The Simpsons

Episodes

Season 3 · 24 episodes

• E1 Stark Raving Dad
  Sep 19, 1991 23 min

  Mistakenly committed to a mental hospital, Homer meets a tall, stocky white man who claims to be Michael Jackson.

• E2 Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
  Sep 26, 1991 23 min

  Lisa’s patriotic essay wins the family a trip to Washington, D.C., but the corruption she sees there inspires her to write a new and very different essay.

• E3 When Flanders Failed
  Oct 3, 1991 23 min

  When Ned Flanders opens a store for left-handed people, Homer wants him to fail...

• E4 Bart the Murderer
  Oct 10, 1991 23 min

  Bart becomes an errand boy for the Springfield Mafia. When Principal Skinner disappears, Fat Tony points the finger at Bart.

• E5 Homer Defined
  Oct 17, 1991 23 min

  Homer averts a meltdown through sheer dumb luck. When he’s invited to the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant to give a pep talk, he faces another potential meltdown and again “pulls a Homer.”

• E6 Like Father, Like Clown
  Oct 24, 1991 23 min

  Bart and Lisa work to reunite Krusty the Clown with his estranged father, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi who had never accepted Krusty’s career choice.

• E7 Treehouse of Horror II
  Oct 31, 1991 23 min

  The family buys a cursed monkey paw in Morocco, and their three wishes turn out badly. In a Twilight Zone parody, Bart is the fearsome “monster” who can read the townspeople’s thoughts. And Mr. Burns steals Homer’s brain for a giant robot he’s building.

• E8 Lisa's Pony
  Nov 7, 1991 23 min

  Overcompensating for his neglect, Homer buys Lisa a pony. The high cost of maintaining the animal forces him to work the graveyard shift at the Kwik-E-Mart.

• E9 Saturdays of Thunder
  Nov 14, 1991 23 min

  Homer tries to bond with Bart by building a soapbox racer. On race day, Bart must decide between driving Martin’s aerodynamic racer and disappointing Homer, or driving his own racer and losing to Nelson.

• E10 Flaming Moe's
  Nov 21, 1991 23 min

  Moe steals the drink recipe Homer invented, and the rechristened “Flaming Moe” turns his tavern into a hotspot. When a national franchise wants to buy the recipe, Homer wants revenge.

• E11 Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
  Dec 5, 1991 23 min

  Mr. Burns sells the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to wealthy German investors who are shocked at the conditions.

• E12 I Married Marge
  Dec 26, 1991 23 min

  Homer and Marge recount their early years, when the couple faced a shotgun wedding and Homer’s poor career prospects.

• E13 Radio Bart
  Jan 9, 1992 23 min

  Bart plays practical jokes with a radio microphone, and his hoax tests the limits of the town’s kindness.

• E14 Lisa the Greek
  Jan 23, 1992 23 min

  Sundays become “Daddy-Daughter Days” when Homer discovers Lisa’s uncanny ability to pick winning football teams.

• E15 Homer Alone
  Feb 6, 1992 23 min

  Marge has a nervous breakdown and goes on a vacation alone, leaving Bart and Lisa with Patty and Selma, and Maggie with Homer.

• E16 Bart the Lover
  Feb 13, 1992 23 min

  Bart discovers his teacher’s personal ad and invents a fictional suitor to string her along. When Mrs. Krabappel falls madly in love with “Woodrow,” Bart’s conscience starts to bother him.

• E17 Homer at the Bat
  Feb 20, 1992 24 min

  Homer and his co-workers qualify for the plant softball team's league final, but Mr. Burns hires nine professional MLB players in order to win a $1 million bet.

• E18 Separate Vocations
  Feb 27, 1992 23 min

  When a career aptitude test pegs Lisa as a homemaker and Bart as a police officer, the results cause them to make 180-degree turns in their behavior.

• E19 Dog of Death
  Mar 12, 1992 23 min

  After the Simpsons regret paying for an expensive surgery for Santa's Little Helper, he runs away from home and is trained by Mr. Burns to become an attack dog.

• E20 Colonel Homer
  Mar 26, 1992 23 min

  Homer becomes the manager of a beautiful country music singer, whose attentions drive a wedge between Marge and Homer.

• E21 Black Widower
  Apr 9, 1992 23 min

  When Selma agrees to marry her prison pen pal, Sideshow Bob, only Bart remains suspicious of his motives.

• E22 The Otto Show
  Apr 23, 1992 23 min

  Otto loses his job driving the school bus and the Simpsons take him in. When he must get a driver’s license, he finds common ground with Patty and Selma.

• E23 Bart's Friend Falls in Love
  May 7, 1992 23 min

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse when Bart’s best friend falls in love with the new girl at school. Jealous, Bart snitches to Milhouse’s father and the lovebirds are separated.

• E24 Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
  Aug 27, 1992 23 min

  After Homer "wins" a $2000 settlement with the plant for radiation affecting his sperm count, his brother Herb returns to Springfield with an idea that could help him get his fortune back.