Originally broadcast between October 27, 1996 and May 18, 1997, the eighth season has 25 episodes in total and to start justifying my position I will start by saying that it received several awards. Between them he won two Emmy Awards, and for the episode “Homer’s Phobia”, mike anderson won the Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing a Television Production, and the WAC Award for Best Director of a Prime Time Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration.
But beyond the awards, the best way to demonstrate the real impact of the eighth season of “The Simpsons” is to go to direct analysis.
3 of the top 10 episodes of The Simpsons on IMDb are in the eighth season
IMDb is one of the most popular and prestigious sites about movies and series out there. There both critics and the general public can cast their vote on what they like best, and of the list of the ten best episodes, three belong to the eighth season. They are: “The Secret Files of Springfield” which has a 9.1 on the site, “Only Moves Twice” with 9.2 and the one that is considered by all as the best, the first place, this is “Homer’s Enemy”And we all know who we’re talking about.
Curious fact: David Duchevy one of the guest stars in “The Secret Files of Springfield” wanted to write a sequel to the episode where The Simpsons came off television and appeared on “The X Files”but Fox rejected the idea.
The best characters that appeared only once in The Simpsons
If there is something that characterizes The Simpsons beyond the role of the family, and the most recurrent secondary characters, it is the appearance of certain characters that appear for the first time and become a fundamental part of the episode. Many times the impact is such that these characters are brought back in the future.
However, in the eighth season some of the best characters that appeared only once in the series appear, but despite what they generated, they have not reappeared. That is why his only participation in the eighth season is another of the points that add up when considering it the best.
Hank Scorpio, the Bond-style villain for whom Homer is going to work in Cipreses Creeks is considered the best character who had a single appearance in the entire history of the series.. Other great examples of these characters this season are: Frank Grimes, Homer’s enemy; Hugo, Bart’s evil twin; Cary bobbins that character that “isn’t” Mary Poppins; Larry Burns, the son of Mr. Burns; Belle, the businesswoman who owns the burlesque house; Javier, the gay man who helps Homer to open his mind a bit. In addition, Poochie and cousin Lolo, Cecilio Patiño and Elio Pez should be mentioned.
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Great guest stars and the birth of several memorable memes
The eighth season has some of the most memorable appearances, it was the time when the guest stars were part of a story and not a mere attention-grabber as is often the case today with many special participations. Among the most prominent names are: Rodney Dangerfield as Larry the son of Mr. Burns in the episode “Daddy Burns”; Johnny Cash like the talking coyote in “The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer”; Leonard Nimoy, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson appear in “The Secret Files of Springfield”Nimoy plays himself, and Duchovny and Anderson make a sort of parody of their characters in “The X Files”; Y Willem Dafoe as the Commander of the school in the episode “Lisa Simpson’s Secret War”.
Now, the memes and The Simpsons, almost love at first sight. Several of the scenes that have been turned into memes by the networks emerge from this season. Perhaps the most outstanding is one of the key moments of the chapter “Milhouse divided”, the “dignity” according to Kirk Van Van Houten. Homer’s “visualizing what victory will be like” in “Homer for the Championship”, in “Lisa’s Bland Romance” we all know that “no one loves Milhouse”, Ned Flanders’ anger after the house that his neighbors raised after the hurricane in the episode “Hurricane Neddy”, has served to illustrate various situations in real life.
Dignity The Simpsons
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Complete list of episodes of the eighth season
If everything said so far was not enough, go and see for yourself, here is the complete list of episodes of the best season of “The Simpsons” accompanied by a brief description so that you can quickly identify them.
- one- The tree house of terror VII (has Hugo, Lisa’s miniature world, and the choice between Kang and Kodos)
- two- only moved twice (the one with Hank Scorpio)
- 3- Homer for the championship (Homer boxer)
- 4- Daddy Burns (the endearing Larry)
- 5- Bart at night (the burlesque house…)
- 6- Milhouse Divided (the separation of Milhouse’s parents)
- 7- Lisa’s bland romance (Lisa loves Nelson)
- 8- Hurricane Neddy (or when Flanders loses his mind)
- 9- The mysterious journey of our Homer (the hallucinogenic chili)
- 10- The secret files of Springfield (Homer sees an alien)
- 11- The murky and dark world of Marge Simpson (the pretzel business)
- 12- The mountain of madness (Homer and Burns on the mountain)
- 13- Simpsoncalifragilisticoexpialidoso (the one with Cary Bobbins)
- 14- The Tomy, Daly and Poochie Show (it’s all said)
- 15- Homer’s phobia (in which Homer thinks Bart is gay)
- 16- The brother of another series (when the bad guy is not Patiño Bob, but the brother)
- 17- Babysitter, my sister (Lisa the babysitter)
- 18- Homer against prohibition (the “Baron” of beer)
- 19- Love at school (the romance between Seymour Skinner and Edna Krabappel)
- 20- Canine Mutiny (the chapter of “Prócer” the dog)
- 21- The old man and the Lisa (Burns the recycler)
- 22- Ask Marge (the lady who listens)
- 23- Homer’s enemy (Frank Grimes’s)
- 24- The rehash repertoire of The Simpsons (Troy McClure introduces three alternate stories)
- 25- The secret war of Lisa Simpson (Bart and Lisa go to the militarized school)
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