes. Fry is deposited but then sucked back up and replaced with Bart. "HOMЯ" BABF22 258 repeat of BABF03's gag "Pokey Mom" CABF05 259 The couch is absent, and the Squeaky-Voiced Teen stands next to a "valet parking" sign; the family runs in and waits while the valet pushes the couch into frame; the family sits and the valet holds his hand out for a tip, but he does not receive one and walks off annoyed. "Worst Episode Ever" CABF08 260 The family, wearing winter coats, ice skates around the room before sitting on the couch; Homer's portion of the couch breaks off and falls through the ice. "Tennis the Menace" CABF07 261 repeat of BABF06's gag "Day of the Jackanapes" CABF10 262 The couch is next to a prison wall as a searchlight pans around the scene; the family, in striped prison uniforms, burrows up from the ground and sits on the couch, where the searchlight spots them. "New Kids on the Blecch" CABF12 263 repeat of BABF09's gag "Hungry, Hungry Homer" CABF09 264 repeat of BABF10's gag "Bye, Bye, Nerdie" CABF11 265 repeat of 9F08's gag "Simpson Safari" CABF13 266 repeat of CABF04's gag "Trilogy of Error" CABF14 267 repeat of BABF02's gag "I'm Goin' to Praiseland" CABF15 268 repeat of BABF04's gag "Children of a Lesser Clod" CABF16 269 repeat of BABF11's gag "Simpsons Tall Tales" CABF17

Season 13

# Image Gag Episode Code 271 The family stands on a simplistically-drawn sailboat and leaps into the water; when the splash subsides, the family is sitting on the couch, dripping wet, having just leaped out of the crooked sailboat painting on the rear wall. "The Parent Rap" CABF22 272 repeat of CABF06's gag "Homer the Moe" CABF20 273 repeat of CABF12's gag "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love" CABF18 274 repeat of BABF17's gag "The Blunder Years" CABF21 275 A giant slot machine sits in place of the couch; the five tumblers each come up bearing the faces of the family, except for the final tumbler which comes up "7" instead of Maggie and the machine dispenses gold coins with Maggie's face on them. "She of Little Faith" DABF02 276 A hedge is in place of the couch; a gardener quickly trims the hedge into the shape of The Simpson Family sitting on the couch then wipes his forehead in sleepiness, and says "Phew!". "Brawl in the Family" DABF01 277 The family sits; a claw arm (as found in coin-op prize machines) grabs Homer's head and lifts him up as he screams, "Ow, my brain!" "Sweets and Sour Marge" DABF03 278 Homer, dressed as Charlie Chaplin's "The Tramp" character, waddles in, twitches his nose, and sits down. The other family members, dressed as archetypical silent film characters, join Homer. "Jaws Wired Shut" DABF05 279 The family arrives to find two repo men carrying the couch off. As Homer cries over this, the kids sit on the floor to watch TV. "Half-Decent Proposal" DABF04 280 repeat of 9F08's gag "The Bart Wants What It Wants" DABF06 281 The family catch The Squeaky Voice Teen making out with a teenage girl on the couch. "The Lastest Gun in the West" DABF07 282 The family runs in to find the Blue Man Group performing on drums in front of the couch. Homer murmurs "What the-?!" (in reruns and repeats of this couch gag in other episodes, The Blue Man Group plays more aggressively and Homer's "What the--?!" is muted out) "The Old Man and the Key" DABF09 283 Drawn in pencil, the family sits in a flipbook flipped by live-action hands. "Tales from the Public Domain" DABF08 284 The family try to run to the couch but stop and start banging heads violently. The camera pans up to reveal they are on strings and Matt Groening is the puppet master, the family's torture finaly ends as their strings get tangled up and they are not under his control any more. "Blame It on Lisa" DABF10 285 repeat of DABF01's gag "Weekend at Burnsie's" DABF11 286 repeat of DABF02's gag "Gump Roast" DABF12 287 repeat of DABF03's gag "I Am Furious (Yellow)" DABF13 288 repeat of DABF04's gag "The Sweetest Apu" DABF14 289 repeat of DABF07's gag "Little Girl in the Big Ten" DABF15 290 repeat of DABF05's gag "The Frying Game" DABF16 291 repeat of DABF09's gag (but with different audio: the group plays more loudly/aggressively and Homer stays silent) "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" DABF17

Season 14

# Image Gag Episode Code 293 Homer is on water skis, with the others on him, as he ski-jumps over sharks; everybody lands on the couch, but Homer is without his legs, which are in the sharks' mouths (a reference to the term "jumped the shark", describing a TV show that has reached its peak and is now declining in quality or has done something to cause it to decline prematurely). "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" DABF22 294 Spoofing the Get Smart opening, Homer walks through a series of futuristic doors, falls through the bottom of a phone booth, and lands on the couch (where the others are already sitting). "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" DABF20 295 The couch is drawn on a "Etch A Sketch" (called a "Sketch-A-Etch" in the couch gag) and Homer yells, "Whoo-hoo!" when the picture is completed. "Large Marge" DABF18 296 In a parody of the Macintosh paint program, Kid Pix, a mouse cursor drags Homer from the left side of the couch to the right, changes the wall color to green, and replaces the boat painting with the Mona Lisa. "Helter Shelter" DABF21 297 The family sits on the couch. Homer clicks on the remote control and sends the family to the Stone Age, clicks it again to send them to the Roman Empire where they watch a gladiator match, and clicks it a final time to return them to the present. "The Great Louse Detective" EABF01 298 Everybody is deep-fried in a fast-food fryer, then emptied onto the couch and salted. "Special Edna" EABF02 299 In black and white, everyone is wearing early-20th-century clothing and is watching the TV from a girder at a construction site. (Done in the style of Charles C. Ebbets' photograph "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper.") "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" EABF03 300 Everybody sticks their head through a cutout of the couch and have their pictures taken. "The Strong Arms of the Ma" EABF04 301 A giant baby picks up doll versions of the Simpson family and plays with them. "Pray Anything" EABF06 302 Everybody and everything is made of gingerbread; Homer takes a bite out of Bart's head. "Barting Over" EABF05 303 repeat of DABF18's gag "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" EABF07 304 repeat of DABF10's gag "A Star Is Born Again" EABF08 305 repeat of EABF01's gag "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" EABF09 306 repeat of DABF08's gag "C.E. D'oh" EABF10 307 repeat of DABF22's gag "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" EABF11 308 repeat of EABF02's gag "Three Gays of the Condo" EABF12 309 Everybody is a mime, walking against the wind and then sitting on a non-existent couch. "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" EABF13 310 repeat of EABF03's gag "Old Yeller-Belly" EABF14 311 repeat of EABF04's gag "Brake My Wife, Please" EABF15 312 repeat of EABF06's gag "The Bart of War" EABF16 313 repeat of EABF05's gag "Moe Baby Blues" EABF17

Season 15

# Image Gag Episode Code 315 The family runs to the couch as normal, only to decay and turn to piles of dust. "My Mother the Carjacker" EABF18 316 A Polaroid photo ejects onto the couch; it develops into a photo of the family. "The President Wore Pearls" EABF20 317 There is a Play-Doh press on the back wall; it presses Play-Doh versions of everybody out onto the couch. "The Regina Monologues" EABF22 318 repeat of DABF20's gag "The Fat and the Furriest" EABF19 319 Everybody slides down separate poles and end up on the couch, in Batman-style costumes, in the Batcave. "Today I Am a Clown" FABF01 320 The couch is a street bench in Japan, and everyone is a famous anime character: Homer is Ultraman, Marge is Jun from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Lisa is Usagi Tsukino, the protagonist from Sailor Moon, Bart is Astro Boy and Maggie is Pikachu from Pokémon. "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" FABF02 321 The family sit on the couch. Knives are hurled at the Simpsons' heads but they hit the wall. Homer tries to get the bowl of chips but a knife stops him. "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays" FABF03 322 Everybody is squeezed like frosting out of a pastry bag onto the top of a cake. "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" FABF04 323 Everybody's head pops out of a giant piece of apple pie; Homer bites into the pie. "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" FABF05 324 A tray is placed into a microwave, and the family rises as the tray is cooked. "Margical History Tour" FABF06 325 A woman throws some seeds into a plot of dirt where the couch usually is, and waters them; everybody sprouts up like plants. "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" FABF07 326 Everybody is a bag on a moving dry-cleaning rack, which stops over the couch. "Smart and Smarter" FABF09 327 In a parody of Powers of Ten, the couch scene pans out until it reaches outer space, where the galaxies are replaced with atoms, which pan out until they reach Homer's head and then the couch scene again. Homer then says "Wooowww". (reairings and repeats of the couch gag in other episodes redub "Wooowww" with "Cool!" and have Kang and Kodos laughing instead of staying silent) "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" FABF08 328 repeat of EABF18's gag "Co-Dependent's Day" FABF10 329 repeat of EABF20's gag "The Wandering Juvie" FABF11 330 repeat of EABF22's gag "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" FABF12 331 repeat of FABF04's gag "Catch 'Em If You Can" FABF14 332 repeat of FABF01's gag "Simple Simpson" FABF15 333 repeat of FABF03's gag "The Way We Weren't" FABF13 334 repeat of FABF06's gag "Bart-Mangled Banner" FABF17 335 repeat of FABF02's gag "Fraudcast News" FABF18

Season 16

# Image Gag Episode Code 337 The couch is outside, mounted on the end of a catapult. The family sits on the couch, and then get launched skyward (Maggie be-ing the only one who enjoys the ride). Maggie and Bart are unharmed, Lisa seems to feel even better. Marge has a minor injury and Homer yells D'oh as he suffers the most serious injuries "All's Fair in Oven War" FABF20 338 The family runs into the room to find the couch missing, only to have the couch fall from the sky and crush them. "Sleeping with the Enemy" FABF19 339 All of the family members sit down as normal. The twist: Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa now look like Moe Syzlak "She Used to Be My Girl" FABF22 340 After the family takes their usual places on the couch, the couch rises into the air and is actually part of the tendril of an anglerfish, which eats the family. "Fat Man and Little Boy" FABF21 341 The family runs into the room and take their usual places on the couch. Nothing happens. Lisa then says directly to the viewers "What, can't we sit on the couch without something happening?" Homer then gets impaled by a spear and yells, "D'oh!" "Midnight Rx" FABF16 342 The living room is a desert with all of the furniture and fixtures made of sand. The family crawls to the couch, but get buried by the sand underneath the desert sun. "Mommie Beerest" GABF01 343 The family enters the living room and in front of the couch they climb on top of the other like a totem pole. "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" GABF02 344 The family hops to the living room dressed as chess pieces: Homer is the king, Marge is the queen, Bart is a rook, Lisa is a knight and Maggie is a pawn. "Pranksta Rap" GABF03 345 The family, dressed as hockey players, with cuts and scrapes, skate into the living room and skate around the couch. Homer is carrying the Stanley Cup with Maggie sitting in the bowl. "There's Something About Marrying" GABF04 346 repeat of FABF08's gag (but this time, Kang and Kodos are heard laughing and Homer says "cooool" at the end) "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister" GABF05 347 The family comes into the darkened living room. The lights go up; the living room is set up with balloons and streamers and a group of recurring characters yell out "Surprise!". Homer then has a heart attack and collapses. "Goo Goo Gai Pan" GABF06 348 The family enters the living room and sits on the couch like normal. Homer then pulls off his face, revealing himself to be Sideshow Bob. Bob pulls out a knife and chases after Bart. "Mobile Homer" GABF07 349 The family sits on the couch, only to have a spit comes through the wall and the floor open up to reveal fire down below. The couch and family begin rotating over the fire. Marge's hair catches fire and the boat painting falls off the wall. "The Seven-Beer Snitch" GABF08 350 Several toy forms of transportation come into the living room, only to change Transformers-style into the family. Homer is Optimus Prime, Marge is Skyfire, Lisa is Hound, Maggie is Bumblebee, and Bart appears to be Jazz. "Future-Drama" GABF12 351 The living room is an almost fully assembled jigsaw puzzle, with only the pieces with the family members' heads needing to be placed. The person completing the puzzle places all the heads on correctly except for Homer and Maggie, after which the former fixes them. "Don't Fear the Roofer" GABF10 352 repeat of FABF20's gag "The Heartbroke Kid" GABF11 353 repeat of DABF20's gag "A Star Is Torn" GABF13 354 repeat of FABF22's gag "Thank God It's Doomsday" GABF14 355 repeat of FABF21's gag "Home Away from Homer" GABF15 356 The family floats into the living room as balloons and Snowball II pops the one that looks like Homer. "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star" GABF09

Season 17

# Image Gag Episode Code 357 The family enters the living room through a metal detector, except for Homer, who sets it off. After four failed attempts, Homer (who is now stripped down to his briefs) is detained by a security guard who is inspecting Homer with a handheld scanning wand. "The Bonfire of the Manatees" GABF18 358 The living room is made of clay. Six balls roll to the couch and form into Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie, Bart and Gumby. "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" GABF16 359 The family enters the living room and takes their places on the couch, then an on-screen TiVo style menu pops up asking if the viewer would like to delete or save this recording. "Delete this recording now" is selected and the screen goes blank. "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" GABF19 361 The family runs in to sit on the couch, but it turns into a monster and chases them out of the house. Everyone's couches come to life and start attacking and swallowing the people sitting on them; Sherri and Terri were eaten by their couch only to spit out their bows, Lou and Eddie are trapped in their police car while couches try to attack them, Professor Frink is attacked by a futuristic flying couch with laser weaponry; Moe is attacked by the booths in his bar, but fights quite well with his shotgun; Homer takes refuge in a store called "Couch World", where he is piled upon by dozens of couches. "Marge's Son Poisoning" GABF20 362 The family enters the living room and take their usual places on the couch, only the camera pulls back and we find that the living room and the family are part of an alien zoo exhibit on Rigel IV. "See Homer Run" GABF21 363 The couch is replaced with a bird's nest and the family members take their usual places; then a large bird enters and feeds Homer a giant worm. "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas" GABF22 364 A pair of animated hands deals five cards on the couch: the jack of diamonds (Bart), the queen of diamonds (Marge), the king of diamonds (Homer), the ace of diamonds (Lisa), and a joker (Maggie). "The Italian Bob" HABF02 365 A copy of "The Springfield Shopper" spins into frame, with the headline, "COUCH GAG THRILLS NATION" and a black and white photo of The Simpsons already seated. "Simpsons Christmas Stories" HABF01 366 The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal and a camera flashes, setting off a series of family portraits. In the 2006 and 2007 portraits, they all look the same. In 2008, Homer is missing and the family is wearing black. In 2009, Lenny has taken Homer's place and Bart and Lisa both begin puberty. In 2010, Carl has taken Marge's place and Lenny is still there. In 2011, Marge is back, but Lenny is gone and replaced by Jimbo Jones. In 2012, Homer is back, but is now a robot. In 2013, every member of the Simpson family is a robot. "Homer's Paternity Coot" HABF03 367 In a parody of the Bonanza opening, a map of Springfield burns away to reveal the family on horseback in the countryside. The couch is nowhere to be found. Bonanza-like music continues over the closing shot of the TV. "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" HABF04 368 repeat of GABF16's gag "My Fair Laddy" HABF05 369 The couch moves down an automated assembly line; Homer is added by a mechanical arm. "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" HABF06 370 The family enters the living room only to find their access to the couch has been blocked by laser beams. They work their way through the laser beams and sit down. Then the beams shut off and Homer's head drops to the floor. "Bart Has Two Mommies" HABF07 371 Original airing: The family (played by live action actors and actresses) sit on the couch just as the animated Simpsons opening comes on. International/online airing: repeat of GABF08's gag "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" HABF08 372 repeat of GABF19's gag "Million-Dollar Abie" HABF09 373 repeat of HABF02's gag (but this time Homer shouts "Whoo-hoo!" after the cards are dealt, since this can be a Royal Flush) "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore" HABF10 374 repeat of GABF10's gag (but this time, Homer says D'oh! when the heads are mixed up and laughs when they are fixed) "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" HABF11 375 repeat of GABF06's gag "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" HABF12 376 repeat of GABF12's gag "Regarding Margie" HABF13 377 repeat of HABF03's gag "The Monkey Suit" HABF14 378 repeat of GABF20's gag "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" HABF16

Season 18

# Image Gag Episode Code 379 The couch is replaced by four wooden stools. An instrumental of "Pop Goes the Weasel" plays as the family plays musical chairs. When the music stops, everyone, except for Homer, sits down. Homer groans in disappointment. "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" HABF15 380 Everyone but Homer sits on the couch. King Homer, from "Treehouse of Horror III", grabs Marge through a window and drags her to the top of the Empire State Building, where he is attacked by biplanes. "Jazzy and the Pussycats" HABF18 381 A vending machine filled with lots of characters (including the Simpson family) from the show appears instead of the couch. Ralph Wiggum comes in, selects a Homer figurine, and bites the head off before leaving. "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" HABF20 383 The family sits down and gets moved across the floor in a car wash, where they get sprayed with water, squirted with hot wax, and scrubbed with brushes. Marge's hair turns puffy, Maggie's pacifier turns up missing, and everyone looks sad as three men wipe them dry and puts a new pacifier in Maggie's mouth. "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" HABF21 384 In a computer window, everyone is drag-and-dropped onto the couch, which is then drag-and-dropped onto a wastebasket; a computer menu item "empty trash" is then selected. "Moe'N'a Lisa" HABF19 385 All of the family members have the bodies of cockroaches; they all scuttle off after the lights are turned on. "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" HABF22 386 A pair of cartoon hands cuts a piece of paper into the shape of Homer. The hands then pull out the paper to reveal a chain shaped like the rest of the Simpson family members. Homer can be heard yelling, "Whoo-hoo!" "The Haw-Hawed Couple" JABF02 387 The family (in Christmas attire) sits on the couch, and the camera pulls out to reveal they are in a Christmas decoration which is on a Christmas tree, and Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II rest nearby. "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" JABF01 388 The family on the couch is pinned up, one by one, onto a bulletin board. "The Wife Aquatic" JABF03 389 The family, as infants in diapers, crawls into the living and up onto to their usual place on the couch. They begin to age into their current appearance. "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" JABF05 390 The family are paper dolls, and are each dressed into their regular clothes. "Little Big Girl" JABF04 391 repeat of HABF22's gag "Springfield Up" JABF07 392 repeat of HABF20's gag "Yokel Chords" JABF09 393 repeat of HABF04's gag "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh" JABF08 394 Homer's Evolution couch gag "Homerazzi" JABF06 395 repeat of HABF01's gag "Marge Gamer" JABF10 396 repeat of HABF15's gag "The Boys of Bummer" JABF11 397 repeat of HABF21's gag "Crook and Ladder" JABF13 398 The family comes in and sits on the couch. A second family comes and also sits on the couch. Then hundreds of multiple families come in, and the second story windows and chimney overflow with them. Homer shouts, "Hey, don't shove!" "Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!" JABF12 400 The Tracy Ullman Show-era Simpsons episode "Family Portrait" (where Homer tries to get the family to pose for a family photo) is shown with a caption that reads, "20 Years Ago..." "You Kent Always Say What You Want" JABF15

Season 19

# Image Gag Episode Code 401 The entire opening sequence is changed to show a ruined Springfield being rebuilt in the aftermath of The Simpsons Movie. As construction work goes on around them, The Simpsons join Plopper the pig on the couch to the tune of the "Spider Pig" theme. Homer holds him and says "My summer love". "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" JABF20 402 Repeat of JABF06's gag (but this time, Marge's line after Homer enters the living room is "Did you bring the milk?") "The Homer of Seville" JABF18 403 The living room is made of Lego bricks and the family members are built one by one out of Legos. Homer can be heard shouting, "Woo-hoo!" when a 1x3 Lego Brick is put on his head, and "D'oh!" when a black 1x1 Lego brick (representing his two strands) is placed on his head instead. "Midnight Towboy" JABF21 404 The family sits down as normal, except Maggie is missing. Homer looks to the empty space where Maggie is, then gets lifted by a giant Maggie as the camera pulls out to reveal the living room being part of a doll house and the family as the dolls that live within. Maggie puts the miniature Homer in her mouth and sucks it like a pacifier. "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" JABF19 406 The family (already seated on the couch) appears on the cover of Modern Couch Gag magazine. "Little Orphan Millie" JABF22 407 A pair of hands open up a book called "The Simpsons" and reveals a pop-up centerfold of the family sitting on the couch. "Husbands and Knives" JABF17 408 A magician walks into the living room and uses his cape to make the couch and family members appear. "Funeral for a Fiend" KABF01 409 Repeat of FABF08's gag (but this time Homer says "weird" at the end) "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" KABF02 410 Artwork emulating the style of the Bayeux Tapestry depicts the Flanderses stealing the Simpsons's couch. The Simpsons then take it back and kill the Flanderses. "E Pluribus Wiggum" KABF03 411 The family is sitting on the couch. The screen zooms out to show them as a painting in a museum. "That '90s Show" KABF04 412 Each family member rushes into the living room and attaches themselves to a giant-size baby mobile. Homer tips the mobile. "Love, Springfieldian Style" KABF05 413 Two hands add to a Lite-Brite of the family on the couch. "The Debarted" KABF06 414 The family are small toys on the couch. Professor Frink puts drops of water on them and they all grow to normal size, except Homer, who needs a bucket of water. "Dial "N" for Nerder" KABF07 415 Wile E. Coyote paints a fake couch on the wall which the Simpsons run into. "Smoke on the Daughter" KABF08 416 The Simpson family is painted on the couch. "Papa Don't Leech" KABF09 417 Repeat of KABF03's gag "Apocalypse Cow" KABF10 418 Repeat of JABF17's gag "Any Given Sundance" KABF11 419 Repeat of JABF06's gag "Mona Leaves-a" KABF12 420 Repeat of HABF19's gag "All About Lisa" KABF13

Season 20

# Image Gag Episode Code 421 The Simpsons are encased in Carbonite by bounty hunter Boba Fett. "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" KABF17 422 The Simpsons see themselves sitting on the couch where Mount Rushmore should be. Bart remarks "Aye Caramba!" "Lost Verizon" KABF15 423 The Simpsons are caught in a twister and when they land, they are on a farm in black and white. "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" KABF14 425 The Simpsons come out of cuckoo clocks. "Dangerous Curves" KABF18 426 The Simpsons rush to the couch in roman times. A volcano explodes and covers them in ash. "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" KABF19 427 Bart is writing on the Chalkboard "I will Not Bring The Chalkboard Home". "MyPods and Boomsticks" KABF20 428 repeat of JABF01 "The Burns and the Bees" KABF21 429 The Simpsons run to the couch in a box Comic Book Guy puts a $19.99 sticker on it and says "Worst Couch Gag Ever". "Lisa the Drama Queen" KABF22 430 Simpsons chasing couch "Take My Life, Please" LABF01 431 The Simpsons go through the openings of The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Brady Bunch, and Cheers. In the Cheers segment, Sideshow Bob enters in reference to Kelsey Grammer's character in Cheers, the family run out screaming and end up at the couch with a sigh of relief. "How the Test Was Won" LABF02 432 The Simpsons come in and find their couch beaten and torn. Funeral music plays as they bury the couch in the backyard. The Simpsons then visit a ranch to pick out a new couch. The Simpsons sit on a black and white spotted couch, which throws Homer off it. The scene then cuts to The Simpsons in their living room, sitting on their new couch. Homer is in a body cast and turns on the wall-mounted flatscreen TV. "No Loan Again, Naturally" LABF03 433 The couch is strung up like a piñata. A blindfolded Ralph Wiggum comes in, swinging a stick and hits the couch, making the Simpsons spill out on the floor. "Gone Maggie Gone" LABF04 434 The Simpsons are dog show participants being lead on leashes by men in fancy suits. A judge awards Bart the blue ribbon, and Homer attacks Bart. "In the Name of the Grandfather" LABF11 435 The Simpsons are a meal at a fancy restaurant (Homer is a garden salad, Lisa's face appears in a bowl of soup, Marge is a plate of spaghetti and meatballs, Bart is a T-Bone steak, and Maggie is the mint that comes with the restaurant bill), which The Comic Book Guy eats. After he wipes his mouth with a napkin, a stain appears that resembles The Simpsons sitting on the couch. "Wedding for Disaster" LABF05 436 The screen is white. A cartoon left hand flips an animation cel that has eyes on it, flips another that has Homer's skeleton sitting cross-legged, flips another that has Homer's stomach and a can of Duff beer on the lap, flips another that has Homer naked, another where the rest of the family are fully clothed and sitting in mid-air, and another where The Simpsons are in their living room and sitting on the couch. Marge notices Homer is still naked and pulls down an animation cel that has Homer's clothes. "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe" LABF06 437 The living room is covered in thick, jungle plants. The Simpsons slash their way through in order to reach the couch, and find an ape version of the Simpson family already seated. The ape-Simpsons hoot and screech, scaring off the human Simpsons. "The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly" LABF07 438 There's an Olympic-sized pool leading to the couch. The Simpsons take their places on the marks and swim to the couch once a starter pistol goes off. Marge is first, Lisa's second, Bart is third, and Maggie is last. The family looks around, wondering where Homer is. Cut to a shot of an unconscious Homer floating face down in the pool. "Father Knows Worst" LABF08 439 The living room is the seating area in the Colosseum during the era of the Roman Empire. The Simpsons (dressed in togas) rush to an empty space to sit down. The sounds of a gladiator match can be heard off screen. The audience cheers as the head of a gladiator flies into the audience. Bart catches it. "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" LABF10 440 A large marble rock is in the living room where the couch should be. A stereotypical French sculptor quickly chisels out a statue of The Simpsons sitting on the couch. The sculptor then turns the statue of the Simpsons into a statue of a Civil War soldier on a horse. "Four Great Women and a Manicure" LABF09 441 repeat of LABF02's couch gag "Coming to Homerica" LABF12

Season 21

# Image Gag Episode Code 442 The Simpsons are at an underground train station where a train pulls in and opens its doors, revealing the living room, complete with couch. The Simpsons get in and sigh as the door closes and the train pulls off. This is similar to "Missionary: Impossible"'s gag, but this time with the couch in the train instead of the platform. "Homer the Whopper" LABF13 443 The Simpsons, wearing white cowboy hats, exchange gunfire around the couch. Maggie comes out from behind the sailboat picture on the wall and blasts the room with a machine gun. "Bart Gets a "Z"" LABF15 444 repeat of LABF01's gag "The Great Wife Hope" LABF16 446 The Simpson family, dressed in prehistoric-style clothing, runs onto the couch (which is in a prehistoric area, resting on a tar pit) and sinks with it into a tar pit. "The Devil Wears Nada" LABF17 447 Instead of the couch, The Simpsons (dressed as Victorian-era Christmas carolers) appear next to a Christmas tree and sing a parody of "Twelve Days of Christmas," featuring twelve Grampas grumbling (as they stand in a customer return line), eleven Barneys belching (as they lie drunk in the snow), ten Lennys leaping (over a fence), nine Carls dancing (in a ballroom), eight Moes a-milking, seven Selmas smoking, six Flanders praying, five golden Frinks (Professor Frink's heads are on five gold coins), four crawling nerds (Database, Wendell, Martin, and Milhouse crawling from Nelson Muntz), three-eyed fish (Blinky from "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"), two special Ralphs, and (as the Simpsons walk to the couch), a Maggie in a Snuggly. "Pranks and Greens" LABF18 448 The Simpsons and Marge's sisters (Patty and Selma) gather around the dinner table for a Thanksgiving meal, but soon gather their plates and head for the couch where they watch a football game on TV. "Rednecks and Broomsticks" LABF19 449 The living room furniture (the couch cushions, the rug, the flat-screen TV, and the lamps) are all dancing to disco music just as The Simpsons come in. Once Homer yells, "Hey!", the furniture returns to normal and the Simpsons sit on the couch. "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?" MABF01 450 Homer is standing on a coiled platform, which launches him (and the rest of the Simpson family) through a pinball game called "Couch Gag Chaos." "Thursdays with Abie" MABF02 451 The couch is seen inside a human egg. Each family member is a sperm cell swimming towards and penetrating the egg to sit on the couch. The zygote then divides multiple times, forming a Mr. Burns embryo. "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" LABF20 452 Homer runs to the couch first. He pulls out a myPhone, presses the "Couch Gag" app and downloads Bart, Lisa, Marge, and Maggie. When Homer gets an incoming call from Mr. Burns, he screams and swallows the phone. "Million Dollar Maybe" MABF03 453 A hand deals five tarot cards featuring Homer (the King of Cups), Marge (the Queen of Cups), Bart (the Fool), Lisa (the Princess), and Maggie (the Death card) on a blue table. Cut to reveal Grampa getting his fortune read by the gypsy from "Hex and the City". Grampa gasps and turns the Death card towards the gypsy. The gypsy drops dead. "Boy Meets Curl" MABF05 454 repeat of LABF08's gag "The Color Yellow" MABF06 455 repeat of LABF04's gag "Postcards from the Wedge" MABF05 456 A rain cloud moves over a crop field behind the Simpsons' House, it rains, the cloud leaves and various fruits grow out of the ground the Simpson family (all except Homer) are bugs and sit on the largest fruit, Homer, as a grub, pops out of the fruit. "Stealing First Base" MABF07 457 repeat of LABF11's gag "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" MABF10 458 The couch is outside the house, which is a cardboard set that falls down on the Simpsons "American History X-cellent" MABF08 459 repeat of LABF05's gag "Chief of Hearts" MABF09 460 The Simpsons chase after the couch through the articles on The Springfield Shopper. The couch gives in and reunites with the family after seeing an ad about it in the classified section. "The Squirt and the Whale" MABF14 461 The Simpsons running into the living room, and are lifted onto the sofa and into the air by several supporting characters as everyone sings to Ke$ha's "Tik Tok". "To Surveil with Love" MABF12 462 The Simpsons are a miniature model constructed by Nelson then blown up with a firecracker. "Moe Letter Blues" MABF13 463 Harold from the children's book, Harold and the Purple Crayon draws The Simpsons' living room just as they run in to sit. Homer asks Harold to draw him a beer, and Harold obliges. Homer pats the child on the head. "The Bob Next Door" MABF11 464 Homer and Bart appear as hand puppets, and the puppets begin attacking each other. The view pans down, and Homer is shown choking Bart himself. "Judge Me Tender" MABF15

Season 22

# Image Gag Episode Code 465 The Simpsons sit on the couch with a banner hung above saying "22 Seasons congratulations from FOX" A FOX representative invites Maggie to blow out a candle on a cake, then eats the cake himself leaving the Simpson family. The banner then falls down. "Elementary School Musical" MABF21 466 The family run in to find a dead body on their floor. The police arrive, and the family flee on the couch driven by Homer. They are caught and placed in a police lineup. There, they are identified as the murderers, jailed, and electrocuted. When electrocuted they scream and light up. "Loan-a Lisa" MABF17 467 Banksy couch gag "MoneyBart" MABF18 469 "Lance Murdock jumps over the family, he jumps over the couch again only to hit something when he leaves the front door." "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" MABF20 470 A parody of Avatar. "The Fool Monty" NABF01 471 "Professor Frink is sitting on the couch, and he zaps the family, causing them to shrink. Grandpa almost steps on them, then Homer takes a bite out of a giant chip. Snowball II chases the family, who escape into a mousehole. They sit on a piece of cheese, but it turns out to be on a mousetrap, which goes off, trapping them." "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?" NABF02 473 An Advent calendar appears. Each date has a holiday-themed picture featuring people and places of Springfield. It finishes with the Simpsons sitting on the couch with Santa on the 24th. "Donnie Fatso" MABF19 474 The couch prepares for the day of the Simpsons sitting on it. "Moms I'd Like to Forget" NABF03 475 The Simpsons are scoops of ice cream served as a sundae. Hot fudge, whipped cream and a cherry are added and Santa's Little Helper eagerly devours them. "Flaming Moe" NABF04 476 repeat of MABF14's gag "Homer the Father" NABF05 477 Homer trips and sprains his ankle before he reaches the couch, to the consternation of Lenny, Carl, Moe and Barney (wearing warm-up suits), and Mr. Burns, their coach. Burns sends Barney in to substitute for Homer, and Homer gives a thumbs-up as two paramedics wheel him away on a stretcher. "The Blue and the Gray" NABF06 478 The Simpsons are hockey players. Homer and Bart have a face-off and start a brawl. Officials Lenny and Carl break it up, and the whole family ends up in the penalty box, where Homer spits out a tooth. "Angry Dad: The Movie" NABF07 479 The "Couch Gag Video Game" starts. The Simpson family members are selected as the players. When they take their seats on the couch, "GAME OVER" appears on the screen. "The Scorpion's Tale" NABF08 480 The Simpsons run to the couch and a spring throws them off. "A Midsummer's Nice Dreams" NABF09 481 The couch gag is done in the style of ASCII artwork, with Bart putting the words "Fatso" on Homer's chest. "Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing" NABF10 483 The Simpsons come onto the couch and the camera zooms out revealing a video cover. It zooms out again to show the exterior of a video rental store with a "Gone Out of Business" sign which is then demolished by a giant wrecking. "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony" NABF12 484 Smithsonian Museum couch gag "Homer Scissorhands" NABF13 485 The screen is white with words in black marking the locations of the objects in the living room. The Simpsons' names fly onto the screen, taking their places above "COUCH". "SUCK" flashes on and off next to "MAGGIE" as she sucks on her pacifier. "500 Keys" NABF14

Season 23

# Image Gag Episode Code 488 John K. couch gag "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" NABF17 490 repeat of NABF13's gag "Replaceable You" NABF21 494 A sword is planted in the couch similar to Excalibur. Homer attempts to get it out, but fails. Flanders gets it out successfully. Homer shrugs it off and the family sits down. "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" PABF02 495 The Simpsons are gingerbread people set out on a plate for Santa Claus. Homer takes a bite of himself. "Holidays of Future Passed" NABF18 496 Victorian Whodunnit couch gag "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" PABF03 497 The Simpson family are in a taxi stuck in traffic. They get out and walk the rest of the way. Homer passes a street magic trick run by Raphael and has a go at it, losing though betting roughly $60. Marge then drags him away. When they get to a building, Homer headbutts the security guard to get in and then headbutts a woman outside a studio door to get in. They run in and sit on the couch next to David Letterman. He is shocked that they flew the Simpsons all the way in just for that and then tells his band to play (who play the Theme Song). "The D'oh-cial Network" PABF04 498 repeat of LABF02's couch gag "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" PABF05 499 "500th episode" couch gag "The Daughter Also Rises" PABF06 500 500th episode couch gag "At Long Last Leave" PABF07 501 A parody of the opening sequence of Game of Thrones. "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart" PABF09 502 The Simpsons lye on a rug and get rolled up by a person, then cut up into slices. Maggie pokes her head out. "How I Wet Your Mother" PABF08 503 The Simpson family go from 1989 to 2012, with each odd year having something happening, mainly people appearing next to the couch related to an episode broadcast in a year. "Them, Robot" PABF10 504 An animated short by Bill Plympton in which a young Homer falls in love with the couch...until he meets Marge. The couch tries to reunite with Homer after having a "baby couch," but Homer casts it out. The couch is forced to support itself by stripping and selling its body after being thrown out of its apartment and nearly commits suicide by throwing itself in a garbage truck, only to be rescued by Homer. The "baby couch" then ends up being Maggie's play chair. "Beware My Cheating Bart" PABF11 505 repeat of NABF14's gag "A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again" PABF12 506 The Simpsons run into their seats in a stadium. An announcer tells the fans to raise their cards. All of them except Homer do so. Homer follows suit a few seconds later when he realizes what he's supposed to do. The cards form a picture of the Simpson family, with Homer's card showing part of his own face. "The Spy Who Learned Me" PABF13 507 repeat of NABF01's gag "Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda" PABF15 508 The family are playing a Zii game in which they sit on the couch, but Homer keeps failing. Homer angrily throws his controller down and tries to sit on the real couch, but fails just like in the game. "Lisa Goes Gaga" PABF14

Season 24

# Image Gag Episode Code 509 A reference to The Longest Daycare: Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa hatch out of coccoons as butterfiles. Baby Gerald chases after them and tries to smash them with a hammer, but Maggie comes to their rescue and stops him. "Moonshine River" PABF21 At the end of the episode: The Simpsons run the couch as normal, and go over The Simpsons Couch Gag Contest. Bart submits one, where all of the other Simpsons' heads change to his. 511 Original airing: No Gag International/online airing: The family is sitting on the couch, being formed piece by piece by animation cel, showing the internal organs, muscles and skin. Homer then grabs a donut from his stomach and eats it. "Adventures in Baby-Getting" PABF18 512 In a parody of Wacky Races, the family races against many characters but all of them crash near the finish line and Grampa wins. "Gone Abie Gone" PABF16 513 A tattooing needle is seen drawing a picture of the family seated on the couch. When the tattoo is finished, the view pulls back to reveal that Marge is getting a lower-back tattoo and has her dress rolled down to her waist. She pulls her dress back up and chuckles coyly. "Penny-Wiseguys" PABF19 514 Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart sit on the couch as normal. But Homer comes in later and surprises them with a bloody ax. This zooms out to reveal "Tales from the Couch". "A Tree Grows in Springfield" PABF22 517 The family are awards. Homer is an Oscar, Marge is an Emmy, Lisa is a Grammy, Bart is a purple version of Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, and Maggie is a Stanley Cup. They sit on a trophy shelf and are then crushed into a "Best Grampa award", which is taken by Abraham Simpson. "Homer Goes to Prep School" RABF02 518 The couch sequence is a trailer for an action movie called The Couch. "A Test Before Trying" RABF03 519 The Simpsons sit down on the couch, which zooms out to a ball whacking game. Nelson Muntz hits the target and a the living room falls in the water. "The Changing of the Guardian" RABF04 520 The Simpsons all look like Moe Szyslak (similar to FABF22's gag) and announce that their new sitcom, The Szyslaks has been cancelled. "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing" RABF07 521 The Simpsons sit on the couch while the Game Of Thrones theme plays as a knight chops Homer's head off and part of Marge's hair with a spear, making Lisa say, "Eew!". In the syndicated version, the Game Of Thrones couch gag plays, but at the end, we fade to the living room. "Hardly Kirk-ing" RABF05 522 Original airing: Homer Shake. International/Online airing: No Gag "Gorgeous Grampa" RABF06 523 In another Bill Plympton-animated opening, Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa are in a 1930s gangster story, armed with weapons and ready to attack. When Maggie turns on the lights, everyone is in the present day, holding common objects. Maggie then fires off a Tommy gun as they sit on the couch to watch TV. "Black-Eyed, Please" RABF09 524 Easter eggs painted to resemble Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are on the couch. Homer comes along and sits on the couch and squashes all four eggs. "Dark Knight Court" RABF10 525 Breaking Bad Couch Gag. "What Animated Women Want" RABF08 526 The Simpson family are skydiving. Homer's parachute breaks and the entire family crash into the house and fall onto the couch, which breaks the couch. Note: This is the only canon couch gag. "Pulpit Friction" RABF11 527 The Simpsons are carved into a block of ice by three men. Grampa Simpson comes in and turns on the heat. The ice sculpture melts. "Whiskey Business" RABF13 528 Robot Chicken couch gag. "The Fabulous Faker Boy" RABF12 529 The Simpsons are sea creatures sitting on a shell couch before being eaten by Blinky, the three-eyed fish. "The Saga of Carl" RABF14 530 Original/international (except Canada)/online airing: The Simpsons appear as dandelions. They grow seeds and the TV then blows on them. The seeds fly up into the air and float around the room. Hundreds of seeds, which are actually Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, look around confused. Canada airing: A loon, a Canadian hockey player, John A. Macdonald and a beaver all sit on the Simpsons' couch. O Canada (the national anthem of Canada) plays. The Simpsons rush in and shove them aside, but their guests say nothing. Maggie sucks on a hockey puck. "Dangers on a Train" RABF17

Season 25

# Image Gag Episode Code 531 The couch is behind a velvet rope and guarded by a bouncer with a clipboard. When the family approach the couch, the bouncer lets Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie in to sit on the couch. However, he denies entry to Homer, pointing to the clipboard and showing him that his name isn't on the list. When Homer tries to force his way in, the bouncer hits him over the head with a nightstick. "Homerland" RABF20 532 A horror-themed opening sequence directed by Guillermo del Toro, featuring classic and contemporary horror and science fiction monsters and movie references, ending with Lisa falling through a hole à la Alice in Wonderland and ends up in the end sequence to del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" RABF16 533 A parody of The Hobbit in which The Simpsons trek to the couch. "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" RABF18 534 Parody of the film Upside Down - gravity prevents the family from sitting down, with Homer falling up through the ceiling into the sky. "YOLO" RABF22 535 A Simpsons take on the First Thanksgiving where The Simpsons (as Pilgrims) escape persecution by boarding the Mayflower (which looks like the simplistic sailboat painting hung above their couch) and sailing to Plymouth Couch, where an Indian (Apu) offers them Thanksgiving dinner for $19.95 a person. "Labor Pains" RABF19 536 "MusicVille", a "Silly Simpsony" cartoon short featuring every character as a musical instrument. A parody of Music Land. "The Kid Is All Right" SABF02 537 The Simpsons are flailing tube man balloons on a used couch lot. Balloon Bart steals a pair of scissors and cuts Balloon Homer, who flies into some power lines. "Yellow Subterfuge" SABF04 538 The family, dressed as elves, stand in front of the couch. They then get Victorian clothes and an old time filter with the text "'Twas the Couch Gag Before Christmas" over the top. "White Christmas Blues" SABF01 540 Channel Changer (third Bill Plympton's couch gag). "Married to the Blob" SABF03 541 Homer sits down to watch the Super Bowl, only to have to get up to get his six-pack of beer...which Bart tossed over an overhead power line. When Homer retrieves it, he gets shocked -- and keeps getting shocked until the town's power goes out. "Specs and the City" SABF06 542 Sylvain Chomet couch gag: As the Simpsons rush to the couch, the lights go off. Marge leaves to fix the fuse, and when the lights go up, the characters are drawn Triplets of Belleville-style and everything has a French aesthetic to it. Bart plays with a do-it-yourself foie gras kit, Lisa plays an accordion, Marge cries out, "Maggie? Où est Maggie?" and Homer gets up and eats a snail off the TV, oblivious that Maggie is stuck between his butt cheeks. "Diggs" SABF08 543 Earth's single large land mass breaks apart into five Simpsons-shaped continents, only for a Moe-shaped asteroid to destroy the planet. "The Man Who Grew Too Much" SABF07 544 Homer is the patient from the board game "Operation," with other characters as the pieces (Lisa is "Brainy" (the brain), and Moe is "Elbow Bender" (the elbow)). When "Pain in the Butt" Bart is removed, he grabs the forceps and sticks it on the side, which causes Homer to buzz and scream in pain. "The Winter of His Content" SABF09 546 The family are at the Running of the Bulls, that are couchs as bulls. "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee" SABF11 547 A "Minecraft" parody "Luca$" SABF12 548 The couch and the floor are covered in bubble wrap, which the family pops when jumping. "Days of Future Future" SABF13 549 In an opening directed by Michal Socha, the family takes a trip through Homer's body. "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" SABF14 551 Everybody is a pawn in The Game of Life, which ends with everybody and a Grim Reaper pawn on the couch. "Pay Pal" SABF15 552 The Simpson family and Matt Groening are taking part in a panel at the San Diego Comic Fest. When Comic Book Guy asks whether or not there will be another Simpsons movie, everyone except Maggie leaves; she sucks on her pacifier twice. "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" SABF18

Season 26

# Image Gag Episode Code 553 The episode featured the longest couch gag to date, directed, written, animated, and produced by independent animator Don Hertzfeldt. The surreal sequence, projecting the fate of The Simpsons deep into the future, was described by Spin Magazine as "mind-melting" and "two of the strangest minutes of television ever to air on a major network during prime time." "Clown in the Dumps" SABF20 554 The Simpsons walk in and see Itchy trying to kill Scratchy. Itchy escapes and Scratchy is living with the Simpsons now. Everything is fine until he comes with his girlfriend and his friends. The Simpsons bring back Itchy and he kills Scratchy. "The Wreck of the Relationship" SABF17 555 A parody of the cover of the 1970 Cat Stevens album Tea for the Tillerman, with its opening track playing over it. "Super Franchise Me" SABF19 558 The couch turns into Hedonismbot, all the Simpsons stand up except Homer who gets comfortable lying on Hedonismbot. "Simpsorama" SABF16 559 The couch is a ski lift. The family walks in, ready to go skiing. The couch rises up. Seconds later, the couch comes back down and the family are all injured. Except for Maggie, who comes in and has a medal and isn't injured. "Blazed and Confused" TABF01 560 The family is playing with their smartphones as they walk in. But, they don't pay attention to where they're going and bump into each other and fall over. They pick up their smartphones and carry on playing. "Covercraft" TABF02 561 There is a message that reads; "Now for obligatory Frozen reference", before cutting to a snow couch, where Lisa, appearing as Elsa, is sitting. Bart hits her with a snowball and she immediately creates a giant ice palace, with Bart stuck at the top. Homer appears as Olaf, and bites his own nose, disappointed to discover it is simply a carrot. "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" TABF03 562 A piano version of Great Gate of Kiev is played in the background as the gag showcases artwork of each Simpson. The camera turns to the Simpsons sitting at an art gallery. Homer grabs the remote control and all the artwork on the wall changes channels, pleasing the family. "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" RABF15 563 In an updated version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Homer, Marge and Bart are shown walking into their home. They find out that someone has been eating their porridge and broke their couches but they catch Lisa who is sleeping on Bart's couch. She wakes up to find the three of them surrounding her, causing a fight between them that ends with the Simpsons eating parts of Homer's body. The scene is revealed to be a story Homer a traumatized Maggie. "Bart's New Friend" TABF05 565 People start to eat each Simpson off of a sushi plate that is sitting on a moving boat, except for Homer, who falls into the water and gets eaten by a fish after the boat flips over. "Walking Big & Tall" TABF06 566 Simpsons Pixel couch gag. "My Fare Lady" TABF07 567 The printer gets jammed while printing out the couch gag. "The Princess Guide" TABF08 569 The family is repeatedly sucked into a portal above the couch until Bart eventually separates from the rest, avoids getting beamed up, and closes the portal via a remote control. He then finds a severed Homer's head. "Waiting for Duffman" TABF10 570 5 ears of corn are placed on the couch, which then heats up in order to pop the Simpson family. Homer, who takes longest to pop, is burned. "Peeping Mom" TABF11 571 repeat of SABF15's gag (but this time, Homer didn't say "What the---?!" and the music appears in the intro and Abraham Simpson as a pawn appears at the end.) "The Kids Are All Fight" TABF12 572 Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie appear as penguins sitting on an ice molded couch, until they are eaten by walrus Homer. "Let's Go Fly a Coot" TABF13 573 Homer fails at making goal saves; Maggie continues kicking soccer balls at him until he is buried in them. "Bull-E" TABF15 574 Rick and Morty couch gag. "Mathlete's Feat" TABF16

Season 27

# Image Gag Episode Code 575 Several albums of the Beatles gets parodied by the Simpson family and on Flabby Road they get ran over by a red Double-decker bus. "Every Man's Dream" TABF14 577 The Simpsons come in as cars: Homer as a caravan, Lisa as an electric car, Marge as a five doors van and Bart as a low-rider. Lisa connects to the charger, and when everyone gets on the couch, Maggie as a monster truck crushes them and sucks on her pacifier. "Puffless" TABF19 579 The episode opens with a Kricfalusi-animated couch gag where the Simpson children are trick-or-treating before being set upon by soul-hungry spirits with a monstrous Frank Grimes among them. The spirits chase after the Simpson children to their house with the Frank Grimes monster taking Homer's soul. "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" TABF18 580 Short with Santa's Little Helper titled Feast and changed to fat. He gets fed by the family till he becomes fat and is sent to the Springfield Retirement Castle, where he's fed strained prunes and dies afterwards. He's greeted by God. He sees the Fit Dog Heaven but God sends him to Fat Dog Hell where a signs says free pizza. "Friend with Benefit" TABF21 581 Parody of Star Trek, with the Simpson family in a donut Enterprise, that shots their couch, and then gets shot by a ring of couches. "Lisa with an "S"" TABF20 582 A Simpson family member throws dices with Sideshow Bob, Patty, Lisa, Dewey Largo, Willie, Bart, Sherri, Terri, Nelson, Marge, Patty, Ned, Maggie, Wiggum, Crazy Cat Lady, Homer, Grampa, Moe, Mr. Burns, Duffman, Dr. Hibbert, Luann, Miss Hoover, Barney, Mr. Teeny and Professor Frink's faces on them. Homer's dice lands on Mr. Burns and Homer d'ohes. The other four dices lands on Bart, Lisa, Maggie and Marge. "'Paths of Glory" VABF01 583 The couch gag is animated in Rotoscoping and Homer and Bart complains about it, till Lisa grabs the remote and switches to normal saying it was a noble experiment that failed. "Barthood" VABF02 585 Homer sits on the couch, puts sunglasses on and the couch is taken to a lower level via a hidden elevator. Then, a montage showing Joe "Kaz" Kazinsky (Homer) and his partner, a high-tech couch chasing down their enemy, Fernando Withmore (Ned) on Miami of the 1980s. In the end, it's revealed that the scenes are a rerun from a 1980 show, to which Homer replies "Damn reruns", only for the family to be surprised by Maggie imitating the show's main heroes and setting the living room floor on fire. "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles" VABF04 587 Marge picks up a letter from the couch which sets the Simpsons off on a journey to find it, but Homer eventually wakes up from the dream, only to find a goodbye letter from Marge. "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4" VABF07 588 The Simpsons, dressed as rugby players, reunite at the center and get in position. Homer tries to sneak Maggie in as a rugby ball but goes over the couch and smashes the wall where he finds the TV remote. "Gal of Constant Sorrow" VABF06 589 Roomance by Bill Plympton The television and the couch dreams of the television bouncing on the couch and both having fun. At the end of the dream, the television tries to bounce on the couch but the plug line stops it and crashes. "Lisa the Veterinarian" VABF08 591 Homer sends a message with emoji of him, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and the couch, and recieves in answer "Meh" "I don't get it" "Needs a payoff" "Created by Matt Groening", to which he says "Oh, sorry, yes sir", and "Developed by James L. Brooks Matt Groening Sam Simon", to which he says "Who are these guys?", and the reciever sends "Meh" again. "The Burns Cage" VABF10 592 The Simpson family wakes up from cryo sleep in a space ship except Homer. Marge opens his pod but he comes out as bones. "How Lisa Got Her Marge Back" VABF11 593 The Simpsons become different Disney characters with Maggie as 1920s era Minnie Mouse, Lisa as Cinderella, Marge as Snow White, Homer as Baloo, and Bart as Sorcerer Mickey (animated by Disney veteran Eric Goldberg) "Fland Canyon" VABF12 594 The wall behind the couch breaks and the Simpsons themselves in Duff Stadium during a rugby match. Homer next finds himself piled under the rugby team. "To Courier with Love" VABF14 596 Homer builds the couch in an IKEA themed instruction manual. "Orange Is the New Yellow" VABF15

Season 28

# Image Gag Episode Code 597 A parody of the opening sequence from Adventure Time, featuring multiple Simpsons characters playing the roles of the Adventure Time characters, such as Bart as Finn the Human and Homer as Jake the Dog. Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward contributed to the sequence. "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus" VABF20 598 Someone is transforming the Simpson family in emoji for their myPhone, but Homer doesn't fit because he's too fat. Switching to the myPad doesn't help either, so the mysterious character hits Homer with a hammer till he's unconscious. "Friends and Family" VABF18 600 In a spoof of Planet of the Apes, the Simpsons are being chased by couches through a field, until they are caught and imprisoned. The Simpsons' couch breaks them out, and leads the family to a buried Lard Lad statue. Homer then grabs a rock and slams it on the couch, making it unconscious. The Simpson family sits on the couch. "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" VABF16 601 Marge and Lisa force Homer to visit the Springfield Museum of Art where a special exhibit is on. Upon entering Homer starts hallucinating, seeing Marge and Lisa as paintings. He comes out of the museum and sees Bart, Santa's Little Helper and the whole Springfield as paintings too, he arrives home and sits on a couch with Maggie. The whole house is a painting too so he tries to change himself in a painting, but becomes a point stile comic instead. "Trust but Clarify" VABF21 603 The family flies to the couch on top of Mount Olympus but Lisa is missing. She comes out of Homer's head (as Athena was fabled to have emerged full-grown from Zeus's forehead); Homer takes Maggie's pacifier to close the hole in his head. "Havana Wild Weekend" VABF19 604 Bart gets home and finds no one after calling "Hello? Hello!", he grabs Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie's portraits and places them on the couch, he sits down and exclaims "Uh, finally I get the remote" and switches the TV on. The TV slides down a media center box, suspended on top of other media equipment. "Dad Behavior" WABF01 605 The Simpsons walks toward where the couch should be and find it empty, then they walk backwards as soldiers point musquets at them. The scene turns into a oil painting and Homer d'ohes "The Last Traction Hero" WABF03 606 Homer arrives home on a ski sled, Bart hits it with his skateboard, Lisa avoids him on her bike and Marge hits him through the door with a sled led by 4 Santa's Little Helpers. They sit on the couch, dressed as A Christmas Carol characters, with Homer holding a chalice, but Ebenezer Burns arrives and asks Smithers to release the Christmas Hounds, that attacks the family that flees, with Lisa flying. "The Nightmare After Krustmas" WABF02 607 The Simpsons sit down on the couch that is revealed to be a sticker on a "Couch Gag Play Set". The set is between other Simpsons merchandise (t-shirt, couches, snow globes, hats, stand-up figures and a The Simpsons Video Game). Bart asks Marge to get one, but Marge refuses, even if it's 3 for $1. "Pork and Burns" WABF06 610 The family arrives on the couch but Maggie is missing. Marge turns around, moves the painting behind the coach, opens a safe, and retrieves Maggie, revealing gold bars inside the safe. "Fatzcarraldo" WABF07 611 The family arrives at the couch, but Homer notices the sail boat painting has disappeared. Bart suggests another animated show stole it. Homer walks on the set of South Park and The California Raisins but can't find it, and booes the raisins, but in the fight that follows a fire starts, he escapes through a door to find that the Nerd from Robot Chicken, who is watching a video of the previous Robot Chicken couch gag, bought it from Bart on a bid. Homer, while the Nerd rambles on, steals the painting and leaves a paper one, and runs through the stages back home, killing the South Park characters too, announcing he did retrieve it, only to find the family replaced it, and Marge swears her disappointment. "The Cad and the Hat" WABF08 612 A pachinko machine is shown, with the family at the bottom. Everyone but Homer gets many balls in. Homer is sad but on opening his mouth he swallows one and chokes. "Kamp Krustier" WABF09 613 The Simpson family arrives on the couch gag, hand-drawn, but Bart is missing part of his head. A pencil draws it and reveals it is Maggie correcting it. After, Lisa is seen drawing Maggie, Bart drawing Lisa, Marge drawing Bart and Homer drawing Marge, while eating a donut. Proceeding to eat the donut, he stabs himself in the eye with another pencil. "22 for 30" WABF10 614 All the past and present Simpsons' pets are on the couch "A Father's Watch" WABF11 615 The Simpson family arrives as the X-Men (Homer is Professor X, Marge transforms into Mystique, Lisa is Storm, Maggie is Wolverine and Bart is Angel). Then Stan Lee arrives and says "There is nothing too short I can't cameo". "The Caper Chase" WABF12 616 The 20th Century FOX logo explodes like a Big Bang and starts showing stills from the most iconic episodes of the show since 1987. At the end, the family arrives at the couch but it disappears leaving them on the floor. "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" WABF13 617 Chia Pet of the Simpson family are watered, they all grow full air, except for Homer who still has only his two hairs and a beard. While the hairs grows, he says "What? Cheap. Lousy. Uh. There.". "Moho House" WABF14 618 The Simpson family climb a mountain, on Homer's command, two Sherpas bring the couch and the TV to them, one of them faints and is taken away by the other. Maggie is the last to arrive and, with a pickax, destroys the frozen family, which melts. "Dogtown" WABF15

Season 29

# Image Gag Episode Code 621 The Simpson family is the furniture instead of the characters on the couch: Homer is the couch, Bart is the left lamp, Lisa is the right lamp, Maggie is the painting above the couch and Marge is the TV antenna. Couches comes in to sit on Homer and painting-Maggie tilts herself once they're settled. "Whistler's Father" WABF16 623 The Simpsonovich family is peeling potatoes, when suddenly they grab the couch and escape, when soldiers storm in the house. After travelling on a boat, they arrive in the U.S., where they're granted access, renaming themselves as Simpson. Moe arrives and grabs pieces of the name tags, renaming himself as Szyslak, but he is not granted entrance, and is instead quarantined. At their new home, Homer is sewing, Maggie is in a crib, Bart is playing with a baseball, Lisa is crocheting, and Marge is cleaning clothes and then hangs the couch to the clothesline. The scene changes to a bar where Marge and Homer are sitting on the couch while other people dance. Homer tries to put his arm on Marge but she moves away. At 742 Evergreen Terrace the family is sitting on the couch when they have to leave when the house is flooded. Springfield families find themselves on a UFO, that flies away from Earth. The Simpson family arrives at the acceptance room, where a Riggelian attaches a Riggelian family name to their name, and Homer d'ohs. "Grampy Can Ya Hear Me" WABF19 624 In a black and white mute movie setting, the Simpson family arrives at the couch gag and Lisa points at it and says "Look Father! A couch!". Marge remarks "Proper young ladies don't point!". Homer checks his pocket watch and says "Now it's 8 a.m. You kids get to work!". Bart and Lisa go to work at the Coal Mine (through the children's entrance), but Marge follows them in saying "Kids! Kids! You forgot your sister!" and gives them Maggie. Descending the elevator, they find themselves in Hell. Lisa exclaims "Uh-oh! Too far!", while Bart goes on to dance next to the devils, exclaiming "Well, I'm staying here.". A final text onscreen says "Another Couch Gag Classic. Filmed in Simpsorama MCMXVII". "The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be" WABF20 625 When the Shrimpson family arrives at the couch, they get hooked by Ned, and deposited into a capture cage. Homer says "our own home", before shrimps are revealed to be in it as well. "Singin' in the Lane" WABF21 626 The family arrives on the couch, then the scene transforms into a Lincoln Memorial statue, with "In couch gags we trust" written above it, which turns into a bronze coin with "Vescere Bracis Meis" ("Eat my shorts" in latin) written under it. The coin is then shown given by Mr. Burns in his office to Homer as a raise, to which Homer shouts "D'oh". "Mr. Lisa's Opus" XABF01 627 The couch burns up and the Simpson family transforms into popcorn and are laced around the Christmas tree; Homer exclaims "D'oh!" "Gone Boy" XABF02 629 The couch gives birth to a baby couch, with Dr. Hibbert performing the operation, Homer tries to hold it in his hands but drops it on the carpet. Maggie then sits down on it. "Frink Gets Testy" XABF04 631 Homer sings "Your Face" while his face contorts, divides and explodes. At the end, Homer appears on the couch with the other members of the family. "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage" XABF06 632 At the Museum of Television, the Simpson family passes in front of wax statues of characters from the tv shows Bonanza, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Lassie and Gunsmoke. At the end, they sit on the couch, under the label "The Simpsons 636 episodes" but Lisa points out they're 4 episodes early and Homer d'ohs. "Fears of a Clown" XABF08 633 Skinner does a connect-the-dots of the Simpson family, but Homer ends up having three eyes and d'ohs. "No Good Read Goes Unpunished" XABF07 635 Marge, Maggie, Bart and Homer are at the couch gag, but Lisa doesn't show up as she's still talking with Dewey Largo. Homer would have cut the couch out of a log with a chain saw. The text "We're lumberjacks. Why is that funny?" appears as on-screen text. "Lisa Gets the Blues" XABF11 637 The family gets on the couch, and a handle comes down. The couch gets raised off the roof and is shown that it's attached to a Ferris wheel, which, destroying half the house, takes them around for one turn. At the end Bart says "Worth it", Lisa says "Totally worth it" and Homer says "Again!" "Left Behind" XABF12 638 The Simpson family gets printed out from printers, but Homer gets paper jammed, and then says "Mmm..., Jam" "Throw Grampa from the Dane" XABF13 639 The Simpson family goes to sit on the couch but the couch is not there. Marge rings a bell and Puritans starts building a wooden one. After sitting on it, Homer tries to change the channel with the remote, but one of the Puritans informs him there is no electricity, to which Homer D'ohs. "Flanders' Ladder" XABF14

Season 30

# Image Gag Episode Code 640 A series of clips from each season is shown (for a full list, see the references page). An alien family is then seen sitting on a couch in the Star System HD 102365 - 30 Light Years Away from Earth. The adult male alien asks why Homer sounds like Walter Matthau. "Bart's Not Dead" XABF19 642 After getting hit through the door of the Simpson house, Homer appears in Bob's Burgers, during the show's opening sequence. He gets scared at this. Meanwhile, the family look in on him and talk about Homer, wondering what he is doing. "My Way or the Highway to Heaven" XABF17 644 The Simpson family gets on exercise bikes, and everyone but Homer go to move around the house with them. Homer then D'ohes. "Baby You Can't Drive My Car" XABF18 645 The Simpson family is inserted as toasts into the couch, transformed into a toaster, Homer gets stuck and burns out before yelling "D'oh". "From Russia Without Love" XABF20 648 Bart, Maggie, Lisa and Marge arrive at the couch, finding Homer sleeping on it, dreaming of other opening sequences. The first, in an underwater setting, one sees Blinky flying across the title screen, then the scene at the garage sees them being mermaids, with Homer getting hit in the head by Bart, almost hit by Lisa and Marge and Maggie hitting him and swimming with him inside. Then on the couch we see Homer sleeping again, dreaming of the second sequence. The second sees Three-eyed crow flying across the title screen, sees the normal sequence at the garage, pencil-drawn. They then arrive at the couch with Homer sleeping, starting the third sequence. The third one sees just the couch sequence with the family as atoms. The sequences then go back to the first one, to see Homer waking up and the rest staring at him, to which Homer says "Sorry, no room." and goes back to sleep. "Daddicus Finch" YABF01 649 Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart are upside down on the ceiling. When wampa-Homer comes to attack them, Bart uses the force to grab the light saber and cut its hand. The monster reattaches it and hugs Marge, and they all say "Merry Christmas", and then the wampa's hand comes off once again. "'Tis the 30th Season" YABF02 650 The Simpson family are at a football game, where on the sidelines they sit on the couch, dressed as football players, and Homer spins Maggie on his fingers, and then gets congratulated by the public. "Mad About the Toy" YABF03 651 The Simpson family arrives to find Thanos on the couch. Maggie gives him her pacifier which he places on his Infinity Gauntlet, proceeding to vaporize the family, except Maggie, who joins him on the couch. The gauntlet proceeds to suck on the pacifier as they get comfortable to watch TV. "The Girl on the Bus" YABF04 652 The family arrive at the couch, where a heart shaped chocolate box is located, and fill the spot in it. Mr. Burns grabs Homer and tries to eat him, just to spit him out in disgust and Homer D'ohes. "I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can" YABF06 654 The Simpson family arrives on the couch as cups, with cup fillers on top filling them. Duff Beer for Homer, Diet Buzz for Marge, lemonade for Lisa, Baby Buzz for Maggie and Buzz Cola for Bart. Homer's cup overflow and he falls on the floor, saying "Refill". "101 Mitigations" YABF07 655 Homer and Marge are partecipating at the Pyramid game show. Phrase is "Things a couch would say". Marge starts with "You sit on me, there's a remote in my crack.", Homer answers "Uh, problems I have.". Marge suggests "I could use a slip cover.", to which Homer answers "Uh, things your sister would say.". Finally, Marge says "Uh, you haven't replaced me since 1989." and Homer suggests correctly "Things a couch would say.", and Marge says "Yes." with the crowd cheering. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" YABF08 658 Homer arrives at the couch, with the whole scene, except him, in black and white, then he D'ohes. "Girl's in the Band" YABF11 659 Bart, Maggie, and Lisa star in the opening of "My Three Kids", with Groundskeeper Willie as angry Uncle Angus "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh" YABF12 660 repeat of LABF02's couch gag "D'oh Canada" YABF14 662 The family arrives at the couch, but the room looks made of paper, they touch it to check it. Homer doesn't notice and tries to sit on the couch, falling beyond the paper on the stage "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion" YABF16

Season 31

# Image Gag Episode Code 663 Homer folds over a piece of paper into origami, with the intention to create a swan, till it forms the family on the couch instead, exclaiming "what the?" when done. "The Winter of Our Monetized Content" YABF19 665 The Simpson family arrives on stage on a recreation of the 1985 Live Aid Queen concert, Homer is Freddie Mercury, Lisa is John Deacon, Marge is Brian May, Bart is Roger Taylor and Maggie is the camera woman. Homer shouts "Day-oh!", the public shouts back, and then does a split and his pants rips apart, to which he D'ohes, and the public D'ohes back. "The Fat Blue Line" YABF21 667 A target is placed on the couch, and the Simpson family is thrown at it for target practice. Homer is last, yelling "make way", before being thrown against the wall instead and exclaiming d'oh. "Gorillas on the Mast" YABF20 668 The Simpson family gets on the couch, followed by the Hibbert family, and is moved to the entrance to a pirate attraction, "Alas there, it be too late to alter course matey and there be pirates lurking in every cove", Homer answers it "Get to the ride", and they crash down a cave, full of destroyed couches and bones, with Homer on the ground asking "Did they get a picture?", and Bart facedown in the water. "Marge the Lumberjill" ZABF02 671 Ned, Todd and Rod Flanders arrive at where their couch would be, but Ned tells them he gave it to the poor and they cheer. "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" ZABF04 672 The couch is placed as a Christmas tree ornament, and the Simpson family is placed on it, but when Homer is placed, the tree falls and Homer exclaims "D'oh ho! Ho!" "Bobby, It's Cold Outside" ZABF01 673 The family sits on a couch, the image of it is seen on a bronze coin that Nelson places on a railroad, and gets flattened. Nelson shows it shining and he exclaims Ha Ha!, just before getting hit by another train "Hail to the Teeth" ZABF05 675 Cat Simpsons couch gag "Frinkcoin" ZABF07 677 Lisa arrives at the couch, just to realize everyone forgot about Daylight Savings time, as the rest of the Simpson family is not present. "Screenless" ZABF09 678 A person is tracking the family trip home on Uber, then rates the trip 1 star and doesn't tip the driver "Better Off Ned" ZABF11 680 The Extremesons couch gag "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" YABF13 681 Living clothes couch gag "Warrin' Priests: Part One" ZABF12 682 Succession couch gag "Warrin' Priests: Part Two" ZABF13

Season 32

# Image Gag Episode Code 685 The Simpsons try to sit on the couch but bonk on something. It's revealed that Nelson created the couch gag using a green screen, making them bonk on it. "Undercover Burns" ZABF19 687 Repeat of gag of PABF18, but this time, Homer screams every time a new cel is placed and the donut starts as a plain one, then its frosting and sprinkles are added to it after it is taken out of Homer's stomach "Now Museum, Now You Don't" ZABF21 689 The Simpson family arrives at the couch on the moon, but when Homer tries to land on it, he bounces off, being sent into orbit, while he D'hoes. "The 7 Beer Itch" ZABF15 691 The Simpson family arrives to find the couch have prepared dinner, but it says that they said they'd be home at 7 and to go sleep on the bed, then it blows the candles, darkening the room. "Three Dreams Denied" QABF02 693 The Simpson family joins the room as Pac-Man ghosts. After the level start song ends, Homer comes in the room as Pac-Man itself and eats them. When it comes to eating Ned, he tries to eat him, just to die due to the invincibility pallet running out, exclaiming "Oh, stupid Flanders. D'oh" "Sorry Not Sorry" QABF01 696 The couch is on Martian soil and gets crashed by an UFO. Marge and Maggie come out of the UFO, while Homer, Lisa (on a hover bike) and Bart (on his skateboard) come on foot. However, Homer has no space helmet, which Marge asks on where it is, and Homer's head explode, with his mouth shouting D'oh. "Diary Queen" QABF05 700 Homer's Family couch gag "Manger Things" QABF09 702 Swiss Pocket Knife couch gag "Burger Kings" QABF11 704 Marge is hatching eggs on a nest. Homer jumps in the nest, breaking the eggs, and gets a taste of the egg yolk. "Mother and Child Reunion" QABF14

Season 33

# Image Gag Episode Code 710 All Hail Princess Maggie "The Wayz We Were" QABF19 714 Swiss Pocket Knife couch gag "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire" UABF01 715 The Simpson family is placed all together in the shape of the couch, with grunts they separate and run out of the room. "Mothers and Other Strangers" UABF02 722 Someone is doing a sliding puzzle of the Simpson family. After he completes it, Homer burps and rearranges the pieces. "Pretty Whittle Liar" UABF09 723 Lisa plays Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" on her saxophone while Marge, Homer, Maggie and Bart are on a sheet music on the wall moving around as she plays. In the end, Homer gets hit by a normal note and d'ohes. "The Sound of Bleeding Gums" UABF10 726 The Simpson family is sculptured on Mount Rushmore, Homer starts picking his nose, a tree branch. Marge warns him to not pick it, but Homer keeps picking it, till his face crumbles. "Marge the Meanie" UABF15 728 Several of the kids from Springfield Elementary are having a party in the house, when Marge and Homer suddenly arrive and everyone hides behind furniture or in other rooms. Lisa then retrieves a shirt that was left on the floor just as they're sitting on the couch. Everyone peek from around the corner and Maggie pops her lollipop out of her mouth. "Poorhouse Rock" UABF14

Season 34

# Image Gag Episode Code 729 No Connection "Habeas Tortoise" UABF16 730 The Rug "One Angry Lisa" UABF19 731 Tiles on a wooden couch try to form the world "Couch Gag" in a game of Scrabble, till they eventually succeed. "Lisa the Boy Scout" UABF21 735 In a live action recording by Jacob's Food Diaries, the Simpsons are made out of food and covered in gravy. "From Beer to Paternity" OABF01 741 "Yarn" "The Many Saints of Springfield" OABF06 744 "Weird Al" Yankovic plays his accordion as the Simpsons watch. After he finishes, he asks if he can stay for dinner, but Homer tells him no. "Hostile Kirk Place" OABF09 745 A box containing dolls of the Simpsons and a couch is placed down and emptied. A dog then comes along and chews on the Homer doll. "Pin Gal" OABF10 750 The Simpsons run in and sit on the couch in a room full of random characters. Homer asks his family "Who the hell are these people?" "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" OABF13

Season 35

# Image Gag Episode Code 753 Homer gets text messages from Marge telling him to hurry home. He puts on his Lambuggini jacket then leaves the Power Plant. When he's in the parking lot, he presses his key fob and his Lambuggini drives to him, hitting Lenny along the way. Lenny then hits a helicopter which was flying by. Homer gets in his car and presses the "make me look cool" button, which changes both the car's and Homer's appearance. Homer then drives along the mountain roads and presses the "goat milker" button to get milk from nearby goats. When he runs out of fuel, he presses a button that makes a jet fly by to give him more fuel. He then jumps over a gorge and starts flying, passing by Dick Van Dyke in a flying car as he goes. Homer then makes it home and the garage doesn't open properly. Homer forces the garage open enough to drive the car in and onto its side before he goes into the house and to the couch. Marge then tells Homer that there's no food left and Santa's Little Helper got sprayed by a skunk. Homer then wakes up in the Power Plant at work and complains about his stupid imagination. "McMansion & Wife" OABF20 757 Thanksgiving Turkey Hand Couch Gag "It's a Blunderful Life" OABF19 761 The Simpson family are hanging on a tree when they wither and fall on the ground. They are then blown away by Willie. "Frinkenstein's Monster" 35ABF03 766 The Family sits, but then the screen zooms in and the scenery turns into a comic-like Ben Day process image and Homer has a D'oh speech balloon. "The Tell-Tale Pants" 35ABF10 768 The family gets scared away from the couch by the brain and Bart appears behind the couch laughing. "Bart's Brain" 35ABF12

Season 36

# Image Gag Episode Code 769 All the couch gags in the show unite to form it, with the Simpson family dressed for the special night. "Bart's Birthday" 35ABF15 774 Many of the women of Springfield rush into the living room of the Van Houten house, where Kirk is eating chips in his underwear. The women coming in cause him to rush out the room as they all sit down for their book club. "Women in Shorts" 35ABF17 780 A social media account for @Springfield posts "Family runs in. Couch is Ferris wheel seat." and "Wait we did this one. #LAZY." "The Man Who Flew Too Much" 36ABF02 784 The Simpsons family are sent on the "Couch Gag Chaos" pinball machine, where they're ricocheted against various buildings in town, before ending up in the couch's holes, except Homer which lands on his work station. "The Last Man Expanding" 36ABF06 788 Someone opens the "Couch Gag" program on a Macintosh computer, and it opens up with the Simpson family on it. The person then resizes it with the mouse, in different resolutions, until they become just icons. Then they try to trash Homer in the trash bin but fail, and Homer cheers. "Stew Lies" 36ABF09

Season 37

# Image Gag Episode Code 793 In a black-and-white drawing, a family switches on the TV, to the Simpsons labelled '37-Year-Old Cartoon'. Bart is seen sticking his tongue out and waving. "Treehouse of Horror XXXVI" 36ABF15 795 Characters from Fortnite are on the couch: Jonesy, Hope, Meowscles, Fishstick, and Peely. The Simpson family arrives, intimidating them with Fortnite guns. They then proceed to eat a banana split out of Peely, who is peeled though still alive and blinking. "Bad Boys... for Life?" 36ABF17 801 The Simpson family celebrates Marge's 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, and 43rd birthdays. On her 43rd birthday, Marge wonders if that is the year she would change her hairstyle, but she abandons the idea, saying she does not have that kind of courage. "Parahormonal Activity" 37ABF03 804 Homer enters the house after being hit by Marge's car, badly injured, and asks why the family is sitting there, what happened, and why it happened. "Irrational Treasure" 37ABF08

Specials

Image Gag Special Homer runs to the couch where he finds Bernhard Raimann, Tanor Bortolini, Matt Goncalves, and Quenton Nelson sitting on it. Raimann asks "Who's the skinny guy?", which pleases Homer. 2026 Indianapolis Colts Schedule Release with The Simpsons

Other media

Media Image Gag Fortnite trailer the storm disintegrates Lisa, Marge and finally Homer, leaving only Bart.

Couch gags within episodes

Sometimes there is a couch gag during the episode itself, usually during a spoof of the opening sequence.

Season # Image Gag Episode Code 5 83 During the "Thompsons" introduction, the family sits on the couch and a pile of fish falls from above. "Cape Feare" 9F22 9 188 After everybody of Springfield has taken all the stuff from them, The Simpsons walk to the place where the couch gags take place. "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" 5F07 11 248 In an "aborted" couch gag, the family (minus Bart) sits wearing Western outfits; the director cuts the scene as Bart is busy on the phone agreeing to do Teen Wolf 3. Lisa complains that she wants to go to bed, asking if there are child labor laws. Homer asks if Marge told her about the laws, and Marge tells him to poop in his hat. Kang and Kodos then show up with ballet tickets, asking if they needed them that night. "Behind the Laughter" BABF19 16 352 Instead of saying "The Simpsons", the announcer says "Three weeks later". Everyone except Bart sits; the overweight Bart arrives late and suffers a heart attack. "The Heartbroke Kid" GABF11 23 500 After the Simpsons move to The Outlands, the family take their seats on the couch and watch a fox sleeping on a rock. "At Long Last Leave" PABF07 26 574 "Mathlete's Feat" TABF16 34 746 At the end of the music video for The Meltdown, the family run towards the couch, then pause for a second before sitting down. The video ends when Homer switches on the remote. "Fan-ily Feud" OABF11

References

Visual gags
Opening sequence gags Billboard gag (List) • Chalkboard gag (List) • Lisa's sax solos (List) • Couch gag (List) • Title screen gag (List) • Other gags and parodies Other gags A113 • Eyes without a face • First Church of Springfield marquee • Floorboard gag • Gravestones • Springfield Shopper headlines • Strangling