The Simpsons: Season 12

2000 · 21 episodes · ★ 7.0

What Season 12 of The Simpsons

Springfield gets a new area code that splits the city in two. Residents forced to change it rebel, secede and form New Springfield and Old Springfield, two sides locked in constant rivalry. The Simpsons, broke, face their own troubles. Homer agrees to work as Burns' jester in exchange for money, Lisa joins an environmental group to impress its leader, and Bart joins a band that hides a plan to recruit young people for the navy. Krusty discovers he has a daughter, Sophie, and Skinner insists on opening the school during a snowstorm.

21episodes

Nov 1, 2000Aired

May 20, 2001latest episode

8 hrtotal runtime

Season 12 Episodes

12x01 Treehouse of Horror XI
Nov 1, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
This year's Halloween story sees The Simpsons as "The Munsters" (with everyone except Lisa getting killed), Homer as a wandering spirit on the hunt for a good deed in "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad," Bart and Lisa as peasants in a fairy tale forest in "Scary Tales Can Come True," and Lisa inadvertently dooming mankind by rescuing a dolphin in "Night of the Dolphin."
Directing: Matthew Nastuk · Writing: Rob LaZebnik, Don Payne, Carolyn Omine · Starring: Marcia Wallace
12x02 A Tale of Two Springfields
Nov 5, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.0
While calling Animal Control over a badger taking residence in Santa's Little Helper's doghouse, Homer discovers that Springfield has two different area codes–and ends up leading a revolt that splits the town in two.
Directing: Shaun Cashman · Writing: John Swartzwelder · Starring: Gary Coleman, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle
12x03 Insane Clown Poppy
Nov 12, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
Krusty takes parenting lessons from Homer when, during an outdoor book fair, a girl tells Krusty that she is his long-lost daughter from a one-night stand with a female soldier who fought during the first Gulf War.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Don Payne, John Frink · Starring: John Updike, Stephen King, Amy Tan, Jay Mohr
12x04 Lisa the Tree Hugger
Nov 19, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
Lisa falls for the teenaged leader of a militant environmentalist group and tries to impress him by living in Springfield's oldest tree in order to keep it from being cut down.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: Matt Selman · Starring: Joshua Jackson, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott
12x05 Homer vs. Dignity
Nov 26, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 6.9
When the Simpsons once again have financial problems, Mr. Burns pays Homer to play pranks on others and humiliate himself in public. Meanwhile, Smithers creates a Malibu Stacy-themed musical.
Directing: Neil Affleck · Writing: Rob LaZebnik · Starring: Leeza Gibbons, Marcia Wallace
12x06 The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
Dec 3, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Homer decides to buy a computer after turning up to the Plant to find it closed by e-mail. He then creates his own website and it eventually gains attention when he posts gossip. Homer dubs himself as "Mr. X" to conceal his identity. When he reveals that he is Mr. X, he becomes drugged into a mysterious island where people who know too much are imprisoned after Homer starts writing conspiracy theories such as flu shots.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: John Swartzwelder · Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Marcia Wallace
12x07 The Great Money Caper
Dec 10, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
Homer and Bart become father–son con artists (after Bart is given money out of pity when Homer decided to not take him home), but soon find that they are the ones being had.
Directing: Michael Polcino · Writing: Carolyn Omine · Starring: Edward Norton
12x08 Skinner's Sense of Snow Mid-Season Finale
Dec 17, 2000 · 24 min · ★ 7.5
A snowstorm traps the students of Springfield Elementary inside, with them overthrowing Principal Skinner when he uses his Army skills to control them. Meanwhile, Homer tries to rescue the children–using Flanders' car.
Directing: Lance Kramer · Writing: Tim Long · Starring: Marcia Wallace, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor, Karl Wiedergott
12x09 HOMЯ
Jan 7, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
While working as a human guinea pig (to pay off the family's lost savings after making a bad investment), Homer discovers the root cause of his subnormal intelligence: a crayon that was lodged in his brain ever since he was a boy. He decides to have it removed to increase his IQ, but discovers that being smart does not necessarily equal being happy.
Directing: Mike B. Anderson · Writing: Al Jean
12x10 Pokey Mom
Jan 14, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
Marge tries to rehabilitate a convict with remarkable artistic talent. Meanwhile, Homer uses a trash can to fix people's spines.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Tom Martin · Starring: Michael Keaton, Bruce Vilanch, Charles Napier, Robert Schimmel
12x11 Worst Episode Ever
Feb 4, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Bart and Milhouse are banned from The Android Dungeon after stopping Comic Book Guy from buying a box of priceless Star Wars memorabilia for $5, but are hired as his replacements when Comic Book Guy has a heart attack and is advised to leave his job in order to make friends.
Directing: Matthew Nastuk · Writing: Larry Doyle · Starring: Tom Savini
12x12 Tennis the Menace
Feb 11, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
While making funeral arrangements for Grampa's future, the funeral planner pitches the idea of a mausoleum that uses the same amount of cement as a full-sized tennis court. This prompts Homer to instead build a tennis court in his backyard, initially mistaking the sport for "Foxy Boxing". The tennis court makes Marge and Homer popular in town, but it turns out that this is only because Homer's inferior tennis ability makes them an easy target. Bart on the other hand, shines as a natural.
Directing: Jen Kamerman · Writing: Ian Maxtone-Graham · Starring: Serena Williams, Andre Agassi, Venus Williams, Pete Sampras
12x13 Day of the Jackanapes
Feb 18, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
Krusty announces his retirement due to interference from network executives and the growing popularity of the big-money game show "Me Wantee", but when Krusty reveals to Sideshow Bob that all of the episodes featuring him have been erased, Sideshow Bob uses Krusty's biggest fan (Bart) to murder him during Krusty's farewell show.
Directing: Michael Marcantel · Writing: Al Jean · Starring: Gary Coleman, Kelsey Grammer
12x14 New Kids on the Blecch
Feb 25, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
A music producer selects Bart, Nelson, Milhouse and Ralph to be members of the next hit boy band, who record subliminal songs about joining the Navy.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: Tim Long · Starring: JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone
12x15 Hungry, Hungry Homer
Mar 4, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Homer becomes a Good Samaritan after discovering the simple joys of helping people in need–which is put to the test when he goes on a hunger strike after the owner of the Springfield Isotopes attempts to discredit him when Homer stumbles on his plot to discreetly move the team to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Directing: Nancy Kruse · Writing: John Swartzwelder · Starring: Marcia Wallace, Stacy Keach, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor
12x16 Bye Bye Nerdie
Mar 11, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
When Lisa becomes the target of a female bully, Lisa discovers a scientific reason as to why bullies pick on nerds. Meanwhile, Homer goes into the baby-proofing business, which is threatening the businesses of pediatricians and greeting card salesmen.
Directing: Lauren MacMullan · Writing: Don Payne, John Frink · Starring: Jan Hooks, Kathy Griffin, Marcia Wallace, Tress MacNeille
12x17 Simpson Safari
Apr 1, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
When the Simpsons run out of food thanks to a bag boy strike (caused by Homer), the family finds an old box of animal crackers with a sweepstakes that sends The Simpsons to Africa.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: John Swartzwelder
12x18 Trilogy of Error
Apr 29, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Homer's rush to the hospital to reattach his thumb, Lisa's rush to school to win the science fair, and Bart's run-in with an illegal fireworks scheme are interconnected in a parody of Go and Run Lola Run.
Directing: Mike B. Anderson · Writing: Matt Selman · Starring: Frankie Muniz, Russi Taylor, Joe Mantegna, Tress MacNeille
12x19 I'm Goin' to Praiseland
May 6, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
After finding a sketchbook belonging to his late wife Maude, Ned Flanders opens a Bible-themed amusement park to honor her memory.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Julie Thacker · Starring: Marcia Wallace, Shawn Colvin, Marcia Mitzman Gaven
12x20 Children of a Lesser Clod
May 13, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
After spraining his knee during a basketball game, Homer begins taking care of the neighborhood kids to cure his boredom, prompting jealousy from Bart and Lisa, who feel that Homer is giving the kids the attention they never had.
Directing: Michael Polcino · Writing: Al Jean
12x21 Simpsons Tall Tales Season Finale
May 20, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.0
When Homer refuses to pay a five dollar airport tax to fly to Delaware, the family is forced to ride in a livestock car of a train instead. There they meet a singing hobo who tells three tall tales: Homer as Paul Bunyan. Lisa as Connie Appleseed, a parody of Johnny Appleseed. Bart as Tom Sawyer with Nelson as Huckleberry Finn.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Bob Bendetson, Matt Selman, Don Payne · Starring: Marcia Wallace