Thirty years in the future the Simpsons get together for Christmas.

After being forced to spend some time in a rabbit cage for a prank he didn't commit, Bart exacts revenge by spraypainting unflattering caricatures of Homer all over town, which become a sensation with real-life graffiti artists Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Kenny Scharf, and Robbie Conal.

Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The episode ends with Homer and Marge Simpson giving the viewers a link to the official The Simpsons website, TheSimpsons.com, and encouraging them to go on the website and vote over the summer of 2011 on whether Ned and Edna should stay together.

Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel elope after months of dating, and Marge later organizes a proper marriage reception for them, which becomes a problem when the many couples of Springfield bring their many personal crises to the party. It is the fifth-most expensive show for advertisers on Fox, with only American Idol, The X Factor, Glee and Family Guy being more expensive. But when the Simpsons introduce him to seasoned agent Annie, they are surprised to learn that Annie was Krusty's very first agent. Meanwhile, Marge dreams of appearing on Top Chef and the results to the "Will Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel Stay Together" contests are revealed. In "The Diving Bell and Butterball," the first of three hair-raising Halloween tales, a venomous spider bite leaves Homer paralyzed, but when Lisa discovers Homer's ability to communicate through natural gases, he is able to express his love for Marge. In the final terrifying... S23, Ep4. Meanwhile, Lisa introduces Bart to "Little Women.". We take a journey with the Simpsons into Christmas of the future, and Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts, among the highlights of season 23.

At a museum exhibit of Ancient Rome, Marge and Homer imagine themselves in Rome where Homer is more ambitious. "[27] One of the problems was that The Simpsons was possibly worth more cancelled than on the air. Meanwhile, Lisa gets Bart interested in classic literature by reading him Little Women. Superintendant Chalmers gets fired after using unconventional methods to teach Bart and his friends about Teddy Roosevelt, so the boys take over Springfield Elementary until he gets his old job back. Homer befriends the nuclear plant's newest hire – a security guard with ties to the CIA and a painful backstory involving the Ukrainian Mafia. In "The Diving Bell and the Butterball," Homer is put in a coma by a black widow spider bite and finds a new, smelly way to communicate. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Two more "Banksy-eseque" gags occurred during the season. We are hopeful that we can reach an agreement with the voice cast that allows The Simpsons to go on entertaining audiences with original episodes for many years to come. "[30], For the negotiations, the studio requested that the cast members accept a 45% cut of their salaries so that more seasons could be produced after season 23, or else that season would be the series' last. Meanwhile, Patty and Selma compete against the Winklevoss twins for the 2012 Olympics. Meanwhile, Bart gets revenge on Nelson for stealing everyone's lunch money. [33] As well as the voice actors, everybody involved in the show took a pay cut. It premiered on September 25, 2011 with "The Falcon and the D'ohman" and ended on May 20, 2012 with "Lisa Goes Gaga".

[25] According to Jean, the poll was "very strong in one direction". Bart finds himself the object of affection to a girl who is dating school bully Jimbo Jones. Mr. Burns replaces all of the nuclear plant employees with robots--except for Homer, who stays along to supervise the robots and serve as a human scapegoat. But when Krusty's retro comedy show reboot is deemed a critical success, Krusty must decide to stay with his agent or side with the network executives. When she gets lost in an unfamiliar ethnic neighborhood, Marge discovers the joy of exotic food. It premiered on September 25, 2011 with "The Falcon and the D'ohman" and ended on May 20, 2012 with "Lisa Goes Gaga".

"[26] The result of the poll were revealed in "The Falcon and the D'ohman". But when Krusty's retro comedy show reboot is deemed a critical success, Krusty must decide to stay with his agent or side with the network executives. After a disastrous date night at the movies, Homer suffers a head injury the next day at work and, during his eight weeks off to recover (about which he does not tell Marge), sees visions of a super-suave superspy named Stradivarius Cain, who gives Homer lessons on being the husband of Marge's dreams. [26] He assured in an interview before the result was presented that the poll was authentic and the writers would not undo the viewers' decision, and added that "What our fans have joined together, let no writer tear asunder. Meanwhile, Nelson uses a Nokia Phone to shake down kids for their lunch money, and Bart gets revenge on Nelson by feeding him burger with patty cold, raw fries and hot cola which has poisoing. We take a journey with the Simpsons into Christmas of the future, and Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts, among the highlights of season 23. When Krusty the Clown's show gets canceled (yet again), Krusty reunites with his original agent and bitter former lover Annie Dubinsky, who gets him a gig on cable television. [26] When asked why the writers thought Ned and Edna were the right characters for a cliffhanger like this, Jean said that "In life, unusual things happen. The town votes to kick the Simpsons out of Springfield, so they decide to move to the Outlands. This included the animators, writers, post-production crew and even Jean himself. Homer and Bart put together a team to author the next successful tween novel franchise and make a million dollars, but discover that they need Lisa's help to pull it off. Krusty the Clown is stuck in a rut when the television network pulls his show from the air and his talent agency drops him as a client. However, when Chalmers's unorthodox teaching methods get him fired, it is up to Bart and the rest of the students who have been motivated by Chalmers to reinstate him. But when he stirs up mixed emotions with his planned endorsement of the next GOP Presidential candidate, Marge and Lisa worry that Homer's opinion and influence might be more powerful than he realizes. Lisa falls in love with Nick, an intellectual romantic, and starts a secret romance with him. The showrunner for the season was Al Jean, with three episodes ran with Matt Selman, one of those he also wrote himself.

Finally, Bart and Milhouse must infiltrate an alien planet by posing as the natives in the Avatar parody, "In the Na'vi.". [31] At one point, Harry Shearer even offered a 70% pay cut in exchange for back-end percentages, but the studio was unwilling to make any deal involving back-end percentages. [30], The season premiere episode "The Falcon and the D'ohman" originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 25, 2011. [29] Analysts consider a cancellation and subsequent second-run deal that includes cable networks to be worth $750 million. The Simpsons was, however, the most-watched show in the lineup in terms of total viewers.

Bart gets the family to take the cruise vacation of his dreams, and then launches a fiendish plot to ensure that it goes on forever. [1] The showrunner for the season was Al Jean, with three episodes ran with Matt Selman, one of those he also wrote himself. Meanwhile, Bart and Milhouse team up with the gang from MythCrackers to debunk some urban schoolyard legends. [28] On this issue, Al Jean commented in an interview with TV Guide that "It's a big company, and there are definitely people whose interests would have been better served by ending it. Next, Flanders gets a call from God to rid the world of sinners by murdering them in '"Dial D for Diddly." Moe's bar rag tells the story of how it went from being part of a medieval tapestry to being Moe's most used prop. [34] It was watched by approximately 8.08 million people during this broadcast. His preferred presidential candidate is Ted Nugent, who guest-stars. In this Simpsonized parody of Inception, Homer develops a bed-wetting problem, which he thinks is karmic payback for getting everyone in trouble for stealing office supplies at work, but a trip through Homer's dreams reveals that Homer's embarrassing problem is connected with a childhood memory involving a fishing trip gone wrong and Homer's deceased mother, Mona. Season 23 premiere: When Homer's threatened by a Ukrainian terrorist, a shy security guard (voice of Kiefer Sutherland) with a shadowy past comes to his aid. Video footage of Homer ranting about being harassed by TSA agents and forced to sit on a grounded plane for seven hours (due to airport incompetence) goes viral and lands Homer on cable television as a political pundit with his own show. Bart becomes an urban vandal and decides to use Homer as his inspiration, while Apu hits hard times when a new trendy market takes all the Kwik-E-Mart customers. The further use of digital animation also saved money, as the animation of the show became more efficient.

Season 23 was announced on November 11, 2010. The thirty-second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons is set to premiere on Fox on September 27, 2020.

In that episode, the characters Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel started dating. (", In one episode Mr. Burns had an iPad app called, Homer became a Glenn Beck-esque TV pundit and leader of the "Gravy Boat" movement. People couple together in ways you would not expect, and he's single and she's single. but after Family Guy. The show's 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave", aired February 19, 2012.[2]. Eccentric pop star Lady Gaga stops by Springfield to help Lisa (who was voted Springfield Elementary's least hated popular student and is now more of an outcast thanks to ghost-writing positive messages on the school's online forum) and the rest of the town boost their self-esteem. Homer becomes Mr. Burns' accountant executive after a successful launch party for Absolut Krusty, becoming a good job for him. Season 23 was announced on November 11, 2010.