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Most of the quotes are laid out as follows:
- Episode number (Episode name)
- Persons calling an others listening in
- How Moe calls for the person
- If anybody in the bar responds, who
said what (usually, everbody in the bar laughs, except in
8F08)
- What Moe says when he realizes it's
the crank caller
- Moe's response to the caller
- 7G01 (Some Enchanted Evening)
-
- Bart with Lisa and Maggie
- Phone call fo Al...Al Coholic...is
there an Al Coholic here?
- Wait a minute...
- Listen you little yellow-bellied jackass,
if I ever find out who you are, I'm gonna kill you!
- Bart and Lisa laugh
-
- 7G01 (Some Enchanted Evening)
-
- Bart with Lisa and Maggie
- Oliver Clothesoff! Call for Oliver
Clothesoff!
- Marge picks up the extension and hears:
- Listen, you lousy bum, if I ever get a
hold of you, I swear I'll cut your belly open!
-
- 7G03 (Homer's Odyssey)
-
- Bart with Lisa
- Uh, is I.P. Freely here? Hey
everybody, I.P. Freely!
- Wait a minute...
- Listen to me you lousy bum. When I get a
hold of you, you're dead. I swear I'm gonna slice your
heart in half!
- Bart and Lisa laugh
-
- 7G06 (Moaning Lisa)
-
- Bart with Lisa
- Uh, Jacques Strap! Hey guys, I'm
looking for a Jacques Strap!
- Oh, wait a minute...Jacques Strap
- It's you isn't it ya cowardly littlle
runt? When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna gut you like a
fish and drink your blood!
- Bart laughs
-
- 7F11 ( One Fish, Two Fish,
Blowfish, Blue Fish)
-
- Bart with Lisa
- Hey, is there a Butz here? Symour
Butz? Hey everybody, I wanna Seymour Butz!
- Oh, wait a minute...
- Listen, you little scum-sucking
pus-bucket! When I get my hands on you, I'm gonna put out
your eyeballs with a corkscrew!
- Bart and Lisa laugh
-
- 7F15 (Principal Charming)
-
- Bart (in Principal Skinner's office)
- Uh, Homer Sexual? Aw, come on,
come on, one of you guys has gotta be Homer Sexual!
- Homer says"Don't look at me!"
- Oh, no...
- You rotten little punk! If I ever get a
hold of you, I'll sink my teeth into your cheek and rip
your face off!
- Skinner, on the other end of the line,
says "You'll do what, young man?"
-
- 7F22 (Blood Feud)
-
- Mike Rotch! Mike Rotch! Hey, has
anybody seen Mike Rotch lately?
- Listen to me, you little puke. One of
these days, I'm going to catch you, and I'm going to
carve my name on your back with an ice pick!
- Bart and Lisa laugh
-
- 8F02 (Treehouse of
Horror II)
-
- Bart with Mrs. Krabappel and one of the Sherri/Terri
twins
- Uh, hey, everybody! I'm a stupid moron with an
ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and I like to
kiss my own butt
- Oh, wait a minute...
- Bart laughs; Mrs. Krabappel sees him and then laughs as
well
-
- 8F08 (Flaming Moe's)
-
- Bart
- Uh, Hugh Jass? Oh, somebody check
the men's room for a Hugh Jass!
- There is a Hugh Jass at Moe's; he takes
the call
-
- 8F09 (Burns Verkaufen der
Kraftwerk)
-
- Bart
- Bea O'Problem! Bea O'Problem! Come
on, guys, do I have a Bea O'Problem here?
- Barney says "You sure do!"
- Oh...it's you, isn't it?
- Listen, you. When I get a hold of you, I'm
going to use your head for a bucket and paint my house
with your brains!
- Bart laughs
-
- 9F06 (New Kid on the Block)
-
- Bart
- Uh, Amanda Huggenkiss? Hey, I'm
looking for Amanda Huggenkiss! Ah, why can't I find
Amanda Huggenkiss?
- Barney says " maybe your standards
are too high!"
- You little S.O.B.! Why, when I find out
who you are, I'm going to shove a sausage down your
throat and stick starving dogs in your butt!
- Bart tells Moe his name is Jimbo Jones and
gives his own address: Jimbo and Laura Powers are making
out in Bart's living room
-
- 9F06 ( New Kid on the Block)
-
- Laura Powers with Bart
- Ivana Tinkle? Ivana Tinkle? All
right, everybody, put down your glasses, Ivana Tinkle!
- Laura and Bart laugh
-
- 2F19 (The PTA Disbands)
-
- This isn't at Moe's; Moe is taking over as
the substitue teacher for Mrs. Krabappel's class during
the strike
- OK, when I call your name, uh, you say
"present" or "here". Er, no, say
"present". Ahem, Anita Bath?
- The students in the classroom laugh
- All right, settle down. Anita Bath
here?
- More laughs
- All right, fine, fine. Maya
Buttreeks!
- Still more laughs
- Hey, what are you laughing at? What? Oh,
oh, I get it, I get it. It's my big ears, isn't it, kids?
Isn't it? Well, children, I can't help that!
- Moe runs out of the classroom crying as
Bart crosses Moe's name off a list of what are now former
substitute teachers
-
- 3F14 (Homer the Smithers)
-
- Mr. Burns says "I'm looking for a Mr.
Smithers, first name Wayland"
- Oh, so, you're looking for a Mr. Smithers,
eh? First name Wayland, is it? Listen to me, you; when I
catch you, I'm gonna pull out your eyes stick'em down
your pants, so you can watch me kick the crap outta you,
okay? Then I'm gonna use your tongue to paint my boat!
-
- 3F17 (Bart on the Road)
-
- (Homer) Hello, I'd like to speak with a
Mr. Snotball, first name Eura
- (Moe) Eura Snotball?
- (Homer) What? How dare you! If I find out
who this is, I'll staple a flag to your butt and mail you
to Iran!
LIST OF BLACKBOARD OPENINGS
Episodes are listed in broadcast sequence
Episode numbers indicate the quote used when the episode was
shown for the first time; in some cases, the one used in Canada
is listed where it was "original" and the USA one was
repeated
CORRECTIONS FROM EARLIER LISTS
8F21 was added to the list. It was on a Canadian showing;
and wasn't on any USA showings and isn't in the capsule
1F14 changed "deliciously" to
"delightfully"
3F01 added the word "from"
- 7G08 None - Christmas Special
- 7G02 I will not waste chalk
- 7G03 I will not skateboard in the halls
- 7G04 I will not burp in class
- 7G05 None
- 7G06 I will not instigate revolution
- 7G09 I will not draw naked ladies in class
- 7G07 I did not see Elvis
- 7G11 None
- 7G10 I will not call my teacher "Hot Cakes"
- 7G13 Garlic gum is not funny
- 7G12 They are laughing at me, not with me
- 7G01 I will not yell "Fire" in a crowded
classroom
- 7F03 I will not encourage others to fly
- 7F03x I will not fake my way through life
- 7F02 Tar is not a plaything
- 7F04 None - Halloween Special
- 7F01 I will not Xerox my butt
- 7F01* It's potato, not potatoe
- 7F05 I will not trade pants with others
- 7F08 I am not a 32 year old woman
- 7F07 I will not do that thing with my tongue
- 7F06 I will not drive the principal's car
- 7F09 I will not pledge allegiance to Bart
- 7F10* I will not sell school property
- 7F11* I will not cut corners
- 7F12 I will not get very far with this attitude
- 7F13 I will not make flatuent noises in class
- 7F15 I will not belch the National Anthem
- 7F16 I will not sell land in Florida
- 7F14 None
- 7F17 I will not grease the monkey bars
- 7F18 I will not hide behind the Fifth Amendment
- 7F19 None
- 7F20 I will not do anything bad ever again
- 7F21* I will not show off
- 7F22 I will not sleep through my education
- 7F24 I am not a dentist
- 8F01 Spitwads are not free speech
- 7F23 Nobody likes sunburn slappers
- 8F03 High explosives and school don't mix
- 8F03x I will not bribe Principal Skinner
- 8F04* I will not squeak chalk
- 8F05 I will finish what I sta
- 8F02 None - Halloween Special
- 8F06 "Bart Bucks" are not legal tender
- 8F07 None
- 8F08 Underwear should be worn on the inside
- 8F09 The Christmas Pageant does not stink
- 8F10 I will not torment the emotionally frail
- 8F11 I will not carve gods
- 8F12 None
- 8F14 I will not spank others
- 8F16 None
- 8F13 I will not aim for the head
- 8F15* I will not barf unless I'm sick
- 8F15x I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty
- 8F17 I saw nothing unusual in the teacher's lounge
- 8F19 I will not conduct my own fire drills
- 8F20 Funny noises are not funny
- 8F21* I will not spin the turtle
- 8F22 I will not snap bras
- 8F23 I will not fake seizures
- 8F24 This punishment is not boring and pointless
- 8F18 My name is not Dr. Death
- 9F01* I will not defame New Orleans
- 9F02 I will not prescribe medication
- 9F04 None - Halloween Special
- 9F03* I will not bury the new kid
- 9F05 I will not teach others to fly
- 9F06 I will not bring sheep to class
- 9F07 A burp is not an answer
- 9F08 Teacher is not a leper
- 9F09* Coffee is not for kids
- 9F10 I will not eat things for money
- 9F11 I will not yell "She's Dead" during roll
call
- 9F12 The principal's toupee is not a Frisbee
- 9F13 I will not call the principal "spud head"
- 9F14 Goldfish don't bounce
- 9F15 Mud is not one of the 4 food groups
- 9F17 No one is interested in my underpants
- 9F16 I will not sell miracle cures
- 9F18 I will return the seeing-eye dog
- 9F20 I do not have diplomatic immunity
- 9F19 I will not charge admission to the bathroom
- 9F21* I will never win an Emmy
- 9F22 The cafeteria deep fryer is not a toy
- 1F02 None
- 1F01 None
- 1F04 None - Halloween Special
- 1F03 None
- 1F05 None
- 1F06 None
- 1F07* All work and no play makes Bart a dull boy
- 1F08 I will not say "Springfield" just to get
applause
- 1F09 I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers
- 1F11* My homework was not stolen by a one-armed man
- 1F10 I will not go near the kindergarten turtle
- 1F12 None
- 1F13 None
- 1F14 I am not delightfully saucy
- 1F15 Organ transplants are best left to the professionals
- 1F16 The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail
Satan
- 1F18* I will not celebrate meaningless milestones
- 1F19 There are plenty of businesses like show business
- 1F21 I will not re-transmit without the express
permission of Major League Baseball
- 1F20 Five days is not too long to wait for a gun
- 1F22 Beans are neither fruit nor musical
- 1F17 None
- 2F33 I will not use abbrev.
- 2F01 I am not the reincarnation of Sammy Davis Jr.
- 2F02 None
- 2F03 None - Halloween Special
- 2F04 I will not send lard through the mail
- 2F05 I will not dissect things unless instructed
- 2F06 I will not whittle hall passes out of soap
- 2F07 None
- 2F08 Ralph won't "morph" if you squeeze him
hard enough
- 2F09 Adding "just kidding" doesn't make it okay
to insult the Principal
- 2F10 "Bagman" is not a legitimate career choice
- 2F11 Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does
- 2F12 Next time it could be me on the scaffolding
- 2F13 I will not hang donuts on my person
- 2F14 I will remember to take my medication
- 2F31 None
- 2F15 I will not strut around like I own the place
- 2F18 The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far
- 2F19 I do not have power of attorney over first graders
- 2F32 Nerve gas is not a toy
- 2F21 I will not mock Mrs. Dumbface
- 2F22 The First Amendment does not cover burping
- 2F16* This is not a clue...or is it?
- 2F20* I will not complain about the solution when I hear
it
- 2F17 "Bewitched" does not promote Satanism
- 3F01 No one wants to hear from my armpits
- 3F02 I am not a lean mean spitting machine
- 3F03 The boys room is not a water park
- 3F04 None - Halloween Special
- 3F05 Indian burns are not our cultural heritage
- 3F06 None
- 3F08 Wedgies are unhealthy for children and other living
things
- 3F31* I will only do this once a year
- 3F07 I will stop talking about the twelve inch pianist
- 3F10 I am not certified to remove asbestos
- 3F09 None
- 3F11 None
- 3F12 None
- 3F13 None
- 3F14 None
- 3F16 None
- 3F15 None
- 3F17 None
- 3F18 None
- 3F19 None
- 3F20 None
- 3F21 None
- 3F22 None
- 4F02 None - Halloween Special
- 3F23 I did not learn everything I need to know in
kindergarten
- 4F03 I am not my long-lost twin
- 4F05 None
- 4F06 None
- 4F04 None
- 4F01* None
- 4F07 None
- 3F24 None
- 3G01* The truth is not out there
- 4F08 I am not licensed to do anything
- 4F10 None
- 3G03 I will not hide the teacher's Prozac
- 4F12 None
- 4F11 None
- 4F14 None
- 4F13 None
- 4F15 None
- 4F09 None
- 4F16 A fire drill does not demand a fire
- 4F17 None
- 4F18 None
- 4F19 None
- 4F20 None - Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
- 4F21 None
Repeated openings:
- 7F14 - repeat of 7F10
- 1F17 - repeat of 9F17
- 2F07 - repeat of 1F11
Note that all quotes were originally in all capital letters,
but any punctuation appears as it did in the original quotes.
Openings are listed in the order in which they were first shown,
If an episode is not listed, either it did not have a blackboard
quote the first time it was shown, or it used a repeated opening.
"x" after an episode number indicates it took place
during the episode
- "*" indicates a note:
- 7F01: This was used for the second airing of 7F01 (a
reference to Dan Quayle's gaff while visiting a school)
- 7F08: To put it another way, Nancy Cartwright is not a
10-year-old boy
- 7F10: Also used in 7F14 (the only episode so far to use a
"repeated" blackboard opening in its first
showing)
- 7F11: It actually looks like this: I WILL NOT CUT CORNERS
(followed by) " " " " " "
and " " " " " "
- 7F21: This was written in an "Olde
English"-style font
- 8F04: Bart squeaks the chalk while writing this
- 8F05: This appears on one line; the rest is blank
- 8F15: Lisa has a blackboard punishment of sorts during
the episode; she has to clap erasers
- 8F21: This one did not appear in the original FAQ; thanks
to Dominik Halas for catching this one during a recent
Canadian repeat
- 9F01: New Orleans complained about the opening song in
"Oh, Streetcar!"
- 9F03: During the episode, Marge wrote "I will try to
raise a better child"
- 9F09: Each line becomes less and less legible; the last
line is a scrawl
- 9F21: This was the first episode after 1992-93 Emmy
nominations were announced, the first time the show was
eligible for "Best Comedy Series", but it
wasn't nominated (the show has won "Best Animated
Show" Emmys in the past)
- 1F07: This was not written "line by line" like
the others
- 1F11: A reference to "The Fugitive"
- 1F18: This was first used for the 100th new episode
- 2F16: In this episode, there are clues that are supposed
to reveal who shoots Mr. Burns
- 2F20: In this episode, the shooter (see 2F16) is revealed
- 3F31: ...which is once a year too many for clip shows
- 4F01: Lisa writes "I will not be a
snickerpuss." (complete with period)
- 3G01: A reference to "The X-Files"
List Of Couch Openings
Episode numbers indicate the couch scene used when the episode
was shown for the first time; in some cases, the one used in
Canada is listed where it was "original" and the USA
one was repeated
The couch openings are also used in syndication except when
marked:
* 1F01 couch opening is used
= 7F14 couch opening is used
Italics indicate a sixth or seventh season episode not
shown yet in syndication; note some episodes may be shown in
syndication in Canada before syndication in the USA
- 7G02*,7G07* - Bart is squeezed off and pops into
the air; during the shot of the TV, he is seen coming
down
- 7G03*,7G10* - The couch falls apart when everybody
is on it
- 7G04*,7G13 - Homer is squeezed off his side of the
couch
- 7G06*,7G12 - Maggie is squeezed off and pops into
the air; she comes right down into Marge's arms
- 7G09,7G01 - Everybody fits on the couch
- 7F03,7F12,7F22,9F06* - The couch falls through the
floor
- 7F02,7F13,7F23 - The "Simpson Shuffle"
(see notes)
- 7F01,7F15 - The couch unfolds into a bed
- 7F05*,7F16* - Maggie ends up in Marge's hair
- 7F08,7F14* - Everybody fits, including Santa's
Little Helper and Snowball II
- 7F07*,7F17* - Grampa is lying on the couch
sleeping
- 7F06=,7F18 - Homer tips the couch over sideways;
Maggie falls off, but lands on a couch cushion which is
on the floor
- 7F09,7F19 - The couch is gone; everyone looks
around the empty spot
- 7F10*,7F20* - Homer bumps the others off the couch
- 7F11,7F21* - The couch tips over backwards; Maggie
pops up from behind it
- 7F24*,8F22 - The couch tips over backwards, and
everybody crashes through the back wall
- 8F01,8F12 - They sit, then Homer pulls Santa's
Little Helper out from beneath him
- 8F03*,8F14 - Everybody forms a pyramid
- 8F04*,8F16 - A space alien hears them coming,
pulls a cord, and disappears through a trap door in the
floor
- 8F05,8F15* - Bart lands on everyone's lap
- 8F06*,8F17 - Homer gets to the couch first and
lies on it; the others sit on him
- 8F07,8F19 - The seat cushions are missing; when
they sit, they "fall into" the couch
- 8F08,8F20 - Two burglars are holding the couch as
everybody sits on it; they are dumped off and the couch
is carried away
- 8F09,8F21 - Santa's Little Helper is on the couch
and keeps everyone else off
- 8F10,8F23 - Everybody cartwheels to the couch
(Maggie falls in her attempt and hops there) and strikes
a "Ta-Da" pose
- 8F11 - Everybody bounces up and down on the couch;
Homer bounces from one side to the other
- 8F13* - Everybody except Maggie bang their heads
together and lie unconscious on the floor
- 8F24 - Everybody stops as the couch is occupied -
by the Flintstones
- 8F18,9F15* - The couch swallows everybody as it
transforms into a monster
- 9F01*,9F12 - The couch rotates 180 degrees through
a secret door in the wall; an empty couch takes its place
- 9F02*,9F14* - As Maggie is already seated, Homer,
Marge, and Bart run "past the edge of the film"
and scurry back to the couch
- 9F04 - Simpson-sized skeletons sit on the couch
- 9F03 - The couch deflates (as if filled with air)
- 9F05,9F17 - Everybody has somebody else's head,
which they remove and switch
- 9F07,9F18* - There's a wooden chair in place of
the couch; the adults share it, with the children on
their laps
- 9F08*,9F13*,9F16*,9F22*,2F08 - Everybody forms a
chorus line, which turns into a large production number
- 9F09,9F20 - Everybody is "miniature" and
must climb the "giant" couch; Maggie has to be
pulled up
- 9F10 - Everybody sits, just before the room is
filled with other regular characters
- 9F11,9F19 - Everybody gets caught in a net that
was spread on the floor
- 9F21a,1F08,1F21 - Everybody runs into each other
and shatters on the floor; Santa's Little Helper examines
the damage
- 9F21b*,1F11 - Everybody runs into each other and
end up on the couch as a five-headed "blob"
- 9F21c*,1F09*,1F20 - Everybody runs into each other
and there's an explosion; eventually, the pacifier lands
and bounces away
- 1F02,1F12,2F33 - Everybody, plus the couch, is
crushed by a foot that is reminiscent of how "Monty
Python's Flying Circus" opens
- 1F01 - Everybody stops as the couch is occupied -
by an identical Simpson family
- 1F04 - A Zombie Simpson family crashes through the
floor from below and sits on the couch
- 1F03 - The couch is painted on a wall, which
everybody runs through
- 1F05,1F13 - A fat man takes up most of the couch;
everybody squeezes into the tiny spot remaining
- 1F06,1F15,2F02*,2F04 - The room is dark as five
pairs of eyes go to the couch; light reveals that it's
only eyes, as eyeless bodies quickly enter, sit down, and
reattach to the eyes
- 1F07*,1F19* - Everybody sits, then notice they're
on the set of "Late Show with David Letterman"
as "Dave" turns face forward
- 1F10 - Everybody pokes their head up from behind
the couch (Maggie does it from behind a cushion on the
couch)
- 1F14 - Everybody sees two couches, then they each
split into two halves, each half sitting on a couch
- 1F16 - Everybody is shaped like a ball and bounces
around before landing on the couch and returning to
normal
- 1F18 - Everybody sits, then Homer gets up, rips
the FOX logo from the screen corner, and they all stomp
on it
- 1F22,2F12 - Everybody begins seated as if on an
invisible couch; the couch comes in in pieces and forms
itself atop them, causing them to fall to the floor
- 1F17,2F13 - The floor is well underwater, and only
the tops of everybody's heads are visible until they
reach the couch (Bart is using a snorkel)
- 2F01,2F14* - Everybody is "beamed
aboard" the couch in original "Star Trek"
style (complete with sound effect)
- 2F03 - Everybody enters with a mismatched head and
limbs (for example, one of Bart's legs is now Lisa's
right arm, and Lisa's arms are where her legs should be)
- 2F05,2F15 - Everybody bounces up off the couch and
gets their heads stuck in the ceiling
- 2F06,2F18 - Everybody chases the couch as it,
along with the back wall, moves backwards away from them
- 2F07,2F16 - Everybody runs by the same TV and
couch again and again, all except Maggie grinning the
whole time
- 2F09,2F19 - Everybody runs to the couch from a
different side (Marge runs down the side of a wall) in an
M.C. Escher-style house
- 2F10,2F21 - The "James Bond" film
opening, only with Homer in front of the couch firing the
gun
- 2F11,2F22 - In black & white, everybody
(wearing Mickey Mouse gloves) waves their hands in
circles
- 2F31,2F32 - A giant Maggie, a slightly smaller
Lisa, and so on down to a tiny Homer, sit on the couch
- 2F20 - As the couch moves aside, everybody lines
up in front of a police lineup height chart
- 2F17,3F12,3F22 - The couch acts like a FAX
machine, and a sheet with a picture of everybody (in
couch-sitting position) comes up from the back and slides
beneath it
- 3F01,3F13 - Everybody, including SLH, Snowball II,
and Grampa, appear in eight squares "Brady
Bunch" style (with the couch in the middle); all but
Grampa run to the couch
- 3F02,3F14 - Everybody is wearing fezzes and drives
around in minicars like Shriners
- 3F03,3F16 - Everybody runs to the couch, entirely
gray; the colors are then spray-painted on them
- 3F04 - Everybody drops from above, hanging from
their necks by nooses; Maggie still manages to suck her
pacifier
- 3F05,3F15 - Everybody is a wind-up doll
- 3F06,3F17 - Everybody is put on the couch by a
pinsetter, after Snowball II is scared off by the
pin-clearing bar
- 3F08,3F18 - Everybody is a sea-monkey and swims to
a couch made of clam shells to stare at a treasure chest
- 3F31 - A sequence of openings: 8F18, 9F02, 9F10,
9F09, 8F09, 1F02, 2F31, 2F09, 2F06, 1F17, 2F11, and 9F08
- 3F07,3F19 - Homer pulls a drain plug from the
floor, and everybody and everything is sucked down the
drain
- 3F10 - Everybody sits, then inside a mouse hole, a
mouse family sits on an identical couch
- 3F09,3F20 - A big game hunter sits on the couch,
with a "Homer-skin rug" on the floor and the
others' heads on the wall
- 3F11,3F21 - Everybody sits, bathed in flourescent
"black light", until Homer turns on the lamp
- 4F02 - As Death begins on the couch, everybody
runs up to the couch and falls over dead
- 3F23,3F24 - Everybody lands on the couch via
parachute except Homer, who lands on the floor with an
unopened chute
- 4F03,4F15 - Everybody is in western gear as they
sit on the couch, when then gallops away into the desert
- 4F05,4F09 - Everybody is a clear balloon, which
float onto the couch and then pop
- 4F06,4F12 - A takeoff on the cover of The Beatles'
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- 4F04,4F19 - Bart is green; Homer changes TV
channels, turning Bart red; Homer slaps Bart on the head,
turning him normal
- 4F01,4F14,4F21 - Everybody and everything is
upside-down, until everybody falls off the couch and onto
the "ceiling"
- 4F07,4F18 - Homer puts a coin in the
"Vend-A-Couch", then bangs the back wall; the
couch then falls on him
- 3G01 - Everybody flies in on jet-packs; Maggie
flies in last and lands on Marge's lap
- 4F08,4F17 - Everybody is involved in a giant game
of Whack-A-Mole; Homer ends up getting whacked
- 4F10,4F16 - Grampa is sleeping in a convertible
bed, which they convert back to a sofa (with him in it)
and sit on it
- 3G03 - The couch remains empty while everybody
waits outside as Homer struggles to open the front door
- 4F11 - The couch is in an "America
Onlink" window, which takes its time loading
everybody before being interrupted
- 4F13 - The couch is sliding on the deck of a ship;
when everybody (in raingear) sits on it, they are covered
by a wave
7G08 (the Christmas Special), 7F04, 8F02 (the first two
Halloween Specials), 7G05, 7G11, and 4F20 do not have couch
openings
The "Simpson Shuffle": everybody is in a line in
front of the couch; they do two "Egyptian struts"
(right arm up, left arm down, wrists at 90-degree angles) in one
direction, then two in the other, then sit on the couch with arms
in a "ta-da" position.
9F04, 1F04, 2F03, 3F04, and 4F02 are Halloween Special couch
openings.
9F21 used three openings (shown in order 9F21a, b, c); between
openings, a clapboard marked "Couch Gag - Take 2 (3)"
appeared, and someone shouted "Take Two (Three)"