The Simpsons 3×24: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
Homer is first revealed to be impotent because of the nuclear plant, so Homer is rewarded with an award for “Excellence in the field of Excellence”. Homer’s half-brother Herb Powell returns, but this time not as a successful businessman. After Homer wrecked his car company, Herb has become a bum, but with a little help from Maggie, he thinks he has come up with a shoo-in invention that will put him back on top. Herb wants to build the first baby translator, a device that will interpret babies’ cries and mumbles into plain speech. Homer agrees to fund the research and when Herb’s business takes off, he buys the family gifts. Lisa gets a book-of-the-month membership, Bart gets a NRA membership, Maggie gets what the dog’s eating, Marge gets a new washer and dryer and Homer gets a vibrating chair.
The Simpsons 3×23: Bart’s Friend Falls in Love
Bart gets jealous and decides to do something about it, when he discovers that Milhouse has a girlfriend and suddenly doesn’t have as much time for him any more. Meanwhile Lisa worries about Homer’s weight and convinces Marge to order some subliminal weight loss tapes, instead Homer’s vocabulary improves dramatically when subliminal vocabulary tapes are mislabeled and sent on accident.
The Simpsons 3×22: The Otto Show
Bart goes with Milhouse to a Spinal Tap concert and decides he wants to become a rock star. Homer and Marge get him a guitar, which he doesn’t know how to play. When Otto plays it in the school bus, he enjoys it a little too much, and suddenly realizes that he is running late. He crashes the bus while taking a short cut to school and it is discovered that he doesn’t have a driver’s license, which costs him his job and his house. Bart lets Otto stay with the Simpsons, but when he gets on Homer’s nerves one too many times, he is kicked out of the house. When Otto returns to the DMV to retake the driving test, he tells Patty about his hatred for Homer. Hearing this, she automatically let him pass his test and he is given a second chance at being the bus driver.
The Simpsons 3×21: Black Widower
Selma decides to marry her prison pen-pal, Sideshow Bob. When he gets out of prison, he convinces the Simpson family that he has changed for the better, but Bart remains skeptical and is determined to find out what Sideshow Bob is really up to.
The Simpsons 3×20: Colonel Homer
Homer and Marge have a fight after attending a boring movie and Homer drives off angry. As he drives, he pulls up to a honky-tonk bar called Beer ‘N’ Brawl where he meets an aspiring country music singer named Lurleen Lumpkin. Struck by her talent and her beauty, Homer becomes her manager, securing her gigs and a record deal while at the same time fraying his relationship with Marge. Even though it’s clear that Lurleen is falling in love with Homer, he resists her come-ons and signs away Lurleen’s contract to another manager in order to be a better husband to Marge.
The Simpsons 3×19: Dog of Death
Homer believes that he will win the big lottery of $130,000,000 and buys 50 tickets, but none of them are the winning ticket. Meanwhile, Santa’s Little Helper has to be rushed to the hospital to undergo an emergency operation; he has a twisted stomach. Homer is saddened to tell Bart and Lisa that they just can’t afford the $750 for the operation, but seeing how much everyone–including himself–loves the dog, he resolves to find a way to pay for it.
To save up the money, everyone must give up their small luxuries and begin to resent the dog for forcing them to lose out on the things they enjoy. Hurt and dejected, Santa’s Little Helper runs away from home, only to be adopted by Mr. Burns, who trains him to become one of his vicious attack hounds.
After a long brainwashing process, Santa’s Little Helper becomes a bloodthirsty killer. When Bart goes to Burns’ mansion to retrieve his dog, Santa’s Little Helper tries to attack him but remembers all the good times they had and snaps out of his brainwashed state. The dog then returns to his loving family.
The Simpsons 3×18: Separate Vocations
After taking career aptitude tests, Lisa discovers that the occupation she’s best suited for is homemaker while Bart is pegged as a future police officer. Each takes the opportunity to explore their options as Lisa spends the day doing chores at home with Marge and Bart goes on a ride along with the police. Lisa hates her role and rebels by becoming a troublemaker at school. Police life fits Bart like a glove and he becomes a hall monitor, handing out demerits to his classmates for minor infractions. When Lisa secretly steals all of the teachers’ manuals, it’s up to Bart and Principal Skinner to figure out who did it. Realizing his sister is the culprit; Bart takes the rap, winds up with six hundred days in detention, and returns to his life as a bad student and detention regular.
The Simpsons 3×17: Homer at the Bat
The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant’s softball team goes on a season long winning streak thanks to Homer’s “Wunderbat.” But with the pennant and a $1 million bet on the line Mr. Burns brings in 9 ringers from the professional baseball ranks and a disappointed Homer has to sit the bench.
The Simpsons 3×16: Bart the Lover
During a particularly long detention jag, Bart discovers that his teacher, Mrs. Krabappel, has placed a personal ad looking for love. Thinking it would be funny to get back at her; Bart writes her a love letter as “Woodrow,” the perfect man who loves holding hands and hates yo-yos like Edna.
Meanwhile, Homer goes on a cursing spree that has Flanders up in arms because it’s affecting Todd. Homer promises to stop swearing if Flanders shaves his moustache. Mrs. Krabappel falls madly in love with Woodrow and Bart begins to realize that he’s done a very cruel thing.
To keep Homer from swearing, a swear jar is created so that when Homer curse, he must drop spare change in the jar. In the jar, there’s enough to buy a new doghouse and some beer. With the help of his family, Bart writes a sweet goodbye letter and lets his teacher gently off the hook.
The Simpsons 3×15: Homer Alone
Marge has a nervous breakdown from being overworked and under appreciated at home and takes a vacation of her own at the Rancho Relaxo resort, leaving Homer and the kids to fend for themselves and experience the rigors of life without Marge.
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