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== Season 1 ==

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 1 E 2 Bart The Genius|Bart the Genius]]": Bart cheats on an intelligence test, and ends up being sent to a school for gifted children.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 1 E 3 Homers Odyssey|Homer's Odyssey]]": After being fired from his job, Homer becomes a crusader for citizen safety in Springfield.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 1 E 6 Moaning Lisa|Moaning Lisa]]": Lisa attempts to overpower her sadness with her saxophone, and meets "Bleeding Gums" Murphy.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 1 E 7 The Call Of The Simpsons|The Call of the Simpsons]]" Homer purchases an RV and the family get trapped in the woods during their vacation.

== Season 3 ==

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 3 E 2 Mr Lisa Goes To Washington|Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]": Lisa becomes a finalist in a patriotic essay contest, only to have her faith in the American way threatened when she witnesses a senator taking a bribe.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 3 E 3 When Flanders Failed|When Flanders Failed]]": Ned Flanders goes into business for himself. Homer secretly wishes for him to fail -- and has a crisis of conscience when it looks like that's going to happen. Bart ostensibly takes up karate, but his "touch of death" move is actually from an arcade game.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 3 E 20 Colonel Homer|Colonel Homer]]": Homer discovers Lurleen Lumpkin, a country singer, in the aftermath of a botched outing with Marge -- and becomes her manager.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 3 E 21 Black Widower|Black Widower]]": Bart can only think the worst of Selma's fiance: Sideshow Bob.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 3 E 23 Barts 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.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 3 E 24 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.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 2 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 Homer The Heretic|Homer the Heretic]]": Homer skips church for a Sunday and loves the experience so much he decides to forgo it altogether.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 6 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 Marge Gets A 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 9 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 Lisas 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.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 4 E 13 Selmas 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 Brother From The 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 5 E 3 Homer Goes To College|Homer Goes to College]]": Turns out Homer needs a college degree to keep his job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. To his dismay, the college experience is nothing like the slobs-vs.-snobs hijinks he expected...except for the nerds who become his friends.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 5 E 4 Rosebud|Rosebud]]": Maggie finds Mr. Burns' long-lost, beloved teddy bear Bobo.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 5 E 6 Marge On The Lam|Marge on the Lam]]": A ''[[Thelma and Louise]]'' spoof ensues when Marge's new gal pal turns out to have a checkered past.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 5 E 7 Barts Inner Child|Bart's Inner Child]]": A motivational speaker encourages everyone in Springfield to "Be like the boy!" -- that boy being Bart. But his "Do what you feel like" philosophy has some significant drawbacks...

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 1 Bart Of Darkness|Bart of Darkness]]": The Simpsons get a backyard pool, but Bart breaks his leg soon afterward and is confined to his room. A ''[[Rear Window]]'' parody involving Ned ensues.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 2 Lisas Rival|Lisa's Rival]]": The new girl in Lisa's class outshines her at ''everything''. Homer claims the contents of an overturned sugar truck and tries to make money from it.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 4 Itchy And Scratchy Land|Itchy & Scratchy Land]]": The [[Disney Theme Parks]] are put through the wringer as the Simpsons head out to "the most violentest place on Earth".

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 5 Sideshow Bob Roberts|Sideshow Bob Roberts]]": Sideshow Bob's calls to a Rush Limbaugh [[Expy]]'s radio show pave the way for a campaign to become the mayor of Springfield.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 16 Bart Vs Australia|Bart vs. Australia]]": The Simpsons head to Australia after Bart rings up (pardon the pun) a huge phone bill for a native family, and [[Values Dissonance]] ensues when they learn what his punishment will be.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 17 Homer Vs Patty And Selma|Homer vs. Patty and Selma]]": Homer is in desperate need of quick cash, and Marge's sisters are happy to help -- so long as he effectively becomes their slave. Meanwhile, Bart discovers the joys of ballet.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 19 Lisas Wedding|Lisa's Wedding]]": The first episode set in the future (2010), in which college-aged Lisa is engaged to be married to charming Englishman Hugh Parkfield.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 21 The PTA Disbands|The PTA Disbands]]": Bart encourages the Springfield Elementary teachers to go on strike, only to regret it when Marge becomes his substitute teacher.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 22 Round Springfield|'Round Springfield]]": Bart is sent to the hospital to have his appendix removed, and Lisa is reunited with Bleeding Gums Murphy -- but only fleetingly, as he is dying.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 23 The Springfield Connection|The Springfield Connection]]": Marge becomes a cop and unintentionally challenges Homer's standing as head of the household.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 24 Lemon Of Troy|Lemon of Troy]]": Kids from Springfield's rival town Shelbyville steal the lemon tree that keeps the local lemonade stands in business, and Bart leads his peers on a mission to retrieve it.

== Season 7 ==

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 7 E 2 Radioactive Man|Radioactive Man]]": Hollywood producers cast Rainier Wolfcastle as Radioactive Man and Milhouse as sidekick Fallout Boy in the upcoming big-budget ''Radioactive Man'' feature film adaptation, much to Bart's chagrin.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 7 E 3 Home Sweet Homediddly Dum Doodily|Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily]]": The [[Department of Child Disservices]] unfairly takes the Simpson kids out of their home and places them with the Flanders family.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 7 E 5 Lisa The Vegetarian|Lisa the Vegetarian]]": Lisa's compassion for animals triggers a change in diet that seemingly no one else is willing to respect, least of all Homer.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 7 E 7 King Size Homer|King-Size Homer]]": Homer becomes morbidly obese so he can work from home.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 7 E 8 Mother Simpson|Mother Simpson]]": Homer is reunited with his long-lost mother Mona, and learns the surprising reason she left his life.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 8 E 8 Hurricane Neddy|Hurricane Neddy]]": The Flanders house is destroyed in a hurricane, and Ned snaps when his fellow Springfieldians do an incompetent job rebuilding it.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 8 E 9 El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer The Mysterious Voyage Of Homer|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)]]": Homer trips on hallucinogenic chili peppers and his resultant vision leads to a strengthening of his relationship with Marge.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 8 E 11 The Twisted World Of Marge Simpson|The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]": Marge goes into business for herself with a soft pretzel franchise, only to be challenged by her former small business colleagues.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 8 E 12 Mountain Of Madness|Mountain of Madness]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 8 E 21 The Old Man And The Lisa|The Old Man and the Lisa]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 8 E 22 In Marge We Trust|In Marge We Trust]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 8 E 24 The Simpsons Spin Off Showcase|The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase]]": A [[Three Shorts]] episode in which Troy McClure presents three "potential" spinoffs -- ''Chief Wiggum, P.I.'' (action series), ''The Love-matic Grandpa'' (1960s-style fantasy sitcom), and ''The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour'' (1970s-style [[Variety Show]]).

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 8 E 25 The Secret War Of Lisa Simpson|The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 9 E 6 Bart Star|Bart Star]]": Peewee football comes to Springfield, and when Homer becomes the coach, he promotes Bart to star player status despite the boy's lack of talent.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 9 E 7 The Two Mrs Nahasapeemapetilons|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 9 E 9 Realty Bites|Realty Bites]]": Marge becomes a realtor -- and her only successful sale is that of a house with a murderous history.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 9 E 10 Miracle On Evergreen Terrace|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace]]": A [[Christmas Episode]] -- Bart accidentally destroys the family's Christmas presents and blames the disaster on a burglar, resulting in the rest of the town opening its hearts and wallets for them.

== Season 11 ==

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 11 E 1 Beyond Blunderdome|Beyond Blunderdome]]": Homer doesn't care for [[Mel Gibson]]'s remake of ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'', and Gibson enlists his help in improving it.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 11 E 3 Guess Whos Coming To Criticize Dinner|Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]": Homer becomes a food critic for the local newspaper, but he gets too caustic for the local restaurant owners' liking.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 11 E 4 Treehouse Of Horror X|Treehouse of Horror X]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 11 E 11 Faith Off|Faith Off]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 11 E 12 The Mansion Family|The Mansion Family]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 11 E 14 Alone Again Natura Diddily|Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]": Ned has to cope with loss when his wife is killed in a freak accident.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 11 E 15 Missionary Impossible|Missionary: Impossible]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 12 E 9 HOMR|HOMR]]" <ref>Stylized as "HOMЯ", but linking to that breaks the site.</ref>

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 12 E 10 Pokey Mom|Pokey Mom]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 12 E 12 Tennis The Menace|Tennis the Menace]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 12 E 13 Day Of The Jackanapes|Day of the Jackanapes]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 14 E 2 How I Spent My Strummer Vacation|How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 14 E 3 Bart Vs Lisa Vs The Third Grade|Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 14 E 5 Helter Shelter|Helter Shelter]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 14 E 6 The Great Louse|Detective The Great Louse Detective]]": Someone's out to kill Homer -- and only Sideshow Bob can figure out who that is.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 15 E 10 Diatribe Of A Mad Housewife|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 15 E 11 Margical History Tour|Margical History Tour]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 15 E 13 Smart And Smarter|Smart and Smarter]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 15 E 14 The Ziff Who Came To Dinner|The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 23 E 5 The Food Wife|The Food Wife]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 23 E 6 The Book Job|The Book Job]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 23 E 8 The Ten Per Cent Solution|The Ten-Per-Cent Solution]]"

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 23 E 9 Holidays Of Future Passed|Holidays of Future Passed]]"