When a laundry error leads Homer's boss to question Homer's sanity, Homer is given a "take-home personality test" to complete. Homer is crazy enough to let Bart fill it out and is promptly committed. His roommate is a 300-pound white guy who sounds like Michael Jackson.
Lisa writes an essay that wins the family a trip to Washington, D.C. and ends up catching a politician taking a bribe.
Homer's neighbor Flanders is put out on the street after his business venture fails miserably, perhaps as a result of Homer's wishing on a chicken bone.
Bart is hired by Fat Tony to work in his "social club," where Bart gains enough clout to solve his problems with Principal Skinner, perhaps permanently.
Homer's averting of a nuclear meltdown earns him employee-of-the-month honors and a call from Magic Johnson. A parental edict prohibits Milhouse from playing with Bart.
Bart and Lisa use theological arguments to try to reunite Krusty the Clown and his estranged rabbi father, who disowned Krusty when he turned from rabbi to clown.
The Simpsons have Halloween nightmares. Maggie uses one of the family's three wishes. Bart dominates Springfield with "happy thoughts." Homer donates his brain to science.
After disappointing Lisa, Homer buys her a pony, creating a stableful ofproblems requiring a second job-the graveyard shift at Apu's Kwik-E-Mart.
Homer's help with Bart's soapbox racer does little for the car, but a lot for their relationship, until Bart decides to drive with someone else.
Moe's tavern becomes the hottest place in town thanks to a drink that Homer invents and Moe steals.
There's a new world order in Springfield after Mr. Burns sells the power plant to foreign interests who don't care for Homer's approach to his work.
Homer explains his early wedded bliss, when Marge was with child, Homer had no job, and they lived with Marge's family, until Homer left them.
Bart's practical joke backfires after he fools the town into thinking there's a little boy trapped in a well. Sting joins Springfield celebrities for a fundraising song and video entitled "We're Sending Our Love down the Well."
Lisa's football betting skills provides a bond with Homer and gifts from gambling gains, until she realizes that the end of the Super Bowl will end her "daddy-daughter" days.
Everyday stress sends Marge on a solitary vacation, leaving Bart and Lisa with Aunts Selma and Patty, while Maggie is home alone with Homer - until she leaves in search of Marge.
Bart's answer to a month of detention from Mrs. Krabappel is to answer her personal ad with letters from Mr. Wonderful.
The boys that carried the power-plant nine to the softball championship are left to ride the pine when Burns hires Major League ringers to ensure his million-dollar bet.
Bart becomes a strict law enforcer and Lisa a law breaker when aptitude tests point them in opposite directions from where they'd been headed.
Santa's Little Helper notices resentment towards him after the Simpsons make sacrifices to fund his life saving operation.
Marge fears a Homer is cheating on her when Homer gets radio airplay for a waitress turned country singer.
Selma's on cloud nine, but Bart fears a cloud burst when his aunt becomes engaged to Side Show Bob, her prison pen pal paroled for pinning a crime on Krusty.
Spinal Tap hits Springfield and Otto the bus driver hits the skids after being fired.
The love bug bites Milhouse, leaving him little time for Bart. Marge orders a subliminal-message weight-loss tape for Homer, who can't understand why he's still gaining.
Homer finds out that working in the plant has sterilized him, so Mr. Burns buys him off. Homer's down-on-his-luck half-brother, Herb Powell, sees this as an opportunity to get Homer to invest in his baby talk translating invention.