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Season 8
154 :08x01 - Treehouse of Horror VII (Oct/27/1996)
In this year's spooky series of Halloween stories:

The Thing and I - Bart and Lisa investigate strange noises coming from the attic, and find a mutant boy who is really Bart's long-lost Siamese twin brother.

The Genesis Tub - Lisa's tooth-in-cola science project turns into a mini-universe after Bart zaps it with static electricity.

Citizen Kang - Kang and Kodos disguise themselves as Bill Clinton and Bob Dole during the 1996 Presidential election, and Homer tries to warn people not to vote for either of them.
Special Guest Stars: Phil Hartman as Bill Clinton
Director: Mike B. Anderson (1)
Writer: Dan Greaney, David X. Cohen (1), Ken Keeler
 
155 :08x02 - You Only Move Twice (Nov/03/1996)
When Homer accepts a new job at the Globex Corporation the Simpson family moves to Cypress Creek. Homer enjoys his new work and his easy-going boss, but is completely unaware that his boss is an evil genius and that the company is a vehicle for international extortion. The rest of the family have trouble settling in Cypress Creek and Homer must make a choice between Cypress Creek and Springfield.
Special Guest Stars: Albert Brooks as Hank Scorpio, | Guest Stars: Pamela Hayden as Milhouse, Tress MacNeille as Agnes Skinner
Director: Mike B. Anderson (1)
Writer: John Swartzwelder
 
156 :08x03 - The Homer They Fall (Nov/10/1996)
After Homer confronts Dolph's, Jimbo's, and Kearney's fathers over a belt that was stolen from Bart, Moe pushes Homer to get into boxing after seeing Homer withstand many blows to the head.
Special Guest Stars: Paul Winfield as Lucius Sweet, Michael Buffer as Himself, | Guest Stars: Sally Stevens as (Singer), Pamela Hayden as Janey, Jimbo, Milhouse
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Jonathan Collier (1)
 
157 :08x04 - Burns, Baby Burns (Nov/17/1996)
Mr. Burns' long-lost illegitimate son, Larry, shows up and wants just a little "respect." Mr. Burns initially welcomes Larry, but rejects his son when he turns out to be a total idiot.
Special Guest Stars: Rodney Dangerfield as Larry Burns, | Guest Stars: Tress MacNeille as Various
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham
Songs: Journey -- Any Way You Want It
 
158 :08x05 - Bart After Dark (Nov/24/1996)
While Marge and Lisa go to the beach to clean rocks that have been splattered with oil after a supertanker accident, Bart is sentenced to doing housework for a creepy old woman in her mansion--which turns out to be a burlesque club, featuring gambling, drinking, and risque entertainment.
Guest Stars: Russi Taylor as Martin Prince, Maggie Roswell as Luann Van Houten, Helen Lovejoy, Tress MacNeille as Agnes, Brandine, Pamela Hayden as Jimbo, Milhouse
Director: Dominic Polcino
Writer: Richard Appel
 
159 :08x06 - A Milhouse Divided (Dec/01/1996)
During a dinner party at The Simpsons, Milhouse's parents, Kirk and Luanne, argue about their problems, and during a game of Pictionary, Luanne announces that she wants a divorce. While Milhouse is surprisingly taking the family change well, Homer worries that Marge will leave him after seeing Kirk's life fall apart without his wife.
Guest Stars: Pamela Hayden as Milhouse, Tress MacNeille as Various, Maggie Roswell as Luann Van Houten, Maude Flanders
Director: Steven Dean Moore (1)
Writer: Steve Tompkins
 
160 :08x07 - Lisa's Date With Density (Dec/15/1996)
Nelson is punished for vandalizing Superintendent Chalmers' car and has to help Willie around the schoolyard. When Lisa watches Nelson torment Willie, she finds herself attracted to him and tries to change Nelson into a better person. Meanwhile, Homer steals an autodialer that was used in a telemarketing scam and uses it to create a telemarketing scam of his own.
Guest Stars: Russi Taylor as Uter, Maggie Roswell as Maude Flanders, Pamela Hayden as Janey, Jimbo, Milhouse, Tress MacNeille as Agnes, Dolph
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Mike Scully
 
161 :08x08 - Hurricane Neddy (Dec/29/1996)
A hurricane hits Springfield and wipes out the Flanders's house. While in the church homeless shelter, the town works together to rebuild The Flanders's house, but when the house turns out to be a disaster, Ned verbally assaults everyone involved and commits himself to the Calmwood Mental Hospital.
Guest Stars: Jon Lovitz as Jay Sherman, Maggie Roswell as Maude Flanders, Tress MacNeille as Various, Pamela Hayden as Various
Director: Bob Anderson (1)
Writer: Steve Young (3)
 
162 :08x09 - El Viaje de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) (Jan/05/1997)
After eating a dish laced with potent Guatemalan peppers at Springfield's chili cook-off, Homer goes on a psychedelic journey where a space coyote tells him he must find his soulmate.
Guest Stars: Johnny Cash as Spirit Coyote, Maggie Roswell as Helen Lovejoy
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Ken Keeler
 
163 :08x10 - The Springfield Files (Jan/12/1997)
Leonard Nimoy presents the strange tale of Homer Simpson's close encounter with an extraterrestrial being after a drunken walk home from Moe's one late Friday night.
Special Guest Stars: David Duchovny as Fox Mulder, Leonard Nimoy as Himself, Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully, | Guest Stars: Tress MacNeille as Various, Pamela Hayden as Milhouse
Director: Steve Dean Moore (1)
Writer: Reid Harrison
 
164 :08x11 - The Twisted World of Marge Simpson (Jan/19/1997)
After Marge gets kicked out of the local women's business club, Marge starts a business of her own selling pretzels, but when the pretzels don't sell, Homer helps his depressed wife by recruiting the help of Fat Tony and his "legitimate" businessmen.
Guest Stars: Maggie Roswell as Luann, Helen, Maude, Tress MacNeille as Agnes Skinner, Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel, Jack Lemmon as Frank Ormand, Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Jennifer Crittenden
 
165 :08x12 - Mountain of Madness (Feb/02/1997)
To encourage teamwork, Mr. Burns takes all of his employees to a corporate retreat in the mountains, where Homer teams up with his boss...and the two end up trapped in a cabin thanks to an avalanche.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: John Swartzwelder
 
166 :08x13 - Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala (Annoyed Grunt) cious (Feb/07/1997)
In this Simpsonized send-up of Mary Poppins, the family hire a magical British nanny named Sherri Bobbins after Marge's hair falls out due to stress.
Guest Stars: Maggie Roswell as Sharry Bobbins, Pamela Hayden as Jimbo
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Mike Reiss, Al Jean
 
167 :08x14 - The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show (Feb/09/1997)
The Itchy and Scratchy Show faces a crisis of quality when the ratings show a slight drop-off and Bart and Lisa don't find it that interesting to watch anymore. To save the show, Roger Meyers and his crew come up with a new character: Poochie the Dog, and hire Homer Simpson as the character's voice artist. But when everyone sees through this marketing ploy, The Itchy and Scratchy Show is hated even more and Homer must do something to save the character and the show.
Guest Stars: Phil Hartman as Troy McClure, Alex Rocco as Rodger Meyers Jr., Pamela Hayden as Milhouse, Tress MacNeille as Various
Director: Steve Dean Moore (1)
Writer: David X. Cohen (1)
 
168 :08x15 - Homer's Phobia (Feb/16/1997)
After Bart wrecks the dryer, Marge tries to sell her Johnny Reb figurine...until a kitschy antique store owner named John reveals that the figurine is a flask. Soon, the family befriends John...until Homer freaks out when Marge tells Homer that John is a homosexual. Worried that Bart may emulate John instead of his own father, Homer takes Bart on a journey to become manly.
Guest Stars: Pamela Hayden as Milhouse, John Waters as John
Director: Mike B. Anderson (1)
Writer: Ron Hauge
 
169 :08x16 - Brother From Another Series (Feb/23/1997)
Once again, Sideshow Bob is released from prison, on the condition that he is looked after by his brother, Cecil Terwilliger, who turns out to be just as devious as his brother.
Guest Stars: David Hyde Pierce (1) as Cecil Terwilliger, Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob, Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel, Pamela Hayden as Milhouse
Director: Pete Michels (1)
Writer: Ken Keeler
 
170 :08x17 - My Sister, My Sitter (Mar/02/1997)
Lisa embarks on a career as a babysitter, where her latest challenge is to babysit her brother Bart and baby sister Maggie while Homer and Marge go on a date at the newly renovated Squidport boardwalk.
Guest Stars: Maggie Roswell as Helen Lovejoy, Maude Flanders, Tress MacNeille as Various, Pamela Hayden as Janey
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Dan Greaney
 
171 :08x18 - Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment (Mar/16/1997)
Alcohol is banned from Springfield after Bart accidentally gets drunk at the St. Patrick's Day town parade. Rex Banner is appointed to replace Chief Wiggum as police chief to enforce the new laws and stop Fat Tony from smuggling. Rex is successful, but then Homer starts to smuggle alcohol under the name "The Beer Baron".
Guest Stars: Maggie Roswell as Helen Lovejoy, Maude Flanders, Tress MacNeille as Various, Pamela Hayden as Milhouse, Dave Thomas as Rex Banner, Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony
Director: Bob Anderson (1)
Writer: John Swartzwelder
 
172 :08x19 - Grade School Confidential (Apr/06/1997)
During Martin's birthday party, Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel strike up casual, yet awkward conversation. When all of the kids get sick from oysters, Skinner and Krabappel hide out in a kiddie playhouse and kiss--which is witnessed by Bart. Skinner silences Bart by relabeling his permanent record so that way it belongs to Milhouse, but Bart soon reveals all when Skinner and Krabappel use Bart as their liasion to keep their liasion from being discovered.
Guest Stars: Russi Taylor as Martin, Sherri, Terri, Maggie Roswell as Luann, Helen, Maude, Tress MacNeille as Agnes Skinner, Pamela Hayden as Milhouse, Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Rachel Pulido
 
173 :08x20 - The Canine Mutiny (Apr/13/1997)
Bart fills out a credit card application under the family dog's name and uses the card to buy toys, electronics, gifts for the family, and a dog named Laddie who is more disclipined and friendlier than Santa's Little Helper (the latter of which ends up repossessed after Bart fails to make payments on his credit card).
Guest Stars: Pamela Hayden as Milhouse, Tress MacNeille as Agnes Skinner, Frank Welker as Santa's Little Helper
Director: Dominic Polcino
Writer: Ron Hauge
 
174 :08x21 - The Old Man and Lisa (Apr/20/1997)
While Lisa tries to get the family involved in recycling, Mr. Burns loses his fortune and is forced to live like a working-class person. The two characters' paths cross when Mr. Burns shows an interest in recycling to gain his fortune back.
Guest Stars: Bret Hart as Himself, Tress MacNeille as Various
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: John Swartzwelder
 
175 :08x22 - In Marge We Trust (Apr/27/1997)
Concerned that Reverend Lovejoy doesn't care about his parishioners' problems anymore, Marge takes over as the church's "Listen Lady". Meanwhile, Homer discovers a box from Japan that has his face on it.
Guest Stars: Denise Kumagai (1) as Dancing Woman, Karen Maruyama as Dancing Woman, Frank Welker as Angry Animals, Gedde Watanabe as Factory Foreman, Factory Worker, Japanese Tourist, Maggie Roswell as Helen Lovejoy, Maude Flanders, Tress MacNeille as Agnes Skinner, Pamela Hayden as Jimbo, Sab Shimono as Mr. Sparkle
Director: Steve Dean Moore (1)
Writer: Donick Cary
 
176 :08x23 - Homer's Enemy (May/04/1997)
A new employee named Frank Grimes comes to work at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Grimes has a huge chip on his shoulder after a life of bad luck and hard work. When he meets Homer, he is incensed that someone can live so well without doing anything at all and sets out to prove that a boob like Homer should not be praised for his idiocy. Meanwhile, Bart wins an abandoned factory at an auction and uses it as his own personal playground.
Guest Stars: Frank Welker as Vice-President, Pamela Hayden as Milhouse, Russi Taylor as Martin Prince
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: John Swartzwelder
 
177 :08x24 - The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase (May/11/1997)
Troy McClure hosts a special episode which features three ideas for spin-offs to The Simpsons:

Chief Wiggum, P.I. – a crime drama where Chief Wiggum and Seymour Skinner are detectives in New Orleans and Ralph gets kidnapped.
The Love-Matic Grampa – a sitcom where Grampa's soul is contained in Moe's Love Tester machine and now must help Moe find love.
The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour – a Brady Bunch Hour-meets-Laugh In-meets-1970s Saturday Night Live style sketch show hosted by The Simpsons (save for Lisa, who is replaced by a peppy 20-year-old bimbo).
Guest Stars: Tress MacNeille as Various, Pamela Hayden as Various, Gailard Sartain as Big Daddy, Tim Conway as Himself, Phil Hartman as Troy McClure
Director: Neil Affleck
Writer: Dan Greaney, Steve Tompkins, David X. Cohen (1)
Story: Ken Keeler
 
178 :08x25 - The Secret War of Lisa Simpson (May/18/1997)
After unleashing a massive soundwave onto the town, Bart is sentenced to enroll in the Rommelwood Military Academy, which a bored Lisa wants to go to as well after feeling that public school is not challenging enough for her.
Guest Stars: Willem Dafoe as Commandant, Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel, Pamela Hayden as Janey, Maggie Roswell as Miss Hoover, Tress MacNeille as Various
Director: Mike B. Anderson (1)
Writer: Richard Appel
 
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