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Season 25

Season Information No. of episodes: 22 Original run: September 29, 2013 – May 18, 2014 Showrunner(s): Al Jean Matt Selman Previous season: Next season: 24 26

Season 25 is the twenty-fifth broadcast season of The Simpsons. It originally ran on Fox from September 29, 2013, with "Homerland", to May 18, 2014, with "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge". The season was mostly made up of production season SABF episodes, with six rollover episodes from production season RABF also airing. Al Jean served as the showrunner for most of the season, with Matt Selman serving as the showrunner for SABF05, SABF10, and RABF21.

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Shortly before the season's second episode, the show was renewed for a twenty-sixth season.^[1] The first table read for the season was on March 7, 2013.^[2] This season premiered on September 29, 2013 with the episode "Homerland" and ended on May 18, 2014 with "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge".

No new episodes from this season aired during February 2014 due to the transmission of the Super Bowl XLVIII, The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, the 2014 Daytona 500 in Florida and the 86th Academy Awards.^[3] But the show returned on March 9, 2014.^[3]

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Picture # Title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code 531 - 1 "Homerland" September 29, 2013 Bob Anderson Stephanie Gillis RABF20 Lisa becomes suspicious when she thinks Homer may have been compromised after a Springfield Nuclear Power Plant convention. She enlists the services of intense, jumpy FBI agent Annie Crawford to help her unravel the truth. Guest starring: Kevin Michael Richardson as an FBI agent and Kristen Wiig as Annie Crawford. 532 - 2 "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" October 6, 2013 Rob Oliver Jeff Westbrook RABF16 In "Oh, the Places You'll D'oh!", The Fat In The Hat rides around Springfield wreaking havoc in a rhyming take on a popular children's tale. In "Dead and Shoulders", Bart is beheaded during a kite accident, his head is attached to Lisa's body, and they must live together as one. Finally, in "Freaks No Geeks", The Burnsum and Bailey Circus stops in Springfieldland in the 1930s. 533 - 3 "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" November 3, 2013 Mark Kirkland Marc Wilmore RABF18 Four Springfielders are prompted to try to right past regrets following the funeral of a beloved neighbor. Homer regrets selling his Apple stock to buy a bowling ball, Marge worries she caused Bart's rebellious streak, Mr. Burns reminisces about a romance he gave up with a beautiful Parisian woman, and Kent Brockman admits he was too afraid to leave local news and follow his former partner Rachel Maddow. Guest starring: Rachel Maddow as herself and Joe Namath as himself. 534 - 4 "YOLO" November 10, 2013 Michael Polcino Michael Nobori RABF22 Homer is down-in-the-dumps after he realizes you only live once, so Marge invites his old pen pal to stay and cross items off his "to-do/dream list" from when he was 10 years old. Meanwhile, Springfield Elementary's cheating scandal is resolved, or seems to be, when Lisa institutes a new honor code. Guest starring: Jon Lovitz as Llewellyn Sinclair. 535 - 5 "Labor Pains" November 17, 2013 Matthew Faughnan Don Payne and Mitchell H. Glazer RABF19 Homer helps a woman, Gretchen, deliver her baby in an elevator. When she names the child Homer Jr., he quickly develops a deep emotional bond with the kid. Meanwhile, Lisa is recruited by the cheerleaders of the local pro football team, the Springfield Atoms. Guest starring: Elisabeth Moss as Gretchen. 536 - 6 "The Kid Is All Right" November 24, 2013 Mark Kirkland Tim Long SABF02 Isabel Gutierrez, a new student at Springfield Elementary, causes a stir when she ends up running against Lisa in the second-grade debate, where Lisa discovers Isabel is a Republican. Isabel is hounded to partake in a future presidency campaign by the Springfield Republican Party. Guest starring: Anderson Cooper as himself, Maurice LaMarche as John Kerry, and Eva Longoria as Isabel Gutierrez. 537 - 7 "Yellow Subterfuge" December 8, 2013 Bob Anderson Joel H. Cohen SABF04 Principal Skinner promises the students that the best-behaved among them can take a ride in a submarine. When Skinner gives all the kids a clean slate, Bart believes even his own past indiscretions will be forgotten if he doesn't get into any more trouble. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to help a cash-poor Krusty turn things around by suggesting he sell the foreign rights to his shows. Guest starring: Kevin Michael Richardson as Jamaican Krusty. 538 - 8 "White Christmas Blues" December 15, 2013 Steven Dean Moore Don Payne SABF01 Springfield is inundated with holiday revelers after the nuclear power plant springs a radiation leak, causing snow to fall all over town. When the tourists drive up Christmas shopping prices, Marge opens up the Simpsons' house to boarders. 539 - 9 "Steal This Episode" January 5, 2014 Matthew Nastuk J. Stewart Burns SABF05 Homer becomes annoyed with movie theaters, so Bart teaches him how to download movies illegally. Homer is delighted with his discovery of free movies until he's caught for piracy. Deputy Director Gratman, the FBI's anti-piracy boss, is tasked with hunting down Homer, who stands accused of illegally downloading films. Guest starring: Judd Apatow as himself, Will Arnett as Deputy Director Gratman, Rob Halford as himself, Leslie Mann as herself, Kevin Michael Richardson as the prison inmate, Paul Rudd as himself, Seth Rogen as himself, and Channing Tatum as himself. 540 - 10 "Married to the Blob" January 12, 2014 Chris Clements Tim Long SABF03 While lamenting over being single, Comic Book Guy meets Kumiko, an attractive young Japanese woman and manga fan. The two of them get into a relationship and grow closer. But when Homer almost ruins their relationship by telling Kumiko's father about Comic Book Guy, Homer sets out to convince her father to accept their relationship. Guest starring: Harlan Ellison as himself, Maurice LaMarche as Milo, and Stan Lee as himself. 541 - 11 "Specs and the City" January 26, 2014 Lance Kramer Brian Kelley SABF06 Mr. Burns gives high-tech eyeglasses to all of his employees in order to spy on them. Homer loves the enhanced reality of his new gadget, until Marge tries them on and he finds out she's seeing a marriage counselor. Meanwhile, Bart takes a stand against buying Nelson a Valentine's Day card, despite buying one for every other kid in class. Guest starring: Maurice LaMarche as the Super Bowl XLVIII announcer and Will Lyman as himself. 542 - 12 "Diggs" March 9, 2014 Michael Polcino Dan Greaney and Allen Glazier SABF08 Bart is rescued from a confrontation with Springfield Elementary's bullies by Diggs, a recent transfer student and aspiring champion in the niche sport of falconry. But Bart soon discovers that Diggs harbors aspirations on a far more grand scale than wrangling falcons: he actually wants to take to the sky himself. Guest starring: Daniel Radcliffe as Diggs. 543 - 13 "The Man Who Grew Too Much" March 9, 2014 Matthew Schofield Jeff Westbrook SABF07 On a research trip, Lisa is shocked to discover that Sideshow Bob is now the chief scientist at a massive chemical engineering company, but her fears are allayed as she becomes enamored with his like-minded appreciation of high culture. Meanwhile, Marge's attempt to preach healthy sexual practices to a teen church group goes awry. Guest starring: Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob. 544 - 14 "The Winter of His Content" March 16, 2014 Chuck Sheetz Kevin Curran SABF09 Marge invites Grampa and two of his friends to live at the Simpsons' house after the Retirement Castle is closed for health violations, but she quickly becomes frustrated with Homer when he starts embracing the "old person lifestyle." Meanwhile, Bart is inducted into the school's bullies and attends a Bully Summit with them. Guest starring: Kevin Michael Richardson as Chester, Julius Hibbert's father, and SAT Prepper. 545 - 15 "The War of Art" March 23, 2014 Steven Dean Moore Rob LaZebnik SABF10 After Lisa's new pet guinea pig destroys the Simpsons' living room art, Marge falls in love with a beautiful painting at the Van Houtens' yard sale, which Homer snaps up for 20 bucks. But, when Lisa reveals it's by a famous early 20th century painter and could be worth $100,000, Marge and Homer face a dilemma: split the money with the Van Houtens, or keep the cash as a "cushion" for their kids. Guest starring: Max von Sydow as Klaus Ziegler. 546 - 16 "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee" March 30, 2014 Mark Kirkland Michael Price SABF11 Homer gets recruited as a FIFA World Cup referee and Lisa praises his integrity in a speech. The Simpson family goes to Brazil, where Homer's honesty is put to the test by one of the slickest South American gangsters in the soccer match-bribing business. Meanwhile, Marge struggles to learn enough Portuguese to communicate with people in Brazil. Guest starring: Andrés Cantor as himself. 547 - 17 "Luca$" April 6, 2014 Chris Clements Carolyn Omine SABF12 Lisa is charmed when she meets competitive eater-in-training Lucas Bortner, and she agrees to help him with his "career." However, Marge is worried Lisa is falling for someone like Homer. Meanwhile, Bart saves Snake from the police, and in gratitude, Snake rewards him with stolen gifts. Guest starring: Zach Galifianakis as Lucas Bortner. 548 - 18 "Days of Future Future" April 13, 2014 Bob Anderson J. Stewart Burns SABF13 After Homer dies falling down the stairs, Professor Frink reveals that he has cloned Homer. Every time a new clone comes in to replace the old, they die. Many years in the future, the Homer clones keep dying, Lisa is married to a zombie version of Milhouse, while Bart deals with custody issues with his ex-wife, Jenda. Guest starring: Amy Poehler as Jenda. 549 - 19 "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" April 27, 2014 Matthew Nastuk John Frink SABF14 Bart hates art class, and he uses voodoo to inadvertently impregnate his teacher. Word quickly spreads around, which leads people to believe that Bart has the ability to aid couples trying to conceive children. But Fat Tony also gets wind of this and kidnaps Bart and Homer, forcing them to breed a thoroughbred racing horse, but it appears the prospective father has other ideas. Guest starring: Tavi Gevinson as Jenny and Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony. 550 - 20 "Brick Like Me" May 4, 2014 Matthew Nastuk Brian Kelley RABF21 A Lego Homer wakes up on an ordinary day. But when he starts having visions of a world where he's made out of flesh, he begins to question his reality. Meanwhile, Lego Bart is forced to rebuild the school after inadvertently destroying it. 551 - 21 "Pay Pal" May 11, 2014 Michael Polcino David H. Steinberg SABF15 Marge swears off befriending any more couples when Homer offends their charming new British neighbors. But when Lisa declares that she, too, doesn't need friends, she suddenly meets Tumi, a girl with many similar interests as Lisa. Guest starring: Peter Sagal as himself, Carl Kasell as himself and John Oliver as Booth Wilkes-John. 552 - 22 "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" May 18, 2014 Timothy Bailey Ian Maxtone-Graham and Billy Kimball SABF18 Bart is plagued with guilt when he wins the annual "last day of school" race around Springfield Elementary, when Milhouse, who was going to win, gets beaten up by Nelson and Bart does nothing to help. Meanwhile, Homer tries to bring back the annual 4th of July fireworks display after it's canceled for budget reasons. Guest starring: Glenn Close as Mona Simpson and Edwin Moses as himself.

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