The Simpsons: Season 16

2004
21 episodes

Season 16 of The Simpsons premiered on November 7, 2004 and has 21 episodes, from "Treehouse of Horror XV" to "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star". The last episode aired on May 15, 2005.

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Episodes

Episode 1Treehouse of Horror XVAired November 7, 2004
Ned Flanders' head injury gives him the power to predict others' deaths, Bart and Lisa play detective when a string of Victorian-era prostitutes are murdered by Jack the Ripper, and the Simpsons go on a fantastic voyage inside Mr. Burns' body to save Maggie.
- 23m
- Directed by David Silverman
- Written by Bill Odenkirk
Guest stars
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Crazy Cat Lady / Woman on Street (voice)
Episode 2All's Fair in Oven WarAired November 14, 2004
Marge gets her kitchen remodeled and the dishes she makes inside it get rave reviews. The suggestion of Ned Flanders leads her to enter a cooking contest. However, Marge realizes the competition is harder than it seems. Meanwhile, Bart finds Homer's vintage Playdude magazines and decides to adopt the lifestyle he sees within the articles.
- 23m
- Directed by Mark Kirkland
- Written by Matt Selman
Guest stars
- Thomas Pynchon Thomas Pynchon (voice)
- James Caan James Caan (voice)
- Marcia Wallace Edna Krabappel (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Milhouse Van Houten (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Agnes Skinner / Auntie Ovenfresh / Brandine (voice)
Episode 3Sleeping with the EnemyAired November 21, 2004
Marge finds Nelson and acts as a mother figure towards him due to her children's loss of interest in her. Meanwhile, Lisa gets teased about her big butt, and becomes obsessed with her weight.
- 23m
- Directed by Lauren MacMullan
- Written by Jon Vitti
Guest stars
- Marcia Wallace Edna Krabappel (voice)
- Russi Taylor Martin Prince / Sherri / Terri (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Nelson's Mother / Agnes Skinner / Girl in Store #2 (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Milhouse Van Houten / Janey / Girl in Store #1 (voice)
Episode 4She Used to Be My GirlAired December 5, 2004
Marge meets up with a former high-school pal who is now a famous news anchor, and she wonders if she made the right life choice.
- 23m
- Directed by Matthew Nastuk
- Written by Tim Long
Guest stars
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Kim Cattrall Chloe Talbot (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Cookie Kwan / Cookie Kwan's Baby / Miss Springfield (voice)
Episode 5Fat Man and Little BoyAired December 12, 2004
When Bart writes slogans on T-shirts, he catches the attention of Goose Gladwell, a gag-gift entrepreneur, and soon becomes a T-shirt mogul; Homer feels he no longer has a place in the family when Bart becomes the breadwinner.
- 23m
- Directed by Mike B. Anderson
- Written by Joel H. Cohen
Guest stars
- Russi Taylor Martin Prince (voice)
- Eric Idle Declan Desmond (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Lady (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Milhouse Van Houten / Janey (voice)
- Terry W. Greene Sgt. Activity (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Man (voice)
Episode 6Midnight RxAired January 16, 2005
Homer, Grampa, Apu and Flanders travel to Canada to buy sorely needed prescription drugs with fake Canadian health-care cards.
- 23m
- Directed by Nancy Kruse
- Written by Marc Wilmore
Guest stars
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Additional Voices (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Brandine / Tour Guide / Nurse (voice)
Episode 7Mommie BeerestAired January 30, 2005
When Marge discovers Homer has remortgaged the house to help Moe's bar, she takes over as landlady. Little does Homer know, Moe and Marge are a match made in pub heaven.
- 23m
- Directed by Mark Kirkland
- Written by Michael Price
Guest stars
- Karl Wiedergott (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Lindsey Naegle / Additional Voices (voice)
Episode 8Homer and Ned's Hail Mary PassAired February 6, 2005
Homer's impromptu dance at a carnival leads to a job choreographing victory dances for sports stars Tom Brady, Warren Sapp, Michelle Kwan, Yao Ming and LeBron James.
- 23m
- Directed by Steven Dean Moore
- Written by Tim Long
Guest stars
- Michelle Kwan Michelle Kwan (voice)
- LeBron James LeBron James (voice)
- Yao Ming Yao Ming (voice)
- Tom Brady Tom Brady (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Rod Flanders (voice)
- Warren Sapp Warren Sapp (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Cookie Kwan / Crazy Cat Lady (voice)
Episode 9Pranksta RapAired February 13, 2005
Bart fakes his own kidnapping to get out of being punished for going to a rap concert, but the ruse goes too far when Milhouse's father is implicated as the kidnapper and Chief Wiggum sees this as an opportunity to make a name for himself as a competent police officer.
- 23m
- Directed by Mike B. Anderson
- Written by Matt Selman
Guest stars
- 50 Cent 50 Cent (voice)
- Dana Gould Murphy (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Milhouse Van Houten / 50 Cent's Manager (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Lindsey Naegle / Woman at Rap Concert / Cookie Kwan (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Christian Carrot Theater Announcer / Additional Voices (voice)
Episode 10There's Something About MarryingAired February 20, 2005
Springfield legalizes same-sex marriage to increase tourism. After becoming a minister, Homer starts to wed people to make money. Meanwhile, Marge's sister Patty comes out as a lesbian and reveals that she is going to marry a woman named Veronica.
- 23m
- Directed by Nancy Kruse
- Written by J. Stewart Burns
Guest stars
- Russi Taylor Martin Prince (voice)
- Marcia Wallace Edna Krabappel (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Howell Huser (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Milhouse Van Houten / Jimbo Jones (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Dolph / Additional Voices (voice)
Episode 11On a Clear Day I Can't See My SisterAired March 6, 2005
Lisa does what every little sister has dreamed of - she gets a restraining order put on her big brother. Bart is forced to live in the back garden, but soon realises the joy of communing with nature.
- 23m
- Directed by Bob Anderson
- Written by Jeff Westbrook
Guest stars
- Gary Busey Gary Busey (voice)
- Jane Kaczmarek Constance Harm (voice)
- Marcia Wallace Edna Krabappel (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Russi Taylor Uter (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Milhouse Van Houten / Jimbo Jones (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Mary / Dolph (voice)
Episode 12Goo Goo Gai PanAired March 13, 2005
Selma decides to adopt a child from China, but when the rules say she must be married, Homer must pose as her husband for the fearsome adoption agent Madame Wu.
- 23m
- Directed by Lance Kramer
- Written by Dana Gould
Guest stars
- Robert Wagner Robert Wagner (voice)
- Lucy Liu Madam Wu (voice)
- David Silverman David Silverman (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Crazy Cat Lady / Additional Voices (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Milhouse Van Houten / Audience Member (voice)
Episode 13Mobile HomerAired March 20, 2005
When Marge starts economising, Homer thinks he's being left out of the family's important financial decisions, so splashes out on an expensive camper van and sets up camp on the driveway.
- 23m
- Directed by Raymond S. Persi
- Written by Tim Long
Guest stars
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Insurance Broker / Brenda / Martha (voice)
Episode 14The Seven-Beer SnitchAired April 3, 2005
After Shelbyville accuses Springfield of being hicks, Marge convinces the townspeople to fund a Frank Gehry-designed concert hall, which is then converted to a prison when the concert hall goes bankrupt on opening night. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa investigate Snowball II's recent weight gain.
- 23m
- Directed by Matthew Nastuk
- Written by Bill Odenkirk
Guest stars
- Frank Gehry Frank Gehry (voice)
- Joe Mantegna Fat Tony (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Charles Napier Officer Krackney (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Jimbo Jones / Shelbyville Woman in Play / Mrs. Dexter (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Brandine / Woman Who Watched Play / Mrs. Dexter's Son (voice)
Episode 15Future-DramaAired April 17, 2005
Through Professor Frink's future machine, Bart and Lisa see their lives in the year 2013, where Bart steals Lisa's chances at going to an Ivy League school in order to impress a skater girl named Jenda while Homer (now separated from Marge and living in an underwater apartment) fights Krusty the Clown after Marge begins dating him.
- 23m
- Directed by Mike B. Anderson
- Written by Matt Selman
Guest stars
- Amy Poehler Jenda (voice)
- John DiMaggio Bender (voice)
- Russi Taylor Martin Prince (voice)
- Marcia Wallace Edna Krabappel (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Milhouse Van Houten (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Crazy Cat Lady / Anoop Nahasapeemapetilon (voice)
Episode 16Don't Fear the RooferAired May 1, 2005
Homer meets a new friend, Ray the Roofer, but gets confined to a mental institution when his friends and family believe he made him up.
- 23m
- Directed by Mark Kirkland
- Written by Kevin Curran
Guest stars
- Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Ray Romano Ray Magini (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Knockers Waitress / Nurse / Old Woman (voice)
Episode 17The Heartbroke KidAired May 1, 2005
When Bart endangers his health by bingeing on vending-machine food, the Simpsons turn their home into a hostel in order to afford sending him to a forced starvation facility.
- 23m
- Directed by Steven Dean Moore
- Written by Ian Maxtone-Graham
Guest stars
- Marcia Wallace Edna Krabappel (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Albert Brooks Tab Spangler / Jacques (voice)
- Russi Taylor Additional Voices (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Lindsey Naegle / German Woman (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Additional Voices (voice)
Episode 18A Star Is TornAired May 8, 2005
Lisa agrees to enter a Krusty-sponsored "Li'l Starmaker" competition and panics when another contestant outperforms her.
- 23m
- Directed by Nancy Kruse
- Written by Carolyn Omine
Guest stars
- Fantasia Barrino Clarissa Wellington (voice)
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Milhouse (voice)
Episode 19Thank God It's DoomsdayAired May 8, 2005
Homer sees a movie about the end of the world and fears the same thing will happen in real life after seeing a chain of random occurrences and doing a complicated math equation that predicts the end will come on May 18th.
- 23m
- Directed by Michael Marcantel
- Written by Don Payne
Guest stars
- Karl Wiedergott Additional Voices (voice)
- Pamela Hayden Jimbo Jones / Shawna the Mistress (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Dolph / Agnes Skinner / Heaven Narrator (voice)
Episode 20Home Away from HomerAired May 15, 2005
Flanders rents a room to two college girls who, without his knowledge, use the spare room to broadcast live softcore pornographic web videos of themselves.
- 23m
- Directed by Bob Anderson
- Written by Joel H. Cohen
Guest stars
- Jason Bateman Jason Bateman (voice)
- Tress MacNeille Amy Levine Gonzalez (voice)
Episode 21The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest StarAired May 15, 2005
Bart gets expelled from school and transfers to a Catholic school, where a hip priest named Father Sean tries to convert Bart and Homer to Catholicism, which worries Marge when she believes that Catholics do not go to the same heaven as Protestants and discovers that Catholic women do not use birth control.
- 23m
- Directed by Michael Polcino
- Written by Matt Warburton
Guest stars
- Liam Neeson Father Sean (voice)
- Marcia Wallace Edna Krabappel (voice)