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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 35 Episode 11 - Frinkenstein's Monster
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    S35:E11

    Professor Frink secretly helps Homer, through a zoom interview, land a high-level position at a state-of-the-art nuclear plant in Shelbyville. But since Homer lacks the skills to actually perform the job, Frink must monitor Homer's work situation remotely and dictate his every word... causing Frink to fear he's created a monster.

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  2. undefined Season 35 Episode 10 - Do the Wrong Thing
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    S35:E10

    Homer and Bart become kings of the blue-collar sports circuit, but Marge suspects something dishonest at the core of their father-son bond.

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  3. undefined Season 37 Episode 8 - The Day of the Jack-Up
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    S37:E8

    After a mysterious buyer purchases every ticket for the KPOP concert Lisa wants to go to, the Simpsons have to figure out the identity of this evil ticket reseller. Or do they? (Yes, they do).

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  4. undefined Season 18 Episode 11 - Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    S18:E11

    Homer learns three lessons about revenge from stories told by Marge, Lisa and Bart that parody "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Batman Begins."

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  5. undefined Season 19 Episode 13 - The Debarted
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    S19:E13

    A new kid at school named Donny works with Bart on his pranks. But when the pranks start to backfire, Bart wonders if he can trust his new accomplice. Meanwhile, the Simpsons get a fancy loaner car after Marge gets in an accident, and Homer falls in love with it.

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  6. undefined Season 15 Episode 5 - The Fat and the Furriest
    6.8/10(33 votes)

    S15:E5

    Homer is humiliated when he appears on the news running from a bear that nearly attacks him at the city dump. After Grampa scolds him, he swears to fight the bear himself.

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  7. undefined Season 17 Episode 10 - Homer's Paternity Coot
    6.8/10(24 votes)

    S17:E10

    Mail from forty years earlier is discovered, and a letter from Homer Simpson's mother's old boyfriend states that he is Homer's true father. Homer sets out to find his supposed new father, leaving Abe behind.

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  8. undefined Season 19 Episode 19 - Mona Leaves-a
    6.8/10(22 votes)

    S19:E19

    Homer's mother, Mona, returns, but Homer is reluctant to trust her because she abandoned him so many times as a child.

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  9. undefined Season 20 Episode 15 - Wedding for Disaster
    6.8/10(26 votes)

    S20:E15

    After Marge and Homer's marriage turns out to be invalid, they decide to re-do their vows. But when Homer goes missing, Bart and Lisa smell something funny and investigate his disappearance.

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  10. undefined Season 24 Episode 10 - A Test Before Trying
    6.8/10(30 votes)

    S24:E10

    The fate of Springfield Elementary rests on Bart and his test scores, and Homer finds way to make money with his own parking meter.

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  11. undefined Season 25 Episode 7 - Yellow Subterfuge
    6.8/10(31 votes)

    S25:E7

    Principal Skinner promises the students that the best-behaved among them can take a ride in a submarine. When Skinner gives all the kids a clean slate, Bart believes even his own past indiscretions will be forgotten if he doesn’t get into any more trouble. Meanwhile Lisa tries to help a cash-poor Krusty to turn things around by suggesting he sell the foreign rights to his shows.

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  12. undefined Season 19 Episode 1 - He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs
    6.7/10(26 votes)

    S19:E1

    Homer falls in love with the high life of flying in private planes when he saves Mr. Burns from drowning, and Burns repays him by flying him to Chicago for a night on the town.

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  13. undefined Season 22 Episode 5 - Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life
    6.7/10(27 votes)

    S22:E5

    Fearing that she will end up like Marge, Lisa pledges to focus solely on her academics and not get distracted by other things; Bart puts Nelson in his place and unintentionally earns the title of school bully.

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  14. undefined Season 22 Episode 12 - Homer the Father
    6.7/10(27 votes)

    S22:E12

    When Homer insists Bart must earn the new dirt bike he wants, Bart comes up with a scheme; James Lipton interviews a TV cast.

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  15. undefined Season 27 Episode 2 - Cue Detective
    6.7/10(38 votes)

    S27:E2

    Scotty Boom, a Chew Network super-chef, challenges Homer to a smoke-off. But when someone steals Homer’s secret weapon – a smoker he bought off a mysterious man at a BBQ shack – Lisa and Bart are on the case.

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  16. undefined Season 16 Episode 5 - Fat Man and Little Boy
    6.6/10(27 votes)

    S16:E5

    When Bart writes slogans on T-shirts, he catches the attention of Goose Gladwell, a gag-gift entrepreneur, and soon becomes a T-shirt mogul; Homer feels he no longer has a place in the family when Bart becomes the breadwinner.

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  17. undefined Season 17 Episode 7 - The Last of the Red Hat Mamas
    6.6/10(26 votes)

    S17:E7

    Marge is shunned after Homer has an altercation with the Easter Bunny at the mayor's egg hunt. A lonely Marge joins a women's group who plan to steal $1 million from Mr Burns.

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  18. undefined Season 27 Episode 5 - Treehouse of Horror XXVI
    6.6/10(36 votes)

    S27:E5

    In the annual fright fest Halloween episode, Sideshow Bob finally kills Bart, only to reanimate him; Homer wakes up with short-term memory loss; and Lisa, Bart, and Milhouse get super powers from radiation.

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  19. undefined Season 34 Episode 11 - Top Goon
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    S34:E11

    Coach Moe recruits the world's greatest brawlers to teach Nelson the art of hockey goonery.

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  20. undefined Season 13 Episode 1 - Treehouse of Horror XII
    6.5/10(35 votes)

    S13:E1

    In the twelfth Treehouse of Horror episode: Hex and the City – While on a day trip through Ethnictown, Homer's bumbling catches the ire of a gypsy, who curses Homer's family and friends into receiving nothing but bad luck. House of Whacks – in this mixed parody of Demon Seed and 2001: A Space Odyssey, Marge buys an automated house and customizes it with the Pierce Brosnan personality, who falls for Marge and attempts to murder Homer. Wiz Kids – In this Harry Potter parody, Bart and Lisa go to a school for wizards, and Lord Montemort (Mr. Burns) uses Bart to capture Lisa's magic. Guest star: Pierce Brosnan and Matthew Perry.[20]

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  21. undefined Season 17 Episode 22 - Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play
    6.5/10(25 votes)

    S17:E22

    When Homer hears that the Isotopes are on a winning streak, he takes the family to the game. The first baseman’s game is going bad, caused by his sexy singing wife Tabitha embarrassing him during the game’s national anthem. Buck Mitchell sees Marge and Homer’s kiss on the game’s Kiss-Cam and comes to them for marital advice. They start working with the couple and Buck’s baseball career turns around, but it and the Simpson marriage goes awry again when Buck catches Homer giving Tabitha a neck massage. While Marge and Homer try keeping their marriage together they also try to get Buck and Tabitha back together.

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  22. undefined Season 13 Episode 7 - Brawl in the Family
    6.4/10(29 votes)

    S13:E7

    A social worker is assigned to make the Simpson family functional after they get arrested for fighting while playing Monopoly. He helps them learn how to work together and function as a family. The moment is ruined when, Ginger and Amber, the barmaids who married Homer and Flanders while they were drunk in "Viva Ned Flanders", arrive at the Simpsons' home, which outrages Marge.

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  23. undefined Season 16 Episode 20 - Home Away from Homer
    6.4/10(25 votes)

    S16:E20

    Flanders rents a room to two college girls who, without his knowledge, use the spare room to broadcast live softcore pornographic web videos of themselves.

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  24. undefined Season 27 Episode 11 - Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles
    6.4/10(28 votes)

    S27:E11

    There is a new teacher at Springfield Elementary, and a captivated Bart tries everything to win her over. Meanwhile, Homer decides to buy a new brand of “milk,” which causes early puberty, both for Bart (augmenting his wooing powers) and Lisa (whose small bout with acne opens her up to the world of makeup and popularity).

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  25. undefined Season 22 Episode 4 - Treehouse of Horror XXI
    6.3/10(32 votes)

    S22:E4

    Worried about the effects of violent video games, Marge encourages Bart and Milhouse to play board games; Lisa becomes smitten with a new student, a vampire; while on a second honeymoon, Homer and Marge rescue a castaway who escaped from his ship.

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Joel H. Cohen Ratings Summary

"Frinkenstein's Monster" is the best rated episode written by Joel H. Cohen. It scored 7.7/10 based on 11 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 2/18/2024 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Do the Wrong Thing".