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== 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 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 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.

# [[The Simpsons (animation)/Recap/S04/E11 Homer's Triple Bypass|"Homer's Triple Bypass"]]: Homer has a [[Hollywood Heart Attack]], requiring the titular operation.

# "[[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 6 E 12 Homer The Great|Homer the Great]]": Homer joins the ancient order of the Stonecutters -- and turns out to be [[The Chosen One]].

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 13 And Maggie Makes Three|And Maggie Makes Three]]": A flashback episode -- having made enough money to support his then-four person household, Homer quits the power plant to get his dream job at the bowling alley...only to learn that Marge is pregnant again.

# "[[Recap/The Simpsons S 6 E 15 Homie The Clown|Homie the Clown]]": Homer impulsively decides to become a Krusty the Klown impersonator.

# "[[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 20 Two Dozen And One Greyhounds|Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]]": In a parody of ''[[101 Dalmatians|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'', Santa's Little Helper has a litter of pups with fellow greyhound She's the Fastest, and Mr. Burns wants their skins for a coat to add to his collection of animal-based outfits.

# "[[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 6 Treehouse Of Horro VI|Treehouse of Horror VI]]": Giant advertising mascots run amok in Springfield, Groundskeeper Willie makes like [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Freddy Krueger]], and Homer becomes trapped in the fabled third dimension.

# "[[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.