The Simpsons / Season 9

Season 9 of The Simpsons
Episodes	25th
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	September 21, 1997 - May 17, 1998 on Fox
German-language first broadcast	October 7, 1998 - May 15, 2000 on ProSieben
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The ninth season of the American animated series The Simpsons was broadcast from September 21, 1997 to May 17, 1998 on the US broadcaster Fox . The private broadcaster ProSieben broadcast the German-language first broadcast from October 7, 1998 to May 15, 2000.

The season was released on DVD on December 19, 2006 in the United States and March 5, 2007 in Germany.

Episodes

See also : The Simpsons / Episode List

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast (USA)	German language first broadcast ( D )	Director	script	Prodc.
179	1	Homer and New York	The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson	21 Sep 1997	Oct 7, 1998	Jim Reardon	Ian Maxtone-Graham	4F22
Because Homer has to get his car back, the family drives to New York . Homer, whose car is fastened with a parking clamp, leads a lonely fight against the traffic police. Meanwhile, the rest of the family is having a great time.
180	2	All dizziness	The Principal and the Pauper	28 Sep 1997	Oct 8, 1998	Steven Dean Moore	Ken Keeler	4F23
A sergeant shows up during a surprise party and it turns out that Rector Skinner's real name is Armin Tamzarian - and that he has an eventful past in Capital City. The sergeant now takes over the post of rector. However, because nobody is satisfied with the new headmaster Skinner, everything is reversed later.
181	3	The saxophone story	Lisa's sax	19 Sep 1997	Oct 9, 1998	Dominic Polcino	Al Jean	3G02
Another look back: It's 1990, Bart starts school and Lisa gets her saxophone , which she plays enthusiastically. Bart destroys the saxophone, annoyed. Lisa later gets a new saxophone, but Homer has to do without air conditioning.
182	4th	Neutron War and Halloween	Treehouse of Horror VIII	26 Sep 1997	Oct 12, 1998	Mark Kirkland	Mike Scully, David S. Cohen, Ned Goldreyer	5F02
3 Halloween episodes: The HΩmega Man - Homer and his family survive a nuclear attack and fight mutated citizens. Fly versus fly - Bart mixes his DNA with a fly. The brisk Hexenbraterei - Marge is mistaken for a witch in 1649.
183	5	Homer and the revolver	The Cartridge Family	Nov 2, 1997	Oct 13, 1998	Pete Michels	John Swartzwelder	5F01
After violence breaks out in town, Homer buys a weapon for defense. Marge and the children feel threatened and move into a hotel. There is an attack there that Homer cannot prevent despite the revolver.
184	6th	Bart is my superstar	Beard star	Nov 9, 1997	Oct 14, 1998	Dominic Polcino	Donick Cary	5F03
Homer becomes the coach of the school football team. Bart is supposed to be the quarterback , to the displeasure of his teammates . Only when Bart simulates an injury is he replaced. The student team finally wins the championship without a beard.
185	7th	Indian wedding	The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons	Nov 16, 1997	Oct 15, 1998	Steven Dean Moore	Richard Appel	5F04
Apu's wife was chosen by her parents from childhood. Apu pretends to be married to Marge. When the hoax is exposed, Apu nevertheless marries the promised woman Manjula.
186	8th	The day of reckoning	Lisa the Skeptic	Nov 23, 1997	Oct 19, 1998	Neil Affleck	David S. Cohen	5F05
A petrified angel is discovered during excavations. Homer builds a devotional shrine out of it in his garage and collects money from visitors. Meanwhile Lisa tries to expose the angel as a fake.
187	9	Death trap for sale	Realty bites	Dec 7, 1997	Oct 19, 1998	Swinton O. Scott III	Dan Greaney	5F06
As a realtor, Marge sells a house in Flanders where a murder has been committed. Meanwhile, Homer buys a car that belonged to the gangster Snake.
188	10	The favorite unhappy family	Miracle on Evergreen Terrace	Dec 21, 1997	Oct 20, 1998	Bob Anderson	Ron Hauge	5F07
Bart accidentally burns the presents the night before Christmas and blames burglars. After a TV station reported the incident, viewers donated some gifts and a sum of $ 15,000. The Simpsons use the money to buy a car, which is destroyed in an accident a little later. So the Simpsons can't return the sum even after it turns out that Bart lied. So it happens that the donors themselves ensure justice by taking all the Simpsons possessions with them.
189	11	And now everyone is singing and dancing	All singing, all dancing	Jan. 4, 1998	Jan 16, 2000	Mark Ervin	Steve O'Donnell	5F24
Because Homer accidentally checked out a musical video, the Simpsons remember musical moments from previous episodes.
190	12	The poor vagabonds	Bart Carny	Jan. 11, 1998	Oct 22, 1998	Mark Kirkland	John Swartzwelder	5F08
Homer and Bart work at the fair and take the showmen Cooder and Spud home with them after they are responsible for closing their booth. The guests take over the house and lock out the Simpsons. With a trick the Simpsons manage to win it back.
191	13	In the clutches of a sect	The Joy of Sect	Feb 8, 1998	Oct 23, 1998	Steve Dean Moore	Steve O'Donnell	5F23
A new sect has taken over most of Springfield. The followers are promised a happy life on another planet. Marge, Flanders and Reverend Lovejoy want to bring the citizens of the city back to their senses. Homer and the children are kidnapped from the sect's grounds. Homer comes to with the help of beer.
192	14th	The stupid UN club	The bus	Feb 15, 1998	Nov 1, 1999	Susie Dietter	Jennifer Crittenden	5F11
On the way to a UN model meeting, the bus with the children from Springfield crashes into the sea. You are stranded on a deserted island. They form a small community and fight to survive together. Meanwhile, Homer wants to set up a computer business over the Internet, which is later destroyed by Bill Gates .
193	15th	Krusty's last temptation	The Last Temptation of Krust	Feb 22, 1998	Oct 2, 1999	Mike B. Anderson	Donick Cary	5F10
After his days as a television clown are over, Krusty happens to become a stand-up comedian.
194	16	A woman for Moe	Dumbbell Indemnity	1st Mar 1998	Oct 26, 1998	Dominic Polcino	Ron Hauge	5F12
Moe fell in love with a woman named Renée. Because his financial resources are tight, he asks Homer to wreck his car in order to collect money from the insurance company. However, Homer is caught doing it and ends up in jail. However, Moe doesn't want to help Homer. Renée thinks Moe is crazy and disappears. Moe sets fire to his own pub. Homer escapes from prison and sets up a pub with Moe in the Simpsons' house.
195	17th	Is Lisa fooling?	Lisa the Simpson	March 8 1998	Dec 31, 1998	Susie Dietter	Ned Goldreyer	4F24
Grandpa Simpson says that Homer and Bart were also said to have been smart up to the age of nine. Lisa fears that the Simpson gene, like Homer and Bart, could make her lose her intelligence on her ninth birthday. She later discovers that the Simpson gene can only become active in men, not women. Meanwhile, old Jasper is freezing himself in the freezer in the Kwik-E store, only to be awakened in the future.
196	18th	The strange key	This little wiggy	22 Mar 1998	Oct 15, 2000	Neil Affleck	Dan Greaney	5F13
Marge brings Bart and Ralph Wiggum together as playmates, whereupon Bart discovers the police chief's universal key. When they break into an abandoned prison with it, however, they forget to flip the safety lever on an electric chair again, which puts Mayor Quimby's life in danger.
197	19th	Homer goes to the Navy	Simpson Tide	29 Mar 1998	May 24, 1999	Milton Gray	Joshua Sternin & Jeffrey Ventimilla	3G04
Homer loses his job at the power plant and joins the Navy. During an exercise, Homer gets into Russian territorial waters with his submarine and triggers a diplomatic conflict.
198	20th	The trillion dollar note	The Trouble With Trillion	Apr 5, 1998	Oct 27, 1998	Swinton O. Scott III	Ian Maxtone-Graham	5F14
Homer has to help the tax authorities find an extremely valuable banknote on Mr. Burns that he stole from the government. Homer escapes to Cuba with Mr. Burns and Smithers . Fidel Castro collects the trillion dollar bill, and the three then find themselves on a raft in the sea.
199	21st	The latest kids news	Girly Edition	Apr 19, 1998	Oct 28, 1998	Mark Kirkland	Larry Doyle	5F15
Lisa and Bart host a news program on television and get into a contest for the audience's favor. Lisa wants to take revenge on her brother with a trick. But this puts Bart in serious danger. Lisa can save him in time. You decide to work together from now on, but your show is canceled.
200	22nd	Who wallow in the dirt	Trash of the Titans	Apr 26, 1998	Oct 6, 1998	Jim Reardon	Ian Maxtone-Graham	5F09
Dissatisfied with municipal garbage disposal, Homer becomes Springfield Garbage Inspector and spends the entire annual budget within a month.
201	23	King of the mountains	King of the Hill	May 5, 1996	Dec 2, 1996	Susie Dietter	David S. Cohen	5F16
In order to win back Bart, Homer decides to climb the Mörderhorn , the highest mountain in Springfield, as a publicity stunt for an applesauce bar company .
202	24	Isis' sphere	Lost Our Lisa	May 10, 1998	Oct 30, 1998	Pete Michels	Brian Scully	5F17
Lisa really wants to see an exhibition, but gets lost on the bus. Homer feels guilty that he let Lisa drive the bus alone and goes in search of her. After he finds her, they break into the closed museum together.
203	25th	The risk of getting caught	Natural Born Kissers	May 17, 1998	Nov 2, 1998	Klay Hall	Matt Selman	5F18
Homer and Marge spice up their love life in public places. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa discover the alternative end of Casablanca .

See also

• Characters from The Simpsons
• The Simpsons (family)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Simpsons Season 9 Episode Guide . Zap2it.com . Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} "The Simpsons" episode guide. In: simpsonspedia.net. Retrieved March 19, 2014 . 
3. ↑ The Simpsons Episode Guide. Retrieved March 19, 2014
4. ↑ Production Code : Season 9 - Simpsonspedia, the Simpsons Wiki. In: simpsonspedia.net. Retrieved March 19, 2014 . 

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