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Simpsons couch gags
One of the staples of the Simpsons' opening credits is
the couch gag. The whole family rush into the living room to watch
television, arriving at the couch in some unusual way. Here we list
all the variations and provide screenshots for every one. Most of the
gags appear in more than one episode; hence the list below is ordered
by the airdate of the first episode to show the gag. Any episodes not
listed here do not have couch gags (though there are very few).
Bart the Genius
The Telltale Head
Bart is squeezed off the couch and into the air. During the shot of the TV, he
falls down again.
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Homer's Odyssey
Homer's Night Out
Everyone sits on the couch and it falls apart.
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There's No Disgrace Like Home
The Crepes of Wrath
Homer is squeezed off the couch and lands on the floor.
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Moaning Lisa
Krusty Gets Busted
Maggie is squeezed off and flies into the air; Marge catches her.
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Call of the Simpsons
Some Enchanted Evening
The Simpsons run into the living room and sit on the couch.
This is the original couch opening, with the others
being variations. It was intended for the first episode, Some Enchanted
Evening, however it was sent back to be rewritten and so was pushed back to
the end of the Season.
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Bart Gets an F
The Way We Was
Blood Feud
New Kid on the Block
The family sit on the couch and it falls through the floor.
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Simpson and Delilah
Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
When Flanders Failed
The family do a dance, then jump onto the couch in a "Ta-da!" pose.
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Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish
Principal Charming
As they land on the couch, it unfolds into a bed.
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Dancin' Homer
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Everyone (except Maggie) sits on the couch; Maggie pops out of Marge's hair.
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Dead Putting Society
Bart's Dog Gets an F
The pets fit on the couch with the family.
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Bart vs. Thanksgiving
Old Money
Grampa is lying on the couch sleeping and the family wake him up.
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Bart the Daredevil
Brush with Greatness
Homer's weight tips the couch over sideways. Maggie lands on a cushion on the
floor.
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Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
Lisa's Substitute
The family rush in to find the couch is missing.
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Bart Gets Hit By A Car
The War of the Simpsons
Homer squeezes the others off the couch one by one.
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One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
Three Men and a Comic Book
The couch falls over backwards and Maggie pops up from behind it.
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Stark Raving Dad
Bart's Friend Falls in Love
The couch tips over backwards, and the family crash through the wall.
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Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
Lisa the Greek
After the family sit down, Homer pulls Santa's Little Helper out from
underneath him.
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Bart the Murderer
Homer Alone
Everybody forms a pyramid with Maggie on the top.
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Homer Defined
Bart the Lover
An alien is on the couch, which disappears through a trap door in the floor
just as the family run in.
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Like Father, Like Clown
Separate Vocations
The family site down and Bart pounces across their laps.
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Lisa's Pony
Dog of Death
Homer gets to the couch first and lies on it, so the others sit on him.
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Saturdays of Thunder
Colonel Homer
When the family sit down, they sink into the couch.
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Flaming Moe's
Black Widower
Two burglars are holding the couch as everybody sits on it, but they are
dumped off and the couch is carried away.
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Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
The Otto Show
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
Santa's Little Helper is on the couch, growling. The family back off from him.
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I Married Marge
Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
Everybody cartwheels to the couch and strikes a "Ta-da!" pose.
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Radio Bart
The family bounce up and down on the couch, changing their positions.
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Homer at the Bat
Everybody except Maggie run into each other lie unconscious on the floor.
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Kamp Krusty
The Simpsons run in to find the Flintstones occupying the couch.
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A Streetcar Named Marge
Last Exit to Springfield
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
The couch transforms into a monster and swallows everybody.
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Homer the Heretic
Brother from the Same Planet
After the family sit on the couch, the wall spins 180 degrees into a secret
compartment. An empty couch takes its place.
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Lisa the Beauty Queen
Duffless
Maggie is already on the couch. Homer, Marge, Bart & Lisa sprint in from
the left, past the "edge of the film" on the right and back onto the
couch.
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Treehouse of Horror III
Skeletons of the family rush in and sit on the couch.
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Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
The couch deflates as if filled with air.
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Marge Gets a Job
So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
The family sit on the couch with mismatched heads. They switch until they have
the right one.
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Mr. Plow
Whacking Day
Instead of a couch, there is a small wooden chair. The family squeeze onto it.
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Lisa's First Word
I Love Lisa
The Front
Cape Feare
Fear of Flying
Monty Can't Buy Me Love
Simpson Safari
The Bart Wants What it Wants
Everyone forms a chorus line, joined by high-kicking Rockettes, circus
animals, jugglers, trapeze artists...
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Homer's Triple Bypass
Marge in Chains
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
Everybody is tiny and climbs onto the huge couch.
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Marge vs. the Monorail
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
Everybody sits, then are joined by many Springfield citizens.
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Selma's Choice
Krusty Gets Kancelled
Everybody gets caught in a net on the floor.
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Homer's Barbershop Quartet
This couch gag consisted of three takes (complete with clapperboard):
1. Everybody runs into each other and shatters on the floor; Santa's Little
Helper examines the damage.
2. They collide and blend into a five-headed blob.
3. They run into each other and explode; Maggie's pacifier drops from the
ceiling.
Each of these were repeated (separately) in later episodes.
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Homer Goes to College
Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
Another Simpsons Clip Show
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
The family sit on the couch and are crushed by a giant Monty Python-like foot.
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Rosebud
The family stops as the couch is occupied by their doubles.
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Treehouse of Horror IV
A Zombie Simpson family crashes through the floor from below and sits on the
couch.
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Marge on the Lam
The couch is painted on a wall, and everybody crashes through, their outlines
remaining.
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Bart's Inner Child
Deep Space Homer
A fat man takes up most of the couch; everybody squeezes into the tiny spot
remaining.
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Boy-Scoutz N the Hood
Bart Gets an Elephant
Bart's Girlfriend
Five pairs of eyes enter in the dark. The light is switched on, revealing that
it's only eyes. The family's eyeless bodies enter, sit down, and reattach to
the eyes.
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The Last Temptation of Homer
The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Everybody sits, then notice the couch is in David Letterman's studio. David
turns around to face them.
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$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)
Lady Bouvier's Lover
Everybody runs into each other and shatters on the floor. Santa's Little
Helper examines the damage.
Also used for the "three takes" gag
in Homer's Barbershop Quartet (see above).
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Homer the Vigilante
Secrets of a Successful Marriage
They run into each other and explode; Maggie's pacifier drops from the
ceiling.
Also used for the "three takes" gag
in Homer's Barbershop Quartet (see above).
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Bart Gets Famous
Everybody collides and blends into a five-headed blob.
Also used for the "three takes" gag
in Homer's Barbershop Quartet (see above).
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Homer and Apu
Everybody pokes their head up from behind the couch.
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Homer Loves Flanders
There are two couches, so each family member splits into two, with each half
sitting on a couch.
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Burns' Heir
The family are shaped like balls. They bounce onto the couch and resume their
normal shape.
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Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadassss Song
Homer sees the Fox logo in the corner of the screen. He rips it off and
everyone stomps on it.
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Bart of Darkness
Homie the Clown
Everybody sits in midair, then the couch comes in and puts itself together on
top of the family, who then collapse under the weight.
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Lisa's Rival
Bart vs. Australia
The floor is flooded and the family swim in and onto the couch. Bart is using
a snorkel.
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Itchy & Scratchy Land
Homer vs. Patty and Selma
Everybody is "beamed aboard" the couch a la Star Trek.
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Treehouse of Horror V
Zombie version of The Simpsons enter with mismatched heads and limbs - they
swap to correct it.
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Lisa on Ice
Lisa's Wedding
Everybody bounces up off the couch and gets their heads stuck in the ceiling.
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Homer: Bad Man
Two Dozen and One Greyhounds
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
The family chase the couch as it and the wall move backwards into the
distance.
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Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)
Everybody runs by the same repeating background of the living room and couch,
again and again, and grinning the whole time.
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Homer the Great
The PTA Disbands
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
The living room is a Escher-style house (with stairs in all different
directions) - the family all enter from different sides.
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And Maggie Makes Three
The Springfield Connection
A James Bond spoof. Homer walks in front of the couch, then fires a gun at the
camera. The screen goes red.
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Bart's Comet
Lemon of Troy
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
In black & white, everybody (wearing Mickey Mouse gloves) waves their
hands in circles.
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A Star Is Burns
'Round Springfield
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
The family are disproportionate sizes: Maggie is very large, while Homer is
very small.
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Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)
The couch moves aside, and everybody stands in front of a police lineup chart.
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Radioactive Man
Bart the Fink
Summer of 4 Ft. 2
A large picture of the family on a piece of paper slides out from under the
cushions like a fax machine.
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Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
Lisa the Iconoclast
The family, Grampa, Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II each appear in their
own square a la The Brady Bunch. All but Grampa run to the couch in the
center.
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Bart Sells His Soul
Homer the Smithers
The family drive around the living room in mini cars like Shriners.
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Lisa the Vegetarian
The Day the Violence Died
Everybody runs to the couch, entirely gray; the colors are then spray-painted
on them.
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Treehouse of Horror VI
Everybody drops from above, hanging from their necks by nooses; Maggie still
manages to suck her pacifier.
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King Size Homer
A Fish Called Selma
Everybody is a wind-up doll and haphazardly makes their way to the couch.
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Mother Simpson
Bart on the Road
Snowball II is removed from the couch by a bowling-lane clearer. A pinsetter
then places the family on the couch.
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Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
22 Short Films About Springfield
Everybody is a sea-monkey and swims to a couch made of clam shells to watch a
treasure chest (instead of the TV).
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The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
A sequence of openings reused from the following episodes:
A Streetcar Named Marge; Lisa the Beauty Queen; Marge vs. the Monorail;
Homer's Triple Bypass; Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk; Homer Goes to College;
A Star Is Burns; Homer the Great; Homer: Badman; Lisa's Rival; Bart's Comet;
and Lisa's First Word. See entries above for descriptions and screenshots.
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Marge Be Not Proud
Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"
Homer pulls up a plug from the floor, and everything in the room is sucked
into the hole.
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Team Homer
Everybody sits on the couch, then the camera zooms in on a mouse hole, where
mouse family sits on an identical couch.
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Two Bad Neighbors
Much Apu About Nothing
A game hunter sits on the couch, with a "Homer-skin rug" on the
floor and the others' heads on the wall.
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Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
Homerpalooza
The living room is bathed in black light. Everyone runs in and sits, then
Homer turns the light on and the colors return to normal.
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Treehouse of Horror VII
The Grim Reaper sits on the couch. Everybody runs in and falls over dead.
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You Only Move Twice
El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)
Everybody lands on the couch via parachute except Homer, who lands on the
floor with an unopened chute.
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The Homer They Fall
Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment
Everyone is in western gear as they sit on the couch in the desert. It gallops
away into the distance.
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Burns, Baby Burns
Grade School Confidential
Everybody floats in as a soap bubble. They pop when they land on the couch.
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Bart After Dark
The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
The family pose a la the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album
by The Beatles. In the background are the Simpsons from the Tracey Ullman Era,
and a statue of a Buddha resembling Homer can be seen.
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A Milhouse Divided
Homer's Enemy
The family sit on the couch, and Bart is green. Homer messes with the remote,
turning Bart red. He then slaps Bart on the back of the head, turning back to
normal color.
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Lisa's Date with Density
Brother from Another Series
The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
The room is upside down. The family rush in and sit down, then fall onto the
"ceiling".
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Hurricane Neddy
In Marge We Trust
In the living room is a "Vend-A-Couch". Homer puts a coin in but
nothing happens. He bangs on the wall and the couch drops in from the ceiling
and lands on him.
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The Springfield Files
Everybody flies in on jet-packs; Maggie flies in last and lands on Marge's
lap.
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The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
The Old Man and the Lisa
Everybody is involved in a giant game of Whack-A-Mole. Homer is the only one
who is whacked.
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Mountain of Madness
The Canine Mutiny
Grampa is sleeping in a convertible bed. They fold it back into a sofa and sit
on it.
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Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(ANNOYED GRUNT)cious
The couch remains empty while everybody waits outside as Homer struggles to
open the front door.
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Homer's Phobia
The couch is on a computer screen, with the AOL logo in the corner. A mouse
pointer clicks "Load Family" but it takes a long time, so
"Exit" is repeatedly clicked.
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My Sister, My Sitter
The couch is on the deck of a ship, sliding about. The family run in wearing
raingear, sit down, and a wave crashes them.
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The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
Everybody enters dressed as Harlem Globetrotters and pass a basket ball
around. Maggie slam dunks it in the net above the couch.
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The Principal and The Pauper
Everybody runs to the couch dressed in space suits. The couch then takes off
like a rocket.
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Lisa's Sax
Homer stands in front of the couch. The top half of his body comes off
revealing Marge inside him a la Russian Dolls. Then her body comes off
revealing Bart, then Lisa, and finally Maggie. The top halves all land on the
couch.
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Treehouse of Horror VIII
Everybody sits on the couch, then is strapped in as if in the electric chair.
They are then electrocuted.
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The Cartridge Family
The Last Temptation of Krust
The seat of the couch is a pool of water. The family rush in with their rear
ends on fire and sit in the pool, breathing a sigh of relief.
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Bart Star
Dumbbell Indemnity
Mayored to the Mob
The family are crushed into a cube by compactors.
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The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons
This Little Wiggy
Bart spray-paints everyone onto the couch, adding an "El Barto"
signature.
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Lisa the Skeptic
The Trouble With Trillions
The living room is a sauna. The family run in wearing towels, but there are
three men using it. The family leave.
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Realty Bites
Girly Edition
Viva Ned Flanders
Everybody sits, then a live-action hand spins the picture around, making it
warped.
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Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
King of the Hill
The couch is inside a snow globe, which is shaken by two hands, causing it to
snow.
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All Singing, All Dancing
The floor is a treadmill. Homer falls and is dragged around and around, and
says "Marge, stop this crazy thing!"
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Bart Carny
Lost Our Lisa
Lard of the Dance
The couch is pulled out from under the family as they sit down. Nelson pops
out from behind and says, "Ha ha!"
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The Joy of Sect
Everyone is miniature and helps each other up to the couch. Santa's Little
Helper comes in and takes Homer away in his mouth.
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Das Bus
Natural Born Kissers
Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"
The family are frogs (Maggie a tadpole). They leap onto lily pads and Homer
turns the TV on with his tongue.
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Lisa, the Simpson
A vine grows in the middle of the room and everyone appears as a fruit or
vegetable.
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Simpson Tide
A parody of the "Rocky & Bullwinkle" opening. The Simpsons'
outlines float through a mosaic of colors, then pop out of the ground in a
flower patch.
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Trash of the Titans
Homer, Marge, Lisa & Maggie run into Bart's classroom, where he writes
"I WILL NOT MESS WITH THE OPENING CREDITS" on the blackboard.
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The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
The Old Man and The "C" Student
The living room is a movie theatre, filled with other Springfieldians. The
family make their way to their seats, and Homer takes some of Comic Book Guy's
popcorn.
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Bart, the Mother
Make Room for Lisa
Two firemen carry the couch and catch everybody falling from above - except
Homer, who falls through the floor.
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Treehouse of Horror IX
Freddy Kruger from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and Jason from "Friday
the 13th" sit on the couch and wonder where the family is - they all died in
the driveway scene.
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When You Dish Upon A Star
Homer to the Max
Marge carries in a laundry basket and hangs the others on a clothes line.
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D'oh-in' in the Wind
Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"
The family sit on the couch, then a bar comes down over their heads and it
takes off like a roller coaster.
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Lisa Gets an "A"
I'm With Cupid
Everyone's head is put under a salon hairdryer and they each end up with
someone else's hair. Maggie has Marge's hair and falls off the couch due to
the weight.
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Wild Barts Can't Be Broken
Mom and Pop Art
The family sit wearing cowboy hats. The floor then opens and we watch from
above as the family ride it like the bomb in "Dr. Strangelove".
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Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
They Saved Lisa's Brain
The couch (with the family on it) floats in on water, hits an iceberg and
sinks a la the Titanic. Maggie resurfaces on a cushion.
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Maximum Homerdrive
The Mansion Family
An adult Bart and Lisa and a young Homer (with a Maggie doll) and Marge go to
the couch. Homer takes the remote from Lisa, but she slaps his hand and he
gives it back.
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Simpsons Bible Stories
Everyone slips on banana peels, but still end up on the couch.
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Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
Take My Wife, Sleaze
The couch is a paper shredder; everybody gets sucked into the couch and comes
out in strips.
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Beyond Blunderdome
Days of Wine and D'oh'ses
Everybody stops as the couch is occupied by the Simpsons from The Tracey
Ullman Show. All ten of the Simpsons run off screaming.
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Brother's Little Helper
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
Everybody is white with numbers "paint by numbers" on their bodies.
Korean artists enter and paint the colors on (The Simpsons is animated in
Korea).
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Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?
Pygmoelian
The family rushes in, and Marge notices the Matt Groening signature on the
floor. She removes it, but Matt appears and rewrites it.
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Treehouse of Horror X
Everybody (except Lisa) appears as a character from a previous Halloween
Special: Homer is the jack-in-the-box, Marge is a witch, Bart is the fly, and
Maggie is the baby alien. Lisa (with an axe in her head) criticizes the show
they're watching, and Maggie disintegrates her.
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E-I-E-I-(ANNOYED GRUNT)
Bart to the Future
The living room looks like a nightclub. A bouncer lets everybody except Homer
onto the couch.
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Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
I'm Goin' to Praiseland
A cement truck pours cement versions of everybody onto the couch, and Homer
breaks in two.
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Eight Misbehavin'
Pokey Mom
The couch rotates 180 degrees through the wall, replaced by Vincent Price
torturing Ned Flanders (who is strapped to the wall upside down).
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Grift of the Magi
Everyone slides down a fire pole. Homer, however, gets stuck in the hole in
the ceiling.
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Little Big Mom
Children of a Lesser Clod
Everybody is a crash test dummy. The couch jerks forwards and crashes into the
TV. Homer's head falls off.
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Faith Off
Day of the Jackanapes
A psychiatrist is sitting next to the couch. Homer leaps onto it and says
"Oh, Doctor, I'm crazy!"
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Saddlesore Galactica
Hungry, Hungry Homer
Dressed in karate gear (with black belts), everybody chops up the couch. Homer
then pulls the remote out of his pocket and turns on the TV, martial
arts-style.
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Alone Again, Natura-Diddly
Bye Bye Nerdie
Everyone drives a bumper car, and repeatedly bumps Homer against the back
wall.
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Missionary: Impossible
Simpsons Tall Tales
Living room is Evergreen Terrace subway station, the family sit on the couch,
then board a train when it comes in.
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Kill the Alligator and Run
Everybody walks barefoot over hot coals to the couch.
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Last Tap Dance in Springfield
Everybody swings in on vines, however Homer swings out of the room and crashes
off-screen.
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Behind the Laughter
Everyone sits on the couch, then Bart puts a coin into the slot and the couch
vibrates and moves out of view.
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A Tale of Two Springfields
Bart puts a whoopee cushion under Homer's seat on the couch. As the family sit
down, the whoopee cushion goes off and Bart laughs.
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Insane Clown Poppy
The Blunder Years
The family run in towards a shot of the front of the TV. The picture freezes
and spins 180 degrees Matrix-style, and the family sit down on the couch.
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Lisa the Tree Hugger
Maggie is on the couch. The rest of the family meander in dressed as
Teletubbies. Maggie claps as they sit down.
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Homer vs. Dignity
Trilogy of Error
Everybody skateboards off a ramp onto the couch, except Homer, who lands on
the floor.
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The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
Santa's Little Helper dances on his hind legs in front of the couch a la
Snoopy. When the family come in, he sleeks off sheepishly.
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The Great Money Caper
The couch is in a fishbowl and everyone swims to the couch wearing scuba gear.
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Skinner's Sense of Snow
Homer the Moe
A football bounces into the room, and the family then dive in and pile on it.
Maggie emerges from the pile and spikes the ball.
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HOMR
Everybody lands on the couch from above via a Futurama-style tube. However,
Fry is in place of Bart. He is sucked up and replaced by Bart.
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Worst Episode Ever
In front of a "valet" sign, Pimple-faced Teen pushes the couch into
place. He holds out his hand for a tip, but does not get it.
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Tennis the Menace
Everybody ice skates to the couch, however Homer's end of the couch breaks off
and he fallse through the ice.
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New Kids on the Blecch
Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
The couch is outside a prison wall; everybody tunnels to the couch as a siren
sounds and a spotlight searches.
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The Parent Rap
Everybody jumps off a sailboat, which turns out to be the sailboat painting
above the couch.
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She of Little Faith
Gump Roast
The couch is a slot machine; the faces of The Simpsons appear on the reels,
except Maggie who is shown as a 7.
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Brawl in the Family
Weekend at Burnsie's
A gardener trims a hedge into the shape of everybody on the couch.
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Sweets and Sour Marge
I Am Furious (Yellow)
A claw grabs Homer and lifts him off the couch, much like the machines in
arcades where you win soft toys.
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Jaws Wired Shut
The Frying Game
In black and white, Homer appears as Charlie Chaplin in silent film style.
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Half Decent Proposal
The Sweetest Apu
Two repo men take the couch away.
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The Lastest Gun in the West
Little Girl in the Big Ten
Pimple-faced Teen is making out with a girl on the couch.
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The Old Man and the Key
Papa's Got a Brand New Badge
The Blue Man Group perform in front of the couch.
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Tales from the Public Domain
C.E. D'oh!
A live action couch gag, in which pages of a notebook are flipped, animating
the gag.
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Blame it On Lisa
A Star is Born Again
The Simpsons are puppets controlled by Matt Groening - but they bump into each
other and he gives up.
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How I Spent My Strummer Vacation
'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky
Everybody water skis to the couch, however, Homer's legs are bitten off by
sharks.
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Bart Vs. Lisa Vs. The Third Grade
The Fat and the Furriest
A Star Is Torn
Homer walks through several security doors a la the "Get Smart!"
opening, eventually landing on the couch with the family.
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Large Marge
I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can
The couch is drawn on an "Etch-A-Sketch".
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Helter Shelter
A mouse cursor drags Homer from one side of the couch to the other, changes
the color of the wall, and replaces the boat painting with the Mona Lisa.
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The Great Louse Detective
Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington
Homer uses the remote to switch everyone to the caveman era, then the Roman
era, then back to the present.
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Special Edna
Three Gays of the Condo
Frozen Simpsons are deep-fried, then dumped on the couch and salted.
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The Dad Who Knew Too Little
Old Yeller-Belly
In black and white, everyone is wearing early-20th-century clothing and is
watching the TV from a girder at a construction site.
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Strong Arms Of The Ma
Brake My Wife, Please
In place of the couch there is a picture of the family on the couch, with
holes where their heads should be. Everybody puts their heads through the
holes in a different position.
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Pray Anything
The Bart of War
A giant baby picks up the family as if they were dolls.
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Barting Over
Moe Baby Blues
Everything is made of gingerbread; Homer takes a bite out of Bart.
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Dude, Where's My Ranch?
The family are mime artists and sit in mid-air.
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My Mother the Carjacker
Co-Dependents Day
Everybody disintegrates and turns into dust.
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The President Wore Pearls
The Wandering Juvie
A Polaroid photo develops into a picture of the family.
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The Regina Monologues
My Big Fat Geek Wedding
There is a Playdough machine above the couch which squeezes out Playdough
versions of the family.
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Today, I Am a Clown
Simple Simpson
The Simpsons slide down poles with their names on and land on the couch in a
"Bat Cave", each wearing a mask and cape like Batman.
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'Tis the Fiftheenth Season
Fraudcast News
Each of the Simpsons are a Japanese cartoon character, and make the way to the
couch in their special way.
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Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays
The Way We Weren't
After the family sit on the couch, daggers are thrown at them and land above
their heads. Homer reaches for the remote and another dagger is thrown at him.
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I, (annoyed grunt)-bot
Catch 'em if You Can
A cake is in place of the couch; The Simpsons are iced on top.
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Diatribe of a Mad Housewife
A slice of pie is in place of the couch and the family pops up out of the
slice; Homer takes a bite of the pie.
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Margical History Tour
Bart-Mangled Banner
A tray is put in a microwave and the microwave turned on; the family rise up
from the tray.
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Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore
In place of the couch is a raised soil patch; a kid comes in, sprinkles seeds
and waters the patch, and the family grow from it.
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Smart And Smarter
A dry-cleaning rack moves through the living room, and stops when the
Simpsons, in dry-cleaning bags, enter the room.
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The Ziff Who Came to Dinner
On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister
After the family sit on the couch, the camera zooms out of the room, into a
map of the city, then zooms out further and further into space (past Kang and
Kodos), galaxies, the Universe, atoms which make up the Universe... and
eventually emerging from Homer's head back in the living room. Homer says
"Wow".
In the latter episode, Kang and Kodos laugh when
they appear, and Homer says "Cool" instead of "Wow".
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All's Fair in Oven War
The Heartbroke Kid
The couch is outside and on the end of a catapult; the Simpsons are catapulted
over the horizon.
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Sleeping With the Enemy
The family run into the living room, where the couch is missing; as they
wonder where it went, it falls from above and crushes them.
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She Used to Be My Girl
Thank God, It's Doomsday
The whole family look like Moe.
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Fat Man and Little Boy
Home Away From Homer
The couch looks to be attached to a wire: it is, however, a scary-looking fish's
tentacle. The fish swallows the family.
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Midnight Rx
The family sit...and nothing happens. Lisa says: "What? Can't we sit on
the couch without something happening?" Just then, Homer is hit by a
spear and says "D'oh!"
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Mommie Beerest
The living room and everything in it is made of sand; the Simpsons, looking
bedraggled, crawl into the room and sit on the couch, and the whole room
collapses, showing they're in the middle of the desert.
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Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass
The family stand on each other's shoulders, forming a totem pole-like
structure.
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Pranksta Rap
The living room floor is checkered; The Simpsons are chess pieces - Homer is a
King, Marge is a Queen, Bart is a Rook, Lisa is a Knight and Maggie is a Pawn
- and they make their way to the couch using proper chess moves.
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There's Something About Marrying
The couch is on an ice-hockey rink; the family have cuts and bruises all over
them and skate round the couch.
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Goo Goo Gai Pain
Girls Just Want To Have Sums
Many pairs of eyes enter in the dark. The light comes on to reveal it's the
townspeople, holding a banner saying "SURPRISE!". The family enter
and the everyone shouts "Surprise!" upon which Homer has a heart
attack and collapses.
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Mobile Homer
Homer removes a mask revealing it is actually Sideshow Bob; Bob chases
Bart out of the living room.
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The Seven-Beer Snitch
A spike comes through the wall and into the couch, and the floor opens
up to reveal a pit of flames underneath. The couch and family are
rotated like a spit.
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Future-Drama
Regarding Margie
Five Transformer toy vehicles enter, and the family "transform" from
them.
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Don't Fear The Roofer
The Wettest Stories Ever Told
A jigsaw puzzle of the couch scene is nearly completed. A hand (which
is not yellow but normal skin colour) puts in
the final pieces, accidentally putting Homer and Maggie's heads round
the wrong way. It is corrected and someone (it sounds like Groening)
says "Woohoo!" In the latter episode, Homer's voice is used
- he says "D'oh!" after completing the jigsaw incorrectly, and laughs
when he corrects it.
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The Heartbroke Kid
In addition to the gag listed above, there is a sort of couch gag
during the episode. There is a parody of the show's opening credits,
with an overweight Bart. When it comes to the couch gag, the rest of
the family sit on the couch and wait for Bart. He eventually enters
but suffers a heart attack.
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The Father, The Son, And The Holy Guest Star
The family are balloons and float onto the couch. The Homer balloon
ends upside down; Snowball II swipes at it and it deflates and flies
out of the room.
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Bonfire of the Manatees
Everyone must walk through a metal detector before sitting on the
couch. Bart, Maggie, Lisa and Marge get through alright, but it buzzes
when Homer walks through. He takes off his belt and shoes but it still
buzzes; the same happens when he is just in his underwear. The
security guard takes him aside and uses a hand-scanner on him, which
keeps beeping.
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The Girl Who Slept Too Little
My Fair Laddy
The living room is made of Plasticine; several balls of Plasticine
roll around the room, ending up on the couch. They unfurl into the
shapes of the family, but there is a blue character on the right of
the sofa; he waves at them.
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Milhouse of Sand and Fog
Million Dollar Abie
After everyone sits, a Tivo-style menu appears on screen, with the
options "Don't delete" and "Delete this recording now". The latter is
chosen.
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Marge's Son Poisoning
Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play
One of the longest couch gags to date! The Simpsons' couch turns into
a monster and the family run out of the house. The couch monster
follows them, crashing through the wall. Out on the street, everyone
else's couches have turned against them. Mrs. Glick's has
half-swallowed Hans Moleman and Grampa is being chased by a wooden
rocking chair.
Next, the twins Sherri and Terri are sat on a large pick bean bag; it
engulfs them. Lou and Eddie are being rocked to and fro inside their
patrol car. Professor Frink is being chased by a flying, laser-shooting
couch. Moe takes a swig of booze, then pulls out a shotgun and shoots
his seating and bar stools from the tavern.
Homer arrives at a store called "Couch World". He sits on a sofa,
believing he has outrun the couch monsters, but it turns out he is
surrounded by them; they pile on top of him.
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See Homer Run
The camera pans out to show that the Simpsons are in a domed cage and
on display in an intergalactic zoo; Aliens, who look similar to Kang
and Kodos, gather round to look.
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The Last of the Red Hat Mamas
A bird's nest is in place of the couch. A pigeon lands in the next
with the family and feeds a worm to Homer.
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The Italian Bob
Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore
Playing cards are thrown onto the couch: Bart is a Jack; Marge a
Queen; Homer a King; Lisa an Ace; and Maggie a Joker.
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Simpsons Christmas Stories
Instead of a couch gag, a newspaper spins into view, with the
headline: "COUCH GAG THRILLS NATION" and a photo of the family on the
couch.
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Homer's Paternity Coot
The Monkey Suit
A photographer comes in to take a photo, then we see a series of
"Family Portraits". 2006 and 2007 are normal; in 2008, Homer is
missing and the rest of the family is wearing their funeral clothes;
by 2009, Lenny has replaced Homer; in 2010, Carl replaces Marge; in
2011, Marge returns with Jimbo by her side; in 2012, a robotic version
of Homer takes his place; and finally in 2013, the all the original
Simpson family are robots.
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We're On The Road To D'ohwhere
A parody of the opening of Bonanza. A map of Springfield is on-screen;
a hole is burnt through it and the family ride from the distance on
horseback.
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The Seemingly Never Ending Story
The couch is on a conveyor belt, and the family minus Homer are sat on
it. It pauses while Homer is lowered from above by a robotic claw,
then it continues to the right and out of the room.
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Bart Has Two Mommies
The couch is protected by a bunch of laser beams. Everyone
successfully steps over and under them to sit on the couch, however,
when they sit the lasers disappear and Homer's head falls off.
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Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife
As part of a complete opening sequence in live action, real-life
versions of the family sit on the couch.
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