The BEST episodes of The Simpsons season 3
Every episode of The Simpsons season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Simpsons season 3!
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
#1 - Lisa the Greek
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/1992
Sundays become “Daddy-Daughter Days” when Homer discovers Lisa’s uncanny ability to pick winning football teams.
#2 - Flaming Moe's
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1991
Moe steals the drink recipe Homer invented, and the rechristened “Flaming Moe” turns his tavern into a hotspot. When a national franchise wants to buy the recipe, Homer wants revenge.
#3 - Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 8/27/1992
After Homer "wins" a $2000 settlement with the plant for radiation affecting his sperm count, his brother Herb returns to Springfield with an idea that could help him get his fortune back.
#4 - Bart the Lover
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/13/1992
Bart discovers his teacher’s personal ad and invents a fictional suitor to string her along. When Mrs. Krabappel falls madly in love with “Woodrow,” Bart’s conscience starts to bother him.
#5 - Homer at the Bat
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1992
Homer and his co-workers qualify for the plant softball team's league final, but Mr. Burns hires nine professional MLB players in order to win a $1 million bet.
#6 - Homer Alone
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/1992
Marge has a nervous breakdown and goes on a vacation alone, leaving Bart and Lisa with Patty and Selma, and Maggie with Homer.
#7 - Black Widower
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/9/1992
When Selma agrees to marry her prison pen pal, Sideshow Bob, only Bart remains suspicious of his motives.
#8 - Radio Bart
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/1992
Bart plays practical jokes with a radio microphone, and his hoax tests the limits of the town’s kindness.
#9 - Homer Defined
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1991
Homer averts a meltdown through sheer dumb luck. When he’s invited to the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant to give a pep talk, he faces another potential meltdown and again “pulls a Homer.”
#10 - Separate Vocations
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1992
When a career aptitude test pegs Lisa as a homemaker and Bart as a police officer, the results cause them to make 180-degree turns in their behavior.
#11 - Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1991
Mr. Burns sells the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to wealthy German investors who are shocked at the conditions.
#12 - I Married Marge
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/26/1991
Homer and Marge recount their early years, when the couple faced a shotgun wedding and Homer’s poor career prospects.
#13 - Stark Raving Dad
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1991
Mistakenly committed to a mental hospital, Homer meets a tall, stocky white man who claims to be Michael Jackson.
#14 - Treehouse of Horror II
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1991
The family buys a cursed monkey paw in Morocco, and their three wishes turn out badly. In a Twilight Zone parody, Bart is the fearsome “monster” who can read the townspeople’s thoughts. And Mr. Burns steals Homer’s brain for a giant robot he’s building.
#15 - Bart the Murderer
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1991
Bart becomes an errand boy for the Springfield Mafia. When Principal Skinner disappears, Fat Tony points the finger at Bart.
#16 - When Flanders Failed
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1991
When Ned Flanders opens a store for left-handed people, Homer wants him to fail...
#17 - Colonel Homer
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/26/1992
Homer becomes the manager of a beautiful country music singer, whose attentions drive a wedge between Marge and Homer.
#18 - Saturdays of Thunder
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1991
Homer tries to bond with Bart by building a soapbox racer. On race day, Bart must decide between driving Martin’s aerodynamic racer and disappointing Homer, or driving his own racer and losing to Nelson.
#19 - Dog of Death
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/1992
After the Simpsons regret paying for an expensive surgery for Santa's Little Helper, he runs away from home and is trained by Mr. Burns to become an attack dog.
#20 - Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1991
Lisa’s patriotic essay wins the family a trip to Washington, D.C. -- but the corruption she sees there inspires her to write a new and very different essay.
#21 - Bart's Friend Falls in Love
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1992
Everything’s coming up Milhouse when Bart’s best friend falls in love with the new girl at school. Jealous, Bart snitches to Milhouse’s father and the lovebirds are separated.
#22 - The Otto Show
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/23/1992
Otto loses his job driving the school bus and the Simpsons take him in. When he must get a driver’s license, he finds common ground with Patty and Selma.
#23 - Lisa's Pony
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1991
Overcompensating for his neglect, Homer buys Lisa a pony. The high cost of maintaining the animal forces him to work the graveyard shift at the Kwik-E-Mart.
#24 - Like Father, Like Clown
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1991
Bart and Lisa work to reunite Krusty the Clown with his estranged father, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi who had never accepted Krusty’s career choice.