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The Simpsons (season 9)
The Simpsons Season 9 and another two episodes which were run by Al Jean and
Mike Reiss.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Season nine won three Emmy Awards: "Trash of the
Titans" for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding An-
imated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)
in 1998,[9] Hank Azaria picked up "Outstanding Voice-
Over Performance" for the voice of Apu Nahas-
apeemapetilon,[10] and Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler pick-
ing up the "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" award.[11]
Clausen was also nominated for "Outstanding Music
Direction" and "Outstanding Music Composition for a
Series (Dramatic Underscore)" for "Treehouse of Horror
VIII".[9] Season nine was also nominated for a "Best Net-
work Television Series" award by the Saturn Awards and
"Best Sound Editing" for a Golden Reel Award.[11]
The Simpsons 9th Season DVD was released on Decem-
The Simpsons Season 9 DVD ber 19, 2006 in Region 1, January 14 , 2007 in Region 2
and January 29, 2007 in Region 4. The DVD was released
Country of origin United States in two different forms: a Lisa-shaped head, to match the
No. of episodes 25 Maggie, Homer and Marge shaped heads from the three
previous DVD sets, and also a standard rectangular
Broadcast
shaped box. Like the previous DVD sets, both versions are
Original channel Fox available for sale separately.
Original run September 21, 1997 –
May 17, 1998
Home video release Episodes
DVD release See also: List of The Simpsons episodes
Region 1 December 19, 2006
Nielsen Ratings
Region 2 January 29, 2007
In terms of household ratings, the show landed just out-
Region 4 March 21, 2007 side the Top 30, ranking 32nd with a 9.3 household rating
Season chronology and a 15 percent audience share.[29] However, in terms of
total viewers, the show ranked within the Top 20, tying
← Previous Next → with Dateline Tuesday for 17th place and being watched by
Season 8 Season 10 an average of 15.3 million viewers per episode.[30]
List of The Simpsons episodes
DVD release
The Simpsons’ ninth season originally aired between
Simpsons’
The DVD boxset for season nine was released by 20th
September 1997 and May 1998, beginning on Sunday,
Century Fox in the United States and Canada on Decem-
September 21, 1997 with "The City of New York vs.
ber 19, 2006, eight years after it had completed broadcast
Homer Simpson". The show runner for the ninth pro-
on television. As well as every episode from the season,
duction season was Mike Scully.[1] The aired season con-
the DVD release features bonus material including delet-
tained three episodes which were hold-over episodes
ed scenes, animatics, and commentaries for every
from season eight, which Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein
episode. As with the two preceding seasons, the set was
ran, as well as two episodes from season seven. It also
released in two different packagings: A "Collector’s Edi-
contained two episodes which were run by David Mirkin,
tion" plastic packaging molded to look like Lisa’s head,
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code
The
179 - "The City of New York vs. Jim Reardon Ian Maxtone-Graham September 21, 4F22
1 Simpson"
Homer Simpson 1997 (1997-09-21)
Homer allows Barney to use his car when Barney is picked to be the designated driver for that night at Moe’s Tav-
ern. However, Barney disappears for two months with the car, and returns without it. Homer searches for his car,
and eventually receives a letter from the City of New York. The family is excited to go there to obtain the car, but
Homer, who had had a bad experience in New York when he was younger, is reluctant. After reaching New York Ci-
ty, Homer sees the car parked near the World Trade Center, where he must wait by so that an officer can remove
the wheel clamp. He is distracted from standing watch for the police when he has to use the bathroom, and causes
him to miss the police officer. Homer gets angry, and leaves the city with the clamp on. [2]
The
180 - "The Principal and the Pau- Steven Dean Ken Keeler September 28, 4F23
2 per"
per Moore 1997 (1997-09-28)
When a celebration is held at Springfield Elementary to honor his 20 years as principal, Seymour Skinner is revealed
to be an impostor when the real Seymour, Sgt. Seymour Skinner, shows up. The principal’s real name is revealed to
be Armin Tamzarian, an orphan from Capital City. Armin soon leaves to return to Capital City, and Sgt. Seymour
Skinner takes over as principal. However, many, including Agnes Skinner, soon decide they preferred the old Sey-
mour. After persuading him to come back from Capital City to be Principal Skinner again, the townspeople send Sgt.
Skinner out of town on a railroad.
Guest star: Martin Sheen.[3]
Lisa’s Sax"
181 - "Lisa’s Sax Dominic Pol- Al Jean October 19, 3G02
3 cino 1997 (1997-10-19)
After being disrupted by Lisa’s saxophone practice, Bart gets into a fight with Lisa, ultimately causing her saxo-
phone to be thrown out the window and run over by a truck, flattening it. Trying to console her, Homer shares the
story of how she got her saxophone: With Bart struggling to fit in at school, Homer and Marge go to the school’s psychologist.
While doing little to help Bart, the doctor notices Lisa’s "gifts" and recommends a private school, though the family cannot afford
it. Instead, Homer decides to buy a saxophone with the money he was saving for an air conditioner because of the hot summer.
After finishing the story, Homer once again decides to not spend the money on an air conditioner and buys a new
saxophone for Lisa instead.
Guest star: Fyvush Finkel.[7]
Treehouse VIII"
182 - "Treehouse of Horror VIII Mark Kirk- Mike Scully, David S. Cohen & October 26, 5F02
4 land Ned Goldreyer 1997 (1997-10-26)
A Halloween special which is divided into three short stories:
The HΩmega Man – After the French strike Springfield with a nuclear bomb, Homer discovers that he is the only
one who survived the attack, until mutants come after him.
Fly Vs. Fly – Bart uses Professor Frink’s teleporter to turn himself into a fly.
Easy Bake Coven – In a 1600s Puritan town, Marge is accused of being a witch, which turns out to be true. She flees
to her sisters’ cave, where the three become the inventors of Halloween.[1]
The Family"
183 - "The Cartridge Family Pete Michels John Swartzwelder November 2, 5F01
5 1997 (1997-11-02)
After a large soccer riot leads to an extended period of mob rule throughout Springfield, Homer decides to forgo an
expensive security system in favor of a gun. As Marge disapproves of a gun in the house, Homer takes her to an NRA
meeting to sell her on the concept. Marge’s objections continue, finally forcing Homer to agree to get rid of the
weapon. Unfortunately, Bart and Milhouse later discover it concealed in the refrigerator. Infuriated and frightened,
Marge takes the kids and leaves Homer. With nothing but his gun and his indignation for company, Homer hosts an
NRA meeting in his empty house, only to be kicked out of the group when the gun-nuts themselves acknowledge his
reckless and irresponsible treatment of firearms. Thusly humbled, Homer seeks out his family to admit his mis-
take.[12]
Bart Star"
184 - "Bart Star Dominic Pol- Donick Cary November 9, 5F03
6 cino 1997 (1997-11-09)
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When the children of Springfield are deemed to be overweight, many parents place their children in the peewee
football team, including Bart. Ned is the coach of the team, until he quits after Homer’s heckling, which ultimately
leads to Homer being the new coach. While being tough on Bart originally, Homer realizes how rough his father was
on him when he played sports. This leads Homer to make Bart the quarterback instead of the more skilled Nelson,
causing the team to lose a few games and Bart to become angry at his father. Unwilling to make Nelson the quarter-
back again initially, Homer finally apologizes to Bart for pressuring him and replaces him with Nelson, thus allow-
ing the team to win the championship.
Guest stars: Joe Namath, Roy Firestone & Mike Judge.[13]
The
185 - "The Two Mrs. Nahas- Steven Dean Richard Appel November 16, 5F04
7 apeemapetilons"
apeemapetilons Moore 1997 (1997-11-16)
After Marge enters Apu into a bachelor auction, many women find an interest in him. However, Apu soon receives a
letter from his mother, regarding the arranged marriage he is supposed to have. He does not want to marry the
stranger, and following the advice of Homer, tells his mother that he is already married. Curious, his mother comes
to America to see his wife, which Homer says Marge can pretend to be. But his mother soon realizes that she is not
actually his wife, making the plans for the arranged marriage to continue. Apu becomes depressed until he learns at
his wedding that his arranged wife, Manjula, is actually quite lovely.
Guest Stars: Jan Hooks & Andrea Martin.[14]
Lisa Skeptic"
186 - "Lisa the Skeptic Neil Affleck David S. Cohen November 23, 5F05
8 1997 (1997-11-23)
Lisa discovers that a shopping mall is going to be built at a site where prehistoric fossils were found. Afraid of there
being more prehistoric items at the site, Lisa complains to the developers and starts an archaeological survey at the
site. Late into the dig, Lisa unearths a skeleton with bones that resemble wings, similar to an angel’s. Despite the
whole town believing it to be an angel, Lisa takes a sample of the skeleton and has it tested to see if it is one of a hu-
man. The results are inconclusive, leaving Lisa still skeptical. After an interview about her beliefs, there is a town ri-
ot against the science community. During the riots, the skeleton is stolen. The town finally discovers it on a hillside
with the message, "The End Will Come at Sundown" carved into it. However, the entire ordeal turns out to be pub-
licity stunt that was pulled off by the mall’s developers. Surprisingly, the town is not angry, but is instead fascinated
by the low prices at the mall.
Guest star: Stephen Jay Gould.[15]
Realty Bites"
187 - "Realty Bites Swinton O. Dan Greaney December 7, 5F06
9 Scott III 1997 (1997-12-07)
Homer takes Marge to a police-seized property auction, where he buys a sports car that was formerly Snake’s. On
the ride home, Marge decides to walk because of Homer’s erratic driving in the new car. She runs into Lionel Hutz,
who is now a realtor. Interested, Marge takes a test to become one, and soon works for a realtor company, Red Blaz-
er Realty. However, after being threatened to be fired for failing to sell any houses, Marge must lie to the Flanders to
sell them a house where murders had once taken place. Feeling guilty, Marge tells them the truth after they stay
there for a night, which only seems to make them more fascinated in living in the home. Meanwhile, Snake hears
about the auction of his car and is so angry that he breaks out of jail to get it back. As he and Homer fight, the car
crashes into the house, causing the Flanders to move back to their home, and Marge to get fired. [16]
Miracle
188 - "Miracle on Evergreen Ter- Bob Ander- Ron Hauge December 21, 5F07
10 race"
race son 1997 (1997-12-21)
On Christmas morning, Bart wakes up earlier than the rest of the family and goes to open his presents. After playing
with a remote control firetruck, Bart accidentally starts a fire, causing the plastic Christmas tree and the presents to
melt. Bart hides the melted mess, but the next morning, reports to the family that there had been a robber. The
news media soon reports this, and the community rallies to their aid and donates $15,000, which Homer spends on a
car he soon crashes. However, Bart soon tells the truth to his family; that there never was a robber. The community
soon finds out, and demands their money back. Marge decides to go on Jeopardy! to make the money back, but does
not succeed. When the family comes back home, they find that the town has looted their entire house of everything
except a washcloth.
Guest star: Alex Trebek.[17]
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All Dancing"
189 - "All Singing, All Dancing Mark Ervin Steve O’Donnell January 4, 5F24
11 1998 (1998-01-04)
Homer goes out and rents a western movie to watch with his family on the VCR. However, the movie turns out to be
a musical, which disgusts Homer. The family reminds Homer of the past times that he has sung and danced in enjoy-
ment, and soon, the family is singing and dancing themselves. Snake enters the house through a window and
threatens the family, but decides they would not be good hostages. The family sings once more, and later, Snake
comes back, threatening to kill them for putting an annoying tune in his head, but realizes he is out of ammunition
and leaves. The family continues to sing, until Snake returns to kill them, but the family tells him they are finished
singing. The episode ends with Marge humming nearby the living room window, causing Snake to shoot through
it.[5]
Bart Carny"
190 - "Bart Carny Mark Kirk- John Swartzwelder January 11, 5F08
12 land 1998 (1998-01-11)
While the family is at a traveling carnival, Bart accidentally crashes Adolf Hitler’s car. To pay off the debts, Homer
and Bart get jobs at the carnival by helping with the booths and exhibits, where they befriend Cooder and Spud, a
father-and-son carny team. Unfortunately, Homer causes their booth to get shut down, when he does not recognize
the bribe Chief Wiggum was asking for. Homer decides to allow the two carnies to stay at his home. The next day,
the family goes to a glass bottom boat ride with the tickets Cooder gave them, only to discover their house has been
taken over by the two carnies when they return. After brainstorming on how to get the house back, Homer decides
to make Cooder a deal: If Homer can get a hula hoop around the house’s chimney, he can have his house back, but if
he does not, he will sign the deed of the house to Cooder. However, the family fools the two carnies, and rushes back
into the house before the two can do anything.
Guest star: Jim Varney.[18]
The Sect"
191 - "The Joy of Sect Steven Dean Steve O’Donnell February 8, 5F23
13 Moore 1998 (1998-02-08)
After encountering two recruiters of a sect called "The Movementarians", Homer attends a session that teaches
about their sect, where he is brainwashed to join. Homer moves the entire family to their compound, where the en-
tire family, except Marge, is brainwashed. Marge escapes through a dangerous getaway, and finds Reverend Love-
joy, Ned Flanders and Groundskeeper Willie for help. The four manage to kidnap the family back. They are able to
persuade Lisa and Bart to not believe in the sect anymore, but are unable to get Homer back, as the sect’s lawyers
take him back before they are able to. However, Homer no longer believes in the sect when he arrives, and manages
to expose them as fake. The group then disbands, and the family goes back home. [6]
Das Bus"
192 - "Das Bus Pete Michels David S. Cohen February 15, 5F11
14 1998 (1998-02-15)
As the students of Springfield Elementary are being driven to a model UN conference, Otto drives the bus off a
bridge after his brake pedal is blocked by a grapefruit. To obtain help, Otto swims off, while the kids are still in the
bus. Soon, when the bus is nearly full of water, the kids manage to escape and swim to an island. Once there, the
kids find no food, causing Bart to swim back to the sunken bus to get the cooler full of food. Lisa advises everyone to
not eat much, as it may be the only food they could have for some time. However, the cooler is found empty the
next morning, with the food wrappings discarded around Milhouse, who claims a monster ate it. Lisa champions the
charter of the Model UN and insists on giving Milhouse a trial, wherein he is found innocent. The verdict angers the
kids, however, inciting violence against Lisa, Milhouse, and Bart, who are forced to flee. The three hide in a cave, but
are chased out by a boar, which is soon found out to be the "monster". The kids kill the boar and eat it, and a narra-
tion assures that Moe saves the kids. Meanwhile, Homer starts his own internet company, but it is eventually de-
stroyed by Bill Gates.
Guest star: James Earl Jones.[19]
The
193 - "The Last Temptation of Mike B. An- Donick Cary February 22, 5F10
15 Krust"
Krust derson 1998 (1998-02-22)
After a rude awakening to his own hackneyed and dated comedy act, Krusty does some heavy drinking and wakes
up in front of the Flanders’ house. Bart takes him inside his house and into his room, where Krusty, looking at all
the Krusty merchandise, realizes that he has sold out instead of focusing on comedy. Bart invites Jay Leno to help
clean up Krusty, and modernize his jokes. However, Krusty’s attempts fail, causing him to announce his retirement.
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During his announcement, the group of reporters find his tirade against modern comedians hilarious, influencing
Krusty to try a hipper, more honest blend of comedy and social criticism. Although he becomes a popular comedian
again, Krusty ends up selling out once more when some advertisers bribe him to endorse a car, in return for a free
one.
Guest stars: Jay Leno, Janeane Garofalo, Bobcat Goldthwait, Hank Williams Jr., Steven Wright & Bruce Baum.[20]
Dumbbell Indemnity"
194 - "Dumbbell Indemnity Dominic Pol- Ron Hauge March 1, 5F12
16 cino 1998 (1998-03-01)
After several unsuccessful attempts at getting a girlfriend, Moe finally gets one after walking away from a disco with
Homer. The woman, Renee, surprisingly finds Moe attractive, resulting in Moe treating her lavishly. After spending
too much, Moe’s credit card maxes out, causing him to become desperate for money. He soon devises a plan to have
Homer steal his car and crash it to accomplish insurance fraud. Unfortunately, Homer gets caught and ends up in
jail. With the insurance money, Moe decides not to bail Homer out of jail, but instead take a Hawaiian vacation with
Renee. After finding out, Homer escapes and decides to find Moe for revenge. Meanwhile, Moe confesses the truth
to Renee, who is happy at first, but is disgusted with him after his plans to free Homer involve lying again. Renee
leaves Moe, then he accidentally starts a fire at his tavern. At the same time, Homer comes to fight Moe, but both
faint from smoke inhalation. Finally, Barney comes and saves the two, and Homer allows Moe to temporarily run his
bar at the Simpsons’ house.
Guest star: Helen Hunt.[21]
Lisa Simpson"
195 - "Lisa the Simpson Susie Dietter Ned Goldreyer March 8, 4F24
17 1998 (1998-03-08)
Soon after being unable to solve a brain-teaser that several others at school were able to solve, and forgetting some
of her day to day tasks, Lisa learns from Grampa that the Simpsons have a long history of losing their intelligence in
late childhood. Lisa soon realizes that she cannot escape genetics, and accepts that she will soon be very unintelli-
gent. After realizing the importance of sharing what you can with the world while you still have the chance, she lies
her way onto a news broadcast to deliver a message on treasuring your brain. Homer sees this and, upon learning
what Abe told her, attempts to disprove the theory of the "Simpson gene" by gathering every Simpson in the area
together to showcase their merits. Unfortunately it is quickly apparent that Homer did not research this project
much, as many of his guests prove to be simpletons, deadbeats, and stooges. Lisa’s salvation only comes when she
begins to meet the Simpson women, including a doctor who submits that the defective "Simpson gene" is located
only on the Y-chromosome. Re-validated, Lisa celebrates that she is once again herself, an event aptly crowned
when she finally manages to solve the brain-teaser that so plagued her. [4]
This Wiggy"
196 - "This Little Wiggy Neil Affleck Dan Greaney March 22, 5F13
18 1998 (1998-03-22)
When Marge realizes that Ralph Wiggum has no friends, she volunteers Bart to be his friend. Initially unwilling, Bart
discovers that Ralph’s father, Chief Wiggum, owns a key that opens every lock in Springfield. The two go out at
night and open many places to have fun, but soon encounter bullies Nelson Muntz, Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney. The
four pressure Bart and Ralph to sneak into an abandoned prison, but Bart decides not to when he sees that Ralph is
scared. The key is thrown over into the prison by the trouble-makers, causing Bart and Ralph to go retrieve it. While
in the prison, the two find an old electric chair, which they turn on to see if it still works, and later go home. The
next day, Mayor Quimby announces the prison is reopened, and decides to demonstrate what criminals could face
by sitting in the, unknown to the police and the mayor, active chair. Bart rushes to Lisa for help to tell the mayor
that the chair is active, leading Lisa to fire a small rocket with a note attached to the prison. The rocket misses and
crashes into the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Mr. Burns responds and, upon realizing the prison has been using
free electricity, turns off the power, saving the mayor.[22]
Simpson Tide"
197 - "Simpson Tide Milton Gray Joshua Sternin & Jeffrey Venti- March 29, 3G04
19 milia 1998 (1998-03-29)
Homer is fired from the Nuclear Power Plant following a near meltdown, and decides to join the Naval Reserve.
Meanwhile, Bart decides to get an earring. Homer graduates from basic training, and must go of on a mission of war
games, but not before taking Bart’s earring, which he disapproves of. Later, on the submarine, Homer befriends the
Captain, who leaves him in charge when he goes to check a blocked torpedo. Homer believes the ship is being fired
at, and launches a torpedo, accidentally ejecting the Captain. Homer eventually gets the submarine lost, and is con-
sidered a traitor by the media. The United States Navy fires at the submarine, causing a leak which Homer stops
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with Bart’s earring. The submarine is soon surfaced, and Homer is taken into custody by the Navy. However, he es-
capes any trouble due to the Navy judges having to resign over various scandals that they are involved in. Homer
then leaves the Navy with a dishonorable discharge.
Guest stars: Bob Denver & Rod Steiger.[8]
The Trillions"
198 - "The Trouble with Trillions Swinton O. Ian Maxtone-Graham April 5, 5F14
20 Scott III 1998 (1998-04-05)
Forgetting to do his annual income taxes until the night they are due, Homer rushes to fill out his forms with false
information. Soon after, he is arrested for tax fraud, but makes a deal to work for the FBI for immunity from the
IRS’s prosecutions. After a successful operation made by Homer, the FBI decides to have Homer obtain a one trillion
dollar bill that is in the hands of Montgomery Burns. Homer leads Mr. Burns to believe that he is a reporter, causing
Mr. Burns shows him the bill. The FBI rushes into the mansion and arrests Mr. Burns, but Homer decides to rescue
him. Mr. Burns gets the help of Waylon Smithers, and with Homer, the three escape in Mr. Burns’ plane. Looking for
an island to buy, Mr. Burns decides to land in Cuba, where the three meet Fidel Castro. Castro does not wish to sell
Cuba, but is interested in seeing the trillion dollar bill. However, after he is handed the bill, he decides to not return
it. The show ends with the three on a raft back to the United States.
Guest star: Paul Winfield.[23]
Girly Edition"
199 - "Girly Edition Mark Kirk- Larry Doyle April 19, 5F15
21 land 1998 (1998-04-19)
Lisa becomes a news anchor of a children’s news segment on the "Krusty the Clown Show" when the channel dis-
covers that it requires some educational programming. Meanwhile, Bart destroys Groundskeeper Willie’s shack af-
ter he takes away Bart’s skateboard. Later, Marge makes Lisa allow Bart to be the sports anchor, but after the chan-
nel sees Bart’s success, they promote him to co-anchor. To prove to Lisa that he is a good anchor, Bart starts to pro-
duce "Bart’s People", which are human interest stories, a news segment that becomes extremely popular. Resentful
of his success, Lisa sends Bart a fake letter. In it, she pretends to be an immigrant who lost his home. Seeing an op-
portunity, Bart rushes to the landfill to do a live "Bart’s People", only to discover that the immigrant was actually
Groundskeeper Willie, who goes after Bart. Seeing what she did, Lisa rushes to save Bart, and is able to persuade
Willie to let Bart go, using the emotion striking techniques Bart used in his segments. [24]
Trash Titans"
200 - "Trash of the Titans Jim Reardon Ian Maxtone-Graham April 26, 5F09
22 1998 (1998-04-26)
When Homer is unable to take all of his trash to the curb, barely missing the garbage truck, Homer insults the
garbage men, leading the family to have their garbage collection service cut off. After the house collects a huge
amount of trash, Marge writes an apology letter to the sanitary commission, signing with Homer’s name. However,
Homer finds out and goes to city hall to rescind it. Following an angry meeting with the commissioner, Homer de-
cides to run for his position. Homer’s campaigning fails to win much support, until he promises the town that they
will no longer need to do any garbage-related work. This causes Homer to win in a landslide. Initially, Homer is able
is keep his promise, but he uses an entire year’s budget in a month, causing the workers to go on strike, fearing they
will not be paid. Homer makes a deal with neighboring towns to dump their trash in Springfield’s abandoned mines
to make money, but when the mines are filled, trash starts to burst out of the ground. The town is then forced to
completely move five miles away.
Guest stars: U2 & Steve Martin[25]
King Hill"
201 - "King of the Hill Steven Dean John Swartzwelder May 3, 5F16
23 Moore 1998 (1998-05-03)
Bart becomes disappointed with his father after he fails miserably in a game of Capture the Flag. Thusly shamed,
Homer decides to go to a gym every night to exercise, while eating an energy bar called "Powersauce" and being
trained by Rainier Wolfcastle. In time Homer develops quite the impressive build, so much so that when Wolfcastle
refuses two Powersauce representatives when they ask him to climb Springfield’s tallest mountain, the Murder-
horn, Homer is the one to take over this publicity stunt. To make sure Homer gets to the top, the company hires two
Sherpas to drag Homer up the mountain during the night. However, Homer soon realizes the Sherpas are doing this,
and fires them so that he can climb solo. After much climbing, Homer believes he has finally made it to the top, but
then sees that he has only made it to a plateau of the mountain. Feeling that he cannot climb any higher, Homer
places a flag where he is. This creates a crack which breaks the top of the mountain off, making the plateau where
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Homer is standing become the peak. After climbing back down, Bart shows that he is proud of his father again.
Guest stars: Brendan Fraser & Steven Weber.[26]
Lost Lisa"
202 - "Lost Our Lisa Pete Michels Brian Scully May 10, 5F17
24 1998 (1998-05-10)
When Bart comes home with some novelty items superglued to his face, Marge takes him to the emergency room,
spoiling Lisa’s chance to go the Springfield Museum to catch the last day of the Isis Exhibit. Marge forbids Lisa to
take public transportation to the museum by herself, but Lisa is able to manipulate her father for his permission to
take the bus. However, Lisa takes the wrong bus and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, Homer realizes
that he should not have given Lisa permission to take the bus by herself. He rushes to the museum to find her, but
she has managed to get downtown after much travel. Near the museum, Homer decides to use a cherry picker to lo-
cate Lisa, but the cherry picker loses control and falls into the pier, and floats off to a drawbridge. Lisa sees this, and
quickly tells the bridge operator to lower the bridge, which catches Homer by his head to save him. Unfortunately,
the exhibit is closed, but Homer promises to break into the museum at night with Lisa, where the two discover one
of the exhibits’ objects is a musical box.[27]
Natural Kissers"
203 - "Natural Born Kissers Klay Hall Matt Selman May 17, 5F18
25 1998 (1998-05-17)
Homer and Marge go out on their anniversary dinner, but are forced to take the kids. They end up having an unro-
mantic dinner, and lose interest in being intimate later that night. Later, the two must go purchase a new refrigera-
tor motor, but during a rainstorm, their car gets stuck in the mud, so the two rush into a barn. When the farm own-
er nearly discovers them, the two become excited and have sex. When they return home, they decide to spend a
weekend at a bed and breakfast, but when they are there, they find themselves romantically uninspired once again,
until a maid discovers them on a bed. They then realize that the fear of getting caught makes them excited. Later,
they decide to go to a miniature golf course to have sex in the windmill there, just like they did when they were
younger. The people there soon realize there is something inside the windmill, and the two barely manage to escape
unseen. However, the people see their underwear, and realize someone was there. To get home, the nude couple
steals a hot air balloon, but they accidentally wind up landing on a football field full of people. Homer and Marge
travel back home, and are in the newspaper the next day. [28]
and a standard rectangular cardboard box featuring Lisa
with a backstage pass to a show at a club.[31] The menus
continue the same format from the previous four sea-
sons, and the overall theme is various characters waiting
in line at a club.
The Complete Ninth Season
Set Details[32][33] Special Fea-
tures[32][33]
• 25 episodes • Optional
• 4-disc set commentaries for
• 1.33:1 aspect ratio all 25 episodes
• Languages: • Introduction from
• English (Dolby Digital Matt Groening
5.1, with subtitles)[33] • Deleted scenes
• Spanish (Dolby Digital, with optional
with subtitles)[33] commentaries
• French (Dolby • Animation
Digital)[33] Showcase:
• Special Language "Principal and the
feature: Polish, Pauper" and "Lisa
Brazilian Portuguese, the Simpson"
German, Japanese • Illustrated
Release Dates commentary: "All
Singing, All
The Simpsons season 9 DVD digipak, special Lisa head edition
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Region 1 Region 2 Region Dancing" and [15] Gimple, p. 20
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• Sketch Gallery [21] Gimple, p. 30–31
[22] Gimple, p. 33
[23] Gimple, p. 36
See also [24] Gimple, p. 37
[25] Gimple, p. 38–39
• List of The Simpsons episodes
[26] Gimple, p. 40
[27] Gimple, p. 41
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• Season 9 at The Simpsons.com
[12] Gimple, p. 16
• Season 9 at the BBC
[13] Gimple, p. 17
• Season 9 at TV.com
[14] Gimple, p. 18–19
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