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{{Season
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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|Picture}}
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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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== Release ==
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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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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|September 30, 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); "|Jeff Martin
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|9F21
 
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Homer tells the story of when he was a member of a barbershop quartet called The Be Sharps, consisting of himself, Principal Skinner, Apu and Chief Wiggum (later replaced by Barney). The group became popular very fast, largely due to their hit song, "Baby on Board," which earned them a Grammy. However, Homer missed his family while the Be Sharps were touring, and the group's popularity began to decline. Eventually the group broke up and the members returned to their regular lives. Back in the present, Homer calls the other members and the group reunites to perform "Baby on Board" on the roof of Moe's Tavern.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[File:Sideshowbob8.gif|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|83 - 2
 
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| style="text-align: left; 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 is worried when he receives anonymous threatening letters written in blood, and even more worried when he learns that the sender is Sideshow Bob, and Bob has recently been released from prison. For their protection, the Simpsons are placed on the Witness Relocation Program, given new identities, and moved to Terror Lake to live on a houseboat. Unbeknownst to them, Bob has followed them to Terror Lake. He breaks into the boat, ties up the family, sets the boat adrift, and advances on Bart to kill him. Thinking quickly, Bart appeals to Bob's vanity by asking him to sing the entire score of [[wikipedia:H.M.S. Pinafore|''H.M.S. Pinafore'']]. While Bob sings, the boat drifts downriver back into the jurisdiction of the Springfield Police, where Bob is arrested and sent back to jail.
 
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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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| style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|
 
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[[Homer Goes to College|'''"Homer Goes to College"''']]
 
−
| 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 learns that he's underqualified for his own job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant because he has no college training in nuclear physics. He enrolls at Springfield University, where he tries to live the stereotypical college life of pranks and parties and gets his three nerd tutors to go along with him. When one prank gets the nerds expelled, they move in with the Simpsons and cause all kinds of problems for the family. Homer is able to get the nerds back into school, but fails his class. The nerds hack into the college computer and give Homer a passing grade, but Marge finds out and makes him retake the class.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:Rosebud.JPG|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|85 - 4
 
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| style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|
 
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[[Rosebud|'''"Rosebud"''']]
 
−
| 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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Mr. Burns remembers his long-lost childhood toy, a teddy bear named Bobo, and wants to retrieve it. Maggie is discovered to be in possession of the bear, and offers the Simpsons a large reward to give the bear back. They decline, however, when they see how attached Maggie is to Bobo. Burns and Smithers try threats and begging to get Bobo back, but nothing succeeds. When the next step (cutting off beer and TV) affects all of Springfield, the whole town forces Homer to return the bear, but they relent when they see the expression on Maggie's face. Finally, Burns confronts Maggie in person and persuades her to gives Bobo back to him. Now reunited with Bobo, Burns snuggles up with him and wonders what the future holds for Bobo.
 
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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); "|'''[[Treehouse of Horror IV|"]][[Treehouse of Horror IV]]"'''
 
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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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Conan O'Brien, Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein, Greg Daniels & Don McGrath,Bill Canterbury
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|1F04
 
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'''Prologue''': Bart talks to the viewers in a room with paintings lampooned by the Simpsons. Marge tells him that he should warn viewers that the episode is scary and leaves Maggie with him while she goes to buy some earrings. Bart continues to present the episode and tells the following three stories;
 
  
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'''The Devil and Homer Simpson''': Homer is willing to sell his soul for a donut after none left in the Nuclear Power Plant. The Devil is interested in his will and has a donut prepared for him. If he eats it all, his soul would be sold as he would be sent to hell. Homer leaves one segment of the donut which the deal is not fullfilled if he does not eat it. He does, however, finish the donut and after negotiation with the family, is sent to hell for one day while on trial to determine Homer's fate. While he eventually wins the trial, the Devil turns Homer's head into a donut before he leaves. He cannot help eat his edible incarnated head despite Marge's disapproval to do so and is warned not to leave the house as some policemen wait outside to eat his donut head.
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
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'''Terror at 5'''''''½ Feet: '''Bart witnesses a gremlin tearing down the school bus and tries to warn the passengers although they cannot see it and do not believe him for that. Each time he warns everyone, he is accused of being disruptive while the gremlin further damages the bus. Bart manages to have it off the bus by an emergency flare as it has it on fire and off the bus. Although they notice that the bus is damaged due to the gremlin, they still state Bart as crazy and have him sent to a mental hospital. He is relieved of the gremlin gone although is once again alarmed when he sees on the ambulance with Ned's severed head, whom picked him up when it fell out of the bus earlier
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'''Bart Simpson's Dracula''': Lisa suspects Mr. Burns is a vampire as several attacks by vampires have occured although the family do not believe her. The Simpsons are invitied for dinner at Burns' mansion and Lisa becomes further suspicious when drinks are blood. She and Bart discovers vampires in the mansion and Bart gets caught and transformed into one by Burns. The family except Bart return home although Lisa is worried and sees him incarnated into a vampire along with other children of Springfield and tries to turn her into a vampire.Lis states that the only way to restore Bart is to kill the head vampire that is Burns. Homer kills him by hammering a wooden stake into his heart although Burns fires him before dying. However, the whole family except Lisa are vampires as Marge is in fact the head vampire. They swoop in on her although they say happy halloween to the viewers and sing with Santa's Little Helper dancing and Milhouse playing a piano in a parody of the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts]'' special ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas A Charlie Brown Christmas].''
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[[Category:1993]]
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[[Category:1994]]
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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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Marge and the family's neighbor, Ruth Powers, spend time together while Homer tries to cope without Marge and has Lionel Hutz babysit the kids. Homer and Chief Wiggum follow the two and tries to pull them over. Ruth insteads speeds up her car and reveals that it had been stolen from her ex-husband, much to Marge's dismay. While the police catch up to them, they dismiss the two and the charges.
 
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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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Marge consults a self help guru, Brad Goodman, for her constant nagging. Although he uses Bart's behaviour as an example of how people should behave. The whole town of Springfield then acts like him, which Bart does enjoy at first but then finds his behaviour assumed. The town then stop acting like him when things go wrong during an inaugural "Do what you feel" festival.
 
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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
 
−
| 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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Bart remembers that he had joined a Boys Scouts-esque group called the Junior Campers while intoxicated from a squishee entirely made out of syrup he and Milhouse drank the previous day and became hyper as a result. Bart at first hates the group although is interested in some of its routines such as a member's own knife and enjoys it. A father-son rafting trip is to be held, which Homer is forced to enter. He, Bart, Ned and Rod Flanders become groups as ordered and end up seperated from the rest of the group. They become stranded at sea with no supplies for survival until upon discovering a Krusty Burger restaurant on an oil rig and become saved.
 
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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
 
−
| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]"'''
 
−
| 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 finds himself attracted to Mindy Simmons, a new employee in the Nuclear Power Plant and is dissatisfied as his crush on her would ruin his marriage on Marge despite Mindy having similar traits to him. While both have feelings for one other, Homer decides not to cheat on Marge. Meanwhile, Bart's appearance is modified into looking like a nerd as additional treatments applied to him for needing glasses for two weeks as he becomes shortsighted, being more prone to being bullied as a result.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:$pringfield.JPG|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|91 - 10
 
−
| style="background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|'''"[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]"'''
 
−
| 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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Gambling is made legalized by voters as the economy slips, having Mr. Burns open a casino. Homer is hired as a blackjack dealer and Marge has an enduring addiction for gambling which has her care about it more than her family life. Meanwhile, Bart opens his own casino in his treehouse after he was kicked out of Burn's for being too young.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:HomertheVigilante.JPG|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|92 - 11
 
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| style="text-align: left; width: 300px; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|
 
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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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A cat burglar steals items through many homes in Springfield such as Lisa's saxophone. In response to this crime wave, a neighborhood watch group is created, leaded by Homer as the police are ineffective. Although the group becomes ineffective as well due to Homer's incompetence and the cat burglar remains loose and unknown. Grampa knows who it is as he had been ignored for his old age by Homer, revealing the cat burglar to be a senior named Malloy. Citizens of Springfield track him down and have him arrested although he gives back his stolen items. Now arrested, Malloy also states that he had hidden millions of dollars under a big "T". The citizens then rush to one which is a tree shaped like a T and dig under it. Instead, there is a note written by Malloy that he had tricked them so he would be able to escape. Some disapprove this and continue digging until deciding that there is no money whilst dug down below.
 
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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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| style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|
 
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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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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|
 
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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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Bart becomes employed in Krustylu Studios as a production assistant after sneaking away from a school field trip to a box factory. He does not, however, enjoy his job and wants to quit. One day, Krusty needs Bart for a sketch and despite being unsuccessful in one, he becomes an unexpected star by saying "I didn't do it.". He then becomes famous although is dissatisfied for being well known by one line. Marge then encourages him that making people happy is what matters as then Bart decides to continue delivering the line. Despite saying it enthusiastically in a show, people then become tired of it and his popularity and fame sharply declines until Bart returns to being an average citizen.
 
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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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| style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|
 
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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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Homer gets Apu fired after being food poisoned twice from expired products from the Kwik-E-Mart by having him reported with Kent Brockman. An unemployed Apu then lives with the Simpsons and actor James Wood replaces his job in the Kwik-E-Mart. Homer then decides to have Apu get his job by going to India to talk to the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain although are unsuccessful as the three questions solely available are wasted by Homer's own incompetence. Apu then visits the Kwik-E-Mart and saves Woods from being shot by a robbery in the store. Woods then helps him get his job back after being grateful from being saved.
 
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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: left; 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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Lisa is dissatisfied over the new Malibu Stacy doll, which phrases it utters are demeaning for women, and persuades the creator of the doll line to produce a more politically correct doll. Named "Lisa Lionheart" after Lisa herself, the new Malibu Stacy doll gets positive attention although Malibu Stacy executives then have customer's attention redirected to a new doll with a hat included, rendering Lisa's doll as unsuccessful as a result. Meanwhile, Grampa worries that he is getting old and makes the most of it such as having a job at a Krusty Burger restaurant despite being incompetent at it.
 
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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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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA NASA] is required to hire average joes for astronauts to gain higher ratings. Homer and Barney are recruited and the former wins by default as Barney becomes intoxicated by wine. Homer then is prepared for launch in space with Race Banyon and Buzz Aldrin. Their mission then goes wrong when Homer has potato chips and ants. Havoc ensures and he accidently breaks the handle of the space shuttle's hatch. Homer then inadvertently seals the door shut with an inanimate carbon rod despite being reluctant to have it close the hatch. The crew safely return back to Earth. While the rod is hailed the hero, Homer is respected by the family instead.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:Ag.jpg|100px]]
 
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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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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|[[Image:100thepisode.jpg|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 228, 228); "|100 - 19
 
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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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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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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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