The Simpsons
Season 4

s04e01 / Kamp Krusty

25th Sep '92 - 12:00am
Kamp Krusty Summary

Bart and Lisa excitedly head off to Kamp Krusty for the summer, but soon find out that the camp isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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s04e02 / A Streetcar Named Marge

2nd Oct '92 - 12:00am
A Streetcar Named Marge Summary

Marge gets a taste of the acting bug and decides to volunteer at the Springfield Community Center. She is cast as Blanche DuBois in a musical version of A Streetcar Named Desire directed by the flamboyant Llewellyn Sinclair. Meanwhile, Maggie squares off with her strict new daycare provider.

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s04e03 / Homer the Heretic

9th Oct '92 - 12:00am
Homer the Heretic Summary

Homer skips church one cold Sunday morning and after he realizes the freedom he can obtain from having the house all to himself, he decides to stop going to church altogether despite Marge's disapproval.

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s04e04 / Lisa the Beauty Queen

16th Oct '92 - 12:00am
Lisa the Beauty Queen Summary

Homer tries to boost Lisa's confidence by entering her into a beauty pageant. By default, Lisa earns the crown and she uses her new platform to inundate Springfield with public service announcements.

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s04e05 / Treehouse of Horror III

30th Oct '92 - 1:00am
Treehouse of Horror III Summary

In this year's scarifying special, the Simpsons gather for a Halloween party and exchange ghost stories.



Clown Without Pity

Lisa tells the tale of how Homer purchases a Krusty doll for Bart's birthday. Homer's life is quickly in danger though, when the possessed doll goes on a mission tohug him.



King Homer

Grampa spins a Simponsized version of King Kong, with Homer cast as the title ape, Marge as King Kong's object of affection and Mr. Burns as the millionaire entrepreneur trying to capture King Kong and make a profit from him.



Dial "Z" for Zombies

Finally, Bart tells a story in which he casts a spell from a book of witchcraft and accidentally brings Springfield's dead to life. The only thing that can send them back to their graves is the right spell.

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s04e06 / Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie

4th Nov '92 - 1:00am
Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie Summary

In order to curb Bart's constant misbehavior Homer and Marge come up with the ultimate punishment; they ban him from going to see the newly released Itchy & Scratchy movie.

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s04e07 / Marge Gets a Job

6th Nov '92 - 1:00am
Marge Gets a Job Summary

When the house needs expensive repairs, Marge is forced to get a job to help make ends meet. She is hired in at the nuclear power plant and quickly becomes the apple of Mr. Burns' eye. Meanwhile, Bart tries his darnedest to get out of taking a test at school.

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s04e08 / New Kid on the Block

13th Nov '92 - 1:00am
New Kid on the Block Summary

Bart falls hard for his new next door neighbor, young teenager, Laura Powers. But try as he might, Bart can't get Laura to take interest in him romantically and is heartbroken when he finds out that Laura is interested in Jimbo Jones.

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s04e09 / Mr. Plow

20th Nov '92 - 1:00am
Mr. Plow Summary

At the local auto show, Homer is pressured into buying a snow plow truck and he starts up a surprisingly successful business as "Mr. Plow." Things go well for Homer until Barney starts his own slow plow business and steals all of Homer's customers.

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s04e10 / Lisa's First Word

4th Dec '92 - 1:00am
Lisa's First Word Summary

As the family gathers around Maggie and tries to encourage her to say her first word, Marge reminisces and tells the story of Lisa's first word.

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s04e11 / Homer's Triple Bypass

18th Dec '92 - 1:00am
Homer's Triple Bypass Summary

Homer is diagnosed with clogged arteries and needs a triple bypass heart surgery. But the ,000 price tag on the operation forces Homer to turn to Dr. Nick as a cheap alternative.

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s04e12 / Marge vs. the Monorail

15th Jan '93 - 1:00am
Marge vs. the Monorail Summary

Springfield holds a town meeting to decide what to do with the million fine Mr. Burns was forced to pay for illegally dumping toxic waste. Despite Marge's opposition, a sly salesman, Lyle Lanley, convinces the town to build a monorail transportation system.

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s04e13 / Selma's Choice

22nd Jan '93 - 1:00am
Selma's Choice Summary

Selma decides to test her maternal instincts before having kids of her own and she takes Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens to try out her parenting skills.

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s04e14 / Brother From the Same Planet

5th Feb '93 - 1:00am
Brother From the Same Planet Summary

Bart, fed up with Homer's neglect, joins the Big Brother program posing as an abandoned child so he can hang out with a better father figure. Homer finds out about Bart's cool, new friend, Tom, and exacts his revenge by donating his time as a big brother to a real orphan named Pepi.

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s04e15 / I Love Lisa

12th Feb '93 - 1:00am
I Love Lisa Summary

On Valentine's Day Lisa takes pity on Ralph and gives him a valentine when she sees that he hasn't received any. But Ralph looks too much into Lisa's gesture and, much to Lisa's dismay, relentlessly pursues her.

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s04e16 / Duffless

19th Feb '93 - 1:00am
Duffless Summary

Lisa conducts a secret experiment for the Springfield Elementary School science fair to see who's smarter, Bart or a hamster. Meanwhile, Homer is forced to swear off beer after being arrested on a D.U.I.

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s04e17 / Last Exit to Springfield

12th Mar '93 - 1:00am
Last Exit to Springfield Summary

Homer finds himself filling in for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's union leader when it comes time to negotiate their new contract with Mr. Burns. Homer is a tough negotiator, despite not knowing the first thing about union organizing, and forces Burns to accept the union's demands on the condition that Homer be removed as leader.

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s04e18 / So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show

2nd Apr '93 - 1:00am
So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show Summary

Bart's April Fools' prank backfires and lands Homer in the hospital in a coma. At Homer's bedside, The Simpson family reminisces about all of the good times they've had over the years. A half-hour of precious screen time is filled with clips you've seen before and Homer eventually emerges from his coma.

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s04e19 / The Front

16th Apr '93 - 12:00am
The Front Summary

Convinced they can write better Itchy & Scratchy scripts than the writers who currently work on the cartoon, Bart and Lisa set out to write their own shows. Their scripts are rejected by Roger Meyers, the show's producer, until Bart and Lisa use Grandpa's name as their pseudonym. As "Abraham Simpson," the kids are hired to write for the show and eventually win an Emmy award for their work. At the awards, Grandpa accepts his Emmy from Brooke Shields, but goes up to the podium and makes a rambling, anti-cartoon speech that gets him fired.

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s04e20 / Whacking Day

30th Apr '93 - 12:00am
Whacking Day Summary

Everyone in Springfield is excited for Whacking Day, but as the holiday approaches, Lisa condemns it as unhappy. Whacking Day is a decade-long tradition which calls for the townspeople to beat snakes to passing with sticks. Lisa decides to save the snakes with the help of Whacking Day's honorary MC, Barry White, who uses his sonorous bass vocal style to lure the snakes to safety, where no one can whack them.

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s04e21 / Marge in Chains

7th May '93 - 12:00am
Marge in Chains Summary

Marge gets busted for shoplifting at the Kwik-E-Mart and is sentenced to thirty days in prison. Bart concocts a brilliant scheme to break her out that involves a party dress, a wig and a crowbar. But what finally springs Marge is the rioting townspeople of Springfield, who desperately need the inmate's patented marshmallow squares for the Springfield Park Commission's annual bake sale.

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s04e22 / Krusty Gets Kancelled

14th May '93 - 12:00am
Krusty Gets Kancelled Summary

Krusty is out of a job, when a new show featuring ventriloquist Arthur Crandall and his dummy, Gabbo, hits the airwaves and shrinks Krusty's television ratings.

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