The Simpsons (season 3)
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The Simpsons third season originally aired between September 1991 and August 1992, beginning on September 19, 1991. The season contained two hold-over episodes from season 2's (7F) production line. The complete third season was released on DVD on August 26, 2003.
It saw the introduction of:
[edit] List of episodes
24 episodes
- Al Jean & Mike Reiss take over as the show runners.
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| 36 - 301 | September 19 | 7F24 | "Stark Raving Dad" |  |
Because of Bart, Homer is committed to a mental hospital, where he befriends a man who claims to be Michael Jackson.
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| 37 - 302 | September 26 | 8F01 | "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" |  |
| Lisa wins a local essay writing contest and the family travels to the nation's capital so that Lisa can enter it into a nationwide competition. | ||||
| 38 - 303 | October 3 | 7F23 | "When Flanders Failed" |  |
| Flanders opens a store for left handed people. Homer, continuing his long lasting grudge with Flanders, wishes that his business fails. | ||||
| 39 - 304 | October 10 | 8F03 | "Bart the Murderer" |  |
Bart becomes the bartender for the Springfield Mafia and, when Principal Skinner goes missing, Bart is accused of his murder.
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| 40 - 305 | October 17 | 8F04 | "Homer Defined" |  |
Homer accidentally saves the plant from a nuclear meltdown, by randomly pressing a button, and is ashamed when people mistake him for a hero. Also, Bart finds out that Milhouse's mother won't let them be friends anymore.
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| 41 - 306 | October 24 | 8F05 | "Like Father, Like Clown" |  |
Bart and Lisa try and reunite Krusty with his estranged father Rabbi Krustofski.
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| 42 - 307 | October 31 | 8F02 | "Treehouse of Horror II" |  |
| The Monkey's Paw a.k.a. Lisa's Nightmare – A spoof of The Monkey's Paw.
The Bart Zone a.k.a. Bart's Nightmare – Bart has the ability to transform people into hideous beings if he senses they disapprove of him. A spoof of the Twilight Zone "It's a Good Life". If I Only Had a Brain a.k.a. Homer's Nightmare – Mr. Burns uses Homer's brain to create the ultimate "worker robot", but the plan backfires. Later the robot falls on Mr. Burns, crushing him, he then has his head grafted onto Homer's body. A parody of The Thing With Two Heads. |
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| 43 - 308 | November 7 | 8F06 | "Lisa's Pony" |  |
| When Homer stops by Moe's instead of bringing Lisa a new saxophone reed for her school recital. He has to make it up to her by buying her a pony. | ||||
| 44 - 309 | November 14 | 8F07 | "Saturdays of Thunder" |  |
| Bart and Homer bond by entering a soap-boxcar derby, although when Martin is injured Bart decides that he would rather use his "Honor Roller" instead. | ||||
| 45 - 310 | November 21 | 8F08 | "Flaming Moe's" |  |
Moe steals the recipe for the "Flaming Homer", a drink Homer concocted, with Krusty's Cough Syrup as its secret ingredient. When it becomes wildly famous, their friendship becomes threatened as Homer receives absolutely no credit for it at all.
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| 46 - 311 | December 5 | 8F09 | "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" |  |
| The stock in the Nuclear Plant skyrockets amid rumours of a takeover meaning that all the workers get rich, except for Homer who has sold his for a mere $20. The rumours prove true as two German businessmen buy the plant from Mr. Burns for $100 million. | ||||
| 47 - 312 | December 26 | 8F10 | "I Married Marge" |  |
| A flashback episode that tells the story of Bart's birth. It also tells how Homer and Marge got married and how Homer got his job at the nuclear plant. | ||||
| 48 - 313 | January 9 | 8F11 | "Radio Bart" |  |
Bart tricks the town into thinking a little boy, Timmy O'Toole, has fallen down a well, by using his AM radio, a birthday gift from Homer. Whilst trying to reclaim it, as he had been foolish enough to put a "Property of Bart Simpson" sticker on it, he falls down the well himself.
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| 49 - 314 | January 23 | 8F12 | "Lisa the Greek" |  |
| Lisa and Homer experience a new bond when Homer finds out that his daughter has great skill in predicting the results of football matches. | ||||
| 50 - 315 | February 6 | 8F14 | "Homer Alone" |  |
| Homer is left alone with Maggie, with Bart and Lisa being left with Patty and Selma whilst Marge visits Rancho Relaxo, a relaxation spa. Although, Maggie is set on getting to Marge, as quickly as possible. | ||||
| 51 - 316 | February 13 | 8F16 | "Bart the Lover" |  |
| Bart answers Ms. Krabappel's singles ad for a joke and ends up writing a series of letters to her. He later feels guilty about manipulating her and must find a way of letting her down gently, without letting her know it was him. | ||||
| 52 - 317 | February 20 | 8F13 | "Homer at the Bat" |  |
The nuclear plant softball team prove to be a huge success with Homer as their best player, using his "Wonder Bat" to score many home runs. But when Mr. Burns makes a bet on the championship winning game against Shellbyville, he hires nine ringers to fill out the team.
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| 53 - 318 | February 27 | 8F15 | "Separate Vocations" |  |
The school makes the students take a vocation test, which suggest that Bart becomes a policeman and Lisa become a homemaker. Lisa sets out to prove the test wrong, where as Bart becomes a hall monitor, enjoying powers of authority.
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| 54 - 319 | March 12 | 8F17 | "Dog of Death" |  |
| Santa's Little Helper gets ill and the family must cut their living costs drastically to pay for his life saving operation. | ||||
| 55 - 320 | March 26 | 8F19 | "Colonel Homer" |  |
After a row with Marge, Homer heads to a bar, far out of town. There he meets a barmaid, Lurleen Lumpkin. He finds that she has a beautiful singing voice and he helps her to launch a country singing career. This leads to Marge fearing that he is no longer faithful to her.
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| 56 - 321 | April 9 | 8F20 | "Black Widower" |  |
Sideshow Bob is released from prison, and gets married to Selma, but may have a sinister motive for her in mind.
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| 57 - 322 | April 23 | 8F21 | "The Otto Show" |  |
After driving the school bus too dangerously, Otto loses his job and moves in with the Simpsons. This is after Bart attends a Spinal Tap concert, and decides to become a rock star.
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| 58 - 323 | May 7 | 8F22 | "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" |  |
Bart and Milhouse's friendship is in jeopardy after Milhouse falls in love with new girl Samantha Stankey.
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| 59 - 324 | August 27 | 8F23 | "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" |  |
Homer is shown to be infertile, thanks to radiation from the power plant, and is awarded $2000 compensation. Uncle Herb then returns to the family, looking for a loan so that he can create a prototype baby translator, thus making him rich once more.
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