Specials

E1. Good Night

Apr 19, 1987 · 2m

Good Night was the first ever Simpsons short to air on The Tracey Ullman Show. The five main family members - Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie - were first introduced in this short. Homer and Marge attempt to calm their children to sleep, with the opposite results. Maggie can be heard saying "good night". She rarely talks throughout the run of the series.

E2. Watching TV

May 3, 1987 · 2m

Bart and Lisa quarrel during commercial breaks over what channel they'll watch. Repeatedly Maggie comes up to the television and changes the channel. Later Homer is saying some speech about family matters then stops when the show comes back on. A piece of music from the Tracey Ullman show plays at one part or another during the short.

E3. Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

Jun 17, 2026

Homer and Marge's fun couples' date night goes off the rails when Marge learns Homer left the kids unsupervised with only the doorbell camera as a babysitter. Frustrated with her imperfect husband, a tipsy Marge stirs up a trilogy of fantasies of a different Homer.

E3. Jumping Bart

May 10, 1987 · 2m

Homer makes several attempts to have Bart jump into his arms. Each time Bart jumps Homer is distracted and fails to catch him. Towards the end of the episode boxing gloves are delivered, presumably the ones used in the episode Punching Bag.

E4. Babysitting Maggie

May 31, 1987 · 2m

Marge puts Bart and Lisa in charge of babysitting Maggie. They watch TV while Maggie gets electrocuted, falls down the stairs, and falls off the roof. Maggie sticks a fork in an electrical socket thereby electocuting herself, she crawls up the stairs and falls down them in insane Slinky fashion then she climbs onto the roof in hot pursuit of a butterfly, and falls off it.

E5. The Pacifier

Jun 21, 1987 · 2m

Lisa and Bart try to get Maggie to stop sucking on her pacifier, but Maggie, who has an entire drawer full of them, refuses to kick the habit.

E6. Burping Contest

Jun 28, 1987 · 2m

Despite Marge's objections, Bart, Lisa and even Maggie compete in a contest to see who can make the most disgusting burp.

E7. Dinner Time

Jul 12, 1987 · 2m

Marge serves the family purple goop for dinner, insisting that they say grace first.

E8. Making Faces

Sep 22, 1987 · 2m

Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. Maggie unclearly speaks in this episode.

E9. The Funeral

Oct 4, 1987 · 2m

Bart is determined to see his uncle's corpse...but not for long. This is the only appearance of Uncle Hubert.

E10. Maggie's Brain

Oct 11, 1987 · 2m

Bart and Lisa wonder what's inside Maggie's mind.

E11. Football

Oct 18, 1987 · 2m

Homer teaches Bart about the importance of Football.

E12. House of Cards

Oct 25, 1987 · 2m

Bart tries to make a house of cards, but Lisa Maggie make noises that have the "house" fall every time.

E13. Bart and Homer's Dinner

Nov 1, 1987 · 2m

Bart can't stomach it when he and Homer are forced to fend for themselves.

E14. Space Patrol

Nov 8, 1987 · 2m

Bart, Lisa and Maggie play a game of "Space Patrol" while Homer and Marge are out. Lisa plays a superhero with Maggie as her sidekick, while Bart puts a jug on his head with the pretense of it being the helmet of an alien warlord. However, his head accidentally plops into it and the jug is left stuck on his head. Lisa "frees" Bart from the jug using a croquet mallet. Lisa and Maggie then hide, allowing Bart, stumbling in a daze amongst pieces of the precious broken jug lying on the floor, to take the blame.

E15. Bart's Haircut

Nov 15, 1987 · 2m

Bart has his hair cut too short by a barber. This is the first time we hear a character from The Simpsons series say a curse word.

E16. World War III

Nov 22, 1987 · 2m

Homer wakes up the family to practice for a nuclear drill... in the middle of the night.

E17. The Perfect Crime

Dec 13, 1987 · 2m

Marge bakes a batch of delicious cookies. Bart attempts to steal them, but burns his fingers trying to pick them up. Everyone except Bart and Maggie leave the kitchen to let them cool down, and Bart takes this opportunity to swipe them, muttering to himself "Aha! The perfect crime!" Homer and Marge come back to find the tray empty. Marge suspects Maggie of eating the cookies, but as a witness she knows exactly who took them and guides them along a trail of cookies running across the floor. His family catch him lying on his back in his bedroom amidst a pile of cookie crumbs. Looking up at them with his stomach full, he groans, "There is no perfect crime." His head bangs back down on the ground and Maggie, secretively, snacks on an uneaten cookie.

E18. Scary Stories

Dec 20, 1987 · 2m

Bart tells Lisa & Maggie a series of scary stories (in the middle of the dark) only to believe they're coming true.

E19. Grampa and the Kids

Jan 10, 1988 · 2m

Grampa spends time with the kids. This is Grampa's first appearance.

E20. Gone Fishin' (Sort of)

Jan 24, 1988 · 2m

Bart and Homer go on a fishing trip. Homer asks Bart for a bologna sandwich, but Bart forgot the bologna. He puts the bait on the sandwich instead. Later on they hit rapids and Homer is almost knocked unconscious. They later fall off of a waterfall.

E21. Skateboarding

Feb 7, 1988 · 2m

Bart teaches his sisters how to skateboard...or is it the other way around.

E22. The Pagans

Feb 14, 1988 · 2m

The kids discuss paganism. This is the first time Bart calls his dad "Homer".

E23. Closeted

Feb 21, 1988 · 2m

Bart locks himself in the closet, and when he busts out, he finds out that the family has gone out without him.

E24. The Aquarium

Feb 28, 1988 · 2m

At an aquarium Bart swims with the sharks...literally. This is the first time we see a naked Simpsons character. This also marks Lisa Simpson saying the word hell in this short.

E25. Family Portrait

Mar 6, 1988 · 2m

Homer has trouble taking a normal family portrait.

E26. Bart's Hiccups

Mar 13, 1988 · 2m

Lisa and Maggie try to cure Bart's hiccups...the hard way.

E27. The Money Jar

Mar 20, 1988 · 2m

The kids try to steal money from Marge's money jar..

E28. The Art Museum

May 1, 1988 · 2m

The Simpsons go to the art museum. This is the first time we hear Bart say "Whoooa, Mama!".

E29. Zoo Story

May 8, 1988 · 2m

Homer unwisely teases a monkey at the zoo and gets a faceful of poo for his trouble. This is the shortest Simpsons Short.