Marge rediscovers her interest in art and takes up painting. When Mr. Burns hires her to paint his official portrait, Marge tries but fails to find his “inner beauty.”

Maggie attacks Homer with a mallet after seeing it on Itchy & Scratchy. Marge begins a protest outside the production offices, demanding the show be retooled to prevent further violence.

After a series of destructive acts, Homer decides that Santa’s Little Helper must go unless he passes obedience school. As the dog’s last hours with the family approach, Bart must…

The Simpson kids hide in the family treehouse and tell each other spooky stories. The first regards haunted houses, the second introduces Kang and Kodos for the first time in…

After a series of destructive acts, Homer decides that Santa’s Little Helper must go unless he passes obedience school. As the dog’s last hours with the family approach, Bart must…

Marge rediscovers her interest in art and takes up painting. When Mr. Burns hires her to paint his official portrait, Marge tries but fails to find his “inner beauty.”

Maggie attacks Homer with a mallet after seeing it on Itchy & Scratchy. Marge begins a protest outside the production offices, demanding the show be retooled to prevent further violence.

The Simpson kids hide in the family treehouse and tell each other spooky stories. The first regards haunted houses, the second introduces Kang and Kodos for the first time in…

Santa’s Little Helper notices resentment after the Simpsons make sacrifices to fund his life-saving operation.

Bart resents Milhouse’s new girlfriend; Homer gets the wrong subliminal tape, which has him gaining vocabulary, not losing weight.

Flanders suffers a failure after Homer wishes him ill.

Maggie uses one of three wishes; a mind-reading Bart rules Springfield; Homer donates his brain to Mr. Burns’ science project.

When Homer helps Bart build a soapbox racer, it does little for the car but a lot for their relationship.

Burns hires Major League ringers for the plant softball championship.

Bart resents Milhouse’s new girlfriend; Homer gets the wrong subliminal tape, which has him gaining vocabulary, not losing weight.

Maggie uses one of three wishes; a mind-reading Bart rules Springfield; Homer donates his brain to Mr. Burns’ science project.

When Homer helps Bart build a soapbox racer, it does little for the car but a lot for their relationship.

Burns hires Major League ringers for the plant softball championship.

Santa’s Little Helper notices resentment after the Simpsons make sacrifices to fund his life-saving operation.

Flanders suffers a failure after Homer wishes him ill.

Homer takes Nuclear Physics 101 at the local college, where he gets a trio of nerdy tutors expelled for extracurricular activities.

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

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

Overwhelmed by her family’s demands during a flu epidemic, Marge accidentally shoplifts at the Kwik-E-Mart and winds up in prison.

Homer and Barney become competitors in the snow-plowing business.

After a DUI, Homer swears off beer for a month. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa’s sibling rivalry plays out in the school science fair.

After skipping church one Sunday morning, Homer decides to quit church altogether and spend Sundays worshiping in his own way — with cigars and beer.

Lisa has a stellar reputation as a babysitter, but when Homer and Marge leave her in charge of Bart and Maggie, everything starts going wrong.

A hardworking new employee at the power plant is consumed with resentment at Homer’s undeserved success.

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

Mr. Burns’ boorish long-lost son Larry gets the brush-off from Burns, but Homer hatches a plan to reconcile them.

Springfield boys try to recapture the town’s beloved lemon tree after it’s stolen.

After eating a dish laced with potent peppers during the chili cookoff, Homer has hallucinations where a mystical coyote urges him to find his soulmate.

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…

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.

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.

In a scheme to get Krusty’s autograph, Bart sends him a check. When Krusty’s offshore holding corporation endorses the check, his illegal tax shelter is exposed. In despair after the…

Bart and Milhouse wonder if anything interesting happens to the citizens of Springfield, which leads to a series of interconnected vignettes.

Homer tries to gain sixty pounds so he can stay home on disability. When he nearly causes a catastrophe at the plant, Homer reconsiders his plan.

Ned’s wife Maude is inadvertently killed by a T-shirt accident at an auto race. Homer and his family try to help Ned cope.