The Simpsons Season 12 | |
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Series | The Simpsons |
Country of origin | USA |
Network | Fox |
Original run | November 1, 2000 – May 20, 2001 |
No. of episodes | 21 |
Previous season | 11 |
Next season | 13 |
The Simpsons' 12th season (November 2000 - May 2001) began on Sunday, November 1, 2000 with "Treehouse of Horror XI". The season contains three hold over episodes from the season 11 (BABF) production line.
21 episodes
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249 - 1201 | November 1 | BABF21 | Treehouse of Horror XI |
G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad – Homer dies after choking on broccoli and must do one good deed in order to get into heaven.
Scary Tales Can Come True – In a mixed parody of many Grimm's Fairy Tales, peasant children Bart and Lisa are sent to live in the woods, where they inadvertently set up Goldilocks to be killed by the Three Bears and meet a witch with a gingerbread house. Night of the Dolphin – Dolphins take over the world after Lisa inadvertently frees their leader. |
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250 - 1202 | November 5 | BABF20 | A Tale of Two Springfields |
Homer causes a revolt over a change in half of the town's area code, and ends up splitting the town in half. 250th episode.
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251 - 1203 | November 12 | BABF17 | Insane Clown Poppy |
Krusty finds out he has a daughter (from a one-night stand with a female soldier who fought in the Gulf War), but loses her trust after gambling away her violin to Fat Tony, prompting Homer and Krusty to retrieve it.
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252 - 1204 | November 19 | CABF01 | Lisa the Tree Hugger |
Lisa falls in love with the leader of an environmentalist group and tries to impress him by living in Springfield's oldest tree in order to keep it from being cut down.
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253 - 1205 | November 26 | CABF04 | Homer vs. Dignity |
When the Simpsons are having financial problems, Mr. Burns pays Homer to play pranks on others and humiliate himself in public. Meanwhile, Smithers creates a Malibu Stacy-themed musical.
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254 - 1206 | December 3 | CABF02 | The Computer Wore Menace Shoes |
Homer creates his own website and uses it to spread gossip, but gets sent to a weird island where people who know too much are imprisoned.
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255 - 1207 | December 10 | CABF03 | The Great Money Caper |
Homer and Bart become father-son scam artists (after Bart is given money out of pity when Homer won't take him home), but the joke's on them when the rest of the town plays an even bigger prank on them.
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256 - 1208 | December 17 | CABF06 | Skinner's Sense of Snow |
A snowstorm traps the kids inside Springfield Elementary, with the kids overthrowing Principal Skinner when he uses his Army skills to control the students. Meanwhile, Homer tries to rescue the children--using Flanders' car. | |||
257 - 1209 | January 7 | BABF22 | HOMЯ |
While working as a human guinea pig (to pay off the family's lost savings after Homer makes 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 kid. He decides to have it removed to increase his IQ, but discovers that being smart does not necessarily equal being happy. | |||
258 - 1210 | January 14 | CABF05 | Pokey Mom |
Marge tries to rehabilitate a convict with remarkable artistic talent. Meanwhile, Homer uses a trash can to fix people's spines.
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259 - 1211 | February 4 | CABF08 | Worst Episode Ever |
Bart and Milhouse are banned from the comic book store after stopping The Comic Book Guy from buying a box of priceless Star Wars memorabilia for $5, but are hired as his replacements when the Comic Book Guy has a heart attack and is advised to go out and make friends.
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260 - 1212 | February 11 | CABF07 | Tennis the Menace |
The Simpsons build a tennis court in their back yard, but Homer's inferior tennis ability makes them the laughingstock of the town, while Bart shines as a natural.
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261 - 1213 | February 18 | CABF10 | Day of the Jackanapes |
Krusty announces his retirement due to too much interference from network executives. When he 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.
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262 - 1214 | February 25 | CABF12 | New Kids on the Blecch |
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.
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263 - 1215 | March 4 | CABF09 | Hungry, Hungry Homer |
Homer sees the joys in helping people out and stands up for injustice -- 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 trade the team to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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264 - 1216 | March 11 | CABF11 | Bye Bye Nerdie |
Lisa is determined to find out what makes Francine, a new school bully, only pick on nerds after Lisa becomes Francine's main target. Meanwhile, Homer goes into the baby-proofing business.
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265 - 1217 | April 1 | CABF13 | Simpson Safari |
When the Simpsons run out of food thanks to a bag boy strike, the family finds an old box of animal crackers with a sweepstakes that sends The Simpsons to Africa. | |||
266 - 1218 | April 29 | CABF14 | Trilogy of Error |
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 "Go" and "Run, Lola, Run".
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267 - 1219 | May 6 | CABF15 | I'm Goin' to Praiseland |
After finding a sketchbook belonging to his late wife Maude, Ned Flanders opens a Bible-themed amusement park to honor her memory.
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268 - 1220 | May 13 | CABF16 | Children of a Lesser Clod |
After spraining his knee during a basketball game, Homer begins taking care of the neighborhood kids to cure his boredom, prompting jealousy from Bart and Lisa, who feel that Homer is giving the kids the attention they never had. | |||
269 - 1221 | May 20 | CABF17 | Simpsons Tall Tales |
When Homer refuses to pay a five dollar airport tax to fly to Delaware, the family is forced to ride in a livestock car of a train instead. There they meet a singing hobo who tells three tall tales:
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