The Simpsons: Season 7

1995 · 25 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 7 of The Simpsons

Season 7 kicks off with Bart convinced that souls don't exist, so he sells his to Milhouse for five dollars. He quickly regrets it and goes to great lengths to get it back. Homer, meanwhile, decides to gain weight on purpose so he can get disability leave and work from home. Marge holds the household together while the family puts up with their antics. The storylines also bring Homer's reunion with his mother after 27 years and Lisa's clashes with her new vegetarian diet. The cast is rounded out by the quirky neighbors of Springfield.

25episodes

Sep 17, 1995premiered

May 19, 1996latest episode

9.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 7 Episodes

7x01 Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2)
Sep 17, 1995 · 24 min · ★ 8.2
With Mr. Burns shot, Chief Wiggum investigates the crime, and nearly everyone in town has a motive. At the end, it all comes down to the Simpson DNA.
Directing: Wes Archer · Writing: Josh Weinstein, Bill Oakley · Starring: Tito Puente
7x02 Radioactive Man
Sep 24, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Bart auditions for the part of Fallout Boy in the movie "Radioactive Man," being filmed in Springfield.
Directing: Susie Dietter · Writing: John Swartzwelder · Starring: Mickey Rooney, Phil Hartman
7x03 Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
Oct 1, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
When Homer and Marge are found to be unfit parents, the kids are placed with the Flanders family. Reluctant participants in the Flanderses' wholesome family activities, Bart and Lisa become the targets of an emergency baptism.
Directing: Susie Dietter · Writing: Jon Vitti · Starring: Joan Kenley, Marcia Wallace
7x04 Bart Sells His Soul
Oct 8, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 8.1
Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for five dollars, but soon regrets his decision. Meanwhile, Moe turns the Tavern into a family-friendly restaurant.
Directing: Wes Archer · Writing: Greg Daniels
7x05 Lisa the Vegetarian
Oct 15, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.8
After visiting a local petting zoo, Lisa becomes a vegetarian and faces ridicule from family and friends. When she lashes out and ruins Homer's barbecue, she learns a lesson in tolerance.
Directed by Mark Kirkland · Written by David X. Cohen · Starring Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Phil Hartman
7x06 Treehouse of Horror VI
Oct 29, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores," strange atmospheric conditions bring giant advertising statues to life. In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace," Groundskeeper Willie is killed in a freak accident and seeks revenge in the childrens' dreams. In the final segment, Homer steps through a secret portal and becomes three-dimensional.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: David X. Cohen, Steve Tompkins, John Swartzwelder · Starring: Paul Anka, Marcia Wallace
7x07 King-Size Homer
Nov 5, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 8.4
Homer tries to gain sixty pounds so he can stay home on disability. When he nearly causes a catastrophe at the plant, Homer reconsiders his plan.
Directing: Jim Reardon · Writing: Dan Greaney · Starring: Joan Kenley
7x08 Mother Simpson
Nov 19, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Homer discovers that his mother is still alive, a former radical who is a fugitive from the law. When her old nemesis Burns spots her and tips off the FBI, she is forced to return to the underground.
Directing: David Silverman · Writing: Richard Appel · Starring: Harry Morgan, Glenn Close
7x09 Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
Nov 26, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
After Sideshow Bob escapes from prison, the Springfield Air Show is the setting for his ill-fated vendetta against television and Krusty the Clown.
Directing: Dominic Polcino · Writing: Spike Feresten · Starring: R. Lee Ermey, Kelsey Grammer
7x10 The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
Dec 3, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Troy McClure hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the show, including clips of the series' beginnings as shorts on "The Tracy Ullman Show," Simpsons trivia questions, and unaired scenes from popular episodes.
Directing: David Silverman · Writing: Jon Vitti · Starring: Buzz Aldrin, Glenn Close, Phil Hartman
7x11 Marge Be Not Proud Mid-Season Finale
Dec 17, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Nabbed for shoplifting, Bart manages to keep it a secret from the family... until it's time to have the family Christmas photo taken at the Try-N-Save.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: Mike Scully · Starring: Lawrence Tierney, Phil Hartman, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
7x12 Team Homer
Jan 7, 1996 · 24 min · ★ 7.3
Homer catches Mr. Burns in an ether-induced haze and asks for $500 for his bowling team. When Burns' head clears, he demands to join the team. Meanwhile, Bart's inflammatory T-shirt provokes Principal Skinner to require school uniforms.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: Mike Scully · Starring: Marcia Wallace
7x13 Two Bad Neighbors
Jan 14, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
Homer resents being upstaged when former president George Bush moves into the neighborhood. After Bush spanks Bart, an all-out prank war ensues.
Directing: Wes Archer · Writing: Ken Keeler
7x14 Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
Feb 4, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
A chance encounter with a former classmate yields an invitation to the Springfield Country Club, where Marge tries to parlay a bargain basement Chanel suit into elevated social status for her family.
Directing: Susie Dietter · Writing: Jennifer Crittenden · Starring: Tom Kite
7x15 Bart the Fink
Feb 11, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
In a scheme to get Krusty's autograph, Bart sends him a check. When Krusty's offshore holding corporation endorses the check, his illegal tax shelter is exposed. In despair after the government auctions off his possessions, Krusty fakes his own death.
Directing: Jim Reardon · Writing: John Swartzwelder · Starring: Bob Newhart, Phil Hartman, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
7x16 Lisa the Iconoclast
Feb 18, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 7.8
While researching into Jebediah Springfield's past for an essay, Lisa discovers that the town founder wasn't the hero that everyone thinks he was.
Directing: Mike B. Anderson · Writing: Jonathan Collier · Starring: Donald Sutherland, Phil Hartman, Marcia Wallace, Pamela Hayden
7x17 Homer the Smithers
Feb 25, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 8.1
Forced to take a vacation, Smithers needs to find a temporary replacement who won't outshine him. Homer seems the perfect choice until a sudden outburst forces Mr. Burns to assert his independence.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: John Swartzwelder
7x18 The Day the Violence Died
Mar 17, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
Bart meets the original animator who created Itchy, penniless some 70 years after the studio stole his idea. When Bart helps him sue for restitution, he unwittingly bankrupts Itchy & Scratchy.
Directing: Wes Archer · Writing: John Swartzwelder · Starring: Alex Rocco, Jack Sheldon, Suzanne Somers, Kirk Douglas
7x19 A Fish Called Selma
Mar 24, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Washed up and plagued by scandal, Troy McClure sees a marriage to Selma as his ticket back to success.
Directed by Mark Kirkland · Written by Jack Barth · Starring Jeff Goldblum, Phil Hartman, Pamela Hayden
7x20 Bart on the Road
Mar 31, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Bart creates a fake driver's license for himself and uses it to go on a spring break road trip with Milhouse, Nelson, and Martin. Meanwhile, Homer and Lisa bond after spending some quality time together at work.
Directing: Swinton O. Scott III · Writing: Richard Appel · Starring: Jim Lau, Russi Taylor
7x21 22 Short Films About Springfield
Apr 14, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Bart and Milhouse wonder if anything interesting happens to the citizens of Springfield, which leads to a series of interconnected vignettes.
Writing: Jennifer Crittenden, David X. Cohen, Matt Groening · Starring: Russi Taylor, Pamela Hayden, Phil Hartman, Tress MacNeille
7x22 Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'
Apr 28, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 7.9
When a fellow veteran dies, Grandpa Simpson and Mr. Burns fight for buried WWII treasure as the only surviving members of their battalion.
Directing: Jeffrey Lynch · Writing: Jonathan Collier · Starring: Russi Taylor, Maggie Roswell, Marcia Wallace
7x23 Much Apu About Nothing
May 5, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
When Mayor Quimby uses immigrants as a political scapegoat, the Simpsons discover that Apu is an illegal immigrant.
Directed by Susie Dietter · Written by David X. Cohen · Starring Maggie Roswell, Joe Mantegna, Russi Taylor
7x24 Homerpalooza
May 19, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
To show his kids how hip he is, Homer takes Bart and Lisa to a music festival, where he earns himself a place in the sideshow by catching a cannonball with his belly.
Directing: Wes Archer · Writing: Brent Forrester · Starring: Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, D'arcy Wretzky, James Iha
7x25 Summer of 4 Ft. 2 Season Finale
May 19, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 7.8
On a family vacation, Lisa tries on a new identity to fit in with the other kids at the beach. Jealous, Bart reveals her true nerdiness to the group.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: Dan Greaney · Starring: Christina Ricci, Maggie Roswell, Marcia Wallace, Pamela Hayden