where would this world be without our
favorite yellow cartoon family welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
couch gags from The Simpsons
crystal-blue persuasion for this list
we’ve examined every couch gag from The
Simpsons to determine the most creative
and entertaining ways the family has sat
down to watch television
while we are primarily concerned with
the genius behind a gag
we’ve also attributed some nostalgia
points to the classics shut up Flanders
number 10 500 episodes ignoring soap
operas how many shows can say they
reached the 500 episode milestone not
many while The Simpsons are now well
past that marker it was a pretty huge
deal when they did crack the big 500 in
2012 to celebrate viewers got to see a
chronological frame-by-frame montage of
every single Simpsons couch gag until
that point at Lightspeed we catch the
couch gags from the first one all the
way up to Episode four 99 it’s a lovely
trip down memory lane and a reminder of
all the creative ways the gag has played
out over the years
number nine Springfield tick tock wake
up in the morning feeling like P a dude
up grow my glasses on the door I’ve
gotta hit this video over it’s run The
Simpsons has developed one of the most
populated casts of characters on
television and we bet that even the most
casual viewer recognizes more than half
of Springfield’s residents
thanks to this popular Ke$ha song we can
get reacquainted with them as
Springfield becomes the set of a music
video
the gag makes use of a wide range of
characters from recurring favorites to
some lesser-known citizens of everyone’s
favorite animated town beginning with
Lisa we track these characters through
many famous Springfield locations as
they lip-sync and act out the lyrics of
tick-tock taking their own liberties The
Simpsons puts hilarious visual spins on
her lyrics giving the song a uniquely
Springfield Ian spirit number 8 Banksy
made couch gag
in recent years the Simpsons crew has
relinquished control of the couch gag
inviting outside artists to put their
own spin on the phenomenon you’ll see
several unique artists interpretations
on this list and the first comes from
the mysterious Street artist Banksy
depicting the corporate side of the
Simpsons Banksy takes the viewers
through a dark vision of the show’s
product manufacturing showing low wage
workers suffering through literally
toxic conditions to bring the merch to
market
bones of dead workers lined the factory
animals are slaughtered for fur to stuff
Bart dolls dead dolphins lick postage
and a unicorn pokes the holes in the
DVDs it’s grim but the outrageousness of
it all makes it darkly hilarious
number seven Rick and Morty my god Morty
what did you do you killed a shiftless
40 The Simpsons paved the way for a long
line of animated shows for grown-ups one
of those shows is Rick and Morty that
series has developed a cult following
and fans were thrilled to see the mad
scientist and his grandson star in their
very own Simpsons couch gag
you know many characters there are in
the Simpsons Morty there’s I got billion
characters they did an episode where
George Bush was their neighbor after
crashing into 742 Evergreen Terrace and
killing everyone’s favorite yellow
family Rick’s ends Morty on a mission
through space to clone them while he
roams the house drinking duff beer
stealing whatever he pleases and
freezing a nosy Ned Flanders looks like
he got a spaceship in you who are you
there are also some hilarious and meta
jokes thrown in to both pay tribute to
and make fun of the simpsons cultural
impact hey Morty little tip don’t clean
DNA vials with your spit let’s go I’m
driving this time no more guest
animators man number 6 The Hobbit
The Simpsons takes pride in poking fun
at the entertainment machine so it’s no
surprise a few couch gags have
brilliantly parodied popular films while
their take on avatar was both beautiful
and absurd we find the family’s trek
through a Middle Earth themed
Springfield to their beloved couch
particularly hilarious a variety of
Springfield residents assume the roles
of Tolkien characters no homers a dwarf
Marge is Gandalf and the kids are
hobbits along the way they encounter
Gollum Oh
trolls Lenny Carl and Barney dragon mr.
burns and ghosts Dolph Kearney and Jimbo
from a cleverly titled map of
middle-earth – Homer’s selfish collapse
at the end
this one has viewers marveling at its
creativity and laughing all the way
through what about us man get your own
coach number five the circus line couch
gag a classic from the early seasons and
the most used couch gag of the series
this one sees the gang reached the couch
only to start high-kicking in a
perfectly unison chorus line the family
is quickly joined by a cast of dancers
before the living room set is lifted
apart to reveal a full-blown circus set
to a circus version of The Simpsons
theme song the family dances in front of
magicians hand standing elephants
fire-breathers trapeze artists jugglers
on unicycles and Santa’s Little Helper
jumping through a ring of fire the whole
flashy spectacle is pulled off with ease
because you know it’s the Simpsons and
they can do anything
number four lazy writer guest animators
Steve cuts through a retro spin on the
conventional couch gag when he channeled
classic 80s television both animated and
live-action Homer assumes the role of
Joe Kaz Kaczynski a ripped detective
with a jaw line the real Homer could
only dream of
while our favorite couch takes the place
of his gun-toting Knight Rider style
sidekick set – Paul Angermann song
Scarface push it to the limit
viewers catch a montage of the two
cleaning up the streets protecting
innocents from the equally ripped evil
Ned Flanders
don’t look down just keep your head
in the end the clip is revealed to be a
rerun of the fictional show lazy rider
just as Maggie burns her way across the
living room on her own little couch damn
rerun number three powers of ten would
it really be a surprise if the minds
behind the Simpsons knew the secrets of
the universe well they may have given us
the answer when they ventured through
space in this memorable couch gag
inspired by the short documentary films
powers of 10 as well as Stanley
Kubrick’s 2001 a Space Odyssey pulling
back from the seated Simpson family we
take an adventure out past the space we
know to galaxies far far away only to
discover that we’re all part of a
collection of atoms that make up the
skin cells that come together to form
homers head right back in the living
room homers amazed reaction at the end
puts the cherry on top of this couch gag
sundae mmm sundae whoa number two year
Moe del Toro
one of the Simpsons most beloved
trademarks is the show’s long-standing
tradition of celebrating Halloween with
their treehouse of four episodes as you
can imagine each year they put a new
graphic and ghoulish spin on the couch
gag but none can top the vision of the
master himself Guillermo del Toro which
appears in treehouse of 424 amid a
zombie and monster infested Springfield
the filmmaker fits in more pop-culture
references than you can count
paying tribute to horror genre greats by
channeling the likes of Alfred
Hitchcock’s the birds and Stephen King’s
The Shining he also features monsters
from his own films with mr. burns for
example appropriately becoming the pale
man from Pan’s Labyrinth it’s fair to
say that this one is a three-minute
masterpiece
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
ooh cheap PVC smell oh no I’m an action
figure and I hate action
number one evolution of Homer don’t ever
wonder how Homer became well Homer well
wonder no more
because this couch gag provides the
answers tracking his progression from
the dawn of time to the present starting
as a single-celled organism Homer
evolves into a fish that escapes the
clutches of a Bern’s octopus Ernst
opposed to then reach land and become a
reptile soon as a rodent he escapes the
terrifying Bart t-rex and survives an
asteroid impact before evolving into a
monkey then an ape and finally a human
he then quickly moves through human
history before becoming the forgetful
Homer we know and love and reuniting
with his family on the couch it’s unique
hilarious and quasi educational once
again shall I
do you agree with our list all right
can’t argue with that for more delicious
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com reality ain’t
all bad
you
favorite yellow cartoon family welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
couch gags from The Simpsons
crystal-blue persuasion for this list
we’ve examined every couch gag from The
Simpsons to determine the most creative
and entertaining ways the family has sat
down to watch television
while we are primarily concerned with
the genius behind a gag
we’ve also attributed some nostalgia
points to the classics shut up Flanders
number 10 500 episodes ignoring soap
operas how many shows can say they
reached the 500 episode milestone not
many while The Simpsons are now well
past that marker it was a pretty huge
deal when they did crack the big 500 in
2012 to celebrate viewers got to see a
chronological frame-by-frame montage of
every single Simpsons couch gag until
that point at Lightspeed we catch the
couch gags from the first one all the
way up to Episode four 99 it’s a lovely
trip down memory lane and a reminder of
all the creative ways the gag has played
out over the years
number nine Springfield tick tock wake
up in the morning feeling like P a dude
up grow my glasses on the door I’ve
gotta hit this video over it’s run The
Simpsons has developed one of the most
populated casts of characters on
television and we bet that even the most
casual viewer recognizes more than half
of Springfield’s residents
thanks to this popular Ke$ha song we can
get reacquainted with them as
Springfield becomes the set of a music
video
the gag makes use of a wide range of
characters from recurring favorites to
some lesser-known citizens of everyone’s
favorite animated town beginning with
Lisa we track these characters through
many famous Springfield locations as
they lip-sync and act out the lyrics of
tick-tock taking their own liberties The
Simpsons puts hilarious visual spins on
her lyrics giving the song a uniquely
Springfield Ian spirit number 8 Banksy
made couch gag
in recent years the Simpsons crew has
relinquished control of the couch gag
inviting outside artists to put their
own spin on the phenomenon you’ll see
several unique artists interpretations
on this list and the first comes from
the mysterious Street artist Banksy
depicting the corporate side of the
Simpsons Banksy takes the viewers
through a dark vision of the show’s
product manufacturing showing low wage
workers suffering through literally
toxic conditions to bring the merch to
market
bones of dead workers lined the factory
animals are slaughtered for fur to stuff
Bart dolls dead dolphins lick postage
and a unicorn pokes the holes in the
DVDs it’s grim but the outrageousness of
it all makes it darkly hilarious
number seven Rick and Morty my god Morty
what did you do you killed a shiftless
40 The Simpsons paved the way for a long
line of animated shows for grown-ups one
of those shows is Rick and Morty that
series has developed a cult following
and fans were thrilled to see the mad
scientist and his grandson star in their
very own Simpsons couch gag
you know many characters there are in
the Simpsons Morty there’s I got billion
characters they did an episode where
George Bush was their neighbor after
crashing into 742 Evergreen Terrace and
killing everyone’s favorite yellow
family Rick’s ends Morty on a mission
through space to clone them while he
roams the house drinking duff beer
stealing whatever he pleases and
freezing a nosy Ned Flanders looks like
he got a spaceship in you who are you
there are also some hilarious and meta
jokes thrown in to both pay tribute to
and make fun of the simpsons cultural
impact hey Morty little tip don’t clean
DNA vials with your spit let’s go I’m
driving this time no more guest
animators man number 6 The Hobbit
The Simpsons takes pride in poking fun
at the entertainment machine so it’s no
surprise a few couch gags have
brilliantly parodied popular films while
their take on avatar was both beautiful
and absurd we find the family’s trek
through a Middle Earth themed
Springfield to their beloved couch
particularly hilarious a variety of
Springfield residents assume the roles
of Tolkien characters no homers a dwarf
Marge is Gandalf and the kids are
hobbits along the way they encounter
Gollum Oh
trolls Lenny Carl and Barney dragon mr.
burns and ghosts Dolph Kearney and Jimbo
from a cleverly titled map of
middle-earth – Homer’s selfish collapse
at the end
this one has viewers marveling at its
creativity and laughing all the way
through what about us man get your own
coach number five the circus line couch
gag a classic from the early seasons and
the most used couch gag of the series
this one sees the gang reached the couch
only to start high-kicking in a
perfectly unison chorus line the family
is quickly joined by a cast of dancers
before the living room set is lifted
apart to reveal a full-blown circus set
to a circus version of The Simpsons
theme song the family dances in front of
magicians hand standing elephants
fire-breathers trapeze artists jugglers
on unicycles and Santa’s Little Helper
jumping through a ring of fire the whole
flashy spectacle is pulled off with ease
because you know it’s the Simpsons and
they can do anything
number four lazy writer guest animators
Steve cuts through a retro spin on the
conventional couch gag when he channeled
classic 80s television both animated and
live-action Homer assumes the role of
Joe Kaz Kaczynski a ripped detective
with a jaw line the real Homer could
only dream of
while our favorite couch takes the place
of his gun-toting Knight Rider style
sidekick set – Paul Angermann song
Scarface push it to the limit
viewers catch a montage of the two
cleaning up the streets protecting
innocents from the equally ripped evil
Ned Flanders
don’t look down just keep your head
in the end the clip is revealed to be a
rerun of the fictional show lazy rider
just as Maggie burns her way across the
living room on her own little couch damn
rerun number three powers of ten would
it really be a surprise if the minds
behind the Simpsons knew the secrets of
the universe well they may have given us
the answer when they ventured through
space in this memorable couch gag
inspired by the short documentary films
powers of 10 as well as Stanley
Kubrick’s 2001 a Space Odyssey pulling
back from the seated Simpson family we
take an adventure out past the space we
know to galaxies far far away only to
discover that we’re all part of a
collection of atoms that make up the
skin cells that come together to form
homers head right back in the living
room homers amazed reaction at the end
puts the cherry on top of this couch gag
sundae mmm sundae whoa number two year
Moe del Toro
one of the Simpsons most beloved
trademarks is the show’s long-standing
tradition of celebrating Halloween with
their treehouse of four episodes as you
can imagine each year they put a new
graphic and ghoulish spin on the couch
gag but none can top the vision of the
master himself Guillermo del Toro which
appears in treehouse of 424 amid a
zombie and monster infested Springfield
the filmmaker fits in more pop-culture
references than you can count
paying tribute to horror genre greats by
channeling the likes of Alfred
Hitchcock’s the birds and Stephen King’s
The Shining he also features monsters
from his own films with mr. burns for
example appropriately becoming the pale
man from Pan’s Labyrinth it’s fair to
say that this one is a three-minute
masterpiece
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
ooh cheap PVC smell oh no I’m an action
figure and I hate action
number one evolution of Homer don’t ever
wonder how Homer became well Homer well
wonder no more
because this couch gag provides the
answers tracking his progression from
the dawn of time to the present starting
as a single-celled organism Homer
evolves into a fish that escapes the
clutches of a Bern’s octopus Ernst
opposed to then reach land and become a
reptile soon as a rodent he escapes the
terrifying Bart t-rex and survives an
asteroid impact before evolving into a
monkey then an ape and finally a human
he then quickly moves through human
history before becoming the forgetful
Homer we know and love and reuniting
with his family on the couch it’s unique
hilarious and quasi educational once
again shall I
do you agree with our list all right
can’t argue with that for more delicious
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com reality ain’t
all bad
you
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