Stark Raving Dad
When he wears a pink shirt to work, Homer gets seen as a nut and sent
to an insane asylum. While there, Homer meets a man who claims to be
Michael Jackson. Homer and 'Michael' become friends. Meanwhile, Lisa
celebrates her eighth birthday all alone. With "Michael's" help, Bart
writes a special song for Lisa's birthday, and then the man comes
clean about who he really is
Mr.
Lisa Goes to Washington
Lisa enters an essay contest and wins a trip for the whole family to
go to Washington, D.C. While there, her faith in democracy is
shattered when she witnesses a congressman accepting a bribe. In her
desire to uphold this nation's ideals, Lisa decides to expose the
corrupt official, and in doing so has him arrested in a sting
operation.
When Flanders Failed
Ned Flanders decides to open his own business, the leftorium. Homer,
filled with resentment towards Flanders, hopes that he fails. The
business does indeed fail and Flanders goes broke. Wracked with guilt,
Homer enlists all of the left-handed people he knows (including Mr.
Burns and Moe) to buy Flander's wares and save his neighbor from
financial ruin.
Bart the Murderer
When he crashes his skateboard into the stairwell of the Legitimate
Businessman's Social Club, Bart falls in with a particularly bad
crowd: the Springfield Mafia. He starts working for them. When
Principal Skinner disappears, and the mafia is the ast to have seen
him alive, Bart gets blamed for Skinner's disappearance
Homer Defined
During a near-fatal meltdown at The Power Plant, Homer guesses at
which button to push and saves the day. Aristotle Amadopolis, owner of
the Shelbyville Power Plant, invites Homer to make a speech for the
employees at his plant, and Homer is once again faced with a meltdown.
He does the same thing again, and quickly loses his hero status as it
turns out he was just lucky.
Like Father Like Clown
During a tear-filled dinner at the Simpsons' house, Krusty the Clown
reveals that he is the estranged son of an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi. It
seems that Krusty's father, Rabbi Krustofski, never accepted his son's
profession, and disowned him years ago. Bart and Lisa decide to
reunite the two men.
Treehouse of Horror II
After eating piles and piles of Halloween candy, Bart, Lisa and Homer
have nightmares that haunt them all night. Lisa dreams that the family
goes on a trip to Morocco and buys a cursed monkey paw that grants its
owner three wishes. Homer dreams that Mr. Burns steals his brain for a
giant robot he's building. Bart's dream, in which he has the power to
read minds and affect people with his thoughts, seems less like a
nightmare at first. But eventually, he realizes he's used his powers
for evil and repents.
Lisa's Pony
When Homer disappoints Lisa one too many times, he tries to make it up
to her with one grand gesture: He buys her a pony. Lisa is thrilled,
but Homer and Marge are shocked to discover how expensive maintaining
the animal can be. Homer is forced to take on another job working the
graveyard shift at the Kwik-E-Mart to pay the bills. When she realizes
her father is overworked, Lisa decides to give up her pony.
Saturdays of Thunder
Bart becomes deeply immersed in competitive soapbox
racing while Homer begins to realize that he's not as good a father as
he thought. After attending a lecture at National Fatherhood
Institute, Homer becomes a more attentive father, helping Bart build
the ultimate soapbox racer. owever, Bart decides to race Martin's
soapbox as it gives him a better chance of beating Nelson.
Flaming Moe's
Homer invents a bizarre drink he calls the Flaming Homer.
It's so good that Moe steals his recipe, renames it the Flaming Moe,
and uses it to make his bar the new hot spot. Meanwhile, Homer is so
angered by Moe's stealing of his idea that he sabotages Moe's chance
to sell the recipe.
Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk
Mr. Burns sells The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant for $100 million.
The buyers are two wealthy German investors who promptly fire Homer
and other employees. After a confrontation with Homer and others at
Moe's, Mr. Burns realizes he should never have sold the plant. After
negotiations, Burns buys back the plant and re-hires Homer, plotting
to get revenge on him in the future.
I Married Marge
It's a walk down memory lane as Homer and Marge recount their early
years for Bart and Lisa. Back in 1980, a young Homer and Marge are
forced to get married. But married life is difficult for the young
couple and Homer decides to leave Marge until he is able to provide
the sort of life he thinks she deserves. Marge tracks Homer down at
his new joband the two agree to stick it out and build a family
together.
Radio Bart
Homer buys Bart a microphone for his birthday. Bart thinks it's the
lamest gift in the world until he realizes he can play some great
pranks with it. One of his pranks backfires when the entire town comes
to the rescue of "Timmy O'Toole," the little boy Bart pretends has
fallen down a well. Realizing things have gotten out of hand, Bart
tries to undo his prank, but winds up falling down the well himself,
forcing him to tell everyone the truth.
Lisa the Greek
Homer discovers that Lisa has an uncanny ability to pick winning
football teams. Soon, the two of them spend every Sunday afternoon
together, betting on football games and winning, making Lisa feel
closer to Homer than ever, until she realises he only uses her for
gambling. She refuses to pick the winner of the Superbowl, until
Homer promises to spend time with her outside of football season as
well.
Homer Alone
Marge has a nervous breakdown and is sent to Rancho Relaxo resort
for some much-needed rest and relaxation. Bart and Lisa are to stay
with their aunts Patty and Selma while Homer must take care of
Maggie himself. Maggie escapes in search of Marge, but is brought
back by the police, and when they go to pick up Marge they make her
promise to never leave them again.
Bart the Lover
During a particularly long detention jag, Bart discovers that his
teacher, Mrs. Krabappel, has placed a personal ad looking for love.
Thinking it would be funny to string her along, Bart writes her a
love letter. Mrs. Krabappel falls madly in love with the person Bart
invented, and he eventually realises he has to end this little
prank.
Homer at the Bat
Mr. Burns makes a huge bet with Aristotle Amadopolis that the
Springfield Nuclear Power Plant team will beat the Shelbyville
Nuclear Power Plant team in the softball championships. To ensure
victory, Burns hires a number of ringers to replace the plant
employees he cut from the team. But as game day approaches, the pros
all succumb to various strange ailments and accidents, so in the end
it is mainly the original team that wins the game.
Separate Vocations
After taking career aptitude tests, Lisa discovers that the
occupation she's best suited for is homemaker while Bart is pegged
as a future police officer. Lisa rebels to this and becomes a bad
girl, while Bart becomes the new hall-monitor and loves the
authority. Then Bart finds out what Lisa has been doing, but
instead of telling Skinner, he takes the blame himself.
Dog of Death
Santa's Little Helper is rushed to the hospital to undergo an
emergency operation which is too expensive for Homer to pay. They
all have to make sacrifices and start resenting the dog for it,
until he runs away to become one of mr. Burns his guard dogs. After
realising how much they miss him Bart finds him, and brings him back
into a loving home.
Colonel Homer
Homer and Marge have a fight after attending a boring
movie and Homer drives off angry. As he drives, he pulls up to a
honky-tonk bar where he meets an aspiring country music singer named
Lurleen Lumpkin. Homer becomes her manager, at first not aware of
Lurleen's feelings for him. Eventually he tells Lurleen to get a
different manager and returns to Marge.
Black Widower
Selma agrees to marry her prison pen pal, Sideshow Bob. Bart and
Lisa are terrified of their soon-to-be new uncle, even though Bob
seems to have changed his ways. Bart's suspicion pays off when Bob
tries to kill Aunt Selma on their honeymoon. Bart foils the plot and
it's back to prison for Bob, back to spinsterhood for Selma.
The Otto Show
Otto arrives late to school with the bus, because he was showing
Bart how to play the guitar, and is fired until he can get a new
license from the DMV. He ends up losing everything and starts to
live at the Simpsons house. Based on their mutual dislike for Homer,
Patty approves Otto's new license and Otto is allowed to drive the
school bus again.
Bart's Friend Falls in Love
Milhouse gets a girlfriend, Samantha Stankey, but Bart becomes
jealous and decides to tell Samantha's father about it. Samantha is
packed off to Catholic school and Milhouse is heartbroken. After
Bart confesses, they visit Samantha at her new school and say their
goodbyes
Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
Homer's half-brother Herb Powell returns, ruined after Homer's
design for a car. He has an idea that can bring him back to the
top, and all he needs is a little money to get started, which he
lends of Homer and Marge. When Herb's business takes off, he buys
Homer and the whole family lavish gifts to thank them.
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