Specials

Season 0 • 1987

Episodes

1. Good Night

Good Night was the first ever Simpsons short to air on The Tracey Ullman Show. The five main family members - Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie - were first introduced in this short. Homer and Marge attempt to calm their children to sleep, with the opposite results. Maggie can be heard saying "good night". She rarely talks throughout the run of the series.

1987-04-19 • 2 min

2. Watching TV

Bart and Lisa quarrel during commercial breaks over what channel they'll watch. Repeatedly Maggie comes up to the television and changes the channel. Later Homer is saying some speech about family matters then stops when the show comes back on. A piece of music from the Tracey Ullman show plays at one part or another during the short.

1987-05-03 • 2 min

3. Jumping Bart

Homer makes several attempts to have Bart jump into his arms. Each time Bart jumps Homer is distracted and fails to catch him. Towards the end of the episode boxing gloves are delivered, presumably the ones used in the episode Punching Bag.

1987-05-10 • 2 min

4. Babysitting Maggie

Marge puts Bart and Lisa in charge of babysitting Maggie. They watch TV while Maggie gets electrocuted, falls down the stairs, and falls off the roof. Maggie sticks a fork in an electrical socket thereby electocuting herself, she crawls up the stairs and falls down them in insane Slinky fashion then she climbs onto the roof in hot pursuit of a butterfly, and falls off it.

1987-05-31 • 2 min

5. The Pacifier

Lisa and Bart try to get Maggie to stop sucking on her pacifier, but Maggie, who has an entire drawer full of them, refuses to kick the habit.

1987-06-21 • 2 min

6. Burping Contest

Despite Marge's objections, Bart, Lisa and even Maggie compete in a contest to see who can make the most disgusting burp.

1987-06-28 • 2 min

7. Dinner Time

Marge serves the family purple goop for dinner, insisting that they say grace first.

1987-07-12 • 2 min

8. Making Faces

Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. Maggie unclearly speaks in this episode.

1987-09-22 • 2 min

9. The Funeral

Bart is determined to see his uncle's corpse...but not for long. This is the only appearance of Uncle Hubert.

1987-10-04 • 2 min

10. Maggie's Brain

Bart and Lisa wonder what's inside Maggie's mind.

1987-10-11 • 2 min

11. Football

Homer teaches Bart about the importance of Football.

1987-10-18 • 2 min

12. House of Cards

Bart tries to make a house of cards, but Lisa Maggie make noises that have the "house" fall every time.

1987-10-25 • 2 min

13. Bart and Homer's Dinner

Bart can't stomach it when he and Homer are forced to fend for themselves.

1987-11-01 • 2 min

14. Space Patrol

Bart, Lisa and Maggie play a game of "Space Patrol" while Homer and Marge are out. Lisa plays a superhero with Maggie as her sidekick, while Bart puts a jug on his head with the pretense of it being the helmet of an alien warlord. However, his head accidentally plops into it and the jug is left stuck on his head. Lisa "frees" Bart from the jug using a croquet mallet. Lisa and Maggie then hide, allowing Bart, stumbling in a daze amongst pieces of the precious broken jug lying on the floor, to take the blame.

1987-11-08 • 2 min

15. Bart's Haircut

Bart has his hair cut too short by a barber. This is the first time we hear a character from The Simpsons series say a curse word.

1987-11-15 • 2 min

16. World War III

Homer wakes up the family to practice for a nuclear drill... in the middle of the night.

1987-11-22 • 2 min

17. The Perfect Crime

Marge bakes a batch of delicious cookies. Bart attempts to steal them, but burns his fingers trying to pick them up. Everyone except Bart and Maggie leave the kitchen to let them cool down, and Bart takes this opportunity to swipe them, muttering to himself "Aha! The perfect crime!" Homer and Marge come back to find the tray empty. Marge suspects Maggie of eating the cookies, but as a witness she knows exactly who took them and guides them along a trail of cookies running across the floor. His family catch him lying on his back in his bedroom amidst a pile of cookie crumbs. Looking up at them with his stomach full, he groans, "There is no perfect crime." His head bangs back down on the ground and Maggie, secretively, snacks on an uneaten cookie.

1987-12-13 • 2 min

18. Scary Stories

Bart tells Lisa & Maggie a series of scary stories (in the middle of the dark) only to believe they're coming true.

1987-12-20 • 2 min

19. Grampa and the Kids

Grampa spends time with the kids. This is Grampa's first appearance.

1988-01-10 • 2 min

20. Gone Fishin' (Sort of)

Bart and Homer go on a fishing trip. Homer asks Bart for a bologna sandwich, but Bart forgot the bologna. He puts the bait on the sandwich instead. Later on they hit rapids and Homer is almost knocked unconscious. They later fall off of a waterfall.

1988-01-24 • 2 min

21. Skateboarding

Bart teaches his sisters how to skateboard...or is it the other way around.

1988-02-07 • 2 min

22. The Pagans

The kids discuss paganism. This is the first time Bart calls his dad "Homer".

1988-02-14 • 2 min

23. Closeted

Bart locks himself in the closet, and when he busts out, he finds out that the family has gone out without him.

1988-02-21 • 2 min

24. The Aquarium

At an aquarium Bart swims with the sharks...literally. This is the first time we see a naked Simpsons character. This also marks Lisa Simpson saying the word hell in this short.

1988-02-28 • 2 min

25. Family Portrait

Homer has trouble taking a normal family portrait.

1988-03-06 • 2 min

26. Bart's Hiccups

Lisa and Maggie try to cure Bart's hiccups...the hard way.

1988-03-13 • 2 min

27. The Money Jar

The kids try to steal money from Marge's money jar..

1988-03-20 • 2 min

28. The Art Museum

The Simpsons go to the art museum. This is the first time we hear Bart say "Whoooa, Mama!".

1988-05-01 • 2 min

29. Zoo Story

Homer unwisely teases a monkey at the zoo and gets a faceful of poo for his trouble. This is the shortest Simpsons Short.

1988-05-08 • 2 min

30. Shut Up, Simpsons

Maggie squeaks her toy, causing a chain reaction of anger in the family.

1988-11-06 • 2 min

31. Shell Game

Bart tries to hide the cookies he stole from the jar from his parents.

1988-11-13 • 2 min

32. The Bart Simpson Show

Bart puts on his own show after Homer tells him to stop watching cartoons. First appearance of Itchy and Scratchy. This is the first time we hear Lisa call her dad "Homer".

1988-11-20 • 2 min

33. Punching Bag

Bart, Lisa and eventually Marge take out their frustrations on a punching bag with Homer's picture on it.

1988-11-27 • 2 min

34. Simpsons Christmas

Bart's version of Christmas.

1988-12-18 • 2 min

35. The Krusty the Clown Show

The kids get to see Krusty's show live for the first time. First appearance of Krusty the Clown.

1989-01-15 • 2 min

36. Bart the Hero

Sent out to exercise, Bart foils a robbery attempt.

1989-01-29 • 2 min

37. Bart's Little Fantasy

Bart tells a story about large kids who throw their small parents into a small room.

1989-02-05 • 2 min

38. Scary Movie

Bart, Lisa and Maggie go to the movie to see "The Happy Little Elves Return" (much to Bart's dismay), but Bart convinces the girls to see "Space Mutants" instead. Guess who's the scaredy-cat!

1989-02-12 • 2 min

39. Home Hypnotism

Homer tries hypnosis to calm down his crazy kids.

1989-02-19 • 2 min

40. Shoplifting

Bart's attempt to swipe some chocolate is foiled.

1989-02-26 • 2 min

41. Echo Canyon

The family drives to Echo Canyon, takes turns making echoes, and Bart almost makes a boulder crunch the family car.

1989-03-12 • 2 min

42. Bathtime

Homer makes Bart take his "Sunday Night Bath", only to flood the bathroom. this is the last Simpsons short in which we see a naked Simpsons character.

1989-03-19 • 2 min

43. Bart's Nightmare

In this sequel to "Shell Game", Bart has a nightmare after eating every single cookie from the cookie jar.

1989-03-26 • 2 min

44. Bart of the Jungle

The kids swing from the trees off Homer's ties.

1989-04-16 • 2 min

45. Family Therapy

Homer takes the family to a psychologist. This is last Tracey Ullman Short we hear a character from The Simpsons series say a curse word.

1989-04-23 • 2 min

46. Maggie in Peril (1)

Bart kicks Maggie's ball out of sight and she takes off to retrieve it back.

1989-04-30 • 2 min

47. Maggie in Peril (The Thrilling Conclusion) (2)

Maggie floats in the air hanging on to balloons and lands safely back in her playpen.

1989-05-07 • 2 min

48. TV Simpsons

Homer attempts to fix the television antenna on the roof.

1989-05-14 • 2 min

49. Homer and Bart Visit the NFL on FOX

A short in which Homer and Bart visit the NFL studio. The short was broadcast on NFL on FOX on September 3, 1995.

1995-09-03 • 22 min

50. Springfield's Most Wanted

This special was aired before the premier of the 7th season opener; hosted by John Walsh (from the FOX series "Americas Most Wanted"), it offered up all sorts of theories and insights into who might have shot Montgomery Burns.

1995-09-17 • 22 min

51. The Simpsons' Christmas Message

Marge comments on David and Victoria Beckham's marriage in a negative comparison with hers and Homer's, and compared the special relationship between the UK and the US to that of Mini Me and Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers films ("Helping out in all our zany schemes to take over the world"). Lisa Simpson also held a banner supporting Cornwall's secession: "UK OUT OF CORNWALL", while chanting "Rydhsys rag Kernow lemmyn" (freedom for Cornwall now).

2008-12-25 • 22 min

52. A Culture Show Special

Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. Maggie unclearly speaks in this episode.

2007-07-25 • 22 min

53. The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice

A documentary special that examined the "cultural phenomenon" of the American animated television series. The special is hosted and directed by Morgan Spurlock.

2010-01-10 • 42 min

54. Access All Areas

In the first of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais takes you behind the scenes to see how the show is made, talking to those who put each episode together, plus celebrity fans like Simon Cowell and Hugh Hefner.

2010-01-11 • 22 min

55. Mischief And Mayhem

In the second of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais takes a look at the vast array of Simpsons merchandise the colourful characters have inspired and catches up with some of the programme's biggest devotees.

2010-01-12 • 22 min

56. Celebrity Friends

In the third of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais speaks to a selection of the huge number of celebrities who have guest-starred on the show over the years.

2010-01-13 • 22 min

57. Trumptastic Voyage

A close encounter with Donald Trump's hairpiece sends Homer on an extraordinary journey.

2015-07-07 • 2 min

58. The Debateful Eight

Marge wakes up from a political nightmare.

2016-02-20 • 2 min

59. 3 a.m.

Marge and Homer Simpson wrestle with the choice in this election.

2016-07-30 • 22 min

60. Donald Trump's First 100 Days In Office

Donald Trump reviews his accomplishments from his first 100 days in office.

2017-04-26 • 1 min

61. 125 Days: Donald Trump Makes One Last Try To Patch Things Up With Comey

Donald Trump makes one last try to patch things up with Comey.

2017-05-26 • 22 min

62. Mueller Meets Trump

Robert Mueller pays the President a little visit.

2017-12-14 • 22 min

63. A Tale of Two Trumps

Maybe it's time to take a good look in the mirror.

2018-03-23 • 22 min

64. West Wing Story

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her squad face off against President Donald Trump.

2019-08-20 • 22 min

65. Homer Votes 2012

Who will Homer Simpson vote for in the 2012 Elections? Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

2012-09-20 • 22 min

66. Mr. Burns Endorses Romney

An election eve appeal from Montgomery Burns. Mr. Burns puts Shamus the dog to the test of choosing between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

2012-11-01 • 22 min

67. Fiscal Cliff

Still reeling from the presidential election results, Mr. Burns takes a few minutes to explain the upcoming fiscal cliff.

2012-12-04 • 22 min

68. Maggie Sucks

Maggie prepares for her Oscar acceptance speech.

2013-01-28 • 22 min

69. Oscar-Nominated

Maggie is interviewed for the Oscar nomination of The Longest Daycare.

2013-01-31 • 22 min

70. Ice Bucket Challenge

If you loved the Homer Shake...

2014-08-26 • 22 min

71. Willie's Views On Scottish Independence

Groundskeeper Willie has a few things to say prior to the Sept 18 Scottish elections.

2014-09-12 • 22 min

72. Marge Simpson's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Marge challenges Kim Jong-un to the Ice Bucket Challenge.

2015-09-08 • 22 min

73. Join The Simpsons at the Daytona 500

Take a look at ‘The Simpsons’ heading down to Daytona International Speedway for the Daytona 500 on February 21st.

2016-02-10 • 22 min

74. Pokémon Now?

Pokémon Now? is a special short that was released on July 16, 2016. It's a remade scene from "A Tree Grows in Springfield".

2016-07-16 • 22 min

75. Homer from the Green Room at San Diego Comic-Con 2016

Homer says hello from San Diego Comic-Con 2016!

2016-08-16 • 22 min

76. Homer Votes 2016

The citizens of Springfield head to their polling stations to vote and Homer discovers Russia's President Vladimir Putin in disguise.

2016-10-14 • 22 min

77. Happy Daytona Day!

This year everyone is coming to Daytona! Don't miss the Daytona 500, FEB 26 on FOX!

2017-02-09 • 22 min

78. Moe Live Tweets!

Moe has a presidential moment and lets the world know how he is feeling.

2017-07-03 • 22 min

79. A Public Announcement About the Eclipse

Homer gives us a little advice about watching the eclipse.

2017-08-27 • 22 min

80. A Message from Moe About Puerto Rico

Moe has a message for the mayor of Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulín Cruz, regarding her tweet in response to the appeal for Puerto Rico that aired at the end of The Serfsons.

2017-11-03 • 22 min

81. The Past and the Furious

Lisa travels back in time to 1923 and discovers that the Springfield Mini Moose, once key to the town’s ecosystem, were driven to extinction in 1925. Teaming up with young Monty Burns, Lisa works to save the moose, but her actions unintentionally shape his future as a ruthless tycoon.

2025-02-12 • 24 min