List of couch gags/Seasons 1-5

Seasons:   1-5 • 6-10 • 11-15 • 16-20 • 21-25 • 26-30
The following is a list of couch gags seen in the opening sequence of The Simpsons for Seasons 1 through 5.
== Season 1 ==
# 	Airdate 	Screenshot	Gag Name 	Episode 	Code
1 	December 17, 1989	 	no gag 	"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"	7G08
2 	January 14, 1990 	 	The family sits on the couch. Bart gets squashed into the air. He comes back down about six seconds later, during the TV scene.	"Bart the Genius" 	7G02
3 	January 21, 1990 	 	The family sits; the couch falls apart leaving the family sitting on cushions on the ground. The lamp slides away as well. 	"Homer's Odyssey" 	7G03
4 	January 28, 1990 	 	The family sits on the couch. Homer gets "squashed" off, landing with a soft "D'oh!" on the ground. 	"There's No Disgrace Like Home" 	7G04
5 	February 4, 1990 	 	No gag (shortened opening) 	"Bart the General" 	7G05
6 	February 11, 1990	 	The family sits. Maggie gets squashed into the air, falls, and gets caught by Marge. 	"Moaning Lisa" 	7G06
7 	February 18, 1990	 	
The family sits as normal.
NOTE:This was originally the first couch gag. 	"The Call of the Simpsons" 	7G09
8 	February 25, 1990	 	repeat of 7G02 	"The Telltale Head" 	7G07
9 	March 18, 1990 	 	no gag (shortened opening) 	"Life on the Fast Lane" 	7G11
10	March 25, 1990 	 	repeat of 7G03 	"Homer's Night Out" 	7G10
11	April 15, 1990 	 	repeat of 7G04 	"The Crepes of Wrath" 	7G13
12	April 29, 1990 	 	repeat of 7G06 	"Krusty Gets Busted" 	7G12
13	May 13, 1990 	 	repeat of 7G09 	"Some Enchanted Evening" 	7G01
== Season 2 ==
# 	Airdate 	Screenshot	Gag Name 	Episode 	Code
14	October 11, 1990 	 	The family sits on the couch which falls through the floor. Homer shouts "D'oh!"
NOTE: During the repeats, Homer doesn't shout "D'oh!".	"Bart Gets an "F"" 	7F03
15	October 18, 1990 	 	The Simpsons do an Egyptian dance before jumping on the couch in a 'Ta-da' pose. 	"Simpson and Delilah" 	7F02
16	October 25, 1990 	 	no gag (shortened Halloween intro) 	"Treehouse of Horror" 	7F04
17	November 1, 1990 	 	The Simpsons sit, only to get flung into the air by the couch which opened into a bed. They then land on it. 	"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"	7F01
18	November 8, 1990 	 	Everyone except Maggie sit on the couch. Maggie then peeks out of Marge's hair, sucking on her pacifier happily.	"Dancin' Homer" 	7F05
19	November 15, 1990	 	The Simpsons followed by Snowball ll and Santa's Little Helper sit on the couch. 	"Dead Putting Society" 	7F08
20	November 22, 1990	 	Grampa is asleep on the couch and gets startled awake when the family comes in. 	"Bart vs. Thanksgiving" 	7F07
21	December 6, 1990 	 	Homer tips the couch over on its side and Maggie sits on a fallen couch cushion. 	"Bart the Daredevil" 	7F06
22	December 20, 1990	 	The family comes in and finds the couch missing. 	"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" 	7F09
23	January 10, 1991 	 	Homer squeezes everyone off the couch one by one until he has the couch all to himself. 	"Bart Gets Hit by a Car" 	7F10
24	January 24, 1991 	 	The couch falls over backwards; Maggie peeks from behind. 	"One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" 	7F11
25	January 31, 1991 	 	repeat of 7F03's gag 	"The Way We Was" 	7F12
26	February 7, 1991 	 	repeat of 7F02's gag 	"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" 	7F13
27	February 14, 1991	 	repeat of 7F01's gag 	"Principal Charming" 	7F15
28	February 21, 1991	 	repeat of 7F05's gag 	"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" 	7F16
29	March 7, 1991 	 	repeat of 7F08's gag 	"Bart's Dog Gets an F" 	7F14
30	March 28, 1991 	 	repeat of 7F07's gag 	"Old Money" 	7F17
31	April 11, 1991 	 	repeat of 7F06's gag 	"Brush with Greatness" 	7F18
32	April 25, 1991 	 	repeat of 7F09's gag 	"Lisa's Substitute" 	7F19
33	May 2, 1991 	 	repeat of 7F10's gag 	"The War of the Simpsons" 	7F20
34	May 9, 1991 	 	repeat of 7F11's gag 	"Three Men and a Comic Book" 	7F21
35	July 11, 1991 	 	repeat of 7F03's gag 	"Blood Feud" 	7F22
== Season 3 ==
# 	Airdate 	Screenshot	Gag Name 	Episode 	Code
36	September 19, 1991	 	The family sits; the couch tips over backwards and crashes into the back wall. 	"Stark Raving Dad" 	7F24
37	September 26, 1991	 	The family sits on the couch but Homer sits on Santa's Little Helper, whom Homer pulls out from under him. 	"Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" 	8F01
38	October 3, 1991 	 	repeat of 7F02's gag 	"When Flanders Failed" 	7F23
39	October 10, 1991 	 	The family forms a human pyramid on the couch with Maggie on top. 	"Bart the Murderer" 	8F03
40	October 17, 1991 	 	A space alien is on the couch with a drink in hand. Before the family can come in, it escapes through a trap door in the floor. The family comes in and sits as normal.	"Homer Defined" 	8F04
41	October 24, 1991 	 	Everyone (except for Bart) sits on the couch. Bart comes in moments later and lies stretched out on everyone’s laps. 	"Like Father, Like Clown" 	8F05
42	October 31, 1991 	 	no gag (shortened Halloween intro) 	"Treehouse of Horror II" 	8F02
43	November 7, 1991 	 	Homer lies down on the couch and ends up getting sat on by the rest of the family. 	"Lisa's Pony" 	8F06
44	November 14, 1991 	 	Everyone sits on the couch, and falls in with their legs behind their heads. 	"Saturdays of Thunder" 	8F07
45	November 21, 1991 	 	Two burglars are in the process of carrying off the couch. The Simpsons come in and sit, but the burglars throw them off and leave with the couch. 	"Flaming Moe's" 	8F08
46	December 5, 1991 	 	Santa’s Little Helper is asleep on the couch. When the family comes in, he growls ferociously, and the family backs away slowly. 	"Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" 	8F09
47	December 26, 1991 	 	The family (except Maggie, who hops after failing to do a proper cartwheel) cartwheels to the couch and lands with a “ta-da” pose. 	"I Married Marge" 	8F10
48	January 9, 1992 	 	The family sits on the couch and end up bouncing over and under each other until they're in completely different places on the couch. 	"Radio Bart" 	8F11
49	January 23, 1992 	 	repeat of 8F01's gag 	"Lisa the Greek" 	8F12
50	February 6, 1992 	 	repeat of 8F03's gag 	"Homer Alone" 	8F14
51	February 13, 1992 	 	repeat of 8F04's gag 	"Bart the Lover" 	8F16
52	February 20, 1992 	 	The family runs to the couch, but knocks themselves unconscious in the process. Maggie (the only one who isn’t knocked out) ends up on the couch. 	"Homer at the Bat" 	8F13
53	February 27, 1992 	 	repeat of 8F05's gag 	"Separate Vocations" 	8F15
54	March 12, 1992 	 	repeat of 8F06's gag 	"Dog of Death" 	8F17
55	March 26, 1992 	 	repeat of 8F07's gag 	"Colonel Homer" 	8F19
56	April 9, 1992 	 	repeat of 8F08's gag 	"Black Widower" 	8F20
57	April 23, 1992 	 	repeat of 8F09's gag 	"The Otto Show" 	8F21
58	May 7, 1992 	 	repeat of 7F24's gag 	"Bart's Friend Falls in Love" 	8F22
59	August 27, 1992 	 	repeat of 8F10's gag 	"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"	8F23
== Season 4 ==
# 	Airdate 	Screenshot	Gag Name 	Episode 	Code
60	September 24, 1992	 	The Flintstones (Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles) are on the couch. When the Simpsons come in, Fred smiles at Homer and invites him to sit. 	"Kamp Krusty" 	8F24
61	October 1, 1992 	200px 	The family sits on the couch. The couch transforms into a monster and swallows the family. 	"A Streetcar Named Marge" 	8F18
62	October 8, 1992 	 	The Simpsons sit on the couch. The wall rotates around, leaving an empty couch from the other side. 	"Homer the Heretic" 	9F01
63	October 15, 1992 	 	Maggie is already on the couch. Homer, Marge, and Bart run off the edge of the film onto an empty white space and quickly run back. Lisa jumps in at the last minute. 	"Lisa the Beauty Queen" 	9F02
64	October 29, 1992 	 	The Simpsons are now skeletons who rush to the couch and sit as normal. This is based on the promotional poster from "Treehouse of Horror II". (Halloween episode) 	"Treehouse of Horror III" 	9F04
65	November 3, 1992 	 	The Simpsons sit on the couch. The couch deflates like a balloon. 	"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" 	9F03
66	November 5, 1992 	 	The family’s heads are mismatched. Everyone undoes the mistake by taking back their proper heads and Maggie takes her pacifier out of Homer’s mouth. 	"Marge Gets a Job" 	9F05
67	November 12, 1992 	 	repeat of 7F03's gag 	"New Kid on the Block" 	9F06
68	November 19, 1992 	 	The couch is replaced by a small wooden chair; the family sits on it. 	"Mr. Plow" 	9F07
69	December 3, 1992 	 	As the standard theme music stops, the family forms a chorus line, joined by a line of Rockette-like women, all high-kicking to a Vegas-like rendition of the main theme melody. The living room walls are lifted to make way for a large production number, featuring hand-standing elephants, magicians, Santa's Little Helper leaping through a ring of fire, and more all set to circus style music. The standard theme music then returns, concluding normally. (This is the first extra-long couch gag, as well as the first to cut into the standard theme with alternate music. This couch gag is also used for edited versions of other episodes from all seasons.)	"Lisa's First Word" 	9F08
70	December 17, 1992 	 	The family are shrunk and climb the “giant” couch. 	"Homer's Triple Bypass" 	9F09
71	January 14, 1993 	 	The Simpsons sit down, followed by three rows of secondary characters (such as Kent Brockman, Apu, Krusty, Principal Skinner, Marge's mother Jackie, Mr. Burns, Smithers, a black-haired Princess Kashmir in her belly dancer costume, Nelson, Milhouse, Martin, and Mrs. Krabappel) from the show who obstruct the family's view. 	"Marge vs. the Monorail" 	9F10
72	January 21, 1993 	 	The family is caught in a rope trap set up on the floor. 	"Selma's Choice" 	9F11
73	February 4, 1993 	 	repeat of 9F01's gag 	"Brother from the Same Planet" 	9F12
74	February 11, 1993 	 	repeat of 9F08's gag 	"I Love Lisa" 	9F13
75	February 18, 1993 	 	repeat of 9F02's gag 	"Duffless" 	9F14
76	March 11, 1993 	 	repeat of 8F18's gag 	"Last Exit to Springfield" 	9F15
77	April 1, 1993 	 	repeat of 9F05's gag 	"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"	9F17
78	April 15, 1993 	 	repeat of 9F08's gag 	"The Front" 	9F16
79	April 29, 1993 	 	repeat of 9F07's gag 	"Whacking Day" 	9F18
80	May 6, 1993 	 	repeat of 9F09's gag 	"Marge in Chains" 	9F20
81	May 13, 1993 	 	repeat of 9F11's gag 	"Krusty Gets Kancelled" 	9F19
== Season 5 ==
# 	Airdate 	Screenshot	Gag Name 	Episode 	Code
82 	September 30, 1993	 	A director does three couch gag takes. Take one: The Simpsons first run into the living room and shatter like glass, with Santa's Little Helper walking in to look at the mess on the floor. Take two: The Simpsons run in and coalesce into a multicolored, five-headed blob. Take three: The Simpsons run in and explode on contact, with Maggie's pacifier falling onto the blackened crater. (syndicated reruns use the “take one” couch gag and takes two and three are used as individual couch gags in different episodes)	"Homer's Barbershop Quartet" 	9F21
83 	October 7, 1993 	 	repeat of 9F08's gag 	"Cape Feare" 	9F22
84 	October 14, 1993 	 	The family sits; the couch and family are crushed by the cutout foot from the opening of Monty Python's Flying Circus. 	"Homer Goes to College" 	1F02
85 	October 21, 1993 	 	The Simpsons run in and find an identical Simpsons family on the couch. (This scene is frequently used as the opening couch gag on syndicated versions of Simpsons episodes from seasons one to five.) 	"Rosebud" 	1F01
86 	October 28, 1993 	 	The Simpsons are zombies who break through the floor and groan as they sit on the couch. (Halloween episode) 	"Treehouse of Horror IV" 	1F04
87 	November 4, 1993 	 	The family runs in and crashes through the wall, as it turns out the couch and other living room furniture is painted on a backdrop. 	"Marge on the Lam" 	1F03
88 	November 11, 1993 	 	The family runs in and finds an obese man taking up the entire couch. The man tries to give the Simpsons room to sit, but it's a tight fit. 	"Bart's Inner Child" 	1F05
89 	November 18, 1993 	 	The lights are out as five pairs of eyes enter. The lights turn on revealing only eyes, as the eyeless family rushes in and sits down, reconnecting with their eyes. 	"Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" 	1F06
90 	December 9, 1993 	 	The family sits, then realizes the couch is on the set of the Late Show with David Letterman; next to the couch, Dave spins in his chair to face forward at his desk. 	"The Last Temptation of Homer" 	1F07
91 	December 16, 1993 	 	repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags 	"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"	1F08
92 	January 6, 1994 	 	repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags 	"Homer the Vigilante" 	1F09
93 	February 3, 1994 	 	repeat of the second of 9F21's three gags 	"Bart Gets Famous" 	1F11
94 	February 10, 1994 	 	Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa poke their heads out from behind the couch; Maggie pokes out from behind the center cushion. 	"Homer and Apu" 	1F10
95 	February 17, 1994 	 	repeat of 1F02's gag 	"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" 	1F12
96 	February 24, 1994 	 	repeat of 1F05's gag 	"Deep Space Homer" 	1F13
97 	March 17, 1994 	 	There are two identical couches in the living room. The Simpsons split themselves down the middle and each half sits on the couches. 	"Homer Loves Flanders" 	1F14
98 	March 31, 1994 	 	repeat of 1F06's gag 	"Bart Gets an Elephant" 	1F15
99 	April 14, 1994 	 	The Simpsons are balls that bounce onto the couch. Bart almost bounces away, but Homer reigns him in and hurls him onto the couch. 	"Burns' Heir" 	1F16
100	April 28, 1994 	 	The Simpsons sit on the couch just as a translucent FOX station identification logo appears in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Homer sees it, gets up from the couch, peels it off, and stomps on it (with the family joining him in stomping it) before returning to the couch. 	"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" 	1F18
101	May 5, 1994 	 	repeat of 1F07's gag 	"The Boy Who Knew Too Much" 	1F19
102	May 12, 1994 	 	repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags 	"Lady Bouvier's Lover" 	1F21
103	May 19, 1994 	 	repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags 	"Secrets of a Successful Marriage" 	1F20
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