# Worst Simpsons episodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019 "2009-06-07T16:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/121 "2011-03-08T01:59:28Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > The most recent episode, _The Scorpion’s Tale_, was also horrible. I’m glad it wasn’t made during one of the early seasons, because the scene with Abe Simpson’s eyes falling out would have been seriously disturbing to me as a kid! ☹ Indeed; that was quite possibly the creepiest thing I’ve ever seen on the Simpsons. And even aside from that, the episode was further removed from reality than _The Simpsons_ usually is. A bad episode, that had some potential to be a decent one. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/122 "2011-03-08T03:15:27Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > The one that depicted a future where Lisa was President of the USA came to my mind first. But it is so prescient. > [@](#): > > Bart: What happened to you, China? You used to be cool. > President of China: Hey, China is still cool. You pay later! Later! ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/123 "2011-03-08T03:22:23Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > There was one where Marge got her breasts enlarged which was basically just a half hour of boob jokes. Chesty La Rue, Busty St. Clair, or Hootie McBoob. That was from _Homer to the Max_. The one you are referring to is _Large Marge_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/124 "2011-03-08T03:29:27Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > The most recent episode, _The Scorpion’s Tale_, was also horrible. I’m glad it wasn’t made during one of the early seasons, because the scene with Abe Simpson’s eyes falling out would have been seriously disturbing to me as a kid! ☹ Huh. I thought it was the best episode I had seen in a long time. It was very far removed from horrible to me. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/125 "2011-03-08T03:36:41Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Indeed; that was quite possibly the creepiest thing I’ve ever seen on the Simpsons. And even aside from that, the episode was further removed from reality than _The Simpsons_ usually is. A bad episode, that had some potential to be a decent one. It would not have been out of place in Treehouse of Horror. Instead, it was very creepy, especially the end credits. It had the potential to be an excellent part of a Treehouse of Horror episode. > [@cochrane](#): > > Huh. I thought it was the best episode I had seen in a long time. It was very far removed from horrible to me. _The Scorpion’s Tale_ goes well after seeing _Bye Bye Nerdie_. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/126 "2011-03-08T15:34:19Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > The most recent episode, _The Scorpion’s Tale_, was also horrible. I’m glad it wasn’t made during one of the early seasons, because the scene with Abe Simpson’s eyes falling out would have been seriously disturbing to me as a kid! ☹ I saw this thread was back on the front page and I came in here to say this exact thing. I thought this episode was HORRIBLE! The eye thing was way too cartoony and stupid for the Simpsons, and I greatly agree with everyone who said it would have been a better Tree house episode than a regular. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/127 "2011-03-08T15:54:44Z")
Speaking of Treehouse of Horror, what about the ones with all the zombies? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/128 "2011-03-08T16:12:50Z")
Ugh. _Scorpion’s Tale_ started off as an interesting episode, and the eyeball stuff in the last act was disgusting and not funny at all. It was like _The Bob Next Door_ if they’d spent eight or 10 straight minutes slicing people’s faces off. I don’t know if it’s the worst episode but it ranks very low on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/129 "2011-03-08T17:05:34Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > The most recent episode, _The Scorpion’s Tale_, was also horrible. I’m glad it wasn’t made during one of the early seasons, because the scene with Abe Simpson’s eyes falling out would have been seriously disturbing to me as a kid! ☹ It just wouldn’t have happened in the earliest seasons. There was a rule Groening enforced that there wouldn’t be any “cartoonish” sight gags. Most, if not all, the humor in the first few seasons was at about sit-com level. There were unbelievable premises, but there was little that wouldn’t have been feasible with live actors. Basically, the show started out in the days when all animation was for kids, and the creators wanted to distance themselves from kids’ shows. As it became acceptable for adults to watch animated shows, the physically impossible sight gags started to appear. Now, there’s hardly an episode where you don’t see one. It’s one of the reasons I’ve lost some of my enjoyment with the series. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/130 "2011-03-08T17:48:17Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Speaking of Treehouse of Horror, what about the ones with all the zombies? This should be the official picture of this thread. [Zombie Simpsons Thread](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/01/article-0-02D9056B00000578-464_468x249_popup.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/131 "2011-03-08T18:13:57Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Speaking of Treehouse of Horror, what about the ones with all the zombies? Which one? “Dial ‘Z’ For Zombies,” “The Homega Man,” “The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms,” “How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising” or “Don’t Have a Cow, Mankind”? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/132 "2011-03-09T21:42:38Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Which one? > > “Dial ‘Z’ For Zombies,” “The Homega Man,” “The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms,” “How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising” or “Don’t Have a Cow, Mankind”? Homega Man was about mutants. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019/133 "2011-03-09T22:48:44Z")
Hardly a great episode, but I wasn’t as bothered as everyone else seems to be by the eyeball stuff, even though I usually have a low tolerance for that kind of thing. The scene with the scorpions made it pay off (although they still didn’t show _enough_ eyes popping out of the scorpions–I think they were shown with only four eyes each). I got a chuckle out of “grinning like a Swede on payday.” Also Skinner’s mother using a nursing bra to keep her eyes in. And being a Mahler fanatic, I loved the appearance of the first symphony in the “happy seniors” scene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-episodes/499019.md?page=6)