Animation Comedy
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Episode 1
Good Night was the first ever Simpsons short to air on The Tracey Ullman Show. The five main family members - Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie - were first introduced in this short. Homer and Marge attempt to calm their children to sleep, with the opposite results. Maggie can be heard saying "good night". She rarely talks throughout the run of the series.
Episode 2
Bart and Lisa quarrel during commercial breaks over what channel they'll watch. Repeatedly Maggie comes up to the television and changes the channel. Later Homer is saying some speech about family matters then stops when the show comes back on. A piece of music from the Tracey Ullman show plays at one part or another during the short.
Episode 3
Homer makes several attempts to have Bart jump into his arms. Each time Bart jumps Homer is distracted and fails to catch him. Towards the end of the episode boxing gloves are delivered, presumably the ones used in the episode Punching Bag.
Episode 4
Marge puts Bart and Lisa in charge of babysitting Maggie. They watch TV while Maggie gets electrocuted, falls down the stairs, and falls off the roof. Maggie sticks a fork in an electrical socket thereby electocuting herself, she crawls up the stairs and falls down them in insane Slinky fashion then she climbs onto the roof in hot pursuit of a butterfly, and falls off it.
Episode 5
Lisa and Bart try to get Maggie to stop sucking on her pacifier, but Maggie, who has an entire drawer full of them, refuses to kick the habit.
Episode 6
Despite Marge's objections, Bart, Lisa and even Maggie compete in a contest to see who can make the most disgusting burp.
Episode 7
Marge serves the family purple goop for dinner, insisting that they say grace first.
Episode 8
Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. Maggie unclearly speaks in this episode.
Episode 9
Bart is determined to see his uncle's corpse...but not for long. This is the only appearance of Uncle Hubert.
Episode 12
Bart tries to make a house of cards, but Lisa Maggie make noises that have the "house" fall every time.
Episode 13
Bart can't stomach it when he and Homer are forced to fend for themselves.
Episode 14
Bart, Lisa and Maggie play a game of "Space Patrol" while Homer and Marge are out. Lisa plays a superhero with Maggie as her sidekick, while Bart puts a jug on his head with the pretense of it being the helmet of an alien warlord. However, his head accidentally plops into it and the jug is left stuck on his head. Lisa "frees" Bart from the jug using a croquet mallet. Lisa and Maggie then hide, allowing Bart, stumbling in a daze amongst pieces of the precious broken jug lying on the floor, to take the blame.
Episode 15
Bart has his hair cut too short by a barber. This is the first time we hear a character from The Simpsons series say a curse word.
Episode 16
Homer wakes up the family to practice for a nuclear drill... in the middle of the night.
Episode 17
Marge bakes a batch of delicious cookies. Bart attempts to steal them, but burns his fingers trying to pick them up. Everyone except Bart and Maggie leave the kitchen to let them cool down, and Bart takes this opportunity to swipe them, muttering to himself "Aha! The perfect crime!" Homer and Marge come back to find the tray empty. Marge suspects Maggie of eating the cookies, but as a witness she knows exactly who took them and guides them along a trail of cookies running across the floor. His family catch him lying on his back in his bedroom amidst a pile of cookie crumbs. Looking up at them with his stomach full, he groans, "There is no perfect crime." His head bangs back down on the ground and Maggie, secretively, snacks on an uneaten cookie.
Episode 18
Bart tells Lisa & Maggie a series of scary stories (in the middle of the dark) only to believe they're coming true.
Episode 19
Grampa spends time with the kids. This is Grampa's first appearance.
Episode 20
Bart and Homer go on a fishing trip. Homer asks Bart for a bologna sandwich, but Bart forgot the bologna. He puts the bait on the sandwich instead. Later on they hit rapids and Homer is almost knocked unconscious. They later fall off of a waterfall.
Episode 21
Bart teaches his sisters how to skateboard...or is it the other way around.
Episode 22
The kids discuss paganism. This is the first time Bart calls his dad "Homer".
Episode 23
Bart locks himself in the closet, and when he busts out, he finds out that the family has gone out without him.
Episode 24
At an aquarium Bart swims with the sharks...literally. This is the first time we see a naked Simpsons character. This also marks Lisa Simpson saying the word hell in this short.
Episode 28
The Simpsons go to the art museum. This is the first time we hear Bart say "Whoooa, Mama!".
Episode 29
Homer unwisely teases a monkey at the zoo and gets a faceful of poo for his trouble. This is the shortest Simpsons Short.
Episode 30
Maggie squeaks her toy, causing a chain reaction of anger in the family.
Episode 31
Bart tries to hide the cookies he stole from the jar from his parents.
Episode 32
Bart puts on his own show after Homer tells him to stop watching cartoons. First appearance of Itchy and Scratchy. This is the first time we hear Lisa call her dad "Homer".
Episode 33
Bart, Lisa and eventually Marge take out their frustrations on a punching bag with Homer's picture on it.
Episode 35
The kids get to see Krusty's show live for the first time. First appearance of Krusty the Clown.
Episode 37
Bart tells a story about large kids who throw their small parents into a small room.
Episode 38
Bart, Lisa and Maggie go to the movie to see "The Happy Little Elves Return" (much to Bart's dismay), but Bart convinces the girls to see "Space Mutants" instead. Guess who's the scaredy-cat!
Episode 41
The family drives to Echo Canyon, takes turns making echoes, and Bart almost makes a boulder crunch the family car.
Episode 42
Homer makes Bart take his "Sunday Night Bath", only to flood the bathroom. this is the last Simpsons short in which we see a naked Simpsons character.
Episode 43
In this sequel to "Shell Game", Bart has a nightmare after eating every single cookie from the cookie jar.
Episode 45
Homer takes the family to a psychologist. This is last Tracey Ullman Short we hear a character from The Simpsons series say a curse word.
Episode 46
Bart kicks Maggie's ball out of sight and she takes off to retrieve it back.
Episode 47
Maggie floats in the air hanging on to balloons and lands safely back in her playpen.
Episode 49
A short in which Homer and Bart visit the NFL studio. The short was broadcast on NFL on FOX on September 3, 1995.
Episode 50
This special was aired before the premier of the 7th season opener; hosted by John Walsh (from the FOX series "Americas Most Wanted"), it offered up all sorts of theories and insights into who might have shot Montgomery Burns.
Episode 51
Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. Maggie unclearly speaks in this episode.
Episode 52
Marge comments on David and Victoria Beckham's marriage in a negative comparison with hers and Homer's, and compared the special relationship between the UK and the US to that of Mini Me and Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers films ("Helping out in all our zany schemes to take over the world"). Lisa Simpson also held a banner supporting Cornwall's secession: "UK OUT OF CORNWALL", while chanting "Rydhsys rag Kernow lemmyn" (freedom for Cornwall now).
Episode 53
A documentary special that examined the "cultural phenomenon" of the American animated television series. The special is hosted and directed by Morgan Spurlock.
Episode 54
In the first of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais takes you behind the scenes to see how the show is made, talking to those who put each episode together, plus celebrity fans like Simon Cowell and Hugh Hefner.
Episode 55
In the second of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais takes a look at the vast array of Simpsons merchandise the colourful characters have inspired and catches up with some of the programme's biggest devotees.
Episode 56
In the third of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais speaks to a selection of the huge number of celebrities who have guest-starred on the show over the years.
Episode 57
Who will Homer Simpson vote for in the 2012 Elections? Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?
Episode 58
An election eve appeal from Montgomery Burns. Mr. Burns puts Shamus the dog to the test of choosing between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Episode 59
Still reeling from the presidential election results, Mr. Burns takes a few minutes to explain the upcoming fiscal cliff.
Episode 61
Maggie is interviewed for the Oscar nomination of The Longest Daycare.
Episode 63
Groundskeeper Willie has a few things to say prior to the Sept 18 Scottish elections.
Episode 64
A close encounter with Donald Trump's hairpiece sends Homer on an extraordinary journey.
Episode 65
Marge challenges Kim Jong-un to the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Episode 66
Take a look at ‘The Simpsons’ heading down to Daytona International Speedway for the Daytona 500 on February 21st.
Episode 68
Pokémon Now? is a special short that was released on July 16, 2016. It's a remade scene from "A Tree Grows in Springfield".
Episode 70
Homer says hello from San Diego Comic-Con 2016!
Episode 71
The citizens of Springfield head to their polling stations to vote and Homer discovers Russia's President Vladimir Putin in disguise.
Episode 72
This year everyone is coming to Daytona! Don't miss the Daytona 500, FEB 26 on FOX!
Episode 73
Donald Trump reviews his accomplishments from his first 100 days in office.
Episode 74
Donald Trump makes one last try to patch things up with Comey.
Episode 75
Moe has a presidential moment and lets the world know how he is feeling.
Episode 76
Homer gives us a little advice about watching the eclipse.
Episode 77
Moe has a message for the mayor of Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulín Cruz, regarding her tweet in response to the appeal for Puerto Rico that aired at the end of The Serfsons.
Episode 80
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her squad face off against President Donald Trump.
Episode 81
Lisa travels back in time to 1923 and discovers that the Springfield Mini Moose, once key to the town’s ecosystem, were driven to extinction in 1925. Teaming up with young Monty Burns, Lisa works to save the moose, but her actions unintentionally shape his future as a ruthless tycoon.
Dan Castellaneta
Homer Simpson / Abe Simpson / Barney Gumble / Krusty the Clown / Groundskeeper Willie / Mayor Quimby (voice)
Julie Kavner
Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier / Jacqueline Bouvier (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
Bart Simpson / Maggie Simpson / Nelson Muntz / Ralph Wiggum (voice)
Yeardley Smith
Lisa Simpson / Maggie Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria
Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl Carlson / Superintendent Chalmers (voice)
Harry Shearer
Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Principal Skinner / Lenny Leonard (voice)
Kara Talve
Original Music Composer
Scott Muller
Casting
Dan Greaney
Consulting Producer
John Frink
Executive Producer
David Silverman
Consulting Producer
Matt Selman
Executive Producer
Bonita Pietila
Original Casting
Rob LaZebnik
Co-Executive Producer
Denise Sirkot
Producer
Richard Raynis
Producer
James L. Brooks
Executive Producer
Matt Groening
Executive Producer
Richard Sakai
Producer
Sam Simon
Executive Producer
Danny Elfman
Main Title Theme Composer