The Simpsons: Every Emmy-Nominated Episode, Ranked | ScreenRant – Screen Rant

Long-running animated seriesThe Simpsons has been a favorite of the Emmy voters ever since it aired its first season over three decades ago. Even in recent years, as the general quality of the series has rapidly declined, it still gets a more-or-less annual nod for Outstanding Animated Program.

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Some episodes that are considered to be the shows best installments, such as Marge vs. the Monorail and Barts Comet, didnt receive a nomination. So, Emmy glory isnt necessarily the gold standard for Simpsons episodes, but it is an interesting indication of where the conversation was that year. Here is Every Emmy-Nominated Simpsons Episode, Ranked.

An entire episode based on insulting Boston, The Town has a couple of chuckle-worthy gags, but the anti-Boston joke is dragged out for far too long and it grows tiresome.

By its 23rd Halloween special, The Simpsons writers were clearly scraping the bottom of the barrel for horror stories. This one parodies Back to the Future, perhaps the least scary movie ever made (if you ignore the ominous implications of its plot). Still, the Paranormal Activity spoof was a lot of fun because that movies ripe for parody.

For a later-season episode, Gone Boy has a healthy dose of laugh-out-loud moments and a story with energy and forward momentum. But it still needs to be prefaced with the phrase, For a later-season episode...

If any shows 650th episode is even coherent, its an impressive feat. Mad About the Toy is nothing special, but it does have some interesting new revelations about Grampas past, and after that many episodes, should we really be asking for much more?

When a short film based on Barts Angry Dad comic gets nominated for an Oscar, the Simpsons head to Hollywood. Theres a lot of great film industry gags in this episode, but its ultimately pretty weak, story-wise.

In this romantic episode, Krustys show gets another shakeup as a female character named Princess Penelope (played by Anne Hathaway) is added.

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The premise seems to have been constructed to accommodate its guest star, but that doesnt mean its not a fun episode.

When Homer fears that Marge only stayed with him because she got pregnant, he moves in with a gay couple, Grady and Julio. The highlight of this episode is Weird Al Yankovics parody of John Mellencamps Jack & Diane about Homer and Marge.

This is a rare Treehouse of Horror episode where all three segments have a juicy premise: Bart goes to Hell, Moe leads a gang of droogs in A Clockwork Orange parody, and the Simpsons are visited by their Tracey Ullman Show-era selves.

The story of Barts reluctant friendship with Nelson offers us a glimpse at a different, more sensitive, slightly more mature side of Nelson, which was interesting.

Every episode that adds a new layer to how Homer and Marge met acts as a detriment to the delightful Season 2 installment The Way We Was.

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At least The Way We Werent isnt as egregious as That 90s Show, which completely retconned their how-we-met story.

Its always fun when The Simpsons tries out novel new storytelling techniques. The Seemingly Never-Ending Story interestingly toys around with nested storytelling (stories within stories), beginning with Homer getting trapped in a cave.

Any Treehouse of Horror episode worth its salt has one great segment, one meh segment, and one middling segment thats weird enough to redeem itself.

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This sixth installment in the Halloween series has just that: a segment about billboards coming to life thats pretty lackluster, a parody of A Nightmare on Elm Street thats inspired and fun, and an outlandish segment in which Homer enters the third dimension.

Flanders asks Homer for advice when he finds that hes too stuck in his ways, and they end up in Vegas, married to a pair of dancers. Its pretty fun.

The Simpsons future-set episodes are generally disappointing, but they usually skip straight to Bart and Lisas adulthood. Future-Drama gives us a heartfelt, funny glimpse at their teenage years.

Guest-starring Steve Martin, Trash of the Titans is prime Simpsons absurdism. Homer becomes Springfields Sanitation Commissioner, which culminates in Mayor Quimby having to move the entire town five miles over.

In Season 1s Life on the Fast Lane, Marge is seduced by a charming French bowling instructor, played by repeat guest star Albert Brooks, after Homer flaked on her birthday present.

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It was one of the early episodes to explore Homer and Marges relationship, and still one of the most compelling.

Ever since Bart to the Future messed up the timeline, The Simpsons future-set episodes have been very hit-and-miss and definitely more miss than hit. But Holidays of Future Passed was surprisingly sweet, taking a melancholic look at Barts future screw-ups.

The Emmy voters love episodes that tackle real-world issues. In Homers Phobia, the Simpsons befriend a gay man named John (played brilliantly by guest star John Waters), and Homer has to get over his homophobia and misconceptions about the LGBT community.

This episode is famous for being the one in which Lisa becomes a Buddhist. Its a smart, contemplative, well-rounded study of the positive values of faith and the importance of finding the right religion.

Bart learns an important lesson when he lowers his walkie-talkie into a well and impersonates a lost child, getting the town all riled up. The episode has an important ethical message.

A prime example of an episode that turns a great premise into a great story, HOMR sees Homer having a crayon dislodged from his brain, making him smart. He alienates his friends and ends up having the crayon put back in. It ends with a really earnest moment between Homer and Lisa.

In one of The Simpsons most meta episodes, the show takes a look behind the scenes at the actors who play the Simpson family.

Although it was produced as a Christmas special, Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire ended up airing as The Simpsons first ever episode.

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Its a sweet story about Homer working as a mall Santa to buy his family presents, then losing his money at a dog track. He brings the losing dog (Santas Little Helper) home, and the family is happy.

Showrunner Al Jean has named this as one of the five essential episodes of The Simpsons. As Homer pieces together memory fragments of a night he forgot, this episode comes together as a celebration of the Simpson family and their undying bond.

Before Lisa converted to Buddhism, she stood by the Bible. When she objected to her dad using an illegal cable hook-up, it led to a really sweet ending. All of Homers friends come over to watch a big fight, and instead of joining them, he steps outside to sit with Lisa.

In one of the most beautiful and emotionally charged episodes of The Simpsons (and the first of many to explore the characters future), Lisa sees a psychic vision of her wedding. The episode has some of Homer and Lisas sweetest moments together.

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