While the xfiles is most often filed under scifi, thanks to its central plot about an alien invasion and colonization, its just as much a horror show. The xfiles is an american science fictionsupernatural television series that originally aired. The same episode is filled with little references to the xfiles, with the biggest being that dean haglund who played richard langly. How the x files killed homer simpson so i was rewatching the x files and in season 6 episode 1 there is a power plant. The simpsons the springfield files tv episode 1997 imdb. I only own seasons one, four, and five of the wire, for example, because i bought the first one, and got the last two free from a incredibly awesome friend. The springfield files is the tenth episode of the simpsons eighth. The simpsons season 8 episode 10 the springfield files. I own dvd sets of a lot of shows, and many of those sets are incomplete, but typically, the gaps are by accident. Leonard nimoy guest stars as himself and david duchovny and gillian anderson guest star as agents fox mulder and dana scully, their characters on the xfiles. Find out when the simpsons is on tv, including series 8episode 10. The guide contains staffvoice credits, funny simpsons quotes, references and other notes.
Later in the same episode, minutes before entering the apartment, he gets in a fist fight with x. The simpsons join other springfield families on the van houtens annual trip to costa rica, which they obviously cant afford. This wednesday on the xfiles, mulder and scully discover a chilling secret when a familiar face reemerges. The springfield filesreferences simpsons wiki fandom. Ive seen this episode so many times and i still laugh at the exact same parts each time. Burns shown outside at night with glowing radiation only it was the drums of toxic waste that glowed in that episode, not him, the call of the simpsons. There are a number of episodes postseason eight that i enjoy, but not. The springfield files is the tenth episode of season 8 originally an episode from season 7. Needless to say, nobody takes him seriously, except for xfiles fbi agent fox mulder, who once again drags along his partner dana scully on another quest to. The fourpart my struggle saga has come to a shocking conclusion. Marge be not proud is the eleventh episode of the simpsons seventh season. The episode first aired in the united states on may 6, 2001 on fox, and subsequently aired in the united kingdom on sky1 on june 14, 2001. Burns is mistaken for a mysterious creature that may or may not be real.
Although it was not mentioned in dialogue, gibson was watching the episode the cartridge family, from the ninth season of the simpsons. In the episode, marge refuses to buy bart the new video game bonestorm, so he steals it from a local discount store. The springfield files 3g01 episode guide simpsons crazy. The eighth series opens with another trilogy of horrorthemed tales the best of which focuses on alien invaders taking over a u. Watch the simpsons episodes online season 31 2020 tv. Xfiles leads mulder and scully met homer simpson in an episode of the simpsons, entitled the springfield files. But with the simpsons, the incompletion is a conscious choice. This is a fantastic series of the simpsons with so many great episodes this is from 1996 but definitely some of the best written stuff for instance the episode you only move twice is one of the highest rated episodes ever and is a personal favorite. The simpsons is an american animated sitcom created by matt groening for the fox broadcasting company. Rather than a reboot, creator chris carter prefers to think of it as a year commercial break. The show is set in the fictional town of springfield and parodies american culture, society and television. A guy walks in the control room and finds his colleague, a middle aged, overweight bold man, wearing a white shirt with short sleeves, sleeping on the job. The episode serves as a crossover with the xfiles and features numerous references to the series.
The xfiles paid many tributes to horror movies over the years, but few were cooler than the quick inclusion of freddy krueger in a season 7 episode. In the episode, homer believes he has discovered an alien in springfield. Guide to the simpsons episode the springfield files. Rhe springfield files is a really great simpsons episode. Producers of the longrunning animated comedy on fox are pulling the acclaimed episode stark raving dad from. Episode 3g01, season 8 first aired jan 12, 1997 written by reid harrison directed by steven dean moore.
A later episode featured an opening sequence similar to a teaser in the xfiles, which ended with someone finding an alien body. The springfield files is an outstanding simpsons episode that is packed with one laugh after another from start to finish. It is without a doubt my favourite episode of the entire series,i love the storyline,the funny parts in literally every scene and the x files parody. Stacker presents the best simpsons episodes of all time. The springfield files xfiles parody the twisted world of marge simpson homers phobia homer vs. Check out the commentary andspecial features, they are pretty fun to listen to. The springfield files wikisimpsons, the simpsons wiki. In the episode, the fbi agents investigated a claim made by homer simpson that he had seen an alien and discovered that the creature was actually regular character mr. Special agents mulder and scully arrive in springfield after homer claims to. Xcops is the shows mockumentary episode, a crossover episode blending the xfiles with reality show cops, and works far better than you might think from that description. The simpsons easter egg on the xfiles season 6 episode 1. Meet hank scorpio homer does, in this classic season. A recap of the xfiles season 11 finale episode 10 my struggle iv starring david duchovny and gillian anderson, and written and directed by.
The springfield files is the tenth episode of the simpsons eighth season. With dan castellaneta, julie kavner, nancy cartwright, yeardley smith. X files season 07 episode 11 closure mulder finds samantha. The springfield files is the tenth episode of season 8 originally an episode from season 7 produced in 1996, but ed in 1997. For the list, stacker surveyed all the episodes imdb user ratings and ranked them accordingly. Season eight is the last season of the simpsons i own on dvd. The simpsons sky police homer becomes duffman funny simpsons clips duration. Til there was a character based on homer simpson in the x. This is the 25th treehouse of horror in the simpsons organized by matt groening. This article contains heavy spoilers for the xfiles season 11 finale the world is safe from an alien pathogen for now. The xfiles revival summary chapter 11 scrambling for answers and a cure, mulder and scully finally have their hands on the key to everything, but can they keep it. How to watch the xfiles season 11, episode 2 online.
The xfiles attracts a lot of attention for nudging towards serialisation with the mythology, telling a longform story over years and reinvigorating a storytelling style that had gone out with dynasty and dallas. Late one friday night, homer sees an alien in springfield forest, but noone believes him. Leonard nimoy of star trek fame narrates and makes a guest voice as himself in this episode in which we find homer teaming up with agents mulder and scully from the x files also voiced by the real life mulder and scully actors david duchovny and gillian andersonto try to solve a supposed alien encounter of homers. The simpsons s 8 e 10 the springfield files recap tv. Homer sees an alien in the woods near springfield, but no one believes him, not even fbi agents mulder and scully, who have come to investigate the incident. As of march 21, 2018, update 218 episodes of the xfiles have aired, concluding the eleventh season. The eighteenth amendment prohibition the old man and the lisa homers enemy frank grimes personally, this includes some of my favorite episodes of the entire series. Steven dean moore, the episode guest starred david duchovny and gillian anderson as their xfiles characters. Bart is estranged from his mother after he gets caught, so he works to regain her love and trust. Leonard nimoys cameo in the simpsons xfiles spoof episode, the springfield files, remains one of the series all time greats. End game 1995, mulder aims a gun after skinner enters the apartment, suspecting him to be the bounty hunter. Its an odd, silly, funny episode that would have worked even without the xfiles crossover, but having spooky and dana involved just made it that much cooler.
The xfiles season 8 list of the xfiles episodes alone is the nineteenth episode of the eighth season and the 180th episode overall of the science fiction television series the xfiles. Leonard nimoy guest stars as himself on a strange episode of the simpsons, mr. The r thesimpsons subreddit is fan base of redditors who love the simpsons. This sunday, the xfiles returns to fox for a limitedengagement series of six episodes. The springfield files is the one hundred and sixty third episode of the simpsons and the tenth episode of the eighth season. Scully has an xfiles mug on her desk, and the cigarette smoking man from the show can be seen during the lie detector scene. This is a perfectly valid observation, but it is impossible to praise the mythology without acknowledging its shortcomings. Overall this is a greatly entertaining series of the simpsons definitely worth it. The simpsons is an emmy award, annie award and peabody awardwinning animated comedy. In this tale narrated by leonard nimoy, homer sees an alien in the woods, and while everyone else writes it off as yet another drunken hallucination since homer tested boris yeltsin drunk on moes breathalyzer, agents mulder and scully from the xfiles come to springfield to help homer solve the case this is the first of four episodes produced by al jean and mike reiss instead of the. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on december 17, 1995. On april 20, 2017, fox officially announced the xfiles would be returning for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which premiered on january 3, 2018. Over its years on the air, the xfiles has played host to some of the creepiest things to. Hawhaw the xfiles meet the simpsons, and the rise and fall of frank grimes.
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