Episodes of The Simpsons where Ned Flanders has more importance than usual
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- DirectorMike B. AndersonDebbie Bruce MahanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer and Ned get sucked into the violent world of prestige TV when a ruthless debt collector comes to Springfield.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMatthew FaughnanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightThings go from bad to worse for Homer and Ned.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonTimothy BaileyStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer becomes addicted to his new tablet computer. But when it is destroyed Homer becomes despondent, until he finds and provides hope for Springfield in the most unlikely place.
- DirectorJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightNed deals with his grief after Maude's untimely death.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanMichael MarcantelStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge starts babysitting the Flanders boys, leading Homer to spend more time with Bart and Lisa. Bart gets kidnapped by a lonely movie chimpanzee.
- DirectorJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightConfined to his room with a broken leg, Bart suspects Ned Flanders of murdering Maude; the family's new swimming pool earns Lisa popularity among the neighborhood kids.
- DirectorCarlos BaezaStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Mrs. Krabappel gives Bart a month of detention, he gets his revenge by responding to her newspaper singles ad; Homer uses a swear jar to cut down on his cursing.
- DirectorBob AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart discovers a comet that is on a collision course with Springfield.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonRob OliverStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightJealous of Bart's bond with Ned, Homer mentors Nelson in retaliation, but an act of heroism helps Homer to regain Bart's respect.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMatthew SchofieldStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightNed gets fed up with Homer and punches him in the eye, and Lisa is a bullying victim from her new substitute teacher.
- DirectorSteven Dean MooreMike B. AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightSideshow Bob gets the role of Santa Claus at Santa's Village amusement park. Meanwhile, someone is stealing all the Christmas packages off people's front porches.
- DirectorJeffrey LynchStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter joining the Junior Campers while on a sugar high, Bart reluctantly invites Homer to accompany him on the group's annual father-son rafting trip, which soon goes awry.
- DirectorJim ReardonMatthew NastukStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightA social services officer brings unity to the Simpson family, but their newfound happiness is threatened when the cocktail waitress Homer married in Vegas shows up at their door.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonLance KramerStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart gets bullied at a school dance, so Marge gets an anti-bullying law passed, which results in Homer being put in therapy for bullying Ned.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMatthew FaughnanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightThe Simpsons take a Fourth of July vacation to a cabin hotel, which cause Homer and Marge to reminisce about two episodes from their past where they stayed in the cabin.
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightIn an attempt to show up Ned Flanders, Homer pits Bart against Ned's son, Todd, in a miniature golf competition.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonNancy KruseStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge rediscovers her sexuality after appearing in a racy calendar, but Homer is too tired to respond to her advances because he is being worked to death by his new boss, Carl.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMatthew NastukStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart learns a surprising secret when he finds Mrs. Krabappel's diary at a yard sale, while Lisa discovers an even bigger surprise.
- DirectorJim ReardonMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge is inspired to write a novel, but the storyline of the book (a fat, mean husband, and a handsome, sweet neighbor) makes Homer jealous.
- DirectorJim ReardonChris ClementsStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer writes a Christmas carol called "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders," which soon becomes so popular that the family decides to leave town for a while.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer is forced to become a department store Santa when Marge spends the family's Christmas savings on removing Bart's tattoo.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonTimothy BaileyStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightLisa joins the Boy Explorers, much to Bart's dismay
- DirectorJim ReardonMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer battles mutants after Springfield is annihilated by a neutron bomb; Bart has his DNA mixed with a fly; Marge is revealed to be a witch in colonial Springfield.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMatthew NastukStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhen Bart falls into a coma after he is struck by lightning, he is visited by ghosts seeking closure.
- DirectorPete MichelsJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightThe Simpsons attempt to cover up their accidental murder of Ned Flanders. Bart and Lisa acquire super powers. An electronic apocalypse threatens Springfield.
- DirectorJim ReardonDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightNed gains the power to foresee people's deaths; Maggie is shrunk inside a vitamin capsule and swallowed; Eliza Simpson and her sidekick hunt down a murderer.
- DirectorJim ReardonNancy KruseStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart is led to believe he has special healing powers after a tent revival.
- 1989– 30mTV-147.2 (1.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid SilvermanMike Frank PolcinoStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart is expelled from Springfield Elementary, and Bart is therefore enrolled in St. Jerome's Catholic School.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMike Frank PolcinoStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMaggie will not go to sleep, so Homer tells her a bedtime story about when the Simpsons and the Flanders went to the Grand Canyon together.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMike Frank PolcinoStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightNed takes the Simpsons on a pilgrimage to Israel in order to try and save Homer, but soon discovers that he may not be worth saving.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanBob AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Homer humiliates Ned Flanders, Ned, Rod, and Todd decides to leave Springfield and live in Humbleton, Pennsylvania.
- DirectorSusie DietterStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge and Homer lose custody of the kids, who are sent to live at the Flanders' house.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanSteven Dean MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightA video of Homer dancing becomes so popular that all major sports players hires Homer to design celebration dances for them.
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Flanders invites Homer to a football game, the pair become friends, but Homer's possessiveness and loutish behaviour slowly turns Ned against him.
- 1989– 23mTV-PG8.0 (3.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer gets a crooked cable guy to install free cable in the Simpson home, and as a result, Lisa faces an ethical crisis over her family's stealing.
- DirectorBob AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter a hurricane destroys Ned Flanders' house, he suffers a nervous breakdown and is forced to confront repressed problems from his childhood.
- DirectorChuck SheetzJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWith Homer's help, Flanders tries to establish a Christian theme park based on drawings in Maude's sketch book.
- DirectorSteven Dean MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge becomes a church counselor; Homer discovers his face on a Japanese detergent logo.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonLance KramerStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer gets Flanders a job at the power plant; Marge feels there's no spark left in their marriage.
- DirectorJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhen a group of Shelbyville kids steal Springfield's sacred lemon tree, Bart and his friends venture there to get the tree back.
- DirectorMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhile trying to coax Maggie into saying her first word, Homer and Marge talk about how Lisa spoke hers.
- DirectorJim ReardonMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightLisa finds out how rough Marge has it when her mom is in traction and she becomes the woman of the house. Homer and Bart's antics get her so worked up she conspires to teach them a lesson.
- DirectorJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter attributing a relaxing Sunday to his skipping church, Homer vows to never attend service again, and forms his own religion to justify his behavior.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonSteven Dean MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightA secret from Flanders' past and a never-before-seen room in the Simpson home are revealed.
- DirectorJim ReardonNancy KruseStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer goes to Canada with Apu and Ned to purchase Grampa's medication, but the three have problems getting home because the border guard thinks Apu is a terrorist.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanRaymond S. PersiStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter seeing a museum exhibit on evolution, in which creation is labeled a myth, an outraged Ned Flanders teams with Reverend Lovejoy to blackmail Principal Skinner into requiring creationism to be taught in classrooms, eventually at the expense of any mention of evolution. Lisa becomes outraged herself, and forms a student organization to teach evolution, leading to a creationism vs. evolution trial, a la Inherit the Wind.
- DirectorRob OliverMike B. AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhile God and St. Peter discuss who will get into heaven, the citizens of Springfield recall divine encounters.
- DirectorChuck SheetzMike B. AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Ned and Edna announce publicly that they were secretly married, the two clash over how to raise Rod and Todd.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge forces everyone to give up their electronics and go to the book store in an effort to bring the family together.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightThe Simpsons lose their house, but Flanders buys it and offers to rent it back to them. But when they turn out to be less-than-reliable renters, Flanders kicks them out.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge decides to follow Bart everywhere until he confesses to being involved in a bulldozer crash. Meanwhile, Homer ignores Santa's Little Helper when Ned gets a new dog.
- DirectorJim ReardonMike Frank PolcinoStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer turns to religion to help him get what he wants and is soon awarded the church in an injury settlement. He then turns the church into his personal party pad and Reverend Lovejoy leaves Springfield to wallow in its hedonism.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonChris ClementsStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightSpringfield gets a bedbug scare, the new assistant pastor at church appoints Homer as a deacon, and Marge loses her wedding dress.
- DirectorJim ReardonSwinton O. Scott IIIStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge becomes a real-estate agent.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonLance KramerStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer and Ned go into business together as bounty hunters, and Marge takes a job at an erotic bakery.
- 1989– 30mTV-147.3 (2.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightTroy McClure hosts a retrospective of the first 137 episodes of The Simpsons (1989).
- DirectorJim ReardonNancy KruseStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightThree famous religious stories are retold Simpsons style as the family nods off at church.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanSteven Dean MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer tells the tale of the first Christmas ever, while Grandpa pursues his decade-old feud with Santa.
- DirectorJim ReardonLance KramerStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightA freak blizzard traps the students of Springfield Elementary inside their school. Their lives at stake, they are at the mercy of the rescue efforts of a woozy Homer and Ned.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonRob OliverStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightThe congregation, led by Marge, is forced to resort to gambling in order to collect money to fix the church, which Chief Wiggum destroyed with a jet pack he received by mistake.
- DirectorJim ReardonMichael MarcantelStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightNed Flanders starts dating a famous movie star, but has difficulties with the tabloids following them everywhere.
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge stars in a musical adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, but is angry with Homer's lack of interest; Maggie squares off with her strict new daycare owner.
- DirectorJim ReardonSteven Dean MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer and his friends head to the Super Bowl, but are forced to sneak in when they discover their tickets are counterfeit.
- 1989– 30mTV-148.3 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorBob AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart accidentally gets Principal Skinner fired on inspection day, with Ned Flanders taking over as his replacement.
- DirectorChuck SheetzMike B. AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhen Krabbapple gets suspended and put into detention after hurting Bart, Bart tries to break her out, but it ends that Flanders is the one that saves her life. But soon, Ned figures out that Edna has also dated other men such as Homer, Skinner Comic Book Guy and Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer.
- DirectorJim ReardonSteven Dean MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter spending all his money on an expensive gift for himself, and the family thinking he should be less of an egoist, Homer decides to change his ways.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonLance KramerStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightSpringfield covers the town with surveillance cameras after Homer creates a bomb scare at the train station. Meanwhile, Lisa considers becoming a brunette so that people will take her more seriously.
- 1989– 21mTV-146.5 (1.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorChris ClementsMike B. AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightTodd blames God for his mother's death and rejects his faith, so Ned sends him to live with the Simpsons, hoping they can scare him into believing in God again.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer sells his soul to the Devil for a donut, Bart contends with a gremlin on the side of the school bus which only he can see, and the family discovers that Mr. Burns is a vampire.
- DirectorChuck SheetzMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightThe eighteenth Simpsons Halloween Special features parodies of the movies "E.T." and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMatthew FaughnanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer takes a dangerous dive into an isolated canyon on Candy Peak, but when a crashing boulder traps his arm, he channels Aron Ralston to save himself. 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. The killer spells continue in "Dial D for Diddly," when Ned Flanders, devout preacher by day, transforms into a cold-blooded vigilante by night. In the final terrifying tale, "In the Na'Vi," Bart and Milhouse are sent on a mission to obtain a sacred extract on a distant planet. They morph into the land's indigenous one-eyed avatars, but when Bart finds love and an eternal mate abroad, he is caught in planet warfare.
- DirectorJim ReardonNeil AffleckStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhen Homer takes Ned to Las Vegas in an attempt to get him to loosen up, the two end up drunkenly marrying a pair of cocktail waitresses.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer must decide whether he should complete marriage counseling or skip out to catch a legendary catfish; Bart and Lisa take advantage of Grampa's ignorance of the house rules.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonBob AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightReverend Lovejoy investigates the mysterious past of a new priest who's come to town and shaken things up at church.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMatthew NastukStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightIn Michigan, Reverend Lovejoy learns the true reason why Bode came to Springfield and the congregation must decide whether to banish their new priest.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanMike B. AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhile waiting for the dinner at the Frying Dutchman, the family starts telling three stories about ships: "Journey on the Mayflower", "Mutiny on the Bounty", and "The Neptune Adventure".
- DirectorJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter wishing for Flanders to lose his business, Homer discovers that his neighbor is actually about to go bankrupt and decides to help him out.
- DirectorMark KirklandMatthew NastukStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Kent Brockman is fired as a news anchor, he and Lisa use the Internet to expose the Fox News Conspiracy.