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125%;"><i>The Simpsons</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #993129; color: white; padding: 0.25em 1em; font-weight: bold; font-size: 125%;">Season 12</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Simpsons_-_The_12th_Season.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/The_Simpsons_-_The_12th_Season.jpg/220px-The_Simpsons_-_The_12th_Season.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/The_Simpsons_-_The_12th_Season.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="374" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">DVD cover featuring <a href="/wiki/Comic_Book_Guy" title="Comic Book Guy">Comic Book Guy</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Showrunner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Scully" title="Mike Scully">Mike Scully</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">21</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary" style="background-color: #993129; color: white; padding: 0.25em 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">Release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Original network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Original release</th><td class="infobox-data">November 1, 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-11-01</span>)</span> –<br />May 20, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2001-05-20</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary" style="background-color: #993129; color: white; padding: 0.25em 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">Season chronology</th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="float: left;">← <b>Previous</b><br /><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_11" title="The Simpsons season 11">Season 11</a></div><div style="float: right;"><b>Next</b> →<br /><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_13" title="The Simpsons season 13">Season 13</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes_(seasons_1-20)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of The Simpsons episodes (seasons 1-20)">List of episodes</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The twelfth season of the American animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> originally aired between November 2000 and May 2001. It began on Wednesday, November 1, 2000 with "<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XI" title="Treehouse of Horror XI">Treehouse of Horror XI</a>". The season contains four hold-over episodes from the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_11" title="The Simpsons season 11">season 11</a> (BABF) production line. The <a href="/wiki/Showrunner" title="Showrunner">showrunner</a> for the twelfth production season was <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scully" title="Mike Scully">Mike Scully</a>. The season won and was nominated for numerous awards including two <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> wins and an <a href="/wiki/Annie_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Annie Award">Annie Award</a>. Season 12 was released on DVD in Region 1 on August 18, 2009, Region 2 on September 28, 2009, and Region 4 on September 2, 2009.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The season's executive producer was once again <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scully" title="Mike Scully">Mike Scully</a>, in his last season as executive producer, while it was produced by <a href="/wiki/Gracie_Films" title="Gracie Films">Gracie Films</a> and <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox Television">20th Century Fox Television</a>. He later returned to the series in <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_14" title="The Simpsons season 14">season fourteen</a> as a writer and executive producer for the episode "<a href="/wiki/How_I_Spent_My_Strummer_Vacation" title="How I Spent My Strummer Vacation">How I Spent My Strummer Vacation</a>". Mike Scully has stated his goal during his tenure was to "not wreck the show".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Don_Payne_(writer)" title="Don Payne (writer)">Don Payne</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Frink" title="John Frink">John Frink</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bendetson" title="Bob Bendetson">Bob Bendetson</a> began writing for the series, while <a href="/wiki/Larry_Doyle_(writer)" title="Larry Doyle (writer)">Larry Doyle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Thacker" title="Julie Thacker">Julie Thacker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Martin_(writer)" title="Tom Martin (writer)">Tom Martin</a> left following the completion of this season. Rob LaZebnik received his first sole writing credit for the episode "<a href="/wiki/Homer_vs._Dignity" title="Homer vs. Dignity">Homer vs. Dignity</a>". LaZebnik would not get a writing credit for another episode until the 20th season, where he was credited for writing "<a href="/wiki/Father_Knows_Worst" title="Father Knows Worst">Father Knows Worst</a>". Shaun Cashman received his sole directing credit on the series this season (for the 250th episode "<a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Springfields" title="A Tale of Two Springfields">A Tale of Two Springfields</a>"), while <a href="/wiki/Neil_Affleck" title="Neil Affleck">Neil Affleck</a> received his final directorial credit (also for "Homer vs. Dignity"). <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gammill_and_Max_Pross" title="Tom Gammill and Max Pross">Tom Gammill and Max Pross</a> have been promoted to produce this season. As of 2009, Gammill & Pross are still credited as such, along with <a href="/wiki/David_Mirkin" title="David Mirkin">David Mirkin</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reiss" title="Mike Reiss">Mike Reiss</a> (Al Jean's former writing partner) returned to the writing staff as a producer. </p><p>The season began with the annual <i><a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror" title="Treehouse of Horror">Treehouse of Horror</a></i> episode, beginning a practice of starting the season with the episodes, as well as airing the episodes shortly after <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a> in November, due to <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>'s coverage of the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a>. This season brought back <a href="/wiki/Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">Sideshow Bob</a>, who had not been seen since the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_8" title="The Simpsons season 8">eighth-season</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/Brother_from_Another_Series" title="Brother from Another Series">Brother from Another Series</a>". Ian Maxtone-Graham's episode "<a href="/wiki/Tennis_the_Menace" title="Tennis the Menace">Tennis the Menace</a>" became the second episode of the series to be animated using <a href="/wiki/Digital_ink_and_paint" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital ink and paint">digital ink and paint</a>, which had not been used since the season seven episode "<a href="/wiki/Radioactive_Man_(The_Simpsons_episode)" title="Radioactive Man (The Simpsons episode)">Radioactive Man</a>" and would not be used again (this time on a permanent basis) until <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_14" title="The Simpsons season 14">the 14th season</a>. The season would also have five episodes that would air the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_13" title="The Simpsons season 13">following season</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voice_cast_&_characters"><span id="Voice_cast_.26_characters"></span>Voice cast & characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Voice cast & characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_characters" title="List of The Simpsons characters">List of The Simpsons characters</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_King,_Comicon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg/200px-Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg/300px-Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg/400px-Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="707" /></a><figcaption>Author <a href="/wiki/Stephen_King" title="Stephen King">Stephen King</a> made a guest appearance as himself in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Insane_Clown_Poppy" title="Insane Clown Poppy">Insane Clown Poppy</a>"</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Norton_1997.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait of a young Edward Norton smiling" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Ed_Norton_1997.jpg/200px-Ed_Norton_1997.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Ed_Norton_1997.jpg/300px-Ed_Norton_1997.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Ed_Norton_1997.jpg/400px-Ed_Norton_1997.jpg 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="943" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Edward_Norton" title="Edward Norton">Edward Norton</a> appeared as Devon Bradley in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Great_Money_Caper" title="The Great Money Caper">The Great Money Caper</a>"</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Serena_Williams_at_2013_US_Open.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Serena_Williams_at_2013_US_Open.jpg/200px-Serena_Williams_at_2013_US_Open.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Serena_Williams_at_2013_US_Open.jpg/300px-Serena_Williams_at_2013_US_Open.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Serena_Williams_at_2013_US_Open.jpg/400px-Serena_Williams_at_2013_US_Open.jpg 2x" data-file-width="932" data-file-height="1228" /></a><figcaption>Tennis player <a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Serena Williams</a> made a guest appearance as herself in "<a href="/wiki/Tennis_the_Menace" title="Tennis the Menace">Tennis the Menace</a>" along with other tennis players, including her sister <a href="/wiki/Venus_Williams" title="Venus Williams">Venus</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_cast">Main cast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Main cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a> as <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grampa_Simpson" title="Grampa Simpson">Grampa Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krusty_the_Clown" title="Krusty the Clown">Krusty the Clown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayor_Quimby" title="Mayor Quimby">Mayor Quimby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Groundskeeper_Willie" title="Groundskeeper Willie">Groundskeeper Willie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barney_Gumble" title="Barney Gumble">Barney Gumble</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Little_Helper" title="Santa's Little Helper">Santa's Little Helper</a>, and various others</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Kavner" title="Julie Kavner">Julie Kavner</a> as <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patty_Bouvier" class="mw-redirect" title="Patty Bouvier">Patty Bouvier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Selma_Bouvier" class="mw-redirect" title="Selma Bouvier">Selma Bouvier</a> and various others</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Cartwright</a> as <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Muntz" title="Nelson Muntz">Nelson Muntz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Wiggum" title="Ralph Wiggum">Ralph Wiggum</a> and various others</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeardley_Smith" title="Yeardley Smith">Yeardley Smith</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a> as <a href="/wiki/Moe_Szyslak" title="Moe Szyslak">Moe Szyslak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_Wiggum" title="Chief Wiggum">Chief Wiggum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Professor_Frink" title="Professor Frink">Professor Frink</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Carlson" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Carlson">Carl Carlson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comic_Book_Guy" title="Comic Book Guy">Comic Book Guy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon" title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon">Apu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bumblebee_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="Bumblebee Man">Bumblebee Man</a> and various others</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Shearer" title="Harry Shearer">Harry Shearer</a> as <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waylon_Smithers" title="Waylon Smithers">Waylon Smithers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">Ned Flanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Principal_Skinner" title="Principal Skinner">Principal Skinner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dr._Hibbert" title="Dr. Hibbert">Dr. Hibbert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Leonard" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenny Leonard">Lenny Leonard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent_Brockman" title="Kent Brockman">Kent Brockman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reverend_Lovejoy" title="Reverend Lovejoy">Reverend Lovejoy</a>, and various others</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recurring">Recurring</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recurring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Hayden" title="Pamela Hayden">Pamela Hayden</a> as <a href="/wiki/Milhouse_Van_Houten" title="Milhouse Van Houten">Milhouse Van Houten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimbo_Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimbo Jones">Jimbo Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcia_Mitzman_Gaven" title="Marcia Mitzman Gaven">Marcia Mitzman Gaven</a> as <a href="/wiki/Helen_Lovejoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Helen Lovejoy">Helen Lovejoy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Hoover" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Hoover">Miss Hoover</a> and various others</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russi_Taylor" title="Russi Taylor">Russi Taylor</a> as <a href="/wiki/Martin_Prince" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Prince">Martin Prince</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sherri_and_Terri" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherri and Terri">Sherri and Terri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tress_MacNeille" title="Tress MacNeille">Tress MacNeille</a> as <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Skinner" class="mw-redirect" title="Agnes Skinner">Agnes Skinner</a> and various others</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcia_Wallace" title="Marcia Wallace">Marcia Wallace</a> as <a href="/wiki/Edna_Krabappel" title="Edna Krabappel">Edna Krabappel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Wiedergott" title="Karl Wiedergott">Karl Wiedergott</a> as additional characters</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guest_stars">Guest stars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Guest stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mantegna" title="Joe Mantegna">Joe Mantegna</a> as <a href="/wiki/Fat_Tony_(The_Simpsons)" title="Fat Tony (The Simpsons)">Fat Tony</a> (2 episodes)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Coleman" title="Gary Coleman">Gary Coleman</a> as himself (2 episodes)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Welker" title="Frank Welker">Frank Welker</a> as assorted animal voices (2 episodes)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Daltrey" title="Roger Daltrey">Roger Daltrey</a> as himself ("<a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Springfields" title="A Tale of Two Springfields">A Tale of Two Springfields</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Entwistle" title="John Entwistle">John Entwistle</a> as himself ("A Tale of Two Springfields")</li> <li>Paul Townshend as his brother <a href="/wiki/Pete_Townshend" title="Pete Townshend">Pete Townshend</a> ("A Tale of Two Springfields")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Barrymore" title="Drew Barrymore">Drew Barrymore</a> as Sophie ("<a href="/wiki/Insane_Clown_Poppy" title="Insane Clown Poppy">Insane Clown Poppy</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Mohr" title="Jay Mohr">Jay Mohr</a> as <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Walken" title="Christopher Walken">Christopher Walken</a> ("Insane Clown Poppy")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_King" title="Stephen King">Stephen King</a> as himself ("Insane Clown Poppy")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Tan" title="Amy Tan">Amy Tan</a> as herself ("Insane Clown Poppy")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Updike" title="John Updike">John Updike</a> as himself ("Insane Clown Poppy")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Jackson" title="Joshua Jackson">Joshua Jackson</a> as Jesse Grass ("<a href="/wiki/Lisa_the_Tree_Hugger" title="Lisa the Tree Hugger">Lisa the Tree Hugger</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeza_Gibbons" title="Leeza Gibbons">Leeza Gibbons</a> as herself ("<a href="/wiki/Homer_vs._Dignity" title="Homer vs. Dignity">Homer vs. Dignity</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McGoohan" title="Patrick McGoohan">Patrick McGoohan</a> as <a href="/wiki/Number_Six_(The_Prisoner)" title="Number Six (The Prisoner)">Number Six</a> ("<a href="/wiki/The_Computer_Wore_Menace_Shoes" title="The Computer Wore Menace Shoes">The Computer Wore Menace Shoes</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Norton" title="Edward Norton">Edward Norton</a> as Devon Bradley ("<a href="/wiki/The_Great_Money_Caper" title="The Great Money Caper">The Great Money Caper</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Krieger" title="Robby Krieger">Robby Krieger</a> as himself (deleted scene; "The Great Money Caper")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Keaton" title="Michael Keaton">Michael Keaton</a> as Jack Crowley ("<a href="/wiki/Pokey_Mom" title="Pokey Mom">Pokey Mom</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Napier_(actor)" title="Charles Napier (actor)">Charles Napier</a> as the warden ("Pokey Mom")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Vilanch" title="Bruce Vilanch">Bruce Vilanch</a> as himself ("Pokey Mom")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Schimmel" title="Robert Schimmel">Robert Schimmel</a> as a prisoner ("Pokey Mom")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Savini" title="Tom Savini">Tom Savini</a> as himself ("<a href="/wiki/Worst_Episode_Ever" title="Worst Episode Ever">Worst Episode Ever</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Agassi" title="Andre Agassi">Andre Agassi</a> as himself ("<a href="/wiki/Tennis_the_Menace" title="Tennis the Menace">Tennis the Menace</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sampras" title="Pete Sampras">Pete Sampras</a> as himself ("Tennis the Menace")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venus_Williams" title="Venus Williams">Venus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Serena Williams</a> as themselves ("Tennis the Menace")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer" title="Kelsey Grammer">Kelsey Grammer</a> as <a href="/wiki/Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">Sideshow Bob</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Jackanapes" title="Day of the Jackanapes">Day of the Jackanapes</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSYNC" title="NSYNC">NSYNC</a> as themselves ("<a href="/wiki/New_Kids_on_the_Blecch" title="New Kids on the Blecch">New Kids on the Blecch</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_(group)" title="Natural (group)">Natural</a> as the Party Posses ("New Kids on the Blecch") <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bledsoe" title="Ben Bledsoe">Ben Bledsoe</a> as Ralph</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Terenzi" title="Marc Terenzi">Marc Terenzi</a> as Nelson</li> <li>Michael 'J' Horn as Milhouse</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(drummer)" title="Michael Johnson (drummer)">Michael Johnson</a> as Bart</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stacy_Keach" title="Stacy Keach">Stacy Keach</a> as Howard K. Duff VIII ("<a href="/wiki/Hungry,_Hungry_Homer" title="Hungry, Hungry Homer">Hungry, Hungry Homer</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Griffin" title="Kathy Griffin">Kathy Griffin</a> as Francine ("<a href="/wiki/Bye_Bye_Nerdie" title="Bye Bye Nerdie">Bye Bye Nerdie</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Hooks" title="Jan Hooks">Jan Hooks</a> as <a href="/wiki/Manjula_Nahasapeemapetilon" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon">Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon</a> ("Bye Bye Needie")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Muniz" title="Frankie Muniz">Frankie Muniz</a> as Thelonious ("<a href="/wiki/Trilogy_of_Error" title="Trilogy of Error">Trilogy of Error</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Colvin" title="Shawn Colvin">Shawn Colvin</a> as Rachel Jordan ("<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Goin%27_to_Praiseland" title="I'm Goin' to Praiseland">I'm Goin' to Praiseland</a>")</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The twelfth season has received mostly positive reviews from critics. On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the twelfth season of <i>The Simpsons</i> has an 80% approval rating based on 5 critical reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matt Haigh of Den of Geek said that "The bad episodes are never really terrible, it's more that they're a bit boring and will most likely have you yawning 10 minutes in. With this in mind, season 12 ends up being very much a 50/50 affair".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nancy Basile gave a list of "Must See TV" episodes and "Not So Must See TV" episodes — with more of the former.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_The_Simpsons" title="List of awards and nominations received by The Simpsons">List of awards and nominations received by The Simpsons</a></div> <p>"<a href="/wiki/HOMR" title="HOMR">HOMR</a>" was nominated for various awards. <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> received a nomination for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Animated_Program_(for_Programming_Less_Than_One_Hour)" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)</a> the eleventh win for the series.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another Primetime Emmy Award nomination is for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Music_Composition_for_a_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another win for "HOMR" is an <a href="/wiki/Annie_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Annie Award">Annie Award</a> for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television Production.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other Primetime Emmy Awards nominations include <a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Worst_Episode_Ever" title="Worst Episode Ever">Worst Episode Ever</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa Simpson</a> also won a Board of Directors Ongoing Commitment Award.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show also won at the <a href="/wiki/2002_Kids%27_Choice_Awards" title="2002 Kids' Choice Awards">2002 Kids' Choice Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nielsen_Rating">Nielsen Rating</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Nielsen Rating"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The season ranked 21st in the seasonal ratings with an average of 14.7 million viewers an episode, rising 6% from last season.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2023, season 12's Nielsen ranking of #21 remains the highest in the show's history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes" title="List of The Simpsons episodes">List of The Simpsons episodes</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:white;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#993129;width:5%;color:white"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#993129;width:5%;color:white"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#993129;width:26%;color:white">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#993129;width:14%;color:white">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#993129;width:22%;color:white">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#993129;width:12%;color:white">Original air date</th><th scope="col" style="background:#993129;width:7%;color:white"><abbr title="Production">Prod.</abbr><br />code</th><th scope="col" style="background:#993129;width:9%;color:white">U.S. viewers<br />(millions)</th></tr><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="3" id="ep249" style="text-align:center">249</th><td rowspan="3">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="3" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XI" title="Treehouse of Horror XI">Treehouse of Horror XI</a>"</td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Nastuk" title="Matthew Nastuk">Matthew Nastuk</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Rob_LaZebnik" title="Rob LaZebnik">Rob LaZebnik</a></td><td rowspan="3">November 1, 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-11-01</span>)</span></td><td id="pcBABF21" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center">BABF21</td><td rowspan="3">13.23<sup id="cite_ref-novsimp_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novsimp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Frink" title="John Frink">John Frink</a> & <a href="/wiki/Don_Payne_(writer)" title="Don Payne (writer)">Don Payne</a></td></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Omine" title="Carolyn Omine">Carolyn Omine</a></td></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="16" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> This year's Halloween story sees The Simpsons as "The Munsters" (with everyone except Lisa getting killed), <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a> as a wandering spirit on the hunt for a good deed in "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad," <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a> as peasants in a fairy tale forest in "Scary Tales Can Come True," and Lisa inadvertently dooming mankind by rescuing a dolphin in "Night of the Dolphin."</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep250" style="text-align:center">250</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Springfields" title="A Tale of Two Springfields">A Tale of Two Springfields</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Shaun Cashman</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Swartzwelder" title="John Swartzwelder">John Swartzwelder</a></td><td style="text-align:center">November 5, 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-11-05</span>)</span></td><td id="pcBABF20" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">BABF20</td><td style="text-align:center">16.18<sup id="cite_ref-novsimp_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novsimp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> While calling Animal Control over a badger taking residence in Santa's Little Helper's doghouse, Homer discovers that <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield</a> has two different area codes–and ends up leading a revolt that splits the town in two.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep251" style="text-align:center">251</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Insane_Clown_Poppy" title="Insane Clown Poppy">Insane Clown Poppy</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Anderson_(director)" title="Bob Anderson (director)">Bob Anderson</a></td><td style="text-align:center">John Frink & Don Payne</td><td style="text-align:center">November 12, 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-11-12</span>)</span></td><td id="pcBABF17" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">BABF17</td><td style="text-align:center">16.44<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <a href="/wiki/Krusty_the_Clown" title="Krusty the Clown">Krusty</a> takes parenting lessons from Homer when, during an outdoor book fair, a girl tells Krusty that she is his long-lost daughter from a one-night stand with a female soldier who fought during the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep252" style="text-align:center">252</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Lisa_the_Tree_Hugger" title="Lisa the Tree Hugger">Lisa the Tree Hugger</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Dean_Moore" title="Steven Dean Moore">Steven Dean Moore</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Selman" title="Matt Selman">Matt Selman</a></td><td style="text-align:center">November 19, 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-11-19</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF01" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF01</td><td style="text-align:center">14.87<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Lisa falls for the teenaged leader of a militant <a href="/wiki/Environmentalist" title="Environmentalist">environmentalist</a> group and tries to impress him by living in Springfield's oldest tree in order to keep it from being cut down.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep253" style="text-align:center">253</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Homer_vs._Dignity" title="Homer vs. Dignity">Homer vs. Dignity</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Affleck" title="Neil Affleck">Neil Affleck</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Rob LaZebnik</td><td style="text-align:center">November 26, 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-11-26</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF04" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF04</td><td style="text-align:center">14.99<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> When the Simpsons once again have financial problems, <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a> pays Homer to play pranks on others and humiliate himself in public. Meanwhile, Smithers creates a Malibu Stacy-themed musical.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep254" style="text-align:center">254</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Computer_Wore_Menace_Shoes" title="The Computer Wore Menace Shoes">The Computer Wore Menace Shoes</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Kirkland" title="Mark Kirkland">Mark Kirkland</a></td><td style="text-align:center">John Swartzwelder</td><td style="text-align:center">December 3, 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-12-03</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF02" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF02</td><td style="text-align:center">15.60<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Homer decides to buy a computer after turning up at the plant to find that it is closed, and that, not having a computer, he did not receive the <a href="/wiki/Email" title="Email">e-mail</a> telling the workers. He then creates his own website and it eventually gains attention when he posts gossip. Homer dubs himself as "Mr. X" to conceal his identity. When he reveals that he is Mr. X, he becomes drugged into a mysterious island where people who know too much are imprisoned after Homer starts writing conspiracy theories such as <a href="/wiki/Influenza_vaccine" title="Influenza vaccine">flu shots</a> causing increased holiday spending.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep255" style="text-align:center">255</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Great_Money_Caper" title="The Great Money Caper">The Great Money Caper</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Mike Frank Polcino</td><td style="text-align:center">Carolyn Omine</td><td style="text-align:center">December 10, 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-12-10</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF03" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF03</td><td style="text-align:center">16.84<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Homer and Bart become father–son con artists (after Bart is given money out of pity when Homer decided to not take him home), but soon find that they are the ones being had.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep256" style="text-align:center">256</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Skinner%27s_Sense_of_Snow" title="Skinner's Sense of Snow">Skinner's Sense of Snow</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lance_Kramer" title="Lance Kramer">Lance Kramer</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Long" title="Tim Long">Tim Long</a></td><td style="text-align:center">December 17, 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-12-17</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF06" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF06</td><td style="text-align:center">15.87<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> A snowstorm traps the students of Springfield Elementary inside, with them overthrowing Principal Skinner when he uses his Army skills to control them. Meanwhile, Ned temporarily redeems himself to help Homer rescue the children–using his car.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep257" style="text-align:center">257</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/HOMR" title="HOMR">HOMR</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mike_B._Anderson" title="Mike B. Anderson">Mike B. Anderson</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 7, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-01-07</span>)</span></td><td id="pcBABF22" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">BABF22</td><td style="text-align:center">18.52<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> While working as a human guinea pig (to pay off the family's lost savings after making a bad investment), Homer discovers the root cause of his subnormal intelligence: a crayon that was lodged in his brain ever since he was a boy. He decides to have it removed to increase his <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_quotient" title="Intelligence quotient">IQ</a>, but discovers that being smart does not necessarily equal being happy.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep258" style="text-align:center">258</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Pokey_Mom" title="Pokey Mom">Pokey Mom</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Bob Anderson</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Martin_(writer)" title="Tom Martin (writer)">Tom Martin</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 14, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-01-14</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF05" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF05</td><td style="text-align:center">15.01<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Marge tries to rehabilitate a convict with remarkable artistic talent. Meanwhile, Homer uses a trash can to fix people's spines.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep259" style="text-align:center">259</th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Worst_Episode_Ever" title="Worst Episode Ever">Worst Episode Ever</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Matthew Nastuk</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Doyle_(writer)" title="Larry Doyle (writer)">Larry Doyle</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 4, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-02-04</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF08" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF08</td><td style="text-align:center">18.50<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Bart and Milhouse are banned from The Android Dungeon after stopping Comic Book Guy from buying a box of priceless <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> memorabilia for $5, but are hired as his replacements when Comic Book Guy has a <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a> and is advised to leave his job in order to make friends.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep260" style="text-align:center">260</th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Tennis_the_Menace" title="Tennis the Menace">Tennis the Menace</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Jen Kamerman</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Maxtone-Graham" title="Ian Maxtone-Graham">Ian Maxtone-Graham</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 11, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-02-11</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF07" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF07</td><td style="text-align:center">13.98<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> While making funeral arrangements for Grampa's future, the funeral planner pitches the idea of a mausoleum that uses the same amount of cement as a full-sized <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> court. This prompts Homer to instead build a tennis court in his backyard, initially mistaking the sport for "Foxy Boxing". The tennis court makes Marge and Homer popular in town, but it turns out that this is only because Homer's inferior tennis ability makes them an easy target. Bart on the other hand, shines as a natural.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep261" style="text-align:center">261</th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Jackanapes" title="Day of the Jackanapes">Day of the Jackanapes</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Marcantel" title="Michael Marcantel">Michael Marcantel</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Al Jean</td><td style="text-align:center">February 18, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-02-18</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF10" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF10</td><td style="text-align:center">15.39<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Krusty announces his retirement due to interference from network executives and the growing popularity of the big-money game show "Me Wantee", but when Krusty reveals to Sideshow Bob that all of the episodes featuring him have been erased, Sideshow Bob uses Krusty's biggest fan (Bart) to murder him during Krusty's farewell show.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep262" style="text-align:center">262</th><td style="text-align:center">14</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/New_Kids_on_the_Blecch" title="New Kids on the Blecch">New Kids on the Blecch</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Steven Dean Moore</td><td style="text-align:center">Tim Long</td><td style="text-align:center">February 25, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-02-25</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF12" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF12</td><td style="text-align:center">18.12<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> A music producer selects Bart, Nelson, Milhouse and Ralph to be members of the next hit boy band, who record subliminal songs about joining the Navy.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep263" style="text-align:center">263</th><td style="text-align:center">15</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Hungry,_Hungry_Homer" title="Hungry, Hungry Homer">Hungry, Hungry Homer</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kruse" title="Nancy Kruse">Nancy Kruse</a></td><td style="text-align:center">John Swartzwelder</td><td style="text-align:center">March 4, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-03-04</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF09" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF09</td><td style="text-align:center">17.55<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Homer becomes a Good Samaritan after discovering the simple joys of helping people in need–which is put to the test when he goes on a hunger strike after the owner of the Springfield Isotopes attempts to discredit him when Homer stumbles on his plot to discreetly move the team to Albuquerque, New Mexico.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep264" style="text-align:center">264</th><td style="text-align:center">16</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Bye_Bye_Nerdie" title="Bye Bye Nerdie">Bye Bye Nerdie</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lauren_MacMullan" title="Lauren MacMullan">Lauren MacMullan</a></td><td style="text-align:center">John Frink & Don Payne</td><td style="text-align:center">March 11, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-03-11</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF11" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF11</td><td style="text-align:center">16.11<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> When Lisa becomes the target of a female bully, she discovers a scientific reason as to why bullies pick on nerds. Meanwhile, Homer goes into the baby-proofing business, which unfortunately threatens those of pediatricians and greeting card salesmen.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep265" style="text-align:center">265</th><td style="text-align:center">17</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Simpson_Safari" title="Simpson Safari">Simpson Safari</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Mark Kirkland</td><td style="text-align:center">John Swartzwelder</td><td style="text-align:center">April 1, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-04-01</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF13" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF13</td><td style="text-align:center">13.28<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> When the Simpsons run out of food thanks to a bag boy strike (caused by Homer), the family finds an old box of animal crackers with a sweepstakes that sends The Simpsons to Africa.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep266" style="text-align:center">266</th><td style="text-align:center">18</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Trilogy_of_Error" title="Trilogy of Error">Trilogy of Error</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Mike B. Anderson</td><td style="text-align:center">Matt Selman</td><td style="text-align:center">April 29, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-04-29</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF14" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF14</td><td style="text-align:center">14.41<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Homer's rush to the hospital to reattach his thumb, Lisa's rush to school to win the science fair, and Bart's run-in with an illegal fireworks scheme are interconnected in a parody of <i><a href="/wiki/Go_(1999_film)" title="Go (1999 film)">Go</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Run_Lola_Run" title="Run Lola Run">Run Lola Run</a></i>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep267" style="text-align:center">267</th><td style="text-align:center">19</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Goin%27_to_Praiseland" title="I'm Goin' to Praiseland">I'm Goin' to Praiseland</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Sheetz" title="Chuck Sheetz">Chuck Sheetz</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Thacker" title="Julie Thacker">Julie Thacker</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 6, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-05-06</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF15" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF15</td><td style="text-align:center">13.06<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> After finding a sketchbook belonging to his late wife Maude, Ned Flanders opens a <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>-themed <a href="/wiki/Amusement_park" title="Amusement park">amusement park</a> to honor her memory.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep268" style="text-align:center">268</th><td style="text-align:center">20</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Children_of_a_Lesser_Clod" title="Children of a Lesser Clod">Children of a Lesser Clod</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Mike Frank Polcino</td><td style="text-align:center">Al Jean</td><td style="text-align:center">May 13, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-05-13</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF16" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">CABF16</td><td style="text-align:center">13.81<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> After injuring his knee during a basketball game, Homer begins taking care of the neighborhood kids to cure his boredom during his recovery from surgery, prompting jealousy from Bart and Lisa, who feel that Homer is giving the kids the attention they never had.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="3" id="ep269" style="text-align:center">269</th><td rowspan="3">21</td><td class="summary" rowspan="3" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Tall_Tales" title="Simpsons Tall Tales">Simpsons Tall Tales</a>"</td><td rowspan="3">Bob Anderson</td><td style="text-align:center">John Frink & Don Payne</td><td rowspan="3">May 20, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-05-20</span>)</span></td><td id="pcCABF17" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center">CABF17</td><td rowspan="3">13.43<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Bendetson" title="Bob Bendetson">Bob Bendetson</a></td></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><td style="text-align:center">Matt Selman</td></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="16" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #993129"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <p>When Homer refuses to pay a five dollar airport tax to fly to <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>, the family is forced to ride in a livestock car of a train instead. There they meet a singing <a href="/wiki/Hobo" title="Hobo">hobo</a> who tells three tall tales: </p> <ul><li>Homer as <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bunyan" title="Paul Bunyan">Paul Bunyan</a>.</li> <li>Lisa as Connie Appleseed, a parody of <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed" title="Johnny Appleseed">Johnny Appleseed</a>.</li> <li>Bart as <a href="/wiki/Tom_Sawyer" title="Tom Sawyer">Tom Sawyer</a> with Nelson as <a href="/wiki/Huckleberry_Finn" title="Huckleberry Finn">Huckleberry Finn</a>.</li></ul> <span></span></div></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons_season_12&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> boxset for season twelve was released by <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a> in the United States and Canada on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, eight years after it had completed broadcast on television. As well as every episode from the season, the DVD release feature bonus material including <a href="/wiki/Deleted_scene" title="Deleted scene">deleted scenes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Animatics" class="mw-redirect" title="Animatics">animatics</a>, and commentaries for every episode. The boxart features <a href="/wiki/Comic_Book_Guy" title="Comic Book Guy">Comic Book Guy</a>, and a special limited edition "embossed head case" package was also released. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="5" style="background:#993129;">...<span style="color:white;"><b>The Complete Twelfth Season</b></span>... </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="text-align:center; width:400px;" colspan="3"><b>Set Details</b><sup id="cite_ref-DVDs12_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DVDs12-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:300px; text-align:center;"><b>Special Features</b><sup id="cite_ref-DVDs12_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DVDs12-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>21 episodes</li> <li>4-disc set</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)#4:3_standard" title="Aspect ratio (image)">1.33:1 aspect ratio</a></li> <li>AUDIO <ul><li>English 5.1 Dolby Digital</li> <li>Spanish 2.0 Dolby Surround</li> <li>French 2.0 Dolby Surround</li></ul></li> <li>SUBTITLES <ul><li>English SDH</li> <li>Spanish<sup id="cite_ref-DVDs12_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DVDs12-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"> <ul><li>Optional commentaries for all 21 episodes</li> <li>Introduction from <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a></li> <li>Deleted Scenes <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XI" title="Treehouse of Horror XI">Treehouse of Horror XI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Springfields" title="A Tale of Two Springfields">A Tale of Two Springfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insane_Clown_Poppy" title="Insane Clown Poppy">Insane Clown Poppy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_the_Tree_Hugger" title="Lisa the Tree Hugger">Lisa the Tree Hugger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Computer_Wore_Menace_Shoes" title="The Computer Wore Menace Shoes">The Computer Wore Menace Shoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Money_Caper" title="The Great Money Caper">The Great Money Caper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinner%27s_Sense_of_Snow" title="Skinner's Sense of Snow">Skinner's Sense of Snow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HOMR" title="HOMR">HOMR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pokey_Mom" title="Pokey Mom">Pokey Mom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worst_Episode_Ever" title="Worst Episode Ever">Worst Episode Ever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Jackanapes" title="Day of the Jackanapes">Day of the Jackanapes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Kids_on_the_Blecch" title="New Kids on the Blecch">New Kids on the Blecch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungry,_Hungry_Homer" title="Hungry, Hungry Homer">Hungry, Hungry Homer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bye_Bye_Nerdie" title="Bye Bye Nerdie">Bye Bye Nerdie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trilogy_of_Error" title="Trilogy of Error">Trilogy of Error</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Goin%27_to_Praiseland" title="I'm Goin' to Praiseland">I'm Goin' to Praiseland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children_of_a_Lesser_Clod" title="Children of a Lesser Clod">Children of a Lesser Clod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Tall_Tales" title="Simpsons Tall Tales">Simpsons Tall Tales</a></li></ul></li> <li>Special Language Feature <ul><li>Homer vs. Dignity <ul><li>Portuguese 2.0 Dolby Surround</li> <li>Hungarian 2.0 Dolby Surround</li> <li>Ukrainian 2.0 Dolby Surround</li> <li>Italian 2.0 Dolby Surround</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Featurette: "Comic Book Guy: Best. Moments. Ever."</li> <li>Featurette: "The Global Fanfest"</li> <li>Sketch gallery</li> <li>Animation Showcases <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XI" title="Treehouse of Horror XI">Treehouse of Horror XI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Jackanapes" title="Day of the Jackanapes">Day of the Jackanapes</a></li></ul></li> <li>Illustrated commentaries <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_the_Tree_Hugger" title="Lisa the Tree Hugger">Lisa the Tree Hugger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HOMR" title="HOMR">HOMR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Goin%27_to_Praiseland" title="I'm Goin' to Praiseland">I'm Goin' to Praiseland</a></li></ul></li> <li>Commercials <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Butterfinger" title="Butterfinger">Butterfinger</a> - Butterfingeritis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfinger" title="Butterfinger">Butterfinger</a> - Bart's Nightmare</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burger_King" title="Burger King">Burger King</a> International - Spaced Homer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Rooster" title="Red Rooster">Red Rooster</a> - 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title="D'oh!">D'oh!</a>"</li> <li>"<i><a href="/wiki/%C2%A1Ay,_caramba!" title="¡Ay, caramba!">¡Ay, caramba!</a></i>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_house" title="The Simpsons house">The Simpsons house</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Themes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media_in_The_Simpsons" title="Media in The Simpsons">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_in_The_Simpsons" title="Politics in The 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It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Wars_Part_II" title="Cartoon Wars Part II">Cartoon Wars Part II</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Samsonadzes" title="The Samsonadzes">The Samsonadzes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_20th_Anniversary_Special_%E2%80%93_In_3-D!_On_Ice!" title="The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!">20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alt.tv.simpsons" title="Alt.tv.simpsons">alt.tv.simpsons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animation_Domination" title="Animation Domination">Animation Domination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_The_Simpsons" title="List of awards and nominations received by The Simpsons">Awards and nominations</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_or_White" title="Black or White">Black or White</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfinger#Advertising_campaigns" title="Butterfinger">Butterfinger advertisements</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkeys" title="Cheese-eating surrender monkeys">Cheese-eating surrender monkeys</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/CyberWorld" title="CyberWorld">CyberWorld</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flanderization" title="Flanderization">Flanderization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frinkiac" title="Frinkiac">Frinkiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_future_predictions" title="The Simpsons future predictions">Future predictions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graggle_Simpson" title="Graggle Simpson">Graggle Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_home_video_releases" title="List of The Simpsons home video releases">Home video releases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lego_The_Simpsons" title="Lego The Simpsons">Lego <i>The Simpsons</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_representation_in_The_Simpsons" title="LGBT representation in The Simpsons">LGBT representation</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Monster_in_the_Mirror" title="Monster in the Mirror">Monster in the Mirror</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okilly_Dokilly" title="Okilly Dokilly">Okilly Dokilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_and_Portland,_Oregon" title="The Simpsons and Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Allen" title="James H. 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<dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_9" title="The Simpsons season 9">9</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_10" title="The Simpsons season 10">10</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_11" title="The Simpsons season 11">11</a></dd> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">12</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_13" title="The Simpsons season 13">13</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_14" title="The Simpsons season 14">14</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_15" title="The Simpsons season 15">15</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_16" title="The Simpsons season 16">16</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_17" title="The Simpsons season 17">17</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_18" title="The Simpsons season 18">18</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_19" title="The Simpsons season 19">19</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_20" title="The Simpsons season 20">20</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes_(season_21%E2%80%93present)" title="List of The Simpsons episodes (season 21–present)">Season 21–present</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_21" title="The Simpsons season 21">21</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_22" title="The Simpsons season 22">22</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_23" title="The Simpsons season 23">23</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_24" title="The Simpsons season 24">24</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_25" title="The Simpsons season 25">25</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_26" title="The Simpsons season 26">26</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_27" title="The Simpsons season 27">27</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_28" title="The Simpsons season 28">28</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_29" title="The Simpsons season 29">29</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_30" title="The Simpsons season 30">30</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_31" title="The Simpsons season 31">31</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_32" title="The Simpsons season 32">32</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_33" title="The Simpsons season 33">33</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_34" title="The Simpsons season 34">34</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_35" title="The Simpsons season 35">35</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_36" title="The Simpsons season 36">36</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Season 12</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XI" title="Treehouse of Horror XI">Treehouse of Horror XI</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Springfields" title="A Tale of Two Springfields">A Tale of 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