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Airdate
Gag
Episode
Code
1
December 17, 1989
none
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
7G08
2
January 14, 1990
The family sits; Bart gets shot up in the air, then falls when the scene cuts to the TV credits. (This is the only time the couch gag visually continues into the closing shot of the TV.)
"Bart the Genius"
7G02
3
January 21, 1990
The family sits; the couch falls apart under their weight, leaving them sitting on cushions on the floor.
"Homer's Odyssey"
7G03
4
January 28, 1990
The family sits; Homer is squeezed off and lands on the floor with a thud.
"There's No Disgrace Like Home"
7G04
5
February 4, 1990
none
"Bart the General"
7G05
6
February 11, 1990
The family sits; Maggie is squeezed off, up into the air and out of frame, but Marge catches her as she falls back down. (This couch gag also appears in the arcade game.)
"Moaning Lisa"
7G06
7
February 18, 1990
Everyone sits on the couch; nothing happens. (Meant to be first couch gag in production order)
"The Call of the Simpsons"
7G09
8
February 25, 1990
repeat of 7G02's gag
"The Telltale Head"
7G07
9
March 18, 1990
none
"Life on the Fast Lane"
7G11
10
March 25, 1990
repeat of 7G03's gag
"Homer's Night Out"
7G10
11
April 15, 1990
repeat of 7G04's gag
"The Crepes of Wrath"
7G13
12
April 29, 1990
repeat of 7G06's gag
"Krusty Gets Busted"
7G12
13
May 13, 1990
repeat of 7G09's gag
"Some Enchanted Evening"
7G01
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Airdate
Gag
Episode
Code
14
October 11, 1990
The family sits on the couch and the couch falls through the floor. Homer yells, “D’oh!”
"Bart Gets an F"
7F03
15
October 18, 1990
Everyone is in a line in front of the couch and does a “Walk Like An Egyptian” style shuffle, then jumps on the couch with their arms in a “ta-da” pose.
"Simpson and Delilah"
7F02
16
October 25, 1990
none
"Treehouse of Horror"
7F04
17
November 1, 1990
The family sits down and the couch folds into a bed.
"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"
7F01
18
November 8, 1990
The family (except for Maggie) sits on the couch; Maggie then peeks her head out of Marge’s tall hair.
"Dancin' Homer"
7F05
19
November 15, 1990
The pets (Santa’s Little Helper and Snowball II) join the family on the couch.
"Dead Putting Society"
7F08
20
November 22, 1990
Grampa is asleep on the couch and gets startled awake when the family comes in.
"Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
7F07
21
December 6, 1990
Homer tips the couch over on its side and Maggie sits on a fallen couch cushion.
"Bart the Daredevil"
7F06
22
December 20, 1990
The family comes in and finds the couch missing.
"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
7F09
23
January 10, 1991
Homer squeezes everyone off the couch one by one until he has the couch all to himself.
"Bart Gets Hit by a Car"
7F10
24
January 24, 1991
The couch falls over backwards; Maggie peeks from behind.
"One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"
7F11
25
January 31, 1991
repeat of 7F03's gag (only Homer does not yell, "D'oh!" when the couch falls through the floor)
"The Way We Was"
7F12
26
February 7, 1991
repeat of 7F02's gag
"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"
7F13
27
February 14, 1991
repeat of 7F01's gag
"Principal Charming"
7F15
28
February 21, 1991
repeat of 7F05's gag
"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
7F16
29
March 7, 1991
repeat of 7F08's gag
"Bart's Dog Gets an F"
7F14
30
March 28, 1991
repeat of 7F07's gag
"Old Money"
7F17
31
April 11, 1991
repeat of 7F06's gag
"Brush with Greatness"
7F18
32
April 25, 1991
repeat of 7F09's gag
"Lisa's Substitute"
7F19
33
May 2, 1991
repeat of 7F10's gag
"The War of the Simpsons"
7F20
34
May 9, 1991
repeat of 7F11's gag
"Three Men and a Comic Book"
7F21
35
July 11, 1991
repeat of 7F03's gag
"Blood Feud"
7F22
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Airdate
Gag
Episode
Code
36
September 19, 1991
The family sits; the couch tips over backwards and crashes into the back wall.
"Stark Raving Dad"
7F24
37
September 26, 1991
The family sits on the couch. Homer pulls a distressed Santa’s Little Helper out from under him.
"Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"
8F01
38
October 3, 1991
repeat of 7F02's gag
"When Flanders Failed"
7F23
39
October 10, 1991
The family forms a human pyramid on the couch with Maggie on top.
"Bart the Murderer"
8F03
40
October 17, 1991
A space alien is on the couch with a drink in hand. Before the family can come in, it escapes through a trap door in the floor. The family comes in and sits as normal.
"Homer Defined"
8F04
41
October 24, 1991
Everyone (except for Bart) sits on the couch. Bart comes in moments later and lies stretched out on everyone’s laps.
"Like Father, Like Clown"
8F05
42
October 31, 1991
none
"Treehouse of Horror II"
8F02
43
November 7, 1991
Homer lies down on the couch and ends up getting sat on by the rest of the family.
"Lisa's Pony"
8F06
44
November 14, 1991
Everyone sits on the couch, and falls in with their legs behind their heads.
"Saturdays of Thunder"
8F07
45
November 21, 1991
Two burglars are in the process of carrying off the couch. The Simpsons come in and sit, but the burglars throw them off and leave with the couch.
"Flaming Moe's"
8F08
46
December 5, 1991
Santa’s Little Helper is asleep on the couch. When the family comes in, he growls ferociously, and the family backs away slowly.[4]
"Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"
8F09
47
December 26, 1991
The family (except Maggie, who hops after failing to do a proper cartwheel) cartwheels to the couch and lands with a “ta-da” pose.
"I Married Marge"
8F10
48
January 9, 1992
The family sits on the couch and end up bouncing over and under each other until they're in completely different places on the couch.
"Radio Bart"
8F11
49
January 23, 1992
repeat of 8F01's gag
"Lisa the Greek"
8F12
50
February 6, 1992
repeat of 8F03's gag
"Homer Alone"
8F14
51
February 13, 1992
repeat of 8F04's gag
"Bart the Lover"
8F16
52
February 20, 1992
The family runs to the couch, but knocks themselves unconscious in the process. Maggie (the only one who isn’t knocked out) ends up on the couch.
"Homer at the Bat"
8F13
53
February 27, 1992
repeat of 8F05's gag
"Separate Vocations"
8F15
54
March 12, 1992
repeat of 8F06's gag
"Dog of Death"
8F17
55
March 26, 1992
repeat of 8F07's gag
"Colonel Homer"
8F19
56
April 9, 1992
repeat of 8F08's gag
"Black Widower"
8F20
57
April 23, 1992
repeat of 8F09's gag
"The Otto Show"
8F21
58
May 7, 1992
repeat of 7F24's gag
"Bart's Friend Falls in Love"
8F22
59
August 27, 1992
repeat of 8F10's gag
"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"
8F23
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Gag
Episode
Code
60
September 24, 1992
The Flintstones (Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles) are on the couch. When the Simpsons come in, Fred smiles at Homer and invites him to sit.
"Kamp Krusty"
8F24
61
October 1, 1992
The family sits on the couch. The couch transforms into a monster and swallows the family.[1][4][5]
"A Streetcar Named Marge"
8F18
62
October 8, 1992
The Simpsons sit on the couch. The wall spins around, leaving behind an empty couch.
"Homer the Heretic"
9F01
63
October 15, 1992
Maggie is already on the couch. Homer, Marge, and Bart run off the edge of the film onto an empty white space and quickly run back. Lisa jumps in at the last minute.[4]
"Lisa the Beauty Queen"
9F02
64
October 29, 1992
The Simpsons are now skeletons who rush to the couch and sit as normal.
"Treehouse of Horror III"
9F04
65
November 3, 1992
The Simpsons sit on the couch. The couch deflates like a balloon.
"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"
9F03
66
November 5, 1992
The family’s heads are mismatched. Everyone undoes the mistake by taking back their proper heads and Maggie takes her pacifier out of Homer’s mouth.
"Marge Gets a Job"
9F05
67
November 12, 1992
repeat of 7F03's gag
"New Kid on the Block"
9F06
68
November 19, 1992
The couch is replaced by a small wooden chair; the family sits on it.
"Mr. Plow"
9F07
69
December 3, 1992
As the standard theme music stops, the family forms a chorus line, joined by a line of Rockette-like women, all high-kicking to a Vegas-like rendition of the main theme melody. The living room walls are lifted to make way for a large production number, featuring hand-standing elephants, magicians, Santa's Little Helper leaping through a ring of fire, and more all set to circus style music. The standard theme music then returns, concluding normally.[4]
"Lisa's First Word"
9F08
70
December 17, 1992
The family is shrunk and climbs the “giant” couch.[4]
"Homer's Triple Bypass"
9F09
71
January 14, 1993
The Simpsons sit down, followed by three rows of secondary characters (such as Kent Brockman, Apu, Krusty, Principal Skinner, Marge's mother Jackie, Mr. Burns, Smithers, a black-haired Princess Kashmir in her belly dancer costume, Nelson, Milhouse, Martin, and Mrs. Krabappel) from the show who obstruct the family's view.[4]
"Marge vs. the Monorail"
9F10
72
January 21, 1993
The family is caught in a rope trap set up on the floor.
"Selma's Choice"
9F11
73
February 4, 1993
repeat of 9F01's gag
"Brother From the Same Planet"
9F12
74
February 11, 1993
repeat of 9F08's gag
"I Love Lisa"
9F13
75
February 18, 1993
repeat of 9F02's gag
"Duffless"
9F14
76
March 11, 1993
repeat of 8F18's gag
"Last Exit to Springfield"
9F15
77
April 1, 1993
repeat of 9F05's gag
"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"
9F17
78
April 15, 1993
repeat of 9F08's gag
"The Front"
9F16
79
April 29, 1993
repeat of 9F07's gag
"Whacking Day"
9F18
80
May 6, 1993
repeat of 9F09's gag
"Marge in Chains"
9F20
81
May 13, 1993
repeat of 9F11's gag
"Krusty Gets Kancelled"
9F19
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Airdate
Gag
Episode
Code
82
September 30, 1993
A director does three couch gag takes. Take one: The Simpsons first run into the living room and shatter like glass, with Santa's Little Helper walking in to look at the mess on the floor. Take two: The Simpsons run in and coalesce into a multicolored, five-headed blob. Take three: The Simpsons run in and explode on contact, with Maggie's pacifier falling onto the blackened crater. (syndicated reruns use the “take one” couch gag and takes two and three are used as individual couch gags in different episodes)
"Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
9F21
83
October 7, 1993
repeat of 9F08's gag
"Cape Feare"
9F22
84
October 14, 1993
The family sits; the couch and family are crushed by the cutout foot from the opening of Monty Python's Flying Circus.[4]
"Homer Goes to College"
1F02
85
October 21, 1993
The Simpsons run in and find an identical Simpsons family on the couch. (This scene is frequently used as the opening couch gag on syndicated versions of Simpsons episodes from seasons one to five.)
"Rosebud"
1F01
86
October 28, 1993
The Simpsons are zombies who break through the floor and groan as they sit on the couch.
"Treehouse of Horror IV"
1F04
87
November 4, 1993
The family runs in and crashes through the wall, as it turns out the couch and other living room furniture is painted on a backdrop.
"Marge on the Lam"
1F03
88
November 11, 1993
The family runs in and finds an obese man taking up the entire couch. The man tries to give the Simpsons room to sit, but it's a tight fit.
"Bart's Inner Child"
1F05
89
November 18, 1993
The lights are out as five pairs of eyes enter. The lights turn on revealing only eyes, as the eyeless family rushes in and sits down, reconnecting with their eyes.
"Boy-Scoutz N the Hood"
1F06
90
December 9, 1993
The family sits, then realizes the couch is on the set of the Late Show with David Letterman; next to the couch, Dave spins in his chair to face forward at his desk.
"The Last Temptation of Homer"
1F07
91
December 16, 1993
repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags
"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
1F08
92
January 6, 1994
repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags
"Homer the Vigilante"
1F09
93
February 3, 1994
repeat of the second of 9F21's three gags
"Bart Gets Famous"
1F11
94
February 10, 1994
Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa poke their heads out from behind the couch; Maggie pokes out from behind the center cushion
"Homer and Apu"
1F10
95
February 17, 1994
repeat of 1F02's gag
"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"
1F12
96
February 24, 1994
repeat of 1F05's gag
"Deep Space Homer"
1F13
97
March 17, 1994
There are two identical couches in the living room. The Simpsons split themselves down the middle and each half sits on the couches.
"Homer Loves Flanders"
1F14
98
March 31, 1994
repeat of 1F06's gag
"Bart Gets an Elephant"
1F15
99
April 14, 1994
The Simpsons are balls that bounce onto the couch. Bart almost bounces away, but Homer reigns him in and hurls him onto the couch.
"Burns' Heir"
1F16
100
April 28, 1994
The Simpsons sit on the couch just as a translucent FOX station identification logo appears in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Homer sees it, gets up from the couch, peels it off, and stomps on it (with the family joining him in stomping it) before returning to the couch.
"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"
1F18
101
May 5, 1994
repeat of 1F07's gag
"The Boy Who Knew Too Much"
1F19
102
May 12, 1994
repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags
"Lady Bouvier's Lover"
1F21
103
May 19, 1994
repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags
"Secrets of a Successful Marriage"
1F20
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Airdate
Gag
Episode
Code
104
September 4, 1994
The Simpsons sit down in midair; the couch builds itself on top of the family and makes them fall.
"Bart of Darkness"
1F22
105
September 11, 1994
The living room floor is a shallow body of water. The Simpsons swim their way to the couch. Once on the couch, Bart removes his scuba mask and Homer dries out his ear by sticking his finger in it.[4]
"Lisa's Rival"
1F17
106
September 25, 1994
repeat of 1F02's gag
"Another Simpsons Clip Show"
2F33
107
October 2, 1994
The family is beamed onto the couch, Star Trek-style.[3]
"Itchy & Scratchy Land"
2F01
108
October 9, 1994
repeat of 1F06's gag (original airing)/repeat of 1F01's gag (subsequent airings)/none on the Simpsons season six DVD set
"Sideshow Bob Roberts"
2F02
109
October 30, 1994
The Simpson family members are built à la Frankenstein’s monster with each other’s body parts. They try to retrieve their own parts, but it’s not an improvement.
"Treehouse of Horror V"
2F03
110
November 6, 1994
repeat of 1F06's gag
"Bart's Girlfriend"
2F04
111
November 13, 1994
The Simpsons sit on the couch and get shot into the ceiling, with only their legs and feet showing.
"Lisa on Ice"
2F05
112
November 27, 1994
In a loose parody of the film, Time Bandits, the family chases after the couch and the back wall as it slides down an endless hallway.[4]
"Homer Badman"
2F06
113
December 4, 1994
The family run in from the side past a repeating background shot of the couch and TV.
"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"
2F07
114
December 18, 1994
repeat of 9F08's gag
"Fear of Flying"
2F08
115
January 8, 1995
The living room is at the center of an M.C. Escher's Relativity style environment with multiple staircases and conflicting perspectives; the family enters from various directions (and dimensions) and sits.[1]
"Homer the Great"
2F09
116
January 22, 1995
The living room is seen through the barrel of a gun with music typically heard in a James Bond film playing. Homer walks in and fires at the unseen gunman. The screen “bleeds” red and falls.
"And Maggie Makes Three"
2F10
117
February 5, 1995
The living room is shown in black and white. The Simpsons—animated as smiling, rubber-hosed cartoon characters of the early 1930s—come in and do a stiff dance.[4]
"Bart's Comet"
2F11
118
February 12, 1995
repeat of 1F22's gag
"Homie the Clown"
2F12
119
February 19, 1995
repeat of 1F17's gag
"Bart vs. Australia"
2F13
120
February 26, 1995
repeat of 2F01's gag (except The Simpsons now appear on the couch in a burst of whitish-blue light as seen on the show Quantam Leap)
"Homer vs. Patty & Selma"
2F14
121
March 5, 1995
The family’s heights are reversed; Maggie is now the largest while Homer is the smallest.[4]
"A Star Is Burns"
2F31
122
March 19, 1995
repeat of 2F05's gag
"Lisa's Wedding"
2F15
123
April 9, 1995
repeat of 2F06's gag
"Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"
2F18
124
April 16, 1995
repeat of 2F09's gag
"The PTA Disbands"
2F19
125
April 30, 1995
repeat of 2F31's gag
"'Round Springfield"
2F32
126
May 7, 1995
repeat of 2F10's gag (only the James Bond music playing sounds different than the one heard in 2F10)
"The Springfield Connection"
2F21
127
May 14, 1995
repeat of 2F11's gag
"Lemon of Troy"
2F22
128
May 21, 1995
repeat of 2F07's gag
"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"
2F16
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Gag
Episode
Code
129
September 17, 1995
The theme from "Dragnet" plays as the couch slides away and a police lineup height chart unfurls from above. The family lines up in front of it.
"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"
2F20
130
September 24, 1995
Like a fax machine, the couch ejects a sheet of paper with a picture of the family, which then floats up into the air, before sliding beneath the couch.
"Radioactive Man"
2F17
131
October 1, 1995
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Grampa (who’s sleeping), Santa’s Little Helper, and Snowball II are in a Brady Bunch-style nine-square grid, with the couch in the center square. Everyone (except Grampa) runs to the center square.
"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"
3F01
132
October 8, 1995
The family drive around the room in go-karts, wearing fezzes. They line up in front of the couch and honk their horns simultaneously.
"Bart Sells His Soul"
3F02
133
October 15, 1995
The Simpsons are colorless blobs. Mechanical arms color and detail the family.
"Lisa the Vegetarian"
3F03
134
October 29, 1995
The family are hanged on nooses, staring blankly. Despite being dead from asphyxiation, Maggie manages to suck on her pacificer.
"Treehouse of Horror VI"
3F04
135
November 5, 1995
The Simpsons are five malfunctioning wind-up dolls who buzz and waddle their way to the couch (or at least near it).
"King-Size Homer"
3F05
136
November 19, 1995
A bowling pin clearing bar scares Snowball II off the couch, then a pinsetter places the family on the couch like bowling pins.
"Mother Simpson"
3F06
137
November 26, 1995
The whole room is under water, the couch is made of clam shells, and a treasure chest is in place of the TV. Sea monkey versions of the family members swim in and sit on the clam couch.
"Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"
3F08
138
December 3, 1995
A montage of couch gags from 8F18, 9F02, 9F10, 9F09, 8F09, 1F02, 2F31, 2F09, 2F06, 1F17, 2F11, and 9F08.
"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"
3F31
139
December 17, 1995
The family sits on the couch. Homer notices a plug in the middle of the floor and pulls it. Everyone and everything gets sucked down the drain.
"Marge Be Not Proud"
3F07
140
January 7, 1996
The family sits. The camera then zooms in through a mouse hole, where a family of mice with similar features to The Simpson family rush to the couch and sit as well.
"Team Homer"
3F10
141
January 14, 1996
Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are moose heads on the wall and Homer is a bearskin rug on the floor. A game hunter comes in, sits on the couch, and smokes a pipe.
"Two Bad Neighbors"
3F09
142
February 4, 1996
The living room is bathed in black light, with the Simpsons in fluorescent colors while a hard rock guitar riff plays. Homer turns the light on and the normal music plays.
"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"
3F11
143
February 11, 1996
repeat of 2F17's gag (but this time, the paper doesn't slide back under the couch)
"Bart the Fink"
3F12
144
February 18, 1996
repeat of 3F01's gag
"Lisa the Iconoclast"
3F13
145
February 25, 1996
repeat of 3F02's gag
"Homer the Smithers"
3F14
146
March 17, 1996
repeat of 3F03's gag
"The Day the Violence Died"
3F16
147
March 24, 1996
repeat of 3F05's gag
"A Fish Called Selma"
3F15
148
March 31, 1996
repeat of 3F06's gag
"Bart on the Road"
3F17
149
April 14, 1996
repeat of 3F08's gag
"22 Short Films About Springfield"
3F18
150
April 28, 1996
repeat of 3F07's gag
"Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish""
3F19
151
May 5, 1996
repeat of 3F09's gag
"Much Apu About Nothing"
3F20
152
May 19, 1996
repeat of 3F11's gag
"Homerpalooza"
3F21
153
May 19, 1996
repeat of 2F17's gag
"Summer of 4 Ft. 2"
3F22
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Gag
Episode
Code
154
October 27, 1996
The Grim Reaper is on the couch. The family runs in, but keel over and die one by one. The Reaper then puts his feet up on the corpses of the Simpson family.
"Treehouse of Horror VII"
4F02
155
November 3, 1996
Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie deploy parachutes as they fall from the sky onto the couch. Homer comes down screaming and lands on his face from an unopened parachute pack.
"You Only Move Twice"
3F23
156
November 10, 1996
The couch sits in the middle of a desert; the family, in western cowboy garb, sits on the couch, which gallops off into the sunset.
"The Homer They Fall"
4F03
157
November 17, 1996
Clear blue bubble versions of the family members float into the room, land on the couch, and pop.
"Burns, Baby Burns"
4F05
158
November 24, 1996
The whole scene is a Simpsons rendition of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album, featuring a large crowd of regulars, several objects associated with the show, wax statues of the Simpsons as they were on The Tracey Ullman Show. The last chord to the Beatles song, "A Day in the Life" plays instead of the traditional Simpsons music as the family comes in, standing front and center and dressed in Sgt. Pepper regalia. Homer looks around and turns to look at the crowded scene behind him.
"Bart After Dark"
4F06
159
December 1, 1996
The family sits down, but now Bart is green. Homer fiddles with the TV antenna and Bart changes to red. Homer then returns to the couch, and smacks Bart in the back of the head in order to return him to his normal color (yellow).
"A Milhouse Divided"
4F04
160
December 15, 1996
Everybody and everything is upside-down. The Simpsons (also upside-down) come in and sit on the couch, but end up falling on the ceiling/floor.
"Lisa's Date with Density"
4F01
161
December 29, 1996
The couch is replaced with a coin slot and the words “Vend-A-Couch” written on the wall. Homer puts a coin in; nothing happens. Homer pounds on the wall four times before the couch falls on him.
"Hurricane Neddy"
4F07
162
January 5, 1997
repeat of 3F23's gag
"El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"
3F24
163
January 12, 1997
The family flies into the room wearing jet packs. Maggie spirals in last, landing in Marge's lap.
"The Springfield Files"
3G01
164
January 19, 1997
The couch is now a giant Whack-A-Mole game, with The Simpson family as the moles. The clown hallucination music from the season six episode “Homer the Clown” plays as an unseen player tries to hit one of the Simpson moles — and successfully gets Homer.
"The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
4F08
165
February 2, 1997
The couch is folded out into a bed with Grampa sleeping on it. The Simpsons fold the couch in (with Grampa shouting "Huh?" before he's folded in) and sit.
"Mountain of Madness"
4F10
166
February 7, 1997
The living room is empty. Cut to outside where Homer is struggling with a locked front door while the other members of the family wait impatiently.
"Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious"
3G03
167
February 9, 1997
repeat of 4F06's gag (in syndication, this is replaced with the "Simpsons Meet The Flintstones" couch gag from 8F24, but the audio from 4F06's gag can still be heard)
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"
4F12
168
February 16, 1997
The living room is in an “America Onlink” window on a computer screen. An unseen computer user tries to download the family, but the download shows no signs of progress after a few seconds and the user tries to exit the window (which also doesn’t work).
"Homer's Phobia"
4F11
169
February 23, 1997
repeat of 4F01's gag
"Brother from Another Series"
4F14
170
March 2, 1997
The couch is on the deck of a ship at sea in rough waters, sliding back and forth with the tilt of the ship. The family, dressed in raingear, sits on the couch, before an enormous wave washes them away. The TV surfaces moments later.
"My Sister, My Sitter"
4F13
171
March 16, 1997
repeat of 4F03's gag
"Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment"
4F15
172
April 6, 1997
repeat of 4F05's gag
"Grade School Confidential"
4F09
173
April 13, 1997
repeat of 4F10's gag
"The Canine Mutiny"
4F16
174
April 20, 1997
repeat of 4F08's gag (only now, the sounds of the mallet hitting the family members is more aggressive)
"The Old Man and the Lisa"
4F17
175
April 27, 1997
repeat of 4F07's gag
"In Marge We Trust"
4F18
176
May 4, 1997
repeat of 4F04's gag (in some syndicated versions, the parachute couch gag from 3F23 and 3F24 is used)
"Homer's Enemy"
4F19
177
May 11, 1997
none
"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"
4F20
178
May 18, 1997
repeat of 4F01's gag
"The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"
4F21
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Gag
Episode
Code
179
September 21, 1997
The family comes in, dressed as the Harlem Globetrotters, passing a basketball to each other while Sweet Georgia Brown plays. Maggie dunks the ball into the basket above the couch, hitting Homer on the head.
"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"
4F22
180
September 28, 1997
The Simpsons are dressed as astronauts and sit on the couch just as it blasts off into space.
"The Principal and the Pauper"
4F23
181
October 19, 1997
Homer runs in alone and stands in front of the couch. The top half of him pops off and on to the couch revealing a smaller Marge standing inside the lower half of Homer, like a Russian nesting doll. The top half of Marge pops off revealing Bart, whose top half pops off revealing Lisa, whose top half finally pops off to reveal Maggie, who stays in the middle of Homer’s body and sucks on her pacifier.
"Lisa's Sax"
3G02
182
October 26, 1997
The Simpsons sit on the couch. Metal shackles restrain their wrists and ankles and a metal cap comes down on all of their heads. The family writhes in pain as they get electrocuted.
"Treehouse of Horror VIII"
5F02
183
November 2, 1997
The couch is a trough filled with water. The Simpsons, with their butts on fire, rush to the trough and sit to extinguish the fire. They all sigh in relief as steam billows out.
"The Cartridge Family"
5F01
184
November 9, 1997
The family sits. An auto-crusher compresses them all into a rectangular block.
"Bart Star"
5F03
185
November 16, 1997
Bart runs in and spray-paints the family onto the couch, tagging it with an "El Barto" signature, then runs off.
"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
5F04
186
November 23, 1997
The living room is a sauna, with three men in towels relaxing. The Simpsons (also in towels) arrive, but leave sheepishly as the three men glare at them.
"Lisa the Skeptic"
5F05
187
December 7, 1997
The family sits; Matt Groening's[6] live action hand spins the picture around, smearing the shot's paint.
"Realty Bites"
5F06
188
December 21, 1997
The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. The camera zooms out and reveals that the living room is part of a snow globe that two hands shake to make the snow fall.
"Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
5F07
189
January 4, 1998
The floor is a treadmill. Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie run in place for a few seconds, then successfully dismount, while Homer gets stuck on it, yelling, “Marge, stop this crazy thing!”
"All Singing, All Dancing"
5F24
190
January 11, 1998
The Simpsons go to sit on the couch, but fall on their butts when the couch gets pulled back. Nelson Muntz comes from behind the couch and laughs.
"Bart Carny"
5F08
191
February 8, 1998
Similar to the couch gag on "Homer's Triple Bypass", the Simpsons are microsized and trying to get on the giant couch. Unlike the couch gag to "Homer's Triple Bypass," The Simpsons take a little longer to climb onto the couch and, once they reach the top, Santa's Little Helper grabs Homer and carries him away in his mouth.
"The Joy of Sect"
5F23
192
February 15, 1998
The Simpsons are frogs (with Maggie as a tadpole) jumping to a lily pad "couch. Homer turns on the TV with his tongue. (according to the season 9 DVD commentary, Dan Castellaneta's daughter came up with the idea for this couch gag)
"Das Bus"
5F11
193
February 22, 1998
repeat of 5F01's gag
"The Last Temptation of Krust"
5F10
194
March 1, 1998
repeat of 5F03's gag
"Dumbbell Indemnity"
5F12
195
March 8, 1998
A vine growns in the middle of the living room and sprouts into a tree bearing Simpsons family versions of various fruits and vegetables: Bart is a strawberry, Homer is a squash, Marge is an asparagus, Maggie is broccoli, and Lisa is a pineapple.
"Lisa the Simpson"
4F24
196
March 22, 1998
repeat of 5F04's gag (but this time, Bart peeks from around the TV first to make sure the coast is clear)
"This Little Wiggy"
5F13
197
March 29, 1998
In a parody of the Rocky & Bullwinkle bumpers, The Simpsons fall off a cliff during a lightning storm as the Rocky & Bullwinkle theme plays throughout. Their eyes are shown floating towards the heavens. The scene then cuts to The Simpsons sprouting from the ground amidst a garden of flowers. Bart spits up a clod of dirt.
"Simpson Tide"
3G04
198
April 5, 1998
repeat of 5F05's gag
"The Trouble with Trillions"
5F14
199
April 19, 1998
repeat of 5F06's gag
"Girly Edition"
5F15
200
April 26, 1998
The Simpson family find themselves in Mrs. Krabappel’s classroom where Bart is writing the blackboard punishment phrase, “I Will Not Mess With The Opening Credits”.
"Trash of the Titans"
5F09
201
May 3, 1998
repeat of 5F07's gag
"King of the Hill"
5F16
202
May 10, 1998
repeat of 5F08's gag
"Lost Our Lisa"
5F17
203
May 17, 1998
repeat of 5F11's gag
"Natural Born Kissers"
5F18
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Gag
Episode
Code
204
August 23, 1998
repeat of 5F08's gag
"Lard of the Dance"
5F20
205
September 20, 1998
Similar to the couch gag from the season four's "Marge vs. the Monorail", the living room is filled with supporting characters from the show. Unlike "Marge vs. the Monorail," the living room is now a movie theater and the Simpsons are shuffling their way through to find a seat. After they sit down, Homer leans in and eats from the Comic Book Guy's popcorn tub.
"The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"
5F21
206
September 27, 1998
Two firemen hold the couch like a safety net. Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie land safely on the couch. Homer, however, falls screaming through the floor.
"Bart the Mother"
5F22
207
October 25, 1998
The family never makes it to the couch; Bart gets run over by Homer. Lisa gets catapulted into the garage roof, and Homer gets run down by Marge as she drives into the garage. Meanwhile, in the living room Freddy Krueger (of the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies) and Jason Voorhees (of the Friday the 13th movies) sit on the couch, wondering where the family is.
"Treehouse of Horror IX"
AABF01
208
November 8, 1998
Marge enters with a laundry basket, humming as she hangs wet sheet versions of Homer, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie on a clothesline.
"When You Dish Upon a Star"
5F19
209
November 15, 1998
The family sits. a safety bar lowers over their laps and the couch zooms around the room like a roller coaster car.
"D'oh-in in the Wind"
AABF02
210
November 22, 1998
The family sits. Salon-style hair dryers descend onto their heads, then lift up, revealing the family members all have swapped hairdos. Homer has Maggie's spikes, Marge has Bart's spikes, Bart has Lisa's spikes, Lisa has Homer's "combover," and Maggie has Marge's big, blue bouffant (the weight of which causes Maggie to fall off the couch).
"Lisa Gets an "A""
AABF03
211
December 6, 1998
repeat of 5F11's gag
"Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble""
AABF04
212
December 20, 1998
repeat of 5F03's gag
"Mayored to the Mob"
AABF05
213
January 10, 1999
repeat of 5F06's gag
"Viva Ned Flanders"
AABF06
214
January 17, 1999
In a parody of the famous scene in Dr. Strangelove where Slim Pickens’ character rides the bomb, the Simpsons (wearing white cowboy hats) straddle the couch as it drops from a bomb bay door. The Simpsons scream, “Yahoo!” as they plummet into oblivion.
"Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"
AABF07
215
January 31, 1999
The living room is in shallow water and the Simpsons sit on the couch. When an iceberg floats by, the couch sinks vertically like the RMS Titanic and the family clings to dear life as it goes under. Maggie resurfaces on a couch cushion moments later with the remote control in hand.
"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
AABF08
216
February 7, 1999
repeat of 5F19's gag
"Homer to the Max"
AABF09
217
February 14, 1999
repeat of AABF03's gag
"I'm with Cupid"
AABF11
218
February 21, 1999
repeat of AABF02's gag
"Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""
AABF10
219
February 28, 1999
repeat of 5F22's gag
"Make Room for Lisa"
AABF12
220
March 28, 1999
Marge and Homer are depicted as children while Bart and Lisa are depicted as adults (and Maggie is a baby doll in Homer’s arms). Homer reaches for the remote control, but Lisa slaps it away from him.
"Maximum Homerdrive"
AABF13
221
April 4, 1999
The family slips on banana peels on the floor, flipping upside-down in the air, but all land safely on the couch.
"Simpsons Bible Stories"
AABF14
222
April 11, 1999
repeat of AABF07's gag
"Mom and Pop Art"
AABF15
223
April 25, 1999
repeat of 5F21's gag
"The Old Man and The "C" Student"
AABF16
224
May 2, 1999
repeat of 9F08's gag
"Monty Can't Buy Me Love"
AABF17
225
May 9, 1999
repeat of AABF08's gag
"They Saved Lisa's Brain"
AABF18
226
May 16, 1999
The Simpsons sit on the couch, but get sucked inside and come out looking like a shredded piece of paper.
"Thirty Minutes over Tokyo"
AABF20
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Airdate
Gag
Episode
Production Code
227
September 26, 1999
The Simpson family (as they are currently drawn) run in and find their crudely drawn counterparts from The Tracey Ullman Show. Both families look at each other and run screaming out the room.
"Beyond Blunderdome"
AABF23
228
October 3, 1999
The family comes in, colorless and marked with numbers. A group of Korean painters come in to color the family, but forget to outline the eyes on Homer and Marge.
"Brother's Little Helper"
AABF22
229
October 24, 1999
The family comes in. Marge notices Matt Groening's signature at the bottom of the screen and wipes it off. A caricature of Matt Groening (complete with graying beard, glasses, and a tacky orange and yellow Hawaiian shirt) comes in and resigns the scene.
"Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
AABF21
230
October 31, 1999
The family members (mostly) appear as they have in previous Halloween episodes: Homer is a jack-in-the-box (from 8F02), Bart is a mutant fly (from 5F02), Marge is a witch (also from 5F02), and Maggie is an alien (from AABF01); Lisa, an ax murder victim (the only one not based on a previous episode), comments on the lackluster Halloween special hosted by Kang and Kodos ("What do aliens have to do with Halloween?"). Maggie yells, "Silence!" and blasts Lisa with her ray-gun.
"Treehouse of Horror X"
BABF01
231
November 7, 1999
The living room is set up like a trendy nightclub (complete with a disco ball, a velvet rope, three 20-something club hoppers, and a bouncer). The bouncer lets Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie in, but sends Homer away.
"E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)"
AABF19
232
November 14, 1999
A cement truck pours out concrete statues of the Simpson family. The top half of Homer’s statue quickly breaks off and falls to the floor.
"Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder"
BABF02
233
November 21, 1999
The Simpsons sit on the couch and the wall spins around as seen in "Homer the Heretic." Instead of an empty couch, however, a Vincent Price-esque mad scientist and a shackled and scared Ned Flanders are on the other side of the wall.
"Eight Misbehavin'"
BABF03
234
November 28, 1999
repeat of AABF20's gag
"Take My Wife, Sleaze"
BABF05
235
December 19, 1999
Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie slide down a fire pole that's next to the couch. Homer, however, gets stuck in the hole and flails about helplessly.
"Grift of the Magi"
BABF07
236
January 9, 2000
A crash test dummy version of the family sits. The couch slides forward and slams into the TV (simluating a car crash test), then pulls back into place. Crash test dummy Homer's head falls off from the trauma.
"Little Big Mom"
BABF04
237
January 16, 2000
A Sigmund Freud caricature is sitting in a chair next to the couch. Homer hops on the couch and yells, "Oh, doctor, I'm crazy!", then sobs everyone else stares sadly at each other.
"Faith Off"
BABF06
238
January 23, 2000
repeat of AABF13's gag
"The Mansion Family"
BABF08
239
February 6, 2000
The family leaps into the room, all dressed in white karate uniforms and black belts. They chop the couch to pieces while Homer does a spinning kick and clicks on the TV with the remote.
"Saddlesore Galactica"
BABF09
240
February 13, 2000
Everyone (save Maggie, who's with Marge) comes in on bumper cars and slams Homer into the wall repeatedly.
"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"
BABF10
241
February 20, 2000
The couch is sitting in the Evergreen Terrace Subway Station. The family (seated on a bench) get on the next train that arrives on the track and leave.
"Missionary: Impossible"
BABF11
242
February 27, 2000
repeat of AABF21's gag
"Pygmoelian"
BABF12
243
March 19, 2000
repeat of AABF19's gag
"Bart to the Future"
BABF13
244
April 9, 2000
repeat of AABF23's gag
"Days of Wine and D'oh'ses"
BABF14
245
April 30, 2000
The Simpsons (save Maggie, who is in Marge's arms) are barefoot and briskly walking across a bed of hot coals. When the family sits on the couch, they prop their feet up, revealing their black and smoldering soles.
"Kill the Alligator and Run"
BABF16
246
May 7, 2000
Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie (dressed in jungle loincloths) swing into the room on a vine gracefully like Tarzan. Homer, however, swings by, fails to release the vine in time, and crashes offscreen like George of the Jungle.
"Last Tap Dance in Springfield"
BABF15
247
May 14, 2000
repeat of AABF22's gag
"It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge"
BABF18
248
May 21, 2000
The family sits down. Bart puts a coin in the "Magic Fingers" slot on his side of the couch. The couch vibrates away, taking the family with it.
"Behind the Laughter"
BABF19
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Airdate
Gag
Episode
Code
249
November 1, 2000
none
"Treehouse of Horror XI"
BABF21
250
November 5, 2000
Bart puts a whoopee cushion under Homer's spot. When the family sits down, Homer sits on it and triggers its farting sound. Homer grins sheepishly at Marge, Lisa, and Maggie (who are frowning) while Bart laughs.
"A Tale of Two Springfields"
BABF20
251
November 12, 2000
The shot opens on the TV rather than the couch. The family runs in and freezes in mid-air. The camera pans around them in Matrix-style bullet-time. When the camera is angled on the couch, time resumes normally and they sit down without further incident.
"Insane Clown Poppy"
BABF17
252
November 19, 2000
Maggie is on the couch. The rest of the Simpsons waddle in dressed as The Teletubbies and Maggie applauds with delight.
"Lisa the Tree Hugger"
CABF01
253
November 26, 2000
A skating ramp is set up next to the couch. Marge (with Maggie in hand), Bart, and Lisa successfully do skateboard tricks off the ramp and onto the couch. Homer, however, falls off the ramp and, adding injury to insult, gets hit on the head with his own skateboard.
"Homer vs. Dignity"
CABF04
254
December 3, 2000
Santa’s Little Helper dances on his hind legs like Snoopy on The Charlie Brown Christmas Special while the popular "Peanuts" theme plays. When the family comes in, Santa’s Little Helper slowly stops dancing, sits on his hind legs, and barks.
"The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
CABF02
255
December 10, 2000
The Simpsons swim to the couch in deep-sea diving gear. The camera zooms out to reveal that the living room is in a fish bowl.
"The Great Money Caper"
CABF03
256
December 17, 2000
A football is thrown in the center of the living room. The Simpsons, dressed as football players, tackle each other for the ball. Maggie squirms out with ball in hand, spikes it, and does a victory dance.
"Skinner's Sense of Snow"
CABF06
257
January 7, 2001
The Simpsons are placed on the couch by the transport tubes used on Futurama. A yellow-skinned Philip J. Fry is in on the couch for a split second before he’s sucked up and replaced by Bart.
"HOMR"
BABF22
258
January 14, 2001
repeat of BABF03's gag
"Pokey Mom"
CABF05
259
February 4, 2001
The couch is replaced by a valet parking spot. The Squeaky-Voiced Teen pushes a couch in place for the Simpsons to sit down. He then holds his hand out for a tip and leaves angrily when he doesn’t get it.
"Worst Episode Ever"
CABF08
260
February 11, 2001
The living room floor is frozen over. The Simpsons ice skate to the couch. When Homer sits down, his side of the couch falls through.
"Tennis the Menace"
CABF07
261
February 18, 2001
repeat of BABF06's gag
"Day of the Jackanapes"
CABF10
262
February 25, 2001
The couch is outside a prison wall. A siren wails and a searchlight moves as The Simpsons (dressed in striped prison jumpsuits) tunnel their way to the couch.
"New Kids on the Blecch"
CABF12
263
March 4, 2001
repeat of BABF09's gag
"Hungry, Hungry Homer"
CABF09
264
March 11, 2001
repeat of BABF10's gag
"Bye Bye Nerdie"
CABF11
265
April 1, 2001
repeat of 9F08's gag
"Simpson Safari"
CABF13
266
April 29, 2001
repeat of CABF04's gag
"Trilogy of Error"
CABF14
267
May 6, 2001
repeat of BABF02's gag
"I'm Goin' to Praiseland"
CABF15
268
May 13, 2001
repeat of BABF04's gag
"Children of a Lesser Clod"
CABF16
269
May 20, 2001
repeat of BABF11's gag
"Simpsons Tall Tales"
CABF17
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Gag
Episode
Code
270
November 6, 2001
none
"Treehouse of Horror XII"
CABF19
271
November 11, 2001
The Simpsons are in the simplistically drawn sailboat painting located behind the couch. They jump out of the painting by going in the “water”. The living room is wet from the splash and Homer uses his finger to clean his ear out while clicking on the TV with the remote.
"The Parent Rap"
CABF22
272
November 18, 2001
repeat of CABF06's gag
"Homer the Moe"
CABF20
273
December 2, 2001
repeat of CABF12's gag
"A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love"
CABF18
274
December 9, 2001
repeat of BABF17's gag
"The Blunder Years"
CABF21
275
December 16, 2001
The couch is a slot machine that shows Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa in the tumbler windows. Maggie, however, is replaced by lucky number “7” as a pile of gold coins spill out.
"She of Little Faith"
DABF02
276
January 6, 2002
The couch is replaced by a hedge. A gardener comes in and creates a topiary of The Simpsons.
"Brawl in the Family"
DABF01
277
January 20, 2002
The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. A crane game clamp comes down and picks up Homer. Homer screams, “Ow! My brain!” as he's being pulled out of frame.
"Sweets and Sour Marge"
DABF03
278
January 27, 2002
The living room is black and while (like in the couch gag for "Bart's Comet"). Homer, dressed as Charlie Chaplin’s The Tramp character, waddles to the couch and twitches his nose. When Tramp Homer sits down, the rest of the family, dressed as silent movie characters, join him.
"Jaws Wired Shut"
DABF05
279
February 10, 2002
The Simpsons come in just as two repo men take the couch away. Homer sobs loudly, Marge looks confused, and the kids sit on the floor to watch TV.
"Half-Decent Proposal"
DABF04
280
February 17, 2002
repeat of 9F08's gag
"The Bart Wants What It Wants"
DABF06
281
February 24, 2002
The Squeaky-Voiced Teen and an unknown adolescent girl are making out on the couch. The Simpsons come in. The Squeaky-Voiced Teen yelps and the unknown girl smiles uneasily.
"The Lastest Gun in the West"
DABF07
282
March 10, 2002
The family runs in to find the Blue Man Group performing on drums in front of the couch. Homer murmurs "What the--?!"
"The Old Man and the Key"
DABF09
283
March 17, 2002
The Simpsons rushing to and sitting on the couch is animated in pencil-drawn flipbook style, with the pages flipped by a pair of live-action hands.
"Tales from the Public Domain"
DABF08
284
March 31, 2002
The family are marionettes who get caught in each other's strings. The camera pans up to reveal Matt Groening as the puppet master, who throws the puppets down in frustration.
"Blame it on Lisa"
DABF10
285
April 7, 2002
repeat of DABF01's gag
"Weekend at Burnsie's"
DABF11
286
April 21, 2002
repeat of DABF02's gag
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