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* For “Thirty Minutes over Tokyo”, the 10th season finale, Bart writes “I'm so very tired.”
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** "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" by Creator/GuillermoDelToro
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** “Little Big Mom”: “I will not create art from dung.”[[note]]A reference to a controversial art exhibit in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung.[[/note]]
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** “Little Big Mom”: “I will not create art from dung.”[[note]]A reference to a controversial art exhibit in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity that had a statue painting of the Virgin Mary splatted created with elephant dung.[[/note]]
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* Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone. Since the show's switch to HighDefinition, some episodes have featured Lisa playing another instrument such as a trumpet or violin instead.
* The literal "couch gag", the family gathering on the couch in a (usually) humorous animation. (This is also the only gag that's never cut in syndication, though many of the first episodes to be syndicated saw their original couch gags get replaced with the one where the Simpsons find an identical family already sitting on the couch.)
** The HDTV opening introduced in season 20 introduced five additional couch gags:
*** Something different flies in front of the Simpsons logo (but it's usually a three-eyed crow).
*** When the head of the Jebediah Springfield statue falls on Ralph's head, he will usually make a muttering noise, but sometimes he will actually say something, such as "[[CirclingBirdies I see stars!]]" or "It's dark!"
**** Early on, when Bart ran over him, Barney would also sometimes exclaim something (such as "BART!") instead of belching.
* The literal "couch gag", the family gathering on the couch in a (usually) humorous animation. (This is also the only gag that's never cut in syndication, though many of the first episodes to be syndicated saw their original couch gags get replaced with the one where the Simpsons find an identical family already sitting on the couch.)
** The HDTV opening introduced in season 20 introduced five additional couch gags:
*** Something different flies in front of the Simpsons logo (but it's usually a three-eyed crow).
*** When the head of the Jebediah Springfield statue falls on Ralph's head, he will usually make a muttering noise, but sometimes he will actually say something, such as "[[CirclingBirdies I see stars!]]" or "It's dark!"
**** Early on, when Bart ran over him, Barney would also sometimes exclaim something (such as "BART!") instead of belching.
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* Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone. Since the show's show’s switch to HighDefinition, some episodes have featured Lisa playing another instrument such as a trumpet or violin instead.
* The literal"couch gag", ‘couch gag’, the family gathering on the couch in a (usually) humorous animation. (This is also the only gag that's that’s never cut in syndication, though many of the first episodes to be syndicated saw their original couch gags get replaced with the one where the Simpsons find an identical family already sitting on the couch.)
** The HDTV opening introduced in season 20 introducedfive ''five'' additional couch gags:
*** Something different flies in front of the Simpsons logo (butit's it’s usually a three-eyed crow).
*** When the head of the Jebediah Springfield statue falls onRalph's Ralph’s head, he will usually make a muttering noise, but sometimes he will actually say something, such as "[[CirclingBirdies “[[CirclingBirdies I see stars!]]" stars!]]” or "It's dark!"
“It’s dark!”
**** Early on, when Bart ran over him, Barney would also sometimes exclaim something (such as"BART!") “BART!”) instead of belching.
* The literal
** The HDTV opening introduced in season 20 introduced
*** Something different flies in front of the Simpsons logo (but
*** When the head of the Jebediah Springfield statue falls on
**** Early on, when Bart ran over him, Barney would also sometimes exclaim something (such as
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*** The Simpsons' wall-mounted HDTV falls off the wall in some episodes, and does not in others.
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*** The Simpsons' Simpsons’ wall-mounted HDTV falls off the wall in some episodes, and does not in others.
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* The Gracie Films VanityPlate at the end of the episode sometimes has different sound effects playing besides just the "shh" and the little jingle that plays.
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* The Gracie Films VanityPlate at the end of the episode sometimes has different sound effects playing besides just the "shh" “shh” and the little jingle that plays.
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** A gunshot is inserted here for "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1."
** Another has Grandpa Simpson saying "Oh, sorry."
** The fourth clip show has Snake angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
* The song or sound played during the credits may vary based on the theme of the preceeding episode:
** Throughout the credits of "Bart Star," Homer, drunk with power from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm being made Head Coach]] of the pee-wee football team, was "cutting" several people when their names showed up,[[note]]This is to say, everyone listed in the end credits except guest star Joe Namath.[[/note]] and when the woman did her shush he said "You're cut too, Shushy!".
** Sometimes the closing theme is rendered in a different musical motif based on the theme of the episode (such as an ice rink organ after a hockey-themed one), or an instrumental performed by a "special musical guest" (past bands to interpret the theme during the end credits include NRBQ, SonicYouth, Brave Combo, FallOutBoy and YoLaTengo).
* The Halloween specials also generally feature gags within the credits, with puns on the names in the credits ("Matt Groaning" or "Bat Groening" being almost inevitably featured).
** Another has Grandpa Simpson saying "Oh, sorry."
** The fourth clip show has Snake angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
* The song or sound played during the credits may vary based on the theme of the preceeding episode:
** Throughout the credits of "Bart Star," Homer, drunk with power from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm being made Head Coach]] of the pee-wee football team, was "cutting" several people when their names showed up,[[note]]This is to say, everyone listed in the end credits except guest star Joe Namath.[[/note]] and when the woman did her shush he said "You're cut too, Shushy!".
** Sometimes the closing theme is rendered in a different musical motif based on the theme of the episode (such as an ice rink organ after a hockey-themed one), or an instrumental performed by a "special musical guest" (past bands to interpret the theme during the end credits include NRBQ, SonicYouth, Brave Combo, FallOutBoy and YoLaTengo).
* The Halloween specials also generally feature gags within the credits, with puns on the names in the credits ("Matt Groaning" or "Bat Groening" being almost inevitably featured).
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** A gunshot is inserted here for "Who “Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1."
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** Another has Grandpa Simpson saying"Oh, “Oh, sorry."
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** The fourth clip show has Snake angrily yelling at the shushing woman,"Don't “Don’t shush me!"
me!”
* The song or sound played during the credits may vary based on the theme of thepreceeding preceding episode:
** Throughout the credits of"Bart Star," “Bart Star,” Homer, drunk with power from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm being made Head Coach]] of the pee-wee football team, was "cutting" ‘cuts’ several people when their names showed up,[[note]]This is to say, everyone listed in the end credits except guest star Joe Namath.[[/note]] and when the woman did does her shush he said "You're “You’re cut too, Shushy!".
Shushy!”
** Sometimes the closing theme is rendered in a different musical motif based on the theme of the episode (such as an ice rink organ after a hockey-themed one), or an instrumental performed by a"special ‘special musical guest" guest’ (past bands to interpret the theme during the end credits include NRBQ, SonicYouth, Brave Combo, FallOutBoy Music/{{NRBQ}}, Music/SonicYouth, Music/BraveCombo, Music/FallOutBoy and YoLaTengo).
Music/YoLaTengo).
* The Halloween specials also generally feature gags within the credits, with puns on the names in the credits("Matt Groaning" ([[Creator/MattGroening “Matt Groaning” or "Bat Groening" “Bat Groening”]] being almost inevitably featured).
** Another has Grandpa Simpson saying
** The fourth clip show has Snake angrily yelling at the shushing woman,
* The song or sound played during the credits may vary based on the theme of the
** Throughout the credits of
** Sometimes the closing theme is rendered in a different musical motif based on the theme of the episode (such as an ice rink organ after a hockey-themed one), or an instrumental performed by a
* The Halloween specials also generally feature gags within the credits, with puns on the names in the credits
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* For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", the first episode of the regular TV series following the release of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spider-Pig/Harry Plopper waiting for them on the couch.
* For the episode "To Surveil with Love", the opening credits were completely replaced by an animated music video set to "[[{{Kesha}} TiK Tok]]", though the gathering-on-the-couch gag still appears at the end.
* A live-action version of the sequence, originally made as a promo on British TV network Sky1 (which, perhaps not coincidentally, is also a [=NewsCorp=] property), was eventually used as an actual show opening on the season 17 episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife".
* Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist Creator/{{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in biohazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
* If an episode is too short, a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus,[[note]]And it still couldn't fill enough broadcast time when "Cape Feare" aired … hence the famous half-minute of Sideshow Bob [[OverlyLongGag constantly stepping on rakes]].[[/note]] one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
* For the episode "To Surveil with Love", the opening credits were completely replaced by an animated music video set to "[[{{Kesha}} TiK Tok]]", though the gathering-on-the-couch gag still appears at the end.
* A live-action version of the sequence, originally made as a promo on British TV network Sky1 (which, perhaps not coincidentally, is also a [=NewsCorp=] property), was eventually used as an actual show opening on the season 17 episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife".
* Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist Creator/{{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in biohazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
* If an episode is too short, a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus,[[note]]And it still couldn't fill enough broadcast time when "Cape Feare" aired … hence the famous half-minute of Sideshow Bob [[OverlyLongGag constantly stepping on rakes]].[[/note]] one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
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* For the episode "He “He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", D’ohs”, the first episode of the regular TV series following the release of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in [[spoiler:in ruin]], [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's Homer’s car, and Spider-Pig/Harry Plopper waiting for them on the couch.
* For the episode"To “To Surveil with Love", Love”, the opening credits were completely replaced by an animated music video set to "[[{{Kesha}} “[[{{Kesha}} TiK Tok]]", Tok]]”, though the gathering-on-the-couch gag still appears at the end.
* A live-action version of the sequence, originally made as a promo on British TV network Sky1 (which, perhaps not coincidentally, is also a [=NewsCorp=] property), was eventually used as an actual show opening on the season 17 episode"Homer “Homer Simpson, This Is is Your Wife".
Wife”.
* Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for"[=MoneyBART=]", “[=MoneyBART=]”, storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist Creator/{{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" ‘Banksy’ written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will “I must not write all over walls", on the walls”, all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in biohazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' Simpsons’ TV.]]
* If an episode is too short, a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus,[[note]]And it stillcouldn't couldn’t fill enough broadcast time when "Cape Feare" “Cape Feare” aired … hence the famous half-minute of Sideshow Bob [[OverlyLongGag constantly stepping on rakes]].[[/note]] one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
* For the episode
* A live-action version of the sequence, originally made as a promo on British TV network Sky1 (which, perhaps not coincidentally, is also a [=NewsCorp=] property), was eventually used as an actual show opening on the season 17 episode
* Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for
* If an episode is too short, a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus,[[note]]And it still
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* In the episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow", Bart complains that he's written on the board so often that his wrist sounds like a cement mixer (and [[{{Squick}} rotates his wrist to prove his point]]).
* For "The Parent Rap", the phrase Bart writes on the blackboard is "No one reads these anymore."
* For "Bonfire of the Manatees", Bart writes "Does any kid still do this anymore?", as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
* For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart writes "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".[[note]]It isn't the hundredth episode in ''production'' order, however; that honor goes to "Lisa's Rival," which aired in season 6. Neither "Lisa's Rival" nor "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song" make a big deal in-universe, during the contents of their episode, about hitting the century mark.[[/note]]
* In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart writes, "I will not defame UsefulNotes/NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
* Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode, "500 Keys," had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
* "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Marge's crusade against refined sugar in "Sweets and Sour Marge," just two episodes earlier, sees Chief Wiggum disposing of the town's supply of Butterfingers in a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "[[LampshadeHanging Not even the fire wants them]]," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters (particularly Bart) appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended; needless to say, the company did not offer to renew the contract.
* When Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Oregon was the inspiration for Springfield, that week's episode ("Beware My Cheating Bart") opened with the words "Now entering Oregon" next to the main title, while the chalkboard gag read "The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours."
* ''TheSimpsonsMovie'' has Bart writing "I will not illegally download this movie."
* In "Take My Life, Please," the first HD episode, Bart writes "HDTV is worth every cent."
* In the 300th episode, we see Bart writing "I will not..." and then abruptly stopping before destroying the chalkboard with an Ax.
* The 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave," featured [[ButtMonkey Milhouse]] writing "Bart's earned a day off" on the chalkboard while Bart smugly looked on.
* For "The Parent Rap", the phrase Bart writes on the blackboard is "No one reads these anymore."
* For "Bonfire of the Manatees", Bart writes "Does any kid still do this anymore?", as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
* For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart writes "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".[[note]]It isn't the hundredth episode in ''production'' order, however; that honor goes to "Lisa's Rival," which aired in season 6. Neither "Lisa's Rival" nor "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song" make a big deal in-universe, during the contents of their episode, about hitting the century mark.[[/note]]
* In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart writes, "I will not defame UsefulNotes/NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
* Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode, "500 Keys," had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
* "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Marge's crusade against refined sugar in "Sweets and Sour Marge," just two episodes earlier, sees Chief Wiggum disposing of the town's supply of Butterfingers in a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "[[LampshadeHanging Not even the fire wants them]]," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters (particularly Bart) appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended; needless to say, the company did not offer to renew the contract.
* When Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Oregon was the inspiration for Springfield, that week's episode ("Beware My Cheating Bart") opened with the words "Now entering Oregon" next to the main title, while the chalkboard gag read "The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours."
* ''TheSimpsonsMovie'' has Bart writing "I will not illegally download this movie."
* In "Take My Life, Please," the first HD episode, Bart writes "HDTV is worth every cent."
* In the 300th episode, we see Bart writing "I will not..." and then abruptly stopping before destroying the chalkboard with an Ax.
* The 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave," featured [[ButtMonkey Milhouse]] writing "Bart's earned a day off" on the chalkboard while Bart smugly looked on.
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* In the episode "Skinner's “Skinner’s Sense of Snow", Snow”, Bart complains that he's he’s written on the board so often that his wrist sounds like a cement mixer (and [[{{Squick}} rotates his wrist to prove his point]]).
* For"The “The Parent Rap", the phrase Rap”, Bart writes on the blackboard is "No one “Nobody reads these anymore."
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* For"Bonfire “Bonfire of the Manatees", Manatees”, Bart writes "Does “Does any kid still do this anymore?", anymore?”, as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
* For"Sweet “Sweet Seymour Skinner's Skinner’s Baadaaaass Song," Song,” the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart writes "I “I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".milestones]]”.[[note]]It isn't isn’t the hundredth episode in ''production'' order, however; that honor goes to "Lisa's Rival," “Lisa’s Rival,” which aired in season 6. Neither "Lisa's Rival" “Lisa’s Rival” nor "Sweet “Sweet Seymour Skinner's Skinner’s Baadaaaass Song" Song” make a big deal in-universe, during the contents of their episode, about hitting the century mark.[[/note]]
* In the"Homer opening for “Homer the Heretic" opening, Heretic,” Bart writes, "I writes “I will not defame UsefulNotes/NewOrleans." ” The previous episode, "A “A Streetcar Named Marge", Marge,” had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's Bart’s writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
* Similarly,episode "Homer Scissorhands" “Homer Scissorhands” had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode, "500 Keys," “500 Keys,” had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
*"Half-Decent Proposal" “Half-Decent Proposal” had "I “I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Marge's ” Marge’s crusade against refined sugar in "Sweets “Sweets and Sour Marge," Marge,” just two episodes earlier, sees Chief Wiggum disposing of the town's town’s supply of Butterfingers in a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "[[LampshadeHanging “[[LampshadeHanging Not even the fire wants them]]," them]],” comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's show’s long history of ''Simpsons'' characters (particularly Bart) appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended; needless to say, the company did not offer to renew the contract.
* When Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Oregon was the inspiration for Springfield, thatweek's week’s episode ("Beware (“Beware My Cheating Bart") Bart”) opened with the words "Now “Now entering Oregon" Oregon” next to the main title, while the chalkboard gag read "The “The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours."
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*''TheSimpsonsMovie'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' has Bart writing "I “I will not illegally download this movie."
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* In"Take “Take My Life, Please," Please,” the first HD episode, Bart writes "HDTV “HDTV is worth every cent."
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* Inthe 300th episode, “Barting Over,” we see Bart writing "I “I will not..." not …” and then abruptly stopping before destroying the chalkboard with an Ax.
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* The 500th episode,"At “At Long Last Leave," Leave,” featured [[ButtMonkey Milhouse]] writing "Bart's “Bart’s earned a day off" off” on the chalkboard while Bart smugly looked on.
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** "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", by Creator/JohnKricfalusi
** "Beware My Cheating Bart" and "Black-Eyed, Please", by Creator/BillPlympton.
** "The Fabulous Faker Boy" by the ''RobotChicken'' staff.
* Many chalkboard gags satirize current or meta-related events in real life
** ''Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish'': "It's potato, not potatoe."[[note]]Only used on a repeat airing on June 25, 1992, making fun of Dan Quayle's infamous "potatoe" blunder[[/note]]
** ''Dead Putting Society'': "I am not a 32 year old woman."[[note]]NancyCartwright was 32 at the time[[/note]]
** ''Homer the Heretic'': "I will not defame New Orleans."[[note]]The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", contained a song that bashed New Orleans, causing some controversy with the city's citizens[[/note]]
** ''Homer's Barbershop Quartet'': "I will never win an Emmy."[[note]]This episoded aired after the 1992-93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for "Best Comedy" (which didn't happen)[[/note]]
** ''The Trouble with Trillions'': "I will not demand what I'm worth."[[note]]The show's voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes[[/note]]
** ''Lisa's Sax'': "I no longer want my MTV."[[note]]A TakeThat at {{MTV}}'s NetworkDecay[[/note]]
** ''Natural Born Kissers'': "I was not the inspiration for 'Kramer'."[[note]]This episode aired 3 days after the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' series finale[[/note]]
** ''D'oh-in' in the Wind'': "No one cares what my definition of 'is' is."[[note]]This references BillClinton's mush-quoted statement to the grand jury during the Lewinsky trial[[/note]]
** ''Mayored to the Mob'': "'The President did it' is not an excuse."[[note]]This episode aired after President Clinton's impeachment[[/note]]
** ''Sunday, Cruddy Sunday'': "I will not do the Dirty Bird."[[note]]The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII[[/note]]
** ''Little Big Mom'': "I will not create art from dung."[[note]]A reference to a controversial art exhibit in New York City that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung[[/note]]
** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plant sublimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[note]]During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats"[[/note]]
** ''Lisa the Treehugger'': "I am not the acting President."[[note]]The 2000 Presidential election winner had not yet been decided[[/note]]
** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not buy a Presidential pardon."[[note]]This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy[[/note]]
** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[note]]Dick Cheney was in the hospital with a heart condition[[/note]]
** ''She of Little Faith'': "I do not have a cereal named after me."[[note]]At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch was being sold[[/note]]
** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[note]]At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge"[[/note]]
** ''The Sweetest Apu'': "I will never lie about being cancelled again."[[note]]A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series[[/note]]
** ''Homer of Seville'': "The Wall Street Journal is better than ever."[[note]]now that Rupert Murdoch owns it[[/note]]
** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if we weren't so scared."[[note]]The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.[[/note]]
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of ''{{Series/Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."[[note]]This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''[[/note]]
** ''500 Keys'': "It's Kristen Schaal, not Kristen Schall"[[note]]A reference to a spelling mistake in the credits in "Homer Scissorhands"[[/note]]
** ''Replaceable You'': "It's November 6th - how come we're not airing a Halloween show?"[[note]]That year's ''Treehouse of Horror'' episode was the first to air in October for about a decade[[/note]]
** ''Homer Goes to Prep School'': "I will obey Oscar® campaign rules from now on."[[note]]The ''Simpsons'' theatrical short ''The Longest Daycare'' has been nominated for an Academy Award[[/note]]
** ''Love is a Many-Splintered Thing'': "I was not nominated for 'Best Spoken Swear Word'."[[note]]This aired the night of the 2013 Grammy Awards[[/note]]
** "Beware My Cheating Bart" and "Black-Eyed, Please", by Creator/BillPlympton.
** "The Fabulous Faker Boy" by the ''RobotChicken'' staff.
* Many chalkboard gags satirize current or meta-related events in real life
** ''Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish'': "It's potato, not potatoe."[[note]]Only used on a repeat airing on June 25, 1992, making fun of Dan Quayle's infamous "potatoe" blunder[[/note]]
** ''Dead Putting Society'': "I am not a 32 year old woman."[[note]]NancyCartwright was 32 at the time[[/note]]
** ''Homer the Heretic'': "I will not defame New Orleans."[[note]]The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", contained a song that bashed New Orleans, causing some controversy with the city's citizens[[/note]]
** ''Homer's Barbershop Quartet'': "I will never win an Emmy."[[note]]This episoded aired after the 1992-93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for "Best Comedy" (which didn't happen)[[/note]]
** ''The Trouble with Trillions'': "I will not demand what I'm worth."[[note]]The show's voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes[[/note]]
** ''Lisa's Sax'': "I no longer want my MTV."[[note]]A TakeThat at {{MTV}}'s NetworkDecay[[/note]]
** ''Natural Born Kissers'': "I was not the inspiration for 'Kramer'."[[note]]This episode aired 3 days after the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' series finale[[/note]]
** ''D'oh-in' in the Wind'': "No one cares what my definition of 'is' is."[[note]]This references BillClinton's mush-quoted statement to the grand jury during the Lewinsky trial[[/note]]
** ''Mayored to the Mob'': "'The President did it' is not an excuse."[[note]]This episode aired after President Clinton's impeachment[[/note]]
** ''Sunday, Cruddy Sunday'': "I will not do the Dirty Bird."[[note]]The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII[[/note]]
** ''Little Big Mom'': "I will not create art from dung."[[note]]A reference to a controversial art exhibit in New York City that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung[[/note]]
** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plant sublimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[note]]During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats"[[/note]]
** ''Lisa the Treehugger'': "I am not the acting President."[[note]]The 2000 Presidential election winner had not yet been decided[[/note]]
** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not buy a Presidential pardon."[[note]]This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy[[/note]]
** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[note]]Dick Cheney was in the hospital with a heart condition[[/note]]
** ''She of Little Faith'': "I do not have a cereal named after me."[[note]]At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch was being sold[[/note]]
** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[note]]At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge"[[/note]]
** ''The Sweetest Apu'': "I will never lie about being cancelled again."[[note]]A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series[[/note]]
** ''Homer of Seville'': "The Wall Street Journal is better than ever."[[note]]now that Rupert Murdoch owns it[[/note]]
** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if we weren't so scared."[[note]]The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.[[/note]]
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of ''{{Series/Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."[[note]]This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''[[/note]]
** ''500 Keys'': "It's Kristen Schaal, not Kristen Schall"[[note]]A reference to a spelling mistake in the credits in "Homer Scissorhands"[[/note]]
** ''Replaceable You'': "It's November 6th - how come we're not airing a Halloween show?"[[note]]That year's ''Treehouse of Horror'' episode was the first to air in October for about a decade[[/note]]
** ''Homer Goes to Prep School'': "I will obey Oscar® campaign rules from now on."[[note]]The ''Simpsons'' theatrical short ''The Longest Daycare'' has been nominated for an Academy Award[[/note]]
** ''Love is a Many-Splintered Thing'': "I was not nominated for 'Best Spoken Swear Word'."[[note]]This aired the night of the 2013 Grammy Awards[[/note]]
to:
** "Bart “Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", Roosevelts”, by Creator/JohnKricfalusi
**"Beware “Beware My Cheating Bart" Bart” and "Black-Eyed, Please", “Black-Eyed, Please”, by Creator/BillPlympton.
**"The “The Fabulous Faker Boy" Boy”, by the ''RobotChicken'' ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' staff.
* Many chalkboard gags satirize current or meta-related events in reallife
life:
**''Two “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish'': "It's Fish”: “It’s potato, not potatoe."[[note]]Only ”[[note]]Only used on a repeat airing on June 25, 1992, making fun of Dan Quayle's DanQuayle’s infamous "potatoe" blunder[[/note]]
** ''Dead Putting Society'': "I am not a 32 year old woman."[[note]]NancyCartwright was 32 at the time[[/note]]
** ''Homer the Heretic'': "I will not defame New Orleans."[[note]]The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", contained a song that bashed New Orleans, causing some controversy with the city's citizens[[/note]]
** ''Homer's Barbershop Quartet'': "I will never win an Emmy."[[note]]This episoded aired after the 1992-93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for "Best Comedy" (which didn't happen)[[/note]]
** ''The Trouble with Trillions'': "I will not demand what I'm worth."[[note]]The show's voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes[[/note]]
** ''Lisa's Sax'': "I no longer want my MTV."[[note]]A TakeThat at {{MTV}}'s NetworkDecay[[/note]]
** ''Natural Born Kissers'': "I was not the inspiration for 'Kramer'."[[note]]This episode aired 3 days after the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' series finale[[/note]]
** ''D'oh-in' in the Wind'': "No one cares what my definition of 'is' is."[[note]]This references BillClinton's mush-quoted statement to the grand jury during the Lewinsky trial[[/note]]
** ''Mayored to the Mob'': "'The President did it' is not an excuse."[[note]]This episode aired after President Clinton's impeachment[[/note]]
** ''Sunday, Cruddy Sunday'': "I will not do the Dirty Bird."[[note]]The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII[[/note]]
** ''Little Big Mom'': "I will not create art from dung."[[note]]A reference to a controversial art exhibit in New York City that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung[[/note]]
** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plant sublimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[note]]During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats"[[/note]]
** ''Lisa the Treehugger'': "I am not the acting President."[[note]]The 2000 Presidential election winner had not yet been decided[[/note]]
** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not buy a Presidential pardon."[[note]]This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy[[/note]]
** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[note]]Dick Cheney was in the hospital with a heart condition[[/note]]
** ''She of Little Faith'': "I do not have a cereal named after me."[[note]]At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch was being sold[[/note]]
** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[note]]At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge"[[/note]]
** ''The Sweetest Apu'': "I will never lie about being cancelled again."[[note]]A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series[[/note]]
** ''Homer of Seville'': "The Wall Street Journal is better than ever."[[note]]now that Rupert Murdoch owns it[[/note]]
** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if we weren't so scared."[[note]]The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.‘potatoe’ blunder.[[/note]]
**''Judge “Dead Putting Society”: “I am not a 32-year-old woman.”[[note]]NancyCartwright was 32 at the time[[/note]]
** “Homer the Heretic”: “I will not defame New Orleans.”[[note]]See above.[[/note]]
** “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet”: “I will never win an Emmy.”[[note]]This episode was the first after the 1992–93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for “Best Comedy” (which didn’t happen).[[/note]]
** “Secrets of a Successful Marriage”: “Five days is not too long to wait for a gun.”[[note]]The U.S. government had recently passed the highly controversial [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Handgun_Violence_Prevention_Act Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act]], which required firearm buyers to hand over their money and wait five business days before they could receive their gun.[[/note]]
** “Lisa’s Sax”: “I no longer want my Creator/{{MTV}}.”[[note]]A TakeThat at MTV’s NetworkDecay.[[/note]]
** “The Trouble with Trillions”: “I will not demand what I’m worth.”[[note]]The show’s voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes.[[/note]]
** “Natural Born Kissers”: “I was not the inspiration for ‘Kramer’.”[[note]]This episode aired three days after ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''’s series finale.[[/note]]
** “D’oh-in’ in the Wind”: “No one cares what my definition of ‘is’ is.”[[note]]This references BillClinton’s mush-quoted statement to the grand jury during the Lewinsky trial.[[/note]]
** “Mayored to the Mob”: “‘The President did it’ is not an excuse.”[[note]]This episode was the first aired after President Clinton’s impeachment.[[/note]]
** “Sunday, Cruddy Sunday”: “I will not do the Dirty Bird.”[[note]]The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}} Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII.[[/note]]
** “Little Big Mom”: “I will not create art from dung.”[[note]]A reference to a controversial art exhibit in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung.[[/note]]
** “A Tale of Two Springfields”: “I will not plant sublimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.”[[note]]During the 2000 presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word ‘rat’ in ‘Democrats.’[[/note]]
** “Lisa the Tree Hugger”: “I am not the acting President.”[[note]]The 2000 presidential election winner had not yet been decided.[[/note]]
** “New Kids on the Blecch”: “I will not buy a Presidential pardon.”[[note]]This aired when it had recently come to light that in his last two days in office, Bill Clinton issued a lot of presidential pardons, mostly to people who’d supported him.[[/note]]
** “Bye Bye Nerdie”: “I will not scare the Vice President.”[[note]]Dick Cheney was in the hospital with a heart condition.[[/note]]
** “She of Little Faith”: “I do not have a cereal named after me.”[[note]]At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch ''was'' being sold.[[/note]]
** “Half-Decent Proposal”: “I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers.”[[note]]See above.[[/note]]
** “The Sweetest Apu”: “I will never lie about being cancelled again.”[[note]]A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series, at which his British interviewer freaked out.[[/note]]
** “Homer of Seville”: “The ''Wall Street Journal'' is better than ever.”[[note]]Now that RupertMurdoch owns it.[[/note]]
** “The Squirt and the Whale”: “''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''—we’d stand beside you if we weren’t so scared.”[[note]]The ''South Park'' episode “201” was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards. Reruns have changed the joke to “Je ne suis pas français” (“I am not French”—itself a reference to the punitive line “Je ne parle pas français” in “Girls Just Want to Have Sums”).[[/note]]
** “Judge MeTender'': "End Tender”: “End of ''{{Series/Lost}}'': ''Series/{{Lost}}'': [[AllJustADream It was all the dog's dream.dog’s dream]]. Watch us."[[note]]This ”[[note]]This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''[[/note]]
''LOST''.[[/note]]
**''500 Keys'': "It's “500 Keys”: “It’s Kristen Schaal, not Kristen Schall"[[note]]A Schall.”[[note]]A reference to a spelling mistake in the credits in "Homer Scissorhands"[[/note]]
“Homer Scissorhands.”[[/note]]
**''Replaceable You'': "It's “Replaceable You”: “It’s November 6th - how 6th—how come we're we’re not airing a Halloween show?"[[note]]That year's show?”[[note]]That year’s ''Treehouse of Horror'' episode was seemed like the first to air in October for about a decade[[/note]]
decade. As a matter of fact, that year’s ''Treehouse of Horror'' (the 22nd) was the second in three years to air in October; the 20th ''Treehouse of Horror'' aired on October 18, 2009, and ''was'' the first to air in October in a full decade (the 10th aired on October 31, 1999).[[/note]]
**''Homer ”Homer Goes to Prep School'': "I School”: “I will obey Oscar® [[AcademyAward Oscar®]] campaign rules from now on."[[note]]The ”[[note]]The ''Simpsons'' theatrical short ''The Longest Daycare'' has had recently been nominated for an the Academy Award[[/note]]
Award for Best Short Film; it lost to ''WesternAnimation/{{Paperman}}''.[[/note]]
**''Love “Love is a Many-Splintered Thing'': "I Thing”: “I was not nominated for 'Best ‘Best Spoken Swear Word'."[[note]]This Word’.”[[note]]This aired the night of the 2013 Grammy Awards[[/note]]Awards.[[/note]]
**
**
* Many chalkboard gags satirize current or meta-related events in real
**
** ''Dead Putting Society'': "I am not a 32 year old woman."[[note]]NancyCartwright was 32 at the time[[/note]]
** ''Homer the Heretic'': "I will not defame New Orleans."[[note]]The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", contained a song that bashed New Orleans, causing some controversy with the city's citizens[[/note]]
** ''Homer's Barbershop Quartet'': "I will never win an Emmy."[[note]]This episoded aired after the 1992-93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for "Best Comedy" (which didn't happen)[[/note]]
** ''The Trouble with Trillions'': "I will not demand what I'm worth."[[note]]The show's voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes[[/note]]
** ''Lisa's Sax'': "I no longer want my MTV."[[note]]A TakeThat at {{MTV}}'s NetworkDecay[[/note]]
** ''Natural Born Kissers'': "I was not the inspiration for 'Kramer'."[[note]]This episode aired 3 days after the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' series finale[[/note]]
** ''D'oh-in' in the Wind'': "No one cares what my definition of 'is' is."[[note]]This references BillClinton's mush-quoted statement to the grand jury during the Lewinsky trial[[/note]]
** ''Mayored to the Mob'': "'The President did it' is not an excuse."[[note]]This episode aired after President Clinton's impeachment[[/note]]
** ''Sunday, Cruddy Sunday'': "I will not do the Dirty Bird."[[note]]The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII[[/note]]
** ''Little Big Mom'': "I will not create art from dung."[[note]]A reference to a controversial art exhibit in New York City that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung[[/note]]
** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plant sublimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[note]]During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats"[[/note]]
** ''Lisa the Treehugger'': "I am not the acting President."[[note]]The 2000 Presidential election winner had not yet been decided[[/note]]
** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not buy a Presidential pardon."[[note]]This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy[[/note]]
** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[note]]Dick Cheney was in the hospital with a heart condition[[/note]]
** ''She of Little Faith'': "I do not have a cereal named after me."[[note]]At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch was being sold[[/note]]
** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[note]]At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge"[[/note]]
** ''The Sweetest Apu'': "I will never lie about being cancelled again."[[note]]A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series[[/note]]
** ''Homer of Seville'': "The Wall Street Journal is better than ever."[[note]]now that Rupert Murdoch owns it[[/note]]
** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if we weren't so scared."[[note]]The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.
**
** “Homer the Heretic”: “I will not defame New Orleans.”[[note]]See above.[[/note]]
** “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet”: “I will never win an Emmy.”[[note]]This episode was the first after the 1992–93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for “Best Comedy” (which didn’t happen).[[/note]]
** “Secrets of a Successful Marriage”: “Five days is not too long to wait for a gun.”[[note]]The U.S. government had recently passed the highly controversial [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Handgun_Violence_Prevention_Act Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act]], which required firearm buyers to hand over their money and wait five business days before they could receive their gun.[[/note]]
** “Lisa’s Sax”: “I no longer want my Creator/{{MTV}}.”[[note]]A TakeThat at MTV’s NetworkDecay.[[/note]]
** “The Trouble with Trillions”: “I will not demand what I’m worth.”[[note]]The show’s voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes.[[/note]]
** “Natural Born Kissers”: “I was not the inspiration for ‘Kramer’.”[[note]]This episode aired three days after ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''’s series finale.[[/note]]
** “D’oh-in’ in the Wind”: “No one cares what my definition of ‘is’ is.”[[note]]This references BillClinton’s mush-quoted statement to the grand jury during the Lewinsky trial.[[/note]]
** “Mayored to the Mob”: “‘The President did it’ is not an excuse.”[[note]]This episode was the first aired after President Clinton’s impeachment.[[/note]]
** “Sunday, Cruddy Sunday”: “I will not do the Dirty Bird.”[[note]]The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}} Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII.[[/note]]
** “Little Big Mom”: “I will not create art from dung.”[[note]]A reference to a controversial art exhibit in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung.[[/note]]
** “A Tale of Two Springfields”: “I will not plant sublimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.”[[note]]During the 2000 presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word ‘rat’ in ‘Democrats.’[[/note]]
** “Lisa the Tree Hugger”: “I am not the acting President.”[[note]]The 2000 presidential election winner had not yet been decided.[[/note]]
** “New Kids on the Blecch”: “I will not buy a Presidential pardon.”[[note]]This aired when it had recently come to light that in his last two days in office, Bill Clinton issued a lot of presidential pardons, mostly to people who’d supported him.[[/note]]
** “Bye Bye Nerdie”: “I will not scare the Vice President.”[[note]]Dick Cheney was in the hospital with a heart condition.[[/note]]
** “She of Little Faith”: “I do not have a cereal named after me.”[[note]]At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch ''was'' being sold.[[/note]]
** “Half-Decent Proposal”: “I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers.”[[note]]See above.[[/note]]
** “The Sweetest Apu”: “I will never lie about being cancelled again.”[[note]]A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series, at which his British interviewer freaked out.[[/note]]
** “Homer of Seville”: “The ''Wall Street Journal'' is better than ever.”[[note]]Now that RupertMurdoch owns it.[[/note]]
** “The Squirt and the Whale”: “''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''—we’d stand beside you if we weren’t so scared.”[[note]]The ''South Park'' episode “201” was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards. Reruns have changed the joke to “Je ne suis pas français” (“I am not French”—itself a reference to the punitive line “Je ne parle pas français” in “Girls Just Want to Have Sums”).[[/note]]
** “Judge Me
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* Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in biohazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
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* Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}.Creator/{{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in biohazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
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** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plant sumblimin'''al''' sublimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[note]]During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats"[[/note]]
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** ''Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish'': "It's potato, not potatoe."[[hottip:*:Only used on a repeat airing on June 25, 1992, making fun of Dan Quayle's infamous "potatoe" blunder.]]
** ''Dead Putting Society'': "I am not a 32 year old woman."[[hottip:*:NancyCartwright was 32 at the time.]]
** ''Homer the Heretic'': "I will not defame New Orleans."[[hottip:*:"The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", contained a song that bashed New Orleans, causing some controversy with the city's citizens.]]
** ''Homer's Barbershop Quartet'': "I will never win an Emmy."[[hottip:*:This episoded aired after the 1992-93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for "Best Comedy" (which didn't happen).]]
** ''The Trouble with Trillions'': "I will not demand what I'm worth."[[hottip:*:The show's voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes.]]
** ''Natural Born Kissers'': "I was not the inspiration for 'Kramer'."[[hottip:*:This episode aired 3 days after the ''{{Seinfeld}}'' series finale.]]
** ''D'oh-in' in the Wind'': "No one cares what my definition of 'is' is."[[hottip:*:This references BillClinton's mush-quoted statement to the grand jury during the Lewinsky trial.]]
** ''Mayored to the Mob'': "'The President did it' is not an excuse."[[hottip:*:This episode aired after President Clinton's impeachment.]]
** ''Sunday, Cruddy Sunday'': "I will not do the Dirty Bird."[[hottip:*:The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII.]]
** ''Little Big Mom'': "I will not create art from dung."[[hottip:*:A reference to a controversial art exhibit in New York City that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung.]]
** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plant sumblimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[hottip:*:During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats".]]
** ''Lisa the Treehugger'': "I am not the acting President."[[hottip:*:The 2000 Presidential election winner had not yet been decided.]]
** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not buy a Presidential pardon."[[hottip:*:This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy.]]
** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[hottip:*:Dick Cheney was in the hospital with a heart condition.]]
** ''She of Little Faith'': "I do not have a cereal named after me."[[hottip:*:At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch was being sold.]]
** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
** ''The Sweetest Apu'': "I will never lie about being cancelled again."[[hottip:*:A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series.]]
** ''Homer of Seville'': "The Wall Street Journal is better than ever."[[hottip:*:...now that Rupert Murdoch owns it.]]
** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if we weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.]]
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of ''{{Series/Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."[[hottip:*:This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''.]]
** ''500 Keys'': "It's Kristen Schaal, not Kristen Schall"[[hottip:*:A reference to a spelling mistake in the credits in "Homer Scissorhands".]]
** ''Replaceable You'': "It's November 6th - how come we're not airing a Halloween show?"[[hottip:*:That year's ''Treehouse of Horror'' episode was the first to air in October for about a decade.]]
** ''Homer Goes to Prep School'': "I will obey Oscar® campaign rules from now on."[[hottip:*:The ''Simpsons'' theatrical short ''The Longest Daycare'' has been nominated for an Academy Award.]]
** ''Love is a Many-Splintered Thing'': "I was not nominated for 'Best Spoken Swear Word'."[[hottip:*:This aired the night of the 2013 Grammy Awards.]]
** ''Dead Putting Society'': "I am not a 32 year old woman."[[hottip:*:NancyCartwright was 32 at the time.]]
** ''Homer the Heretic'': "I will not defame New Orleans."[[hottip:*:"The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", contained a song that bashed New Orleans, causing some controversy with the city's citizens.]]
** ''Homer's Barbershop Quartet'': "I will never win an Emmy."[[hottip:*:This episoded aired after the 1992-93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for "Best Comedy" (which didn't happen).]]
** ''The Trouble with Trillions'': "I will not demand what I'm worth."[[hottip:*:The show's voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes.]]
** ''Natural Born Kissers'': "I was not the inspiration for 'Kramer'."[[hottip:*:This episode aired 3 days after the ''{{Seinfeld}}'' series finale.]]
** ''D'oh-in' in the Wind'': "No one cares what my definition of 'is' is."[[hottip:*:This references BillClinton's mush-quoted statement to the grand jury during the Lewinsky trial.]]
** ''Mayored to the Mob'': "'The President did it' is not an excuse."[[hottip:*:This episode aired after President Clinton's impeachment.]]
** ''Sunday, Cruddy Sunday'': "I will not do the Dirty Bird."[[hottip:*:The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII.]]
** ''Little Big Mom'': "I will not create art from dung."[[hottip:*:A reference to a controversial art exhibit in New York City that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung.]]
** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plant sumblimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[hottip:*:During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats".]]
** ''Lisa the Treehugger'': "I am not the acting President."[[hottip:*:The 2000 Presidential election winner had not yet been decided.]]
** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not buy a Presidential pardon."[[hottip:*:This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy.]]
** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[hottip:*:Dick Cheney was in the hospital with a heart condition.]]
** ''She of Little Faith'': "I do not have a cereal named after me."[[hottip:*:At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch was being sold.]]
** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
** ''The Sweetest Apu'': "I will never lie about being cancelled again."[[hottip:*:A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series.]]
** ''Homer of Seville'': "The Wall Street Journal is better than ever."[[hottip:*:...now that Rupert Murdoch owns it.]]
** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if we weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.]]
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of ''{{Series/Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."[[hottip:*:This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''.]]
** ''500 Keys'': "It's Kristen Schaal, not Kristen Schall"[[hottip:*:A reference to a spelling mistake in the credits in "Homer Scissorhands".]]
** ''Replaceable You'': "It's November 6th - how come we're not airing a Halloween show?"[[hottip:*:That year's ''Treehouse of Horror'' episode was the first to air in October for about a decade.]]
** ''Homer Goes to Prep School'': "I will obey Oscar® campaign rules from now on."[[hottip:*:The ''Simpsons'' theatrical short ''The Longest Daycare'' has been nominated for an Academy Award.]]
** ''Love is a Many-Splintered Thing'': "I was not nominated for 'Best Spoken Swear Word'."[[hottip:*:This aired the night of the 2013 Grammy Awards.]]
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** ''Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish'': "It's potato, not potatoe."[[hottip:*:Only "[[note]]Only used on a repeat airing on June 25, 1992, making fun of Dan Quayle's infamous "potatoe" blunder.]]
blunder[[/note]]
** ''Dead Putting Society'': "I am not a 32 year old woman."[[hottip:*:NancyCartwright "[[note]]NancyCartwright was 32 at the time.]]
time[[/note]]
** ''Homer the Heretic'': "I will not defame New Orleans."[[hottip:*:"The "[[note]]The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", contained a song that bashed New Orleans, causing some controversy with the city's citizens.]]
citizens[[/note]]
** ''Homer's Barbershop Quartet'': "I will never win an Emmy."[[hottip:*:This "[[note]]This episoded aired after the 1992-93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for "Best Comedy" (which didn't happen).]]
happen)[[/note]]
** ''The Trouble with Trillions'': "I will not demand what I'm worth."[[hottip:*:The "[[note]]The show's voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes.]]
disputes[[/note]]
** ''Natural Born Kissers'': "I was not the inspiration for 'Kramer'."[[hottip:*:This "[[note]]This episode aired 3 days after the ''{{Seinfeld}}'' ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' series finale.]]
finale[[/note]]
** ''D'oh-in' in the Wind'': "No one cares what my definition of 'is' is."[[hottip:*:This "[[note]]This references BillClinton's mush-quoted statement to the grand jury during the Lewinsky trial.]]
trial[[/note]]
** ''Mayored to the Mob'': "'The President did it' is not an excuse."[[hottip:*:This "[[note]]This episode aired after President Clinton's impeachment.]]
impeachment[[/note]]
** ''Sunday, Cruddy Sunday'': "I will not do the Dirty Bird."[[hottip:*:The "[[note]]The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII.]]
XXXIII[[/note]]
** ''Little Big Mom'': "I will not create art from dung."[[hottip:*:A "[[note]]A reference to a controversial art exhibit in New York City that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung.]]
dung[[/note]]
** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plant sumblimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[hottip:*:During [[note]]During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats".]]
"Democrats"[[/note]]
** ''Lisa the Treehugger'': "I am not the acting President."[[hottip:*:The "[[note]]The 2000 Presidential election winner had not yet been decided.]]
decided[[/note]]
** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not buy a Presidential pardon."[[hottip:*:This "[[note]]This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy.]]
controversy[[/note]]
** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[hottip:*:Dick "[[note]]Dick Cheney was in the hospital with a heart condition.]]
condition[[/note]]
** ''She of Little Faith'': "I do not have a cereal named after me."[[hottip:*:At "[[note]]At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch was being sold.]]
sold[[/note]]
** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At "[[note]]At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
Marge"[[/note]]
** ''The Sweetest Apu'': "I will never lie about being cancelled again."[[hottip:*:A "[[note]]A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series.]]
series[[/note]]
** ''Homer of Seville'': "The Wall Street Journal is better than ever."[[hottip:*:...now "[[note]]now that Rupert Murdoch owns it.]]
it[[/note]]
** ''The Squirt and the Whale'':"''SouthPark'' "''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if we weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The "[[note]]The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.]]
[[/note]]
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of ''{{Series/Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."[[hottip:*:This "[[note]]This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''.]]
''LOST''[[/note]]
** ''500 Keys'': "It's Kristen Schaal, not KristenSchall"[[hottip:*:A Schall"[[note]]A reference to a spelling mistake in the credits in "Homer Scissorhands".]]
Scissorhands"[[/note]]
** ''Replaceable You'': "It's November 6th - how come we're not airing a Halloweenshow?"[[hottip:*:That show?"[[note]]That year's ''Treehouse of Horror'' episode was the first to air in October for about a decade.]]
decade[[/note]]
** ''Homer Goes to Prep School'': "I will obey Oscar® campaign rules from now on."[[hottip:*:The "[[note]]The ''Simpsons'' theatrical short ''The Longest Daycare'' has been nominated for an Academy Award.]]
Award[[/note]]
** ''Love is a Many-Splintered Thing'': "I was not nominated for 'Best Spoken Swear Word'."[[hottip:*:This "[[note]]This aired the night of the 2013 Grammy Awards.]]Awards[[/note]]
** ''Dead Putting Society'': "I am not a 32 year old woman.
** ''Homer the Heretic'': "I will not defame New Orleans.
** ''Homer's Barbershop Quartet'': "I will never win an Emmy.
** ''The Trouble with Trillions'': "I will not demand what I'm worth.
** ''Natural Born Kissers'': "I was not the inspiration for 'Kramer'.
** ''D'oh-in' in the Wind'': "No one cares what my definition of 'is' is.
** ''Mayored to the Mob'': "'The President did it' is not an excuse.
** ''Sunday, Cruddy Sunday'': "I will not do the Dirty Bird.
** ''Little Big Mom'': "I will not create art from dung.
** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plant sumblimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.
** ''Lisa the Treehugger'': "I am not the acting President.
** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not buy a Presidential pardon.
** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President.
** ''She of Little Faith'': "I do not have a cereal named after me.
** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers.
** ''The Sweetest Apu'': "I will never lie about being cancelled again.
** ''Homer of Seville'': "The Wall Street Journal is better than ever.
** ''The Squirt and the Whale'':
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of ''{{Series/Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us.
** ''500 Keys'': "It's Kristen Schaal, not Kristen
** ''Replaceable You'': "It's November 6th - how come we're not airing a Halloween
** ''Homer Goes to Prep School'': "I will obey Oscar® campaign rules from now on.
** ''Love is a Many-Splintered Thing'': "I was not nominated for 'Best Spoken Swear Word'.
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** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if you weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.]]
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** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if you we weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.]]
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** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[hottip:*:DickCheney was in the hospital with a heart condition.]]
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** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[hottip:*:DickCheney "[[hottip:*:Dick Cheney was in the hospital with a heart condition.]]
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** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
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** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At that time, the show's advertising contract with with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
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** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plane sumblimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[hottip:*:During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats".]]
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** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plane plant sumblimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[hottip:*:During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats".]]
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** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not by a Presidential pardon."[[hottip:*:This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy.]]
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** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not by buy a Presidential pardon."[[hottip:*:This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy.]]
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** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
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** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At that time, the show's advertising contract with with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
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** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if you weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored after receiving death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.]]
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of ''{{Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."[[hottip:*:This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''.]]
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of ''{{Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."[[hottip:*:This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''.]]
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** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if you weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored after receiving because of death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards.]]
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of''{{Lost}}'': ''{{Series/Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."[[hottip:*:This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''.]]
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of
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** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
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** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At that time, the show's advertising contract with with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
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** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if you weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored after receiving death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards."
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** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if you weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored after receiving death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards."]]
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* One extended gag shows various Springfield locations in the style of ''Series/GameOfThrones''' intro.
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* One extended gag shows various Springfield locations Many chalkboard gags satirize current or meta-related events in real life
** ''Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish'': "It's potato, not potatoe."[[hottip:*:Only used on a repeat airing on June 25, 1992, making fun of Dan Quayle's infamous "potatoe" blunder.]]
** ''Dead Putting Society'': "I am not a 32 year old woman."[[hottip:*:NancyCartwright was 32 at the time.]]
** ''Homer the Heretic'': "I will not defame New Orleans."[[hottip:*:"The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", contained a song that bashed New Orleans, causing some controversy with the city's citizens.]]
** ''Homer's Barbershop Quartet'': "I will never win an Emmy."[[hottip:*:This episoded aired after the 1992-93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for "Best Comedy" (which didn't happen).]]
** ''The Trouble with Trillions'': "I will not demand what I'm worth."[[hottip:*:The show's voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes.]]
** ''Natural Born Kissers'': "I was not the inspiration for 'Kramer'."[[hottip:*:This episode aired 3 days after the ''{{Seinfeld}}'' series finale.]]
** ''D'oh-in' in thestyle Wind'': "No one cares what my definition of ''Series/GameOfThrones''' intro.'is' is."[[hottip:*:This references BillClinton's mush-quoted statement to the grand jury during the Lewinsky trial.]]
** ''Mayored to the Mob'': "'The President did it' is not an excuse."[[hottip:*:This episode aired after President Clinton's impeachment.]]
** ''Sunday, Cruddy Sunday'': "I will not do the Dirty Bird."[[hottip:*:The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII.]]
** ''Little Big Mom'': "I will not create art from dung."[[hottip:*:A reference to a controversial art exhibit in New York City that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung.]]
** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plane sumblimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[hottip:*:During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats".]]
** ''Lisa the Treehugger'': "I am not the acting President."[[hottip:*:The 2000 Presidential election winner had not yet been decided.]]
** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not by a Presidential pardon."[[hottip:*:This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy.]]
** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[hottip:*:DickCheney was in the hospital with a heart condition.]]
** ''She of Little Faith'': "I do not have a cereal named after me."[[hottip:*:At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch was being sold.]]
** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
** ''The Sweetest Apu'': "I will never lie about being cancelled again."[[hottip:*:A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series.]]
** ''Homer of Seville'': "The Wall Street Journal is better than ever."[[hottip:*:...now that Rupert Murdoch owns it.]]
** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if you weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored after receiving death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards."
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of ''{{Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."[[hottip:*:This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''.]]
** ''500 Keys'': "It's Kristen Schaal, not Kristen Schall"[[hottip:*:A reference to a spelling mistake in the credits in "Homer Scissorhands".]]
** ''Replaceable You'': "It's November 6th - how come we're not airing a Halloween show?"[[hottip:*:That year's ''Treehouse of Horror'' episode was the first to air in October for about a decade.]]
** ''Homer Goes to Prep School'': "I will obey Oscar® campaign rules from now on."[[hottip:*:The ''Simpsons'' theatrical short ''The Longest Daycare'' has been nominated for an Academy Award.]]
** ''Love is a Many-Splintered Thing'': "I was not nominated for 'Best Spoken Swear Word'."[[hottip:*:This aired the night of the 2013 Grammy Awards.]]
** ''Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish'': "It's potato, not potatoe."[[hottip:*:Only used on a repeat airing on June 25, 1992, making fun of Dan Quayle's infamous "potatoe" blunder.]]
** ''Dead Putting Society'': "I am not a 32 year old woman."[[hottip:*:NancyCartwright was 32 at the time.]]
** ''Homer the Heretic'': "I will not defame New Orleans."[[hottip:*:"The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", contained a song that bashed New Orleans, causing some controversy with the city's citizens.]]
** ''Homer's Barbershop Quartet'': "I will never win an Emmy."[[hottip:*:This episoded aired after the 1992-93 Emmy nominations were announced and was the first time the show was eligible to be nominated for "Best Comedy" (which didn't happen).]]
** ''The Trouble with Trillions'': "I will not demand what I'm worth."[[hottip:*:The show's voice cast was in a heated argument with Fox executives over pay disputes.]]
** ''Natural Born Kissers'': "I was not the inspiration for 'Kramer'."[[hottip:*:This episode aired 3 days after the ''{{Seinfeld}}'' series finale.]]
** ''D'oh-in' in the
** ''Mayored to the Mob'': "'The President did it' is not an excuse."[[hottip:*:This episode aired after President Clinton's impeachment.]]
** ''Sunday, Cruddy Sunday'': "I will not do the Dirty Bird."[[hottip:*:The Dirty Bird was a victory dance done by the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII.]]
** ''Little Big Mom'': "I will not create art from dung."[[hottip:*:A reference to a controversial art exhibit in New York City that had a statue of the Virgin Mary splatted with dung.]]
** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'': "I will not plane sumblimin'''al''' messa'''gore'''s.[[hottip:*:During the 2000 Presidential election, Republican ads were being ran that highlighted the word "rat" in "Democrats".]]
** ''Lisa the Treehugger'': "I am not the acting President."[[hottip:*:The 2000 Presidential election winner had not yet been decided.]]
** ''New Kids on the Blecch'': "I will not by a Presidential pardon."[[hottip:*:This aired when former President Clinton was giving pardons to those who made donations toward him, which stirred up controversy.]]
** ''Bye Bye Nerdie'': "I will not scare the Vice President."[[hottip:*:DickCheney was in the hospital with a heart condition.]]
** ''She of Little Faith'': "I do not have a cereal named after me."[[hottip:*:At that time, Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch was being sold.]]
** ''Half-Decent Proposal'': "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."[[hottip:*:At that time, the show's advertising contract with Butterfinger was expiring and had made a joke at their expense in "Sweets and Sour Marge".]]
** ''The Sweetest Apu'': "I will never lie about being cancelled again."[[hottip:*:A reference to a FlipFlopOfGod moment by Matt Groening about the fate of the series.]]
** ''Homer of Seville'': "The Wall Street Journal is better than ever."[[hottip:*:...now that Rupert Murdoch owns it.]]
** ''The Squirt and the Whale'': "''SouthPark'' - we'd stand beside you if you weren't so scared."[[hottip:*: The ''South Park'' episode "201" was heavily censored after receiving death threats from a Muslim extremist group, which led many to accuse Comedy Central of being cowards."
** ''Judge Me Tender'': "End of ''{{Lost}}'': It was all the dog's dream. Watch us."[[hottip:*:This aired the same night as the final episode of ''LOST''.]]
** ''500 Keys'': "It's Kristen Schaal, not Kristen Schall"[[hottip:*:A reference to a spelling mistake in the credits in "Homer Scissorhands".]]
** ''Replaceable You'': "It's November 6th - how come we're not airing a Halloween show?"[[hottip:*:That year's ''Treehouse of Horror'' episode was the first to air in October for about a decade.]]
** ''Homer Goes to Prep School'': "I will obey Oscar® campaign rules from now on."[[hottip:*:The ''Simpsons'' theatrical short ''The Longest Daycare'' has been nominated for an Academy Award.]]
** ''Love is a Many-Splintered Thing'': "I was not nominated for 'Best Spoken Swear Word'."[[hottip:*:This aired the night of the 2013 Grammy Awards.]]
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* Two Season 23 Recent episodes have couch had gags done by guest animators: animators:
** "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", byCreator/JohnKricfalusi; and Creator/JohnKricfalusi
** "Beware My CheatingBart", Bart" and "Black-Eyed, Please", by Creator/BillPlympton.Creator/BillPlympton.
** "The Fabulous Faker Boy" by the ''RobotChicken'' staff.
** "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", by
** "Beware My Cheating
** "The Fabulous Faker Boy" by the ''RobotChicken'' staff.
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* If an episode is too short, a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus,[[note]]And it still couldn't fill enough broadcast time when "Cape Feare" aired … hence the famous half-minute of Sideshow Bob [[OverlyLongGag constantly stepping on rakes.[[/note]] one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
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* If an episode is too short, a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus,[[note]]And it still couldn't fill enough broadcast time when "Cape Feare" aired … hence the famous half-minute of Sideshow Bob [[OverlyLongGag constantly stepping on rakes.rakes]].[[/note]] one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
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''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}}, where the original opening sequence had several couch gags. Sometimes they just skip straight to the driveway and do the couch gag, or some other abridged opening:
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''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}}, Namer|s}} for the CouchGag trope, where the original opening sequence had several couch gags. Sometimes they just skip straight to the driveway and do the couch gag, or some other abridged opening:
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** Another has Grandpa Simpson saying "oh, sorry."
** The fourth clip show has Snakes angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
** The fourth clip show has Snakes angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
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** Another has Grandpa Simpson saying "oh, "Oh, sorry."
** The fourth clip show hasSnakes Snake angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
** The fourth clip show has
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** Throughout the credits of "Bart Star," Homer, drunk with power from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm being made Head Coach]] of the pee-wee football team, was "cutting" several people when their names showed up[[note]]everyone listed in the end credits except guest star Joe Namath[[/note]], and when the woman did her shush he said "You're cut too, Shushy!".
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** Throughout the credits of "Bart Star," Homer, drunk with power from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm being made Head Coach]] of the pee-wee football team, was "cutting" several people when their names showed up[[note]]everyone up,[[note]]This is to say, everyone listed in the end credits except guest star Joe Namath[[/note]], Namath.[[/note]] and when the woman did her shush he said "You're cut too, Shushy!".
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* For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", which immediately follows ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spider-Pig/Harry Plopper waiting for them on the couch.
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* For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", which immediately follows the first episode of the regular TV series following the release of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spider-Pig/Harry Plopper waiting for them on the couch.
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* A live-action version of the sequence, originally made as a promo on British TV network Sky1, was eventually used as an actual show opening on the season 17 episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife".
* Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in bio-hazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
* If an episode is too short, then a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus, one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
* Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in bio-hazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
* If an episode is too short, then a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus, one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
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* A live-action version of the sequence, originally made as a promo on British TV network Sky1, Sky1 (which, perhaps not coincidentally, is also a [=NewsCorp=] property), was eventually used as an actual show opening on the season 17 episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife".
* Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells inbio-hazardous biohazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
* If an episode is too short,then a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus, circus,[[note]]And it still couldn't fill enough broadcast time when "Cape Feare" aired … hence the famous half-minute of Sideshow Bob [[OverlyLongGag constantly stepping on rakes.[[/note]] one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
* Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in
* If an episode is too short,
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* For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart writes "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".
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* For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart writes "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".[[note]]It isn't the hundredth episode in ''production'' order, however; that honor goes to "Lisa's Rival," which aired in season 6. Neither "Lisa's Rival" nor "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song" make a big deal in-universe, during the contents of their episode, about hitting the century mark.[[/note]]
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* "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Marge's crusade against refined sugar in "Sweets and Sour Marge," just two episodes earlier, sees Chief Wiggum throwing the town's supply of Butterfingers into a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not even the fire wants them," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended; needless to say, the company did not offer to renew the contract.
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* "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Marge's crusade against refined sugar in "Sweets and Sour Marge," just two episodes earlier, sees Chief Wiggum throwing disposing of the town's supply of Butterfingers into in a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not "[[LampshadeHanging Not even the fire wants them," them]]," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters (particularly Bart) appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended; needless to say, the company did not offer to renew the contract.
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* Two Season 23 episodes have couch gags by guest animators: "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", by JohnKricfalusi; and "Beware My Cheating Bart", by BillPlympton.
* One extended gag shows various Springfield locations in the style of ''GameOfThrones''' intro.
* One extended gag shows various Springfield locations in the style of ''GameOfThrones''' intro.
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* Two Season 23 episodes have couch gags by guest animators: "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", by JohnKricfalusi; Creator/JohnKricfalusi; and "Beware My Cheating Bart", by BillPlympton.
Creator/BillPlympton.
* One extended gag shows various Springfield locations in the style of''GameOfThrones''' ''Series/GameOfThrones''' intro.
* One extended gag shows various Springfield locations in the style of
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** Another has Grandpa Simpson angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
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** Another has Grandpa Simpson saying "oh, sorry."
** The fourth clip show has Snakes angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
** The fourth clip show has Snakes angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
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* A live-action version of the sequence, originally made as a promo on British TV network Sky1, was eventually used as an actual show opening on the season 17 episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife".
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* The literal "couch gag", the family gathering on the couch in a (usually) humorous animation. (This is also the only gag that's never cut in syndication.)
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* The literal "couch gag", the family gathering on the couch in a (usually) humorous animation. (This is also the only gag that's never cut in syndication.syndication, though many of the first episodes to be syndicated saw their original couch gags get replaced with the one where the Simpsons find an identical family already sitting on the couch.)
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** The HDTV opening introduced in season 20 introduced four additional couch gags:
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** The HDTV opening introduced in season 20 introduced four five additional couch gags:
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* Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone. Sometimes Lisa will play a trumpet instead.
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* Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone. Sometimes Since the show's switch to HighDefinition, some episodes have featured Lisa will play playing another instrument such as a trumpet or violin instead.
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****Early on, when Bart ran over him, Barney would also sometimes exclaim something (such as "BART!") instead of belching.
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* For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", which immediately follows ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spider-Pig waiting for them on the couch.
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* For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", which immediately follows ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spider-Pig Spider-Pig/Harry Plopper waiting for them on the couch.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}}, where the original opening sequence had several couch gags. Sometimes they just skip straight to the driveway and do the couch gag, or some other abridged opening:
** Bart [[WritingLines writes something different in detention]] each episode.
** Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone. Sometimes Lisa will play a trumpet instead.
** The literal "couch gag", the family gathering on the couch in a (usually) humorous animation. (This is also the only gag that's never cut in syndication.)
** Bart [[WritingLines writes something different in detention]] each episode.
** Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone. Sometimes Lisa will play a trumpet instead.
** The literal "couch gag", the family gathering on the couch in a (usually) humorous animation. (This is also the only gag that's never cut in syndication.)
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** The writers enjoy meta-humor about the blackboard gags.
*** In the episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow", Bart complains that he's written on the board so often that his wrist sounds like a cement mixer (and [[{{Squick}} rotates his wrist to prove his point]]).
*** For "The Parent Rap", the phrase Bart writes on the blackboard is "No one reads these anymore."
*** For "Bonfire of the Manatees", Bart writes "Does any kid still do this anymore?", as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
*** For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart writes "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".
*** In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart writes, "I will not defame UsefulNotes/NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
*** Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode, "500 Keys," had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
*** "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Marge's crusade against refined sugar in "Sweets and Sour Marge," just two episodes earlier, sees Chief Wiggum throwing the town's supply of Butterfingers into a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not even the fire wants them," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended; needless to say, the company did not offer to renew the contract.
*** When Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Oregon was the inspiration for Springfield, that week's episode ("Beware My Cheating Bart") opened with the words "Now entering Oregon" next to the main title, while the chalkboard gag read "The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours."
*** In "Take My Life, Please," the first HD episode, Bart writes "HDTV is worth every cent."
*** The 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave," featured [[ButtMonkey Milhouse]] writing "Bart's earned a day off" on the chalkboard while Bart smugly looked on.
** The Gracie Films VanityPlate at the end of the episode sometimes has different sound effects playing besides just the "shh" and the little jingle that plays.
*** The most regular appearing one is a shriek and minor-key organ variation of the jingle which follows some of the {{Halloween episode}}s.
*** A gunshot is inserted here for "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1."
*** Another has Grandpa Simpson angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
*** In the episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow", Bart complains that he's written on the board so often that his wrist sounds like a cement mixer (and [[{{Squick}} rotates his wrist to prove his point]]).
*** For "The Parent Rap", the phrase Bart writes on the blackboard is "No one reads these anymore."
*** For "Bonfire of the Manatees", Bart writes "Does any kid still do this anymore?", as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
*** For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart writes "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".
*** In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart writes, "I will not defame UsefulNotes/NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
*** Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode, "500 Keys," had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
*** "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Marge's crusade against refined sugar in "Sweets and Sour Marge," just two episodes earlier, sees Chief Wiggum throwing the town's supply of Butterfingers into a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not even the fire wants them," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended; needless to say, the company did not offer to renew the contract.
*** When Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Oregon was the inspiration for Springfield, that week's episode ("Beware My Cheating Bart") opened with the words "Now entering Oregon" next to the main title, while the chalkboard gag read "The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours."
*** In "Take My Life, Please," the first HD episode, Bart writes "HDTV is worth every cent."
*** The 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave," featured [[ButtMonkey Milhouse]] writing "Bart's earned a day off" on the chalkboard while Bart smugly looked on.
** The Gracie Films VanityPlate at the end of the episode sometimes has different sound effects playing besides just the "shh" and the little jingle that plays.
*** The most regular appearing one is a shriek and minor-key organ variation of the jingle which follows some of the {{Halloween episode}}s.
*** A gunshot is inserted here for "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1."
*** Another has Grandpa Simpson angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
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Other gags are used occasionally during the
*** In the episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow", Bart complains that he's written on the board so often that his wrist sounds like a cement mixer (and [[{{Squick}} rotates his wrist to prove his point]]).
*** For "The Parent Rap", the phrase Bart writes on the blackboard is "No one reads these anymore."
*** For "Bonfire of the Manatees", Bart writes "Does any kid still do this anymore?", as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
*** For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart writes "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".
*** In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart writes, "I will not defame UsefulNotes/NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
*** Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode, "500 Keys," had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
*** "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Marge's crusade against refined sugar in "Sweets and Sour Marge," just two episodes earlier, sees Chief Wiggum throwing the town's supply of Butterfingers into a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not even the fire wants them," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended; needless to say, the company did not offer to renew the contract.
*** When Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Oregon was the inspiration for Springfield, that week's episode ("Beware My Cheating Bart") opened with the words "Now entering Oregon" next to the main title, while the chalkboard gag read "The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours."
*** In "Take My Life, Please," the first HD episode, Bart writes "HDTV is worth every cent."
*** The 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave," featured [[ButtMonkey Milhouse]] writing "Bart's earned a day off" on the chalkboard while Bart smugly looked on.
**
* The Gracie Films VanityPlate at the end of the episode sometimes has different sound effects playing besides just the "shh" and the little jingle that plays.
*The song or sound played during the credits may vary based on the theme of the preceeding episode:
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** The Halloween specials also generally feature gags within the credits, with puns on the names in the credits ("Matt Groaning" or "Bat Groening" being almost inevitably featured).
** For some episodes, the entire opening is changed:
*** For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", which immediately follows ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spider-Pig waiting for them on the couch.
*** For the episode "To Surveil with Love", the opening credits were completely replaced by an animated music video set to "[[{{Kesha}} TiK Tok]]", though the gathering-on-the-couch gag still appears at the end.
*** Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in bio-hazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
** If an episode is too short, then a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus, one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
** Two Season 23 episodes have couch gags by guest animators: "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", by JohnKricfalusi; and "Beware My Cheating Bart", by BillPlympton.
** One extended gag shows various Springfield locations in the style of ''GameOfThrones''' intro.
** For some episodes, the entire opening is changed:
*** For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", which immediately follows ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spider-Pig waiting for them on the couch.
*** For the episode "To Surveil with Love", the opening credits were completely replaced by an animated music video set to "[[{{Kesha}} TiK Tok]]", though the gathering-on-the-couch gag still appears at the end.
*** Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in bio-hazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
** If an episode is too short, then a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus, one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
** Two Season 23 episodes have couch gags by guest animators: "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", by JohnKricfalusi; and "Beware My Cheating Bart", by BillPlympton.
** One extended gag shows various Springfield locations in the style of ''GameOfThrones''' intro.
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For some episodes, the entire opening is changed:
**
Sometimes the writers enjoy meta-humor about the blackboard gags.
* In the episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow", Bart complains that he's written on the board so often that his wrist sounds like a cement mixer (and [[{{Squick}} rotates his wrist to prove his point]]).
* For "The Parent Rap", the phrase Bart writes on the blackboard is "No one reads these anymore."
* For "Bonfire of the Manatees", Bart writes "Does any kid still do this anymore?", as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
* For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart writes "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".
* In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart writes, "I will not defame UsefulNotes/NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
* Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode, "500 Keys," had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
* "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Marge's crusade against refined sugar in "Sweets and Sour Marge," just two episodes earlier, sees Chief Wiggum throwing the town's supply of Butterfingers into a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not even the fire wants them," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended; needless to say, the company did not offer to renew the contract.
* When Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Oregon was the inspiration for Springfield, that week's episode ("Beware My Cheating Bart") opened with the words "Now entering Oregon" next to the main title, while the chalkboard gag read "The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours."
* In "Take My Life, Please," the first HD episode, Bart writes "HDTV is worth every cent."
* The 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave," featured [[ButtMonkey Milhouse]] writing "Bart's earned a day off" on the chalkboard while Bart smugly looked on.
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* Two Season 23 episodes have couch gags by guest animators: "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", by JohnKricfalusi; and "Beware My Cheating Bart", by BillPlympton.
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*** For "Bonfire of the Manatees", Bart wrote "Does any kid still do this anymore?", as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
*** For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart wrote "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".
*** In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart wrote, "I will not defame NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
*** Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
*** "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Two episodes earlier, Chief Wiggum had thrown the town's supply of Butterfingers into a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not even the fire wants them," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended.
*** For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart wrote "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".
*** In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart wrote, "I will not defame NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
*** Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
*** "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Two episodes earlier, Chief Wiggum had thrown the town's supply of Butterfingers into a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not even the fire wants them," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended.
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*** For "Bonfire of the Manatees", Bart wrote writes "Does any kid still do this anymore?", as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
*** For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bartwrote writes "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".
*** In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bartwrote, writes, "I will not defame NewOrleans.UsefulNotes/NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
*** Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the followingepisode episode, "500 Keys," had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
*** "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."Two Marge's crusade against refined sugar in "Sweets and Sour Marge," just two episodes earlier, sees Chief Wiggum had thrown throwing the town's supply of Butterfingers into a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not even the fire wants them," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended.ended; needless to say, the company did not offer to renew the contract.
*** For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart
*** In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart
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*** "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers."
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** Throughout the credits of "Bart Star," Homer, drunk with power from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm being made Head Coach]] of the pee-wee football team, was "cutting" several people when their names showed up, and when the woman did her shush he said "You're cut too, Shushy!".
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** Throughout the credits of "Bart Star," Homer, drunk with power from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm being made Head Coach]] of the pee-wee football team, was "cutting" several people when their names showed up, up[[note]]everyone listed in the end credits except guest star Joe Namath[[/note]], and when the woman did her shush he said "You're cut too, Shushy!".
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*** For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", which immediately follows ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spiderpig waiting for them on the couch.
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*** For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", which immediately follows ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spiderpig Spider-Pig waiting for them on the couch.
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*** Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in biohazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
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*** Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in biohazardous bio-hazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''' is the {{Trope Namer}}, where its original opening sequence had ''four'' couch gags:
** Bart [[WritingLines writes something different in detention]] each episode.
** Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone. Sometimes Lisa will play a trumpet instead.
*** Sometimes they just skip straight to the driveway and do the couch gag.
** The literal "couch gag", the family gathering on the couch in a (usually) humorous animation. (This is also the only gag that's never cut in syndication.)
** The HDTV opening introduced in season 20 introduced four additional couch gags:
*** Something different flies in front of the Simpsons logo (but it's usually a three-eyed crow)
*** When the head of the Jebediah Springfield statue falls on Ralph's head, he will usually make a muttering noise, but sometimes he will actually say something, such as "[[CirclingBirdies I see stars!]]" or "It's dark!"
*** A billboard across the street from Springfield Elementary advertises something different each episode.
*** The Simpsons' wall-mounted HDTV falls off the wall in some episodes, and does not in others.
** The writers enjoy meta-humor about the blackboard gags.
*** In the episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow", Bart complains that he's written on the board so often that his wrist sounds like a cement mixer (and [[{{Squick}} rotates his wrist to prove his point]]).
*** For "The Parent Rap", the phrase Bart writes on the blackboard is "No one reads these anymore."
*** For "Bonfire of the Manatees", Bart wrote "Does any kid still do this anymore?", as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
*** For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart wrote "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".
*** In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart wrote, "I will not defame NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
*** Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
*** "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Two episodes earlier, Chief Wiggum had thrown the town's supply of Butterfingers into a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not even the fire wants them," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended.
*** When Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Oregon was the inspiration for Springfield, that week's episode ("Beware My Cheating Bart") opened with the words "Now entering Oregon" next to the main title, while the chalkboard gag read "The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours."
*** In "Take My Life, Please," the first HD episode, Bart writes "HDTV is worth every cent."
*** The 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave," featured [[ButtMonkey Milhouse]] writing "Bart's earned a day off" on the chalkboard while Bart smugly looked on.
** The Gracie Films VanityPlate at the end of the episode sometimes has different sound effects playing besides just the "shh" and the little jingle that plays.
*** The most regular appearing one is a shriek and minor-key organ variation of the jingle which follows some of the {{Halloween episode}}s.
*** A gunshot is inserted here for "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1."
*** Another has Grandpa Simpson angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
** Throughout the credits of "Bart Star," Homer, drunk with power from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm being made Head Coach]] of the pee-wee football team, was "cutting" several people when their names showed up, and when the woman did her shush he said "You're cut too, Shushy!".
** Sometimes the closing theme is rendered in a different musical motif based on the theme of the episode (such as an ice rink organ after a hockey-themed one), or an instrumental performed by a "special musical guest" (past bands to interpret the theme during the end credits include NRBQ, SonicYouth, Brave Combo, FallOutBoy and YoLaTengo).
** The Halloween specials also generally feature gags within the credits, with puns on the names in the credits ("Matt Groaning" or "Bat Groening" being almost inevitably featured).
** For some episodes, the entire opening is changed:
*** For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", which immediately follows ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spiderpig waiting for them on the couch.
*** For the episode "To Surveil with Love", the opening credits were completely replaced by an animated music video set to "[[{{Kesha}} TiK Tok]]", though the gathering-on-the-couch gag still appears at the end.
*** Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in biohazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
** If an episode is too short, then a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus, one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
** Two Season 23 episodes have couch gags by guest animators: "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", by JohnKricfalusi; and "Beware My Cheating Bart", by BillPlympton.
** One extended gag shows various Springfield locations in the style of GameOfThrones' intro.
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** Bart [[WritingLines writes something different in detention]] each episode.
** Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone. Sometimes Lisa will play a trumpet instead.
*** Sometimes they just skip straight to the driveway and do the couch gag.
** The literal "couch gag", the family gathering on the couch in a (usually) humorous animation. (This is also the only gag that's never cut in syndication.)
** The HDTV opening introduced in season 20 introduced four additional couch gags:
*** Something different flies in front of the Simpsons logo (but it's usually a three-eyed crow)
*** When the head of the Jebediah Springfield statue falls on Ralph's head, he will usually make a muttering noise, but sometimes he will actually say something, such as "[[CirclingBirdies I see stars!]]" or "It's dark!"
*** A billboard across the street from Springfield Elementary advertises something different each episode.
*** The Simpsons' wall-mounted HDTV falls off the wall in some episodes, and does not in others.
** The writers enjoy meta-humor about the blackboard gags.
*** In the episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow", Bart complains that he's written on the board so often that his wrist sounds like a cement mixer (and [[{{Squick}} rotates his wrist to prove his point]]).
*** For "The Parent Rap", the phrase Bart writes on the blackboard is "No one reads these anymore."
*** For "Bonfire of the Manatees", Bart wrote "Does any kid still do this anymore?", as a reference to how WritingLines has gradually become a DiscreditedTrope.
*** For "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadaaaass Song," the 100th episode, highly advertised by Fox, Bart wrote "I will not celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration meaningless milestones]]".
*** In the "Homer the Heretic" opening, Bart wrote, "I will not defame NewOrleans." The previous episode, "A Streetcar Named Marge", had featured a song about how horrible New Orleans was, in a spoof of the song from the musical ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Bart's writing on the board was intended as an apology to those who were offended.
*** Similarly, episode "Homer Scissorhands" had a guest star whose name was misspelled in the credits; the following episode had Bart writing the correct spelling on the blackboard over and over.
*** "Half-Decent Proposal" had "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers." Two episodes earlier, Chief Wiggum had thrown the town's supply of Butterfingers into a fire, only for the fire to reject them. "Not even the fire wants them," comments Wiggum. This was an inside joke about the show's long history of ''Simpsons'' characters appearing in Butterfinger ads. This was written around the time the contract with Butterfinger ended.
*** When Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Oregon was the inspiration for Springfield, that week's episode ("Beware My Cheating Bart") opened with the words "Now entering Oregon" next to the main title, while the chalkboard gag read "The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours."
*** In "Take My Life, Please," the first HD episode, Bart writes "HDTV is worth every cent."
*** The 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave," featured [[ButtMonkey Milhouse]] writing "Bart's earned a day off" on the chalkboard while Bart smugly looked on.
** The Gracie Films VanityPlate at the end of the episode sometimes has different sound effects playing besides just the "shh" and the little jingle that plays.
*** The most regular appearing one is a shriek and minor-key organ variation of the jingle which follows some of the {{Halloween episode}}s.
*** A gunshot is inserted here for "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1."
*** Another has Grandpa Simpson angrily yelling at the shushing woman, "Don't shush me!"
** Throughout the credits of "Bart Star," Homer, drunk with power from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm being made Head Coach]] of the pee-wee football team, was "cutting" several people when their names showed up, and when the woman did her shush he said "You're cut too, Shushy!".
** Sometimes the closing theme is rendered in a different musical motif based on the theme of the episode (such as an ice rink organ after a hockey-themed one), or an instrumental performed by a "special musical guest" (past bands to interpret the theme during the end credits include NRBQ, SonicYouth, Brave Combo, FallOutBoy and YoLaTengo).
** The Halloween specials also generally feature gags within the credits, with puns on the names in the credits ("Matt Groaning" or "Bat Groening" being almost inevitably featured).
** For some episodes, the entire opening is changed:
*** For the episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs", which immediately follows ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', almost every element of the opening was changed to reflect events of the movie such as Springfield [[spoiler: in ruin]], [[spoiler: the silo]] still lashed to the top of Homer's car, and Spiderpig waiting for them on the couch.
*** For the episode "To Surveil with Love", the opening credits were completely replaced by an animated music video set to "[[{{Kesha}} TiK Tok]]", though the gathering-on-the-couch gag still appears at the end.
*** Probably the most infamous of the couch gags was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo the one]] for "[=MoneyBART=]", storyboarded by subversive and [[TheFaceless reclusive]] street artist {{Banksy}}. It started with the typical intro (with "Banksy" written over several billboards and walls, and Bart writing "I will not write all over walls", all over the room) ending with all the Simpsons on the couch. [[CrossesTheLineTwice It then panned out to a stereotypical Korean sweatshop animating the show, with small barefoot children washing the cells in biohazardous material, kittens being ground up to stuff Bart Simpson plushies which are then carted off by a starving panda and packed in boxes sealed with the tongue of a dolphin head, and a person making Simpson DVDs by smashing out the center holes on the horn of a dying unicorn chained to a wall. Then the camera pans out to reveal]] [[BitingTheHandHumor the sweatshop being inside the 20th Century Fox logo, which has a decrepit, prison-esque look, finally panning out to the Simpsons' TV.]]
** If an episode is too short, then a very long couch gag will start to play to fill time. Three noticeable examples include one where the family performs a chorus line while the living room turns into a circus, one where the camera zooms out of their house and into outer space and back, and one where Homer is seen evolving from a single-celled organism.
** Two Season 23 episodes have couch gags by guest animators: "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", by JohnKricfalusi; and "Beware My Cheating Bart", by BillPlympton.
** One extended gag shows various Springfield locations in the style of GameOfThrones' intro.
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