Homer and Bart decide to get rich by selling cooking lard. At the same time Lisa is perturbed when Alex Whitney, a sophisticated new class-mate arrives at the school and becomes instantly popular. Lisa is tasked with organizing a school dance but after the lard has found its way onto school premises both Alex and Lisa have fun by throwing it at each other. Written by don @ minifie-1

Feeling that he has squandered his life,Homer becomes an inventor,inspired by Edison,though his inventions are rubbish. However the family like his reclining chair and,when he sees that Edison already made one but did not patent it,rushes to the museum to destroy the chair in their Edison display. He cannot go through with it,though,and leaves behind the tool with which he was going to break it up - an electric hammer,which is later claimed as an invention of Edison,thus depriving Homer of royalties from his genuine invention. Written by don @ minifie-1

After accidentally killing a nesting bird, Bart looks after her eggs, but when they hatch the babies are not fledgelings but tree lizards, who deposit their own eggs in birds' nests. They are quite unattractive but Bart takes to them, giving them names. They do, however, come into their own when it comes to ridding Springfield of its pigeon problem. Written by don @ minifie-1

Homer gets a hair transplant from death-row inmate Snake after he is executed, and the hair possess him to kill the criminal's witnesses; Lisa and Bart are sucked into an episode of Itchy and Scratchy; Homer learns that Kang is Maggie's father. Written by Dynasti Noble

Following a hang-gliding accident Homer literally drops in on married film stars Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin,in their secluded hide-away where they go to escape the media. Homer starts to work for them but gives them away to press and fans,who besiege the house. The angry couple,along with visiting friend Ron Howard,are then involved in a chase after Homer who has stolen their property for a mobile movie museum. It all ends in a court order restraining Homer from going near any celebrities - though Ron Howard decides that the whole story can supply the plot for his next film. Written by don @ minifie-1

Needing to know his middle name for form-filling purposes, Homer visits Seth and Munchie,two ageing hippies who knew his mother,at their farm and decides he too wants to be a hippy, Unfortunately he succeeds in ruining their organic juice-making apparatus and,to atone,makes juice of his own,using the hippies' supply of personal vegetables. This leads to Homer hallucinating and a run-in with the police. Written by don @ minifie-1

Lisa cheats on a test and has a moral crisis when her perfect score qualifies the school for grant money. Meanwhile, Homer cannot bring himself to cook a lobster, so he adopts it as a pet instead.

When Grampa needs a kidney transplant Homer is the obvious donor but he chickens out and runs away to sea. On board ship his fellow passengers are disgusted by his cowardice and throw him overboard. Drifting to the shore he sees a father and son bond over building a sand-castle and knows what he must do. The transplant is a success - though its circumstances are unusual,to say the least. Written by don @ minifie-1

After rescuing Mayor Quimby and actor Mark Hamill from a stampede at a sci-fi convention,Homer becomes the mayor's bodyguard but finds that Quimby is knowingly allowing Fat Tony to sell rats' milk to the school and makes Quimby expose him.At a performance of 'Guys and Dolls' starring Mark Hamill the Mafia boss and his henchmen try to rub the mayor out but Homer swings into action to save him,advised by the 'Star Wars' actor to 'use the forks'. Written by don @ minifie-1

Homer is astonished to learn that Ned is sixty years old and,unusually, Ned admits that he wished he had done some more reckless things in his life so Homer takes him to Las Vegas. Here they both get extremely drunk and wake up to find that they have married cocktail waitresses Amber and Ginger. Eventually the two men are thrown out of Las Vegas and hitch a ride back to Springfield,Homer getting attacked by a vulture. Written by don @ minifie-1

After drunks vandalize the school the children are blamed and subject to a curfew. Having seen a creepy 'Village of the Damned'-type movie 'The Bloodening' Bart leads the kids in a revolt against their elders,frightening them into believing the children have supernatural powers. But then the senior citizens arrive and they reckon that everybody under the age of 70 should be made subject to a curfew. Written by don @ minifie-1

Homer and his friends go to the Superbowl but,when their tickets turn out to be fake,they get thrown into jail. Fortunately they are freed by Dolly Parton and make their way to a director's box but this is owned by the 'billionaire tyrant' Rupert Murdoch,who orders the visitors' arrest. After being chased onto the pitch,Homer and his friends cause considerable confusion which ends with Homer in possession of the Vince Lombardi trophy. Written by don @ minifie-1

Humiliated with sharing his name with a bumbling character on a hit TV show, Homer decides to have his name legally changed to Max Power. The new name opens a lot of doors for Homer and Marge and soon they become friends with some of Springfield's most powerful people. Written by Matthew N. Jones

With Valentine's Day looming the husbands of Springfield are put to shame by the lavish plans Apu has to romance Manjula and Homer aims to thwart them,firstly by caging Elton John,whom he wrongly believes has come to town to serenade Manjula,and then by tussling with the pilot of a sky-writing plane employed by Apu to spell out his wife's name in the sky. However,when Homer falls out of the plane having been dragged through a rose bush,Marge is very pleased with the bouquet he has (accidentally) brought her. Written by don @ minifie-1

Homer buys a Canyonero utility vehicle but finds it was intended for women to drive so he gives it to Marge. Marge soon gets into her new vehicle,becoming prone to road rage,for which she arrested by Wiggum. However,when the rest of the family are trapped by an escaped rhinoceros at the zoo,Marge's reckless driving comes in handy at saving them. Written by don @ minifie-1

When Homer installs a cell phone tower on his roof to pay for his destruction of the Bill Of Rights, the machinery is put in Lisa's room, forcing her to move in with Bart. When the new living arrangement causes her stress, Homer agrees to try sensory deprivation therapy with her. Written by Mike

Homer completes a cross country delivery for a trucker who dies before completing it, and takes Bart along for the ride. Meanwhile, Marge and Lisa experience problems with a novelty doorbell they purchase.

Each family member has a dream after they nod off during a boring church sermon. Marge imagines she is Eve to Homer's Adam,being expelled by God (Ned) from Eden for eating the forbidden fruit - as well as for killing Gary the Unicorn. Whilst Homer sees himself as Solomon wisely giving judgment on the division of a pie,Lisa is a Hebrew slave helping Moses Milhouse lead the kids to freedom from Pharaoh Skinner by flushing all the toilets and parting the waves for them. Bart is David,fighting Goliath's son Nelson,with the help of shepherd boy Ralph,who comes back from the day to get rid of the bully. Written by don @ minifie-1

After failing to properly construct a D-I-Y barbecue Homer takes the mangled result back to the store but it falls into the road and is mistaken for a piece of modern art by gallery owner Astrid Weller. For a time Homer is feted as a bold conceptual artist but the ideas soon begin to run out.Having been told of Christo,who wraps buildings up,Homer decides his take on this will be to flood Springfield,which he does,though oddly enough,everybody finds it inspirational. Written by don @ minifie-1

Springfield is slated to host the next Olympic Games but Bart loses its claim and has to do community work at the retirement home as a punishment.Seeing that the residents lead dull lives he takes them on a boat trip but they collide with Burns's yacht. They are about to sink but are saved by dozens of springs which Homer had hoped to peddle as Springy the Olympic mascot but was forced to flush down the toilet,the springs bouncing them back up to the surface. Written by don @ minifie-1

After rival millionaire Arthur Fortune has given away free money Burns realises that he is unpopular and so,to encourage the citizens of Springfield to like him,he goes to Scotland with Homer,Willie and Professor Frink and brings back the Loch Ness Monster,which they put on display. Unfortunately the monster is unsettled by camera flash-lights and goes on the rampage,finally being sold to a show in Las Vegas. Written by don @ minifie-1

LIsa is invited to join Springfield's MENSA group but,after they are chased out of their meeting place, they go to complain to Quimby. Fearing they have exposed his corruption he flees town. An ancient charter then reveals that in such cases the town should be ruled by the smartest people so the MENSA group take office. However,their elitist rules are very unpopular and Stephen Hawking has to intervene to save then from the mob. Written by don @ minifie-1

The Simpsons go to Tokyo where Bart and Homer get thrown into jail after mistaking the emperor for a Sumo wrestler and Marge has to use up most of their holiday money as bail. When Homer makes an origami crane out of their last million yen note and it blows away,they are forced to take part in a dangerous game-show in order to win the money for their return flight. Written by don @ minifie-1