Look at those morons. I paid my taxes over a year ago!— Homer
Look at those morons. I paid my taxes over a year ago!— Homer
One of the staples of the Simpsons' opening credits is the couch gag. The whole family
rush into the living room to watch television, arriving at the couch in some unusual
way. Here we list all the variations and provide screenshots for every one.
Most of the gags appear in more than one episode, hence the list below is ordered by the airdate of the first episode to show the gag. Any episodes not listed here do not have couch gags (though there are very few).
Ta-da!pose.
Ta-da!pose.
edge of the filmon the right and back onto the couch.
three takesgag in Homer's Barbershop Quartet (see above).
three takesgag in Homer's Barbershop Quartet (see above).
three takesgag in Homer's Barbershop Quartet (see above).
beamed aboardthe couch a la Star Trek.
Homer-skin rugon the floor and the others' heads on the wall.
ceiling.
Vend-A-Couch. Homer puts a coin in but nothing happens. He bangs on the wall and the couch drops in from the ceiling and lands on him.
Load Familybut it takes a long time, so
Exitis repeatedly clicked.
El Bartosignature.
Marge, stop this crazy thing!
Ha ha!
I WILL NOT MESS WITH THE OPENING CREDITSon the blackboard.
paint by numberson their bodies. Korean artists enter and paint the colors on (The Simpsons is animated in Korea).
Oh, Doctor, I'm crazy!
valetsign, Pimple-faced Teen pushes the couch into place. He holds out his hand for a tip, but does not get it.
Bat Cave, each wearing a mask and cape like Batman.
Wow. An extensive couch gag at 45 seconds long.
Ziff,Kang and Kodos are silent. In
Clear Day,Homer says
Coolat the end. In
Moonshine,Homer says
Weird.
What? Can't we sit on the couch without something happening?Just then, Homer is hit by a spear and says
D'oh!
SURPRISE!. The family enter and the everyone shouts
Surprise!upon which Homer has a heart attack and collapses.
transformfrom them.
Woohoo!
D'oh!after completing the jigsaw incorrectly, and laughs when he corrects it.
Don't deleteand
Delete this recording now. The latter is chosen.
Couch World. He sits on a sofa, believing he has outrun the couch monsters, but it turns out he is surrounded by them; they pile on top of him.
COUCH GAG THRILLS NATIONand a photo of the family on the couch.
Family Portraits:
wastebasket, then the menu item
Empty Trashis chosen.
grow upinto their normal selves.
sit downon the couch.
D'oh!) and forming a jellyfish. The jellyfish evolves into a regular fish then, frightened by a Mr. Burns-like octopus, moves onto the land as a reptile, eating a Lenny-shaped dragonfly. In the era of the dinosaurs, a pterodactyl resembling Agnes Skinner flies past. Homer evolves into a rat and avoids a fight between Bart (as a T-Rex) and Lisa (as a Stegosaurus) by diving into a hole. A meteorite falls from the sky, wiping out the dinosaurs, but Homer emerges from the hole unscathed. He continues evolving into a monkey then a large ape, then a prehistoric man. On the way he meets Moe devolving from a man into an ape then a rodent. Homer evolves into man, progressing through recent eras such as the Middle Ages and Shakespearean times, into a smart-looking man, then Homer's usual self. He enters his house and sits on the couch. Marge asks
What took you so long?to which Homer just groans.
Seville, Marge asks,
Did you bring the milk?instead. Homer makes the same groan.
Hey, don't shove!
My summer love,he remarks.
Woohoo!but a real hand replaces it with a smaller brick, causing Homer to say
D'oh!
Modern Couch Gagappears, featuring a picture of the Simpsons on the sofa, and the headline,
10 Couch Gags to Spice Up Your Marriage.
Realm of Les Simpsons. The Simpsons set sail to get it back, battle the Flanders and take over their castle. Another long couch gag at 35 seconds.
Ceci n'est pas une couch gagunderneath (translation:
This is not a couch gag). We pan out to see some people looking at the painting in an art gallery. This is a reference to the René Magritte painting, This is not a pipe.
Meep! Meep!like Road Runner and runs off. The rest of the family unstick themselves from the wall. Marge, Lisa and Bart somehow manage to sit on the couch, but when Homer tries he crashes through the wall.
I WILL NOT BRING THE CHALKBOARD HOMEon it.
Worst Couch Gag Ever.
couch tracksin the dirt. Cut to San Francisco where they chase it down a hill. After chasing it through Venice and India, they finally get hold of it in outer space. Homer instructs the couch to go back to Earth and they re-enter Earth's atmosphere and land back in the living room.
