The Simpsons

Season 5 generally

Easter egg: On Disk 3 of Season 5, highlight "Bart Gets Famous" and then press up on the remote, this will highlight the Lisa Lionheart doll, which will say a Malibu Stacy phrase heard in the "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" episode.

Season 6 generally

Easter egg: On Disc 1 of the Complete Sixth Season, there is the option to access a hidden sketch. If you watch "Treehouse of Horror V" with either the commentary or the option for deleted scenes on, when the shot of the Simpson house transforming into different forms is shown, a picture of a pencil appears in the lower right corner. Press 'Enter' to see a sketch of the Simpson house made entirely out of squirrels.

Season 4 generally

Easter egg: On Disc 4 of the Complete Fourth Season, select the Extras menu for Krusty Gets Kancelled. On this menu, press '35', 'Enter' and a pencil will appear in the bottom right corner. Press Enter to view some secret sketches from the episode. (Note: on some remotes, to enter '35' the +10 button may need to be pressed first.).

Season 4 generally

Easter egg: On Disc 3 of the Complete Fourth Season, select the Extras for Marge vs. the Monorail. On the episode screen, press '1' then 'Enter' on the remote, and then '50' and 'Enter' (some remotes may require the +10 button to be pressed for this). A microphone will appear in the bottom right corner. Press Enter to view the episode with a secret second commentary.

Season 4 generally

Easter egg: On Disc 3 of the Complete Fourth Season, select the Extras for Homer's Triple Bypass. On this menu, press '2', 'Enter', '40', 'Enter' to make a pencil appear in the bottom right corner. Press 'Enter' to view some secret sketches of Homer. (Note: for some remotes, to get the '40' the +10 button may need to be pressed.).

Season 5 generally

Easter egg: If you go to "Deep Space Homer" special features (disk 3) go to play episode with commentary then press right. An ear will pop up, when you press it you will hear an audio outtake featuring James Taylor.

Season 5 generally

Easter egg: On the main menu of every disc it is possible to press up and select certain objects on the picture, and activating these causes an animation involving them. Also if you leave the menu idle for a while animations will happen using the characters or events of the episodes featured on the disc.

Season 5 generally

Easter egg: On Disc 4 on the Complete Fifth Season, select "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badasssss Song", and up in the top left corner should be the words '100th episode'. Highlight and select them. You'll get a showing of the episode's animatic with a secret commentary by Matt Groening and most of the show's animators about the production of the episode. They also talk about the effect of the California earthquake on the show's production.

Season 3 generally

Easter egg: On Disc 3, at the Main Menu, type in 84763 (this is Maggie's cost; see opening credits) and you will automatically be taken to an Audio Outtakes menu. (Number keys are obviously necessary.)

Season 2 generally

Easter egg: On Disc 3, select "Old Money." In the episode menu, press Down and Left to highlight Grandpa's fez. Press Enter for sketches of a gag featuring Grandpa and his fez.

Season 2 generally

Easter egg: In the Simpsons second series, insert Disc 3. Select the episode "Bart's Dog Gets an F." Then go into Language select and you'll see Santa's Little Helper with a little picture. Click up then right, to highlight that picture. Hit enter, and you'll see a sketch of "The many heads of Bart."

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Season 1 generally

Easter egg: "The Simpsons: The Complete First Season." Go to the special features on disc 3. Go into 'Art of the Simpsons' on the second page. On that menu, highlight 'Extra Features' and press left to highlight Bart's comic book. If you press enter on your remote, you get to view a gallery of old magazine covers.

Yoshi

Lisa the Simpson - S9-E17

Easter egg: If you watch this episode until the brain teaser is shown, then at this moment solve the brain teaser (ie press 6 on the DVD remote) then you open a menu to activate a secret commentary.

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Show generally

Continuity mistake: This is a mistake for the introduction from seasons 2-20 (1991-2009). When Homer screams, he turns round. You see this in a wide shot. There are no boxes to the right of the door in the garage. However, two just appear out of thin air when he runs through the garage. (00:01:50)

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Homer's brain: It's simple, just use reverse psychology.
Homer: Reverse psychology? That sounds too complicated.
Homer's brain: Alright, don't use reverse psychology.
Homer: Alright, I will!

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Trivia: The Simpsons holds the record for most guest stars; it is also the only non-variety show to have had appearances from three former Beatles (Paul, George and Ringo).

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Tree House of Horror V - S6-E6

Question: Homer travels back in time and causes changes by what he does in the past, like stepping on a bug. I once saw a movie with the same basic plot: some people travel back in time and are told to be careful not to disturb anything, but when they return to their time everything has changed. In the end they discover it was because they stepped on a butterfly. Does anyone know the name of this movie?

Answer: I'm not sure if this is the one you're thinking of, but an episode of "Ray Bradbury Theatre," called "A Sound of Thunder," dealt with a similar matter: a group of hunters travel back in time to hunt dinosaurs, only to find things have changed when they get back because someone stepped on a butterfly.

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