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The Simpsons

Specials 1987 - 2021
TV-PG

  • 1987-04-20T00:00:00Z on FOX
  • 22m
  • 14h 9m (85 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Animation, Comedy, Family
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.

85 episodes

1987-04-20T00:00:00Z

Special 1 Good Night

Special 1 Good Night

  • 1987-04-20T00:00:00Z2m

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.

1987-05-04T00:00:00Z

Special 2 Watching TV

Special 2 Watching TV

  • 1987-05-04T00:00:00Z2m

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.

1987-05-11T00:00:00Z

Special 3 Jumping Bart

Special 3 Jumping Bart

  • 1987-05-11T00:00:00Z2m

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.

1987-06-01T00:00:00Z

Special 4 Babysitting Maggie

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.

1987-06-22T00:00:00Z

Special 5 The Pacifier

Special 5 The Pacifier

  • 1987-06-22T00:00:00Z2m

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.

1987-06-29T00:00:00Z

Special 6 Burping Contest

Despite Marge's objections, Bart, Lisa and even Maggie compete in a contest to see who can make the most disgusting burp.

1987-07-13T00:00:00Z

Special 7 Dinner Time

Special 7 Dinner Time

  • 1987-07-13T00:00:00Z2m

Marge serves the family purple goop for dinner, insisting that they say grace first.

1987-09-23T00:00:00Z

Special 8 Making Faces

Special 8 Making Faces

  • 1987-09-23T00:00:00Z2m

Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. Maggie unclearly speaks in this episode.

1987-10-05T00:00:00Z

Special 9 The Funeral

Special 9 The Funeral

  • 1987-10-05T00:00:00Z2m

Bart is determined to see his uncle's corpse...but not for long. This is the only appearance of Uncle Hubert.

1987-10-12T00:00:00Z

Special 10 Maggie's Brain

Bart and Lisa wonder what's inside Maggie's mind.

1987-10-19T00:00:00Z

Special 11 Football

Special 11 Football

  • 1987-10-19T00:00:00Z2m

Homer teaches Bart about the importance of Football.

1987-10-26T01:00:00Z

Special 12 House of Cards

Bart tries to make a house of cards, but Lisa Maggie make noises that have the "house" fall every time.

Bart can't stomach it when he and Homer are forced to fend for themselves.

1987-11-09T01:00:00Z

Special 14 Space Patrol

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.

1987-11-16T01:00:00Z

Special 15 Bart's Haircut

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.

1987-11-23T01:00:00Z

Special 16 World War III

Homer wakes up the family to practice for a nuclear drill... in the middle of the night.

1987-12-14T01:00:00Z

Special 17 The Perfect Crime

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.

1987-12-21T01:00:00Z

Special 18 Scary Stories

Bart tells Lisa & Maggie a series of scary stories (in the middle of the dark) only to believe they're coming true.

1988-01-11T01:00:00Z

Special 19 Grampa and the Kids

Grampa spends time with the kids. This is Grampa's first appearance.

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.

1988-02-08T01:00:00Z

Special 21 Skateboarding

Bart teaches his sisters how to skateboard...or is it the other way around.

1988-02-15T01:00:00Z

Special 22 The Pagans

Special 22 The Pagans

  • 1988-02-15T01:00:00Z2m

The kids discuss paganism. This is the first time Bart calls his dad "Homer".

1988-02-22T01:00:00Z

Special 23 Closeted

Special 23 Closeted

  • 1988-02-22T01:00:00Z2m

Bart locks himself in the closet, and when he busts out, he finds out that the family has gone out without him.

1988-02-29T01:00:00Z

Special 24 The Aquarium

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.

1988-03-07T01:00:00Z

Special 25 Family Portrait

Homer has trouble taking a normal family portrait.

1988-03-14T01:00:00Z

Special 26 Bart's Hiccups

Lisa and Maggie try to cure Bart's hiccups...the hard way.

1988-03-21T01:00:00Z

Special 27 The Money Jar

The kids try to steal money from Marge's money jar..

1988-05-02T00:00:00Z

Special 28 The Art Museum

The Simpsons go to the art museum. This is the first time we hear Bart say "Whoooa, Mama!".

1988-05-09T00:00:00Z

Special 29 Zoo Story

Special 29 Zoo Story

  • 1988-05-09T00:00:00Z2m

Homer unwisely teases a monkey at the zoo and gets a faceful of poo for his trouble. This is the shortest Simpsons Short.

1988-11-07T01:00:00Z

Special 30 Shut Up, Simpsons

Maggie squeaks her toy, causing a chain reaction of anger in the family.

1988-11-14T01:00:00Z

Special 31 Shell Game

Special 31 Shell Game

  • 1988-11-14T01:00:00Z2m

Bart tries to hide the cookies he stole from the jar from his parents.

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".

1988-11-28T01:00:00Z

Special 33 Punching Bag

Bart, Lisa and eventually Marge take out their frustrations on a punching bag with Homer's picture on it.

1988-12-19T01:00:00Z

Special 34 Simpsons Christmas

Bart's version of Christmas.

The kids get to see Krusty's show live for the first time. First appearance of Krusty the Clown.

1989-01-30T01:00:00Z

Special 36 Bart the Hero

Sent out to exercise, Bart foils a robbery attempt.

Bart tells a story about large kids who throw their small parents into a small room.

1989-02-13T01:00:00Z

Special 38 Scary Movie

Special 38 Scary Movie

  • 1989-02-13T01:00:00Z2m

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!

1989-02-20T01:00:00Z

Special 39 Home Hypnotism

Homer tries hypnosis to calm down his crazy kids.

1989-02-27T01:00:00Z

Special 40 Shoplifting

Special 40 Shoplifting

  • 1989-02-27T01:00:00Z2m

Bart's attempt to swipe some chocolate is foiled.

1989-03-13T01:00:00Z

Special 41 Echo Canyon

Special 41 Echo Canyon

  • 1989-03-13T01:00:00Z2m

The family drives to Echo Canyon, takes turns making echoes, and Bart almost makes a boulder crunch the family car.

1989-03-20T01:00:00Z

Special 42 Bathtime

Special 42 Bathtime

  • 1989-03-20T01:00:00Z2m

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.

1989-03-27T01:00:00Z

Special 43 Bart's Nightmare

In this sequel to "Shell Game", Bart has a nightmare after eating every single cookie from the cookie jar.

1989-04-17T00:00:00Z

Special 44 Bart of the Jungle

The kids swing from the trees off Homer's ties.

1989-04-24T00:00:00Z

Special 45 Family Therapy

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.

1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Special 46 Maggie in Peril (1)

Bart kicks Maggie's ball out of sight and she takes off to retrieve it back.

Maggie floats in the air hanging on to balloons and lands safely back in her playpen.

1989-05-15T00:00:00Z

Special 48 TV Simpsons

Special 48 TV Simpsons

  • 1989-05-15T00:00:00Z2m

Homer attempts to fix the television antenna on the roof.

A short in which Homer and Bart visit the NFL studio. The short was broadcast on NFL on FOX on September 3, 1995.

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.

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).

Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. Maggie unclearly speaks in this episode.

After getting lost in a game of hide-and-seek, Lisa wanders into the field and discovers three teenage girls who are practising Wiccans. Though she is sceptical of their spells, the girls assure Lisa that they never hurt anyone and ask her to join their coven. Just before Lisa is inducted into their pact, Chief Wiggum arrives and arrests the three girls for witchcraft and Lisa becomes the star witness in the trial.

2010-01-12T01:00:00Z

Special 54 Access All Areas

Special 54 Access All Areas

  • 2010-01-12T01:00:00Z22m

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.

2010-01-13T01:00:00Z

Special 55 Mischief And Mayhem

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.

2010-01-14T01:00:00Z

Special 56 Celebrity Friends

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.

2015-07-08T00:00:00Z

Special 57 Trumptastic Voyage

A close encounter with Donald Trump's hairpiece sends Homer on an extraordinary journey.

2016-02-21T01:00:00Z

Special 58 The Debateful Eight

Marge wakes up from a political nightmare.

2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Special 59 3 a.m.

Special 59 3 a.m.

  • 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z22m

Marge and Homer Simpson wrestle with the choice in this election.

Donald Trump reviews his accomplishments from his first 100 days in office.

2017-12-15T01:00:00Z

Special 62 Mueller Meets Trump

Robert Mueller pays the President a little visit.

Maybe it's time to take a good look in the mirror.

2019-08-21T00:00:00Z

Special 64 West Wing Story

Special 64 West Wing Story

  • 2019-08-21T00:00:00Z22m

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her squad face off against President Donald Trump.

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

Special 65 Homer Votes 2012

Special 65 Homer Votes 2012

  • 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z22m

Who will Homer Simpson vote for in the 2012 Elections? Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

An election eve appeal from Montgomery Burns. Mr. Burns puts Shamus the dog to the test of choosing between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

2012-12-05T01:00:00Z

Special 67 Fiscal Cliff

Special 67 Fiscal Cliff

  • 2012-12-05T01:00:00Z22m

Still reeling from the presidential election results, Mr. Burns takes a few minutes to explain the upcoming fiscal cliff.

2013-01-29T01:00:00Z

Special 68 Maggie Sucks

Special 68 Maggie Sucks

  • 2013-01-29T01:00:00Z22m

Maggie prepares for her Oscar acceptance speech.

2013-02-01T01:00:00Z

Special 69 Oscar-Nominated

Special 69 Oscar-Nominated

  • 2013-02-01T01:00:00Z22m

Maggie is interviewed for the Oscar nomination of The Longest Daycare.

If you loved the Homer Shake...

Groundskeeper Willie has a few things to say prior to the Sept 18 Scottish elections.

Marge challenges Kim Jong-un to the Ice Bucket Challenge.

Take a look at ‘The Simpsons’ heading down to Daytona International Speedway for the Daytona 500 on February 21st.

2016-07-17T00:00:00Z

Special 74 Pokémon Now?

Special 74 Pokémon Now?

  • 2016-07-17T00:00:00Z22m

Pokémon Now? is a special short that was released on July 16, 2016. It's a remade scene from "A Tree Grows in Springfield".

Homer says hello from San Diego Comic-Con 2016!

2016-10-15T00:00:00Z

Special 76 Homer Votes 2016

Special 76 Homer Votes 2016

  • 2016-10-15T00:00:00Z22m

The citizens of Springfield head to their polling stations to vote and Homer discovers Russia's President Vladimir Putin in disguise.

2017-02-10T01:00:00Z

Special 77 Happy Daytona Day!

Special 77 Happy Daytona Day!

  • 2017-02-10T01:00:00Z22m

This year everyone is coming to Daytona! Don't miss the Daytona 500, FEB 26 on FOX!

2017-07-04T00:00:00Z

Special 78 Moe Live Tweets!

Special 78 Moe Live Tweets!

  • 2017-07-04T00:00:00Z22m

Moe has a presidential moment and lets the world know how he is feeling.

Homer gives us a little advice about watching the eclipse.

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.

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.

2012-07-14T00:00:00Z

Special 82 The Longest Daycare

Special 82 The Longest Daycare

  • 2012-07-14T00:00:00Z22m

Maggie Simpson spends the day in the Ayn Rand School for Tots.

Maggie and Marge are having a play-date at Springfield's finest toddler play park when Maggie becomes smitten with a little boy. It's love at first suck and Maggie dreams about seeing him again after a day full of make-believe romance.

In a daycare far, far away… but still in Springfield, Maggie is on an epic quest for her stolen pacifier. Her adventure brings her face-to-face with young Padawans, Sith Lords, familiar droids, Rebel scum, and an ultimate battle against the dark side, in this original short celebrating the Star Wars galaxy.

Loki is banished from Asgard once again and must face his toughest opponents yet: the Simpsons and Springfield’s mightiest heroes. The God of Mischief teams up with Bart Simpson in the ultimate crossover event paying tribute to the Marvel Cinematic Universe of superheroes and villains.

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