Couch Openings Episode numbers indicate the couch scene used when the episode was shown for the first time; in some cases, the one used in Canada is listed where it was "original" and the USA one was repeated 7G02,7G07 Bart is squeezed off and pops into the air; during the shot of the TV, he is seen coming down 7G03,7G10 The couch falls apart when everybody is on it 7G04,7G13 Homer is squeezed off his side of the couch 7G06,7G12 Maggie is squeezed off and pops into the air; she comes right down into Marge's arms 7G09,7G01 Everybody fits on the couch 7F03,7F12,7F22,9F06 The couch falls through the floor 7F02,7F13,7F23 The "Simpson Shuffle" (see notes) 7F01,7F15 The couch unfolds into a bed 7F05,7F16 Maggie ends up in Marge's hair 7F08,7F14 Everybody fits, including Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II 7F07,7F17 Grampa is lying on the couch sleeping 7F06,7F18,8F04 Homer tips the couch over sideways; Maggie falls off, but lands on a couch cushion which is on the floor 7F09,7F19 The couch is gone; everyone looks around the empty spot 7F10,7F20 Homer bumps the others off 7F11,7F21 The couch tips over backwards; Maggie pops up from behind it 7F24,8F22 The couch tips over backwards, and everybody crashes through the back wall 8F01,8F12 They sit, then Homer pulls Santa's Little Helper out from beneath him 8F03,8F14 Everybody forms a pyramid 8F05,8F15 Bart lands on everyone's lap 8F06,8F17 Homer gets to the couch first and lies on it; the others sit on him 8F07,8F19 The seat cushions are missing; when they sit, they "fall into" the couch 8F08,8F20 Two burglars are holding the couch as everybody sits on it; they are dumped off and the couch is carried away 8F09,8F21 Santa's Little Helper is on the couch and keeps everyone else off 8F10,8F23 Everybody cartwheels to the couch (Maggie falls in her attempt and hops there) and strikes a "Ta-Da" pose 8F11 Everybody bounces up and down on the couch; Homer bounces from one side to the other 8F16 A space alien hears them coming, pulls a cord, and disappears through a trap door in the floor 8F13 Everybody except Maggie bang their heads together and lie unconscious on the floor 8F24 Everybody stops as the couch is occupied - by the Flintstones 8F18,9F15 The couch swallows everybody as it transforms into a monster 9F01,9F12 The couch rotates 180 degrees through a secret door in the wall; an empty couch takes its place 9F02,9F14 As Maggie is already seated, Homer, Marge, and Bart run "past the edge of the film" and scurry back to the couch 9F04 Simpson-sized skeletons sit on the couch 9F03 The couch deflates (as if filled with air) 9F05,9F17 Everybody has somebody else's head, which they remove and switch 9F07,9F18 There's a wooden chair in place of the couch; the adults share it, with the children on their laps 9F08,9F13,9F16,9F22 Everybody forms a chorus line, which turns into a large production number 9F09,9F20 Everybody is "miniature" and must climb the "giant" couch; Maggie has to be pulled up 9F10 Everybody sits, just before the room is filled with other regular characters 9F11,9F19 Everybody gets caught in a net that was spread on the floor 9F21a,1F08,1F21 Everybody runs into each other and shatters on the floor; Santa's Little Helper examines the damage 9F21b,1F11 Everybody runs into each other and end up on the couch as a five-headed "blob" 9F21c,1F09,1F20 Everybody runs into each other and there's an explosion; eventually, the pacifier lands and bounces away 1F02,1F12,2F33 Everybody, plus the couch, is crushed by a foot that is reminiscent of how "Monty Python's Flying Circus" opens 1F01 Everybody stops as the couch is occupied - by an identical Simpson family 1F04 A Zombie Simpson family crashes through the floor from below and sits on the couch 1F03 The couch is painted on a wall, which everybody runs through 1F05,1F13 A fat man takes up most of the couch; everybody squeezes into the tiny spot remaining 1F06,1F15 The room is dark as five pairs of eyes go to the couch; light reveals that it's only eyes, as eyeless bodies quickly enter, sit down, and reattach to the eyes 1F07,1F19 Everybody sits, then notice they're on the set of "Late Show with David Letterman" as "Dave" turns face forward 1F10 Everybody pokes their head up from behind the couch (Maggie does it from behind a cushion on the couch) 1F14 Everybody sees two couches, then they each split into two halves, each half sitting on a couch 1F16 Everybody is shaped like a ball and bounces around before landing on the couch and returning to normal 1F18 Everybody sits, then Homer gets up, rips the FOX logo from the screen corner, and they all stomp on it 1F22 Everybody begins seated as if on an invisible couch; the couch comes in in pieces and forms itself atop them, causing them to fall to the floor 1F17 The floor is well underwater, and only the tops of everybody's heads are visible until they reach the couch (Bart is using a snorkel) 2F01 Everybody is "beamed aboard" the couch in original "Star Trek" style (complete with sound effect) 7G08 (the Christmas Special), 7F04, and 8F02 (the first two Halloween Specials) did not have couch openings; neither 7G05 nor 7G11 had couch openings when shown the first time The "Simpson Shuffle": everybody is in a line in front of the couch; they do two "Egyptian struts" (right arm up, left arm down, wrists at 90-degree angles) in one direction, then two in the other, then sit on the couch with arms in a "ta-da" position 9F04 and 1F04 are Halloween Special couch openings 9F21 used three openings (shown in order 9F21a, b, c); between openings, a clapboard marked "Couch Gag - Take 2 (3)" appeared, and someone shouted "Take Two (Three)"