I bet Einstein turned himself all sorts of colors before he invented the light bulb.Homer

The Simpsons — Season Five

This is undoubtedly my favourite Season ever. Simpsons-mania was still prominent and showed no signs of stopping. Season Five (1993-1994) carried on the trend of Season Four with witty, multi-layered jokes, but also introduced more character-based episodes: we hear the story of how Homer, Barney, Apu and Principal Skinner became Bigger Than Jesus for five and a half weeks singing barbershop; Apu living with the Simpsons after losing his job; Sideshow Bob make a welcome return in a parody of Cape Fear cleverly titled...Cape Feare; and no less than three major appearances of Mr. Burns. This year starts Homer's &quot;dumbening&quot; - you can really tell the writers consciously made him stupider - but it works quite well here. This Season also marks the show's 100th episode, <i>Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song</i>, which has the blackboard gag &quot;I Will Not Celebrate Meaningless Milestones&quot;.

Homer's Barbershop Quartet

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5×01

AIRED
Sep 30, 1993

Homer tells the kids the story of the rise and fall of his barbershop quartet with Apu, Principal Skinner and Barney, called 'The Be Sharps'.

Homer's Barbershop Quartet

Cape Feare

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9F22

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5×02

AIRED
Oct 07, 1993

Sideshow Bob is paroled from prison, and he has only one thing in mind for Bart: revenge.

Cape Feare

Homer Goes to College

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5×03

AIRED
Oct 14, 1993

Homer must attend college to become properly qualified, but gets his nerdy friends expelled when he plays a practical joke on the Dean.

Homer Goes to College

Rosebud

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1F01

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5×04

AIRED
Oct 21, 1993

Mr. Burns longs for his teddy bear Bobo, however, it turns up at the Simpsons' household and Maggie does not want to let it go.

Rosebud

Treehouse of Horror IV

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1F04

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5×05

AIRED
Oct 30, 1993

In a Night Gallery parody, Bart presents three more tales of terror: The Devil and Homer Simpson: Homer sells his soul to the devil for a donut. Terror at 5½ Feet: Bart witnesses a gremlin taking the school bus apart, but no one believes him. Bart Simpson's Dracula: Mr. Burns is a vampire, and he turns Bart into a vampire.

Treehouse of Horror IV

Marge on the Lam

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5×06

AIRED
Nov 04, 1993

Marge goes to the ballet with Ruth Powers, the next door neighbor. However, when they go out again the next night, Ruth is driving a stolen car.

Marge on the Lam

Bart's Inner Child

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5×07

AIRED
Nov 11, 1993

Brad Goodman, a feel-good therapist comes to town, and tells the whole town to act like Bart and do as they feel.

Bart's Inner Child

Boy-Scoutz N the Hood

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5×08

AIRED
Nov 18, 1993

After a wild night high on sugar, Bart wakes up to find that he joined a boy scout troop.

Boy-Scoutz N the Hood

The Last Temptation of Homer

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5×09

AIRED
Dec 09, 1993

Homer falls in love with a new female employee at the nuclear plant who is slobbish just like him.

The Last Temptation of Homer

$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

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1F08

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5×10

AIRED
Dec 16, 1993

When gambling becomes legalized in Springfield, Marge gets addicted.

$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

Homer the Vigilante

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5×11

AIRED
Jan 06, 1994

When a cat burglar hits Springfield, Homer forms a vigilante group who end up causing more crimes than they prevent.

Homer the Vigilante

Bart Gets Famous

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5×12

AIRED
Feb 03, 1994

Bart becomes an overnight star after sneaking onto the Krusty The Clown show and uttering: ''I didn't do it'' when he wrecks a set on live TV.

Bart Gets Famous

Homer and Apu

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5×13

AIRED
Feb 10, 1994

After getting food poisoning from eating Kwik-E-Mart food, Homer gets Apu fired, and Apu comes to stay with the Simpsons.

Homer and Apu

Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

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5×14

AIRED
Feb 17, 1994

After objecting to the sexist phrases used on the latest talking Malibu Stacey doll, Lisa creates a new doll for the 90s.

Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

Deep Space Homer

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5×15

AIRED
Feb 24, 1994

NASA decides to send the 'average man' into space after seeing their ratings decline, and Homer is picked to be that man.

Deep Space Homer

Homer Loves Flanders

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5×16

AIRED
Mar 17, 1994

After Ned Flanders invites Homer to a football game, Homer becomes Ned's best friend. Ned, however, doesn't like the attention.

Homer Loves Flanders

Bart Gets an Elephant

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5×17

AIRED
Mar 31, 1994

Bart wins a radio contest on KBBL, but instead of taking the $10,000 cash prize, he opts for the gag prize - a fully-grown elephant.

Bart Gets an Elephant

Burns' Heir

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5×18

AIRED
Mar 14, 1994

After nearly drowning in the bathtub, Mr. Burns decides to find an heir. He chooses Bart, and turns him against his family.

Burns' Heir

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadassss Song

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1F18

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5×19

AIRED
Apr 27, 1994

After Bart's dog causes a riot at the school, Skinner is fired, and Ned Flanders takes over as principal.

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadassss Song

The Boy Who Knew Too Much

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5×20

AIRED
May 05, 1994

Bart skips class and witnesses a waiter brutally beaten. The Mayor's nephew, Freddie Quimby, is the prime suspect and only Bart can clear his name.

The Boy Who Knew Too Much

Lady Bouvier's Lover

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5×21

AIRED
May 12, 1994

Grampa Simpson falls in love with Marge's mother, but Mr. Burns woos her away from him.

Lady Bouvier's Lover

Secrets of a Successful Marriage

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1F20

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5×22

AIRED
May 19, 1994

Homer gets a job to teaching an adult education course about how to build a successful marriage, but can't help spilling personal secrets.

Secrets of a Successful Marriage