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List of The Simpsons couch gags
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The following is a list of couch gags seen on The Simpsons.
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 1 |
December 17, 1989 |
n/a due to cold opening |
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" |
7G08 |
| 2 |
January 14, 1990 |
The family sits; Bart gets shot up in the air, then falls when the scene cuts to the TV credits. (This is the only time the couch gag visually continues into the closing shot of the TV.) |
"Bart the Genius" |
7G02 |
| 3 |
January 21, 1990 |
The family sits; the couch falls apart under their weight, leaving them sitting on cushions on the floor. |
"Homer's Odyssey" |
7G03 |
| 4 |
January 28, 1990 |
The family sits; Homer is squeezed off and lands on the floor with a thud. |
"There's No Disgrace Like Home" |
7G04 |
| 5 |
February 4, 1990 |
n/a due to shortened opening sequence |
"Bart the General" |
7G05 |
| 6 |
February 11, 1990 |
The family sits; Maggie is squeezed off, up into the air and out of frame, but Marge catches her as she falls back down. (This couch gag also appears in the arcade game.) |
"Moaning Lisa" |
7G06 |
| 7 |
February 18, 1990 |
Everyone sits on the couch; nothing happens. (Meant to be first couch gag in production order) |
"The Call of the Simpsons" |
7G09 |
| 8 |
February 25, 1990 |
repeat of 7G02's gag |
"The Telltale Head" |
7G07 |
| 9 |
March 18, 1990 |
n/a due to shortened opening sequence |
"Life on the Fast Lane" |
7G11 |
| 10 |
March 25, 1990 |
repeat of 7G03's gag |
"Homer's Night Out" |
7G10 |
| 11 |
April 15, 1990 |
repeat of 7G04's gag |
"The Crepes of Wrath" |
7G13 |
| 12 |
April 29, 1990 |
repeat of 7G06's gag |
"Krusty Gets Busted" |
7G12 |
| 13 |
May 13, 1990 |
repeat of 7G09's gag |
"Some Enchanted Evening" |
7G01 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 14 |
October 11, 1990 |
The family sits on the couch and the couch falls through the floor. Homer yells, “D’oh!” |
"Bart Gets an F" |
7F03 |
| 15 |
October 18, 1990 |
Everyone is in a line in front of the couch and does a “Walk Like An Egyptian” style shuffle, then jumps on the couch with their arms in a “ta-da” pose. |
"Simpson and Delilah" |
7F02 |
| 16 |
October 25, 1990 |
n/a (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror" |
7F04 |
| 17 |
November 1, 1990 |
The family sits down and the couch folds into a bed. |
"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" |
7F01 |
| 18 |
November 8, 1990 |
The family (except for Maggie) sits on the couch; Maggie then peeks her head out of Marge’s tall hair. |
"Dancin' Homer" |
7F05 |
| 19 |
November 15, 1990 |
The pets (Santa’s Little Helper and Snowball II) join the family on the couch. |
"Dead Putting Society" |
7F08 |
| 20 |
November 22, 1990 |
Grampa is asleep on the couch and gets startled awake when the family comes in. |
"Bart vs. Thanksgiving" |
7F07 |
| 21 |
December 6, 1990 |
Homer tips the couch over on its side and Maggie sits on a fallen couch cushion. |
"Bart the Daredevil" |
7F06 |
| 22 |
December 20, 1990 |
The family comes in and finds the couch missing. |
"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" |
7F09 |
| 23 |
January 10, 1991 |
Homer squeezes everyone off the couch one by one until he has the couch all to himself. |
"Bart Gets Hit by a Car" |
7F10 |
| 24 |
January 24, 1991 |
The couch falls over backwards; Maggie peeks from behind. |
"One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" |
7F11 |
| 25 |
January 31, 1991 |
repeat of 7F03's gag (only Homer doesn't yell, "D'oh!" when the couch falls through the floor) |
"The Way We Was" |
7F12 |
| 26 |
February 7, 1991 |
repeat of 7F02's gag |
"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" |
7F13 |
| 27 |
February 14, 1991 |
repeat of 7F01's gag |
"Principal Charming" |
7F15 |
| 28 |
February 21, 1991 |
repeat of 7F05's gag |
"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" |
7F16 |
| 29 |
March 7, 1991 |
repeat of 7F08's gag |
"Bart's Dog Gets an F" |
7F14 |
| 30 |
March 28, 1991 |
repeat of 7F07's gag |
"Old Money" |
7F17 |
| 31 |
April 11, 1991 |
repeat of 7F06's gag |
"Brush with Greatness" |
7F18 |
| 32 |
April 25, 1991 |
repeat of 7F09's gag |
"Lisa's Substitute" |
7F19 |
| 33 |
May 2, 1991 |
repeat of 7F10's gag |
"The War of the Simpsons" |
7F20 |
| 34 |
May 9, 1991 |
repeat of 7F11's gag |
"Three Men and a Comic Book" |
7F21 |
| 35 |
July 11, 1991 |
repeat of 7F03's gag |
"Blood Feud" |
7F22 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 36 |
September 19, 1991 |
The family sits; the couch tips over backwards and crashes into the back wall. |
"Stark Raving Dad" |
7F24 |
| 37 |
September 26, 1991 |
The family sits on the couch; Homer pulls a distressed Santa’s Little Helper out from under him. |
"Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" |
8F01 |
| 38 |
October 3, 1991 |
repeat of 7F02's gag |
"When Flanders Failed" |
7F23 |
| 39 |
October 10, 1991 |
The family forms a human pyramid on the couch with Maggie on top. |
"Bart the Murderer" |
8F03 |
| 40 |
October 17, 1991 |
A space alien is on the couch with a drink in hand. Before the family can come in, it escapes through a trap door in the floor. The family comes in and sits as normal. |
"Homer Defined" |
8F04 |
| 41 |
October 24, 1991 |
Everyone (except for Bart) sits on the couch. Bart comes in moments later and lies stretched out on everyone’s laps. |
"Like Father, Like Clown" |
8F05 |
| 42 |
October 31, 1991 |
n/a (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror II" |
8F02 |
| 43 |
November 7, 1991 |
Homer lies stretched out on the couch and everyone else comes in and sits on him. |
"Lisa's Pony" |
8F06 |
| 44 |
November 14, 1991 |
Everyone sits on the couch, and falls in with their legs behind their heads. |
"Saturdays of Thunder" |
8F07 |
| 45 |
November 21, 1991 |
Two burglars are in the process of carrying off the couch; The Simpsons come in and sit, but the burglars throw them off and leave with the couch. |
"Flaming Moe's" |
8F08 |
| 46 |
December 5, 1991 |
Santa’s Little Helper is asleep on the couch. When the family comes in, he growls ferociously, causing them to back away slowly. |
"Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" |
8F09 |
| 47 |
December 26, 1991 |
The family (except Maggie, who hops after failing to do a proper cartwheel) cartwheels to the couch and lands with a “ta-da” pose. |
"I Married Marge" |
8F10 |
| 48 |
January 9, 1992 |
The family sits on the couch and end up bouncing over and under each other until they're in completely different places on the couch. |
"Radio Bart" |
8F11 |
| 49 |
January 23, 1992 |
repeat of 8F01's gag |
"Lisa the Greek" |
8F12 |
| 50 |
February 6, 1992 |
repeat of 8F03's gag |
"Homer Alone" |
8F14 |
| 51 |
February 13, 1992 |
repeat of 8F04's gag |
"Bart the Lover" |
8F16 |
| 52 |
February 20, 1992 |
The family runs to the couch, but knocks themselves unconscious in the process. Maggie (the only one who isn’t knocked out) ends up on the couch. |
"Homer at the Bat" |
8F13 |
| 53 |
February 27, 1992 |
repeat of 8F05's gag |
"Separate Vocations" |
8F15 |
| 54 |
March 12, 1992 |
repeat of 8F06's gag |
"Dog of Death" |
8F17 |
| 55 |
March 26, 1992 |
repeat of 8F07's gag |
"Colonel Homer" |
8F19 |
| 56 |
April 9, 1992 |
repeat of 8F08's gag |
"Black Widower" |
8F20 |
| 57 |
April 23, 1992 |
repeat of 8F09's gag |
"The Otto Show" |
8F21 |
| 58 |
May 7, 1992 |
repeat of 7F24's gag |
"Bart's Friend Falls in Love" |
8F22 |
| 59 |
August 27, 1992 |
repeat of 8F10's gag |
"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" |
8F23 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 60 |
September 24, 1992 |
The Flintstones (Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles) are on the couch. When the Simpsons come in, Fred smiles at Homer and invites him to sit. |
"Kamp Krusty" |
8F24 |
| 61 |
October 1, 1992 |
The family sits on the couch; the couch then swallows them up as it transforms into a monster. |
"A Streetcar Named Marge" |
8F18 |
| 62 |
October 8, 1992 |
The Simpsons sit on the couch; the wall spins around, leaving behind an empty couch. |
"Homer the Heretic" |
9F01 |
| 63 |
October 15, 1992 |
Maggie is already on the couch; Homer, Marge, and Bart run off the edge of the film onto an empty white space and quickly run back. Lisa jumps in at the last minute. |
"Lisa the Beauty Queen" |
9F02 |
| 64 |
October 29, 1992 |
The Simpsons are now skeletons who rush to the couch and sit as normal. (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror III" |
9F04 |
| 65 |
November 3, 1992 |
The Simpsons sit on the couch; the couch deflates like a balloon. |
"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" |
9F03 |
| 66 |
November 05, 1992 |
The family’s heads are mismatched; Everyone undoes the mistake by taking back their proper heads and Maggie takes her pacifier out of Homer’s mouth. |
"Marge Gets a Job" |
9F05 |
| 67 |
November 12, 1992 |
repeat of 7F03's gag |
"New Kid on the Block" |
9F06 |
| 68 |
November 19, 1992 |
The couch is replaced by a small wooden chair; the family sits on it. |
"Mr. Plow" |
9F07 |
| 69 |
December 3, 1992 |
As the standard theme music stops, the family forms a chorus line, joined by a line of Rockettes-like women, all high-kicking to a Vegas-like rendition of the main theme melody. The living room walls are lifted to make way for a large production number, featuring hand-standing elephants, magicians, Santa's Little Helper leaping through a ring of fire, and more all set to circus style music. The standard theme music then returns, concluding normally. (This is the first extra-long couch gag, as well as the first to cut into the standard theme with alternate music.) |
"Lisa's First Word" |
9F08 |
| 70 |
December 17, 1992 |
The family is microsized and climbs the “giant” couch. |
"Homer's Triple Bypass" |
9F09 |
| 71 |
January 14, 1993 |
The Simpsons sit down, followed by three rows of secondary characters (such as Kent Brockman, Apu, Krusty, Principal Skinner, Marge's mother Jackie, Mr. Burns, Smithers, a black-haired Princess Kashmir, and Mrs. Krabappel) from the show who obstruct the family's view. |
"Marge vs. the Monorail" |
9F10 |
| 72 |
January 21, 1993 |
The family is caught in a rope trap set up on the floor. |
"Selma's Choice" |
9F11 |
| 73 |
February 04, 1993 |
repeat of 9F01's gag |
"Brother From the Same Planet" |
9F12 |
| 74 |
February 11, 1993 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
"I Love Lisa" |
9F13 |
| 75 |
February 18, 1993 |
repeat of 9F02's gag |
"Duffless" |
9F14 |
| 76 |
March 11, 1993 |
repeat of 8F18's gag |
"Last Exit to Springfield" |
9F15 |
| 77 |
April 1, 1993 |
repeat of 9F05's gag |
"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" |
9F17 |
| 78 |
April 15, 1993 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
"The Front" |
9F16 |
| 79 |
April 29, 1993 |
repeat of 9F07's gag |
"Whacking Day" |
9F18 |
| 80 |
May 6, 1993 |
repeat of 9F09's gag |
"Marge in Chains" |
9F20 |
| 81 |
May 13, 1993 |
repeat of 9F11's gag |
"Krusty Gets Kancelled" |
9F19 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 82 |
September 30, 1993 |
A director does three couch gag takes. Take one: The Simpsons first run into the living room and shatter like glass, with Santa's Little Helper walking in to look at the mess on the floor. Take two: The Simpsons run in and coalesce into a multicolored, five-headed blob. Take three: The Simpsons run in and explode on contact, with Maggie's pacifier falling onto the blackened crater. (syndicated reruns use the “take one” couch gag and takes two and three are used as individual couch gags in different episodes) |
"Homer's Barbershop Quartet" |
9F21 |
| 83 |
October 7, 1993 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
"Cape Feare" |
9F22 |
| 84 |
October 14, 1993 |
The family sits; the couch and family are crushed by the cutout foot from the opening of Monty Python's Flying Circus. |
"Homer Goes to College" |
1F02 |
| 85 |
October 21, 1993 |
The Simpsons run in and find an identical Simpsons family on the couch. (This scene is frequently used as the opening couch gag on syndicated versions of Simpsons episodes from seasons one to five.) |
"Rosebud" |
1F01 |
| 86 |
October 28, 1993 |
The Simpsons are zombies who break through the floor and groan as they sit on the couch. (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror IV" |
1F04 |
| 87 |
November 4, 1993 |
The family runs in and crashes through the wall, as it turns out the couch and other living room furniture is just a flat backdrop. |
"Marge on the Lam" |
1F03 |
| 88 |
November 11, 1993 |
The family runs in and finds an obese man taking up the entire couch; the man tries to give the Simpsons room to sit, but it's a tight fit. |
"Bart's Inner Child" |
1F05 |
| 89 |
November 18, 1993 |
The lights are out as five pairs of eyes enter; the lights turn on revealing only eyes, as the eyeless family rushes in and sits down, reconnecting with their eyes. |
"Boy-Scoutz N the Hood" |
1F06 |
| 90 |
December 9, 1993 |
The family sits, then realizes the couch is on the set of the Late Show with David Letterman; next to the couch, Dave spins in his chair to face forward at his desk. |
"The Last Temptation of Homer" |
1F07 |
| 91 |
December 16, 1993 |
repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags |
"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" |
1F08 |
| 92 |
January 06, 1994 |
repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags |
"Homer the Vigilante" |
1F09 |
| 93 |
February 03, 1994 |
repeat of the second of 9F21's three gags |
"Bart Gets Famous" |
1F11 |
| 94 |
February 10, 1994 |
Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa poke their heads out from behind the couch; Maggie pokes out from behind the center cushion |
"Homer and Apu" |
1F10 |
| 95 |
February 17, 1994 |
repeat of 1F02's gag |
"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" |
1F12 |
| 96 |
February 24, 1994 |
repeat of 1F05's gag |
"Deep Space Homer" |
1F13 |
| 97 |
March 17, 1994 |
There are two identical couches in the living room. The Simpsons split themselves down the middle and each half sits on the couches. |
"Homer Loves Flanders" |
1F14 |
| 98 |
March 31, 1994 |
repeat of 1F06's gag |
"Bart Gets an Elephant" |
1F15 |
| 99 |
April 14, 1994 |
The Simpsons are balls that bounce onto the couch. Bart almost bounces away, but Homer reigns him in and hurls him onto the couch. |
"Burns' Heir" |
1F16 |
| 100 |
April 28, 1994 |
The Simpsons sit on the couch just as a translucent FOX station identification logo appears in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Homer sees it, gets up from the couch, peels it off, and stomps on it (with the family joining him in stomping it) before returning to the couch. |
"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" |
1F18 |
| 101 |
May 5, 1994 |
repeat of 1F07's gag |
"The Boy Who Knew Too Much" |
1F19 |
| 102 |
May 12, 1994 |
repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags |
"Lady Bouvier's Lover" |
1F21 |
| 103 |
May 19, 1994 |
repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags |
"Secrets of a Successful Marriage" |
1F20 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 104 |
September 04, 1994 |
The Simpsons sit down in midair; the couch builds itself on top of the family and makes them fall. |
"Bart of Darkness" |
1F22 |
| 105 |
September 11, 1994 |
The living room floor is a shallow body of water. The Simpsons swim their way to the couch. Once on the couch, Bart removes his scuba mask and Homer dries out his ear by sticking his finger in it. |
"Lisa's Rival" |
1F17 |
| 106 |
September 25, 1994 |
repeat of 1F02's gag |
"Another Simpsons Clip Show" |
2F33 |
| 107 |
October 2, 1994 |
The family is beamed onto the couch the same way the characters are in the original Star Trek series. |
"Itchy & Scratchy Land" |
2F01 |
| 108 |
October 9, 1994 |
repeat of 1F06's gag (original airing)/repeat of 1F01's gag (subsequent airings)/n/a due to shortened opening sequence (season six DVD set) |
"Sideshow Bob Roberts" |
2F02 |
| 109 |
October 30, 1994 |
The Simpson family members are built à la Frankenstein’s monster with each other’s body parts. They try to retrieve their own parts, but it’s not an improvement. (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror V" |
2F03 |
| 110 |
November 06, 1994 |
repeat of 1F06's gag |
"Bart's Girlfriend" |
2F04 |
| 111 |
November 13, 1994 |
The Simpsons sit on the couch and get sprung into the ceiling, with only their legs and feet showing. |
"Lisa on Ice" |
2F05 |
| 112 |
November 27, 1994 |
In a loose parody of the film, Time Bandits, the family chases after the couch and the back wall as it slides down an endless hallway. |
"Homer Badman" |
2F06 |
| 113 |
December 4, 1994 |
The family run in from the side past a repeating background shot of the couch and TV (in a parody of how 1950s and 1960s cartoons utilized repeating backgrounds in order to save money, a technique The Simpsons often employs.) |
"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" |
2F07 |
| 114 |
December 18, 1994 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
"Fear of Flying" |
2F08 |
| 115 |
January 8, 1995 |
The living room is at the center of an M.C. Escher's Relativity style environment with multiple staircases and conflicting perspectives; the family enters from various directions (and dimensions) and sits. |
"Homer the Great" |
2F09 |
| 116 |
January 22, 1995 |
The living room is seen through the barrel of a gun with music typically heard in a James Bond film playing. Homer walks in and fires at the unseen gunman. The screen “bleeds” red and falls. |
"And Maggie Makes Three" |
2F10 |
| 117 |
February 5, 1995 |
The living room is shown in black and white; the Simpsons come in, resembling pie-eyed, smiling cartoon characters from the 1930s, and do a stiff dance. |
"Bart's Comet" |
2F11 |
| 118 |
February 12, 1995 |
repeat of 1F22's gag |
"Homie the Clown" |
2F12 |
| 119 |
February 19, 1995 |
repeat of 1F17's gag |
"Bart vs. Australia" |
2F13 |
| 120 |
February 26, 1995 |
repeat of 2F01's gag (except the sound and visual effects of the family appearing on the couch resemble the ones seen on Quantam Leap) |
"Homer vs. Patty & Selma" |
2F14 |
| 121 |
March 05, 1995 |
The family’s heights are reversed; Maggie is now the largest while Homer is the smallest. |
"A Star Is Burns" |
2F31 |
| 122 |
March 19, 1995 |
repeat of 2F05's gag |
"Lisa's Wedding" |
2F15 |
| 123 |
April 9, 1995 |
repeat of 2F06's gag |
"Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" |
2F18 |
| 124 |
April 16, 1995 |
repeat of 2F09's gag |
"The PTA Disbands" |
2F19 |
| 125 |
April 30, 1995 |
repeat of 2F31's gag |
"'Round Springfield" |
2F32 |
| 126 |
May 7, 1995 |
repeat of 2F10's gag (only the James Bond music playing sounds different than the one heard in 2F10) |
"The Springfield Connection" |
2F21 |
| 127 |
May 14, 1995 |
repeat of 2F11's gag |
"Lemon of Troy" |
2F22 |
| 128 |
May 21, 1995 |
repeat of 2F07's gag |
"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" |
2F16 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 129 |
September 17, 1995 |
The theme from "Dragnet" plays as the couch slides away and a police lineup height chart unfurls from above; the family lines up in front of it. (This episode reveals the answer to the mystery of who shot Mr. Burns). |
"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" |
2F20 |
| 130 |
September 24, 1995 |
Like a fax machine, the couch ejects a sheet of paper with a picture of the family, which then floats up into the air, before sliding beneath the couch. |
"Radioactive Man" |
2F17 |
| 131 |
October 01, 1995 |
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Grampa (who’s sleeping), Santa’s Little Helper, and Snowball II are in a nine-square grid as seen in the opening credits of The Brady Bunch. Everyone (except for Grampa, who is still sleeping) runs to the couch, which is located in the center square. |
"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" |
3F01 |
| 132 |
October 08, 1995 |
The family drive around the room in go-karts, wearing fezzes; they line up in front of the couch and honk their horns simultaneously. |
"Bart Sells His Soul" |
3F02 |
| 133 |
October 15, 1995 |
The Simpsons are colorless blobs; mechanical arms color and detail the family. |
"Lisa the Vegetarian" |
3F03 |
| 134 |
October 29, 1995 |
The family are hanged on nooses, staring blankly. Despite being dead from asphyxiation, Maggie manages to suck on her pacificer. (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror VI" |
3F04 |
| 135 |
November 05, 1995 |
The Simpsons are five malfunctioning wind-up dolls who buzz and waddle their way to the couch (or at least near it). |
"King-Size Homer" |
3F05 |
| 136 |
November 19, 1995 |
A bowling pin clearing bar scares Snowball II off the couch, then a pinsetter places the family on the couch like bowling pins. |
"Mother Simpson" |
3F06 |
| 137 |
November 26, 1995 |
The whole room is filled with water, the couch is made of clam shells, and a treasure chest is in place of the TV; sea monkey versions of the family members swim in and sit on the clam couch. |
"Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" |
3F08 |
| 138 |
December 03, 1995 |
A montage of couch gags from 8F18, 9F02, 9F10, 9F09, 8F09, 1F02, 2F31, 2F09, 2F06, 1F17, 2F11, and 9F08. |
"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" |
3F31 |
| 139 |
December 17, 1995 |
The family sits on the couch. Homer notices a plug in the middle of the floor and pulls it. Everyone and everything gets sucked down the drain. |
"Marge Be Not Proud" |
3F07 |
| 140 |
January 07, 1996 |
The family sits; the camera then zooms in through a mouse hole, where a small mouse version of the family sits on a couch as well. |
"Team Homer" |
3F10 |
| 141 |
January 14, 1996 |
Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are moose heads on the wall and Homer is a bearskin rug on the floor. A game hunter comes in, sits on the couch, and smokes a pipe. |
"Two Bad Neighbors" |
3F09 |
| 142 |
February 04, 1996 |
The living room is bathed in black light, with the Simpsons in fluorescent colors while a hard rock guitar riff plays. Homer turns the light on and the normal music plays. |
"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" |
3F11 |
| 143 |
February 11, 1996 |
repeat of 2F17's gag (but this time, the paper doesn't slide back under the couch) |
"Bart the Fink" |
3F12 |
| 144 |
February 18, 1996 |
repeat of 3F01's gag |
"Lisa the Iconoclast" |
3F13 |
| 145 |
February 25, 1996 |
repeat of 3F02's gag |
"Homer the Smithers" |
3F14 |
| 146 |
March 17, 1996 |
repeat of 3F03's gag |
"The Day the Violence Died" |
3F16 |
| 147 |
March 24, 1996 |
repeat of 3F05's gag |
"A Fish Called Selma" |
3F15 |
| 148 |
March 31, 1996 |
repeat of 3F06's gag |
"Bart on the Road" |
3F17 |
| 149 |
April 14, 1996 |
repeat of 3F08's gag |
"22 Short Films About Springfield" |
3F18 |
| 150 |
April 28, 1996 |
repeat of 3F07's gag |
"Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" |
3F19 |
| 151 |
May 05, 1996 |
repeat of 3F09's gag |
"Much Apu About Nothing" |
3F20 |
| 152 |
May 19, 1996 |
repeat of 3F11's gag |
"Homerpalooza" |
3F21 |
| 153 |
May 19, 1996 |
repeat of 2F17's gag |
"Summer of 4 Ft. 2" |
3F22 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 154 |
October 27, 1996 |
The Grim Reaper is on the couch. The family runs in, but keel over and die one by one. The Reaper then puts his feet up on the corpses of the Simpson family. (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror VII" |
4F02 |
| 155 |
November 03, 1996 |
Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie fall from the sky onto the couch via parachute; Homer, on the other hand, comes down screaming and lands on his face from an unopened parachute pack. |
"You Only Move Twice" |
3F23 |
| 156 |
November 10, 1996 |
The couch sits in the middle of a desert; the family, in western cowboy garb, sits on the couch, which gallops off into the sunset. |
"The Homer They Fall" |
4F03 |
| 157 |
November 17, 1996 |
Clear blue bubble versions of the family members float into the room, land on the couch, and pop. |
"Burns, Baby Burns" |
4F05 |
| 158 |
November 24, 1996 |
The whole scene is a parody of the cover of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, featuring a large crowd of regulars, several objects associated with the show, wax statues of the Simpsons as they were on The Tracy Ullman Show, and the family standing in front of the couch, front and center, dressed in Sgt Pepper regalia. Homer, spoofing the back cover of the album, turns to look at the crowded scene behind him. The last chord to the Beatles song, "A Day in the Life" plays instead of the traditional Simpsons music. |
"Bart After Dark" |
4F06 |
| 159 |
December 01, 1996 |
The family sits down, but now Bart is green. Homer fiddles with the TV antenna and Bart changes to red. Homer then returns to the couch, and smacks Bart upside the head in order to return him to his normal color (yellow). |
"A Milhouse Divided" |
4F04 |
| 160 |
December 15, 1996 |
The whole room is upside-down, with the couch and everything else on what appears to be the ceiling. The family, also upside-down, runs in on the ceiling and sits, before falling down onto the floor "above" them. |
"Lisa's Date with Density" |
4F01 |
| 161 |
December 29, 1996 |
The couch is replaced with a coin slot and the words “Vend-A-Couch” written on the wall. Homer puts a coin in; nothing happens. Homer pounds on the wall four times before the couch falls on him. |
"Hurricane Neddy" |
4F07 |
| 162 |
January 5, 1997 |
repeat of 3F23's gag |
"El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" |
3F24 |
| 163 |
January 12, 1997 |
The family flies into the room via jet packs; Maggie spirals in last, landing in Marge's lap. |
"The Springfield Files" |
3G01 |
| 164 |
January 19, 1997 |
The couch is now a giant Whack-A-Mole game, with The Simpson family as the moles. The clown hallucination music from the season six episode “Homer the Clown” plays as an unseen player tries to hit one of the Simpson moles—and successfully gets Homer. |
"The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" |
4F08 |
| 165 |
February 2, 1997 |
The couch is folded out into a bed with Grampa asleep on it. Grampa can only utter a cry of “Huh?” before The Simpsons fold him into the couch as sit down as normal. |
"Mountain of Madness" |
4F10 |
| 166 |
February 07, 1997 |
The living room is empty. Cut to outside where Homer is struggling with a locked front door while the other members of the family wait impatiently. |
"Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" |
3G03 |
| 167 |
February 9, 1997 |
repeat of 4F06's gag (in syndication, this is replaced with the "Simpsons Meet The Flintstones" couch gag from 8F24, but the audio from 4F06's gag can still be heard) |
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" |
4F12 |
| 168 |
February 16, 1997 |
The living room is in an “America Onlink” window on a computer screen. An unseen computer user tries to download the family, but the download shows no signs of progress after a few seconds and the user tries to exit the window (which also doesn’t work). |
"Homer's Phobia" |
4F11 |
| 169 |
February 23, 1997 |
repeat of 4F01's gag |
"Brother from Another Series" |
4F14 |
| 170 |
March 2, 1997 |
The couch is on the deck of a ship at sea in rough waters, sliding back and forth with the tilt of the ship. The family, dressed in raingear, sits on the couch, before an enormous wave washes them away. |
"My Sister, My Sitter" |
4F13 |
| 171 |
March 16, 1997 |
repeat of 4F03's gag |
"Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment" |
4F15 |
| 172 |
April 06, 1997 |
repeat of 4F05's gag |
"Grade School Confidential" |
4F09 |
| 173 |
April 13, 1997 |
repeat of 4F10's gag |
"The Canine Mutiny" |
4F16 |
| 174 |
April 20, 1997 |
repeat of 4F08's gag (only now, the sounds of the mallet hitting the family members is more aggressive and the circus music from "Homer the Clown" is sped up) |
"The Old Man and the Lisa" |
4F17 |
| 175 |
April 27, 1997 |
repeat of 4F07's gag |
"In Marge We Trust" |
4F18 |
| 176 |
May 4, 1997 |
repeat of 4F04's gag |
"Homer's Enemy" |
4F19 |
| 177 |
May 11, 1997 |
n/a (non-canon) |
"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" |
4F20 |
| 178 |
May 18, 1997 |
repeat of 4F01's gag |
"The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" |
4F21 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 179 |
September 21, 1997 |
The family comes in, dressed as the Harlem Globetrotters, passing a basketball to each other while Sweet Georgia Brown plays. Maggie dunks the ball into the basket above the couch, hitting Homer on the head. |
"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" |
4F22 |
| 180 |
September 28, 1997 |
The Simpsons are dressed as astronauts and sit on the couch just as it blasts off into space. |
"The Principal and the Pauper" |
4F23 |
| 181 |
October 19, 1997 |
Homer is standing in front of the couch. The top half of him pops off and on to the couch revealing a smaller Marge standing inside the lower half of Homer, like a Russian nesting doll. The top half of Marge pops off revealing Bart, whose top half pops off revealing Lisa, whose top half finally pops off to reveal Maggie, who stays in the middle of Homer’s body and sucks on her pacifier. |
"Lisa's Sax" |
3G02 |
| 182 |
October 26, 1997 |
The Simpsons sit on the couch. Metal shackles restrain their wrists and ankles and a metal cap comes down on all of their heads. The family writhes in pain as they get electrocuted. (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror VIII" |
5F02 |
| 183 |
November 2, 1997 |
The couch is a trough filled with water. The Simpsons, with their butts on fire, rush to the trough and sit to extinguish the fire. They all sigh in relief as steam billows out. |
"The Cartridge Family" |
5F01 |
| 184 |
November 9, 1997 |
The family sits; an auto-crusher compresses them all into a rectangular block. |
"Bart Star" |
5F03 |
| 185 |
November 16, 1997 |
Bart runs in and spray-paints the family onto the couch, tagging it with an "El Barto" signature, then runs off. |
"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" |
5F04 |
| 186 |
November 23, 1997 |
The living room is a sauna, with three guys in towels relaxing. The Simpsons (also in towels) arrive, but leave sheepishly as the three men glare at them. |
"Lisa the Skeptic" |
5F05 |
| 187 |
December 7, 1997 |
The family sits; Matt Groening's[1] live action hand spins the picture around, smearing the family like spin art. |
"Realty Bites" |
5F06 |
| 188 |
December 21, 1997 |
The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. The camera zooms out and reveals that the living room is part of a snow globe that two hands shake to make the snow fall. Homer marvels at it with an, “Oooh!” (Christmas episode for this first usage) |
"Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" |
5F07 |
| 189 |
January 04, 1998 |
The floor is a treadmill. Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie successfully dismount after running in place, while Homer gets stuck on it, yelling, “Marge, stop this crazy thing!” à la George Jetson on the original credits for The Jetsons. |
"All Singing, All Dancing" |
5F24 |
| 190 |
January 11, 1998 |
The Simpsons go to sit on the couch, but fall on their butts when the couch gets pulled back. Nelson Muntz then pops out from behind the couch and gives his trademark laugh (“Ha-ha!”). |
"Bart Carny" |
5F08 |
| 191 |
February 8, 1998 |
The family is microsized, like in the couch gag seen in "Homer's Triple Bypass", but now The Simpsons take a little longer to climb up on the couch and Santa’s Little Helper takes Homer away in his mouth. |
"The Joy of Sect" |
5F23 |
| 192 |
February 15, 1998 |
The floor is water and the couch is a lilypad; a frog version of The Simpson family (with Maggie as a tadpole) hops onto the lilypad. Frog-Homer turns on the TV with his long tongue. (according to the season 9 DVD commentary, Dan Castellaneta's daughter came up with the idea for this couch gag) |
"Das Bus" |
5F11 |
| 193 |
February 22, 1998 |
repeat of 5F01's gag |
"The Last Temptation of Krust" |
5F10 |
| 194 |
March 1, 1998 |
repeat of 5F03's gag |
"Dumbbell Indemnity" |
5F12 |
| 195 |
March 8, 1998 |
A vine growns in the middle of the living room. The Simpsons appear as fruits and vegetables; Bart is a strawberry, Homer is a squash, Marge is an asparagus, Maggie is broccoli, and Lisa is a pineapple. |
"Lisa the Simpson" |
4F24 |
| 196 |
March 22, 1998 |
repeat of 5F04's gag (but this time, Bart peeks from around the TV first to make sure the coast is clear) |
"This Little Wiggy" |
5F13 |
| 197 |
March 29, 1998 |
A parody of the opening from Rocky & Bullwinkle, where the family falls off a cliff during a storm, their eyes float to the heavens, and they come back as flowers growing in the ground. Bart spits out a clod of dirt. The Rocky & Bullwinkle theme plays throughout. |
"Simpson Tide" |
3G04 |
| 198 |
April 5, 1998 |
repeat of 5F05's gag |
"The Trouble with Trillions" |
5F14 |
| 199 |
April 19, 1998 |
repeat of 5F06's gag |
"Girly Edition" |
5F15 |
| 200 |
April 26, 1998 |
The Simpson family find themselves in Mrs. Krabappel’s classroom where Bart is writing the blackboard punishment phrase, “I Will Not Mess With The Opening Credits”. |
"Trash of the Titans" |
5F09 |
| 201 |
May 03, 1998 |
repeat of 5F07's gag |
"King of the Hill" |
5F16 |
| 202 |
May 10, 1998 |
repeat of 5F08's gag |
"Lost Our Lisa" |
5F17 |
| 203 |
May 17, 1998 |
repeat of 5F11's gag |
"Natural Born Kissers" |
5F18 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 204 |
August 23, 1998 |
repeat of 5F08's gag |
"Lard of the Dance" |
5F20 |
| 205 |
September 20, 1998 |
Similar to the couch gag in "Marge vs. the Monorail" (9F10), the living room is filled with secondary and tertiary characters from the show. Unlike 9F10, the living room is now a movie theater and the Simpsons are shuffling their way through to find a seat. After they sit down, Homer has some of the Comic Book Guy's popcorn. |
"The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" |
5F21 |
| 206 |
September 27, 1998 |
Two firemen hold the couch as if it were a safety net. Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie land safely on the couch. Homer, however, isn’t so lucky — he falls through the floor. |
"Bart the Mother" |
5F22 |
| 207 |
October 25, 1998 |
The family never makes it to the couch; Bart gets run over by Homer. Lisa gets catapulted into the garage roof, and Homer gets run down by Marge as she drives into the garage. Meanwhile, in the living room Freddy Krueger (of the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies) and Jason Voorhees (of the Friday the 13th movies) sit on the couch, wondering where the family is. (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror IX" |
AABF01 |
| 208 |
November 08, 1998 |
Marge enters with a laundry basket and hangs the other family members (who are wet sheets) on a clothesline above the couch. |
"When You Dish Upon a Star" |
5F19 |
| 209 |
November 15, 1998 |
The family sits; a safety bar lowers over their laps and the couch zooms around the room like a roller coaster car. |
"D'oh-in in the Wind" |
AABF02 |
| 210 |
November 22, 1998 |
The family sits; hair dryers descend onto their heads, then lift up, revealing the family members all have swapped hairdos. Homer has Maggie's, Marge has Bart's, Bart has Lisa's, Lisa has Homer's, and Maggie has Marge's (the weight of it causing her to fall off the couch). |
"Lisa Gets an "A"" |
AABF03 |
| 211 |
December 06, 1998 |
repeat of 5F11's gag |
"Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"" |
AABF04 |
| 212 |
December 20, 1998 |
repeat of 5F03's gag |
"Mayored to the Mob" |
AABF05 |
| 213 |
January 10, 1999 |
repeat of 5F06's gag |
"Viva Ned Flanders" |
AABF06 |
| 214 |
January 17, 1999 |
In a parody of the famous scene in Dr. Strangelove where Slim Pickens’ character rides the bomb, the Simpsons (wearing white cowboy hats) straddle the couch as it drops from a bomb bay door. The Simpsons scream, “Yahoo!” as they plummet into oblivion. |
"Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" |
AABF07 |
| 215 |
January 31, 1999 |
The living room is in shallow water (like it was in Lisa's Rival) and the Simpsons sit on the couch. An iceberg passes by the couch and causes it to sink (à la The Titantic) with the family clinging to the couch as it goes under. Maggie resurfaces on a couch cushion moments later with the remote control in hand. |
"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" |
AABF08 |
| 216 |
February 7, 1999 |
repeat of 5F19's gag |
"Homer to the Max" |
AABF09 |
| 217 |
February 14, 1999 |
repeat of AABF03's gag |
"I'm With Cupid" |
AABF11 |
| 218 |
February 21, 1999 |
repeat of AABF02's gag |
"Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"" |
AABF10 |
| 219 |
February 28, 1999 |
repeat of 5F22's gag |
"Make Room for Lisa" |
AABF12 |
| 220 |
March 28, 1999 |
Marge and Homer are depicted as children while Bart and Lisa are depicted as adults (and Maggie is a baby doll in Homer’s arms). Homer reaches for the remote control, but Lisa slaps it away from him. |
"Maximum Homerdrive" |
AABF13 |
| 221 |
April 4, 1999 |
The family slips on banana peels on the floor, flipping upside-down in the air, but all land safely on the couch. |
"Simpsons Bible Stories" |
AABF14 |
| 222 |
April 11, 1999 |
repeat of AABF07's gag |
"Mom and Pop Art" |
AABF15 |
| 223 |
April 25, 1999 |
repeat of 5F21's gag |
"The Old Man and The "C" Student" |
AABF16 |
| 224 |
May 2, 1999 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
"Monty Can't Buy Me Love" |
AABF17 |
| 225 |
May 9, 1999 |
repeat of AABF08's gag |
"They Saved Lisa's Brain" |
AABF18 |
| 226 |
May 16, 1999 |
The Simpsons sit on the couch, but get sucked inside and come out looking like a shredded piece of paper. |
"Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" |
AABF20 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 227 |
September 26, 1999 |
The Simpsons family (as they were drawn on The Tracy Ullman Show) is already on the couch. The Simpsons (as they're currently drawn) come in and both families run screaming out the living room. |
"Beyond Blunderdome" |
AABF23 |
| 228 |
October 03, 1999 |
The family comes in, colorless and marked with numbers. A group of Korean painters come in to color the family, but forget to outline the eyes on Homer and Marge. |
"Brother's Little Helper" |
AABF22 |
| 229 |
October 24, 1999 |
The family comes in. Marge notices Matt Groening's signature at the bottom of the screen and wipes it off. A caricature of Matt Groening (wearing an orange and yellow Hawaiian shirt) comes in and resigns the scene (i.e. the floor) to Marge's horror. |
"Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" |
AABF21 |
| 230 |
October 31, 1999 |
The family members (mostly) appear as they have in previous Halloween episodes: Homer is a jack-in-the-box (from 8F02), Bart is a mutant fly (from 5F02), Marge is a witch (also from 5F02), and Maggie is an alien (from AABF01); Lisa, an ax murder victim (the only one not based on a previous episode), asks what aliens have to do with Halloween, and Maggie demands "Silence!" in a deep voice before disintegrating Lisa with a ray gun. (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror X" |
BABF01 |
| 231 |
November 7, 1999 |
The living room is set up like a trendy night club (complete with a disco ball, a velvet rope, three 20-something club hoppers, and a bouncer). The bouncer lets Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie in, but sends Homer away. |
"E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" |
AABF19 |
| 232 |
November 14, 1999 |
A cement truck pours out concrete statues of the Simpson family. The top half of Homer’s statue quickly breaks off and falls to the floor. |
"Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" |
BABF02 |
| 233 |
November 21, 1999 |
The Simpsons sit on the couch and the wall spins around like in “Homer the Heretic”, but this time, a mad scientist who looks like Vincent Price and a scared Ned Flanders who is shackled upside down are on the other side of the wall instead of an empty couch. |
"Eight Misbehavin'" |
BABF03 |
| 234 |
November 28, 1999 |
repeat of AABF20's gag |
"Take My Wife, Sleaze" |
BABF05 |
| 235 |
December 19, 1999 |
Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie slide down a fire pole that's next to the couch. Homer, however, gets stuck in the hole and flails about helplessly. |
"Grift of the Magi" |
BABF07 |
| 236 |
January 9, 2000 |
A crash test dummy version of the family sits; the couch slides forward and slams into the TV (simluating a car crash test), then pulls back into place. Crash test dummy Homer's head falls off from the trauma. |
"Little Big Mom" |
BABF04 |
| 237 |
January 16, 2000 |
A psychiatrist (who looks like a caricature of Sigmund Freud) is sitting in a chair next to the couch. Homer hops on the couch and yells, "Oh, doctor, I'm crazy!", then sobs as the other family members stare sadly at each other. |
"Faith Off" |
BABF06 |
| 238 |
January 23, 2000 |
repeat of AABF13's gag |
"The Mansion Family" |
BABF08 |
| 239 |
February 06, 2000 |
The family leaps into the room, all dressed in white karate uniforms and black belts, and chops the couch up with karate moves; Homer, remote in hand, does a karate flip and switches on the TV. |
"Saddlesore Galactica" |
BABF09 |
| 240 |
February 13, 2000 |
The family drives bumper cars around the room (Marge and Maggie share a car); they all pin Homer's car against the back wall and slam him repeatedly. |
"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" |
BABF10 |
| 241 |
February 20, 2000 |
The couch is sitting in the Evergreen Terrace subway station. The family (seated on a bench) get on the next train that arrives on the track and leave. |
"Missionary: Impossible" |
BABF11 |
| 242 |
February 27, 2000 |
repeat of AABF21's gag |
"Pygmoelian" |
BABF12 |
| 243 |
March 19, 2000 |
repeat of AABF19's gag |
"Bart to the Future" |
BABF13 |
| 244 |
April 9, 2000 |
repeat of AABF23's gag |
"Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" |
BABF14 |
| 245 |
April 30, 2000 |
The Simpsons (save Maggie, who is in Marge's arms) are barefoot and briskly walking across a bed of hot coals in order to reach the couch. When the family sits down, they prop their feet up, revealing their black and smoldering soles. |
"Kill the Alligator and Run" |
BABF16 |
| 246 |
May 7, 2000 |
Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie (dressed in tattered rags) swing into the room on a vine gracefully like Tarzan; Homer swings by and fails to release the vine in time, crashing offscreen like George of the Jungle. |
"Last Tap Dance in Springfield" |
BABF15 |
| 247 |
May 14, 2000 |
repeat of AABF22's gag |
"It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" |
BABF18 |
| 248 |
May 21, 2000 |
The couch has a coin slot on the side. The family sits, and Bart puts a coin in it. The couch then vibrates away, taking the family with them. |
"Behind the Laughter" |
BABF19 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 249 |
November 1, 2000 |
n/a (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror XI" |
BABF21 |
| 250 |
November 5, 2000 |
Bart arrives at the couch first and places a whoopee cushion under Homer's spot. When the family sits down, Homer sits on the part of the couch with the whoopee cushion underneath and triggers its farting sound. Homer grins sheepishly at Marge, Lisa, and Maggie (who are frowning) while Bart laughs. |
"A Tale of Two Springfields" |
BABF20 |
| 251 |
November 12, 2000 |
The family runs in and freezes in mid-air; the camera pans around them in bullet-time (a la The Matrix and the Gap Khaki commercials at the time that featured swing dancing), then time resumes normally as they sit. |
"Insane Clown Poppy" |
BABF17 |
| 252 |
November 19, 2000 |
Maggie is on the couch. The rest of the Simpsons waddle in dressed as The Teletubbies (Homer is Twinky Winky, Marge is Dipsy, Lisa is Po, and Bart as Laa-Laa) and Maggie applauds with delight. |
"Lisa the Tree Hugger" |
CABF01 |
| 253 |
November 26, 2000 |
There’s a ramp leading to the couch. Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie successfully do skateboard tricks off the ramp and onto the couch. Homer, however, falls off the ramp and, adding injury to insult, gets hit on the head with his own skateboard. |
"Homer vs. Dignity" |
CABF04 |
| 254 |
December 3, 2000 |
Santa’s Little Helper dances on his hind legs like Snoopy did in the Charlie Brown Christmas Special while the popular Charlie Brown theme plays. When the family comes in, Santa’s Little Helper slowly stops dancing, sits on his hind legs, and barks. |
"The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" |
CABF02 |
| 255 |
December 10, 2000 |
The Simpsons swim to the couch in deep-sea diving gear. The camera zooms out to reveal that the living room is in a fish bowl. |
"The Great Money Caper" |
CABF03 |
| 256 |
December 17, 2000 |
A football is thrown in the center of the living room. The Simpsons, dressed as football players, tackle each other for the ball. Maggie squirms out with ball in hand, spikes it, and does a victory dance. |
"Skinner's Sense of Snow" |
CABF06 |
| 257 |
January 7, 2001 |
The Simpsons are placed on the couch by the transport tubes used on Futurama. Philip J. Fry (the protagonist from Futurama) is in on the couch for a split second before he’s sucked up and replaced by Bart. |
"HOMR" |
BABF22 |
| 258 |
January 14, 2001 |
repeat of BABF03's gag |
"Pokey Mom" |
CABF05 |
| 259 |
February 4, 2001 |
The couch is replaced by a valet parking spot. The Squeaky-Voiced Teen pushes a couch in place for the Simpsons to sit down. He then holds his hand out for a tip and leaves angrily when he doesn’t get it. |
"Worst Episode Ever" |
CABF08 |
| 260 |
February 11, 2001 |
The living room floor is frozen over. The Simpsons ice skate to the couch. When Homer sits down, his side of the couch falls through. |
"Tennis the Menace" |
CABF07 |
| 261 |
February 18, 2001 |
repeat of BABF06's gag |
"Day of the Jackanapes" |
CABF10 |
| 262 |
February 25, 2001 |
The couch is outside a prison wall. A siren wails and a searchlight moves as The Simpsons (dressed in striped prison jumpsuits) tunnel their way to the couch. |
"New Kids on the Blecch" |
CABF12 |
| 263 |
March 04, 2001 |
repeat of BABF09's gag |
"Hungry, Hungry Homer" |
CABF09 |
| 264 |
March 11, 2001 |
repeat of BABF10's gag |
"Bye Bye Nerdie" |
CABF11 |
| 265 |
April 01, 2001 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
"Simpson Safari" |
CABF13 |
| 266 |
April 29, 2001 |
repeat of CABF04's gag |
"Trilogy of Error" |
CABF14 |
| 267 |
May 06, 2001 |
repeat of BABF02's gag |
"I'm Goin' to Praiseland" |
CABF15 |
| 268 |
May 13, 2001 |
repeat of BABF04's gag |
"Children of a Lesser Clod" |
CABF16 |
| 269 |
May 20, 2001 |
repeat of BABF11's gag |
"Simpsons Tall Tales" |
CABF17 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Episode |
Code |
| 270 |
November 06, 2001 |
n/a (non-canon) |
"Treehouse of Horror XII" |
CABF19 |
| 271 |
November 11, 2001 |
The Simpsons are in the simplistically drawn sailboat painting located behind the couch. They jump out of the painting by going in the “water”. The living room is wet from the splash and Homer uses his finger to clean his ear out while clicking on the TV with the remote. |
"The Parent Rap" |
CABF22 |
| 272 |
November 18, 2001 |
repeat of CABF06's gag |
"Homer the Moe" |
CABF20 |
| 273 |
December 2, 2001 |
repeat of CABF12's gag |
"A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love" |
CABF18 |
| 274 |
December 9, 2001 |
repeat of BABF17's gag |
"The Blunder Years" |
CABF21 |
| 275 |
December 16, 2001 |
The couch is a slot machine that shows Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa in the tumbler windows. Maggie, however, is replaced by lucky number “7” as a pile of gold coins spill out. |
"She of Little Faith" |
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