What's your single favourite 'SIMPSONS' episode and why? (1 Viewer)

[Craig_T]

"King Size Homer" & "The Springield Files" because they were just damn good episodes that I can watch again and again. I can't wait to pick these up on DVD in 2015.

 

[Andrew Chong]

Treehouse of Horror VI
I love those treehouses of horror. Three stories within 22 minutes.
Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores
Genuinely creepy yet amusing too! Excellent sound design especially when those giant advertisements rampage throughout Springfield.
Altogether now: "To stop those monsters one-two-three, here's a fresh new way that's trouble-free, it's got Paul Anka's guarantee, guarantee void in Tennessee!"
Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace
Pretty smart Simpson-y take on you know what.
Homer3
Excellent job with Homer and Bart in 3D. The PDI folks captured Homer's belch perfectly.
"Man, this place looks expensive. I feel like I'm wasting a fortune just standing here." (hilarious!)
The icing on this already tasty cake: Homer emerges on a street in our world and is apprehensive about seeing non-cartoon people until he comes upon a cake shop ("mmmm, erotic cakes").

 

[Larry Geller]

Mister Sparkle! Great spoof of Japanese advertising--"I am disrespectful to dirt"! "Hi, fishbulb".

 

[Brad Porter]

[1F03] Marge on the Lam
Some of the best Homer moments ever...
Homer (watching Garrison Keilor): Stupid TV. [Hits it] Be more funny!
Homer: [jubilant] Ballet? Woo-hoo! [Homer visualizes a bear driving a car at the circus and sings calliope music)
Man: Homer, this...this is never easy to say. I'm going to have to saw your arms off. [brandishes a buzzsaw]
Homer: [plaintive] They'll grow back, right?
Man: Oh, er, yeah.
Homer: Whew!
followed by
Man: Homer, you're not still holding onto the cans, are you?
Homer: Your point being?
Marge: Homer, please. You know it's hard for me to make friends.
[Flashback to Marge and three women drinking coffee in the living room]
Woman: Heh heh. Oh, Marge, we should do this every Thursday. [Homer walks in wearing a "No Fat Chicks" T-shirt and Hawaiian shorts]
Homer: Marge, I got sprayed by this skunk. Oh, look! It's doing it again.
Homer: That's it! I'm calling my buddies. Marge is not the only one who can have a girls' night out. [dials the phone]
Lenny: Oh, no can do, Homer. I'm watching the game. [Shaves a woman's legs]
Woman: Shave up, not down, you idiot!
Burns: Ooh, sounds delish! Let me just toss some jeans on and -- wait a minute! Who is this?
Flanders: Howdily-doodily-do! [Homer hangs up] Hello? Y'ello! Hellodily-odily!
Bart: You're absolutely right, Homer. We don't need a babysitter!
Homer: [suspicious] Wait a second... [Pulls a paper from his pocket: "Always do the opposite of what Bart says"] Hmm...you kids _do_ need a babysitter!
Bart: Blast that infernal card! [to Homer] Don't give that card to me.
Homer: Here you g -- [pulls back] No!
Marge: Beautiful, huh? Homer and I used to come up here on dates. [Flashback to said date, where Homer brandishes a thick stick] Homer, stop that! It's just a weather station.
Homer: Come on, Marge! It's fun to smash things. [hits it] Heh heh, I smashed it good! [laughs some more] [to Marge] You got real purty hair...
Hutz: As of this moment, Lionel Hutz no longer exists. Say hello to Miguel Sanchez!
Homer: [bitter] My wife is having a girls' night out.
Wiggum: Aw, just get one of those inflatable women. But make sure it's a woman, though, because one time I...heh.
Dispatch: All right, your current location?
Wiggum: Oh, uh, I'm, er, I'm on a road. Uh, looks to be asphalt...oh, geez, trees, shrubs...er, I'm directly under the earth's sun...now!
Brad

 

[MichaelAW]

Homer's Barbershop Quartet is my favourite, but just the other day I saw the one where Lisa played hockey against Bart in syndication and was laughing hysterically thoughout.

 

[MattFewins]

Would definitely have to be 4F19 Homer's Enemy. Seeing Homer unknowingly terrorize Frank Grimes always makes me roll on the floor.

Matt

*Lenny and Carl look at Grimes' correspondence-school diploma.

Grimes: Oh, that's my degree in nuclear physics. I'm sure you all have one.

Lenny: Oh yeah, Carl and I each have a masters'. [chuckles] Of course, old Homer, he didn't need a degree. He just showed up the day they opened the plant.

Homer: I didn't even know what a nuclear panner plant was.




Homer: So, how's it going, Grimey?

Grimes: I'd appreciate it if you'd stay out of my office, Simpson.

Homer: [laughs] Wish I had a nickel every time I heard that. [walks around idly, making annoying sounds] [off key] Take me out to the ball-game, take me out to the ballll ...So, what's new, Grimey?

[alarms blare and red lights go on at Homer's work station]

Grimes: Simpson, you've got a 513.

[Homer looks at his watch]

Grimes: No, a 513. In your procedures manual -- a 513?

{Homer looks at his watch again]

Grimes: [points] Look at your control panel.

Homer: [looks] Oh, a five THIR-teen. I'll handle it. [calmly walks next door, takes a bucket of water and pours it on the console. This shorts it out and silences the alarms] That got it.

[Grimes looks through the window, aghast]

 

[Rob P S]

The PTA Disbands.
Lots of great lines, plus we learn that Jimbo lives in an elegantly decorated house and watches soaps with his mother!

 

[ThomasC]

i don't think i have just one top favorite...but i guess if i had to choose, this would be the one:

El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer
[The Mysterious Voyage of Homer]

Homer: Oh, why do they have to put all of this crud in my newspaper. [tosses sections aside] "World." "The Arts." "Religion." Ah-ha! Here it is: "Kickin' Back."

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Homer talking to Chief Wiggum: Well, Chief, don't quit your day job... Whatever that is.

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Homer: Man, this is crazy. I hope I didn't brain my damage.

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Homer is laying on a sofa, speaking to a seated, well-dressed man.

Homer: I always just figured my wife was my soulmate. But if it's not Marge, then who is it? Where do I begin looking?
Man: This really goes beyond my training as a furniture salesman, sir. Now if you don't want the sofa, I'll have to ask you to leave.

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Homer's silhouette is projected by the lighthouse, making him visible to all Springfield, including his own children, who are brushing their teeth.

Bart: Hey look! Is that dad?
Lisa: Either that, or Batman's really let himself go.

 

[David Von Pein]

The "Flaming Moe" episode! Hiiiii-larious!
And the episodic adventure where Moe turns the bar into Link Removed.
I believe Moe Sczyslak should run for public office. He's definitely Mr. Personality (plus)!

 

[ThomasC]

oh man, i can't believe i forgot about flaming moe's...that would definitely be in my top 5.
"at flaming moe's, where liquor in a mug can warm you like a hug, happiness is just a flaming moe away, happiness is just a flaming moe away..."

 

[Felipe S]

One of my favourite would have to be Bart vs Australia It has such funny lines and scenes.. I'm always watching that episode cuz i have it taped.
Homer: Burkina Faso? Disputed Zone? Who called all these weird places?
Brain: Quiet, it might be you! I can't remember.
Homer: Naw, I'm going to ask Marge.
Brain: No, no! Why embarrass us both? Just write a check and I'll release some more endorphins.
[Homer scribbles a check, then sighs with pleasure]
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Bart: [sleepy] Hello?
Bruno: Right! I'm calling all the way from Squatter's Crog, Australia and I want to speak to, er, Dr. Bart Simpson right now.
Bart: Uh...[plugs nose] hold, please.
Bruno: All right, but I don't --
Bart: [low voice] Payroll, Bert Stanton speaking.
Bruno: Oy! I said "Bart Simpson". What kind of a company is this?
Bart: [high voice] Bart Simpson's office.
Bruno: Thank the great good Lord. Look, I was just say --
Bart: One moment please. [hums "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head"]
Bruno: Who do they think I am, some stupid Aussie drongo? Bleedin' yanks, I oughta --
Bart: This is Bart Simpson. Can I help you, ma'am?
Bruno: Yeah, er -- hey! My name is Bruno Drundridge, right? You owe me $900, mate.
Bart: No, you owe me $900!
Bruno: [stammers] I...you...ooh! You're just some punk kid, aren't you?
Ooh, you picked the wrong guy to tangle with here, mate.
Bart: [chuckles] I don't think so. You're all the way in Australia. Hey! I think I hear a dingo eating your baby. [hangs up]

Another episode that just kills me is when Homer Joins the Navy, oh man grandpa simpson has the .. best.line.ever.
K Brockman: Well sir, treason season started early this year, as a nuclear sub was hijacked by local man Homer Simpson.
[A picture of Homer, dressed as a drunk, dancing Russian, pops up on the screen.]
Marge: Oh my God!
Lisa: I told him that photo would come back to haunt him.
Brockman: Could Homer Simpson be a communist? His father spoke out on his behalf.
Abe: My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but HE IS NOT A PORN STAR!

 

[Keith Paynter]

The Sherri Bobbins episode ("Supercalifragilisticexpiali-annoyed grunt-scious") ranks as my all-time favorite, especially for the superb musical parody work by Alf Clausen and company - they are perfectly able to tribute and lampoon the Sherman Brothers songs, and "Cut Every Corner" and "Happy Just The Way We Are" ('I'd rather drink a beer than win father of the year') are the best of these.

Lisa - "Will we ever see her again?"
Homer - "I'm sure we will honey..." (S.B. is sucked into airplane turbine engine) "I'm sure we will..."

Skinner - "Boy for sale!"
Jimbo - "Is this legal, man?"
Skinner - "Only here, and in Mississippi."
(really a reference to 'Oliver')

Mr. Burns - "Smithers, what's this strange thumping sound in my chest?"
Smithers - "I think that's your heart beating again, sir!"
Mr. Burns - "Oh, yes, that takes me back!"

Willie - "Suddenly the ugliest man in Glasgow wasn't good enough for 'er!"
Sherri - "It's good to see you, Willie."
Willie - "That's not what you said the first time you saw me!"

Damn, now I have to spin my Go Simpsonic CD!!

 

[Ross Williams]

My favorite episode has got to be "Lisa the Vegetarian".

Homer: Are saying you're *never* going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.

Ms. Hoover: Just try to sleep while the other children are learning.
Ralph: Oh boy...sleep! That's where I'm a viking!

Lisa: Come to Homer's BBBQ. The extra B is for BYOBB."
Bart: What's that extra B for?
Homer: It's a typo.

You don't win friends with salad!...
You don't win friends with salad!...
You don't win friends with salad!...

Troy McClure in: "Meat and You: Partners in Freedom"
Don't kid yourself Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance,
he'd eat you and everyone you care about!

Burns: You know, Smithers, I think I'll donate a million dollars to the local orphanage...when pigs fly!
[Homer's BBQ'd pig flys by.]
Smithers: Will you be donating that million dollars now, Sir?
Burns: Nooo, I'd still prefer not.

Apu: I am Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...

Lisa: While I was gone I got some really good advice from Paul and Linda McCartney.
Homer: Rock stars. Is there anything they don't know?

Classic.

 

[Geoff_D]

Deep Space Homer is a treat from start to finish. The Homer vs. Barney fight, a parody of Kirk vs. Spock from Star Trek episode Amok Time, is just too much - it also includes the original music from the show, making it all the sweeter. One of the scientists watching even wagers some 'quatloos' on the fight - another direct lift from classic Star Trek.

But the bit when Homer sends the crisps (sorry, potato chips) flying inside the space module - Aldrin: "Watch out, they're ruffled!" - is magnificent. Homer tumbling about eating the floating crisps to the strains of Blue Danube is 'shot' so well, it's scary. Kubrick ain't got nothing on these Simpsons guys. And Kent Brockman's
"I for one, welcome our new insect overlords" line later on is a killer.

This is just one episode, though. If I could get away with referencing them all, I probably would. But there are so many steaming ladles full of rich, creamy Simpsons
goodness out there (including newer stuff like The Sweetest Apu - "Mmmm, that's good adultery!"), you almost don't know where to begin...

PS
Troy McClure is GOD! RIP Phil Hartman.

 

[Jeremy Allin]

Alright, more from Homer's sugar pile (1F17 - Lisa's Rival)
Homer and Bart stand before the jack-knifed sugar truck
Homer: We hit the jackpot, here! White gold! Texas tea...sweetener!
Homer starts shovelling the sugar into his trunk
Bart: Dad, isn't this stealing?
Homer: Read your town charter, boy. "If food stuffs should touch the ground, said food stuffs shall be turned over to the village idiot." Since I don't him around, start shovellin'!
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Marge: Homer, I really appreciate you making dinner, but this food tastes a little strange.
Lisa: It hurts my teeth.
Homer: That's because I've loaded it with SUGAR! Marge, our ship has come in! I found 500 pounds of sugar [*nudges Bart* in the forest] that I'm gonna sell directly to the consumer, and all for a low, low price of $1 per pound.
Marge: But the grocery store sells sugar for 35 cents per pound.
Lisa: And it doesn't have nails and broken glass in it.
Homer: Those are prizes!
Homer takes a mouthful of sugar and pulls out an object
Homer: Ooooh, a blasting cap.
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Homer: And you didn't think I'd make any money! I found a dollar while I was waiting for the bus!
Marge: While you were out earning that dollar, you lost $40 by not going to work. The plant called and said if you don't come in tomorrow, don't bother coming in Monday.
Homer: WOO-HOO! FOUR-DAY WEEKEND!!
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Homer: [looking very tired, sitting by his sugar pile and brandishing a baseball bat] Must...protect...sugar. Thieves everywhere. The strong must protect the sweet...the sweeeeeeet. *ZZZZzzzzzZZZZzzzz*
Marge: Homer?
Homer: [groggy] In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.
Marge: Homer!
Homer: Ugh?
Marge: Homer!!
Homer: Wha-what?
Marge: I want you to forget about guarding this stupid sugar. You're being completely paranoid!
Homer: Oh am I? Am I really!?
Homer reaches behind the sugar pile and grabs a stereotypical Englishman (who is holding a tea cup) by the collar and hauls him out front
Homer: AH-HA!
Englishman: Hullo...
Homer: Alright, pal. Where'd ya get the sugar for that tea?
Englishman: I nipped it, when you let your guard down for that split second. And I'd do it again.
The Englishman walks off, sipping his tea

Did I mention I LOVE this episode?

 

[Greg Morse]

30 Minutes Over Tokyo - By far the funniest half hour ever put on television. Fighting Seizure Robots, Americatown, the Japanese gameshow (whose name slips my mind), the sign for Talking Puppet Newshour gets me every time. What more could you want.

 

[Keith Paynter]

Actually that bit (cut in syndication) owes more to The Gamesters Of Triskellon(sp?) than Amok Time.
[Star Trek Nerd]The floor matches the original set, and people are making wagers on the outcome.[/Star Trek Nerd] However, the same music was used for both, any many fight scenes.
Buy it on the GNP "Amok Time" soundtrack CD and play it over any movie fight - Rocky, Total Recall, etc, and let the fun begin...