The Simpsons (season 7)
Episodes
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The Simpsons (season 7)

Section Title: Episodes
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)

129	1	"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"	Wes Archer	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	September 17, 1995	2F20	16.0

In the previous episode, Mr. Burns was shot by an unknown gunman.

130	2	"Radioactive Man"	Susie Dietter	John Swartzwelder	September 24, 1995	2F17	15.7

It is decided that filming for the new Radioactive Man film will take place in Springfield and the producers decide to cast a local child in the role of Fallout Boy.

131	3	"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"	Susie Dietter	Jon Vitti	October 1, 1995	3F01	14.5

Several misunderstandings at home and school cause the child welfare dept. to accuse Homer and Marge of being negligent parents.

132	4	"Bart Sells His Soul"	Wesley Archer	Greg Daniels	October 8, 1995	3F02	14.8

While forced to clean the organ pipes after playing a prank against the church, Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for five dollars, to prove his point that a soul does not exist.

133	5	"Lisa the Vegetarian"	Mark Kirkland	David S. Cohen	October 15, 1995	3F03	14.6

After a visit with a lamb at a petting zoo, Lisa decides to become a full vegetarian. She tries to draw others towards it, but her efforts are wasted.

134	6	"Treehouse of Horror VI"	Bob Anderson	John Swartzwelder, Steve Tompkins & David S. Cohen	October 29, 1995	3F04	19.7

A Halloween special which is divided into three short stories: Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores–An ionic storm brings Springfield's oversized advertisements and billboards to life and they begin attacking the town.

135	7	"King-Size Homer"	Jim Reardon	Dan Greaney	November 5, 1995	3F05	17.0

Unhappy with the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's new exercise program, Homer decides to get on workman's comp by purposely gaining 61 pounds.

136	8	"Mother Simpson"	David Silverman	Richard Appel	November 19, 1995	3F06	15.3

On a Saturday morning Homer fakes his death in order to get out of working at Mr. Burns garbage collecting event and is later forced to go to the records office to verify that he is alive.

137	9	"Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"	Dominic Polcino	Spike Feresten	November 26, 1995	3F08	14.2

Sideshow Bob escapes from his prison guards and steals an atomic bomb at an airshow and threatens to detonate it unless Springfield gets rid of television.

138	10	"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"	David Silverman	Jon Vitti	December 3, 1995	3F31	16.4

Troy McClure hosts a special episode of The Simpsons that gives viewers a behind the scenes look at the show. It features clips of the series' beginnings as filler on The Tracey Ullman Show, fan mail readings, a look at the "real" Matt Groening, Simpsons trivia questions and unaired scenes from popular episodes, including the alternate ending to the "Who Shot Mr.

139	11	"Marge Be Not Proud"	Steven Dean Moore	Mike Scully	December 17, 1995	3F07	16.7

Bart attempts to shoplift a popular video game at the local Try-N-Save but is caught by the security guard. The guard tells Bart to never set foot in the store again and leaves a message on the Simpson family's answering machine.

140	12	"Team Homer"	Mark Kirkland	Mike Scully	January 7, 1996	3F10	16.7

Homer assembles a bowling team consisting of Apu, Moe and Otto so he can play on league nights. He gets the team funding from Mr.

141	13	"Two Bad Neighbors"	Wes Archer	Ken Keeler	January 14, 1996	3F09	16.5

Former president George Bush moves to Springfield and Bart starts to annoy him. One day Bush loses control and spanks Bart after Bart accidentally destroys Bush's newly-typed memoirs.

142	14	"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"	Susie Dietter	Jennifer Crittenden	February 4, 1996	3F11	14.4

Marge finds a fancy Chanel suit at a discount outlet store, and is invited to start spending time at the local country club.

143	15	"Bart the Fink"	Jim Reardon	Story by : Bob Kushell Teleplay by : John Swartzwelder	February 11, 1996	3F12	15.0

Bart unintentionally gets Krusty the Clown audited by the IRS after his attempt to obtain his signature by having him sign a check exposed Krusty's illegal tax shelter.

144	16	"Lisa the Iconoclast"	Mike B. Anderson	Jonathan Collier	February 18, 1996	3F13	13.4

While doing research for an essay, Lisa finds a confession written by town founder Jebediah Springfield revealing that he was a murderous pirate named Hans Sprungfeld who tried to attack George Washington and never cared about the people of Springfield.

145	17	"Homer the Smithers"	Steven Dean Moore	John Swartzwelder	February 25, 1996	3F14	14.1

At the advice of Mr. Burns, Smithers takes a vacation and hires Homer to be his replacement, thinking that Homer could never outshine him.

146	18	"The Day the Violence Died"	Wesley Archer	John Swartzwelder	March 17, 1996	3F16	14.4

During a parade celebrating the 75th anniversary of Itchy & Scratchy, Bart meets Chester J. Lampwick, a homeless man who claims that he was the real creator of Itchy and not Roger Meyers as was previously believed.

147	19	"A Fish Called Selma"	Mark Kirkland	Jack Barth	March 24, 1996	3F15	12.9

Troy McClure tries to save his dying career and debunk the rumors of his bizarre sexual life, by marrying Marge's sister, Selma.

148	20	"Bart on the Road"	Swinton O. Scott III	Richard Appel	March 31, 1996	3F17	11.8

While stuck at the DMV with Patty and Selma on "Go To Work With Your Parents Day," 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.

149	21	"22 Short Films About Springfield"	Jim Reardon	Richard Appel, David S. Cohen, Jonathan Collier, Jennifer Crittenden, Greg Daniels, Brent Forrester, Rachel Pulido, Steve Tompkins, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein and Matt Groening	April 14, 1996	3F18	10.5

Bart and Milhouse wonder if anything interesting happens to the citizens of Springfield, which leads to a chain of vignettes about the lives of Springfielders including Apu, Mr.

150	22	"Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish""	Jeffrey Lynch	Jonathan Collier	April 28, 1996	3F19	13.0

The relationship between Grampa and Bart deteriorates and around the same time, one of Grampa's fellow-veterans of World War II dies, leaving Mr.

151	23	"Much Apu About Nothing"	Susie Dietter	David S. Cohen	May 5, 1996	3F20	11.3

After a bear wanders into Evergreen Terrace, Mayor Quimby is forced to raise taxes so they can pay for a new bear patrol.

152	24	"Homerpalooza"	Wesley Archer	Brent Forrester	May 19, 1996	3F21	12.9

In an attempt to show his kids how hip he is, Homer takes Bart and Lisa to the Hullabalooza music festival where Homer is hired as a sideshow freak who can withstand the force of cannonball blasts.

153	25	"Summer of 4 Ft. 2"	Mark Kirkland	Dan Greaney	May 19, 1996	3F22	14.7

At the start of summer, Ned Flanders asks Homer to take care of his beach house in Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport. The family decide to go there and Lisa, realizing that she is not as cool as she thinks, uses the new locale as a chance to rid herself of her nerd image and becomes a surfer girl.

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