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Here are the couch gags at the beginning of very episode.
*Bart is squeezed off and pops into the air; during the shot of the TV, he is seen coming down *The couch falls apart when everybody is on it *Homer is squeezed off his side of the couch *Maggie is squeezed off and pops into the air; she comes right down into Marge's arms. *Everybody fits on the couch *The couch falls through the floor *The "Simpson Shuffle" *The couch unfolds into a bed *Maggie ends up in Marge's hair *Everybody fits, including Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II *Grampa is lying on the couch sleeping. *Homer tips the couch over sideways; Maggie falls off, but lands on a couch cushion which is on the floor *The couch is gone; everyone looks around the empty spot *Homer bumps the others off *The couch tips over backwards; Maggie pops up from behind it *The couch tips over backwards; and everybody crashes through the back wall *They sit, then Homer pulls Santa's Little Helper out from beneath him *Everybody forms a pyramid *Bart lands on everyone's lap *Homer gets to the couch first and lies on it; the others sit on him *The seat cushions are missing; when they sit, they "fall into" the couch *Two burglars are holding the couch as everybody sits on it, they are dumped off and the couch is carried away. *Santa's Little Helper is on the couch and keeps everyone off *Everybody cartwheels to the couch (Maggies falls in her attempt and hops there) and strikes a "Ta-Da" pose *Everybody bounces up and down on the couch; Homer bounces from one side to the other *A space alien hears them coming, pulls a cord, and disappears through a trap door in the floor *Everybody except Maggie bang their heads together and lie unconscious on the floor *Everybody stops as the couch is occupied - by the Flintstones *The couch swallows everybody as it transforms into a monster *The couch rotates 180 degrees through a secret door in the wall; an empty couch takes its place *As Maggie is already seated, the others run "past the edge of the film" and scurry back to the couch *Simpson-sized skeletons sit on the couch *The couch deflates (as if filled with air) *Everybody has someone else's head, which they remove and switch *There's a wooden chair in place of the couch; the adults share it, with the children on their laps *Everybody forms a chorus line, which turns into a large production number *Everybody is "miniature" and must climb a "giant" couch; Maggie has to be pulled up *Everybody sits, just before the room is filled with other regular characters *Everybody runs into each other and shatters on the floor; Santa's Little Helper examines the damage *Everybody runs into each other and end up on the couch as a five-headed"blob" *Everybody runs into each other and there's an explosion;eventually, the pacifier lands and bounces away *Everybody, plus the couch, is crushed by a giant foot that is reminiscent of how "Monty Python's Flying Circus" opens *Everybody stops as the couch is occupied - by an identical Simpson family *A Zombie Simpson family crashes through the floor from below and sits on the couch *The couch is painted on a wall, which everyone runs through *A fat man takes up most of the couch; everybody squeezes into the tiny spot remaining *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 *Everybody sits, the notice they're on the set of "Late Night with David Letterman" as "Dave" turns face forward *Everybody pokes their head up from behind the couch (Maggie does it from behind a cushion on the couch) *Everybody sees two couches, then they split into two halves, each half sitting on a couch *Everybody is shaped like a ball and bounces around before they landing on the couch and returning to normal *Everybody sits, then Homer gets up, rips the FOX logo from the screen corner, and they all stamp on it. *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 *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) *Everybody is "beamed aboard" the couch in original "Star Trek" style(complete with sound effect) *Everybody enters with a mismatched head and limbs (for example, Bart's leg is now Lisa' right arm, and Lisa's right arm's are where her legs should be) *Everybody bounces up off the couch and gets their heads stuck in the ceiling
*Everybody chases the couch as it, along with the back wall, moves backwards away from them *Everybody runs by the same TV and couch again and again, all are grinning except for Maggie *Everybody runs to the couch from a different side (Marge runs down the side of the wall) in an M.C. Escher-style house *The "James Bond" film opening, only with Homer in front of the couch firing the gun. *In black & white, everybody (wearing Mickey Mouse gloves) do an old style cartoon dance *A giant Maggie, a slightly smaller Lisa, and so on down to a tiny Homer,sit on the couch *As the Thompsons (Federal Witness Protection Program) a large netful of fish empties on them, one fish flops around *As they run to the couch, the wall recedes, and they chase the couch |
