Bart helps precipitate a teachers strike, but he rues his handiwork when Marge takes over for Mrs. Krabappel.

The Simpson household’s overrun with puppies–the offspring of Santa’s Little Helper and his new girlfriend from which Mr. Burns would love to make a greyhound-skin tuxedo.

A fortuneteller predicts Lisa’s engagement and wedding to a fellow student from an upper-crust British family.

Film critic Jay Sherman is among the judges at the Springfield Film Festival, which Mr. Burns conspires to win by bribing some judges.

A loan from Patty and Selma makes Homer their slave; Bart is forced to take ballet.

After tricking an Australian boy into accepting a collect call, Bart flies Down Under to apologize.

Krusty the Clown’s reckless spending forces him to open a clown college to keep afloat. New graduate Homer discovers the perks and perils of being Krusty.

When Bart is forced to assist Principal Skinner in early-morning astronomy observations, he discovers a giant comet heading towards Springfield. Facing impending doom, the entire town shows up at the…

The story of Maggie’s birth is told in flashbacks: after Homer quits the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to pursue his dream of working at a bowling alley, Marge reveals that…

Homer joins the secret society of the Stonecutters and is suddenly exalted when the brethren discover his birthmark. The ancient order is shaken to the core by the ineptitude of…

When they try to go on vacation, the family discovers Marge’s debilitating fear of flying. Marge consults a psychoanalyst to find the source of her baffling fear.

Grandpa’s homemade tonic puts life back in the Simpson bedroom, so he and Homer hit the road to sell the stuff.

When Homer gropes for a gummy candy stuck to the babysitter’s pants, she mistakes his intentions and turns the town against him.

Lisa’s surprising ability at hockey spawns jealousy in Bart and a showdown when their teams meet.

Bart learns that the good Reverend Lovejoy’s daughter is really bad.

Lack of beer and cable TV make Homer a crazed killer; the present is altered by a time-traveling Homer; and Principal Skinner turns detention students into food.

Mayor Quimby pardons attempted murderer Sideshow Bob, who then runs against Quimby for mayor.

The family’s trip to Itchy & Scratchy Land takes an unexpected turn when high-tech robots malfunction and become violent.

After reading the weepy best-seller The Bridges of Madison County, Marge sits down with the family and recalls romantic moments, along with temptations from her bowling instructor Jacques and Homer’s…

Lisa feels threatened when a new girl moves to Springfield: Allison is smart, pretty, a great saxophone player and a crack diorama builder. Lisa tries to befriend her new rival,…

Stuck in his room with a broken leg, Bart hears a high-pitched scream. When he looks through his telescope, he sees a guilty Ned Flanders burying the evidence.

Homer teaches a class on marriage, but sharing secrets about his own union gets him kicked out of the house.

Grandpa Simpson falls for Marge’s mother, but loses out to a competitor; Bart gets ripped off shopping at home with Homer’s credit card.

Bart can clear Mayor Quimby’s nephew of a charge of battery, but only by implicating himself as a hooky player.

Bart takes his dog to school, which gets Skinner fired, which in turn leaves Bart missing his archnemesis.

Bart is picked to be Burns’ heir and moves into the Burns mansion, prompting Homer and Marge to hire a deprogrammer to get him back.

Bart wins an elephant, but Homer won’t let him keep it.

Flanders’ extra ticket to the big game makes him Homer’s new best friend, a role that sorely tests Flanders’ patience.

Homer and Barney compete to be the first “average” American in space.

Lisa’s outrage over the gender stereotypes reinforced by a new talking doll prompts her to confront the dollmaker.

Homer accompanies Apu to the Kwik-E-Mart home office–in India–after Apu is fired.

When an on-air remark catapults Bart to instant stardom, he finds that fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Homer leads a vigilante group to catch the Springfield Cat Burglar, who then robs the museum.

Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart’s casino for kids.

Homer struggles with his attraction to new coworker Mindy, a beautiful engineer whose love for doughnuts is equal to his own.

After a reckless Squishee bender with Milhouse, Bart wakes to the shocking realization that he joined the Junior Campers. Lured by pocketknives and knot-tying lessons, Bart assimilates into the group…

Springfield emulates Bart after he’s praised by a self-help guru.

Marge’s wild night out with neighbor Ruth includes running from the police in Ruth’s car, stolen from her ex.

Homer sells his soul; Vampire Burns invites the Simpsons for dinner; Bart sees a gremlin damaging his school bus.

Burns longs for a childhood toy that winds up in the grip of Maggie.