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''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', being such a [[Long Runner]]<ref>The first season of the show started airing on December 17, 1989, and before that the show had consisted of several ''Tracey Ullman Show'' shorts.</ref>, has naturally amassed many episodes (more than 700750, in fact).
 
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# "[[The Simpsons (animation)/Recap/S03/E23 Bart's Friend Falls in Love|Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]": That friend is Milhouse, who's taken with the new girl in class, much to Bart's resentment.
# "[[The Simpsons (animation)/Recap/S03/E24 Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?|Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]": In a sequel to "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" Homer receives compensation from the power plant for his job-induced sterility just as his ruined half-brother Herb arrives in town seeking capital for an invention that might remake his fortune.
 
 
== Season 4 ==
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 1(animation)/Recap/S04/E01 Kamp Krusty|Kamp Krusty]]": Summer vacation goes awry when Bart and Lisa discover that the titular camp is a twisted shadow of its advertised self.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 2(animation)/Recap/S04/E02 A Streetcar Named Marge|A Streetcar Named Marge]]": Marge gets the role of Blanche in a musical version of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 3(animation)/Recap/S04/E03 Homer Thethe Heretic|Homer the Heretic]]": Homer skips church for a Sunday and loves the experience so much he decides to forgo it altogether.
# "[[The Simpsons (animation)/Recap/S04/E04 Lisa the Beauty Queen|Lisa the Beauty Queen]]": To boost Lisa's self-esteem, Homer enters her in the Little Miss Springfield pageant.
# "[[The Simpsons (animation)/Recap/S04/E05 Treehouse of Horror III|Treehouse of Horror III]]": Parodies of killer doll stories, the 1933 ''King Kong'', and the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] genre.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 6(animation)/Recap/S04/E06 Itchy And& Scratchy: The Movie|Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]": Homer forbids Bart from seeing the highly anticipated [[The Movie|Itchy and Scratchy movie]].
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 7(animation)/Recap/S04/E07 Marge Gets Aa Job|Marge Gets a Job]]": At the power plant, as it happens -- and Mr. Burns gets a crush on her.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 8(animation)/Recap/S04/E08 New Kid Onon Thethe Block|New Kid on the Block]]": Bart falls for an older girl who's just moved into town while Homer sues an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet when he doesn't get his fill.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 9(animation)/Recap/S04/E09 Mr. Plow|Mr. Plow]]": Homer buys a snowplow and starts a business eventually rivaled by none other than Barney.
# [[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 10(animation)/Recap/S04/E10 LisasLisa's First Word|"Lisa's First Word"]]: As the family anticipates Maggie's first word, Marge recounts the family's exploits over 1983-84: the birth of Lisa and Bart's jealous responses to it, the move to Evergreen Terrace (including their first encounters with the Flanders family), and a Summer Olympics that proves downright delicious for Homer.
# [[The Simpsons (animation)/Recap/S04/E11 Homer's Triple Bypass|"Homer's Triple Bypass"]]: Homer has a [[Hollywood Heart Attack]], requiring the titular operation.
# "[[The Simpsons (animation)/Recap/S04/E12 Marge vs. the Monorail|Marge vs. the Monorail]]": In a parody of ''[[The Music Man]]'', Marge protests a smooth-talking salesman's efforts to sell Springfield a shoddy monorail system.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 13(animation)/Recap/S04/E13 SelmasSelma's Choice|Selma's Choice]]": Scared of dying alone after the death of her aunt, Selma considers having a baby. Her potential parenting skills are put to the test when she must chaperone the Simpsons kids to Duff Gardens.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 14(animation)/Recap/S04/E14 Brother Fromfrom Thethe Same Planet|Brother from the Same Planet]]": Bart poses as a fatherless kid to get a "Bigger Brother" to shower him with the affection and attention that Homer won't.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 15(animation)/Recap/S04/E15 I Love Lisa|I Love Lisa]]": It's Valentine's Day, and after Lisa gives Ralph Wiggum a valentine out of pity, Ralph decides he "choo-choo-chooses" her.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 16(animation)/Recap/S04/E16 Duffless|Duffless]]": In the wake of a (not quite) drunk driving mishap, Marge convinces Homer to go without his beloved beer for 30 days. Meanwhile, Lisa's science fair project pits Bart's intelligence against a hamster's.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 17(animation)/Recap/S04/E17 Last Exit Toto Springfield|Last Exit to Springfield]]": When the company dental plan is dropped, Homer becomes the new head of the workers' union to get it reinstated for the sake of Lisa, who needs braces.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 18(animation)/Recap/S04/E18 So ItsIt's Come Toto This: A Simpsons Clip Show|So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]": An [[April Fools' Day]] prank leaves Homer in a coma. As the family waits to see if he'll recover, they recount moments from previous episodes... of their lives.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 19(animation)/Recap/S04/E19 The Front|The Front]]": In response to the declining quality of ''The Itchy & Scratchy Show'', Bart and Lisa write a script using Grandpa's name in place of their own, and it's not only accepted, but results in requests for more! In the B-plot, Homer learns he never properly graduated high school and must retake the chemistry class he failed, which proves a struggle.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 20(animation)/Recap/S04/E20 Whacking Day|Whacking Day]]": Bart gets expelled from school, and Lisa protests a cruel annual tradition that leaves no innocent snake spared.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 21(animation)/Recap/S04/E21 Marge Inin Chains|Marge in Chains]]": Marge gets arrested for shoplifting, and her resultant prison time has an adverse effect on the family and eventually the whole town.
# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 22(animation)/Recap/S04/E22 Krusty Gets Kancelled|Krusty Gets Kancelled]]": It happens when ventriloquism showcase ''The Gabbo Show'' crushes ''The Krusty the Clown Show'' in the ratings. Krusty hits the skids, but Bart and Lisa encourage him to make a comeback with a celebrity-packed special.
 
== Season 5 ==
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== Season 28 ==
# "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus"
# "Friends and Family"
# "The Town"
# "Treehouse of Horror XXVII"
# "Trust but Clarify"
# "There Will Be Buds"
# "Havana Wild Weekend"
# "Dad Behavior"
# "The Last Traction Hero"
# "The Nightmare After Krustmas"
# "Pork and Burns"
# "The Great Phatsby" (Vol. I)
# "The Great Phatsby" (Vol. II)
# "Fatzcarraldo"
# "The Cad and the Hat"
# "Kamp Krustier"
# "22 for 30"
# "A Father's Watch"
# "The Caper Chase"
# "Looking for Mr. Goodbart"
# "Moho House"
# "Dogtown"
 
== Season 29 ==
# "The Serfsons"
# "Springfield Splendor"
# "Whistler's Father"
# "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII"
# "Grampy Can Ya Hear Me"
# "The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be"
# "Singin' in the Lane"
# "Mr. Lisa's Opus"
# "Gone Boy"
# "Haw-Haw Land"
# "Frink Gets Testy"
# "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't"
# "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage"
# "Fears of a Clown"
# "No Good Read Goes Unpunished"
# "King Leer"
# "Lisa Gets the Blues"
# "Forgive and Regret"
# "Left Behind"
# "Throw Grampa from the Dane"
# "Flanders' Ladder"
 
== Season 30 ==
# "Bart's Not Dead"
# "Heartbreak Hotel"
# "My Way or the Highway to Heaven"
# "Treehouse of Horror XXIX"
# "Baby You Can't Drive My Car"
# "From Russia Without Love"
# "Werking Mom"
# "Krusty the Clown"
# "Daddicus Finch"
# "'Tis the 30th Season"
# "Mad About the Toy"
# "The Girl on the Bus"
# "I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can"
# "The Clown Stays in the Picture"
# "101 Mitigations"
# "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
# "E My Sports"
# "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy"
# "Girl's in the Band"
# "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh"
# "D'oh Canada"
# "Woo-Hoo Dunnit?"
# "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion"
 
== Season 31 ==
# "The Winter of Our Monetized Content"
# "Go Big or Go Homer"
# "The Fat Blue Line"
# "Treehouse of Horror XXX"
# "Gorillas on the Mast"
# "Marge the Lumberjill"
# "Livin La Pura Vida"
# "Thanksgiving of Horror"
# "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?"
# "Bobby, It's Cold Outside"
# "Hail to the Teeth"
# "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"
# "Frinkcoin"
# "Bart the Bad Guy"
# "Screenless"
# "Better Off Ned"
# "Highway to Well"
# "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby"
# "Warrin' Priests" (Part One)
# "Warrin' Priests" (Part Two)
# "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds"
# "The Way of the Dog"
 
== Season 32 ==
# "Undercover Burns"
# "I, Carumbus"
# "Now Museum, Now You Don't"
# "Treehouse of Horror XXXI"
# "The 7 Beer Itch"
# "Podcast News"
# "Three Dreams Denied"
# "The Road to Cincinnati"
# "Sorry Not Sorry"
# "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas"
# "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
# "Diary Queen"
# "Wad Goals"
# "Yokel Hero"
# "Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars"
# "Manger Things"
# "Uncut Femmes"
# "Burger Kings"
# "Panic on the Streets of Springfield"
# "Mother and Child Reunion"
# "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A."
# "The Last Barfighter"
 
== Season 33 ==
# "The Star of the Backstage"
# "Bart's in Jail!"
# "Treehouse of Horror XXXII"
# "The Wayz We Were"
# "Lisa's Belly"
# "A Serious Flanders" (Part 1)
# "A Serious Flanders" (Part 2)
# "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire"
# "Mothers and Other Strangers"
# "A Made Maggie"
# "The Longest Marge"
# "Pixelated and Afraid"
# "Boyz N the Highlands"
# "You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You!"
# "Bart the Cool Kid"
# "Pretty Whittle Liar"
# "The Sound of Bleeding Gums"
# "My Octopus and a Teacher"
# "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun"
# "Marge the Meanie"
# "Meat Is Murder"
# "Poorhouse Rock"
 
== Season 34 ==
# "Habeas Tortoise"
# "One Angry Lisa"
# "Lisa the Boy Scout"
# "The King of Nice"
# "Not It"
# "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"
# "From Beer to Paternity"
# "Step Brother from the Same Planet"
# "When Nelson Met Lisa"
# "Game Done Changed"
# "Top Goon"
# "My Life as a Vlog"
# "The Many Saints of Springfield"
# "Carl Carlson Rides Again"
# "Bartless"
# "Hostile Kirk Place"
# "Pin Gal"
# "Fan-ily Feud"
# "Write Off This Episode"
# "The Very Hungry Caterpillars"
# "Clown V. Board of Education"
# "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass"
 
== Season 35 ==
''Season 35 premiered on October 1, 2023. A list of episodes will follow once it is complete.''
 
 
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