Specials

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.

1987-04-192 min

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.

1987-05-032 min

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.

1987-05-102 min

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.

1987-05-312 min

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.

1987-06-212 min

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

1987-06-282 min

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

1987-07-122 min

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

1987-09-222 min

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

1987-10-042 min

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

1987-10-112 min

Homer teaches Bart about the importance of Football.

1987-10-182 min

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

1987-10-252 min

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

1987-11-012 min

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.

1987-11-082 min

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.

1987-11-152 min

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

1987-11-222 min

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.

1987-12-132 min

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

1987-12-202 min

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

1988-01-102 min

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.

1988-01-242 min

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

1988-02-072 min

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

1988-02-142 min

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

1988-02-212 min

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.

1988-02-282 min

Homer has trouble taking a normal family portrait.

1988-03-062 min

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

1988-03-132 min

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

1988-03-202 min

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

1988-05-012 min

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

1988-05-082 min

Maggie squeaks her toy, causing a chain reaction of anger in the family.

1988-11-062 min

Bart tries to hide the cookies he stole from the jar from his parents.

1988-11-132 min

Bart puts on his own show after Homer tells him to stop watching cartoons. First appearance of Itchy and Scratchy. This is the first time we hear Lisa call her dad "Homer".

1988-11-202 min

Bart, Lisa and eventually Marge take out their frustrations on a punching bag with Homer's picture on it.

1988-11-272 min

Bart's version of Christmas.

1988-12-182 min

The kids get to see Krusty's show live for the first time. First appearance of Krusty the Clown.

1989-01-152 min

Sent out to exercise, Bart foils a robbery attempt.

1989-01-292 min

Bart tells a story about large kids who throw their small parents into a small room.

1989-02-052 min

Bart, Lisa and Maggie go to the movie to see "The Happy Little Elves Return" (much to Bart's dismay), but Bart convinces the girls to see "Space Mutants" instead. Guess who's the scaredy-cat!

1989-02-122 min

Homer tries hypnosis to calm down his crazy kids.

1989-02-192 min

Bart's attempt to swipe some chocolate is foiled.

1989-02-262 min

The family drives to Echo Canyon, takes turns making echoes, and Bart almost makes a boulder crunch the family car.

1989-03-122 min

Homer makes Bart take his "Sunday Night Bath", only to flood the bathroom. this is the last Simpsons short in which we see a naked Simpsons character.

1989-03-192 min

In this sequel to "Shell Game", Bart has a nightmare after eating every single cookie from the cookie jar.

1989-03-262 min

The kids swing from the trees off Homer's ties.

1989-04-162 min

Homer takes the family to a psychologist. This is last Tracey Ullman Short we hear a character from The Simpsons series say a curse word.

1989-04-232 min

Bart kicks Maggie's ball out of sight and she takes off to retrieve it back.

1989-04-302 min

Maggie floats in the air hanging on to balloons and lands safely back in her playpen.

1989-05-072 min

Homer attempts to fix the television antenna on the roof.

1989-05-142 min

A short in which Homer and Bart visit the NFL studio. The short was broadcast on NFL on FOX on September 3, 1995.

1995-09-0322 min

This special was aired before the premier of the 7th season opener; hosted by John Walsh (from the FOX series "Americas Most Wanted"), it offered up all sorts of theories and insights into who might have shot Montgomery Burns.

1995-09-1722 min

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

2007-07-2522 min

Marge comments on David and Victoria Beckham's marriage in a negative comparison with hers and Homer's, and compared the special relationship between the UK and the US to that of Mini Me and Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers films ("Helping out in all our zany schemes to take over the world"). Lisa Simpson also held a banner supporting Cornwall's secession: "UK OUT OF CORNWALL", while chanting "Rydhsys rag Kernow lemmyn" (freedom for Cornwall now).

2008-12-2522 min

A documentary special that examined the "cultural phenomenon" of the American animated television series. The special is hosted and directed by Morgan Spurlock.

2010-01-1042 min

In the first of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais takes you behind the scenes to see how the show is made, talking to those who put each episode together, plus celebrity fans like Simon Cowell and Hugh Hefner.

2010-01-1122 min

In the second of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais takes a look at the vast array of Simpsons merchandise the colourful characters have inspired and catches up with some of the programme's biggest devotees.

2010-01-1222 min

In the third of Sky One's specials celebrating 20 years of "The Simpsons", Ricky Gervais speaks to a selection of the huge number of celebrities who have guest-starred on the show over the years.

2010-01-1322 min

Who will Homer Simpson vote for in the 2012 Elections? Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

2012-09-2022 min

An election eve appeal from Montgomery Burns. Mr. Burns puts Shamus the dog to the test of choosing between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

2012-11-0122 min

Still reeling from the presidential election results, Mr. Burns takes a few minutes to explain the upcoming fiscal cliff.

2012-12-0422 min

Maggie prepares for her Oscar acceptance speech.

2013-01-2822 min

Maggie is interviewed for the Oscar nomination of The Longest Daycare.

2013-01-3122 min

If you loved the Homer Shake...

2014-08-2622 min

Groundskeeper Willie has a few things to say prior to the Sept 18 Scottish elections.

2014-09-1222 min

A close encounter with Donald Trump's hairpiece sends Homer on an extraordinary journey.

2015-07-072 min

Marge challenges Kim Jong-un to the Ice Bucket Challenge.

2015-09-0822 min

Take a look at ‘The Simpsons’ heading down to Daytona International Speedway for the Daytona 500 on February 21st.

2016-02-1022 min

Marge wakes up from a political nightmare.

2016-02-202 min

Pokémon Now? is a special short that was released on July 16, 2016. It's a remade scene from "A Tree Grows in Springfield".

2016-07-1622 min

Marge and Homer Simpson wrestle with the choice in this election.

2016-07-3022 min

Homer says hello from San Diego Comic-Con 2016!

2016-08-1622 min

The citizens of Springfield head to their polling stations to vote and Homer discovers Russia's President Vladimir Putin in disguise.

2016-10-1422 min

This year everyone is coming to Daytona! Don't miss the Daytona 500, FEB 26 on FOX!

2017-02-0922 min

Donald Trump reviews his accomplishments from his first 100 days in office.

2017-04-261 min

Donald Trump makes one last try to patch things up with Comey.

2017-05-2622 min

Moe has a presidential moment and lets the world know how he is feeling.

2017-07-0322 min

Homer gives us a little advice about watching the eclipse.

2017-08-2722 min

Moe has a message for the mayor of Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulín Cruz, regarding her tweet in response to the appeal for Puerto Rico that aired at the end of The Serfsons.

2017-11-0322 min

Robert Mueller pays the President a little visit.

2017-12-1422 min

Maybe it's time to take a good look in the mirror.

2018-03-2322 min

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her squad face off against President Donald Trump.

2019-08-2022 min

Lisa travels back in time to 1923 and discovers that the Springfield Mini Moose, once key to the town’s ecosystem, were driven to extinction in 1925. Teaming up with young Monty Burns, Lisa works to save the moose, but her actions unintentionally shape his future as a ruthless tycoon.

2025-02-1224 min

The Simpsons explore Earth in a Nat Geo-style mockumentary.

2025-04-2222 min

A defective lamp reveals a heartbreaking truth about what Homer believes is reality, and an AI-powered tablet befriends and controls Maggie. The Simpsons struggle to find the light through two dark tales of the curious and bizarre.

2026-08-26