The Simpsons' seventeenth season originally aired between September 2005 and May 2006, beginning on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It broke Fox's tradition of pushing its shows' season premieres back to November to accommodate the Major League Baseball games airing on the network during September and October of each year.
| Name | The Simpsons Season 17 |
|---|---|
| Air Date | September 11th, 2005 |
| Genres | Family, Animation, Comedy |
| Network | FOX |
| Production Companies | The Curiosity Company, Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television |
| Number of Episodes | 22 Episodes |
| Plot Keywords | cartoon, satire, nuclear power plant, parody, middle class, dysfunctional family, social satire |
Episodes List
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 1 : The Bonfire of the Manatees
September 11th, 2005After Homer gets into trouble over his football gambling debts, he allows the Springfield Mafia to shoot a "snuggle film" in the house without Marge's...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 2 : The Girl Who Slept Too Little
September 18th, 2005After the family successfully protest against a stamp museum being built next to their house, a cemetery is built near the Simpson house instead, maki...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 3 : Milhouse of Sand and Fog
September 25th, 2005Never one to miss the opportunity to make a quick buck, Homer cashes in on Maggie's bout of chicken pox. He decides to host a Pox Party and charges pa...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 4 : Treehouse of Horror XVI
November 6th, 2005Bart ends up in a coma after attempting to jump from the roof to the swimming pool at Spinster Arms Apartments, while attending a hunting party at Bur...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 5 : Marge's Son Poisoning
November 13th, 2005When Bart decides to spend a bit of time with Marge, it's not long before he's buying tea sets and singing duets. Has he turned into a mummy's boy?...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 6 : See Homer Run
November 20th, 2005Homer becomes Springfield's safety guru and before long he's challenging Mayor Quimby for office. Until, that is, there's an embarrassing mishap with ...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 7 : The Last of the Red Hat Mamas
November 27th, 2005Marge is shunned after Homer has an altercation with the Easter Bunny at the mayor's egg hunt. A lonely Marge joins a women's group who plan to steal ...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 8 : The Italian Bob
December 11th, 2005Homer brings the whole family along when he is sent to Italy to pick up a new sports car for Mr. Burns, when they find themselves in a small town that...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 9 : Simpsons Christmas Stories
December 18th, 2005The Simpsons re-enact the Nativity; a World War II tale stars Grampa, Mr. Burns and Santa; a musical features "The Nutcracker Suite."...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 10 : Homer's Paternity Coot
January 8th, 2006Mail from forty years earlier is discovered, and a letter from Homer Simpson's mother's old boyfriend states that he is Homer's true father. Homer set...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 11 : We're on the Road to D'ohwhere
January 29th, 2006After Bart steals a key from Principal Skinner's office and gets himself into hot water, Marge and Homer send him to a behavior modification camp....
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 12 : My Fair Laddy
February 26th, 2006Mr. Krupt is the school’s new gym teacher and introduces Bart and the kids to “BOMBARDMENT!” Bart’s attempt to get back at the new gym teacher...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 13 : The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
March 12th, 2006The family is on a nature walk through “Carl’s Dad Caverns,” when Homer tries to get a piece from a stalactite. This results in the family falli...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 14 : Bart Has Two Mommies
March 19th, 2006The family is at a church fund-raiser, where Homer tries to ensure his rubber duck onto victory, but Flanders wins the big prize, which he doesn’t w...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 15 : Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife
March 26th, 2006Homer is stoked for a party, where Lenny shows off his new plasma screen HD TV. Three days later and Homer still hasn’t left Lenny’s apartment. Le...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 16 : Million Dollar Abie
April 2nd, 2006Homer spearheads the effort to get pro-football to bring a new franchise to Springfield. The football commissioner, on his way to officially award the...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 17 : Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore
April 9th, 2006At the power plant a movie is shown where the workers endorse outsourcing and Mr. Burns announces that he is closing the plant and moving the work to ...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 18 : The Wettest Stories Ever Told
April 23rd, 2006As the family waits for their food at “The Frying Dutchman,” they pass the time by telling stories. Lisa tells about the Mayflower’s journey to ...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 19 : Girls Just Want to Have Sums
April 30th, 2006The family attends "Stab-A-Lot: The Itchy and Scratchy Musical." The musical's director is a graduate of Springfield Elementary and Principal Skinner ...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 20 : Regarding Margie
May 7th, 2006Marge goes on a cleaning frenzy before the housekeeper she’s won the services of comes to the house. One spot remains and she mixes a number of toxi...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 21 : The Monkey Suit
May 14th, 2006Working through their checklists of things to do before summer ends, Lisa gets the family to go a museum. At the Springfield Museum of Natural History...
The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 22 : Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play
May 21st, 2006When Homer hears that the Isotopes are on a winning streak, he takes the family to the game. The first baseman’s game is going bad, caused by his se...
