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'''FABF''' is the sixteenth production season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. [[Al Jean]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunner]] for the season. The episodes mostly aired in [[Season 15|broadcast season 15]] on [[Fox]], with six [[rollover episodes]] from the production season airing in [[Season 16|broadcast season 16]]. The episodes aired from December 7, [[2003]] with "[[Today I Am a Clown]]", to December 12, [[2004]] with "[[Fat Man and Little Boy]]".

== Episodes ==
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{{TBT|[[File:Today I Am a Clown.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF01}}
{{TB|'''"[[Today I Am a Clown]]"'''}}
{{TB|December 7, 2003}}
{{TB|[[Nancy Kruse]]}}
{{TB|[[Joel H. Cohen]]}}
{{TB|S15 E6}}
{{TCsT|When [[Krusty]] admits he never had a {{W|Bar and bat mitzvah|bar mitzvah}}, he turns to his father, [[Rabbi Krustofsky]], for help. Later, Krusty realizes his shooting schedule has him working on the {{W|Sabbath}} and proposes hiring a guest host. Not wanting to hire anyone who might upstage him or threaten his career, Krusty hires [[Homer]] as his replacement.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Jackie Mason]] as [[Hyman Krustofsky]] and [[Mr. T]] as {{Ch|Mr. T|himself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Tis the Fifteenth Season.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|FABF02}}
{{TB|'''"[['Tis the Fifteenth Season]]"'''}}
{{TB|December 14, 2003}}
{{TB|[[Steven Dean Moore]]}}
{{TB|[[Michael Price]]}}
{{TB|S15 E7}}
{{TCsT|When [[Homer]] spends a large amount of money on a [[Personalized Talking Astrolabe|frivolous gift]] for himself at [[Christmas]], [[Simpson family|the family]] has very little to spend on the holidays. A [[Mr. McGrew's Christmas Carol|Christmas film]] gives Homer a change of heart and he becomes the nicest man in [[Springfield]]. But when he takes some advice from [[Lisa]] the wrong way, he gets led astray.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Marge vs SSCCATAGAPP.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF03}}
{{TB|'''"[[Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays]]"'''}}
{{TB|January 4, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Bob Anderson]]}}
{{TB|[[Jon Vitti]]}}
{{TB|S15 E8}}
{{TCsT|After babies of [[Springfield]] riot at a [[Roofi]] concert, [[Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples, and Teens and Gays Against Parasitic Parents|an anti-children group]] is formed. [[Marge]] tries to rally the townspeople to fight against the group and the proposed law changes.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Homer Robot.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF04}}
{{TB|'''"[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]"'''}}
{{TB|January 11, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Lauren MacMullan]]}}
{{TB|[[Dan Greaney]] and [[Allen Glazier]]}}
{{TB|S15 E9}}
{{TCsT|[[Bart]] and [[Homer]] enter a [[Robot Rumble]] competition, but when Homer isn't able to build [[Chief Knocka-Homer|a decent robot]], he decides to adjust the robot so that he can operate it from the inside. Meanwhile, [[Snowball II]] dies and [[Lisa]] tries to replace her with another cat.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:BarrowFamily.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF05}}
{{TB|'''"[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]"'''}}
{{TB|January 25, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Mark Kirkland]]}}
{{TB|[[Robin J. Stein]]}}
{{TB|S15 E10}}
{{TCsT|[[Marge]] is inspired to write [[The Harpooned Heart|a romance novel]], though after [[Homer]] hears rumors that Marge is secretly in love with [[Ned Flanders]] due to the storyline of the novel, he grows jealous. Meanwhile, Homer buys an ambulance and becomes an ambulance driver.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Tom Clancy]] as {{Ch|Tom Clancy|himself}}, [[Ashley Olsen]] as {{Ch|Ashley Olsen|herself}}, [[Mary-Kate Olsen]] as {{Ch|Mary-Kate Olsen|herself}}, and [[Thomas Pynchon]] as {{Ch|Thomas Pynchon|himself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Margical History Tour promo.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|FABF06}}
{{TB|'''"[[Margical History Tour]]"'''}}
{{TB|February 8, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Mike B. Anderson]]}}
{{TB|[[Brian Kelley]]}}
{{TB|S15 E11}}
{{TCsT|When the [[Springfield Library]] becomes low on books, the children of [[Springfield Elementary]] don't have enough resources to do research for their history papers. To help out, [[Marge]] gives the kids verbal anecdotes about historical figures, including tales of [[King Henry VIII]], [[Sacagawea]]'s assistance to the [[Meriwether Lewis|Lewis]] and [[William Clark|Clark]] Expedition, and a very [[Bart]]-like [[Mozart]] feuding with his sister [[Sally Salieri|Salieri]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF07}}
{{TB|'''"[[Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]"'''}}
{{TB|February 15, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Matthew Nastuk]]}}
{{TB|[[Julie Chambers]] and [[David Chambers]]}}
{{TB|S15 E12}}
{{TCsT|[[Bart]] is heartbroken when [[Milhouse]] and his mother move away to [[Capital City]]. Desperate to fill Milhouse's shoes, Bart attempts to find a new best friend with no such luck. When Bart decides to pay Milhouse a visit, he is shocked to see his once meek best friend has reinvented himself. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] pretends to be poor to get money off strangers.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Nick Bakay]] as [[Salem Saberhagen]], [[William Daniels]] as [[KITT]], [[Isabel Sanford]] as {{Ch|Isabel Sanford|herself}}, and [[Dick Tufeld]] as [[Robot B-9]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:The Ziff Who Came to Dinner.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF08}}
{{TB|'''"[[The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]"'''}}
{{TB|March 14, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Nancy Kruse]]}}
{{TB|[[Deb Lacusta]] and [[Dan Castellaneta]]}}
{{TB|S15 E14}}
{{TCsT|[[Marge]]'s old prom date [[Artie Ziff]] returns to [[Springfield]], having lost his money and his Internet business, and asks to stay with [[Simpson family|the Simpsons]] until he gets back on his feet. What Artie doesn't tell them is that he's also a fugitive from justice, sought by the {{W|U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC}} for cheating his stockholders.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Artie Ziff]], [[Jay Sherman]], [[Professor Lombardo]], [[Aristotle Amadopolis]], and [[Llewellyn Sinclair]] .|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Smart and Smarter promo.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|FABF09}}
{{TB|'''"[[Smart and Smarter]]"'''}}
{{TB|February 22, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Steven Dean Moore]]}}
{{TB|[[Carolyn Omine]]}}
{{TB|S15 E13}}
{{TCsT|When [[Maggie]] is found to have an IQ of 167, she becomes the genius of [[Simpson family|the family]]. [[Lisa]] loses her sense of self as she becomes resentful of her younger sister.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Simon Cowell]] as {{ap|Henry|Smart and Smarter}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Marge upside down in the car.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF10}}
{{TB|'''"[[Co-Dependent's Day]]"'''}}
{{TB|March 21, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Bob Anderson]]}}
{{TB|[[Matt Warburton]]}}
{{TB|S15 E15}}
{{TCsT|On a trip to Northern [[California]], [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] find that they have fun drinking together. When drunk driving home, Homer crashes the car before moving Marge into the driver's seat, pinning the blame on her. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] confront [[Randall Curtis|the creator]] of ''[[Cosmic Wars]]'' over the quality of the new film.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Brave Combo]] as {{Chs|Brave Combo|themselves}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:The Wandering Juvie promo 1.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|FABF11}}
{{TB|'''"[[The Wandering Juvie]]"'''}}
{{TB|March 28, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Lauren MacMullan]]}}
{{TB|[[John Frink]] and [[Don Payne]]}}
{{TB|S15 E16}}
{{TCsT|After playing a prank on the whole [[Springfield|town]], [[Bart]] is sentenced to six months of [[Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility|juvenile detention]]. There he meets [[Gina Vendetti]], who forces Bart to escape with her.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] as [[Gina Vendetti]], [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Constance Harm]], and [[Charles Napier]] as [[the Warden]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:My Big Fat Geek Wedding promo 1.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|FABF12}}
{{TB|'''"[[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]"'''}}
{{TB|April 18, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Mark Kirkland]]}}
{{TB|[[Kevin Curran]]}}
{{TB|S15 E17}}
{{TCsT|When [[Principal Skinner]] gets cold feet before his wedding to [[Edna Krabappel]], she calls off the wedding. Determined to win her back, Skinner enlists [[Homer]]'s help. Meanwhile, [[Marge]] is convinced Edna can do better. Edna rebounds into a relationship with [[Comic Book Guy]], who whisks her off to a comic book convention. But Skinner is determined to win her back.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Matt Groening]] as {{Ch|Matt Groening|himself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:The Way We Weren't promo.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|FABF13}}
{{TB|'''"[[The Way We Weren't]]"'''}}
{{TB|May 9, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Mike B. Anderson]]}}
{{TB|[[J. Stewart Burns]]}}
{{TB|S15 E20}}
{{TCsT|When [[Homer]] admits that [[Marge]] was not his first kiss, he recounts the story of his first smooch at summer camp with an anonymous girl—who turns out to be Marge after all. Following their first kiss, young Homer and Marge planned to meet again, but Homer accidentally returned to the wrong camp. Marge admits to Homer that believing her first kiss had stood her up caused her 30 years of heartbreak.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:CatchEmIfYouCan.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF14}}
{{TB|'''"[[Catch 'Em If You Can]]"'''}}
{{TB|April 25, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Matthew Nastuk]]}}
{{TB|[[Ian Maxtone-Graham]]}}
{{TB|S15 E18}}
{{TCsT|When [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] get caught having a rendezvous in [[Miami]] instead of going to a family party in [[Dayton]], [[Ohio]], [[Bart]], [[Lisa]], and [[Grampa]] track them down to ruin their alone time. Meanwhile, Grampa befriends [[Raoul]], a gay Miami swinger who seemingly enjoys Grampa's stories.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Simple Simpson promo.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF15}}
{{TB|'''"[[Simple Simpson]]"'''}}
{{TB|May 2, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Jim Reardon]]}}
{{TB|[[Jon Vitti]]}}
{{TB|S15 E19}}
{{TCsT|When [[Lisa]] is humiliated at the [[Springfield County Fair]], [[Homer]] becomes [[Pie Man]], a costumed vigilante who throws pies at his enemies. But Pie Man's sense of justice gets twisted when [[Mr. Burns]] unmasks him and turns him into his personal hitman.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Nichelle Nichols]] as {{Ch|Nichelle Nichols|herself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Pills.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF16}}
{{TB|'''"[[Midnight Rx]]"'''}}
{{TB|January 16, 2005}}
{{TB|[[Nancy Kruse]]}}
{{TB|[[Marc Wilmore]]}}
{{TB|S16 E6}}
{{TCsT|When [[Mr. Burns]] terminates the employee prescription drug program, the citizens of [[Springfield]] are no longer able to afford their very expensive but much-needed prescription drugs. In order to keep the town medicated, [[Homer]], [[Grampa]], [[Apu]], and [[Flanders]] travel to [[Canada]] to buy the drugs with fake Canadian health care cards.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Bartflagnewspaper.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF17}}
{{TB|'''"[[Bart-Mangled Banner]]"'''}}
{{TB|May 16, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Steven Dean Moore]]}}
{{TB|[[John Frink]]}}
{{TB|S15 E21}}
{{TCsT|When [[Bart]] accidentally 'moons' the American flag at a school function and [[Homer]] says he hates America on national TV, [[Simpson family|the Simpsons]] are labeled as unpatriotic and are arrested for high treason. They then embark on a cross-country mission to the nation's capital to prove they love America.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Fraudcast News promo.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF18}}
{{TB|'''"[[Fraudcast News]]"'''}}
{{TB|May 23, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Bob Anderson]]}}
{{TB|[[Don Payne]]}}
{{TB|S15 E22}}
{{TCsT|After scathing articles about [[Mr. Burns]] are published in newspapers, Burns buys all the media outlets. In response to the propaganda Burns is now pushing, [[Lisa]] decides to start [[The Red Dress Press|her own paper]] and writes an article about Mr. Burns' manipulation. Furious, Burns attempts to take down Lisa's paper, but she refuses to go quietly.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Sleeping With the Enemy promo.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF19}}
{{TB|'''"[[Sleeping with the Enemy]]"'''}}
{{TB|November 21, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Lauren MacMullan]]}}
{{TB|[[Jon Vitti]]}}
{{TB|S16 E3}}
{{TCsT|After [[Bart]] gets a 100 on a test without cheating, [[Marge]] throws him a party—a boring party. Thinking that none of her kids appreciates her, she finds [[Nelson]] in the park and gives him lunch, which leads to Marge looking after him. Meanwhile, [[Lisa]] becomes conscious about her weight after she is teased at school.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:All's Fair in Oven War promo 1.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|FABF20}}
{{TB|'''"[[All's Fair in Oven War]]"'''}}
{{TB|November 14, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Mark Kirkland]]}}
{{TB|[[Matt Selman]]}}
{{TB|S16 E2}}
{{TCsT|[[Homer]] buys [[Marge]] a new kitchen, and her cooking gets such good reviews that she enters the [[Ovenfresh Bakeoff]]. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] find a stack of ''[[Playdude]]'' magazines.

'''Guest starring:''' [[James Caan]] as {{Ch|James Caan|himself}} and [[Thomas Pynchon]] as {{Ch|Thomas Pynchon|himself}}.|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Fat Man and Little Boy.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF21}}
{{TB|'''"[[Fat Man and Little Boy]]"'''}}
{{TB|December 12, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Mike B. Anderson]]}}
{{TB|[[Joel H. Cohen]]}}
{{TB|S16 E5}}
{{TCsT|When [[Bart]] writes slogans on t-shirts, he catches the attention of [[Goose Gladwell]], a gag gift entrepreneur, and starts raking in the cash from t-shirt sales. With Bart now the breadwinner, [[Homer]] feels he no longer has a place in the family. But when Gladwell is revealed as a fraud, Homer steps in to defend his son.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Eric Idle]] as [[Declan Desmond]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:She Used to Be My Girl.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|FABF22}}
{{TB|'''"[[She Used to Be My Girl]]"'''}}
{{TB|December 5, 2004}}
{{TB|[[Matthew Nastuk]]}}
{{TB|[[Tim Long]]}}
{{TB|S16 E4}}
{{TCsT|[[Marge]] runs into her former high school pal [[Chloe Talbot]], who is now a famous news reporter. While [[Lisa]] has become enamored with Chloe's worldliness, Marge becomes jealous and wonders if she made the right decision by choosing family over a career.

'''Guest starring:''' [[Kim Cattrall]] as [[Chloe Talbot]].|7|color=white}}

{{TBT|[[File:Treehouse of Horror XV poster.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|FABF23}}
{{TB|'''"[[Treehouse of Horror XV]]"'''}}
{{TB|November 7, 2004}}
{{TB|[[David Silverman]]}}
{{TB|[[Bill Odenkirk]]}}
{{TB|S16 E1}}
{{TCsT|In "The Ned Zone", [[Ned Flanders]] gains the power of foretelling people's deaths after suffering a head injury and is shocked to discover that he will be the one to kill [[Homer]]. In "Four Beheadings and a Funeral", set in Victorian [[London]], Master Detective {{ap|Eliza Simpson|Treehouse of Horror XV}} and her faithful sidekick, [[Dr. Bartley]], attempt to catch the Mutton Chop Murderer. In "In the Belly of the Boss", [[Maggie]] is shrunken inside a vitamin capsule in a freak science accident and is swallowed by [[Mr. Burns]], and the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] go to save her.|7|color=white}}
}}

== Script covers ==
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File:FABF11 Script.jpg
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File:FABF14 Script.jpg
File:FABF16 Script.jpg
File:FABF17 Script.jpg
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 {{TB|[[Julie Chambers]] and [[David Chambers]]}}
 {{TB|S15 E12}}
-{{TCsT|[[Bart]] is heartbroken when [[Milhouse]] and his mother move away to [[Capital City]]. Desperate to fill Milhouse's shoes, Bart attempts to find a new best friend with no such luck. When Bart decides to pay Milhouse a visit, he is shocked to see his once meek best friend has reinvented himself. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] pretends to be poor to get money off strangers.
+{{TCsT|[[Bart]] is heartbroken when [[Milhouse]] and [[Luann Van Houten|his mother]] move away to [[Capital City]]. Desperate to fill Milhouse's shoes, Bart attempts to find a new best friend with no such luck. When Bart decides to pay Milhouse a visit, he is shocked to see his once meek best friend has reinvented himself. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] pretends to be poor to get money off strangers.
 '''Guest starring:''' [[Nick Bakay]] as [[Salem Saberhagen]], [[William Daniels]] as [[KITT]], [[Isabel Sanford]] as {{Ch|Isabel Sanford|herself}}, and [[Dick Tufeld]] as [[Robot B-9]].|7|color=white}}

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-'''FABF''' is the sixteenth production season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. [[Al Jean]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunner]] for the season. The episodes mostly aired in [[Season 15|broadcast season 15]] on [[Fox]], with six [[rollover episodes]] from the production season airing in [[Season 16|broadcast season 16]]. The episodes aired from December 7, [[2003]] with "[[Today I Am a Clown]]", to December 12, [[2004]] with "[[Fat Man and Little Boy]]".
+'''FABF''' is the sixteenth production season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. [[Al Jean]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunner]] for the season. The episodes mostly aired in [[Season 15|broadcast season 15]] on [[Fox]], with six [[rollover episodes]] from the production season airing in [[Season 16|broadcast season 16]]. The episodes aired from December 7, [[2003]] with "[[Today I Am a Clown]]", to January 16, [[2005]] with "[[Midnight Rx]]".
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 {{TCsT|[[Marge]]'s old prom date [[Artie Ziff]] returns to [[Springfield]], having lost his money and his Internet business, and asks to stay with [[Simpson family|the Simpsons]] until he gets back on his feet. What Artie doesn't tell them is that he's also a fugitive from justice, sought by the {{W|U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC}} for cheating his stockholders.
-'''Guest starring:''' [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Artie Ziff]], [[Jay Sherman]], [[Professor Lombardo]], [[Aristotle Amadopolis]], and [[Llewellyn Sinclair]] .|7|color=white}}
+'''Guest starring:''' [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Artie Ziff]], [[Jay Sherman]], [[Professor Lombardo]], [[Aristotle Amadopolis]], and [[Llewellyn Sinclair]].|7|color=white}}
 {{TBT|[[File:Smart and Smarter promo.png|200px]]}}
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 {{TCsT|After playing a prank on the whole [[Springfield|town]], [[Bart]] is sentenced to six months of [[Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility|juvenile detention]]. There he meets [[Gina Vendetti]], who forces Bart to escape with her.
-'''Guest starring:''' [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] as [[Gina Vendetti]], [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Constance Harm]], and [[Charles Napier]] as [[the Warden]].|7|color=white}}
+'''Guest starring:''' [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] as [[Gina Vendetti]], [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]], and [[Charles Napier]] as [[the Warden]].|7|color=white}}
 {{TBT|[[File:My Big Fat Geek Wedding promo 1.png|200px]]}}