Good Night is the first Simpsonsshort and the first televised appearance of the Simpson family. It originally aired on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. This short was also used before the couch gag in the episode "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" to celebrate three decades of the Simpsons' televised debut, but only showed the scene with Marge singing "Rock-a-bye baby" to Maggie.
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The phenomenon starts with a man named Homer Simpson, who says good night to Bart Simpson, his son. Bart Simpson asks Homer about the Human mind, and Homer gives a response of "What is mind? No matter? What is matter? Never mind?". At first, Bart thanks his dad, but he is now frightened about the human mind once Homer leaves. Then, a woman named Marge Simpson, Homer's wife, says good night to Lisa Simpson, their firstborn daughter and middle child. While Marge is telling her daughter to sleep tight, he tells her to not let the bedbugs bite. Lisa then gets afraid that bedbugs will get her once Marge leaves. After that, Marge says good night to Maggie Simpson, their newborn, and second-born daughter who is scared of the lyrics to "Rock-a-bye baby". After that, Marge leaves to go to bed, where she and Homer start to go to sleep themselves, and exclaim that they are the best parents in the world. Just as they begin to doze off, however, the kids all come running to their parents' bed after being scared from what they were told. Marge is reluctant to let their three children sleep in their bedroom for tonight, but decides to let the three in anyway. Once they settle in, Homer tells his three kids to go to sleep and then says "Goodnight" once the lights are turned off, everyone falls asleep quickly except Maggie, who quietly says "Goodnight" before closing her eyes to go to sleep. Other than this being the first installment in the franchise, this is the first time in the series that Maggie Simpson speaks.
