The Simpsons' thirteenth season originally aired on the Fox network between November 6, 2001 and May 22, 2002 and consists of 22 episodes. The show runner for the thirteenth production season was Al Jean who executive-produced 17 episodes. Mike Scully executive-produced the remaining five, which were all hold-overs that were produced for the previous season. The Simpsons is an animated series about a working-class family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional city of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition. The season won an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production, and was nominated for several other awards, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Writers Guild of America Awards, and an Environmental Media Award. The Simpsons ranked 30th in the season ratings with an average viewership of 12.4 million viewers. It was the second highest rated show on Fox after Malcolm in the Middle. The DVD boxset was released in the United States and Canada on August 24, 2010, eight years after it had completed broadcast on television.
| Name | The Simpsons Season 13 |
|---|---|
| Air Date | November 5th, 2001 |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Family, Drama |
| Network | FOX |
| Production Companies | The Curiosity Company, Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television |
| Number of Episodes | 22 Episodes |
| Plot Keywords | cartoon, satire, nuclear power plant, parody, middle class, dysfunctional family, social satire |
Episodes List
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 1 : Treehouse of Horror XII
November 6th, 2001In the twelfth Treehouse of Horror episode: Hex and the City – While on a day trip through Ethnictown, Homer's bumbling catches the ire of a gypsy,...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 2 : The Parent Rap
November 11th, 2001Bart gets in trouble for joyriding in a police car, but feels confident he will be let off by Judge Snyder. However, Snyder goes on vacation before ru...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 3 : Homer the Moe
November 18th, 2001Moe becomes depressed and decides to return to bartending school so he can re-evaluate himself. He meets an old teacher, who suggests that Moe try imp...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 4 : A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
December 2nd, 2001Homer becomes a fortune cookie writer for a Chinatown restaurant. Mr. Burns reads one of Homer's fortunes, which says that the reader will find love b...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 5 : The Blunder Years
December 9th, 2001After tricking Marge into thinking an advertising spokesman is coming to visit her, Homer takes Marge and the rest of the family to a restaurant. A hy...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 6 : She of Little Faith
December 16th, 2001After Homer and Bart's model rocket damages the church, Mr. Burns makes a deal to commercialize the church in return for paying for the damages. Lisa ...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 7 : Brawl in the Family
January 6th, 2002A social worker is assigned to make the Simpson family functional after they get arrested for fighting while playing Monopoly. He helps them learn how...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 8 : Sweets and Sour Marge
January 20th, 2002Springfield is officially declared the World's Fattest Town after an attempt to break a world record lands everyone on top of a truck scale. Out of em...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 9 : Jaws Wired Shut
January 27th, 2002A jaw injury from colliding with a new town statue turns Homer into a better listener while recuperating with his jaws wired shut, but once the wires ...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 10 : Half-Decent Proposal
February 10th, 2002Homer develops a snoring problem, so Marge decides to spend a night with her sisters Patty and Selma. After a night of drinking, Marge sees a news rep...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 11 : The Bart Wants What It Wants
February 17th, 2002Bart befriends Rainer Wolfcastle's daughter Greta. She has a crush on Bart, but he does not seem to realize it and eventually stops seeing her. Seekin...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 12 : The Lastest Gun in the West
February 24th, 2002While running away from a vicious dog, Bart meets Buck McCoy, a former Western film star. Bart begins hanging out with him and starts to idolize him. ...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 13 : The Old Man and the Key
March 10th, 2002Grampa falls in love with Zelda, a woman who has an interest in men who can drive. He decides to get his driver's license back, but is ignorant to Hom...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 14 : Tales from the Public Domain
March 17th, 2002When Homer gets a notice from the library that he has a book of classic tales that is years overdue, he finds it on the shelf and reads three stories:...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 15 : Blame It on Lisa
March 31st, 2002When Homer gets the family's telephone service cut off for refusing to pay for calls made to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lisa confesses that she was the o...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 16 : Weekend at Burnsie's
April 7th, 2002Homer is prescribed medicinal marijuana after getting pecked in the eyes by a murder of crows. While his family and friends worry about the drug alter...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 17 : Gump Roast
April 21st, 2002In this clip show episode, Homer is honored at a Friars' Club Roast. A number of characters show up to roast him, but the celebrating is interrupted b...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 18 : I Am Furious (Yellow)
April 28th, 2002Inspired by a cartoonist who speaks at the school as part of a career day assembly, Bart creates a comic book series based on Homer and his anger prob...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 19 : The Sweetest Apu
May 5th, 2002Homer and Marge discover that Apu is having an affair with the Squishee delivery lady at the Kwik-E-Mart. They decide to keep Apu's wife Manjula from ...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 20 : Little Girl in the Big Ten
May 12th, 2002Lisa tries to fit in with two college students by lying about her age. She finds that the college atmosphere is perfect for her, but her lie is soon d...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 21 : The Frying Game
May 19th, 2002While faced with community service for abusing an endangered insect, Homer begins assisting an elderly woman named Mrs. Bellamy. One night, Mrs. Bella...
The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 22 : Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge
May 22nd, 2002Homer starts a security company with Lenny and Carl after the police are ineffective during a blackout, and eventually Mayor Quimby decides to have th...