| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 1 |
December 17, 1989 |
no gag (Christmas|Pilot episode) |
7G08 |
| 2 |
January 14, 1990 |
The family sits; Bart is squeezed off, up into the air and out of frame, only to crash back down to the floor during the credits shot of the TV. (This is the only time the couch gag visually continues into the closing shot of the TV.) |
7G02 |
| 3 |
January 21, 1990 |
The family sits; the couch falls apart under their weight, leaving them sitting on cushions on the floor. |
7G03 |
| 4 |
January 28, 1990 |
The family sits; Homer is squeezed off and lands on the floor with a thud. |
7G04 |
| 5 |
February 4, 1990 |
no gag (shortened opening) |
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.) |
7G06 |
| 7 |
February 18, 1990 |
The family sits; nothing else happens. (Meant to be first couch gag; see note above.) |
7G09 |
| 8 |
February 25, 1990 |
repeat of 7G02's gag |
7G07 |
| 9 |
March 18, 1990 |
no gag (shortened opening) |
7G11 |
| 10 |
March 25, 1990 |
repeat of 7G03's gag |
7G10 |
| 11 |
April 15, 1990 |
repeat of 7G04's gag |
7G13 |
| 12 |
April 29, 1990 |
repeat of 7G06's gag |
7G12 |
| 13 |
May 13, 1990 |
repeat of 7G09's gag |
7G01 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 14 |
October 11, 1990 |
The family sits; the couch falls through the floor with a crash. Homer says "D'oh!" only in this version, all repeats cut it. |
7F03 |
| 15 |
October 18, 1990 |
The family stands in a line, does a little dance (with Egyptian-like moves) and lands on the couch, arms outstretched in a "ta-da!" pose. |
7F02 |
| 16 |
October 25, 1990 |
no gag (Halloween episode) |
7F04 |
| 17 |
November 1, 1990 |
The family sits; the couch pops open into a fold-out bed. |
7F01 |
| 18 |
November 8, 1990 |
The family-minus Maggie sits;then Maggie pokes her head out of Marge's hair. |
7F05 |
| 19 |
November 15, 1990 |
Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II sit on the couch among the family members. |
7F08 |
| 20 |
November 22, 1990 |
The family can not sit; the couch is already occupied by Abe Simpson, who is woken up startled. |
7F07 |
| 21 |
December 6, 1990 |
The family sits; Homer's weight tips the couch over sideways, launching the family off-screen, but Maggie lands safely on a cushion on the floor. |
7F06 |
| 22 |
December 20, 1990 |
The family runs in to find the couch missing; they look around, puzzled. |
7F09 |
| 23 |
January 10, 1991 |
The family sits; Homer squeezes the others onto the floor one-by-one and takes the couch for himself. |
7F10 |
| 24 |
January 24, 1991 |
The family sits; the couch tips over backwards, and Maggie pops up from behind. |
7F11 |
| 25 |
January 31, 1991 |
repeat of 7F03's gag |
7F12 |
| 26 |
February 7, 1991 |
repeat of 7F02's gag |
7F13 |
| 27 |
February 14, 1991 |
repeat of 7F01's gag |
7F15 |
| 28 |
February 21, 1991 |
repeat of 7F05's gag |
7F16 |
| 29 |
March 7, 1991 |
repeat of 7F08's gag |
7F14 |
| 30 |
March 28, 1991 |
repeat of 7F07's gag |
7F17 |
| 31 |
April 11, 1991 |
repeat of 7F06's gag |
7F18 |
| 32 |
April 25, 1991 |
repeat of 7F09's gag |
7F19 |
| 33 |
May 2, 1991 |
repeat of 7F10's gag |
7F20 |
| 34 |
May 9, 1991 |
repeat of 7F11's gag |
7F21 |
| 35 |
July 11, 1991 |
repeat of 7F03's gag |
7F22 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 36 |
September 19, 1991 |
The family sits; the couch tips over backwards, but this time crashes through the back wall. |
7F24 |
| 37 |
September 26, 1991 |
The family sits; Homer pulls Santa's Little Helper out from beneath him. |
8F01 |
| 38 |
October 3, 1991 |
repeat of 7F02's gag |
7F23 |
| 39 |
October 10, 1991 |
The family forms a human pyramid, cheerleader-style, on the couch with Maggie on top. |
8F03 |
| 40 |
October 17, 1991 |
A space alien on the couch hears the family coming, pulls a hanging cord, and disappears through a trapdoor in the floor. The family enters and sits. |
8F04 |
| 41 |
October 24, 1991 |
The family, minus Bart, sits; Bart leaps in from the side and lands outstretched across the others' laps. |
8F05 |
| 42 |
October 31, 1991 |
no gag (Halloween episode) |
8F02 |
| 43 |
November 7, 1991 |
Homer arrives first and lies across the couch; the others arrive seconds later and sit on top of him. |
8F06 |
| 44 |
November 14, 1991 |
The couch lacks cushions; the family sits, but sinks into the hollow couch. |
8F07 |
| 45 |
November 21, 1991 |
Two burglars are in the process of carrying the couch out of the room; the family runs in and sits, but the burglars dump them onto the floor and carry the couch away. |
8F08 |
| 46 |
December 5, 1991 |
The family cannot sit, as the couch is already occupied by Santa's Little Helper, who growls menacingly; the family backs away cautiously. |
8F09 |
| 47 |
December 26, 1991 |
The family cartwheels into the room and onto the couch; Maggie falls while cartwheeling and hops the rest of the way. |
8F10 |
| 48 |
January 9, 1992 |
The family sits; with confused looks on their faces, they bounce around on the couch, passing over and under each other, ending in entirely different positions from where they first sat. |
8F11 |
| 49 |
January 23, 1992 |
repeat of 8F01's gag |
8F12 |
| 50 |
February 6, 1992 |
repeat of 8F03's gag |
8F14 |
| 51 |
February 13, 1992 |
repeat of 8F04's gag |
8F16 |
| 52 |
February 20, 1992 |
The family runs in; they all bang their heads together and fall over, unconscious on the floor, except Maggie who sits alone. |
8F13 |
| 53 |
February 27, 1992 |
repeat of 8F05's gag |
8F15 |
| 54 |
March 12, 1992 |
repeat of 8F06's gag |
8F17 |
| 55 |
March 26, 1992 |
repeat of 8F07's gag |
8F19 |
| 56 |
April 9, 1992 |
repeat of 8F08's gag |
8F20 |
| 57 |
April 23, 1992 |
repeat of 8F09's gag |
8F21 |
| 58 |
May 7, 1992 |
repeat of 7F24's gag |
8F22 |
| 59 |
August 27, 1992 |
repeat of 8F10's gag |
8F23 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 60 |
September 24, 1992 |
The family cannot sit, as the couch is already occupied by The Flintstones. |
8F24 |
| 61 |
October 01, 1992 |
The family sits; the couch morphs into a monster, swallowing the family. |
8F18 |
| 62 |
October 08, 1992 |
The family sits; the couch rotates into a secret compartment in the wall, leaving an identical empty couch in its place. |
9F01 |
| 63 |
October 15, 1992 |
Maggie is already seated; the rest of the family runs past the couch and out of frame, into empty white space beyond the edge of the film, before frantically running back into frame. |
9F02 |
| 64 |
October 29, 1992 |
The family's skeletons sit. (Halloween episode) |
9F04 |
| 65 |
November 03, 1992 |
The family sits; the couch deflates like a balloon. |
9F03 |
| 66 |
November 05, 1992 |
The family sits with mismatched heads; they swap heads back and forth until they are back to normal. |
9F05 |
| 67 |
November 12, 1992 |
repeat of 7F03's gag |
9F06 |
| 68 |
November 19, 1992 |
A wooden chair is in place of the couch; Homer and Marge sit on it, with the kids in their laps |
9F07 |
| 69 |
December 03, 1992 |
As the standard theme music stops, the family forms a chorus line, joined by a line of Rockettes-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. (This is the first extra-long couch gag, as well as the first to cut into the standard theme with alternate music.) |
9F08 |
| 70 |
December 17, 1992 |
The family, all tiny-sized, sits on the couch. Maggie needs to be pulled up onto the couch. |
9F09 |
| 71 |
January 14, 1993 |
The family sits; within seconds, the room fills with other regulars from the cast, totally blocking the family and obscuring their view. |
9F10 |
| 72 |
January 21, 1993 |
The family is snared in a net trap. |
9F11 |
| 73 |
February 04, 1993 |
repeat of 9F01's gag |
9F12 |
| 74 |
February 11, 1993 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
9F13 |
| 75 |
February 18, 1993 |
repeat of 9F02's gag |
9F14 |
| 76 |
March 11, 1993 |
repeat of 8F18's gag |
9F15 |
| 77 |
April 01, 1993 |
repeat of 9F05's gag |
9F17 |
| 78 |
April 15, 1993 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
9F16 |
| 79 |
April 29, 1993 |
repeat of 9F07's gag |
9F18 |
| 80 |
May 06, 1993 |
repeat of 9F09's gag |
9F20 |
| 81 |
May 13, 1993 |
repeat of 9F11's gag |
9F19 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 82 |
September 30, 1993 |
A trio of couch gags: The family runs in, crashes into each other, and shatters into pieces; Santa's Little Helper wanders in and examines the pieces. A voice says "Couch gag, take two." The family sits on the couch, coalescing into a five-headed, ten-eyed, multicolored blob. A voice says "Couch gag, take three." The family runs in, crashes into each other, and explodes; Maggie's pacifier drops out of the air onto the scorched floor. |
9F21 |
| 83 |
October 07, 1993 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
9F22 |
| 84 |
October 14, 1993 |
The family sits; the couch and family are crushed by the foot from the opening of Monty Python's Flying Circus. |
1F02 |
| 85 |
October 21, 1993 |
The family cannot sit as the couch is already occupied by an identical family. |
1F01 |
| 86 |
October 28, 1993 |
A zombie family bursts up through the floor and sits on the couch. (Halloween episode) |
1F04 |
| 87 |
November 04, 1993 |
The family runs in and crashes through the wall, as it turns out the couch and other living room furniture is merely painted on. |
1F03 |
| 88 |
November 11, 1993 |
The couch is already occupied by a very large man (larger than Homer); the family tightly jams into the tiny space remaining. |
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. |
1F06 |
| 90 |
December 09, 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. |
1F07 |
| 91 |
December 16, 1993 |
repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags |
1F08 |
| 92 |
January 06, 1994 |
repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags |
1F09 |
| 93 |
February 03, 1994 |
repeat of the second of 9F21's three gags |
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 |
1F10 |
| 95 |
February 17, 1994 |
repeat of 1F02's gag |
1F12 |
| 96 |
February 24, 1994 |
repeat of 1F05's gag |
1F13 |
| 97 |
March 17, 1994 |
There are two identical couches side-by-side; the family members split down the middle vertically, each half-family sitting on a couch. |
1F14 |
| 98 |
March 31, 1994 |
repeat of 1F06's gag |
1F15 |
| 99 |
April 14, 1994 |
The family bounces into the room in ball form. Everyone lands safely on the couch except Bart, who bounces away; Homer pulls him onto the couch. |
1F16 |
| 100 |
April 28, 1994 |
The family sits as the FOX logo bug appears in the lower-right corner of the screen; Homer tears the logo off and the family stomps on it.This is the first time a couch gag has broken the fourth wall. |
1F18 |
| 101 |
May 05, 1994 |
repeat of 1F07's gag |
1F19 |
| 102 |
May 12, 1994 |
repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags |
1F21 |
| 103 |
May 19, 1994 |
repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags |
1F20 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 104 |
September 04, 1994 |
The couch is absent, but the family is in the sitting position, as if on an invisible couch. Pieces of the couch then crawl into the room and form the couch across the family's laps, crushing their legs. |
1F22 |
| 105 |
September 11, 1994 |
The floor is water, the family swims into the room (Bart wearing a scuba mask) and climbs up onto the couch (Homer pokes his right ear to dry it). |
1F17 |
| 106 |
September 25, 1994 |
repeat of 1F02's gag |
2F33 |
| 107 |
October 02, 1994 |
The family is beamed aboard the couch a la Star Trek. |
2F01 |
| 108 |
October 09, 1994 |
no gag (shortened opening) |
2F02 |
| 109 |
October 30, 1994 |
The family sits with mismatched limbs and heads; they swap body parts, but don't fully correct the mismatches. (Halloween episode) |
2F03 |
| 110 |
November 06, 1994 |
repeat of 1F06's gag |
2F04 |
| 111 |
November 13, 1994 |
The family sits; they all bounce up off the couch and crash into the ceiling, dangling with their heads stuck. |
2F05 |
| 112 |
November 27, 1994 |
The family runs in; the couch, other furniture and entire rear wall of the living room slides backward down a seemingly-endless hallway as the family gives chase, into the distance. |
2F06 |
| 113 |
December 04, 1994 |
The family runs in together from the side, with big grins, passing through the same living room over and over again (Done in the style of old-fashioned cartoons utilizing cost-cutting repeating backgrounds.) |
2F07 |
| 114 |
December 18, 1994 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
2F08 |
| 115 |
January 08, 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. |
2F09 |
| 116 |
January 22, 1995 |
In the style of a James Bond film opening, the living room is viewed through a gun barrel; Homer enters from the side, turns to the camera and fires a gun, and the screen goes red. A Bond-like guitar refrain plays throughout. |
2F10 |
| 117 |
February 05, 1995 |
The scene is black and white, and the couch, TV, and other living room furniture have an 1930s appearance; the family runs in, wearing Mickey Mouse style white gloves, doing a little dance. |
2F11 |
| 118 |
February 12, 1995 |
repeat of 1F22's gag |
2F12 |
| 119 |
February 19, 1995 |
repeat of 1F17's gag |
2F13 |
| 120 |
February 26, 1995 |
The family is beamed aboard the couch with the same Star Trek sound as 2F01's gag, but a visual effect closer to Quantum Leap's. |
2F14 |
| 121 |
March 05, 1995 |
The family sits; their sizes are reversed, with Maggie the largest and Homer the tiniest. |
2F31 |
| 122 |
March 19, 1995 |
repeat of 2F05's gag |
2F15 |
| 123 |
April 09, 1995 |
repeat of 2F06's gag |
2F18 |
| 124 |
April 16, 1995 |
repeat of 2F09's gag |
2F19 |
| 125 |
April 30, 1995 |
repeat of 2F31's gag |
2F32 |
| 126 |
May 07, 1995 |
repeat of 2F10's gag |
2F21 |
| 127 |
May 14, 1995 |
repeat of 2F11's gag |
2F22 |
| 128 |
May 21, 1995 |
repeat of 2F07's gag |
2F16 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 129 |
September 17, 1995 |
The couch slides away as a police lineup height chart unfurls from above; the family lines up in front of it. (This episode reveals the answer to the mystery of who shot Mr. Burns). |
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. |
2F17 |
| 131 |
October 01, 1995 |
The screen is split into a 3-by-3 grid of squares, as in the opening to The Brady Bunch, with the living room in the center square, and the five family members, plus Grampa, Santa's Little Helper, and Snowball II each occupying an outer square; they all run out of their individual squares and sit on the couch in the center square, except Grampa who remains asleep in his square. |
3F01 |
| 132 |
October 08, 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. (Done in the style of the Shriners) |
3F02 |
| 133 |
October 15, 1995 |
The family sits, colorless; mechanical arms from above then spray-paint their colors onto them. |
3F03 |
| 134 |
October 29, 1995 |
The family drops down from above, their necks in nooses. (Halloween episode) |
3F04 |
| 135 |
November 05, 1995 |
Malfunctioning, buzzing wind-up doll versions of the family wander around the room, most of them failing to reach the couch. |
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. |
3F06 |
| 137 |
November 26, 1995 |
The whole room is filled with 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. |
3F08 |
| 138 |
December 03, 1995 |
A montage of couch gags from 8F18, 9F02, 9F10, 9F09, 8F09, 1F02, 2F31, 2F09, 2F06, 1F17, 2F11, and 9F08. |
3F31 |
| 139 |
December 17, 1995 |
The family sits; Homer notices a drain plug in the floor and removes it, and the family, couch, and everything else in the room is sucked down the drain like a toilet flush. |
3F07 |
| 140 |
January 07, 1996 |
The family sits; the camera then zooms in through a mouse hole, where a small mouse version of the family sits on a couch as well. |
3F10 |
| 141 |
January 14, 1996 |
Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie's heads are mounted on the back wall like trophies, while Homer is sprawled across the carpet like a bear skin rug; a hunter sits on the couch, puts down his gun, and lights up a pipe. |
3F09 |
| 142 |
February 04, 1996 |
The family sits as the room is illuminated by a fluorescent black light and a guitar riff plays, until Homer turns the light on. |
3F11 |
| 143 |
February 11, 1996 |
repeat of 2F17's gag (but this time, the paper doesn't slide back under the couch) |
3F12 |
| 144 |
February 18, 1996 |
repeat of 3F01's gag |
3F13 |
| 145 |
February 25, 1996 |
repeat of 3F02's gag |
3F14 |
| 146 |
March 17, 1996 |
repeat of 3F03's gag |
3F16 |
| 147 |
March 24, 1996 |
repeat of 3F05's gag |
3F15 |
| 148 |
March 31, 1996 |
repeat of 3F06's gag |
3F17 |
| 149 |
April 14, 1996 |
repeat of 3F08's gag |
3F18 |
| 150 |
April 28, 1996 |
repeat of 3F07's gag |
3F19 |
| 151 |
May 05, 1996 |
repeat of 3F09's gag |
3F20 |
| 152 |
May 19, 1996 |
repeat of 3F11's gag |
3F21 |
| 153 |
May 19, 1996 |
repeat of 2F17's gag |
3F22 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 154 |
October 27, 1996 |
The Grim Reaper sits on the couch; the family runs in, immediately falling over dead in a pile; the Grim Reaper puts his feet up on the pile and relaxes. (Halloween episode) |
4F02 |
| 155 |
November 03, 1996 |
The family descends from above with parachutes on, except Homer, who crashes through the floor, his parachute having failed to deploy. |
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. |
4F03 |
| 157 |
November 17, 1996 |
Clear blue balloon versions of the family members float into the room, land on the couch, and pop. |
4F05 |
| 158 |
November 24, 1996 |
The whole scene is a parody of the cover of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, featuring a large crowd of regulars, and the family standing in front of the couch, front and center; Homer turns to look at the crowded scene behind him. |
4F06 |
| 159 |
December 01, 1996 |
The family sits, but Bart is green; Homer messes with the dials on the TV, turning Bart red; finally, Homer smacks Bart on the back of the head, correcting Bart's color. |
4F04 |
| 160 |
December 15, 1996 |
The whole room is upside-down, with the couch and everything else on what appears to be the ceiling. The family, also upside-down, runs in on the ceiling and sits, before falling down onto the floor "above" them. |
4F01 |
| 161 |
December 29, 1996 |
To retrieve the missing couch, Homer inserts coins into a "Vend-a-Couch" coin slot ... only to be crushed by a falling couch; everyone else is uninjured. |
4F07 |
| 162 |
January 05, 1997 |
repeat of 3F23's gag |
3F24 |
| 163 |
January 12, 1997 |
The family flies into the room via jet packs; Maggie spirals in last, landing in Marge's lap. |
3G01 |
| 164 |
January 19, 1997 |
The family members intermittently pop up out of five holes in the floor, a la Whack-a-Mole, with a large mallet attempt to whack them; Homer gets whacked and says D'oh!. Circus-like music plays throughout. |
4F08 |
| 165 |
February 02, 1997 |
Grampa is asleep on the folded-out bed; the family runs in, folds the bed back into a couch with Grampa still inside, and sits. |
4F10 |
| 166 |
February 07, 1997 |
In the living room, the family never arrives; cut to outside, where the family is locked out of the house, Homer banging on the door. |
3G03 |
| 167 |
February 09, 1997 |
repeat of 4F06's gag |
4F12 |
| 168 |
February 16, 1997 |
The living room appears in an "America Onlink" window, on which a cursor clicks "Load Family," the message "Please wait... loading 1 of 5" is displayed, and a progress bar fills very slowly as the same few seconds of the theme music play in a loop; eventually, the pointer repeatedly clicks the "Exit" button in frustration. |
4F11 |
| 169 |
February 23, 1997 |
repeat of 4F01's gag |
4F14 |
| 170 |
March 02, 1997 |
The couch is on the deck of a ship at sea in rough waters, the couch sliding back and forth with the tilt of the ship; the family, in raingear, sits on the couch, before an enormous wave washes the scene away. |
4F13 |
| 171 |
March 16, 1997 |
repeat of 4F03's gag |
4F15 |
| 172 |
April 06, 1997 |
repeat of 4F05's gag |
4F09 |
| 173 |
April 13, 1997 |
repeat of 4F10's gag |
4F16 |
| 174 |
April 20, 1997 |
repeat of 4F08's gag |
4F17 |
| 175 |
April 27, 1997 |
repeat of 4F07's gag |
4F18 |
| 176 |
May 04, 1997 |
repeat of 4F04's gag |
4F19 |
| 177 |
May 11, 1997 |
no gag (special opening) |
4F20 |
| 178 |
May 18, 1997 |
repeat of 4F01's gag |
4F21 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 179 |
September 21, 1997 |
To the tune of "Sweet Georgia Brown", everybody enters dressed as Harlem Globetrotters. |
4F22 |
| 180 |
September 28, 1997 |
The family sits, dresses up in spacesuits; the couch blasts off like a rocket. |
4F23 |
| 181 |
October 19, 1997 |
Homer runs in and his top half pops off, revealing Marge concealed inside; Marge's top half pops off, revealing Bart inside, and so forth (a la Matryoshka dolls). |
3G02 |
| 182 |
October 26, 1997 |
The family sits; metal helmets descend onto their heads, they are shackled in, and electrocuted. (Halloween episode) |
5F02 |
| 183 |
November 02, 1997 |
The couch is full of water as the family runs in with their butts on fire; they hop onto the couch as steam emerges from them in relief. |
5F01 |
| 184 |
November 09, 1997 |
The family sits; an auto-crusher compresses them all into a rectangular block. |
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. |
5F04 |
| 186 |
November 23, 1997 |
Wearing only towels, the family cannot sit, as the couch is occupied by three old men in towels, using the couch as a sauna; one of the men pours water onto the coals as the family arrives and leaves. |
5F05 |
| 187 |
December 07, 1997 |
The family sits; a live-action hand spins the picture around, smearing the family like spin art. |
5F06 |
| 188 |
December 21, 1997 |
The family sits; the living room is revealed to be inside a snow globe, which is shaken, making snow fall in the living room. (Christmas episode for this first usage) |
5F07 |
| 189 |
January 04, 1998 |
The floor is a treadmill; the family runs in place on the treadmill before leaping to the couch, except Homer, who falls, gets dragged around on the treadmill, and shouts "Marge, stop this crazy thing!" a la George Jetson in the original closing credits of The Jetsons. |
5F24 |
| 190 |
January 11, 1998 |
The family runs in, but as they sit, the couch is pulled back, and they land on the floor, annoyed; Nelson emerges from behind the couch, with his trademark "Haw-haw!" |
5F08 |
| 191 |
February 08, 1998 |
The family runs in, tiny-sized, (as in 9F09's gag); this time, each family member lifts the next up onto the couch one-by-one, then Santa's Little Helper takes Homer away in his mouth as Homer screams. |
5F23 |
| 192 |
February 15, 1998 |
The floor is water and the couch is a lilypad; a frog family (Maggie as a tadpole) hops onto the lilypad and frog-Homer turns on the TV with his long tongue. |
5F11 |
| 193 |
February 22, 1998 |
repeat of 5F01's gag |
5F10 |
| 194 |
March 01, 1998 |
repeat of 5F03's gag |
5F12 |
| 195 |
March 08, 1998 |
A vine grows in the middle of the room; each family member's face sprouts from the vine as a fruit or vegetable. |
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) |
5F13 |
| 197 |
March 29, 1998 |
A take-off on the opening sequence to Rocky & Bullwinkle, ending with the family popping up from out of the ground in a flower patch; Bart coughs up a clod of dirt. The Rocky & Bullwinkle theme plays throughout. |
3G04 |
| 198 |
April 05, 1998 |
repeat of 5F05's gag |
5F14 |
| 199 |
April 19, 1998 |
repeat of 5F06's gag |
5F15 |
| 200 |
April 26, 1998 |
In his classroom, Bart writes "I will not mess with the opening credits" on the chalkboard; the rest of the family runs in, confused. |
5F09 |
| 201 |
May 03, 1998 |
repeat of 5F07's gag |
5F16 |
| 202 |
May 10, 1998 |
repeat of 5F08's gag |
5F17 |
| 203 |
May 17, 1998 |
repeat of 5F11's gag |
5F18 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 204 |
August 23, 1998 |
repeat of 5F08's gag |
5F20 |
| 205 |
September 20, 1998 |
Several regulars are seated in rows, as in a movie theater; the family slowly makes its way through the people, to the couch; Homer helps himself to some of Comic Book Guy's popcorn. |
5F21 |
| 206 |
September 27, 1998 |
Two firefighters hold the couch and catch most of the family as they fall from above, but they miss Homer, who crashes through the floor. |
5F22 |
| 207 |
October 25, 1998 |
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. (Halloween episode) |
AABF01 |
| 208 |
November 08, 1998 |
Marge enters with a laundry basket and hangs the other family members on a clothesline above the couch. |
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. |
AABF02 |
| 210 |
November 22, 1998 |
The family sits; hair dryers descend onto their heads, then lift up, revealing the family members all have swapped hairdos. Homer has Maggie's, Marge has Bart's, Bart has Lisa's, Lisa has Homer's, and Maggie has Marge's (the weight of it causing her to fall off the couch). |
AABF03 |
| 211 |
December 06, 1998 |
repeat of 5F11's gag |
AABF04 |
| 212 |
December 20, 1998 |
repeat of 5F03's gag |
AABF05 |
| 213 |
January 10, 1999 |
repeat of 5F06's gag |
AABF06 |
| 214 |
January 17, 1999 |
The family, in cowboy hats, straddles the back of the couch, a large trapdoor opens beneath the couch and they drop; a top-down perspective shows the family riding the falling couch as it drops from high above a city below, in a parody of Slim Pickens' character riding the bomb in "Dr. Strangelove." |
AABF07 |
| 215 |
January 31, 1999 |
The couch is floating on water as the family sits; the couch hits an iceberg and sinks, taking the family under with it, but Maggie resurfaces shortly on a floating cushion. |
AABF08 |
| 216 |
February 07, 1999 |
repeat of 5F19's gag |
AABF09 |
| 217 |
February 14, 1999 |
repeat of AABF03's gag |
AABF11 |
| 218 |
February 21, 1999 |
repeat of AABF10's gag |
AABF10 |
| 219 |
February 28, 1999 |
repeat of 5F22's gag |
AABF12 |
| 220 |
March 28, 1999 |
Adult Bart and Lisa, and young Marge and Homer (with a Maggie doll) sit on the couch; young Homer snatches the remote, but mother Lisa slaps his hand and he drops it. |
AABF13 |
| 221 |
April 04, 1999 |
The family slips on banana peels on the floor, flipping upside-down in the air, but all land safely on the couch. |
AABF14 |
| 222 |
April 11, 1999 |
repeat of AABF07's gag |
AABF15 |
| 223 |
April 25, 1999 |
repeat of 5F21's gag |
AABF16 |
| 224 |
May 02, 1999 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
AABF17 |
| 225 |
May 09, 1999 |
repeat of AABF08's gag |
AABF18 |
| 226 |
May 16, 1999 |
The family sits; the couch, making sounds like an electric paper shredder, sucks them up and ejects them in strips. |
AABF20 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 227 |
September 26, 1999 |
The family cannot sit, as the couch is occupied by The Tracey Ullman Show's crude version of the Simpson family; both families run off screaming at the sight of each other. |
AABF23 |
| 228 |
October 03, 1999 |
The family sits, colored entirely white and labeled with various numbers; Asian animators run in and paint the colors on, paint-by-numbers style. |
AABF22 |
| 229 |
October 24, 1999 |
Matt Groening's signature is on the floor as the family sits; Marge spots the signature and erases it, but Groening runs back in and rewrites it. |
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 victim (the only one not based on a previous episode), asks what aliens have to do with Halloween, and Maggie demands "Silence!" in a deep voice before disintegrating Lisa with a ray gun. (Halloween episode) |
BABF01 |
| 231 |
November 07, 1999 |
A disco ball hangs from the ceiling and some trendy club-goers are hanging out by the couch, which is behind a rope barrier. A bouncer lets the family through and they sit, except Homer who is denied entry and walks away sadly. |
AABF19 |
| 232 |
November 14, 1999 |
A cement truck pours cement onto the couch; the cement instantly hardens into sculptures of the family, but cement Homer cracks and breaks in half. |
BABF02 |
| 233 |
November 21, 1999 |
The family sits; the couch rotates into a secret compartment in the wall (as in 9F01's gag), but in its place are Vincent Price who laughs evilly as Ned Flanders is shackled to the wall, upside-down. |
BABF03 |
| 234 |
November 28, 1999 |
repeat of AABF20's gag |
BABF05 |
| 235 |
December 19, 1999 |
The family slides down into the living room from a fire pole and sits, except Homer, who gets stuck in the hole in the ceiling and flails about. |
BABF07 |
| 236 |
January 9, 2000 |
A crash test dummy version of the family sits; the couch slides forward, crashing into the TV, and dummy-Homer's head falls off. |
BABF04 |
| 237 |
January 16, 2000 |
Siegmund Freud sits in a chair next to the couch; Homer lies across the couch before the others can sit and cries, "Oh, doctor, I'm crazy!" |
BABF06 |
| 238 |
January 23, 2000 |
repeat of AABF13's gag |
BABF08 |
| 239 |
February 06, 2000 |
The family leaps into the room, all dressed in white karate uniforms and black belts, and chops the couch up with karate moves; Homer, remote in hand, turns the TV on with a dramatic karate pose. |
BABF09 |
| 240 |
February 13, 2000 |
The family drives bumper cars around the room (Marge and Maggie share a car); they all pin Homer's car against the back wall. |
BABF10 |
| 241 |
February 20, 2000 |
The couch is sitting in the Evergreen Terrace subway station, and the family sits; the train arrives and they board, leaving the empty couch behind. |
BABF11 |
| 242 |
February 27, 2000 |
repeat of AABF21's gag |
BABF12 |
| 243 |
March 19, 2000 |
repeat of AABF19's gag |
BABF13 |
| 244 |
April 09, 2000 |
repeat of AABF23's gag |
BABF14 |
| 245 |
April 30, 2000 |
The family runs in barefoot, scurrying over a bed of coals to get to the couch; they sit with scorched feet. |
BABF16 |
| 246 |
May 07, 2000 |
The family swings into the room on a vine, like Tarzan; Homer fails to release the vine in time and swings away out of the room. |
BABF15 |
| 247 |
May 14, 2000 |
repeat of AABF22's gag |
BABF18 |
| 248 |
May 21, 2000 |
The family sits; Bart places a coin in a slot attached to the couch and the couch vibrates away. |
BABF19 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 249 |
November 01, 2000 |
no gag (Halloween episode) |
BABF21 |
| 250 |
November 05, 2000 |
Bart arrives at the couch first and places a whoopee cushion under Homer's spot; the rest of the family runs in and they sit, Homer triggering the whoopee cushion embarrassedly as Bart laughs. |
BABF20 |
| 251 |
November 12, 2000 |
The family runs in and freezes in mid-air; the camera pans around them in bullet-time (a la The Matrix), then time resumes normally as they sit. |
BABF17 |
| 252 |
November 19, 2000 |
Maggie is already seated (as in 9F02's gag) this time, rest of the family enter dressed as Teletubbies. Maggie claps with delight. |
CABF01 |
| 253 |
November 26, 2000 |
The family skateboard off a ramp one by one, landing on the couch, except Homer, who flips upside-down and lands on the floor; his skateboard falls out of the air onto his head. |
CABF04 |
| 254 |
December 03, 2000 |
The family runs in to find Santa's Little Helper dancing on his rear legs like Snoopy as the Peanuts theme plays on piano; he stops dancing and barks. |
CABF02 |
| 255 |
December 10, 2000 |
The couch is in a fishbowl; the family swims to the couch in scuba gear. |
CABF03 |
| 256 |
December 17, 2000 |
The family, in American football uniforms, pile on top of a football (and on top of each other); Maggie, football in hand, leaps from the pile, spikes the ball, and does a touchdown dance. |
CABF06 |
| 257 |
January 07, 2001 |
The family is deposited one by one onto the couch via tubes (like those used to travel around New New York City in the future depicted on Futurama); one tube briefly deposits Futurama's Fry on the couch in place of Bart, but then sucks Fry back up and leaves Bart in his place. |
BABF22 |
| 258 |
January 14, 2001 |
repeat of BABF03's gag |
CABF05 |
| 259 |
February 04, 2001 |
The couch is absent, and the Squeaky-Voiced Teen stands next to a "valet parking" sign; the family runs in and waits while the valet pushes the couch into frame; the family sits and the valet holds his hand out for a tip, but he doesn't receive one and walks off annoyed. |
CABF08 |
| 260 |
February 11, 2001 |
The family, wearing winter coats, ice skates around the room before sitting on the couch; Homer's portion of the couch breaks off and falls through the ice. |
CABF07 |
| 261 |
February 18, 2001 |
repeat of BABF06's gag |
CABF10 |
| 262 |
February 25, 2001 |
The couch is next to a prison wall as a searchlight pans around the scene; the family, in striped prison uniforms, burrows up from the ground and sits on the couch, where the searchlight spots them. |
CABF12 |
| 263 |
March 04, 2001 |
repeat of BABF09's gag |
CABF09 |
| 264 |
March 11, 2001 |
repeat of BABF10's gag |
CABF11 |
| 265 |
April 01, 2001 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
CABF13 |
| 266 |
April 29, 2001 |
repeat of CABF04's gag |
CABF14 |
| 267 |
May 06, 2001 |
repeat of BABF02's gag |
CABF15 |
| 268 |
May 13, 2001 |
repeat of BABF04's gag |
CABF16 |
| 269 |
May 20, 2001 |
repeat of BABF11's gag |
CABF17 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 270 |
November 06, 2001 |
no gag (Halloween episode) |
CABF19 |
| 271 |
November 11, 2001 |
The family stands on a simplistically-drawn sailboat and leaps into the water; when the splash subsides, the family is sitting on the couch, dripping wet, having leapt out of the sailboat painting on the rear wall. |
CABF22 |
| 272 |
November 18, 2001 |
repeat of CABF06's gag |
CABF20 |
| 273 |
December 02, 2001 |
repeat of CABF12's gag |
CABF18 |
| 274 |
December 09, 2001 |
repeat of BABF17's gag |
CABF21 |
| 275 |
December 16, 2001 |
A giant slot machine sits in place of the couch; the five tumblers each come up bearing the faces of the family, except for the final tumbler which comes up "7" instead of Maggie and the machine dispenses gold coins with Maggie's face on them. |
DABF02 |
| 276 |
January 06, 2002 |
A hedge is in place of the couch; a gardener quickly trims the hedge into the shape of the family. |
DABF01 |
| 277 |
January 20, 2002 |
The family sits; a claw arm (as found in coin-op prize machines) grabs Homer's head and lifts him up as he screams, "Ow, my brain!" |
DABF03 |
| 278 |
January 27, 2002 |
In black and white, Homer enters dressed as Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character; the others, dressed in similar hobo costumes, sit on the couch; Homer edges over to join them on the couch. |
DABF05 |
| 279 |
February 10, 2002 |
The family arrives to find two repo men carrying the couch away; the kids are content to sit on the floor and watch TV while Homer sobs. |
DABF04 |
| 280 |
February 17, 2002 |
repeat of 9F08's gag |
DABF06 |
| 281 |
February 24, 2002 |
The family cannot sit, as the couch is occupied by Squeaky-Voiced Teen making out with an attractive teenage girl. |
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-?!" |
DABF09 |
| 283 |
March 17, 2002 |
Drawn in pencil, the family sits in a flipbook flipped by live-action hands. |
DABF08 |
| 284 |
March 31, 2002 |
Everybody is a marionette, and they run into each other; the puppeteer, Matt Groening, gives up in disgust. |
DABF10 |
| 285 |
April 07, 2002 |
repeat of DABF01's gag |
DABF11 |
| 286 |
April 21, 2002 |
repeat of DABF02's gag |
DABF12 |
| 287 |
April 28, 2002 |
repeat of DABF03's gag |
DABF13 |
| 288 |
May 05, 2002 |
repeat of DABF04's gag |
DABF14 |
| 289 |
May 12, 2002 |
repeat of DABF07's gag |
DABF15 |
| 290 |
May 19, 2002 |
repeat of DABF05's gag |
DABF16 |
| 291 |
May 22, 2002 |
repeat of DABF09's gag (but with different audio: the group plays more loudly/aggressively and Homer stays silent) |
DABF17 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 292 |
November 03, 2002 |
no gag (Halloween episode) |
DABF19 |
| 293 |
November 10, 2002 |
Homer is on water skis, with the others on him, as he ski-jumps over sharks; everybody lands on the couch, but Homer is without his legs, which are in the sharks' mouths. This is, presumably, a reference to "jumping the shark", a term used by aficionados attempting to pinpoint the moment a TV programme fell into decline. This stems from an episode of Happy Days in which the Fonz literally does "jump the shark." |
DABF22 |
| 294 |
November 17, 2002 |
Spoofing the Get Smart opening, Homer walks through a series of futuristic doors, falls through the bottom of a phone booth, and lands on the couch (where the others are already sitting). |
DABF20 |
| 295 |
November 24, 2002 |
The couch is drawn on a "Etch A Sketch". Homer: Whoo hoo! |
DABF18 |
| 296 |
December 01, 2002 |
A mouse cursor drags Homer from the left side of the couch to the right, changes the wall color to green, and replaces the boat painting with the Mona Lisa. |
DABF21 |
| 297 |
December 15, 2002 |
Homer uses the remote to switch everyone to the caveman era, then the Roman era, then back to the present. |
EABF01 |
| 298 |
January 05, 2003 |
Everybody is deep-fried in a fast-food fryer, then emptied onto the couch and salted. |
EABF02 |
| 299 |
January 12, 2003 |
In black and white, everyone is wearing early-20th-century clothing and is watching the TV from a girder at a construction site. (Done in the style of Charles C. Ebbets' photograph "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper.") |
EABF03 |
| 300 |
February 02, 2003 |
Everybody sticks their head through a wall of them sitting on the couch (but in different positions), which is photographed. |
EABF04 |
| 301 |
February 09, 2003 |
Everybody is picked up off the couch by a giant baby as if they were dolls. |
EABF06 |
| 302 |
February 16, 2003 |
Everybody and everything is gingerbread; Homer takes a bite out of Bart's head. |
EABF05 |
| 303 |
February 16, 2003 |
repeat of DABF18's gag |
EABF07 |
| 304 |
March 02, 2003 |
repeat of DABF10's gag |
EABF08 |
| 305 |
March 09, 2003 |
repeat of EABF01's gag |
EABF09 |
| 306 |
March 16, 2003 |
repeat of DABF08's gag |
EABF10 |
| 307 |
March 30, 2003 |
repeat of DABF22's gag |
EABF11 |
| 308 |
April 13, 2003 |
repeat of EABF02's gag |
EABF12 |
| 309 |
April 27, 2003 |
Everybody is a mime, walking against the wind and then sitting on a non-existent couch. |
EABF13 |
| 310 |
May 04, 2003 |
repeat of EABF03's gag |
EABF14 |
| 311 |
May 11, 2003 |
repeat of EABF04's gag |
EABF15 |
| 312 |
May 18, 2003 |
repeat of EABF06's gag |
EABF16 |
| 313 |
May 18, 2003 |
repeat of EABF05's gag |
EABF17 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 314 |
November 02, 2003 |
no gag (Halloween episode) |
EABF21 |
| 315 |
November 09, 2003 |
Everybody grows old and turns into dust. |
EABF18 |
| 316 |
November 16, 2003 |
A Polaroid photo ejects onto the couch; it develops into a photo of the family. |
EABF20 |
| 317 |
November 23, 2003 |
There is a Play-Doh press on the back wall; it presses Play-Doh versions of everybody out onto the couch. |
EABF22 |
| 318 |
November 30, 2003 |
repeat of DABF20's gag |
EABF19 |
| 319 |
December 07, 2003 |
Everybody slides down batpoles and end up on the couch, in Batman-style costumes, in the Batcave. |
FABF01 |
| 320 |
December 14, 2003 |
The couch is a street bench in Japan, and everyone is a famous anime character: Homer is Ultraman, Marge is Jun from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Lisa is the titular protagonist of Sailor Moon, Bart is Astro Boy and Maggie is Pikachu from Pokémon. Rock & roll music plays. |
FABF02 |
| 321 |
January 04, 2004 |
Somebody offscreen throws knives at the wall while everyone is seated on the couch, but when Homer reaches for a bowl of chips, a knife nearly hits him. |
FABF03 |
| 322 |
January 11, 2004 |
Everybody is squeezed like frosting out of a pastry bag onto the top of a cake. |
FABF04 |
| 323 |
January 25, 2004 |
Everybody's head pops out of a giant piece of apple pie. Homer takes a bite from the pie. |
FABF05 |
| 324 |
February 08, 2004 |
A tray is placed into a microwave, and everybody rises from it. |
FABF06 |
| 325 |
February 15, 2004 |
A woman throws some seeds into a plot of dirt where the couch usually is, and waters them; everybody sprouts up like plants. |
FABF07 |
| 326 |
February 22, 2004 |
Everybody is a bag on a moving dry-cleaning rack, which stops over the couch. |
FABF09 |
| 327 |
March 14, 2004 |
In a parody of Powers of Ten, the couch scene pans out until it reaches intergalactic space, where the galaxies are replaced with atoms, which pan out until they reach Homer's head and then the couch scene again. Homer: Wooowwww. This is the longest couch gag to date. |
FABF08 |
| 328 |
March 21, 2004 |
repeat of EABF18's gag |
FABF10 |
| 329 |
March 28, 2004 |
repeat of EABF20's gag |
FABF11 |
| 330 |
April 18, 2004 |
repeat of EABF22's gag |
FABF12 |
| 331 |
April 25, 2004 |
repeat of FABF04's gag |
FABF14 |
| 332 |
May 02, 2004 |
repeat of FABF01's gag |
FABF15 |
| 333 |
May 09, 2004 |
repeat of FABF03's gag |
FABF13 |
| 334 |
May 16, 2004 |
repeat of FABF06's gag |
FABF17 |
| 335 |
May 23, 2004 |
repeat of FABF02's gag |
FABF18 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 336 |
November 07, 2004 |
no gag (Halloween episode) |
FABF23 |
| 337 |
November 14, 2004 |
The couch is mounted on the end of a catapult. The family sits on the couch, and is then launched by the catapult. |
FABF20 |
| 338 |
November 21, 2004 |
The family runs into the room to find the couch missing (as in 7F09's Gag)Suddenly, the couch drops on top of them. |
FABF19 |
| 339 |
December 05, 2004 |
The family runs in, but Homer's head has been replaced by Moe's, and all the other characters look like Moe also. |
FABF22 |
| 340 |
December 12, 2004 |
After the family takes their usual places on the couch, the couch rises into the air and is actually part of the tendril of an anglerfish, which eats the family. |
FABF21 |
| 341 |
January 16, 2005 |
The family runs into the room and take their usual places on the couch. Nothing happens. Lisa then says directly to the viewers "What, can't we sit on the couch without something happening?" Just then Homer gets hit by a large spear and says D'oh! |
FABF16 |
| 342 |
January 30, 2005 |
The family crawls into the living room like they are in a desert (everything: the couch, T.V, painting, etc. is made of sand) . When they sit on the couch, it, along with the house falls apart and turns into a pile of sand. |
GABF01 |
| 343 |
February 06, 2005 |
The family enters the living room and in front of the couch they climb on top of the other like a totem pole. |
GABF02 |
| 344 |
February 13, 2005 |
The family enter the living room dressed as chess pieces: Homer is the king, Marge is the queen, Bart is a rook, Lisa is a knight and Maggie is a pawn. |
GABF03 |
| 345 |
February 20, 2005 |
The family, dressed as hockey players, with cuts and scrapes, skate into the living room and skate around the couch. Homer is carrying the Stanley Cup with Maggie sitting in the bowl. |
GABF04 |
| 346 |
March 06, 2005 |
repeat of FABF08's gag (but this time, Kang and Kodos are heard laughing and Homer says "cooool" at the end) |
GABF05 |
| 347 |
March 13, 2005 |
The room is dark, except for a pair of eyes. The family comes into the living room to find a variety of supporting characters yelling "SURPRISE!" Homer has a heart attack and collapses. |
GABF06 |
| 348 |
March 20, 2005 |
The family enters the living room and sits on the couch like normal, only this time Homer pulls at his head, revealing that it is really Sideshow Bob wearing a mask. Then Sideshow Bob, wielding a knife, begins chasing Bart around the living room. |
GABF07 |
| 349 |
April 03, 2005 |
The family sits on the couch, only to have a spit comes through the wall and the floor open up to reveal fire down below. The couch and family begin rotating over the fire. Marge's hair gets on fire. |
GABF08 |
| 350 |
April 17, 2005 |
Several toy forms of transportation come into the living room, only to change Transformers-style into the family. Homer is Optimus Prime, Marge is Skyfire, Lisa is Hound, Maggie is Bumblebee, and Bart appears to be Jazz. |
GABF12 |
| 351 |
May 01, 2005 |
The living room is an almost fully assembled jigsaw puzzle, with only the pieces with the family members' heads needing to be placed. The person completing the puzzle places all the heads on correctly except for Homer and Maggie, after which the former fixes them. Homer: Whoo hoo! |
GABF10 |
| 352 |
May 01, 2005 |
repeat of FABF20's gag |
GABF11 |
| 353 |
May 08, 2005 |
repeat of DABF20's gag |
GABF13 |
| 354 |
May 08, 2005 |
repeat of FABF22's gag |
GABF14 |
| 355 |
May 15, 2005 |
repeat of FABF21's gag |
GABF15 |
| 356 |
May 15, 2005 |
The family floats into the living room as balloons and Snowball II pops the one that looks like Homer. |
GABF09 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 357 |
September 11, 2005 |
The family enters the living room via a metal detector, only Homer sets off the alarm and must take his clothes off; but even in his underwear, Homer still sets off the detector. Then the security guard uses the hand metal detector but it still goes off. |
GABF18 |
| 358 |
September 18, 2005 |
Six clay balls roll onto the couch and unfold into the family - and Gumby. (Filmed in claymation.) |
GABF16 |
| 359 |
September 25, 2005 |
The family enters the living room and takes their places on the couch, then an on-screen TiVo style menu pops up asking if we would like to delete or save this recording. "Delete this recording now" is selected and the screen goes blank. |
GABF19 |
| 360 |
November 06, 2005 |
no gag (Halloween episode) |
GABF17 |
| 361 |
November 13, 2005 |
The family runs in to sit on the couch, but it turns into a monster and chases them out of the house. Everyone's couches come to life and start attacking and swallowing the people sitting on them; Moe is attacked by the booths in his bar; Homer takes refuge in a store called "Couch World", where he is piled upon by dozens of couches. (An unusually long couch gag.) |
GABF20 |
| 362 |
November 20, 2005 |
The family enters the living room and take their usual places on the couch, only the camera pulls back and we find that the living room and the family are part of a zoo exhibit on the home world of the aliens Kang & Kodos. |
GABF21 |
| 363 |
November 27, 2005 |
The couch is replaced with a bird's nest and the family members take their usual places; then a large bird enters and feeds Homer a giant worm. |
GABF22 |
| 364 |
December 11, 2005 |
The family enters the living room in the form of playing cards being dealt. Bart is the Jack, Marge the Queen, Homer the King, Lisa an Ace and Maggie is the Joker. |
HABF02 |
| 365 |
December 18, 2005 |
The Springfield Shopper headline reads COUCH GAG THRILLS NATION, featuring a front page photo of the family on their couch. |
HABF01 |
| 366 |
January 08, 2006 |
The family poses on the couch for a series of family portraits. In the 2006 and 2007 portraits the family all looks the same. In 2008 Homer is missing from the picture. In 2009 he is replaced by Lenny. In 2010, Marge is replaced by Carl. In 2011 Lenny is replaced by Jimbo and Marge is back replacing Carl. In 2012 Homer is back in robot form, replacing Jimbo. In 2013, all five Simpsons are robots. |
HABF03 |
| 367 |
January 29, 2006 |
In a parody of the Bonanza opening, a map of Springfield burns away to reveal the family on horseback in the countryside. The couch is nowhere to be found. Bonanza-like music continues over the closing shot of the TV. |
HABF04 |
| 368 |
February 26, 2006 |
repeat of GABF16's gag |
HABF05 |
| 369 |
March 12, 2006 |
The couch moves down an automated assembly line; Homer is added by a mechanical arm. |
HABF06 |
| 370 |
March 19, 2006 |
The family enters the living room only to find their access to the couch has been blocked by laser beams. They work their way through the laser beams and sit down. Then the beams shut off and Homer's head drops to the floor. |
HABF07 |
| 371 |
March 26, 2006 |
repeat of GABF08's gag (The first airing of this episode featured a live-action version of 7G09's gag.) |
HABF08 |
| 372 |
April 02, 2006 |
repeat of GABF19's gag |
HABF09 |
| 373 |
April 09, 2006 |
repeat of HABF02's gag (but this time Homer "Woo-hoo!"s at the end) |
HABF10 |
| 374 |
April 23, 2006 |
repeat of GABF10's gag (but this time, Homer says D'oh! when the heads are mixed up and laughs when they are fixed) |
HABF11 |
| 375 |
April 30, 2006 |
repeat of GABF06's gag |
HABF12 |
| 376 |
May 07, 2006 |
repeat of GABF12's gag |
HABF13 |
| 377 |
May 14, 2006 |
repeat of HABF03's gag |
HABF14 |
| 378 |
May 21, 2006 |
repeat of GABF20's gag |
HABF16 |
| # |
Airdate |
Gag |
Code |
| 379 |
September 10, 2006 |
The living room has four wooden chairs instead of a couch. A game of musical chairs begins, which Homer loses. |
HABF15 |
| 380 |
September 17, 2006 |
Everyone but Homer sits on the couch. King Homer grabs Marge through a window and drags her to the top of the Empire State Building, where he is attacked by biplanes. |
HABF18 |
| 381 |
September 24, 2006 |
Ralph goes to a vending machine that has all of the Simpsons characters in it, takes out a Homer, and eats his head. |
HABF20 |
| 382 |
November 5, 2006 |
no gag (Halloween episode) |
HABF17 |
| 383 |
November 12, 2006 |
The family sits down on the couch then the t.v. gets moved away, and they are pulled through a painful car wash sequence, including large prickly brushes and workers hand washing them; and they end in a sad pose on the couch. |
HABF21 |
| 384 |
November 19, 2006 |
Everyone is drag-and-dropped onto the couch, which is then drag-and-dropped onto a wastebasket; a computer menu item "empty trash" is then selected. |
HABF19 |
| 385 |
November 26, 2006 |
All of the family members have the bodies of cockroaches; they all scuttle off after the lights are turned on. |
HABF22 |
| 386 |
December 10, 2006 |
Homer makes a paper cut-out of himself, then pulls it out to reveal the whole family. |
JABF02 |
| 387 |
December 17, 2006 |
The family (in Christmas attire) sits on the couch, and the camera pulls out to reveal they are in a Christmas decoration which is on a Christmas tree, and Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II rest nearby. |
JABF01 |
| 388 |
January 7, 2007 |
The family on the couch is pinned up, one by one, onto a bulletin board |
JABF03 |
| 389 |
January 28, 2007 |
The family, as infants in diapers, crawls into the living and up onto to their usual place on the couch. They begin to age into their current appearance. |
JABF05 |
| 390 |
February 11, 2007 |
The family are paper dolls, and are each dressed into their regular clothes. |
JABF04 |
| 391 |
February 18, 2007 |
repeat of HABF22's gag1 |
JABF07 |
| 392 |
March 4, 2007 |
repeat of HABF20's gag |
JABF09 |
| 393 |
March 11, 2007 |
repeat of HABF04's gag |
JABF08 |
| 394 |
March 25, 2007 |
Homer goes through the various stages of evolution until he finally reaches the couch. Marge asks what took him so long, and Homer just emits a tired sigh. (Another unusually long couch gag) |
JABF06 |
Sometimes there is a couch gag during the episode itself, usually during a spoof of the opening sequence.
