
This long-running animated comedy focuses on the eponymous family in the town of Springfield in an unnamed U.S. state. The head of the Simpson family, Homer, is not a typical family man. A nuclear-plant employee, he does his best to lead his family but often finds that they are leading him. The family includes loving, blue-haired matriarch Marge, troublemaking son Bart, overachieving daughter Lisa and baby Maggie. Other Springfield residents include the family's religious neighbor, Ned Flanders, family physician Dr. Hibbert, Moe the bartender and police chief Clancy Wiggum.
Bart is struck by lightning and is visited by ghosts seeking closure only he can provide.
Marge's nice-lady reputation is on the line when an unknown blackmailer threatens to expose the angry woman she is inside.
Homer wonders what life would have been like if he had been elected class president in high school.
Bart is told he is exempt from taking the Vice President's Assessment Test after receiving a perfect score on a practice test; Homer, late on making an insurance payment, tries to avoid accidents.