The Simpsons Season 7

Season 7

Air date: 1995-09-17

Episodes: 25

Episodes

E1: Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2)

With Mr. Burns shot, Chief Wiggum investigates the crime, and nearly everyone in town has a motive. At the end, it all comes down to the Simpson DNA.

Air date: 1995-09-17 • ★ 8.2

E2: Radioactive Man

Bart auditions for the part of Fallout Boy in the movie "Radioactive Man," being filmed in Springfield.

Air date: 1995-09-24 • ★ 7.7

E3: Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily

When Homer and Marge are found to be unfit parents, the kids are placed with the Flanders family. Reluctant participants in the Flanderses' wholesome family activities, Bart and Lisa become the targets of an emergency baptism.

Air date: 1995-10-01 • ★ 7.8

E4: Bart Sells His Soul

Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for five dollars, but soon regrets his decision. Meanwhile, Moe turns the Tavern into a family-friendly restaurant.

Air date: 1995-10-08 • ★ 8.2

E5: Lisa the Vegetarian

After visiting a local petting zoo, Lisa becomes a vegetarian and faces ridicule from family and friends. When she lashes out and ruins Homer's barbecue, she learns a lesson in tolerance.

Air date: 1995-10-15 • ★ 7.9

E6: Treehouse of Horror VI

In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores," strange atmospheric conditions bring giant advertising statues to life. In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace," Groundskeeper Willie is killed in a freak accident and seeks revenge in the childrens' dreams. In the final segment, Homer steps through a secret portal and becomes three-dimensional.

Air date: 1995-10-29 • ★ 7.9

E7: King-Size Homer

Homer tries to gain sixty pounds so he can stay home on disability. When he nearly causes a catastrophe at the plant, Homer reconsiders his plan.

Air date: 1995-11-05 • ★ 8.4

E8: Mother Simpson

Homer discovers that his mother is still alive, a former radical who is a fugitive from the law. When her old nemesis Burns spots her and tips off the FBI, she is forced to return to the underground.

Air date: 1995-11-19 • ★ 8.3

E9: Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming

After Sideshow Bob escapes from prison, the Springfield Air Show is the setting for his ill-fated vendetta against television and Krusty the Clown.

Air date: 1995-11-26 • ★ 7.3

E10: The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

Troy McClure hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the show, including clips of the series' beginnings as shorts on "The Tracy Ullman Show," Simpsons trivia questions, and unaired scenes from popular episodes.

Air date: 1995-12-03 • ★ 7

E11: Marge Be Not Proud

Nabbed for shoplifting, Bart manages to keep it a secret from the family... until it's time to have the family Christmas photo taken at the Try-N-Save.

Air date: 1995-12-17 • ★ 7.8

E12: Team Homer

Homer catches Mr. Burns in an ether-induced haze and asks for $500 for his bowling team. When Burns' head clears, he demands to join the team. Meanwhile, Bart's inflammatory T-shirt provokes Principal Skinner to require school uniforms.

Air date: 1996-01-07 • ★ 7.4

E13: Two Bad Neighbors

Homer resents being upstaged when former president George Bush moves into the neighborhood. After Bush spanks Bart, an all-out prank war ensues.

Air date: 1996-01-14 • ★ 7.6

E14: Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield

A chance encounter with a former classmate yields an invitation to the Springfield Country Club, where Marge tries to parlay a bargain basement Chanel suit into elevated social status for her family.

Air date: 1996-02-04 • ★ 7.2

E15: Bart the Fink

In a scheme to get Krusty's autograph, Bart sends him a check. When Krusty's offshore holding corporation endorses the check, his illegal tax shelter is exposed. In despair after the government auctions off his possessions, Krusty fakes his own death.

Air date: 1996-02-11 • ★ 7.4

E16: Lisa the Iconoclast

While researching into Jebediah Springfield's past for an essay, Lisa discovers that the town founder wasn't the hero that everyone thinks he was.

Air date: 1996-02-18 • ★ 7.9

E17: Homer the Smithers

Forced to take a vacation, Smithers needs to find a temporary replacement who won't outshine him. Homer seems the perfect choice until a sudden outburst forces Mr. Burns to assert his independence.

Air date: 1996-02-25 • ★ 8.2

E18: The Day the Violence Died

Bart meets the original animator who created Itchy, penniless some 70 years after the studio stole his idea. When Bart helps him sue for restitution, he unwittingly bankrupts Itchy & Scratchy.

Air date: 1996-03-17 • ★ 7.4

E19: A Fish Called Selma

Washed up and plagued by scandal, Troy McClure sees a marriage to Selma as his ticket back to success.

Air date: 1996-03-24 • ★ 7.7

E20: Bart on the Road

Bart creates a fake driver's license for himself and uses it to go on a spring break road trip with Milhouse, Nelson, and Martin. Meanwhile, Homer and Lisa bond after spending some quality time together at work.

Air date: 1996-03-31 • ★ 8

E21: 22 Short Films About Springfield

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

Air date: 1996-04-14 • ★ 8

E22: Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'

When a fellow veteran dies, Grandpa Simpson and Mr. Burns fight for buried WWII treasure as the only surviving members of their battalion.

Air date: 1996-04-28 • ★ 7.9

E23: Much Apu About Nothing

When Mayor Quimby uses immigrants as a political scapegoat, the Simpsons discover that Apu is an illegal immigrant.

Air date: 1996-05-05 • ★ 7.5

E24: Homerpalooza

To show his kids how hip he is, Homer takes Bart and Lisa to a music festival, where he earns himself a place in the sideshow by catching a cannonball with his belly.

Air date: 1996-05-19 • ★ 7.4

E25: Summer of 4 Ft. 2

On a family vacation, Lisa tries on a new identity to fit in with the other kids at the beach. Jealous, Bart reveals her true nerdiness to the group.

Air date: 1996-05-19 • ★ 7.7