Specials
82 episodes · premiered Apr 19, 1987
Special installments of the series.
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E1 Good Night
Good Night was the first ever Simpsons short to air on The Tracey Ullman Show. The five main family members - Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie - were first introduced in this short. Homer and Marge attempt to calm their children to sleep, with the opposite results. Maggie can be heard saying "good night". She rarely talks throughout the run of the series.
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E2 Watching TV
Bart and Lisa quarrel during commercial breaks over what channel they'll watch. Repeatedly Maggie comes up to the television and changes the channel. Later Homer is saying some speech about family matters then stops when the show comes back on. A piece of music from the Tracey Ullman show plays at one part or another during the short.
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E3 Jumping Bart
Homer makes several attempts to have Bart jump into his arms. Each time Bart jumps Homer is distracted and fails to catch him. Towards the end of the episode boxing gloves are delivered, presumably the ones used in the episode Punching Bag.
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E4 Babysitting Maggie
Marge puts Bart and Lisa in charge of babysitting Maggie. They watch TV while Maggie gets electrocuted, falls down the stairs, and falls off the roof. Maggie sticks a fork in an electrical socket thereby electocuting herself, she crawls up the stairs and falls down them in insane Slinky fashion then she climbs onto the roof in hot pursuit of a butterfly, and falls off it.
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E5 The Pacifier
Lisa and Bart try to get Maggie to stop sucking on her pacifier, but Maggie, who has an entire drawer full of them, refuses to kick the habit.
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E6 Burping Contest
Despite Marge's objections, Bart, Lisa and even Maggie compete in a contest to see who can make the most disgusting burp.
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E7 Dinner Time
Marge serves the family purple goop for dinner, insisting that they say grace first.
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E8 Making Faces
Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. Maggie unclearly speaks in this episode.
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E9 The Funeral
Bart is determined to see his uncle's corpse...but not for long. This is the only appearance of Uncle Hubert.
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E10 Maggie's Brain
Bart and Lisa wonder what's inside Maggie's mind.
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E11 Football
Homer teaches Bart about the importance of Football.
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E12 House of Cards
Bart tries to make a house of cards, but Lisa Maggie make noises that have the "house" fall every time.
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E13 Bart and Homer's Dinner
Bart can't stomach it when he and Homer are forced to fend for themselves.
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E14 Space Patrol
Bart, Lisa and Maggie play a game of "Space Patrol" while Homer and Marge are out. Lisa plays a superhero with Maggie as her sidekick, while Bart puts a jug on his head with the pretense of it being the helmet of an alien warlord. However, his head accidentally plops into it and the jug is left stuck on his head. Lisa "frees" Bart from the jug using a croquet mallet. Lisa and Maggie then hide, allowing Bart, stumbling in a daze amongst pieces of the precious broken jug lying on the floor, to take the blame.
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E15 Bart's Haircut
Bart has his hair cut too short by a barber. This is the first time we hear a character from The Simpsons series say a curse word.
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E16 World War III
Homer wakes up the family to practice for a nuclear drill... in the middle of the night.
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E17 The Perfect Crime
Marge bakes a batch of delicious cookies. Bart attempts to steal them, but burns his fingers trying to pick them up. Everyone except Bart and Maggie leave the kitchen to let them cool down, and Bart takes this opportunity to swipe them, muttering to himself "Aha! The perfect crime!" Homer and Marge come back to find the tray empty. Marge suspects Maggie of eating the cookies, but as a witness she knows exactly who took them and guides them along a trail of cookies running across the floor. His family catch him lying on his back in his bedroom amidst a pile of cookie crumbs. Looking up at them with his stomach full, he groans, "There is no perfect crime." His head bangs back down on the ground and Maggie, secretively, snacks on an uneaten cookie.
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E18 Scary Stories
Bart tells Lisa & Maggie a series of scary stories (in the middle of the dark) only to believe they're coming true.
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E19 Grampa and the Kids
Grampa spends time with the kids. This is Grampa's first appearance.
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E20 Gone Fishin' (Sort of)
Bart and Homer go on a fishing trip. Homer asks Bart for a bologna sandwich, but Bart forgot the bologna. He puts the bait on the sandwich instead. Later on they hit rapids and Homer is almost knocked unconscious. They later fall off of a waterfall.
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E21 Skateboarding
Bart teaches his sisters how to skateboard...or is it the other way around.
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E22 The Pagans
The kids discuss paganism. This is the first time Bart calls his dad "Homer".
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E23 Closeted
Bart locks himself in the closet, and when he busts out, he finds out that the family has gone out without him.
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E24 The Aquarium
At an aquarium Bart swims with the sharks...literally. This is the first time we see a naked Simpsons character. This also marks Lisa Simpson saying the word hell in this short.
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E25 Family Portrait
Homer has trouble taking a normal family portrait.
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E26 Bart's Hiccups
Lisa and Maggie try to cure Bart's hiccups...the hard way.
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E27 The Money Jar
The kids try to steal money from Marge's money jar..
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E28 The Art Museum
The Simpsons go to the art museum. This is the first time we hear Bart say "Whoooa, Mama!".
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E29 Zoo Story
Homer unwisely teases a monkey at the zoo and gets a faceful of poo for his trouble. This is the shortest Simpsons Short.
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E30 Shut Up, Simpsons
Maggie squeaks her toy, causing a chain reaction of anger in the family.
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E31 Shell Game
Bart tries to hide the cookies he stole from the jar from his parents.
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E32 The Bart Simpson Show
Bart puts on his own show after Homer tells him to stop watching cartoons. First appearance of Itchy and Scratchy. This is the first time we hear Lisa call her dad "Homer".
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E33 Punching Bag
Bart, Lisa and eventually Marge take out their frustrations on a punching bag with Homer's picture on it.
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E34 Simpsons Christmas
Bart's version of Christmas.
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E35 The Krusty the Clown Show
The kids get to see Krusty's show live for the first time. First appearance of Krusty the Clown.
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E36 Bart the Hero
Sent out to exercise, Bart foils a robbery attempt.
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E37 Bart's Little Fantasy
Bart tells a story about large kids who throw their small parents into a small room.
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E38 Scary Movie
Bart, Lisa and Maggie go to the movie to see "The Happy Little Elves Return" (much to Bart's dismay), but Bart convinces the girls to see "Space Mutants" instead. Guess who's the scaredy-cat!
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E39 Home Hypnotism
Homer tries hypnosis to calm down his crazy kids.
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E40 Shoplifting
Bart's attempt to swipe some chocolate is foiled.
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E41 Echo Canyon
The family drives to Echo Canyon, takes turns making echoes, and Bart almost makes a boulder crunch the family car.
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E42 Bathtime
Homer makes Bart take his "Sunday Night Bath", only to flood the bathroom. this is the last Simpsons short in which we see a naked Simpsons character.
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E43 Bart's Nightmare
In this sequel to "Shell Game", Bart has a nightmare after eating every single cookie from the cookie jar.
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E44 Bart of the Jungle
The kids swing from the trees off Homer's ties.
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E45 Family Therapy
Homer takes the family to a psychologist. This is last Tracey Ullman Short we hear a character from The Simpsons series say a curse word.
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E46 Maggie in Peril (1)
Bart kicks Maggie's ball out of sight and she takes off to retrieve it back.
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E47 Maggie in Peril (The Thrilling Conclusion) (2)
Maggie floats in the air hanging on to balloons and lands safely back in her playpen.
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E48 TV Simpsons
Homer attempts to fix the television antenna on the roof.
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E49 Homer and Bart Visit the NFL on FOX
A short in which Homer and Bart visit the NFL studio. The short was broadcast on NFL on FOX on September 3, 1995.
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E50 Springfield's Most Wanted
This special was aired before the premier of the 7th season opener; hosted by John Walsh (from the FOX series "Americas Most Wanted"), it offered up all sorts of theories and insights into who might have shot Montgomery Burns.
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E51 A Culture Show Special
Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. Maggie unclearly speaks in this episode.
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E52 The Simpsons' Christmas Message
Marge comments on David and Victoria Beckham's marriage in a negative comparison with hers and Homer's, and compared the special relationship between the UK and the US to that of Mini Me and Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers films ("Helping out in all our zany schemes to take over the world"). Lisa Simpson also held a banner supporting Cornwall's secession: "UK OUT OF CORNWALL", while chanting "Rydhsys rag Kernow lemmyn" (freedom for Cornwall now).
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E53 The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice
A documentary special that examined the "cultural phenomenon" of the American animated television series. The special is hosted and directed by Morgan Spurlock.
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E54 Access All Areas
In the first of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais takes you behind the scenes to see how the show is made, talking to those who put each episode together, plus celebrity fans like Simon Cowell and Hugh Hefner.
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E55 Mischief and Mayhem
In the second of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais takes a look at the vast array of Simpsons merchandise the colourful characters have inspired and catches up with some of the programme's biggest devotees.
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E56 Celebrity Friends
In the third of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais speaks to a selection of the huge number of celebrities who have guest-starred on the show over the years.
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E57 Homer Votes 2012
Who will Homer Simpson vote for in the 2012 Elections? Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?
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E58 Mr. Burns Endorses Romney
An election eve appeal from Montgomery Burns. Mr. Burns puts Shamus the dog to the test of choosing between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
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E59 Fiscal Cliff
Still reeling from the presidential election results, Mr. Burns takes a few minutes to explain the upcoming fiscal cliff.
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E60 Maggie Sucks
Maggie prepares for her Oscar acceptance speech.
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E61 Oscar-Nominated
Maggie is interviewed for the Oscar nomination of The Longest Daycare.
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E62 Ice Bucket Challenge
If you loved the Homer Shake...
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E63 Willie's Views On Scottish Independence
Groundskeeper Willie has a few things to say prior to the Sept 18 Scottish elections.
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E64 Trumptastic Voyage
A close encounter with Donald Trump's hairpiece sends Homer on an extraordinary journey.
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E65 Marge Simpson's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Marge challenges Kim Jong-un to the Ice Bucket Challenge.
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E66 Join The Simpsons at the Daytona 500
Take a look at ‘The Simpsons’ heading down to Daytona International Speedway for the Daytona 500 on February 21st.
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E67 The Debateful Eight
Marge wakes up from a political nightmare.
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E68 Pokémon Now?
Pokémon Now? is a special short that was released on July 16, 2016. It's a remade scene from "A Tree Grows in Springfield".
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E69 3 a.m.
Marge and Homer Simpson wrestle with the choice in this election.
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E70 Homer from the Green Room at San Diego Comic-Con 2016
Homer says hello from San Diego Comic-Con 2016!
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E71 Homer Votes 2016
The citizens of Springfield head to their polling stations to vote and Homer discovers Russia's President Vladimir Putin in disguise.
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E72 Happy Daytona Day!
This year everyone is coming to Daytona! Don't miss the Daytona 500, FEB 26 on FOX!
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E73 Donald Trump's First 100 Days In Office
Donald Trump reviews his accomplishments from his first 100 days in office.
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E74 125 Days: Donald Trump Makes One Last Try to Patch Things Up with Comey
Donald Trump makes one last try to patch things up with Comey.
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E75 Moe Live Tweets!
Moe has a presidential moment and lets the world know how he is feeling.
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E76 A Public Announcement About the Eclipse
Homer gives us a little advice about watching the eclipse.
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E77 A Message from Moe About Puerto Rico
Moe has a message for the mayor of Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulín Cruz, regarding her tweet in response to the appeal for Puerto Rico that aired at the end of The Serfsons.
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E78 Mueller Meets Trump
Robert Mueller pays the President a little visit.
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E79 A Tale of Two Trumps
Maybe it's time to take a good look in the mirror.
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E80 West Wing Story
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her squad face off against President Donald Trump.
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E81 The Past and the Furious
Lisa travels back in time to 1923 and discovers that the Springfield Mini Moose, once key to the town’s ecosystem, were driven to extinction in 1925. Teaming up with young Monty Burns, Lisa works to save the moose, but her actions unintentionally shape his future as a ruthless tycoon.
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E82 Yellow Planet
The Simpsons explore Earth in a Nat Geo-style mockumentary.