The Best Episodes Written By Matt Groening

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(105 votes)

   #1 - Space Pilot 3000

   S1:E13/28/1999

   On New Year's Eve 1999, Pizza Delivery boy Philip J. Fry accidentally falls into a cryogenic chamber and is frozen for 1,000 years. Finally unfrozen, he explores New New York, meets his new best friend (a kleptomaniacal robot named Bender) and goes to work for his great-great-great-great-grand-nephew's space delivery business.

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   7.9/10(34 votes)

   #2 - 22 Short Films About Springfield

   S7:E214/14/1996

   Bart and Milhouse wonder if anything interesting happens to the citizens of Springfield, which leads to a series of interconnected vignettes.

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   7.9/10(23 votes)

   #3 - Holidays of Future Passed

   S23:E912/11/2011

   Thirty years in the future, Bart, Lisa and their children spend the holidays at Marge and Homer's house.

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   7.7/10(44 votes)

   #4 - Colonel Homer

   S3:E203/26/1992

   Marge fears a cheatin' heart when a waitress-country singer asks Homer to be her manager.

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   7.2/10(74 votes)

   #5 - Some Enchanted Evening

   S1:E135/13/1990

   Homer takes Marge out for a romantic night, leaving the kids with a sitter, who's profiled on "America's Most Armed and Dangerous."

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   7.2/10(49 votes)

   #6 - Rebirth

   S6:E16/24/2010

   After a devastating spaceship crash, Professor Farnsworth attempts to resuscitate the crew with his birth machine.

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   7.1/10(70 votes)

   #7 - The Telltale Head

   S1:E82/25/1990

   Bart pulls a stunt that shocks the entire town, including the new friends he was trying to impress.

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   7.1/10(16 votes)

   #8 - Bender's Big Score

   S0:E111/27/2007

   When the crew fall for a series of Internet scams, the Professor accidentally signs away the rights to the Planet Express business, and Bender downloads a virus that makes him the scammers' servant.

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   7.0/10(20 votes)

   #9 - The Book Job

   S23:E611/20/2011

   Homer creates a team, including author Neil Gaiman, to write the next hit "tween" book; after receiving an advance copy of the work from his publisher, Homer learns there's more to the business than he imagined.

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    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #10 - How I Wet Your Mother

    S23:E163/11/2012

    When Homer's bed-wetting worsens, his family tries to infiltrate his dreams to find the source of the problem.

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    6.8/10(63 votes)

    #11 - A Princess, an Elf, and a Demon Walk Into a Bar

    S1:E18/17/2018

    Princess Bean already has the wedding day blues when a mysterious figure arrives, claiming he's her personal demon. Elfo hates his happy homeland.

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    6.7/10(51 votes)

    #12 - In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

    S6:E26/24/2010

    Leela and Zapp Brannigan find themselves stranded on an Eden-like planet.

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    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #13 - Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart

    S23:E153/4/2012

    When Bart decides to get back at Homer by becoming a graffiti artist, established street artists offer him a gallery show; a new health food store threatens to put Apu out of business.

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    6.6/10(19 votes)

    #14 - At Long Last Leave

    S23:E142/19/2012

    When the Simpsons are kicked out of Springfield, they join an off-the-grid community near by; Homer and Marge's former friends react badly when they try to sneak back into town.

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    6.6/10(22 votes)

    #15 - Them, Robot

    S23:E173/18/2012

    When Mr. Burn replaces most of the plant's employees with robots that end up turning on the community, the people he laid off must come to the rescue.

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    6.5/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Bean Falls Apart

    S2:E202/9/2022

    In her dreams, Bean confronts her inner "Bad Bean" but the evil doppelgänger conceals a sinister plot. Derek, Bear Boy and Freckles get captured.

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    6.4/10(19 votes)

    #17 - The D'oh-cial Network

    S23:E111/15/2012

    Lisa is called to trial after her online social networking site creates dysfunction in the community; Patty and Selma compete in a rowing event.

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    6.2/10(23 votes)

    #18 - Moe Goes from Rags to Riches

    S23:E121/29/2012

    Moe's bar rag explains that he started as a medieval tapestry a thousand years earlier; Bart tries to reconcile with Milhouse; the disappearance of Moe's bar rag makes him realize he has friends.

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    6.0/10(23 votes)

    #19 - Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson

    S23:E101/8/2012

    After a video of Homer ranting goes viral, he gets his own political talk show; Homer endorses rocker Ted Nugent for the Republican presidential nominee.

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    5.9/10(27 votes)

    #20 - Clown in the Dumps

    S26:E19/28/2014

    A Springfield resident dies, Krusty retires after he's offended by a comedy cable channel roast of him, and Lisa tries to protect Homer from getting hurt.

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    5.8/10(20 votes)

    #21 - The Ten-Per-Cent Solution

    S23:E812/4/2011

    After Krusty the Clown's show is canceled and his talent agency drops him, his very first agent, Annie, tries to craft his comeback.

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    4.9/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Good Night

    S0:E14/19/1987

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

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    3.5/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Watching TV

    S0:E25/3/1987

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

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