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Simpsons Couch Gag One of the staples of the Simpsons' opening credits is the couch gag. The whole family rush into the living room to watch television, arriving at the couch in some unusual way. Here we list all the variations and provide screenshots for every one. Most of the gags appear in more than one episode; hence the list below is ordered by the airdate of the first episode to show the gag. Any episodes not listed here do not have couch gags (though there are very few).

Bart the Genius

The Telltale Head

Bart is squeezed off the couch and into the air. During the shot of the TV, he falls down again.

Homer's Odyssey

Homer's Night Out

Everyone sits on the couch and it falls apart.

There's No Disgrace Like Home

The Crepes of Wrath

Homer is squeezed off the couch and lands on the floor.

Moaning Lisa

Krusty Gets Busted

Maggie is squeezed off and flies into the air; Marge catches her.

Call of the Simpsons

Some Enchanted Evening

The Simpsons run into the living room and sit on the couch.
This is the original couch opening, with the others being variations. It was intended for the first episode, Some Enchanted Evening, however, said episode was sent back to be rewritten and so was pushed back to the end of the Season.

Bart Gets an F

The Way We Was

New Kid on the Block

The family sit on the couch and it falls through the floor.

Simpson and Delilah

Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment

When Flanders Failed

The family do a dance, then jump onto the couch in a "Ta-da!" pose.

Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

Principal Charming

As they land on the couch, it unfolds into a bed.

Dancin' Homer

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Everyone (except Maggie) sits on the couch; Maggie pops out of Marge's hair.

Dead Putting Society

Bart's Dog Gets an F

The pets fit on the couch with the family.

Bart vs. Thanksgiving

Grampa is lying on the couch sleeping and the family wake him up.

Bart the Daredevil

Brush with Greatness

Homer's weight tips the couch over sideways. Maggie lands on a cushion on the floor.

Itchy & Scratchy & Marge

Lisa's Substitute

The family rush in to find the couch is missing.

Bart Gets Hit By A Car

The War of the Simpsons

Homer squeezes the others off the couch one by one.

One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish

Three Men and a Comic Book

The couch falls over backwards and Maggie pops up from behind it.

Stark Raving Dad

Bart's Friend Falls in Love

The couch tips over backwards, and the family crash through the wall.

Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington

Lisa the Greek

After the family sit down, Homer pulls Santa's Little Helper out from underneath him.

Bart the Murderer

Homer Alone

Everybody forms a pyramid with Maggie on the top.

Homer Defined

Bart the Lover

An alien is on the couch, which disappears through a trap door in the floor just as the family run in.

Like Father, Like Clown

Separate Vocations

The family site down and Bart pounces across their laps.

Lisa's Pony

Dog of Death

Homer gets to the couch first and lies on it, so the others sit on him.

Saturdays of Thunder

Colonel Homer

When the family sit down, they sink into the couch.

Flaming Moe's

Black Widower

Two burglars are holding the couch as everybody sits on it, but they are dumped off and the couch is carried away.

Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk

The Otto Show

The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

Santa's Little Helper is on the couch, growling. The family back off from him.

I Married Marge

Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?

Everybody cartwheels to the couch and strikes a "Ta-da!" pose.

The family bounce up and down on the couch, changing their positions.

Homer at the Bat

Everybody except Maggie run into each other lie unconscious on the floor.

Kamp Krusty

The Simpsons run in to find the Flintstones occupying the couch.

A Streetcar Named Marge

Last Exit to Springfield

The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

The couch transforms into a monster and swallows everybody.

Homer the Heretic

Brother from the Same Planet

After the family sit on the couch, the wall spins 180 degrees into a secret compartment. An empty couch takes its place.

Lisa the Beauty Queen

Maggie is already on the couch. Homer, Marge, Bart & Lisa sprint in from the left, past the "edge of the film" on the right and back onto the couch.

Treehouse of Horror III

Skeletons of the family rush in and sit on the couch.

Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie

The couch deflates as if filled with air.

Marge Gets a Job

So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show

The family sit on the couch with mismatched heads. They switch until they have the right one.

Whacking Day

Instead of a couch, there is a small wooden chair. The family squeeze onto it.

Lisa's First Word

I Love Lisa

Fear of Flying

Monty Can't Buy Me Love

Simpson Safari

The Bart Wants What it Wants

Everyone forms a chorus line, joined by high-kicking Rockettes, circus animals, jugglers, trapeze artists...

Homer's Triple Bypass

Marge in Chains

The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

Everybody is tiny and climbs onto the huge couch.

Marge vs. the Monorail

The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

Everybody sits, then are joined by many Springfield citizens.

Selma's Choice

Krusty Gets Kancelled

Everybody gets caught in a net on the floor.

Homer's Barbershop Quartet

This couch gag consisted of three takes (complete with clapperboard):

Everybody runs into each other and shatters on the floor; Santa's Little Helper examines the damage.
They collide and blend into a five-headed blob.
They run into each other and explode; Maggie's pacifier drops from the ceiling.

Each of these were repeated separately in later episodes.

Homer Goes to College

Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

Another Simpsons Clip Show

The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

The family sit on the couch and are crushed by a giant Monty Python-like foot.

The family stops as the couch is occupied by their doubles.

Treehouse of Horror IV

A Zombie Simpson family crashes through the floor from below and sits on the couch.

Marge on the Lam

The couch is painted on a wall, and everybody crashes through, their outlines remaining.

Bart's Inner Child

Deep Space Homer

A fat man takes up most of the couch; everybody squeezes into the tiny spot remaining.

Boy-Scoutz N the Hood

Bart Gets an Elephant

Bart's Girlfriend

Five pairs of eyes enter in the dark. The light is switched on, revealing that it's only eyes. The family's eyeless bodies enter, sit down, and reattach to the eyes.

The Last Temptation of Homer

The Boy Who Knew Too Much

Everybody sits, then notice the couch is in David Letterman's studio. David turns around to face them.

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

Lady Bouvier's Lover

Everybody runs into each other and shatters on the floor. Santa's Little Helper examines the damage.
Also used for the "three takes" gag in Homer's Barbershop Quartet (see above).

Homer the Vigilante

Secrets of a Successful Marriage

They run into each other and explode; Maggie's pacifier drops from the ceiling.
Also used for the "three takes" gag in Homer's Barbershop Quartet (see above).

Bart Gets Famous

Everybody collides and blends into a five-headed blob.
Also used for the "three takes" gag in Homer's Barbershop Quartet (see above).

Homer and Apu

Everybody pokes their head up from behind the couch. Simpsons Couch Gag

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Homer Loves Flanders

There are two couches, so each family member splits into two, with each half sitting on a couch.

Burns' Heir

The family are shaped like balls. They bounce onto the couch and resume their normal shape.

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadassss Song

Homer sees the Fox logo in the corner of the screen. He rips it off and everyone stomps on it.

Bart of Darkness

Homie the Clown

Everybody sits in midair, then the couch comes in and puts itself together on top of the family, who then collapse under the weight.

Lisa's Rival

Bart vs. Australia

The floor is flooded and the family swim in and onto the couch. Bart is using a snorkel.

Itchy & Scratchy Land

Homer vs. Patty and Selma

Everybody is "beamed aboard" the couch a la Star Trek.

Treehouse of Horror V

Zombie version of The Simpsons enter with mismatched heads and limbs - they swap to correct it.

Lisa on Ice

Lisa's Wedding

Everybody bounces up off the couch and gets their heads stuck in the ceiling.

Homer: Bad Man

Two Dozen and One Greyhounds

The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

The family chase the couch as it and the wall move backwards into the distance.

Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy

Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)

Everybody runs by the same repeating background of the living room and couch, again and again, and grinning the whole time.

Homer the Great

The PTA Disbands

The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

The living room is a Escher-style house (with stairs in all different directions) - the family all enter from different sides.

And Maggie Makes Three

The Springfield Connection

A James Bond spoof. Homer walks in front of the couch, then fires a gun at the camera. The screen goes red.

Bart's Comet

Lemon of Troy

The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

In black & white, everybody (wearing Mickey Mouse gloves) waves their hands in circles.

A Star Is Burns

'Round Springfield

The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

The family are disproportionate sizes: Maggie is very large, while Homer is very small.

Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)

The couch moves aside, and everybody stands in front of a police lineup chart.

Radioactive Man

Bart the Fink

Summer of 4 Ft. 2

A large picture of the family on a piece of paper slides out from under the cushions like a fax machine.

Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily

Lisa the Iconoclast

The family, Grampa, Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II each appear in their own square a la The Brady Bunch. All but Grampa run to the couch in the center.

Bart Sells His Soul

Homer the Smithers

The family drive around the living room in mini cars like Shriners.

Lisa the Vegetarian

The Day the Violence Died

Everybody runs to the couch, entirely gray; the colors are then spray-painted on them.

Treehouse of Horror VI

Everybody drops from above, hanging from their necks by nooses; Maggie still manages to suck her pacifier.

King Size Homer

A Fish Called Selma

Everybody is a wind-up doll and haphazardly makes their way to the couch.

Mother Simpson

Bart on the Road

Snowball II is removed from the couch by a bowling-lane clearer. A pinsetter then places the family on the couch.

Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming

22 Short Films About Springfield

Everybody is a sea-monkey and swims to a couch made of clam shells to watch a treasure chest (instead of the TV).

The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

A sequence of openings reused from the following episodes:

A Streetcar Named Marge
Lisa the Beauty Queen
Marge vs. the Monorail
Homer's Triple Bypass
Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
Homer Goes to College
A Star Is Burns
Homer the Great
Homer: Badman
Lisa's Rival
Bart's Comet
Lisa's First Word

See entries above for descriptions and screenshots.

Marge Be Not Proud

Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"

Homer pulls up a plug from the floor, and everything in the room is sucked into the hole.

Everybody sits on the couch, then the camera zooms in on a mouse hole, where mouse family sits on an identical couch.

Two Bad Neighbors

Much Apu About Nothing

A game hunter sits on the couch, with a "Homer-skin rug" on the floor and the others' heads on the wall.

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield

Homerpalooza

The living room is bathed in black light. Everyone runs in and sits, then Homer turns the light on and the colors return to normal.

Treehouse of Horror VII

The Grim Reaper sits on the couch. Everybody runs in and falls over dead.

You Only Move Twice

El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)

Everybody lands on the couch via parachute except Homer, who lands on the floor with an unopened chute.

The Homer They Fall

Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment

Everyone is in western gear as they sit on the couch in the desert. It gallops away into the distance.

Burns, Baby Burns

Grade School Confidential

Everybody floats in as a soap bubble. They pop when they land on the couch.

Bart After Dark

The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show

The family pose a la the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album by The Beatles. In the background are the Simpsons from the Tracey Ullman Era, and a statue of a Buddha resembling Homer can be seen.

A Milhouse Divided

Homer's Enemy

The family sit on the couch, and Bart is green. Homer messes with the remote, turning Bart red. He then slaps Bart on the back of the head, turning back to normal color.

Lisa's Date with Density

Brother from Another Series

The Secret War of Lisa Simpson

The room is upside down. The family rush in and sit down, then fall onto the "ceiling".

Hurricane Neddy

In Marge We Trust

In the living room is a "Vend-A-Couch". Homer puts a coin in but nothing happens. He bangs on the wall and the couch drops in from the ceiling and lands on him.

The Springfield Files

Everybody flies in on jet-packs; Maggie flies in last and lands on Marge's lap.

The Twisted World of Marge Simpson

The Old Man and the Lisa

Everybody is involved in a giant game of Whack-A-Mole. Homer is the only one who is whacked.

Mountain of Madness

The Canine Mutiny

Grampa is sleeping in a convertible bed. They fold it back into a sofa and sit on it.

Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious

The couch remains empty while everybody waits outside as Homer struggles to open the front door.

Homer's Phobia

The couch is on a computer screen, with the AOL logo in the corner. A mouse pointer clicks "Load Family" but it takes a long time, so "Exit" is repeatedly clicked.

My Sister, My Sitter

The couch is on the deck of a ship, sliding about. The family run in wearing raingear, sit down, and a wave crashes them. Simpsons Couch Gag

Simpsons Couch Gag

The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson

Everybody enters dressed as Harlem Globetrotters and pass a basket ball around. Maggie slam dunks it in the net above the couch.

The Principal and The Pauper

Everybody runs to the couch dressed in space suits. The couch then takes off like a rocket.

Homer stands in front of the couch. The top half of his body comes off revealing Marge inside him a la Russian Dolls. Then her body comes off revealing Bart, then Lisa, and finally Maggie. The top halves all land on the couch.

Treehouse of Horror VIII

Everybody sits on the couch, then is strapped in as if in the electric chair. They are then electrocuted.

The Cartridge Family

The Last Temptation of Krust

The seat of the couch is a pool of water. The family rush in with their rear ends on fire and sit in the pool, breathing a sigh of relief.

Dumbbell Indemnity

Mayored to the Mob

The family are crushed into a cube by compactors.

The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons

This Little Wiggy

Bart spray-paints everyone onto the couch, adding an "El Barto" signature.

Lisa the Skeptic

The Trouble With Trillions

The living room is a sauna. The family run in wearing towels, but there are three men using it. The family leave.

Realty Bites

Girly Edition

Viva Ned Flanders

Everybody sits, then a live-action hand spins the picture around, making it warped.

Miracle on Evergreen Terrace

King of the Hill

The couch is inside a snow globe, which is shaken by two hands, causing it to snow.

All Singing, All Dancing

The floor is a treadmill. Homer falls and is dragged around and around, and says "Marge, stop this crazy thing!"

Lost Our Lisa

Lard of the Dance

The couch is pulled out from under the family as they sit down. Nelson pops out from behind and says, "Ha ha!"

The Joy of Sect

Everyone is miniature and helps each other up to the couch. Santa's Little Helper comes in and takes Homer away in his mouth.

Natural Born Kissers

Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"

The family are frogs (Maggie a tadpole). They leap onto lily pads and Homer turns the TV on with his tongue.

Lisa, the Simpson

A vine grows in the middle of the room and everyone appears as a fruit or vegetable.

Simpson Tide

A parody of the "Rocky & Bullwinkle" opening. The Simpsons' outlines float through a mosaic of colors, then pop out of the ground in a flower patch.

Trash of the Titans

Homer, Marge, Lisa & Maggie run into Bart's classroom, where he writes "I WILL NOT MESS WITH THE OPENING CREDITS" on the blackboard.

The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace

The Old Man and The "C" Student

The living room is a movie theatre, filled with other Springfieldians. The family make their way to their seats, and Homer takes some of Comic Book Guy's popcorn.

Bart, the Mother

Make Room for Lisa

Two firemen carry the couch and catch everybody falling from above - except Homer, who falls through the floor.

Treehouse of Horror IX

Freddy Kruger from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and Jason from "Friday the 13th" sit on the couch and wonder where the family is - they all died in the driveway scene.

When You Dish Upon A Star

Homer to the Max

Marge carries in a laundry basket and hangs the others on a clothes line.

D'oh-in' in the Wind

Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"

The family sit on the couch, then a bar comes down over their heads and it takes off like a roller coaster.

Lisa Gets an "A"

I'm With Cupid

Everyone's head is put under a salon hairdryer and they each end up with someone else's hair. Maggie has Marge's hair and falls off the couch due to the weight.

Wild Barts Can't Be Broken

Mom and Pop Art

The family sit wearing cowboy hats. The floor then opens and we watch from above as the family ride it like the bomb in "Dr. Strangelove".

Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

They Saved Lisa's Brain

The couch (with the family on it) floats in on water, hits an iceberg and sinks a la the Titanic. Maggie resurfaces on a cushion.

Maximum Homerdrive

The Mansion Family

An adult Bart and Lisa and a young Homer (with a Maggie doll) and Marge go to the couch. Homer takes the remote from Lisa, but she slaps his hand and he gives it back.

Simpsons Bible Stories

Everyone slips on banana peels, but still end up on the couch.

Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo

Take My Wife, Sleaze

The couch is a paper shredder; everybody gets sucked into the couch and comes out in strips.

Beyond Blunderdome

Days of Wine and D'oh'ses

Everybody stops as the couch is occupied by the Simpsons from The Tracey Ullman Show. All ten of the Simpsons run off screaming.

Brother's Little Helper

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge

Everybody is white with numbers "paint by numbers" on their bodies. Korean artists enter and paint the colors on (The Simpsons is animated in Korea).

Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?

The family rushes in, and Marge notices the Matt Groening signature on the floor. She removes it, but Matt appears and rewrites it.

Treehouse of Horror X

Everybody (except Lisa) appears as a character from a previous Halloween Special: Homer is the jack-in-the-box, Marge is a witch, Bart is the fly, and Maggie is the baby alien. Lisa (with an axe in her head) criticizes the show they're watching, and Maggie disintegrates her.

E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

Bart to the Future

The living room looks like a nightclub. A bouncer lets everybody except Homer onto the couch. Simpsons Couch Gag

Simpsons Couch Gag

Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder

I'm Goin' to Praiseland

A cement truck pours cement versions of everybody onto the couch, and Homer breaks in two.

Eight Misbehavin'

The couch rotates 180 degrees through the wall, replaced by Vincent Price torturing Ned Flanders (who is strapped to the wall upside down).

Grift of the Magi

Everyone slides down a fire pole. Homer, however, gets stuck in the hole in the ceiling.

Little Big Mom

Children of a Lesser Clod

Everybody is a crash test dummy. The couch jerks forwards and crashes into the TV. Homer's head falls off.

Day of the Jackanapes

A psychiatrist is sitting next to the couch. Homer leaps onto it and says "Oh, Doctor, I'm crazy!"

Saddlesore Galactica

Hungry, Hungry Homer

Dressed in karate gear (with black belts), everybody chops up the couch. Homer then pulls the remote out of his pocket and turns on the TV, martial arts-style.

Alone Again, Natura-Diddly

Bye Bye Nerdie

Everyone drives a bumper car, and repeatedly bumps Homer against the back wall.

Missionary: Impossible

Simpsons Tall Tales

Living room is Evergreen Terrace subway station, the family sit on the couch, then board a train when it comes in.

Kill the Alligator and Run

Everybody walks barefoot over hot coals to the couch.

Last Tap Dance in Springfield

Everybody swings in on vines, however Homer swings out of the room and crashes off-screen.

Behind the Laughter

Everyone sits on the couch, then Bart puts a coin into the slot and the couch vibrates and moves out of view.

A Tale of Two Springfields

Bart puts a whoopee cushion under Homer's seat on the couch. As the family sit down, the whoopee cushion goes off and Bart laughs.

Insane Clown Poppy

The Blunder Years

The family run in towards a shot of the front of the TV. The picture freezes and spins 180 degrees Matrix-style, and the family sit down on the couch.

Lisa the Tree Hugger

Maggie is on the couch. The rest of the family meander in dressed as Teletubbies. Maggie claps as they sit down.

Homer vs. Dignity

Trilogy of Error

Everybody skateboards off a ramp onto the couch, except Homer, who lands on the floor.

The Computer Wore Menace Shoes

Santa's Little Helper dances on his hind legs in front of the couch a la Snoopy. When the family come in, he sleeks off sheepishly.

The Great Money Caper

The couch is in a fishbowl and everyone swims to the couch wearing scuba gear.

Skinner's Sense of Snow

Homer the Moe

A football bounces into the room, and the family then dive in and pile on it. Maggie emerges from the pile and spikes the ball.

Everybody lands on the couch from above via a Futurama-style tube. However, Fry is in place of Bart. He is sucked up and replaced by Bart.

Worst Episode Ever

In front of a "valet" sign, Pimple-faced Teen pushes the couch into place. He holds out his hand for a tip, but does not get it.

Tennis the Menace

Everybody ice skates to the couch, however Homer's end of the couch breaks off and he falls through the ice.

New Kids on the Blecch

Hunka Hunka Burns in Love

The couch is outside a prison wall; everybody tunnels to the couch as a siren sounds and a spotlight searches.

The Parent Rap

Everybody jumps off a sailboat, which turns out to be the sailboat painting above the couch.

She of Little Faith

The couch is a slot machine; the faces of The Simpsons appear on the reels, except Maggie who is shown as a 7.

Brawl in the Family

Weekend at Burnsie's

A gardener trims a hedge into the shape of everybody on the couch.

Sweets and Sour Marge

I Am Furious (Yellow)

A claw grabs Homer and lifts him off the couch, much like the machines in arcades where you win soft toys.

Jaws Wired Shut

The Frying Game

In black and white, Homer appears as Charlie Chaplin in silent film style.

Half Decent Proposal

The Sweetest Apu

Two repo men take the couch away.

The Lastest Gun in the West

Little Girl in the Big Ten

Pimple-faced Teen is making out with a girl on the couch.

The Old Man and the Key

Papa's Got a Brand New Badge

The Blue Man Group perform in front of the couch.

Tales from the Public Domain

A live action couch gag, in which pages of a notebook are flipped, animating the gag.

Blame It on Lisa

A Star Is Born-Again

The Simpsons are puppets controlled by Matt Groening - but they bump into each other and he gives up.

How I Spent My Strummer Vacation

'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky

Everybody water skis to the couch, however, Homer's legs are bitten off by sharks.

Bart Vs. Lisa Vs. The Third Grade

The Fat and the Furriest

A Star Is Torn

Homer walks through several security doors a la the "Get Smart!" opening, eventually landing on the couch with the family.

Large Marge

I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can

The couch is drawn on an "Etch-A-Sketch".

Helter Shelter

A mouse cursor drags Homer from one side of the couch to the other, changes the color of the wall, and replaces the boat painting with the Mona Lisa.

The Great Louse Detective

Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington

Homer uses the remote to switch everyone to the caveman era, then the Roman era, then back to the present.

Special Edna

Three Gays of the Condo

Frozen Simpsons are deep-fried, then dumped on the couch and salted.

The Dad Who Knew Too Little

Old Yeller-Belly

In black and white, everyone is wearing early-20th-century clothing and is watching the TV from a girder at a construction site.

Strong Arms Of The Ma

Brake My Wife, Please

In place of the couch there is a picture of the family on the couch, with holes where their heads should be. Everybody puts their heads through the holes in a different position.

Pray Anything

The Bart of War

A giant baby picks up the family as if they were dolls.

Barting Over

Moe Baby Blues

Everything is made of gingerbread; Homer takes a bite out of Bart.

Dude, Where's My Ranch?

The family are mime artists and sit in mid-air.

My Mother the Carjacker

Co-Dependent's Day

Everybody disintegrates and turns into dust.

The President Wore Pearls

The Wandering Juvie

A Polaroid photo develops into a picture of the family.

The Regina Monologues

My Big Fat Geek Wedding

There is a Playdough machine above the couch which squeezes out Playdough versions of the family.

Today, I Am a Clown

Simple Simpson

The Simpsons slide down poles with their names on and land on the couch in a "Bat Cave", each wearing a mask and cape like Batman.

'Tis the Fifteenth Season

Fraudcast News

Each of the Simpsons are a Japanese cartoon character, and make the way to the couch in their special way.

Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays

The Way We Weren't

After the family sit on the couch, daggers are thrown at them and land above their heads. Homer reaches for the remote and another dagger is thrown at him.

I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot

Catch 'Em if You Can

A cake is in place of the couch; The Simpsons are iced on top.

Diatribe of a Mad Housewife

A slice of pie is in place of the couch and the family pops up out of the slice; Homer takes a bite of the pie.

Margical History Tour

Bart-Mangled Banner

A tray is put in a microwave and the microwave turned on; the family rise up from the tray.

Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore

In place of the couch is a raised soil patch; a kid comes in, sprinkles seeds and waters the patch, and the family grow from it.

Smart and Smarter

A dry-cleaning rack moves through the living room, and stops when the Simpsons, in dry-cleaning bags, enter the room.

The Ziff Who Came to Dinner

On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister

After the family sit on the couch, the camera zooms out of the room, into a map of the city, then zooms out further and further into space (past Kang and Kodos), galaxies, the Universe, atoms which make up the Universe... and eventually emerging from Homer's head back in the living room. Homer says "Wow".
In the latter episode, Kang and Kodos laugh when they appear, and Homer says "Cool" instead of "Wow".

All's Fair in Oven War

The Heartbroke Kid

The couch is outside and on the end of a catapult; the Simpsons are catapulted over the horizon.

Sleeping With the Enemy

The family run into the living room, where the couch is missing; as they wonder where it went, it falls from above and crushes them.

She Used to Be My Girl

Thank God It's Doomsday

The whole family look like Moe.

Fat Man and Little Boy

Home Away From Homer

The couch looks to be attached to a wire: it is, however, a scary-looking fish's tentacle. The fish swallows the family.

Midnight Rx

The family sit...and nothing happens. Lisa says: "What? Can't we sit on the couch without something happening?" Just then, Homer is hit by a spear and says "D'oh!"

Mommie Beerest

The living room and everything in it is made of sand; the Simpsons, looking bedraggled, crawl into the room and sit on the couch, and the whole room collapses, showing they're in the middle of the desert. Simpsons Couch Gag

Simpsons Couch Gag

Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass

The family stand on each other's shoulders, forming a totem pole-like structure.

Pranksta Rap

The living room floor is checkered; The Simpsons are chess pieces - Homer is a King, Marge is a Queen, Bart is a Rook, Lisa is a Knight and Maggie is a Pawn - and they make their way to the couch using proper chess moves.

There's Something About Marrying

The couch is on an ice-hockey rink; the family have cuts and bruises all over them and skate round the couch.

Goo Goo Gai Pan

Girls Just Want to Have Sums

Many pairs of eyes enter in the dark. The light comes on to reveal it's the townspeople, holding a banner saying "SURPRISE!". The family enter and the everyone shouts "Surprise!" upon which Homer has a heart attack and collapses.

Mobile Homer

Homer removes a mask revealing it is actually Sideshow Bob; Bob chases Bart out of the living room.

The Seven-Beer Snitch

A spike comes through the wall and into the couch, and the floor opens up to reveal a pit of flames underneath. The couch and family are rotated like a spit.

Future-Drama

Regarding Margie

Five Transformer toy vehicles enter, and the family "transform" from them.

Don't Fear The Roofer

The Wettest Stories Ever Told

A jigsaw puzzle of the couch scene is nearly completed. A hand (which is not yellow but normal skin colour) puts in the final pieces, accidentally putting Homer and Maggie's heads round the wrong way. It is corrected and someone (it sounds like Matt Groening) says "Woohoo!"
In the latter episode, Homer's voice is used - he says "D'oh!" after completing the jigsaw incorrectly, and laughs when he corrects it.

The Heartbroke Kid

The rest of the family sit on the couch and wait for Bart. He is overweight and eventually enters but suffers a heart attack.
This couch gag was during the episode, as part of a parody of the show's opening credits.

The Father, The Son and the Holy Guest Star

The family are balloons and float onto the couch. The Homer balloon ends upside down; Snowball II swipes at it and it deflates and flies out of the room.

Bonfire of the Manatees

Everyone must walk through a metal detector before sitting on the couch. Bart, Maggie, Lisa and Marge get through alright, but it buzzes when Homer walks through. He takes off his belt and shoes but it still buzzes; the same happens when he is just in his underwear. The security guard takes him aside and uses a hand-scanner on him, which keeps beeping.

The Girl Who Slept Too Little

My Fair Laddy

The living room is made of Plasticine; several balls of Plasticine roll around the room, ending up on the couch. They unfurl into the shapes of the family, but there is a blue character on the right of the sofa; he waves at them.

Milhouse of Sand and Fog

Million Dollar Abie

After everyone sits, a Tivo-style menu appears on screen, with the options "Don't delete" and "Delete this recording now". The latter is chosen.

Marge's Son Poisoning

Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play

One of the longest couch gags to date! The Simpsons' couch turns into a monster and the family run out of the house. The couch monster follows them, crashing through the wall. Out on the street, everyone else's couches have turned against them. Mrs. Glick's has half-swallowed Hans Moleman and Grampa is being chased by a wooden rocking chair. Next, the twins Sherri and Terri are sat on a large pick bean bag; it engulfs them. Lou and Eddie are being rocked to and fro inside their patrol car. Professor Frink is being chased by a flying, laser-shooting couch. Moe takes a swig of booze, then pulls out a shotgun and shoots his seating and bar stools from the tavern. Homer arrives at a store called "Couch World". He sits on a sofa, believing he has outrun the couch monsters, but it turns out he is surrounded by them; they pile on top of him.

See Homer Run

The camera pans out to show that the Simpsons are in a domed cage and on display in an intergalactic zoo; Aliens, who look similar to Kang and Kodos, gather round to look.

The Last of the Red Hat Mamas

A bird's nest is in place of the couch. A pigeon lands in the next with the family and feeds a worm to Homer.

The Italian Bob

Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore

Playing cards are thrown onto the couch: Bart is a Jack; Marge a Queen; Homer a King; Lisa an Ace; and Maggie a Joker.

Simpsons Christmas Stories

Instead of a couch gag, a newspaper spins into view, with the headline: "COUCH GAG THRILLS NATION" and a photo of the family on the couch.

Homer's Paternity Coot

The Monkey Suit

A photographer comes in to take a photo, then we see a series of "Family Portraits":

Normal
Normal, though Homer looks tired.
Homer is missing and the rest of the family is wearing their funeral clothes
Lenny has replaced Homer
Carl replaces Marge
Marge returns with Jimbo by her side
A robotic version of Homer takes his place
The whole Simpson family are robots

We're on the Road to D'ohwhere

A parody of the opening of Bonanza. A map of Springfield is on-screen; a hole is burnt through it and the family ride from the distance on horseback.

The Seemingly Never-Ending Story

The couch is on a conveyor belt, and the family minus Homer are sat on it. It pauses while Homer is lowered from above by a robotic claw, then it continues to the right and out of the room.

Bart Has Two Mommies

The couch is protected by a bunch of laser beams. Everyone successfully steps over and under them to sit on the couch, however, when they sit the lasers disappear and Homer's head falls off.

Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife

As part of a complete opening sequence in live action, real-life versions of the family sit on the couch.

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