The Simpsons episode list

This is an episode list of the animated TV series The Simpsons. Dates shown are original air dates. The bold text indicates the production number.

The Shorts

Season 1

• Good Night April 19, 1987
• Watching TV May 3, 1987
• Jumping Bart May 10, 1987
• Babysitting Maggie May 31, 1987
• The Pacifier June 21, 1987
• Burping Contest June 28, 1987
• Dinner Time July 12, 1987

Season 2

• Making Faces September 22, 1987
• The Funeral October 4, 1987
• What Maggies's Thinking October 11, 1987
• Football October 18, 1987
• House of Cards October 25, 1987
• Bart and Homer's Dinner November 1, 1987
• Space Patrol November 8, 1987
• Bart's Haircut November 15, 1987
• World War III November 22, 1987
• The Perfect Crime December 13, 1987
• Scary Stories December 20, 1987
• Grampa and the Kids January 10, 1988
• Gone Fishin' January 24, 1988
• Skateboarding February 7, 1988
• The Pegans February 14, 1988
• Closeted February 21, 1988
• The Aquarium February 28, 1988
• Family Portrait March 6, 1988
• Bart's Hiccups March 13, 1988
• The Money Jar March 20, 1988
• The Art Museum May 1, 1988
• Zoo Story May 8, 1988

Season 3

• Shut Up, Simpsons November 6, 1988
• Shell Game November 13, 1988
• The Bart Simpson Show November 20, 1988
• Punching Bag November 27, 1988
• Simpson Christmas December 18, 1988
• The Krusty the Clown Show January 15, 1989
• Bart the Hero January 29, 1989
• Bart's Little Fantasy February 5, 1989
• Scary Movie February 12, 1989
• Homer Hypnotism February 19, 1989
• Shoplifting February 26, 1989
• Echo Canyon March 12, 1989
• Bathtime March 19, 1989
• Bart's Nightmare March 26, 1989
• Bart of the Jungle April 16, 1989
• Family Therapy April 23, 1989
• Maggie in Peril (Chapter One), April 30, 1989
• Maggie in Peril (The Thrilling Conclusion), May 7, 1989
• TV Simpsons, May 14, 1989

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The Series

Season 1

• Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, December 17, 1989 7G08 - The Simpsons celebrate Christmas.
• Bart the Genius, January 14, 1990 7G02 - Bart cheats on a test and winds up at a school for the gifted.
• Homer's Odyssey, January 21, 1990 7G03 - Homer is fired from his job for causing an accident, then finds a new meaning in life as a safety campaigner.
• There's No Disgrace Like Home, January 28, 1990 7G04 - Annoyed at his family's unruly behaviour at a works picnic, Homer takes them to Dr. Marvin Monroe's family therapy centre.
• Bart the General, February 4, 1990 7G05 - Bart falls foul of a school bully, Nelson Muntz.
• Moaning Lisa, February 11, 1990 7G06 - Lisa feels stifled and becomes depressed.
• The Call of the Simpsons, February 18, 1990 7G09 - The family get lost in the woods in their new mobile home.
• The Telltale Head February 25, 1990 7G07 - Bart falls in with the wrong crowd and cuts the head off the statue of town founder, Jebediah Springfield.
• Life on the Fast Lane March 18, 1990 7G11 - Marge starts falling for a charmer she meets at the bowling alley.
• Homer's Night Out March 25, 1990 7G10 - Bart takes a photo of his father dancing with a stripper at a stag night, making Homer a celebrity, but landing him in trouble with Marge.
• The Crepes of Wrath April 15, 1990 7G13 - Bart is sent to France on an exchange trip, where his hosts treat him as a slave, meanwhile the Albanian student taking his place shows great interest in Homer's work at the power plant.
• Krusty Gets Busted April 29, 1990 7G12 - Krusty the Klown is arrested for holding up the Quik-E-Mart, but Bart refuses to believe his hero did it.
• Some Enchanted Evening May 13, 1990 7G01 - Marge and Homer go out for a romantic dinner, Bart and Lisa see their babysitter on the TV show America's Most Armed and Dangerous.

Season 2

• Bart Gets an F October 11, 1990 7F03 - In danger of being forced to repeat the fourth grade, Bart strikes a deal with class swot, Martin Prince: To whit Martin will make Bart smart if Bart will make Martin popular.
• Simpson and Delilah October 18, 1990 7F02 - Homer bilks the company for a new hair-restoring product. His new-found youthfulness then gains him a promotion.
• Treehouse of Horror October 24, 1990 7F04 - A compendium of Halloween tales told by Bart and Lisa in the treehouse.
  • Bad Dream House - The family move to a haunted house.
  • Hungry are the Damned - Aliens Kodos and Kang kidnap the Simpsons and offer to take them to a great feast, but Lisa suspects their motives.
  • The Raven - Lisa tells Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale, but scares no-one but Homer.
• Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish November 1, 1990 7F01 - Bart catches a three-eyed fish, causing environmental police to visit Springfield Nuclear Powerplant.
• Dancin' Homer November 8, 1990 7F05
• Dead Putting Society November 15, 1990 7F08 - Rivalry between Homer and Ned Flanders manifests itself in a bet on Bart and Todd Flanders playing minature golf.
• Bart Vs. Thanksgiving November 22, 1990 7F07
• Bart the Daredevil December 6, 1990 7F06 - Impressed by a stuntman at a destruction derby, Bart tries more and more dangerous jumps on his skateboard.
• Itchy & Scratchy & Marge December 20, 1990 7F09 - Marge begins a campaign against violence in Itchy & Scratchy.
• Bart Gets Hit by a Car January 10, 1991 7F10 - When Mr. Burns knocks Bart down, the ambulance-chaser Lionel Hutz talks Homer into suing.
• One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish January 24, 1991 7F11 - Homer has 24 hours to live after eating a badly-prepared Blowfish at the local sushi restaurant.
• The Way we Was January 31, 1991 7F12 - Homer tells the story of how he and Marge got together.
• Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment February 7, 1991 7F13 - The kids are taught about Hell and the ten commandments in Sunday School, making Lisa view Homer's illegal cable hook-up as potential damnation.
• Principal Charming February 14, 1991 7F15
• Oh Brother, Where Art Thou February 21, 1991 7F16 - Homer discovers he has a brother.
• Bart's Dog Gets an F March 7, 1991 7F14 - Santa's Little Helper attends obedience school.
• Old Money March 28, 1991 7F17
• Brush with Greatness April 11, 1991 7F18
• Lisa's Substitute April 25, 1991 7F19 - Bart runs for class president and Lisa gets a crush on a substitute teacher.
• The War of the Simpsons May 2, 1991 7F20
• Three Men and a Comic Book May 9, 1991 7F21
• Blood Feud August 11, 1991 7F22

Season 3

• Stark Raving Dad September 19, 1991 7F24 - Homer is committed to a mental hospital, where he befriends a man who claims to be Michael Jackson.
• Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington September 26, 1991 8F01
• When Flanders Failed October 3, 1991 7F23
• Bart the Murderer October 10, 1991 8F03
• Homer Defined October 17, 1991 8F04
• Like Father like Clown October 24, 1991 8F05
• Treehouse of Horror II October 31, 1991 8F02
  • Lisa's Nightmare
  • Homer's Nightmare
  • Bart's Nightmare
• Lisa's Pony November 7, 1991 8F06
• Saturdays of Thunder November 14, 1991 8F07
• Flaming Moe's November 21, 1991 8F08
• Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk December 5, 1991 8F09
• I Married Marge December 26, 1991 8F10
• Radio Bart January 9, 1992 8F11
• Lisa the Greek January 23, 1992 8F12
• Homer Alone February 6, 1992 8F14
• Bart the Lover February 13, 1992 8F16
• Homer at the Bat February 20, 1992 8F13
• Separate Vocations February 27, 1992 8F15
• Dog of Death March 12, 1992 8F17
• Colonel Homer March 26, 1992 8F19 - Homer helps a barmaid launch a country singing career, Marge becomes jealous.
• Black Widower April 8, 1992 8F20
• The Otto Show April 23, 1992 8F21
• Bart's Friend Falls in Love May 7, 1992 8F22
• Brother, Can you Spare two Dimes August 27, 1992 8F23

Season 4

• Kamp Krusty September 24, 1992 8F24 - Bart and Lisa's summer camps is not what they'd hoped for.
• A Streetcar Named Marge October 1, 1992 8F18 - Marge gets a part in a musical production of A Streetcar Named Desire.
• Homer the Heretic October 8, 1992 9F01 - Homer discovers the joys of staying home on a Sunday morning and decides to start his own religion.
• Lisa the Beauty Queen October 15, 1992 9F02
• Treehouse of Horror III October 29, 1992 9F04
  • Clown Without Pity
  • King Homer
  • Dial "Z" for Zombie
• Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie November 3, 1992 9F03 - In an attempt to straighten Bart out, Homer decrees that he cannot see the long-awaited Itchy & Scratchy movie.
• Marge Gets a Job November 5, 1992 9F05
• New Kid on the Block November 12], 1992 9F06
• Mr. Plow November 19, 1992 9F07 - Homer starts a snow-plow business.
• Lisa's First Word December 3, 1992 9F08
• Homer's Triple Bypass December 17, 1992 9F09
• Marge Vs. The Monorail January 14, 1993 9F10
• Selma's Choice January 21, 1993 9F11
• Brother From the Same Planet February 4, 1993 9F12
• I Love Lisa February 11, 1993 9F13
• Duffless February 18, 1993 9F14
• Last Exit to Springfield March 11, 1993 9F15
• So it's Come to This: A Simpson Clip Show April 1, 1993 9F17
• The Front April 15, 1993 9F16
• Whacking Day April 29, 1993 9F18 - Lisa campaigns against the cruelty of a local holiday, Bart gets expelled.
• Marge in Chains May 6, 1993 9F20
• Krusty Gets Kancelled May 13, 1993 9F19

Season 5

• Homer's Barbershop Quartet September 30, 1993 9F21
• Cape Feare October 7, 1993 9F22 - Released from jail, Sideshow Bob stalks Bart, so the FBI relocate the family.
• Homer Goes to College October 14, 1993 1F02
• Rosebud October 18, 1993 1F01 - Mr. Burns misses his childhood toy.
• Treehouse of Horror IV October 30, 1993 1F04
  • The Devil and Homer Simpson - Homer sells his soul for a doughnut.
  • Nightmare at 5* Feet - A gremlin attacks the school bus.
  • Bart Simpson's Dracula - Mr. Burns is a vampire.
• Marge on the Lam November 4, 1993 1F03
• Bart's Inner Child November 11, 1993 1F05 - A self-help guru holds up Bart as an example to the town.
• Boy-Scoutz N the Hood November 18, 1993 1F06 - Bart, on a sugar high, joins the Boy Scouts.
• The Last Temptation of Homer December 9, 1993 1F07
• $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) December 16, 1993 1F08 - The town legalises gambling.
• Homer the Vigilante January 6, 1994 1F09
• Bart Gets Famous February 3, 1994 1F11
• Homer and Apu February 10, 1994 1F10
• Lisa Vs. Malibu Stacy February 17, 1994 1F12
• Deep Space Homer February 24, 1994 1F13
• Homer Loves Flanders March 17, 1994 1F14
• Bart Gets an Elephant March 31, 1994 1F15
• Burns' Heir April 14, 1994 1F16
• Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song April 27, 1994 1F18
• The Boy who Knew Too Much May 5, 1994 1F19
• Lady Bouvier's Lover May 12, 1994 1F21
• Secrets of a Successful Marriage May 19, 1994 1F20

Season 6

• Bart of Darkness September 4, 1994
• Lisa's Rival September 11, 1994
• Another Simpson Clip Show September 25, 1994
• Itchy & Scratchy Land October 2, 1994
• Sideshow Bob Roberts October 9, 1994
• Treehouse of Horror V October 30, 1994
  • The Shinning
  • Time and Punishment
  • Nightmare Cafeteria
• Bart's Girlfriend November 6, 1994
• Lisa on Ice November 13, 1994
• Homer Badman November 27, 1994
• Grampa Vs. Sexual Inadequacy December 4, 1994
• Fear of Flying December 18, 1994
• Homer the Great January 8, 1995
• And Maggie Makes Three Jannuary 22, 1995
• Bart's Comet February 5, 1995
• Homie the Clown February 12, 1995
• Bart Vs. Australia February 19, 1995
• Homer Vs. Patty and Selma February 26, 1995
• A Star is Burns March 5, 1995
• Lisa's Wedding March 26, 1995
• Two Dozen and One Greyhounds April 9, 1995
• The PTA Disbands April 16, 1995
• 'Round Springfield April 30, 1995
• The Springfield Connection May 7, 1995
• Lemon of Troy May 14, 1995
• Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part One) May 21, 1995

Season 7

• Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two September 17, 1995 2F20
• Radioactive Man September 24, 1995
• Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily October 1, 1995
• Bart Sells his Soul October 10, 1995
• Lisa the Vegetarian October 15, 1995
• Treehouse of Horror VI October 30, 1995
  • Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores
  • Nightmare on Evergren Terrace
  • Homer3
• King-Size Homer
• Mother Simpson
• Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
• The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular - A spoof history of the series.
• Marge be not Proud
• Team Homer
• Two Bad Neighbors
• Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield - Marge finds a Chanel suit in a discount store and gets invited to the town's country club.
• Bart the Fink
• Lisa the Iconclast
• Homer the Smithers
• A Fish Called Selma
• The Day the Violence Died
• Bart on the Road
• 22 Short Films about Springfield
• Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"
• Much Apu about Nothing
• Homerpalooza
• Summer of 4 Ft. 2

Season 8

• Treehouse of Horror VII
  • The Thing and I
  • The Genesis Tub
  • Citizen Kang
• You Only Move Twice
• The Homer they Fall
• Burns, Baby Burns
• Bart After Dark
• A Milhouse Divided
• Lisa's Date with Density
• Hurricane Neddy
• El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysteroius Voyage of Homer)
• The Springfield Files
• The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
• Mountain of Madness
• Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious
• The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
• Homer's Phobia
• Brother from Another Series
• My Sister, My Sister
• Homer Vs. The Eighteenth Amendment
• Grade School Confidential
• The Canine Mutiny
• The Old Man and the Lisa
• In Marge we Trust
• Homer's Enemy
• The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase
• The Secret War of Lisa Simpson

Season 9

• The City of New York Vs. Homer Simpson (This episode was removed from syndication in the United States after the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001.)
• The Principal and the Pauper
• Lisa's Sax
• Treehouse of Horror VIII
  • The HΩmega Man
  • Fly Vs. Fly
  • Easy Bake Coven
• The Cartridge Family
• Bart Star
• The Two Mrs Nahasapeemapetilons
• Lisa the Skeptic
• Reality Bites
• Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
• All Singing, All Dancing
• Bart Carny
• The Joy of Sect
• Das Bus
• The Last Temptation of Krust
• Dunbbell Indemnity
• Lisa the Simpson
• This Little Wiggy
• Simpson Tide
• The Trouble with Trillions
• Girly Edition
• Trash of the Titans
• King of the Hill
• Lost Our Lisa
• Natural Born Kissers

Season 10

• Lard of the Dance
• The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
• Bart the Mother
• Treehouse of Horror IX
  • Hell Toupee
  • The Terror of Tiny Toon
  • Starship Poopers
• When you Dish Upon a Star
• D'oh-In' in the Wind
• Lisa Gets an "A"
• Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"
• Mayored to the Mob
• Viva Ned Flanders
• Wild Barts Can't be Broken
• Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
• Homer to the Max
• I'm With Cupid
• Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"
• Make Room for Lisa
• Maximum Homerdrive
• Simpsons Bible Stories
• Mom and Pop Art
• The Old Man and the "C" Student
• Monty Can't Buy me Love
• They Saved Lisa's Brain
• 30 Minutes Over Tokyo

Season 11

• Beyond Blunderdome
• Brother's Little Helper
• Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?
• Treehouse of Horror X
• E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
• Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
• Eight Misbehavin'
• Take My Wife, Sleaze
• Grift of the Magi
• Little Big Mom
• Faith Off
• The Mansion Family
• Saddlesore Galactica
• Alone Again, Natura-Diddly
• Missionary: Impossible
• Pygmoelian
• Bart to the Future
• Days of Wine and D'oh'ses
• Kill the Alligator and Run
• Last Tap Dance in Springfield
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
• Behind the Laughter

Season 12

• Treehouse of Horror XI
• A Tale of Two Springfields
• Insane Clown Poppy
• Lisa the Tree Hugger
• Homer Vs. Dignity
• The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
• The Great Money Caper
• Skinner's Sense of Snow
• HOMR
• Pokey Mom
• Worst Episode Ever
• Tennis the Menace
• Day of the Jackanapes
• New Kids on the Blecch
• Hungry Hungry Homer
• Bye Bye Nerdy
• Simpson Safari
• Trilogy of Error
• I'm Goin' to Praiseland
• Children of a Lesser Clod
• Simpsons Tall Tales

Season 13

• Treehouse of Horror XII
• The Parent Rap
• Homer the Moe
• A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
• The Blunder Years
• She of Little Faith
• Brawl in the Family
• Sweets and Sour Marge
• Jaws Wired Shut
• Half Decent Proposal
• The Bart Wants What it Wants
• The Lastest Gun in the West
• The Old Man & The Key
• Tales from The Public Domain
• Blame it on Lisa
• Weekend at Burnsie's
• Gump Roast
• I am Furious Yellow
• The Sweetest Apu
• Little Girl in the Big Ten
• The Frying Game
• Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge

Season 14

• Treehouse of Horror XIII
• How I Spent my Strummer Vacation
• Bart Vs. Lisa Vs. the Third Grade
• Large Marge
• Special Edna (a.k.a. Love and Marking)
• Helter Shelter
• The Dad who knew too Little
• Barting Over, February 16, 2003 EABF05 - 300th episode
• A Star is Born Again
• The Great Louse Detective
• Strong Arms of the Ma
• Pray Anything
• I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can
• Scuse me While I Miss the Sky
• Old Yeller Belly
• The Bart of War
• Mr. Spitz Goes to Washington
• Three Gays of the Condo
• C.E. D'oh!, March 16, 2003
• Brake my Wife, Please
• Dude, Where's my Ranch?
• Moe Baby Blues

Season 15

• Treehouse of Horror XIV
  • Reaper Madness
  • Frinkenstein
  • Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off
• My Mother the Carjacker
• The President Wore Pearls
• The Regina Monologues
• The Fat and the Furriest
• Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays
• I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot
• Today, I Am a Klown
• 'Tis The Fifteenth Season
• Diatribe of a Mad Housewife
• The Wandering Juvie
• My Big Fat Geek Wedding

Season 16

• Sleeping With the Enemy