He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs
Homer saves Burns' life, who then takes him to Chicago in his private jet to thank him. Having tasted the sweet tang of success, Homer feels depressed about going back to his own life, so Marge hires a coach that's supposed to get him the successful job he needs to be able to fly in a private jet again.
The coach finds out that Homer acts with more confidence when wearing his bowling shoes, so urges him to wear them to an interview. Homer doesn't get the job, but lies about it to Marge. He then has to hire a private plane, with a pilot that's high on heroin and has to land it himself.
The Homer of Seville
After church, the family crashes a funeral in order to get a meal that Marge doesn't have to cook. In trying to get away, homer hurts his back and realises that he is a great opera singer when lying on his back. He becomes a big opera star and starts to build a fan base.
In order to keep the fans under control he hires a personal assistant, who ends up being in love with him. When homer fires her, she decides to try and kill him. Marge manages to stop her, and Homer decides to give up opera and start painting.
Midnight Towboy
When Homer's car is towed in the town of Guidopolis, he decides to
become a towboy himself. He gets a bit over enthusiastic and tows even
his friends cars. In the mean time, Marge thinks Maggie is becoming
too clingy and finds a counselor on the itnernet that helps Maggie become
more independent. She becomes too independent, and soon has no need
for Marge what so ever.
When Homer tows a car from outside of his territory, he gets kidnapped, and
Maggie, with her new found skills, sets out to find and free him.
I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
When Marge is held hostage at the bank during a robbery, she manages to
convince the robber to give himself up. In return, she will visit him
in prison. However, when she's supposed to visit him she chickens out
and can't bring herself to go to jail. He escapes in order to take her
to the theme park where his mother abandoned him, hoping that Marge will
give him the day that his mother never did.
Treehouse of Horror XVIII
This year's treehouse of horror we get treated first to a parody on ET,
with Kodos as the alien. Then Homer and Marge become Mr and Mrs Smith,
and lastly Ned Flanders reprises his role as the devil to teach Barth, Lisa,
Milhouse and Nelson about the sins they're committing and the consequences
of their actions
Little Orphan Millie
Millhouse's parents are renewing their wedding vows and leave for a
cruise honeymoon. At the cruise they are lost at see, orphaning
Millhouse who stays with the Simpsons. In becoming sad, he also
becomes the most popular kid in school. In order to make Millhouse
happy again, Bart arranges for Millhouse's cool uncle to come and pick him
up.
In the mean time, Homer forgets the colour of Marge's eyes, and she punishes
him by not allowing him to see her eyes again, until he remembers.
Husbands and Knives
A new comic book store opens in Springfield, with a much cooler owner
than Comic Book Guy, putting the latter out of business. In the mean
time, Marge realises that she is not as slim as she once was anymore so she
decides to join a gym. Not finding a gym to her taste, she starts one
of her own, which becomes a huge success.
On a business trip, other husbands tell Homer that Marge is bound to upgrade
him soon, so he resorts to plastic surgery so he can still look good for
Marge
Funeral for a Fiend
When using TiVo to watch commercials rather than skip them, in order to
support the networks, Marge and the family watch an advert for the grand
opening of a new restaurant. However, the restaurant opening is a
clever trap, set for the family by Sideshow Bob, who plans to kill them by
making a laptop explode. The laptop explodes in his lap, and he is
trialled once more. At the trial, his father ( a doctor) says he has a
heart condition and shortly after Bob dies. It is all a ruse, and
meant to trap Bart in the coffin on it's way to the cremation
Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind
Homer comes home to find no one's there. He goes to Moe's who
tells him that he drank a drink that made him forget the whole previous day.
He tries to remember what happened, and remembers small snippets that makes
him afraid that his wife is cheating on him. Eventually though he
works out that she was actually planning a surprise party, but by that time
he has already jumped of a bridge. Luckily, the party takes place on a
boat that passes directly under.
E. Pluribus Wiggum
Homer involuntary destroys the fast food lane of Springfield.
Because of this, the Springfield primary elections are moved up, making them
the first in the country. A load of possible candidates come down to
Springfield to convince as many people as they can. The Simpsons'
undecidedness earns them the visit of all of them at once, all wanting a
photo opportunity. Homer and his friends, sick of the politicians,
decide to enter Ralph into the competition. He's hugely popular and
becomes the candidate for both the republicans and the democrats
That '90s Show
While the gas is out in the house, they burn old books and things to
keep warm. In doing this the kids find out that Marge went to college.
Homer and Marge tell them the story of how they moved in together and Homer
worked at his dad's laser house so Marge could pay her tuition. She
falls in love with her professor, and Homer, originally singing in a boyband,
starts to make grunge music and becoming a huge success. Unfortunately
rumours say he also has a narcotic addiction, and Marge rushes back to him,
after her professor told her he'd never want to get married.
Love,
Springfieldian Style
On Valentine's day, Homer takes the family to a carnival, so the
kids can run off and the parents can enjoy some sweet quality time
together. they go in the tunnel of love, where Bart puts jell-o in
the water, getting them stuck in. In order they pass the time,
they tell each other stories. Homer first tells his version of
Bonnie and Clyde, Marge follows with her spin on Lady and the Tramp, and
Bart finishes with the story of Sid Vicious' love life
The Debarted
Marge gets in to a car crash with Homer's car, making Bart late for
class. In class he sees that a new boy has come, one that is cooler
than him. At first he is afraid of losing his stature in school, but
then he decides to pull a prank on Skinner to make him the coolest in school
again. Donny, the new boy, takes the blame, and Bart decides to let
him in on all the pranks being played in Springfield Elementary.
However, the new kid turns out to be Skinner's snitch.
In the mean time, Homer gets a new car on loan while his old one is being
repaired. As it's a much better car than his, he doesn't want to give
it back, until he notices that his old one is being sold.
Dial 'N' for Nerder
When Homer can no longer make love to Marge because of his weight,
she decides to put him on a diet where he has to eat bell peppers any time
he's hungry. He gains weight rather than losing it, so she decides to
call in a TV show to help her sneak on her husband, to see if he's cheating
his diet.
In the mean time, Bart pulls a prank on Martin that makes him fall of an
edge on a cliff. Lisa, while trying to help him, actually pushes him
over completely. When reports of his death come rolling in, Nelson
finds that Lisa and Bart are acting suspicious and he helps unravel the
entire case
Smoke on the Daughter
After standing in line for hours to get the new Angelica Button book,
they come home and watch some TV. On it is an advert for a new ballet
academy. Marge wants to audition for it, but she is denied. Lisa
however is accepted. She finds that second hand smoke makes her more
focused and better at dancing, so Homer and Bart try to get rid of all the
cigarettes from the ballet dancers
Meanwhile, Homer and Bart make their own beef jerky in the basement, which
is stolen by racoons.
Papa Don't Leech
After finding out that the city is broke, they decide to collect all the
back taxes. The only one they can't find is Lurleen Lumpkin.
When they do find her, it turns out she has no money left and is living in
the gutter. She moves in with the Simpsons who find out that her dad
had left her when she was a kid, and that is probably why she spent all of
her money on dead beat husbands. Marge finds her father for her, and
she's so happy she writes a song about it. Her father then steals the
song and sells it to the Dixie Chicks
Apocalypse Cow
After seeing Martin drive a tractor, Bart joins the 4-H club to do the
same. There he enters a calf competition where they have to raise it
to be a strong and sturdy cow. Bart gets the runt, but he makes it
into a prize winning bull. It then gets sent to the feeding grounds to
fatten up, but Bart and Lisa rescue it. They give it to Cletus'
daughter Mary so she can keep it on the farm, but that means he has to marry
the girl. However, Marge has a plan that gets Bart out of the wedding
and the bull sent to India.
Any Given Sundance
During a fight at a football game, Lisa sees a lot of things she wants
to capture in a movie. She makes a documentary about her family, but
her teacher only gives her a 3 out of five on it, so she goes to complain to
Principal Skinner. He decides to back her movie, and together with
Chalmers sends it to the Sundance Film Festival. There Lisa is a big
hit at first, though her family resents her for the way she portrayed them,
until Nelson's film is shown, which is so heart wrenching that he takes over
all the attention.
Mona Leaves-a
Coming home from a trip to the mall, the family find their door
unlocked. Inside the house they see Homer's mother, who's baked them a
pie. She's come home to them seeing as how the government isn't
searching them anymore. Homer doesn't want to build a relationship
with her again at first, but when he's finally willing, Mona's dead.
In her video will she leaves them instructions to where she wants her
ashes spread, which turns out to be a secret rocket base, from where Burns
wants to launch nuclear waste into the rain forest. Mona's ashes
prevent that from happening and together the family destroys the base.
All About Lisa
When Krusty holds an audition for a new
krusketeer, Bart is by far the best candidate, though Krusty chooses Nelson
because of the reward Nelson's mother gave him. Lisa steps up and
suggests Krusty takes Bart on as an intern, but Krusty takes her on in
stead. She becomes the best personal assistant he's ever had, and at
one point steps in on stage for Mr Teeny. She's a huge success, and
takes over the entire show.
In the mean time, Homer and Bart take up coin collecting and fill an entire
book of american coins, scamming Mr. Burns out of a "kissing Lincolns" penny |