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|original run= September 27, [[2020]] - May 23, [[2021]]
 
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|showrunners = [[Al Jean]]<br>[[Matt Selman]]
 
|previous= [[Season 31|31]]
 
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|next= [[Season 33|33]]
 
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'''Season 32''' is the 32th season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It started on September 27, [[2020]] and ended on May 23, 2021. It was announced on February 6, 2019; alongside with [[Season 31]].<ref>[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the-simpsons-renewed-season-31-32-fox-1203130108/ Variety - "The Simpsons renewed for Season 31 and 32"]</ref><ref name="AlJeanTwitter">Al Jean's Twitter (account closed)</ref> The 16th episode of this season was the show's 700th episode.
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'''Season 32''' is the thirty-second broadcast season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally ran on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] from September 27, [[2020]], with "[[Undercover Burns]]", to May 23, [[2021]], with "[[The Last Barfighter]]". The season was mostly made up of [[production season QABF]] episodes, with seven [[rollover episodes]] from [[production season ZABF]] also airing. [[Al Jean]] and [[Matt Selman]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunners]] for the season, with Jean running twelve episodes and Selman running ten.
  
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This season was included on [[Disney+]] on September 29, 2021 in the United States.
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== Production ==
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It was announced on February 6, 2019; alongside [[Season 31]].<ref>[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the-simpsons-renewed-season-31-32-fox-1203130108/ Variety - "The Simpsons renewed for Season 31 and 32"]</ref>
  
 
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{{TCsT|[[Mr. Burns]] goes undercover as "Fred" at the nuclear power plant and becomes friends with [[Homer]] and the gang. Burns implements all sorts of amenities to improve his employees' lives, but a jealous [[Smithers]] plots to bring the old, bitter Burns back and destroy Fred.
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{{TCsT|[[Mr. Burns]] goes undercover as "[[Fred Kranepool]]" at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] and becomes friends with [[Homer]] and the gang. Burns implements all sorts of amenities to improve his employees' lives, but a jealous [[Smithers]] plots to bring the old, bitter Burns back and destroy Fred.
  
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[David Harbour]] as [[Fred Kranepool]] and [[Phil Rosenthal]] as {{Ch|Phil Rosenthal|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[David Harbour]] as [[Fred Kranepool]] and [[Phil Rosenthal]] as {{Ch|Phil Rosenthal|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TCsT|At a [[Springfield History Museum|museum]] exhibit of Ancient [[Rome]], [[Marge]] and [[Homer]] get into an argument about Homer's lack of ambition. They then imagine a Roman version of what would happen if Homer was more career-driven.
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{{TCsT|At a [[Springfield History Museum|museum]] exhibit of Ancient [[Rome]], [[Marge]] and [[Homer]] get into an argument about Homer's lack of ambition. They then imagine a Roman version of what would happen if Homer were more career-driven. Thus, the story of [[Obeseus|Obeseus the Wide]] unfolds.
  
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Gordus Antonius]] and [[Michael Palin]] as the [[Springfield History Museum curator]].|7|color=white}}
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Gordus Antonius]] and [[Michael Palin]] as the [[Springfield History Museum curator]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|[[Lisa]] stays home from school to explore the wonders of Western art. She appears as {{W|Leonardo da Vinci|Lisanardo}}, while [[Bart]] takes the shape of a [[France|French]] impressionist, [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] as [[Diego Rivera]] and [[Frida Kahlo]], and Maggie as a warrior [[Cupid]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|[[Lisa]] stays home from school to explore the wonders of Western art. She appears as [[Lisanardo da Vinci]], while [[Bart]] takes the shape of a [[France|French]] impressionist, [[Maggie]] as a warrior [[Cupid]], and [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] as [[Diego Rivera]] and [[Frida Kahlo]].|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TCsT|Don't miss the annual terror-themed trilogy, including a frightening look at the 2020 election, parodies of {{W|Pixar}} and ''{{W|Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse}}'' and a ninth birthday [[Lisa]] just can't get over.
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{{TCsT|In "Toy Gory", [[Bart]]'s toys want revenge on him after all the horrible things he puts them through. In "Into the Homer-verse", [[Homer]] accidentally uses a machine that brings different Homers from across the multiverse into his world. Finally, in "Be Nine, Rewind", [[Lisa]] and [[Nelson]] keep reliving Lisa's ninth birthday over and over again every time they die.
  
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Ben Mankiewicz]] as {{Ch|Ben Mankiewicz|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Ben Mankiewicz]] as {{Ch|Ben Mankiewicz|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|When [[Marge]] and the kids take a seaside vacation, [[Homer]] is unwittingly tempted by a [[United Kingdom|British]] femme fatale.
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{{TCsT|[[Marge]] and the kids go on vacation, leaving [[Homer]] home alone since he wasn't invited. Feeling lonely, Homer meets {{ap|Lily|The 7 Beer Itch}}, a British woman who attempts to seduce him. However, [[Mr. Burns]] is also vying for Lily's attention.
  
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Olivia Colman]] as {{ap|Lily|The 7 Beer Itch}}.|7|color=white}}
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Olivia Colman]] as {{ap|Lily|The 7 Beer Itch}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|[[Grampa]] is accused of a crime. Meanwhile, [[Kent Brockman]] questions his career.
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{{TCsT|When [[Grampa]]'s girlfriend, [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]], goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Grampa is accused of murder. But when [[Kent Brockman]]'s new podcast, [[Guilty Grampa]], uncovers Grampa's innocence, Kent has to choose between reporting the truth and keeping his new fans.
  
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Morgan Fairchild]] as [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]] and [[Stellan Skarsgård]] as {{Ch|Stellan Skarsgård|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Morgan Fairchild]] as [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]] and [[Stellan Skarsgård]] as {{Ch|Stellan Skarsgård|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] becomes a voiceover actor and [[Comic Book Guy]] is humiliated at [[Comicalooza|Comic-Con]]. Meanwhile, [[Lisa]] is set up for a fall.
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{{TCsT|[[Comic Book Guy]] gets humiliated at [[Comicalooza]] when he loses the question he plans to ask at a panel. [[Bart]] becomes a voice actor for the show [[Cookie Castle]], but when it turns out he's voicing [[Jules|a female character]], he gets bullied. Meanwhile, [[Lisa]] loses out on first chair in the [[Springfield Elementary School Band|school band]] to a new student, {{ap|Blake|Three Dreams Denied}}.
  
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Ben Platt]] as {{ap|Blake|Three Dreams Denied}} and [[Paul Rudd]] as {{Ch|Paul Rudd|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Ben Platt]] as {{ap|Blake|Three Dreams Denied}} and [[Paul Rudd]] as {{Ch|Paul Rudd|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|Odd couple [[Skinner]] and [[Chalmers]] embark on an 800-mile car ride to [[Cincinnati]] to attend an administrator's convention. But whether they reach their destination without killing each other first is anyone's guess.
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{{TCsT|[[Principal Skinner]] goes with [[Superintendent Chalmers]] on an 800-mile car ride to [[Cincinnati]] to attend an administrators convention. But when Skinner admits that he made Chalmers' first choice for the trip, [[Principal Finch]], get ill, an argument breaks out between the two educators.
  
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Jason Bateman]] as [[Max Davis]] and {{Ch|Jason Bateman|himself}} and [[Hannibal Buress]] as [[Principal Finch]].|7|color=white}}
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Jason Bateman]] as [[Max Davis]] and {{Ch|Jason Bateman|himself}} and [[Hannibal Buress]] as [[Principal Finch]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|[[Lisa]] calls her teacher, [[Ms. Hoover]], a hack and refuses to apologize. Then, she learns Ms. Hoover's private pain.|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|After [[Miss Hoover]] gives the entire class B- grades because she is too lazy to grade everyone individually, [[Lisa]] calls her a "hack." When Lisa refuses to apologize to her teacher, she begins to learn about Miss Hoover's life struggles.|7|color=white}}
  
 
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{{TCsT|A [[Heartmark Channel|cable channel]] films a [[Christmas]] movie in Springfield and [[Skinner]] falls in love.
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{{TCsT|Television producer [[Mary Tannenbaum]] comes to [[Springfield]] to help with the film ''[[A Christmas Ornament for Christmas]]'', which is being filmed there. While there, she meets [[Seymour Skinner]], and the two start falling for each other. Mary sets to work finishing the film and sorting out her love life.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Ellie Kemper]] as [[Mary Tannenbaum]], [[Richard Kind]] as [[A Christmas Ornament for Christmas director]] and [[Chris Parnell]] as [[Surgeon fiancé]].|7|color=white}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Ellie Kemper]] as [[Mary Tannenbaum]], [[Richard Kind]] as the [[A Christmas Ornament for Christmas director]], and [[Chris Parnell]] as the [[surgeon fiancé]].|7|color=white}}
  
 
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{{TCsT|[[Comic Book Guy]] and his wife [[Kumiko]] debate having a baby and we learn his awesome origin story.
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{{TCsT|After looking after the Simpson children, [[Comic Book Guy]] and [[Kumiko]] contemplate having a baby. Comic Book Guy goes back to his childhood home, where he confronts his feelings over [[Postage Stamp Fellow|his own absent father]].
  
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Dan Aykroyd]] as [[Postage Stamp Fellow]] and [[Bob Balaban]] as the narrator.|7|color=white}}
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Dan Aykroyd]] as [[Postage Stamp Fellow]] and [[Bob Balaban]] as the narrator.|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] finds his [[Edna Krabappel|old teacher]]'s diary and learns a surprising secret. Then, [[Lisa]] discovers an even bigger surprise.
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{{TCsT|When [[Bart]] finds [[Edna Krabappel]]'s old diary at [[Ned]]'s garage sale, he reads that his old teacher thought he had potential. After becoming a better person because of this thought, [[Lisa]] has to break the news to Bart that Krabappel wasn't referring to him.
  
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'''Guest cast:''' [[Marcia Wallace]] as [[Edna Krabappel]] (archive recordings) and [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]].|7|color=white}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]] and [[Marcia Wallace]] as [[Edna Krabappel]] (via archive audio).|7|color=white}}
  
 
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] becomes a successful [[Golf|caddy]], but [[Marge]] worries it is ruining his character.
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{{TCsT|After discovering a [[Springfield Junipers Golf Club|golf club]] in the middle of [[Springfield|town]], [[Bart]] becomes a successful [[golf]] caddy. But [[Marge]] worries that the money he is earning is changing him as a person.
  
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'''Guest starring: '''[[Stephen Root]] as [[Bildorf]].|7|color=white}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Stephen Root]] as [[Bildorf]].|7|color=white}}
  
 
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{{TCsT|[[Cletus]] becomes a singing sensation, while [[Homer]] becomes a new man. Then, Cletus turns on his fans, ruining everything.
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{{TCsT|During a drunken night out, [[Homer]] discovers that [[Cletus]] is a talented musician whose lyrics have the power to change people. Homer and [[Marge]] help him rise to stardom, until financial opportunities come his way.
  
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'''Guest starring: '''[[Albert Brooks]] as [[Slick manager]].|7|color=white}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Albert Brooks]] as the [[slick manager]].|7|color=white}}
  
 
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]] tries to reunite a mechanical band from his youth, but film and TV creator [[J. J. Abrams]] (guest-voicing as <!--{{Ch|J. J. Abrams|-->himself<!--}}-->) gets ahold of them first.
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]], [[Bart]], and [[Lisa]] try to reunite the animatronic band from Homer's old place of work, [[Razzle Dazzle's Pizza-Tainment Palace]]. However, when they find that [[Wakkety Yak]] is now owned by movie producer {{Ch|J. J. Abrams}}, they must come up with a plan to get him back.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[J. J. Abrams]] as {{Ch|J. J. Abrams|himself}} and [[Greg Grunberg]] as [[Bad Robot security guard]].|7|color=white}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[J. J. Abrams]] as {{Ch|J. J. Abrams|himself}} and [[Greg Grunberg]] as the [[Bad Robot security guard]].|7|color=white}}
  
 
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{{TCsT|Learn a secret of [[Flanders family|Flanders']] past and discover a never-before-seen room.|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|After finding a [[Christmas]] decoration with "[[Todd]]'s first Christmas" written on it, [[Marge]] tells the story of how, one Christmas, [[Homer]] got drunk, hid in a secret room in the house, and ended up helping deliver [[Maude]]'s baby, [[Todd]].|7|color=white}}
  
 
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{{TCsT|We learn that [[Sarah Wiggum|Chief Wiggum]]'s wife is more than she seems. Meanwhile, [[Marge]] takes part in a jewel heist.
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{{TCsT|While she takes the kids to a sleepover on a ship, [[Marge]] befriends [[Sarah Wiggum]] and discovers that she's not the quiet, meek woman she appears to be. Marge and Sarah are then dragged into a jewel heist by Sarah's old heist buddies.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Nick Offerman]] as [[Captain Bowditch]], [[Megan Mullally]] as [[Sarah Wiggum]], [[Bob Seger]] as {{Ch|Bob Seger|himself}}, [[Tiya Sircar]] as {{ap|Erin|Uncut Femmes}}, [[Natasha Rothwell]] as [[Bette]] and [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]].|7|color=white}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]], [[Megan Mullally]] as [[Sarah Wiggum]], [[Nick Offerman]] as [[Captain Bowditch]], [[Natasha Rothwell]] as [[Bette]], [[Bob Seger]] as {{Ch|Bob Seger|himself}}, and [[Tiya Sircar]] as {{ap|Erin|Uncut Femmes}}.|7|color=white}}
  
 
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{{TCsT|[[Mr. Burns]] gets into the plant-based burger business. [[Lisa]] refuses to believe he's up to no good.|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|[[Mr. Burns]] has a near-death experience after eating a burger. Realizing that nobody will mourn him when he's gone, he opens a vegetarian burger restaurant, [[X-Cell-Ent Burger]]. However, when [[Lisa]] discovers the secret behind its success, she tries to get Burns' newest business shut down.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TCsT|[[Lisa]] gets an imaginary friend - a depressed {{ap|Quilloughby|imaginary|British singer}} from the 1980s (Guest Voice Star [[Benedict Cumberbatch]]), - who makes her feel much better about her friends. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] gets a vehicle with awesome torque and becomes a truck guy.
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{{TCsT|[[Lisa]] gets an imaginary friend, a depressed British singer from the 1980s named {{ap|Quilloughby|imaginary}}, who makes her feel much better about her friends. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] gets [[Road Monster XXXL 550|a vehicle]] with a lot of power and becomes a truck guy.
  
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] as the {{ap|Quilloughby|imaginary|imaginary Quilloughby}} and the {{ap|Quilloughby|real|real Quilloughby}}.|7|color=white}}
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] as the {{ap|Quilloughby|imaginary|imaginary Quilloughby}} and the {{ap|Quilloughby|real|real Quilloughby}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|[[Lisa]] makes a shocking college decision, wounding [[Marge]]. It leads to a very surprising place.
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{{TCsT|{{Ch|Werner Herzog}} tells [[Marge]] and [[Lisa]]'s future. Instead of going to college, Lisa goes straight into employment, which causes arguments between Marge and Lisa. Lisa goes on to create her own chain of schools, the [[Lisa Simpson Academy]].
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Werner Herzog]] as himself, [[George Stephanopoulos]] as himself and [[Nate Silver]] as himself.|7|color=white}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Werner Herzog]] as {{Ch|Werner Herzog|himself}}, [[Nate Silver]] as {{Ch|Nate Silver|himself}}, and [[George Stephanopoulos]] as {{Ch|George Stephanopoulos|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
  
 
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{{TCsT|A British secret agent comes to Springfield in search of a Russian spy.
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{{TCsT|An elderly British secret agent, [[Terrance]], comes to [[Springfield]] in search of the [[Grey Fox]], a [[Russia]]n spy. He suspects that [[Grampa]] is the elusive spy and enlists [[Homer]]'s help to take him down.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Stephen Fry]] as Terrance, Head of MI5, Terrance's Father, Hazel and Cop, and [[Maurice LaMarche]] as [[Orson Welles]]|7|color=white}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Stephen Fry]] as [[Terrance]], [[Terrance's father]], {{ap|Hazel|The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.}}, and the [[head of MI5]].|7|color=white}}
  
 
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{{TCsT|After [[Moe]] breaks their most sacred rule, a secret society of bartenders seeks ultimate vengeance on [[Homer]] and his friends.
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{{TCsT|After [[Moe]] reveals to his barflies that bartenders share secrets told to them in confidence with one another, the secret society of bartenders seeks vengeance on [[Homer]] and his friends. The gang is attacked by bartenders using a drug called [[Antibooze]], which makes it so they can never drink alcohol again.
  
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Ian McShane]] as [[Artemis]].|7|color=white}}
 
'''Guest starring:''' [[Ian McShane]] as [[Artemis]].|7|color=white}}
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Season Information
No. of episodes: 22
Original run: September 27, 2020 - May 23, 2021
Showrunner(s): Al Jean
Matt Selman
Previous season: Next season:
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Season 32 is the thirty-second broadcast season of The Simpsons. It originally ran on Fox from September 27, 2020, with "Undercover Burns", to May 23, 2021, with "The Last Barfighter". The season was mostly made up of production season QABF episodes, with seven rollover episodes from production season ZABF also airing. Al Jean and Matt Selman served as the showrunners for the season, with Jean running twelve episodes and Selman running ten.

Production

It was announced on February 6, 2019; alongside Season 31.[1]

Episodes

Picture # Title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code
Undercover Burns promo 7.png 685 - 1 "Undercover Burns" September 27, 2020 Bob Anderson David Cryan ZABF19
Mr. Burns goes undercover as "Fred Kranepool" at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and becomes friends with Homer and the gang. Burns implements all sorts of amenities to improve his employees' lives, but a jealous Smithers plots to bring the old, bitter Burns back and destroy Fred.

Guest starring: David Harbour as Fred Kranepool and Phil Rosenthal as himself.

I, Carumbus poster 1.png 686 - 2 "I, Carumbus" October 4, 2020 Rob Oliver Cesar Mazariegos ZABF18
At a museum exhibit of Ancient Rome, Marge and Homer get into an argument about Homer's lack of ambition. They then imagine a Roman version of what would happen if Homer were more career-driven. Thus, the story of Obeseus the Wide unfolds.

Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Gordus Antonius and Michael Palin as the Springfield History Museum curator.

Now Museum, Now You Don't promo 1.png 687 - 3 "Now Museum, Now You Don't" October 11, 2020 Timothy Bailey Dan Greaney ZABF21
Lisa stays home from school to explore the wonders of Western art. She appears as Lisanardo da Vinci, while Bart takes the shape of a French impressionist, Maggie as a warrior Cupid, and Homer and Marge as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.
Treehouse of Horror XXXI poster.png 688 - 4 "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" Flag of Canada.png October 18, 2020
United States of America November 1, 2020 		Steven Dean Moore Julia Prescott ZABF17
In "Toy Gory", Bart's toys want revenge on him after all the horrible things he puts them through. In "Into the Homer-verse", Homer accidentally uses a machine that brings different Homers from across the multiverse into his world. Finally, in "Be Nine, Rewind", Lisa and Nelson keep reliving Lisa's ninth birthday over and over again every time they die.

Guest starring: Ben Mankiewicz as himself.

The 7 Beer Itch promo 5.png 689 - 5 "The 7 Beer Itch" November 8, 2020 Michael Polcino Story: Al Jean
Teleplay: Joel H. Cohen and John Frink 		ZABF15
Marge and the kids go on vacation, leaving Homer home alone since he wasn't invited. Feeling lonely, Homer meets Lily, a British woman who attempts to seduce him. However, Mr. Burns is also vying for Lily's attention.

Guest starring: Olivia Colman as Lily.

Podcast News promo 5.png 690 - 6 "Podcast News" November 15, 2020 Matthew Faughnan David X. Cohen ZABF22
When Grampa's girlfriend, Vivienne St. Charmaine, goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Grampa is accused of murder. But when Kent Brockman's new podcast, Guilty Grampa, uncovers Grampa's innocence, Kent has to choose between reporting the truth and keeping his new fans.

Guest starring: Morgan Fairchild as Vivienne St. Charmaine and Stellan Skarsgård as himself.

Three Dreams Denied poster.png 691 - 7 "Three Dreams Denied" November 22, 2020 Steven Dean Moore Danielle Weisberg QABF02
Comic Book Guy gets humiliated at Comicalooza when he loses the question he plans to ask at a panel. Bart becomes a voice actor for the show Cookie Castle, but when it turns out he's voicing a female character, he gets bullied. Meanwhile, Lisa loses out on first chair in the school band to a new student, Blake.

Guest starring: Ben Platt as Blake and Paul Rudd as himself.

The Road to Cincinnati promo 3.png 692 - 8 "The Road to Cincinnati" November 29, 2020 Matthew Nastuk Jeff Westbrook ZABF20
Principal Skinner goes with Superintendent Chalmers on an 800-mile car ride to Cincinnati to attend an administrators convention. But when Skinner admits that he made Chalmers' first choice for the trip, Principal Finch, get ill, an argument breaks out between the two educators.

Guest starring: Jason Bateman as Max Davis and himself and Hannibal Buress as Principal Finch.

Sorry Not Sorry promo 1.png 693 - 9 "Sorry Not Sorry" December 6, 2020 Rob Oliver Nell Scovell QABF01
After Miss Hoover gives the entire class B- grades because she is too lazy to grade everyone individually, Lisa calls her a "hack." When Lisa refuses to apologize to her teacher, she begins to learn about Miss Hoover's life struggles.
A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas promo 8.png 694 - 10 "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas" December 13, 2020 Timothy Bailey Jessica Conrad QABF03
Television producer Mary Tannenbaum comes to Springfield to help with the film A Christmas Ornament for Christmas, which is being filmed there. While there, she meets Seymour Skinner, and the two start falling for each other. Mary sets to work finishing the film and sorting out her love life.

Guest starring: Ellie Kemper as Mary Tannenbaum, Richard Kind as the A Christmas Ornament for Christmas director, and Chris Parnell as the surgeon fiancé.

The Dad-Feelings Limited promo 2.png 695 - 11 "The Dad-Feelings Limited" January 3, 2021 Chris Clements Ryan Koh QABF04
After looking after the Simpson children, Comic Book Guy and Kumiko contemplate having a baby. Comic Book Guy goes back to his childhood home, where he confronts his feelings over his own absent father.

Guest starring: Dan Aykroyd as Postage Stamp Fellow and Bob Balaban as the narrator.

Diary Queen promo 3.png 696 - 12 "Diary Queen" February 21, 2021 Matthew Nastuk Jeff Westbrook QABF05
When Bart finds Edna Krabappel's old diary at Ned's garage sale, he reads that his old teacher thought he had potential. After becoming a better person because of this thought, Lisa has to break the news to Bart that Krabappel wasn't referring to him.

Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony and Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel (via archive audio).

Wad Goals promo 11.png 697 - 13 "Wad Goals" February 28, 2021 Michael Polcino Brian Kelley QABF06
After discovering a golf club in the middle of town, Bart becomes a successful golf caddy. But Marge worries that the money he is earning is changing him as a person.

Guest starring: Stephen Root as Bildorf.

Yokel Hero promo 1.png 698 - 14 "Yokel Hero" March 7, 2021 Rob Oliver Jeff Martin and Samantha Martin QABF07
During a drunken night out, Homer discovers that Cletus is a talented musician whose lyrics have the power to change people. Homer and Marge help him rise to stardom, until financial opportunities come his way.

Guest starring: Albert Brooks as the slick manager.

Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars promo 6.png 699 - 15 "Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?" March 14, 2021 Jennifer Moeller Michael Price QABF08
Homer, Bart, and Lisa try to reunite the animatronic band from Homer's old place of work, Razzle Dazzle's Pizza-Tainment Palace. However, when they find that Wakkety Yak is now owned by movie producer J. J. Abrams, they must come up with a plan to get him back.

Guest starring: J. J. Abrams as himself and Greg Grunberg as the Bad Robot security guard.

Manger Things - Fixed goof.png 700 - 16 "Manger Things" March 21, 2021 Steven Dean Moore Rob LaZebnik QABF09
After finding a Christmas decoration with "Todd's first Christmas" written on it, Marge tells the story of how, one Christmas, Homer got drunk, hid in a secret room in the house, and ended up helping deliver Maude's baby, Todd.
Uncut Femmes promo 5.png 701 - 17 "Uncut Femmes" March 28, 2021 Chris Clements Christine Nangle QABF10
While she takes the kids to a sleepover on a ship, Marge befriends Sarah Wiggum and discovers that she's not the quiet, meek woman she appears to be. Marge and Sarah are then dragged into a jewel heist by Sarah's old heist buddies.

Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony, Megan Mullally as Sarah Wiggum, Nick Offerman as Captain Bowditch, Natasha Rothwell as Bette, Bob Seger as himself, and Tiya Sircar as Erin.

Burger Kings promo 2.png 702 - 18 "Burger Kings" April 11, 2021 Lance Kramer Rob LaZebnik QABF11
Mr. Burns has a near-death experience after eating a burger. Realizing that nobody will mourn him when he's gone, he opens a vegetarian burger restaurant, X-Cell-Ent Burger. However, when Lisa discovers the secret behind its success, she tries to get Burns' newest business shut down.
Panic on the Streets of Springfield poster.png 703 - 19 "Panic on the Streets of Springfield" April 18, 2021 Matthew Nastuk Tim Long QABF12
Lisa gets an imaginary friend, a depressed British singer from the 1980s named Quilloughby, who makes her feel much better about her friends. Meanwhile, Homer gets a vehicle with a lot of power and becomes a truck guy.

Guest starring: Benedict Cumberbatch as the imaginary Quilloughby and the real Quilloughby.

Mother and Child Reunion promo 4.png 704 - 20 "Mother and Child Reunion" May 9, 2021 Jennifer Moeller J. Stewart Burns QABF14
Werner Herzog tells Marge and Lisa's future. Instead of going to college, Lisa goes straight into employment, which causes arguments between Marge and Lisa. Lisa goes on to create her own chain of schools, the Lisa Simpson Academy.

Guest starring: Werner Herzog as himself, Nate Silver as himself, and George Stephanopoulos as himself.

The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A. promo 3.png 705 - 21 "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." May 16, 2021 Michael Polcino Carolyn Omine QABF13
An elderly British secret agent, Terrance, comes to Springfield in search of the Grey Fox, a Russian spy. He suspects that Grampa is the elusive spy and enlists Homer's help to take him down.

Guest starring: Stephen Fry as Terrance, Terrance's father, Hazel, and the head of MI5.

The Last Barfighter promo 7.png 706 - 22 "The Last Barfighter" May 23, 2021 Timothy Bailey Dan Vebber QABF15
After Moe reveals to his barflies that bartenders share secrets told to them in confidence with one another, the secret society of bartenders seeks vengeance on Homer and his friends. The gang is attacked by bartenders using a drug called Antibooze, which makes it so they can never drink alcohol again.

Guest starring: Ian McShane as Artemis.


Script covers

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  • QABF07 Script.jpg
  • QABF11 Script.jpg
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Gallery

  • Promotional poster for Season 32

  • Manger Things 700 tatoo.jpg

References

  1. ↑ Variety - "The Simpsons renewed for Season 31 and 32"


Production video


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