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‘The Simpsons Are Making a VR Couch Gag for 600th Episode

October 7, 2016
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‘The Simpsons Are Making a VR Couch Gag for 600th Episode

The beginning of this year’s Simpsons Treehouse of Horror, which will be the 600th episode of the show, will be kicked off by a couch gag entitled “Planet of the Couches”. It’ll be available to watch in Google Cardboard and in 360 in Google Spotlight Stories (just in case you don’t want to wear a VR headset).

That episode will air on Sunday, October 16th.

It’ll probably feel like that one time when Homer found his way into our dimension as a cartoon wandering around our reality.

The Simpsons Make “Adventure Time” Couch Gag To Kick Off Season 28

September 22, 2016
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Season 28 of The Simpsons is only a few days away (Sunday, September 25th at 8PM on Fox) and to start off the season big, they’ve made their very first couch gag in the style of another highly regarded animated series, Adventure Time.

From the characters to the music, The Simpsons do another crossover couch gag right (not that it should surprise anyone at this point).

Watch it here.

“How To Make Your Own Simpsons Couch Gag” Couch Gag by Michael Socha

May 19, 2016
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One of the more imaginative Simpsons ‘Couch Gags’ to ever be drawn comes from accomplished animation director Michal Socha. For that, Socha featured a fever dream trip though the body in a very dark, stylized way. 

Socha was just invited back and made an über clever couch gag that shows you how to make a Simpsons Couch Gag a la an IKEA instruction manual.

Hopefully, you can take a cue from this “guide” and make a couch gag with more ease than it takes to put together some of IKEA’s furniture.

The Latest ‘Simpsons’ Couch Gag Goes 80s to the Max

January 10, 2016
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You might think the couch gag for the latest Simpsons episode might be an off shoot of Moonbeam City, but it’s just an overall loving tribute to the over-the-top 80s action movies that shows Homer and Flanders more badass than they’ve ever been.

Watch it here.

Here’s The “Rick and Morty” Simpsons Couch Gag

May 15, 2015
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This Sunday, the Rick and Morty couch gag that was announced last year, will finally air on the new episode of The Simpsons.

You can actually watch the couch gag right here and now and see how perfectly it crosses the two series, which might be enough to hold you over until July 26th when new episodes of Rick and Morty start back up on Adult Swim.

International Fans of “The Simpsons” Made a Pixel Art Couch Gag and Protest in The Streets Over Time Slot Change

February 16, 2015
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It should come as no surprise to any of us that the living legend of an animated series The Simpsons, going 26 seasons strong, has a fervent following worldwide. 

Recent examples of this came this week as an Australian duo of Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon created a fantastic pixel art “couch gag” that will be used on tonight’s episode. The team at The Simpsons even had a fun response to their submission.

Much more unbelievable than that, over two thousands Bolivians gathered in the streets to protest a time slot change of The Simpsons (via The AV Club). 

It’s been quite the week for The Simpsons that was capped off with a WGA Award win.

Here’s The Couch Gag From the Upcoming Simpsons Futurama Crossover Episode

November 7, 2014
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This Sun. Nov. 9th at 9PM on Fox, The SImpsons will do their second momentous crossover this season with Futurama in what will be called “Simpsorama”. We’re going to say that you shouldn’t miss that and should set a reminder/your DVR right now.

You can obsesses over the famous Simpsons couch gag, which blends the opening sequences of both shows until then.

“Rick & Morty” Working on a Simpsons Couch Gag

October 23, 2014
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(via Den of Geek)

The iconic “Couch Gag” in the opening of The Simpsons has become its own show of sorts with hundreds of variations and plenty of series crossovers including one with Game of Thrones, another one with Robot Chicken, one by Hayao Miyazaki, and one by Don Hertzfeldt.

Now, the best new animated series to hit TV, Rick & Morty, is getting their own Simpsons couch gag in an upcoming episode according to a NYCC announcement.

That only makes our mind wander as to what Rick Sanchez would do with the power plant, taking on Mr. Burns, etc. Surely, a portal to another dimension will be involved.

The Simpsons Could Have Spin Off Show of Just Couch Gags

January 11, 2014
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It seems the main thing that people talk about when it comes to living legend that is the TV series The Simpsons is the intro, affectionally coined as “the couch gag”. 

Well, what other series has newsworthy intros that are a funny tribute to Hiyao Miyazaki and another done by Bill Plympton? Answer: None.

We’d definitely watch a supercut of the best couch gags as a whole show.

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