Don Hertzfeldt couch gag

Don Hertzfeldt couch gag in the first couch gag of Season 26. It was used in the episode Clown in the Dumps.

Plot
Homer Simpsons sits on the couch and has a time-travelling TV remote. He uses it on the TV, not understanding what it is, and travels back in time, to the day The Simpsons first aired on television, reverting himself back to the form he was in, back when he was on the Tracey Ullman show. He then travels into the future, where he falls on the ground and starts experiencing a who series of strange changes to himself and his environment. He ends up on the date of Septembar, 36.4 10,535. There, he is in the form of an octopus like creature that only says "D'oh" in a robotic tone. He goes into the kitchen cube and sees the rest of his family. Lisa is depicted as a one-eyed creep with a giant mouth, protruding from her head. The only thing she says is "I am Simpson". Bart is a ball of mush, lying on the ground, with his head coming out. He has four stringy arms coming out of him. The only thing he says is "Don't ... Don't have cow, man." Marge is a giant, blue puffy version of her hair, with her eyes, mouth, string arms, and string legs coming off of it. The only thing she can say is "All hail the dark lord of the twin moons." Maggie then floats down, depicted as a ball of mush, with eyes, tiny caterpillar legs, a bow, and a passy. She then transforms into a weird gooey creature with a giant mouth, similar to Lisa's and says "Make purchase of the merchandise." A live-action window in the wall then starts glowing, and everything starts changing again. They go into the future, in the 20.254'th episode of The Simpsons, where Homer and Marge's heads are connected to robot legs, standing out in a beautiful pasture of mountains and pollution clouds. Marge pats his head and says "Still love you, Homar." We then go to the 37,211.4th episode of The Simpsons, where the family is a bunch of polygonal shapes, saying "We are happy family." They go to the 100,411.2nd episode of The Simpsons, where they are in a backgrops of a grainy, destroyed graph-like TV background and Homer and Marge are mutated monsters. Marge moans and groans, quoting "I will never forget you." to Homer. We then cut back to the episode in Septembar, 36.4 10,535, where Homer is back in business. Marge says "All animals can scream." The kids are all screaming louder and louder, as though they were arguing, and Homer sadly says "D'oh." It then cuts to the regular TV with the credits and the couch gag ends.

Characters

 * Homer Simpson
 * Marge Simpson
 * Bart Simpson
 * Lisa Simpson
 * Maggie Simpson
 * Kirk Simpson (Pictured)
 * Picard Simpson (Pictured)

Trivia

 * This couch gag was guest animated by Don Hertzfeldt.
 * Homer Simpson traveled back in time to April 19, 1987. This is the day when The Simpsons made their first, official appearance on television, having appeared in the third episode of season one of The Tracey Ullman Show, in their segment Good Night. Homer also deteriorated back into the form of his original self, when he did this.
 * When Homer was traveling into the future, pictures on the wall behind him, showed Bart Simpson as an adult, with his two kids Kirk and Picard Simpson.
 * This is the second time Maggie spoke in a couch gag. The first time was in the Past Horrors couch gag.