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This is a section where you can read episode ideas made by Eric and the other SW village idiots. These are short descriptions of episodes we would love to see made, and they're the next best thing to fanscripts. However, we make no guarantees about their quality :). Since these are fun and easy to make, hopefully we can amass a collection of these pretty quickly... Also, if you feel you have a great episode concept, write it up, and send it to Eric, and we'll see if we can post it here...

"Life In A Class-House"

By Eric Messinger

Bart sneaks out of town to Shelbyville one night and goes to an abandoned alley to get cheap, high-powered fireworks. He brings Ralph along as cover, claiming they are working on a class project studying Sheybyville's night life. After Ralph develops a serious case of highly contagious pneumonia from the cold night air and exposes Bart's and Lisa's classes, the entire second and fourth grade classes at Springfield Elementary are quarantined for seven days. During this time, Milhouse seizes upon the opportunity to finally woo Lisa, while Bart sees a way of causing mayhem with no consequence due to Skinner not being in the class. As Bart gradually turns the time into a living nightmare with pranks, practical jokes, and the occasional fireworks display, Milhouse's charms begin to become apparent to Lisa, and she feels herself sort of falling for him. However, just as Milhouse decides to finally work up his courage and ask Lisa out, the quarantine ends prematurely after Bart finally pushes Ms. Krabappel over the edge when he unleashes the pet classroom spiders on the second graders. When separated on their first day out, Lisa quickly loses her feelings for Milhouse, but realizes she would break his heart if she told him she didn't like him when he was so close to winning her over. So she enlists Bart to distract Milhouse from her by involving him in a spree of setting off fireworks around the town, and Bart happily agrees. After a few nights of law-breaking, Milhouse's mind is completely off Lisa, and she relaxes, content that she didn't hurt Milhouse's feelings too much.

"Moe's Were The Days"

By Eric Messinger

Moe gets knocked in the head by a thrown beer bottle after a rowdy party at his tavern. Suffering from amnesia when he wakes up, his memories come back in bits and pieces. The story is told in three snippets of his past - not truly a three-episode format, but each flashback begins and ends within the act. The first flashback deals with Moe's early years, and how he ran away from his home in Europe (the location intentionally unspecified) after his parents died, in order to become a child actor in America. It shows how he first became angry and disgruntled, after he was fired from a gig on "The Johnny Carson Show" and replaced with Ron Howard. The second flashback deals with his life just after college, and how he traveled across America trying to create the perfect bar, since he felt alcohol was a great escape from his tragedies and misfortunes. Moe remembers bartending in every state, and there are little snippets from many of them showing how he did when he was there. The final flashback comes when Moe decides to make one last go of it as a bartender in Springfield, and how he reunites with Lenny, Carl, Homer, and Barney after losing touch with them in their childhood. At the end of the episode, Moe's entire memory is back, and he promises to take Homer (who is suffering from a lack of booze) to Moe's, and give him a beer.

"Simp City"

By Eric Messinger

Bart and Milhouse find a mature-rated, violent video game in a trashbin behind a shopping mall, and decide to play it for themselves. Loving every minute they play the game, the boys manage to scrounge up a few more copies, and pretty soon they get most of their friends to play it as well. As the schoolyard fad catches on, the kids begin to cut classes to play the game at thier homes, and Skinner realizes there is a problem when only 10 children show up for the 4th grader vs. 5th grader football game. Determined to steal back the kids from the addictive computer game, Skinner goes to the Simpson house, hoping to make an example of Bart to scare the other kids straight. When Skinner sees the video game, however, he is instantly hooked, and soon the entire pattern repeats itself with the adult residents of Springfield. With their parents under the spell of the game, and their own time playing the game cut short, Bart and Lisa realize they need to free the town from its addiction. They organize a power blackout in the town, and when the adults come out from under their haze, they realize they've been spending too much time with the game. The town re-unites by tossing all the copies of the video game in a giant bonfire, and then return home en masse to sit down in front of the television for 5 hours, free of their entertainment addiction.

"The Stone Poses"

By Eric Messinger

Homer takes an interest in sculpture after Lisa forces him to attend a class with her. Homer finds he actually has a talent for the art form, and soon he has surpassed his teacher in terms of skill. Homer spends some time with small projects, and then he sets out on a one-week retreat to come up with a great sculpture idea. As the family begins to suffer from his absence and they grow unhappy. Homer returns with a masterpiece that draws raves from both critics and fans. Homer auctions off the piece to pay for working on a new one, wrapped up in his new lifestyle. Soon, however, he realizes that he can't take his mind off his family. Homer comes back home and spends some time with his family, to their delight. Realizing where he wants to focus his art, Homer sculpts a statue showing family togetherness, and he proudly shows it off to Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. They love it, but when displayed to the public the critics turn on Homer, claiming he has gone soft on them. With no more money for sculpture, Homer gives up his newfound career... but he realizes he has preserved something more important.

"Goodfellers"

By Eric Messinger

Bart and his closest friends (Milhouse, Richard, and Lewis) decide to form a street gang after seeing some old Mafia movies. Gradually, after making some money from stealing little things and asking for protection donations from their classmates, the organization begins to rake in the cash. As they gradually move onto bigger crimes, and the mafia parodies abound, Fat Tony begins to see that this new organization will pose a threat to his family and his business. He orders his cronies to teach Bart a message, so they trash his room, steal his skateboard, and damage his treehouse. Bart realizes that his gang may be making him pay a price, but after talking it over with Homer, he decides to go for one last score before his disbands his mafiosi family. As the boys prepare to pull off a heist at the candy factory, Fat Tony arrives, anxious to win a contest for World Series tickets. As a standoff ensues, and Fat Tony threatens the boys with violence, the police close in, alerted by the nervous Milhouse. The boys make off with a little bit of candy, and they go to the Android's Dungeon to trade it for comic books.

"Bored Of The Rings"

By Eric Messinger

The Olympic Commitee comes back to Springfield, this time actually awarding the games to the town. After Springfield gets overrun by curlers, sprinters, and divers, many are pleased, but Bart has nothing to do since all the areas are given over to the athletes. He decides to start his own Olympic Games, with all the nieghborhood kids. After the home-grown events like paper-airplane throwing and nerd beating gain popularity, even the adults want in. Soon, the entire town is participating in the first annual Springfield Olympics. When people stop showing up for the Olympics in the town, the games organizers decide to get rid of the games, which are stealing away their fans and ratings. They hire the Mafia to take out key local supporters. However, before they can, they are stopped by Willie, who has gotten together a posse of Irish mafiosi to protect his town and the games, which he loves because he wins all the athletic events. Fat Tony and his gang don't do the shootings, and the Springfield Olympics conclude peacefully.

"Office Race"

By Eric Messinger

When the Nuclear Power Plant is shut down for 6 months for safety overhauls, all the members of the plant have to find new jobs. The plant shutting down not only leaves its workers out of luck, but also forces many of the local stores to shut down since their regulars can't afford to go there anymore. Just as Homer and his fellow competent employees are despairing over their lack of income, however, a new company called CompuJob comes into town and posts ads for jobs. When the men of the town realize that there are only 3 spots to fill and hundreds of them who want in, however, total chaos unfolds, and a fight over getting the jobs leads to a town-wide riot. But just as Springfield seems to be sucked under by unemployment and looting, the townspeople learn that CompuJob has been bought by Burns, who re-hires them temporarily to staff the office at minimum wage until his plant gets back up to code.

"Bart And Ernie"

By Eric Messinger

A new kid, Ernie, moves into school, and completely takes over Bart's role as troublemaker. Outpranking and outvandalizing Bart constantly, he quickly becomes the new bane of Skinner's existence, and Bart's friends gradually neglect him. Bart, unhappy with his social niche being removed, starts to become friends with the "smart kids", and gradually, he comes to realize he actually has some decent intelligence. Beginning to enjoy learning, and starting to get better grades, he starts to forget his bad ways. However, soon Ernie begins making fun of Bart for being a "brain", and all of Bart's friends turn into his enemies. Bart decides he'd rather have the life he once led, and he decides to go for the prank of a lifetime - letting every animal in the Springfield Zoo out in the school. As he's about to begin his task, he learns from Milhouse that Ernie will be moving away. Satisfied that his main competition is out, Bart lets the animals out, realizing it's just more fun to be bad.

"Homento"

By Eric Messinger

In a take on the movie "Memento", the episode is aired, with the ending of the episode shown first, and then working back to the beginning in one-and-a-half minute intervals. The plot (in beginning-to-end order) has Homer being hit in the back of the head with a bat, and going on a mission to find the person who did it to him, all the while trying to deal with his memory lapses. As he methodically works through town interrogating people, he picks up various items, which he all uses as clues to lead him towards the final revelation. After almost blaming Lenny for the crime, he finally gets his memory back when Moe punches him in the face for not paying for a beer. He then realizes Lenny's story was true - the bat fell from a baseball monument onto his head when he was walking through town.

"Reservoir Slobs"

By Eric Messinger

Bart and the rest of the schoolyard kids have a great time egging Skinner's house while he is with Ms. Krabappel. When they are turned in by an anonymous tipster from their group, the boys begin a hunt to track down who turned them in to Skinner. After clearing Martin, the obvious suspect, of suspicion, the kids begin to become more and more paranoid, making wild accusations towards each other. The schoolyard becomes a center of chaos, and the elementary school starts to get out of control. Realizing he has to do something to get his school in order, Skinner tells the entire group of kids that it was Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney who turned them in, since he forced them to in order to pass their grade. Since no one has the nerve to challenge the three, life goes back to normal, and Springfield Elementary goes back into its routine.

"Treehouse Of Horror Whatever"

By Eric Messinger

1. "The Pride of the Prankies"

Bart, Milhouse, and the gang pull a bunch of pranks on Halloween night, fairly tame by their standards. However, when they accidently vandalize the graves of the 1927 Yankees, the team comes back from beyond the grave and seeks vengeance.

2. "Bonfire of the Parodies"

When Homer falls asleep to a marathon of horror movies and falls on his head during the night, he wakes up to a bunch of hallucinations. These hallucinations are all from famous horror movies, and it's up to Homer's family to try and bring him back to reality before they drive Homer insane.

3. "Simp-Tron"

Bart and Homer get stuck in the movie-based game "Tron" after a freak lightning bolt hits the arcade they are playing at. Together, they have to go through the movie's plot and exit the world, and maybe save a few who have come before them.

A Matter Of Principal

By Jason Levy

Bart's grade four class is given a challenge when Principal Skinner informs his class of the upcoming governmental tests. Although they don't affect the student's grades, Skinner is tired of seeing Springfield Elementary sink to the lowest ranked school in the US year after year. He strikes a deal with the fourth graders, telling them if the school places in the top 50, one student will be randomly selected to take the role of principal for a day. Seeing this as an opportunity to reek havoc at a larger scale, Bart buckles down and reviews his subjects. The test day arrives, and Bart and his classmates make quite a performance. The school reaches it's goal, finishing 34th, and Skinner fulfills his end of the bargain. He picks a name out of a hat and low and behold it's Bart Simpson. Bart is ready to take command, and is eager to make all of his fantasies a reality. As first order of duty, he bans homework for the day, extends lunch period by a half hour, and confiscates chalk from every classroom. Things are going great until the job of principal starts to kick in. Two third graders who had gotten into a fight had been sent to his office where a puzzled Bart wasn't sure what to do. After managing to sort out their problems, parents of a second grade student needed to discuss issues with their son and his teacher. The band requesting more money for a field trip, more computers in the lab breaking down, Willie demanding a new mop, teachers getting angrier with the decreasing number of text, books, the problems kept escalating. Bart didn't know where to turn. When the final school bell rang and the upbeat students ran out of the school, Bart sat plopped in the Principal's office. It only took one day to realize all the junk that Skinner had to put up with, and Bart new he'd never take this position again. While walking through the halls on his first and last day as Principal, Bart had a new respect for Skinner - but he still planned to be the same trouble making fourth grader the following day.

I Smarter Than Q

By Jason Levy

Standardized testing becomes the talk of the town when IQ tests are set to be passed out through Springfield to determine the smarter sex. The adults put on their thinking caps in preparation of the big exam. Bragging rights are at hand as the men, led by Homer J proclaim they hold more knowledge than their 'slow minded' wives. The day of the test arrives and so brings the rare occasion where everyone is actually using their brain power instead of parking themselves on the couch. Two weeks later, the results are in. The men had outscored their wives and the parading and sulking begins for both sides. The town becomes officially divided in two, both parties led by the two Simpson heads, Homer and Marge. The husband/wife fiasco is affecting more than their relationships, but the children who have been pushed aside to make room for the brawl. Fed up with being ignored, the schoolyard kids rebel, forcing their silly parents to come back together, demanding the feud be put to a stop. Seeing what their town has become, Homer and Marge make peace, and the husbands and wives are reunited. Any sour feelings are dismissed when the town receives word that they had outscored their Shelbyville counterparts. This is a feat that both men and women take part in the celebration.

"Turkey Day"

By Eric Messinger

As Thanksgiving festivities roll around, Lisa becomes horrified when she realizes how many turkeys are being slaughtered for the holiday. Determined to stop it and be true to he vegetarian ideals, she starts a campaign to make the holiday officially meat-free. As she starts gaining support from mothers in the town who hate the time spent cooking the turkey, Bart & Homer realize that their gorging plans will be tampered with. They start a counter-campaign, designed to show how great turkey tastes, and how un-American vegetarians are. As the two sides reach a stand-off, a show-stopping song is sung, but the differences remain, and the town is fully divided. Soon after, a flock of turkeys flies into the town, but the group of birds is immediately killed by the toxic Springfield air. Lisa objection was with killing the turkeys, and since the birds died on their own, she decides to give in. The town feasts, and order is restored.

"To Kill A Jailbird"

By Eric Messinger

Sideshow Bob is in prison, awaiting his appeal to the Springfield court over his death penalty sentence. Realizing he will probably be sentenced to death after seeing the that the prosecuting lawyer is Johnnie Cochran, Bob decides to try and break out of prison. Knowing he needs a cunning mind, he sends a message out to Bart through the grapevine telling him to meet him that night outside his prison window. Bart is curious and comes, and he agrees to help free Bob if he promises to tutor Bart in math, which he is failing. After Bob agrees, the two decide to put their plan to action the next night, which is also Mardi Gras. As the policemen and guards are celebrating, Bart sneaks in and steals the keys to Bob's cell from Lou. Bart uses them to free Bob, and the two sneak out of the jail unseen. Just as they leave, though, Bob double-crosses Bart, and leaves him stranded in the middle of the Springfield Woods in the middle of a storm. Bart gets out by hitching a ride on an off-road SUV, and decides to catch Bob in the simplest way he knows: getting him put on an episode of America's Most Wanted. Bob realizes he can't return to Springfield while he is being looked for, and takes the next plane to Paris to start a new life...

"Lord Of The Eyes"

By Eric Messinger

Homer wins a local television network in a poker game he plays with Mr. Burns and his rich friends. Not knowing what to do with it, he puts a camera on his head, and decides to simply show a normal day in his life as programming. After word of mouth spreads about his show, (inventively titled "The Homer Show") he becomes a state-wide celebrity. He is invited to numerous parties, meets a few famous actors, and becomes the talk of the town. But after Marge becomes fed up with the loss of privacy, she tells Homer she'll leave him unless he turns the camera off. Conflicted, Homer puts the matter to vote at the Springfield Town Hall, and after seeing Marge worried, the town votes to turn off the camera. Homer and Marge reconcile with a big kiss.

Trading Places

By Jason Levy

Homer's long hours spent guzzling down duff at the bar begin to add up and Marge begins to wonder just how good of a father he is. After Bart misses his hockey practice, and Lisa misses her music recital thanks to none other than Homer J, Marge finally decides to put her husbands' fathering skills to the test. The mother of three knows that without her holding up the family responsibilities, there would be non-stop havoc in the Simpson house. To have Homer appreciate what she does, Marge (after plotting out an evil scheme with Bart and Lisa) skips town for the week, leaving Homer the head of the household. The dysfunctional, unorganized, alcohol craving dad doesn't know where to start. Mixing up Maggie's baby formula with laxative and blowing up the kitchen while attempting to make toast are just some of the early screwups that has Homer all tied up. The week (although to Homer seems like a year) comes to a close and Marge returns to see if her experiment paid off. Much to her pleasure, she is greeted by a much more thoughtful and loving husband. Homer may not be father of the year, but he cares just a bit more of his wife's contribution to the family.

Life Of Spoof

By Mel Nurdin

Bart and Lisa are in the treehouse when Gary the nerd comes to visit them with Mel (his girlfriend). They then have a storytelling contest on spoofs. Lisa begins. The story is The Wizard of Oz with Mel as Dorothy, Gary as the scarecrow, Bart as the lion and Lisa as the tinwoman. Marge is the Good witch and Homer is the wizard. next is Bart's and he chooses "Bart Wars" but a little different. Bart is Bart Skywalker, Lisa is C3-Liso, Homer is Homer the Hutt and Darth Homer, Marge is Princess Margidala, Gary is Gary Solo, and Mel is Princess Mel. Darth Sidius is Darth Burns and Doug, Gary's friend, is Doug-ee (Chewee).

"Novel Stories"

By E.J. Doherty

It starts out with the simpsons trying to hitch a plane to vermont. They they can't get the plane so they try for the train again. And they can't get that so they go for a bus. They meet up with the same hobo from the simpsons tall tales. He tell them three stories. Of mice and men, To kill a Mockingbird and John Henry (because he jipped them a tall tale last time.)

"Of Mice and Men" characters

"To Kill A Mockingbird" Characters

John Henry

"Simpsons Christmas Carol"

By Nath Giselle

A remake of the Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol", with the following cast...

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