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|image = [[File:Simpsons_s5.png|200px]]
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|name = Season 5
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|original run = September 30, 1993 – May 19, 1994
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|image = [[File:Season 5 iTunes logo.png|250px]]
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|original run = September 30, [[1993]] – May 19, [[1994]]
 
|episodes = 22
 
|episodes = 22
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|showrunners = [[David Mirkin]]<br>[[Al Jean]]<br>[[Mike Reiss]]
 
|previous = [[Season 4|4]]
 
|previous = [[Season 4|4]]
 
|next = [[Season 6|6]]
 
|next = [[Season 6|6]]
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|boxset = [[The Complete Fifth Season]]
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|boxset = ''[[The Complete Fifth Season]]''
 
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'''''The Simpsons'''''' '''fifth season''' began on 30th September 1993 with the first episode, "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]," and ended on 19th May 1994 with "[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]." [[David Mirkin]] was the show runner through most of the season's episodes. [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] were show runners of two episodes, "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]" and "[[Cape Feare]]," which had been produced for the previous season. Consequently, they have [[Season 4]]'s production code, '''9F'''XX, rather than Season 5's, with '''1F'''XX.
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'''Season 5''' is the fifth broadcast season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally ran on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] from September 30, [[1993]], with "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]", to May 19, [[1994]], with "[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]". The season was mostly made up of [[production season 1F]] episodes, with two [[rollover episodes]] from [[production season 9F]] also airing. [[David Mirkin]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunner]] for most of the season while [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] served as the showrunners for the 9F episodes.
  
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The season received eight awards nominations. It won an {{w|Annie Award}} for "{{w|Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production|Best Animated Television Production}}", an {{w|Environmental Media Award}} for "Best Television Episodic Comedy" for "[[Bart Gets an Elephant]]," a {{w|Genesis Award}} for "Best Television Comedy Series". [[David Silverman]] earned a nomination for "Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation", [[Alf Clausen]] and [[Greg Daniels]] received a nomination in the "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" category for the song "[[Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?]]", a song from "[[Homer and Apu]]." Clausen had another nomination for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" for the episode "[[Cape Feare]]" and the series was nominated for a {{w|Saturn Award}} for "Best Genre Television Series." The producers again tried to submit episodes for "{{w|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Outstanding Comedy Series}}" category rather than the "{{w|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)|Outstanding Animated Program}}" as they had previously done, but were still not nominated.
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== History ==
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Season 5 began on September 30, [[1993]], with the first episode, "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]", and ended on May 19, 1994 with "[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]". [[David Mirkin]] was the showrunner through most of the season's episodes. [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] were showrunners of two episodes, "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]" and "[[Cape Feare]]", which had been produced for the previous season.
  
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All 22 episodes of Season 5 including extras were released on DVD on 21st December 2004 in Region 1, 21st March 2005 in Region 2 and 23rd March 2005 in Region 4.
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"[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]" was the 100th ''Simpsons'' episode broadcasted. The episode was intentionally made the show's 100th episode because it heavily featured Bart, who was the most popular ''Simpsons'' character at the time. "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" was promoted as "Bart's biggest prank ever", even though Bart did not actually pull any pranks in the episode.<ref>{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt; Mirkin, David; Silverman, David; Oakley, Bill; Weinstein, Josh; Anderson, Bob|date=2004|title=Commentary for the episode "Cape Feare". ''The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season''| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>
  
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==Episodes==
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== Awards ==
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{{Table|width=80%|
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{{THT|Award}}
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{{TH|Episode}}
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{{TH|Crew}}
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{{TH|Result}}
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{{TBT|{{W|22nd Annie Awards|22nd Annie Award}} for {{W|Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production|Best Animated Television Production}}<ref name="Annie1994">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111002002731/http://annieawards.org/22ndwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 22nd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1994)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|N/A}}
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{{TB|N/A}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Saturn Awards|Saturn Award}} for Best Genre Television Series<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1993/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_43 IMDb - "Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1993"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|N/A}}
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{{TB|N/A}}
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{{TBT|{{W|46th Primetime Emmy Awards|46th Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series|Outstanding Music Composition for a Series}}<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1994/outstanding-music-composition-for-a-series-original-dramatic-score Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 1994"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Cape Feare]]"}}
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{{TB|[[Alf Clausen]]}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|{{W|46th Primetime Emmy Awards|46th Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics|Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics}}<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1994/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – 1994"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer and Apu]]"<br>{{small|for "[[Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?]]"}}}}
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{{TB|[[Alf Clausen]] and [[Greg Daniels]]}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Environmental Media Award}} for Best Television Episodic Comedy<ref name="EMAWinners">[https://www.green4ema.org/ema-awards/ema-awards-past-recipients-and-honorees Environmental Media Awards - "EMA Awards Past Recipients & Honorees"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Bart Gets Famous]]"}}
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{{TB|}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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== Episodes ==
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{{Table|
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{{TH|#}}
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{{TH|Title}}
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{{TH|Original airdate}}
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{{TH|Directed by}}
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{{TH|Written by}}
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{{TH|Prod. code}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Homer's Barbershop Quartet promo.png|200px]]}}
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{{TB|82 - 1}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]"'''}}
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{{TB|September 30, 1993}}
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{{TB|[[Mark Kirkland]]}}
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{{TB|[[Jeff Martin]]}}
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{{TB|9F21}}
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{{TCsT|After finding a [[Be Sharps]] album at the [[Springfield Swap Meet]], [[Homer]] tells the story of when he was part of a barbershop quartet that became world famous.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[David Crosby]] as {{Ch|David Crosby|himself}}, and [[George Harrison]] as {{Ch|George Harrison|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Cape Feare promo.png|200px]]}}
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{{TB|83 - 2}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Cape Feare]]"'''}}
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{{TB|October 7, 1993}}
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{{TB|[[Rich Moore]]}}
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{{TB|[[Jon Vitti]]}}
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{{TB|9F22}}
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{{TCsT|After [[Bart]] starts receiving death threats from his nemesis, [[Sideshow Bob]], the Simpsons enter the Witness Relocation Program and move to [[Terror Lake]], a town several miles away.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Homer Goes to College promo.png]]}}
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{{TB|84 - 3}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Homer Goes to College]]"'''}}
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{{TB|October 14, 1993}}
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{{TB|[[Jim Reardon]]}}
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{{TB|[[Conan O'Brien]]}}
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{{TB|1F02}}
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{{TCsT|After learning that [[Homer]] is seriously underqualified for his job, [[Mr. Burns]] enrolls him at [[Springfield University]]. While there, Homer befriends three nerds and accidentally gets them expelled.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Rosebud.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|85 - 4}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Rosebud]]"'''}}
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{{TB|October 21, 1993}}
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{{TB|[[Wes Archer]]}}
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{{TB|[[John Swartzwelder]]}}
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{{TB|1F01}}
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{{TCsT|Yearning for his lost youth and innocence, [[Mr. Burns]] searches for his beloved childhood teddy bear, [[Bobo]]. When [[Maggie]] comes across the bear, she claims it as her own, so Mr. Burns tries to get his Bobo back by any means necessary.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Ramones]] {{small|([[Joey Ramone]], [[Johnny Ramone]], [[C. J. Ramone]], and [[Marky Ramone]])}} as {{Chs|Ramones|themselves}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Treehouse of horror iv title.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|86 - 5}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]"'''}}
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{{TB|October 28, 1993}}
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{{TB|[[David Silverman]]}}
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{{TB|[[Conan O'Brien]], [[Bill Oakley]] & [[Josh Weinstein]], [[Greg Daniels]], [[Dan McGrath]], and [[Bill Canterbury]]}}
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{{TB|1F04}}
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{{TCsT|In the first act, when [[Homer]] announces he will sell his soul for a donut, [[Ned Flanders]], as the [[Flanders the Devil|Devil]], shows up to take him up on the offer. In the second act, while riding to school, Bart believes he sees a malevolent {{Ch|gremlin}} on the side of the bus. And in the final act, [[Mr. Burns]] is [[Count Burns]], a vampire in [[Count Burns' Castle|a spooky castle]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Marge on the Lam.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|87 - 6}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Marge on the Lam]]"'''}}
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{{TB|November 4, 1993}}
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{{TB|[[Mark Kirkland]]}}
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{{TB|[[Bill Canterbury]]}}
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{{TB|1F03}}
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{{TCsT|When [[Homer]] is forced to cancel his plans with [[Marge]], she has a girls' night out with their neighbor [[Ruth Powers]]. Marge and Ruth lead [[Chief Wiggum]], Homer, and a large number of police on a high-speed, long-distance car chase. Meanwhile, [[Lionel Hutz]] babysits the children and takes the opportunity to assume a new identity.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[George Fenneman]] as the narrator, [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]], and [[Pamela Reed]] as [[Ruth Powers]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Bart'sInnerChild.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|88 - 7}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Bart's Inner Child]]"'''}}
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{{TB|November 11, 1993}}
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{{TB|[[Bob Anderson]]}}
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{{TB|[[George Meyer]]}}
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{{TB|1F05}}
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] accidentally sparks the entire town into emulating his carefree actions of "I do what I feel like," thanks to feel-good therapist [[Brad Goodman]].
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Albert Brooks]] as [[Brad Goodman]], [[James Brown]] as {{Ch|James Brown|himself}}, and [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood promo.png|200px]]}}
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{{TB|89 - 8}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood]]"'''}}
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{{TB|November 18, 1993}}
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{{TB|[[Jeffrey Lynch]]}}
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{{TB|[[Dan McGrath]]}}
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{{TB|1F06}}
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{{TCsT|After going on a [[Squishee]] bender in downtown [[Springfield]], [[Bart]] wakes up the next morning with no memory of what happened and is shocked to find out that he joined the [[Junior Campers]]. Now a full-fledged member, Bart must attend the Campers' father-son rafting trip with [[Homer]].
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Ernest Borgnine]] as {{Ch|Ernest Borgnine|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:The Last Temptation of Homer promo.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|90 - 9}}
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{{TB|'''"[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]"'''}}
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{{TB|December 9, 1993}}
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{{TB|[[Carlos Baeza]]}}
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{{TB|[[Frank Mula]]}}
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{{TB|1F07}}
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]] finds himself attracted to the new female employee at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], [[Mindy Simmons]]. Determined not to have an affair, he does all he can to keep them apart, despite the universe pushing them together. Meanwhile, a series of medical treatments turns [[Bart]] into a nerd.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Werner Klemperer]] as [[Colonel Klink]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] as [[Mindy Simmons]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:$pringfield.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|91 - 10}}
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{{TB|'''"[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]"'''}}
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{{TB|December 16, 1993}}
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{{TB|[[Wes Archer]]}}
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{{TB|[[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]]}}
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{{TB|1F08}}
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{{TCsT|The people of [[Springfield]] decide to open up a casino to save the town from an economic crisis. [[Mr. Burns]] adopts this notion and builds the "[[Mr. Burns' Casino]]." [[Homer]] takes a job as a blackjack dealer and [[Marge]] takes up gambling. At home, [[Lisa]] has difficulties with her school project and [[Bart]] opens a [[Bart's Casino|treehouse casino]].
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Gerry Cooney]] as {{Ch|Gerry Cooney|himself}} and [[Robert Goulet]] as {{Ch|Robert Goulet|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Homer the Vigilante.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|92 - 11}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Homer the Vigilante]]"'''}}
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{{TB|January 6, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Jim Reardon]]}}
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{{TB|[[John Swartzwelder]]}}
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{{TB|1F09}}
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{{TCsT|While a [[Molloy|cat burglar]] prowls [[Springfield]] and evades capture, [[Homer]] forms a vigilante group to protect the city. But the power quickly goes to his head, and an unlikely source figures out the identity of the cat burglar.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Sam Neil]] as [[Molloy]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Bart Gets Famous.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|93 - 12}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Bart Gets Famous]]"'''}}
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{{TB|February 3, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Susie Dietter]]}}
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{{TB|[[John Swartzwelder]]}}
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{{TB|1F11}}
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{{TCsT|After [[Bart]] sneaks away from a field trip to the [[Box Factory]], he finds himself working as [[Krusty]]'s assistant. After Bart knocks over the set, he says, "I didn't do it." The phrase becomes an instant success and leads Bart to his fifteen minutes of fame.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Conan O'Brien]] as {{Ch|Conan O'Brien|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:HomerandApu.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|94 - 13}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Homer and Apu]]"'''}}
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{{TB|February 10, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Mark Kirkland]]}}
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{{TB|[[Greg Daniels]]}}
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{{TB|1F10}}
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{{TCsT|[[Apu]] loses his job at the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] after he sells [[Homer]] expired hot dogs. Homer feels bad and lets Apu live at the Simpsons' home while he is unemployed. In an attempt to get his job back, Apu and Homer travel to [[India]] to talk with the head of the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] corporation. Meanwhile, {{Ch|James Woods}} fills in Apu's position.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[James Woods]] as {{Ch|James Woods|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy promo.png|200px]]}}
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{{TB|95 - 14}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]"'''}}
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{{TB|February 17, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Jeffrey Lynch]]}}
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{{TB|[[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]]}}
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{{TB|1F12}}
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{{TCsT|[[Lisa]] challenges the makers of the [[Malibu Stacy]] dolls to create a less sexist and pro-feminist doll. When they won't listen, Lisa enlists the help of [[Waylon Smithers]] to find the original creator of Malibu Stacy, [[Stacy Lovell]]. Together, Lisa and Miss Lovell create [[Lisa Lionheart|a new doll]] in an effort to positively influence young girls.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Kathleen Turner]] as [[Stacy Lovell]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Deep Space Homer promo 1.png|200px]]}}
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{{TB|96 - 15}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Deep Space Homer]]"'''}}
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{{TB|February 24, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Carlos Baeza]]}}
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{{TB|[[David Mirkin]]}}
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{{TB|1F13}}
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{{TCsT|After seeing their popularity decline as reflected by lower TV ratings for shuttle launches, [[NASA]] decides to improve its public image by sending a man into space to whom the average American can relate to, who turns out to be [[Homer Simpson]].
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Buzz Aldrin]] as {{Ch|Buzz Aldrin|himself}} and [[James Taylor]] as {{Ch|James Taylor|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:HomerLovesFlanders.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|97 - 16}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Homer Loves Flanders]]"'''}}
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{{TB|March 17, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Wes Archer]]}}
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{{TB|[[David Richardson]]}}
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{{TB|1F14}}
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]] reluctantly goes to a football game with [[Ned]]. After Ned shows Homer a good time, they become close friends. However, Ned actually starts to develop negative feelings toward him.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Bart Gets an Elephant.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|98 - 17}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Bart Gets an Elephant]]"'''}}
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{{TB|March 31, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Jim Reardon]]}}
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{{TB|[[John Swartzwelder]]}}
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{{TB|1F15}}
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] wins a radio contest which allows him to choose between two prizes: $10,000 or an elephant. Bart picks the elephant and names him [[Stampy]]. However, Stampy proves to be too much for the family to handle.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Burns' Heir.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|99 - 18}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Burns' Heir]]"'''}}
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{{TB|April 14, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Mark Kirkland]]}}
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{{TB|[[Jace Richdale]]}}
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{{TB|1F16}}
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{{TCsT|Nearly drowning in the bathtub, [[Mr. Burns]] decides to find an heir. He sees it in the form of [[Bart Simpson]] and coerces the young Simpson into staying with him.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song promo.png|200px]]}}
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{{TB|100 - 19}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]"'''}}
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{{TB|April 28, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Bob Anderson]]}}
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{{TB|[[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]]}}
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{{TB|1F18}}
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{{TCsT|[[Superintendent Chalmers]] fires [[Principal Skinner]] after a disaster at the elementary and Skinner re-enlists in the Army. [[Bart]], feeling partially responsible for Skinner's firing, helps to get his old principal his job back.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:The Boy Who Knew Too Much.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|101 - 20}}
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{{TB|'''"[[The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]"'''}}
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{{TB|May 5, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Jeff Lynch]]}}
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{{TB|[[John Swartzwelder]]}}
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{{TB|1F19}}
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] skips class and witnesses [[Mr. Lacoste|a waiter]] brutally beaten. The Mayor's nephew, [[Freddy Quimby]], is blamed, but Bart can clear him. However, it would mean coming clean about skipping class.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]].|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TBT|[[File:Lady Bouvier's Lover.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|102 - 21}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]"'''}}
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{{TB|May 12, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Wes Archer]]}}
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{{TB|[[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]]}}
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{{TB|1F21}}
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{{TCsT|[[Grampa]] falls in love with Marge's mother, [[Jacqueline Bouvier|Jackie]], but [[Mr. Burns]] woos her away from him. Grampa is brokenhearted when learning Jackie is going to marry Burns.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Secrets of a Successful Marriage.png|250px]]}}
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{{TB|103 - 22}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]"'''}}
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{{TB|May 19, 1994}}
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{{TB|[[Carlos Baeza]]}}
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{{TB|[[Greg Daniels]]}}
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{{TB|1F20}}
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]] fears he may not be smart, so he goes to the [[Adult Education Annex]]. While there, he decides to teach a class of his own on the secrets of a successful marriage, since that is the only thing he is good at.
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]].|7|color=white}}
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All 22 episodes of Season 5 including extras were released on ''[[The Complete Fifth Season]]'' on December 21, [[2004]] in Region 1, March 21, [[2005]] in Region 2 and March 23, 2005 in Region 4.
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[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet|'''"Homer's Barbershop Quartet"''']]
 
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Homer tells the time when he was a member of a barbershop quartet named The Be Sharps that had him, Principal Skinner, Apu and Chief Wiggum (later replaced by Barney). Their popularity soared by their hit song, "Baby on Board", which earned them an Grammy. Although, Homer began missing his family and the Be Sharps popularity began to decline so they then broke up and they each returned to their regular routines. The group then reunite and perform "Baby on Board" on the roof of Moe's Tavern in the present day.
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Cape Feare|'''"Cape Feare"''']]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|October 7, 1993
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Rich Moore
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Jon Vitti
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|9F22
 
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Bart receives threatening letters written in blood to him by an unknown sender. He becomes further worried when he finds out that the sender is Sideshow Bob and that he has recently been released from prison. Bart is then placed on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witness_Protection_Program Witness Relocation Program] and the family move to Terror Lake to live in a houseboat as well as change their surname to Thompson. Unbeknownst to them, Bob has followed them to Terror Lake and corners Bart in a sailing houseboat to kill him. Bart then stalls him as he notices they are drifting back to Springfield through skits such as Bob singing ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pinafore HMS Pinafore].''The boat finally reaches to Springfield and Bob is once again arrested for attempted murder on Bart.'' ''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:Homer Goes to College promo.gif|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|84 - 3
 
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[[Homer Goes to College|'''"Homer Goes to College"''']]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|October 14, 1993
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Jim Reardon
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Conan O'Brien
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F02
 
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Homer is required to go back to college as he has no college degree for nuclear physics and must have one in order to keep his position as a safety inspector. He goofs off in college having watched ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House Animal House] ''knock-off films and is sent to a group of stereotypical nerds for tutoring. Homer convinces them to party and help pull another prank on another college. They steal Springfield's A&M's mascot, who is in a form of a pig. The boys are caught and expelled which Homer offers them to live with him although the family berate their new housemates. While he succeeds to get them back to college, Homer fails in the final exam which the boys hack into the school's student records and change his grade into an A+, much to his delight although Marge finds out and forces him to retake the test.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|85 - 4
 
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[[Rosebud|'''"Rosebud"''']]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|October 21, 1993
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Wes Archer
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|John Swartzwelder
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F01
 
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Lisa feels she is ugly after she sees a caricatured drawing of herself. To boost her confidence, Homer enters Lisa in the Little Miss Springfield beauty pageant. Although reluctant to enter, Lisa does well, winning second place, then becomes Little Miss Springfield by default after the original winner is hit by lightning and hospitalized. Lisa enjoys her reign until she learns that she is expected to be a spokesperson for Laramie Cigarettes. Lisa then rebels, and the pageant officials dethrone her on a technicality. Although she loses her title, Lisa has her self-esteem restored and thanks Homer for caring about her.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:Burnsvampiro.gif|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|86 - 5
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''[[Homer Defined|"]][[Treehouse of Horror IV]]'''
 
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'''"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|October 28, 1993
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|David "Dry Bones" Silverman
 
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Watch Conan O'Brien, The Late Bill Oakley & The Estate of Josh Weinstein, Greg "It's Aliiive!" Daniels & Disfigured Don McGrath, Billious Bill Canterbury
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F04
 
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'''Opening:''' Homer advises viewers that the following program is scary, then switches to taunting them and dares them to turn the TV off. A TV in the episode switches off, but Marge can be heard angrily asking Homer if he dared them, which he denies.
 
  
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'''Prologue''': The Simpson family and several local children in their costumes gather in the Simpsons' living room for a Halloween party. Lisa, Grampa, and Bart each tell a scary story.
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'''Clown Without Pity''': Homer has forgotten Bart's birthday, and hastily buys him a Krusty the Clown doll in spite of the store clerk's warning that the doll is evil. Bart is happy with the gift, but (initially unknown to the rest of the family) the doll repeatedly tries to kill Homer. Marge learns that the doll has a good/evil switch and changes the switch from "evil" to "good," after which the doll becomes Homer's slave.
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
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'''King Homer''': In a parody of ''King Kong'', Mr. Burns hires Marge Bouvier to help him capture a mysterious large ape called King Homer. They capture him, take him back to New York City, and put him in a show. King Homer escapes, runs amok in the city, and abducts Marge. King Homer's rampage is short-lived, however, as he collapses from exhaustion, unable to climb even one story of the Empire State Building. King Homer is eventually married to Marge.
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'''Dial "Z" for Zombies''': Bart discovers a book of magic and attempts to raise Lisa's cat Snowball I from the dead, but instead accidentally re-animates hundreds of corpses from the cemetery, unleashing a plague of zombies on Springfield. To set things right, Bart must return to the book and cast the correct spell to send the zombies back to their graves, all while the zombies relentlessly pursue him and the rest of the family.
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|November 4, 1993
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Mark Kirkland
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Bill Canterbury
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F03
 
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Bart's behavior is worse than ever, as Homer and Marge learn at Parents Night at Springfield Elementary. Homer warns Bart that he needs to improve his behavior, and Marge warns Homer that he needs to do better at punishing Bart and sticking to it. Bart is asked to watch Maggie, doesn't do it, and she crashes the family car. Homer has finally had enough, and he forbids Bart from seeing "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie," which has just come out and all the kids are eager to see it. Bart tries to change Homer's mind, and later tries to sneak into the movie, but all to no avail as he misses the movie. However, it pays off when in a flash forward scene forty years into the future, Bart has become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, instead of a male stripper as Marge had feared.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:Bart'sInnerChild.JPG|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|88 - 7
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[Bart's Inner Child]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|November 11, 1993
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Bob Anderson
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|George Meyer
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F05
 
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The Simpson home is in dire need of foundation repairs, as one end of the house is sinking. Marge decides to get a job to help pay for them. She is hired on at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, where she ends up working alongside Homer. Mr. Burns quickly becomes attracted to Marge and attempts to seduce her, but backs off when he sees how Homer stands up for her. Meanwhile, Bart repeatedly pretends to be ill to avoid taking a test.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:BoyScoutz.JPG|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|89 - 8
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood|Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|November 18, 1993
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Jeffrey Lynch
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Don McGrath
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F06
 
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The Simpsons have new next-door neighbors: Ruth Powers and her daughter, Laura. Bart quickly develops a crush on Laura, but is heartbroken when she tells him that she is in love with Jimbo Jones. Bart pulls a prank which lets Laura see that Jimbo is no good for her, and she says that she would date Bart if he were a little older. Meanwhile, Homer clashes with a local seafood restaurant, "The Frying Dutchman," over the definition of their "all-you-can-eat" special. They end up in court, but reach a compromise: Homer can eat all he wants in exchange for the restaurant being allowed to exhibit him as a freak of nature.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:The Last Temptation of Homer Promo Card.gif|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|90 - 9
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|December 9, 1993
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Carlos Baeza
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Frank Mula
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F07
 
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Homer wrecks both of the family cars during a blizzard, buys a snowplow, and goes into business by starting his own plowing service business, "Mr. Plow." Homer's business succeeds, but he ends up facing competition as Barney starts his own rival snowplow business, the "Plow King." Barney creates a winning advertising jingle (with Linda Ronstadt's help) and steals all of Homer's customers. The business competition puts a strain on Homer's and Barney's friendship, but they manage to resolve their conflict -- just in time for the spring thaw.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|91 - 10
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|December 16,1993
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Wes Archer
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F08
 
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Marge tells the story of how the Simpson family moved to their house when Bart was a toddler and Marge was pregnant with Lisa. Homer was frustrated with Bart because he said all kinds of words, but not "Daddy" -- instead, he called Homer by his first name. (Bart's first words had been "Ay, caramba!" when he walked in on Homer and Marge in the bedroom.) When Lisa was born, Bart took an instant dislike to her, but she won his heart when she learned to talk and her first word was "Bart." She quickly said several other words, but not "Daddy," to Homer's continued frustration. Back in the present, Marge finishes her story, and Bart and Lisa start arguing. Homer then puts Maggie to bed and says to her, "The sooner kids talk, the sooner they talk back. I hope you never say a word." After Homer leaves, Maggie takes her pacifier out of her mouth and, unheard by anyone else, says her own first word: "Daddy."
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|92 - 11
 
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'''"[[Homer the Vigilante]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|January 6, 1994
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Jim Reardon
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|John Swartzwelder
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F09
 
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The effects of years of unhealthy eating combined with work-related stress finally catch up to Homer, and he has a heart attack. He needs a triple bypass, but the family can't afford the $40,000 that Dr. Hibbert says it will cost. The family seek help from cut-rate doctor Nick Riviera, who says he'll do the operation for $129.95. Homer chooses the cheaper operation. During the surgery, Dr. Nick doesn't know what to do next because the critical part of the instructional video he had watched to prepare was taped over. With some help from Lisa, Nick succeeds in finishing the operation and Homer makes a full recovery.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:BartGetsFamous.JPG|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|93 - 12
 
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'''"[[Bart Gets Famous]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|February 3, 1994
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Susie Dietter
 
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John Swartzwelder
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F11
 
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Mr. Burns is fined three million dollars for illegally dumping nuclear waste, and a town meeting is held to decide how to spend the money. The people are about to adopt Marge's idea to repair Main Street, when a smooth-talking stranger named Lyle Lanley shows up and convinces them to buy a monorail, even though the town has no need for one. Suspicious, Marge travels to other towns that bought Lanley's monorails and learns that Lanley is a con man and his monorails are all dangerous due to shoddy materials. Marge then quickly returns to Springfield, but is too late to stop the monorail from opening. The monorail's brakes fail and it speeds out of control. Fortunately, monorail conductor Homer manages to stop the train with an improvised anchor, saving the passengers.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:Ad.jpg|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|94 - 13
 
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'''"[[Homer and Apu]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|February 10, 1994
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Mark Kirkland
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Greg Daniels
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F10
 
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Marge's, Patty's, and Selma's Aunt Gladys passes away, and in her video will, Gladys admonishes Patty and Selma to raise families rather than die alone as she did. Selma takes the advice to heart, investigating and discarding several possibilities for having a child. Meanwhile, Homer gets food poisoning from eating a rotten sandwich, and it looks like a planned family trip to Duff Gardens will be postponed again (the first postponement was for Aunt Gladys's funeral). Marge asks Selma to take Bart and Lisa, and she agrees. At Duff Gardens, the kids get into all kinds of trouble, causing Selma to think twice about having a child. As a substitute, she adopts Gladys's pet iguana, Jub-Jub, who had orginally been willed to Selma's, Patty's, and Marge's mother Jacqueline.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:Ae.gif|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|95 - 14
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|February 17, 1994
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Jeffrey Lynch
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F12
 
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Fed up with Homer's neglect, Bart signs up with "BIgger Brothers," a mentor program, and is matched with a hip, cool, and caring young man named Tom. Homer finds out, and for revenge he joins Bigger Brothers as a mentor and is matched with an orphan boy named Pepe. When Homer and Tom finally meet, they get into a fight, Homer and Bart reconcile, and Tom takes Pepe under his wing. Meanwhile, Lisa struggles with an addiction to the 900-number hotline of a young celebrity named Corey, running up huge phone bills until she is caught and kicks her habit.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:Deep Space Homer promo.gif|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|96 - 15
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[Deep Space Homer]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|February 24, 1994
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Carlos Baeza
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|David Mirkin
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F13
 
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When Ralph doesn't get any cards for Valentine's Day, Lisa feels sorry for him and gives him a card to cheer him up. Ralph misinterprets the gesture and falls in love with Lisa, relentlessly pursuing her to the point of getting the two of them cast as George and Martha Washington in the Presidents' Day Pageant. Eventually, Lisa tells Ralph (on live TV) that she was never interested in him and only gave him the card out of pity. Ralph is humiliated and heartbroken, but he gives a brilliant performance as George Washington, moving the audience (and Lisa) to tears. After the play, Ralph and Lisa agree to be friends.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|97 - 16
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[Homer Loves Flanders]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|March 17, 1994
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Wes Archer
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|David Richardson
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F14
 
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Homer is arrested for drunk driving, and his license is revoked and he is ordered to attend traffic school and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Marge persuades Homer to give up beer for a month, and the experience of living without beer gives him a whole new outlook on life. When the month is up, Homer is tempted to start drinking again, but passes up beer at Moe's Tavern in favor of bicycling with Marge. Meanwhile, Bart destroys Lisa's science fair project, a large genetically engineered tomato, and she replaces it with a project that compares the intelligence of Bart and a hamster.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:Elephant.jpg|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|98 - 17
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[Bart Gets an Elephant]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|March 31, 1994
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Jim Reardon
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|John Swartzwelder
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F15
 
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Springfield Nuclear Power Plant announces its intention to cancel the dental plan, and the Simpsons have just learned that Lisa needs braces. Homer realizes that he needs the plan to pay for Lisa's braces, and almost before he knows it, he finds himself leading the power plant employees' union in a strike to win back the dental plan. Lisa, meantime, is forced to wear cheap, but large and outdated, braces that look hideous. In spite of Homer's bumbling, Mr. Burns is convinced that Homer is a master negotiator, and a long standoff ensures, during which the plant uses tactics such as shutting off power to the entire town. Burns finally agrees to bring back the dental plan on the condition that Homer step down as union leader. Homer eagerly agrees and Lisa gets her new braces.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:Burns'Heir.JPG|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|99 - 18
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[Burns' Heir]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|April 14, 1994
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Mark Kirkland
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Jace Richdale
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F16
 
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For an April Fool's Day prank on Homer, Bart shakes a can of Duff Beer in a paint shaker, then leaves the beer in the refrigerator for Homer to find. When Homer opens the beer, the resulting explosion blows the roof off the house and puts Homer into a coma. During his coma, the family reminisce by way of clips from previous episodes. Homer shows some signs of life during the stories, but when Bart confesses to the shaken beer prank, Homer immediately wakes up and begins strangling Bart. The rest of the family are glad to see that Homer has recovered.
 
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Disappointed with the quality of a recent ''Itchy & Scratchy'' episode, Bart and Lisa write one of their own and submit it to Roger Meyers, CEO of the cartoon's studio. Meyers immediately rejects the script because Bart and Lisa are too young, so they re-submit it under Grampa's name. This time it is accepted, and Grampa finds himself with a new job as an ''Itchy & Scratchy'' writer, with Bart and Lisa doing the creative work while Grampa gets the credit. The front falls through, however, when Grampa's writing wins him an award, he sees the cartoon for the first time, and in his acceptance speech he denounces violence in cartoons. Meanwhile, Homer and Marge attend their high school reunion and learn that Homer never officially graduated because he failed a science class.
 
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| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]"'''
 
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It's time for Whacking Day, a Springfield holiday where snakes are driven to the town square and beaten to death, a tradition dating back to town founder Jebediah Springfield. Lisa speaks out against the violence, but no one listens. Bart, who has become a serious student since being expelled from Springfield Elementary, discovers that Jebediah couldn't have started Whacking Day and suggests that Lisa enlist the help of Barry White and his smooth bass singing voice to lure the snakes to the Simpson home where they'll be safe. The plan succeeds and Bart tells the town the truth about Whacking Day: It was actually invented in the 1920s as an excuse to beat up the Irish. The townspeople renounce the holiday, and Principal Skinner allows Bart to return to school.
 
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'''"[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]"'''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Wes Archer
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein
 
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A new children's TV program, featuring a ventroloquist's dummy named Gabbo and airing opposite the Krusty the Clown show, is an instant success. Krusty's show, meanwhile, declines in ratings and popularity and is soon cancelled. Bart and Lisa are uninmpressed with Gabbo and manage to record him on a live TV camera insulting the children of Springfield, creating a scandal which decreases Gabbo's popularity. Bart and Lisa then convince several of Krusty's celebrity friends (Bette Midler, Johnny Carson, Luke Perry, Hugh Hefner and the Red Hot Chili Peppers) to take part in a special comeback program for Krusty. The Krusty Comeback Special is very successful, and Krusty's show returns to the air.
 
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Season 5
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Season Information
No. of episodes: 22
Original run: September 30, 1993 – May 19, 1994
Showrunner(s): David Mirkin
Al Jean
Mike Reiss
DVD boxset: The Complete Fifth Season
Previous season: Next season:
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Season 5 is the fifth broadcast season of The Simpsons. It originally ran on Fox from September 30, 1993, with "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", to May 19, 1994, with "Secrets of a Successful Marriage". The season was mostly made up of production season 1F episodes, with two rollover episodes from production season 9F also airing. David Mirkin served as the showrunner for most of the season while Al Jean and Mike Reiss served as the showrunners for the 9F episodes.

History[edit]

Season 5 began on September 30, 1993, with the first episode, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", and ended on May 19, 1994 with "Secrets of a Successful Marriage". David Mirkin was the showrunner through most of the season's episodes. Al Jean and Mike Reiss were showrunners of two episodes, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and "Cape Feare", which had been produced for the previous season.

"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" was the 100th Simpsons episode broadcasted. The episode was intentionally made the show's 100th episode because it heavily featured Bart, who was the most popular Simpsons character at the time. "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" was promoted as "Bart's biggest prank ever", even though Bart did not actually pull any pranks in the episode.[1]

Awards[edit]

Award Episode Crew Result
22nd Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production[2] N/A N/A Won
Saturn Award for Best Genre Television Series[3] N/A N/A
46th Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series[4] "Cape Feare" Alf Clausen Nominated
46th Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics[5] "Homer and Apu"
for "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" 		Alf Clausen and Greg Daniels
Environmental Media Award for Best Television Episodic Comedy[6] "Bart Gets Famous" Won

Episodes[edit]

Picture # Title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code
Homer's Barbershop Quartet promo.png 82 - 1 "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" September 30, 1993 Mark Kirkland Jeff Martin 9F21
After finding a Be Sharps album at the Springfield Swap Meet, Homer tells the story of when he was part of a barbershop quartet that became world famous.

Guest starring: David Crosby as himself, and George Harrison as himself.

Cape Feare promo.png 83 - 2 "Cape Feare" October 7, 1993 Rich Moore Jon Vitti 9F22
After Bart starts receiving death threats from his nemesis, Sideshow Bob, the Simpsons enter the Witness Relocation Program and move to Terror Lake, a town several miles away.

Guest starring: Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob.

Homer Goes to College promo.png 84 - 3 "Homer Goes to College" October 14, 1993 Jim Reardon Conan O'Brien 1F02
After learning that Homer is seriously underqualified for his job, Mr. Burns enrolls him at Springfield University. While there, Homer befriends three nerds and accidentally gets them expelled.
Rosebud.png 85 - 4 "Rosebud" October 21, 1993 Wes Archer John Swartzwelder 1F01
Yearning for his lost youth and innocence, Mr. Burns searches for his beloved childhood teddy bear, Bobo. When Maggie comes across the bear, she claims it as her own, so Mr. Burns tries to get his Bobo back by any means necessary.

Guest starring: Ramones (Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, C. J. Ramone, and Marky Ramone) as themselves.

Treehouse of horror iv title.png 86 - 5 "Treehouse of Horror IV" October 28, 1993 David Silverman Conan O'Brien, Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein, Greg Daniels, Dan McGrath, and Bill Canterbury 1F04
In the first act, when Homer announces he will sell his soul for a donut, Ned Flanders, as the Devil, shows up to take him up on the offer. In the second act, while riding to school, Bart believes he sees a malevolent gremlin on the side of the bus. And in the final act, Mr. Burns is Count Burns, a vampire in a spooky castle.
Marge on the Lam.png 87 - 6 "Marge on the Lam" November 4, 1993 Mark Kirkland Bill Canterbury 1F03
When Homer is forced to cancel his plans with Marge, she has a girls' night out with their neighbor Ruth Powers. Marge and Ruth lead Chief Wiggum, Homer, and a large number of police on a high-speed, long-distance car chase. Meanwhile, Lionel Hutz babysits the children and takes the opportunity to assume a new identity.

Guest starring: George Fenneman as the narrator, Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz, and Pamela Reed as Ruth Powers.

Bart'sInnerChild.png 88 - 7 "Bart's Inner Child" November 11, 1993 Bob Anderson George Meyer 1F05
Bart accidentally sparks the entire town into emulating his carefree actions of "I do what I feel like," thanks to feel-good therapist Brad Goodman.

Guest starring: Albert Brooks as Brad Goodman, James Brown as himself, and Phil Hartman as Troy McClure.

Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood promo.png 89 - 8 "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" November 18, 1993 Jeffrey Lynch Dan McGrath 1F06
After going on a Squishee bender in downtown Springfield, Bart wakes up the next morning with no memory of what happened and is shocked to find out that he joined the Junior Campers. Now a full-fledged member, Bart must attend the Campers' father-son rafting trip with Homer.

Guest starring: Ernest Borgnine as himself.

The Last Temptation of Homer promo.png 90 - 9 "The Last Temptation of Homer" December 9, 1993 Carlos Baeza Frank Mula 1F07
Homer finds himself attracted to the new female employee at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Mindy Simmons. Determined not to have an affair, he does all he can to keep them apart, despite the universe pushing them together. Meanwhile, a series of medical treatments turns Bart into a nerd.

Guest starring: Werner Klemperer as Colonel Klink and Michelle Pfeiffer as Mindy Simmons.

$pringfield.png 91 - 10 "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" December 16, 1993 Wes Archer Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein 1F08
The people of Springfield decide to open up a casino to save the town from an economic crisis. Mr. Burns adopts this notion and builds the "Mr. Burns' Casino." Homer takes a job as a blackjack dealer and Marge takes up gambling. At home, Lisa has difficulties with her school project and Bart opens a treehouse casino.

Guest starring: Gerry Cooney as himself and Robert Goulet as himself.

Homer the Vigilante.png 92 - 11 "Homer the Vigilante" January 6, 1994 Jim Reardon John Swartzwelder 1F09
While a cat burglar prowls Springfield and evades capture, Homer forms a vigilante group to protect the city. But the power quickly goes to his head, and an unlikely source figures out the identity of the cat burglar.

Guest starring: Sam Neil as Molloy.

Bart Gets Famous.png 93 - 12 "Bart Gets Famous" February 3, 1994 Susie Dietter John Swartzwelder 1F11
After Bart sneaks away from a field trip to the Box Factory, he finds himself working as Krusty's assistant. After Bart knocks over the set, he says, "I didn't do it." The phrase becomes an instant success and leads Bart to his fifteen minutes of fame.

Guest starring: Conan O'Brien as himself.

HomerandApu.png 94 - 13 "Homer and Apu" February 10, 1994 Mark Kirkland Greg Daniels 1F10
Apu loses his job at the Kwik-E-Mart after he sells Homer expired hot dogs. Homer feels bad and lets Apu live at the Simpsons' home while he is unemployed. In an attempt to get his job back, Apu and Homer travel to India to talk with the head of the Kwik-E-Mart corporation. Meanwhile, James Woods fills in Apu's position.

Guest starring: James Woods as himself.

Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy promo.png 95 - 14 "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" February 17, 1994 Jeffrey Lynch Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein 1F12
Lisa challenges the makers of the Malibu Stacy dolls to create a less sexist and pro-feminist doll. When they won't listen, Lisa enlists the help of Waylon Smithers to find the original creator of Malibu Stacy, Stacy Lovell. Together, Lisa and Miss Lovell create a new doll in an effort to positively influence young girls.

Guest starring: Kathleen Turner as Stacy Lovell.

Deep Space Homer promo 1.png 96 - 15 "Deep Space Homer" February 24, 1994 Carlos Baeza David Mirkin 1F13
After seeing their popularity decline as reflected by lower TV ratings for shuttle launches, NASA decides to improve its public image by sending a man into space to whom the average American can relate to, who turns out to be Homer Simpson.

Guest starring: Buzz Aldrin as himself and James Taylor as himself.

HomerLovesFlanders.png 97 - 16 "Homer Loves Flanders" March 17, 1994 Wes Archer David Richardson 1F14
Homer reluctantly goes to a football game with Ned. After Ned shows Homer a good time, they become close friends. However, Ned actually starts to develop negative feelings toward him.
Bart Gets an Elephant.png 98 - 17 "Bart Gets an Elephant" March 31, 1994 Jim Reardon John Swartzwelder 1F15
Bart wins a radio contest which allows him to choose between two prizes: $10,000 or an elephant. Bart picks the elephant and names him Stampy. However, Stampy proves to be too much for the family to handle.
Burns' Heir.png 99 - 18 "Burns' Heir" April 14, 1994 Mark Kirkland Jace Richdale 1F16
Nearly drowning in the bathtub, Mr. Burns decides to find an heir. He sees it in the form of Bart Simpson and coerces the young Simpson into staying with him.

Guest starring: Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz.

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song promo.png 100 - 19 "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" April 28, 1994 Bob Anderson Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein 1F18
Superintendent Chalmers fires Principal Skinner after a disaster at the elementary and Skinner re-enlists in the Army. Bart, feeling partially responsible for Skinner's firing, helps to get his old principal his job back.
The Boy Who Knew Too Much.png 101 - 20 "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" May 5, 1994 Jeff Lynch John Swartzwelder 1F19
Bart skips class and witnesses a waiter brutally beaten. The Mayor's nephew, Freddy Quimby, is blamed, but Bart can clear him. However, it would mean coming clean about skipping class.

Guest starring: Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz.

Lady Bouvier's Lover.png 102 - 21 "Lady Bouvier's Lover" May 12, 1994 Wes Archer Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein 1F21
Grampa falls in love with Marge's mother, Jackie, but Mr. Burns woos her away from him. Grampa is brokenhearted when learning Jackie is going to marry Burns.

Guest starring: Phil Hartman as Troy McClure.

Secrets of a Successful Marriage.png 103 - 22 "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" May 19, 1994 Carlos Baeza Greg Daniels 1F20
Homer fears he may not be smart, so he goes to the Adult Education Annex. While there, he decides to teach a class of his own on the secrets of a successful marriage, since that is the only thing he is good at.

Guest starring: Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz.


Release[edit]

All 22 episodes of Season 5 including extras were released on The Complete Fifth Season on December 21, 2004 in Region 1, March 21, 2005 in Region 2 and March 23, 2005 in Region 4.

Script covers[edit]

  • 9F22 Script.jpg
  • 1F06 Script.jpg
  • 1F07 Script.jpg
  • 1F08 script.jpg
  • 1F12 Script.jpg
  • 1F13 Script.jpg
  • 1F16 Script.jpg

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Groening, Matt; Mirkin, David; Silverman, David; Oakley, Bill; Weinstein, Josh; Anderson, Bob. Commentary for the episode "Cape Feare". The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  2. ↑ The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 22nd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1994)" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  3. ↑ IMDb - "Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1993"
  4. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 1994"
  5. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – 1994"
  6. ↑ Environmental Media Awards - "EMA Awards Past Recipients & Honorees"


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