The Simpsons' heads pop out of a giant piece of apple pie, which Homer takes a bite out of. Maggie resurfaces on a couch cushion moments later with the remote control in hand. The Simpsons stick their heads through a cutout of the couch and have their pictures taken. Everyone except for Bart sits on the couch. The chalkboard gag ("I must not write all over the walls") is written all over the classroom walls, clock, door, and floor. Among the products Marge is buying is Tomacco juice, Mr. Sparkle detergent and Krusty-O's cereal. The couch is on the deck of a ship at sea in rough waters, sliding back and forth with the ship. The family are marionettes who get caught in each other's strings. [50], Silverman, David. According to Nelson Shin, the founder of AKOM, they received the storyboard for the sequence in August 2010. The sequence opens as usual with movement through cumulus clouds, while a 3-eyed crow flies by. With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. When Homer steps out of the car, he screams at the sight of Marge's car approaching and runs into the garage; the shot switches briefly to Marge's perspective as he escapes through a door into the house and she stops just short of crashing into the wall. Bart as Kristoff hits her with a snowball and she immediately creates a giant ice palace, with Bart stuck at the top. Stash For Later Remove. The living room furniture (the couch cushions, the rug, the flat-screen TV, and the lamps) are all dancing to disco music just as the Simpsons come in. A football is thrown in the center of the living room. Everyone, except for Lisa sit on a couch made of clouds on a heavenly Roman scenario. [48] Jeremy Dower, an Australian musician, created a chiptune version of the main theme song, which was used in this version. Indeed, both are synonymous with the show. Jean said Banksy "sent back boards for pretty much what you saw. The top half of him pops off and on to the couch, revealing a smaller Marge standing inside the lower half of Homer, like a Russian nesting doll. In the living room, Marge suggests building a couch, so Homer orders one from a store and tries to assemble it. The Simpsons, animated as smiling, rubber-hosed cartoon characters, come in and do a stiff dance. [22] The live-action opening had also become an Internet hit before it was aired in front of "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife", and it was Groening's decision to use it. Once on the couch, Bart removes his scuba mask and Homer dries out his ear by sticking his finger in it. Since season 3, the new version of the opening theme is used throughout the sequence, and Homer has to yell "D'oh" when he dodges Lisa on her bike. The Simpsons run to find that the couch is missing, and they chase it around the world and into outer space. A vending machine is in place of the couch, which is filled with snacks that resemble Simpsons characters (including the family). As he does so, the uranium rod bounces into the air and falls down the back of his radiation suit. ", The Simpsons are caught in a twister and when they land, they are on a farm in black and white. The family runs to the couch but knocks themselves unconscious in the process. NOTE: Unlike the other couch gags, the floor is brown in this one. Dec 24, 2013 - Explore Look Ouch's board "The Simpsons // White Christmas Blues Couch Gag" on Pinterest. Homer looks to the empty space where Maggie is, then gets lifted by a giant Maggie as the camera pulls out to reveal the living room being part of a dollhouse and the family as the dolls that live within. Nothing happens, so Lisa then asks directly to the viewers, "What? The opening sequence for the first season showed Bart stealing a "Bus Stop" sign; whilst the new sequence featured him skateboarding past several characters who had been introduced during the previous season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 18, 2005. In the living room, crudely-drawn versions of Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie, and Bart walk in and sit on the couch. It's based on the Season 9 episode "The Joy of Sect". Marge and Homer then come in where Lisa, Bart (dressed like a rapper) and Maggie are waiting. The Simpsons are now back in the living room, sitting on their new couch. When the lights turn back on, Homer is found dead and Bart is arrested for his father's murder. The event requires Level 12 to start. The family members then enter the living room from different directions, creating a segue into the couch gag and finally the executive producer credits, shown on the television screen. When comparing the segment to Banksy's, Amidi concluded that it is "in fact, far more subversive because he focuses almost exclusively on making a pictorial statement, relegating the show's dominant literary elements to the back seat. The following is a list of couch gags seen in the opening sequence of The Simpsons. The Simpsons' couch is on the move on the moon and the Simpsons hop along toward it. High amount of views. A white screen comes up, showing text of where the furniture and family would be. Everybody and everything is upside-down. The hole in the wall resembles the family's silhouettes. Homer is the patient from the board game "Operation." A group of Korean painters come in to color the family, but forget to outline the eyes on Homer and Marge. Homer's scream changes as he dodges Marge (first two seasons only), In the 2009 intro, Ralph says a different word when the head of Jebediah Springfield falls on him (selected episodes in. The family on the couch is pinned up, one by one, onto a bulletin board. Simpsons Christmas Stories: Sitting pretty in 11th spot. Homer and the rest of the family sit on the couch as Ned leaves. The Simpsons' Funniest Video Game Parodies. A completely different sequence was created for The Simpsons Movie and features an orchestrated version of "The Simpsons Theme" as adapted by Hans Zimmer. The family comes in dressed as the Harlem Globetrotters, passing a basketball to each other while "Sweet Georgia Brown" plays. She goes into the kitchen to begin baking cupcakes, using food coloring to turn the batter blue and adding frosting and sprinkles in other shades of this color. The Simpsons are skeletons who rush to the couch and sit as normal. ", the furniture returns to normal and the Simpsons sit on the couch. The Simpsons (also upside-down) come in and sit on the couch, but end up falling on the ceiling/floor. The camera pans up to reveal Matt Groening as the puppet master, who throws the puppets down and sighs in frustration. The couch is replaced by a hedge. Sort: Relevant Newest # homer simpson # bart simpson # marge simpson # money # lisa simpson # episode 16 # season 13 # couch gag # 13x16 # homer simpson # marge simpson # hey # episode 20 # season 10 # dog # homer simpson # season 3 # bart simpson # marge simpson # bart simpson # … The two original variations were further expanded to these variations: The billboard gag is a running visual joke added to the opening sequence with the updated 2009 high-definition opening. Their skeletons, their prehistoric clothing, and the log are all in a museum exhibit. On the big screen!" She places one batch in a silver briefcase, which she gives to Bart before he leaves the house. Homer then evolves into a slightly larger lizard with a scale on his back that sees a pterodactyl resembling Principal Skinner's mother, Agnes, flying overhead. for fans of The Simpsons 27401147 Similar to the couch gag with the family as hockey players but are playing hockey where they hit each other with their sticks Lenny & Carl dressed as referees blow whistles and the family gets sent to the penalty box. [33] After the Simpsons arrive at home, the camera cuts to a shot of them on the couch, then zooms out to show this as a picture hanging on the wall of a fictional overseas Asian animation and merchandise sweatshop. When an iceberg floats by, the couch sinks vertically like the RMS Titanic and the family clings to dear life as it goes under. The Simpsons go to sit on the couch, then it turns as part of a Simpsons Couch Gag playset. The couch is a giant Whack-A-Mole game, with the Simpson family as the moles. The couch falls over backwards, and Maggie peeks from behind. [17] Lisa plays the baritone saxophone, but according to Matt Groening, "she doesn't always play a baritone sax because the animators don't know what it looks like, so it changes shape and color from show to show."[18]. Maggie is shown in a booster seat in the middle while Grampa sleeps next to her. Bill Plympton has written and animated six couch gags, one for "Beware My Cheating Bart" where Homer falls in love with the couch...until he meets Marge, one for "Black Eyed, Please" in which Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa are in a 1930s gangster story, armed with several weapons which are revealed to be gifts once Maggie turns the light on. The entire couch scene is drawn and animated by. The Simpson family sits on the couch. This sequence opens with the show's title in yellow approaching the camera through misty cumulus clouds[1] in a dark blue sky. The standard opening has had two major revisions. Golfer Luke Donald has to make way for a strolling baboon in South Africa. In 2008, Homer is missing, Marge is wearing black, and the kids are wearing their Sunday clothes. In 2012, Homer is back, but is now a robot. The family is hung from nooses, staring blankly. The Simpsons and their living room are all made out of gingerbread; Homer takes a bite out of Bart's head. The family arrives to find the couch have prepared dinner, but it says that they said they'd be home at 7 and to go sleep on the bed, then it blows the candles, darkening the room. The fourth time, Bart doesn't sit on the couch. The family's sizes are reversed; Maggie is now the largest while Homer is the smallest, except Bart's height is still the same. A banner above the couch reads "America: The Most Powerful Country In The World". When electrocuted, they scream and light up. You have to actually draw it. In a hotel, the family prepare to kill each other with various objects. Homer is standing on a coiled platform, which launches him (and the rest of the Simpson family) through a pinball game called "Couch Gag Chaos". The Simpsons break into the museum as criminals/cat-burglars, and make their way to the couch by disguising themselves to blend in with the various exhibits they pass through. They find out that someone has been eating their porridge and broke their couchs but they catch Lisa who is sleeping on Bart's couch. This is why we shouldn't complain when someone uses pre-recorded vocals for a live show. Despite being dead from asphyxiation, Maggie manages to suck on her pacifier. The camera then pans across Springfield and then cuts to the driveway scene. The monorail is seen, passing through various locations, including Springfield Gorge, Moe's Tavern, the church and the Kwik-E-Mart. ), The Thompsons couch gag seen during "Cape Feare" (Part 2), Couch gag seen during "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace", Cowboy/western couch gag seen during "Behind the Laughter", Couch gag seen in the parodied "Fat Bart" opening sequence during "The Heartbroke Kid", The Outlands couch gag seen during "At Long Last Leave" (Part 2). The Simpsons (dressed in togas) rush to an empty space to sit down. Homer tries to blend in, but ends up in the wrong art form, and says D'oh! The Simpsons sit down on the couch as normal. Homer is on the couch, but Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are in different positions in the living room. At work, when Homer drops the tongs, the glowing rod bounces into his mouth, causing him to swallow it, before collapsing. The Simpsons are see as black cut outs and then with progressive overlays, they get skeletons, veins, etc. Mr. Burns then presents this to Homer as his raise, to which Homer says, "D'oh! It is then revealed that the sweatshop is contained within a grim version of the 20th Century Fox logo, surrounded by barbed wire, searchlights, and a watchtower. ... "Simpsons Christmas Stories" is the ninth episode of The Simpsons' seventeenth season. Popularity - 76 views, 1.6 views per day, 47 days on eBay. The couch and floor are covered in bubble wrap, which the Simpsons pop. Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are mounted heads on the wall and Homer is a bearskin rug on the floor. The scream is added in the third episode, "Homer's Odyssey". The audience cheers as the head of a gladiator flies into the audience, and Bart catches it. The Simpsons sit on the couch and get shot into the ceiling, with only their legs and feet showing. Homer runs to the couch first. The Simpsons rush in and shove them aside, but their guests say nothing. In Homer's first shot at the power plant, Homer's tongs are now orange instead of silver, and Mr. Burns and Smithers study certain plans in the background in place of the unknown co-worker. In a parody of Star Trek, the Simpsons are in the Donut Enterprise that shoots their couch, and then gets shot by a ring of couches. Back at home, Homer announces the family that noone will inherit anything because there's any and Raphael, working for Repo Depot takes his clothes and exits the house. The Simpsons slash their way through in order to reach the couch, and find an ape version of the Simpson family already seated. The camera zooms out and reveals that the living room is part of a snow globe that two hands shake to make the snow fall. The billboard changes every episode. They come in again and the same thing happens two times more. A sword with the label "Property of Ned Flanders" is stuck on the couch. 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