
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.

Homer is laid off when Mr. Burns sells the nuclear plant to a German corporation.

Selma decides she wants a baby and conducts a search for the perfect father.

Homer fails a breathalyzer test-driving home from a visit to the Duff brewery, and he is forced to quit drinking for a month; Lisa buys a hamster for her school science project.

Homer turns the toaster into a time vortex and becomes homicidal when his cable and beer are cut off.