List of The Simpsons couch gags
Season 8 (1996–1997)

List of The Simpsons couch gags

Section Title: Season 8 (1996–1997)
Table Section Text: None

No.	Episode	Gag synopsis	Original air date	Prod. code

154	"Treehouse of Horror VII"	The Grim Reaper is on the couch. The family runs in, but keel over and die one by one.	October 27, 1996	4F02

155	"You Only Move Twice"	Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie deploy parachutes as they fall from the sky onto the couch. Homer comes down screaming and falls through the floor face-first from an unopened parachute pack.	November 3, 1996	3F23

156	"The Homer They Fall"	The couch sits in the middle of a desert; the family, in western cowboy garb, sits on the couch, which gallops off into the sunset.	November 10, 1996	4F03

157	"Burns, Baby Burns"	Clear blue bubble versions of the family members float into the room, land on the couch, and pop.	November 17, 1996	4F05

158	"Bart After Dark"	The whole scene is a Simpsons rendition of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album, featuring a large crowd of regulars, several objects associated with the show, and wax statues of the Simpsons as they were on The Tracey Ullman Show.	November 24, 1996	4F06

159	"A Milhouse Divided"	The family sits down, but now Bart is green. Homer fiddles with the TV antenna and Bart changes to red.	December 1, 1996	4F04

160	"Lisa's Date with Density"	Everybody and everything is upside-down. The Simpsons (also upside-down) come in and sit on the couch, but end up falling on the ceiling/floor.	December 15, 1996	4F01

161	"Hurricane Neddy"	The couch is replaced with a coin slot and the words “Vend-A-Couch” written on the wall. Homer puts a coin in; nothing happens.	December 29, 1996	4F07

162	"El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"	repeat of 3F23's gag	January 5, 1997	3F24

163	"The Springfield Files"	The family flies into the room wearing jet packs. Maggie spirals in last with the rest of the family staring at her, landing in Marge's lap.	January 12, 1997	3G01

164	"The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"	The couch is now a giant Whac-A-Mole game, with the Simpson family as the moles. The clown hallucination music from the season six episode “Homie the Clown” plays as an unseen player tries to hit one of the Simpson moles — and successfully gets Homer.	January 19, 1997	4F08

165	"Mountain of Madness"	The couch is folded out into a bed with Grampa sleeping on it. The Simpsons fold the couch in (with Grampa shouting "Huh?" before he has folded in) and sit.	February 2, 1997	4F10

166	"Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious"	The living room is empty. Cut to outside where Homer is struggling with a locked front door while the other members of the family wait impatiently.	February 7, 1997	3G03

167	"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"	repeat of 4F06's gag (in syndication, this is replaced with the "Simpsons Meet The Flintstones" couch gag from 8F24, but the audio from 4F06's gag can still be heard)	February 9, 1997	4F12

168	"Homer's Phobia"	The living room is in an “America Onlink” window on a computer screen. An unseen computer user tries to download the family, but the download shows no signs of progress after a few seconds and the user tries to exit the window (which also does not work).	February 16, 1997	4F11

169	"Brother from Another Series"	repeat of 4F01's gag	February 23, 1997	4F14

170	"My Sister, My Sitter"	The couch is on the deck of a ship at sea in rough waters, sliding back and forth with the tilt of the ship.	March 2, 1997	4F13

171	"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"	repeat of 4F03's gag	March 16, 1997	4F15

172	"Grade School Confidential"	repeat of 4F05's gag	April 6, 1997	4F09

173	"The Canine Mutiny"	repeat of 4F10's gag	April 13, 1997	4F16

174	"The Old Man and the Lisa"	repeat of 4F08's gag (only now, the sounds of the mallet hitting the family members is more aggressive)	April 20, 1997	4F17

175	"In Marge We Trust"	repeat of 4F07's gag	April 27, 1997	4F18

176	"Homer's Enemy"	repeat of 4F04's gag (in some syndicated versions, the parachute couch gag from 3F23 and 3F24 is used)	May 4, 1997	4F19

177	"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"	none (special opening hosted by Troy McClure)	May 11, 1997	4F20

178	"The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"	repeat of 4F01's gag	May 18, 1997	4F21

Sentence(s)

The couch gag shows The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper in the episode "Bart After Dark".

final_sentence: The couch gag shows The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper in the episode "Bart After Dark".