The Simpsons: Season 11
Season 11 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Simpsons Season 10.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 11 Progress Shield
Beyond Blunderdome
Sep 26, 1999 · 23 min
Homer befriends Mel Gibson just as Mel is completing a remake of Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. Homer convinces Mel to make the film more violent, with disastrous results.
Brother's Little Helper
Oct 3, 1999 · 23 min
When Bart commits an extremely destructive prank, he is given Focusyn, a pill to help him concentrate in school. At first the results are impressive, and then Bart starts believing
Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?
Oct 24, 1999 · 23 min
With Lisa's help, Homer uses his vast knowledge of food to become the town's leading restaurant critic. But when he gets petty and vindictive in his criticisms, all the other chefs
Treehouse of Horror X
Oct 31, 1999 · 23 min
In "I Know What You Diddily-Iddly-Did" the Simpsons fear they have killed Ned Flanders. "Desperately Xeeking Xena" satirizes superheroes of yore with "Stretch Dude" Bart and "Clobb
E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
Nov 7, 1999 · 23 min
Fleeing from a duel, Homer takes his family to live on a farm. There he discovers that by mixing tomatoes, tobacco and radioactivity from the nuclear plant, he can create a dangero
Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
Nov 14, 1999 · 23 min
Homer bowls a perfect 300 game, then concludes that the greatest accomplishment of his life is behind him. He reconnects with the world by bonding with baby Maggie.
Eight Misbehavin'
Nov 21, 1999 · 23 min
Due to overuse of fertility medication, Apu and wife Manjula give birth to octuplets. Desperate for money, Apu loans the babies to an unscrupulous carny promoter, then needs Homer'
Take My Wife, Sleaze
Nov 28, 1999 · 23 min
After winning a motorcycle at a dance contest, Homer becomes part of a motorcycle gang. But when he puts Marge's photo in a biker magazine, a much tougher gang takes her, and he mu
Grift of the Magi
Dec 19, 1999 · 23 min
In this Christmas-themed episode, the students of Springfield Elementary are unwittingly used as a focus group to test new toys. The product of their labors, a cuddly doll named Fu
Little Big Mom
Jan 9, 2000 · 23 min
When Marge leaves the house to recuperate from a skating injury, everything goes to hell - until Lisa convinces Homer and Bart they have leprosy.
Faith Off
Jan 16, 2000 · 23 min
Homer gets a bucket stuck on his head, and when it is removed the town is convinced that Bart has the powers of a faith healer. Then mobster Fat Tony tries to turn the boy's spirit
The Mansion Family
Jan 23, 2000 · 23 min
Worried about his health, Mr. Burns visits the Mayo Clinic. He lets Homer housesit his mansion, which leads of course to an offshore knife fight and an attack by Chinese pirates.
Saddlesore Galactica
Feb 6, 2000 · 23 min
Homer and Bart befriend a diving horse at a county fair. They turn it into a racehorse with an attitude, whose success runs them afoul of mysterious, tree-dwelling jockeys.
Alone Again, Natura-Diddily
Feb 13, 2000 · 23 min
Ned's wife Maude is inadvertently killed by a T-shirt accident at an auto race. Homer and his family try to help Ned cope.
Missionary: Impossible
Feb 20, 2000 · 23 min
When Homer fails to give money he promised over the phone, he is forced by PBS stars to flee the country. He becomes a missionary on a small tropical island, where he introduces th
Pygmoelian
Feb 27, 2000 · 23 min
Plastic surgery gives Moe the bartender a handsome new face and a whole new life as a soap opera star.
Bart to the Future
Mar 19, 2000 · 22 min
We see a possible future in which Bart is a grown-up slacker, living with Ralph Wiggum, while Lisa is no less than President of the United States.
Days of Wine and D'oh'ses
Apr 9, 2000 · 23 min
After being embarrassed by a drunken video of himself, Barney vows to sober up. Newly clean, he gets work as a helicopter pilot.
Kill the Alligator and Run
Apr 30, 2000 · 23 min
After a terrible bout with insomnia, Homer takes the family to Florida during spring break. There, they kill a beloved alligator and are sentenced to a chain gang.
Last Tap Dance in Springfield
May 7, 2000 · 23 min
Lisa enters a tap dancing academy, where the teacher is a child star who never quite grew up. Meanwhile, Homer gets laser eye surgery.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
May 14, 2000 · 23 min
Otto's girlfriend seems to be usurping Marge's role when she moves in with the family after a dispute over heavy metal.
Behind the Laughter
May 21, 2000 · 23 min
A "Behind the Music"-style look at the Simpsons, narrated by VH1's Jim Forbes, shows their rise to stardom--and the "private hell" that followed.