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Season 21 is the twenty-first season of The Simpsons. Because of this season, The Simpsons pulled ahead of "Gunsmoke" as the longest running American primetime television series. It aired on September 27, 2009 and ended on May 23, 2010.
This is the first season of The Simpsons since Season 10 to have more than 22 episodes (mostly due to production delays caused by the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike and contract disputes from the main voice actors).
Episodes[]
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1 - 2101 | Sunday, September 27, 2009 | LABF13 | "Homer the Whopper" | Home of the Whopper |
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2 - 2102 | Sunday, October 4, 2009 | LABF15 | "Bart Gets a "Z"" | Bart Gets an "F" |
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3 - 2103 | Sunday, October 11, 2009 | LABF16 | "The Great Wife Hope" | The Great White Hope |
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4 - 2104 | Sunday, October 18, 2009 | LABF14 | "Treehouse of Horror XX" | N/A |
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5 - 2105 | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | LABF17 | "The Devil Wears Nada" | The Devil Wears Prada |
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6 - 2106 | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | LABF18 | "Pranks and Greens" | Franks and Beans |
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7 - 2107 | Sunday, November 29, 2009 | LABF19 | "Rednecks and Broomsticks" | Bedknobs and Broomsticks |
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8 - 2108 | December 13, 2009 | MABF01 | "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?" | O Brother, Where Art Thou |
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9 - 2109 | Sunday, January 3, 2010 | MABF02 | "Thursdays with Abie" | Tuesdays with Morrie |
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10 - 2110 | Sunday, January 10, 2010 | LABF20 | "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" | Once Upon a Time in America |
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11 - 2111 | Sunday, January 31, 2010 | MABF03 | "Million Dollar Maybe" | Million Dollar Baby |
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12 - 2112 | Sunday, February 14, 2010 | MABF05 | "Boy Meets Curl" | Boy Meets Girl |
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13 - 2113 | Sunday, February 21, 2010 | MABF06 | "The Color Yellow" | The Color Purple |
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14 - 2114 | Sunday, March 14, 2010 | MABF04 | "Postcards from the Wedge" | Postcards from the Edge |
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15 - 2115 | Sunday, March 21, 2010 | MABF07 | "Stealing First Base" | N/A |
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16 - 2116 | Sunday, March 28, 2010 | MABF10 | "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" | The Greatest Story Ever Told |
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17 - 2117 | Sunday, April 11, 2010 | MABF08 | "American History X-cellent" | American History X |
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18 - 2118 | Sunday, April 18, 2010 | MABF09 | "Chief of Hearts" | King of Hearts |
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19 - 2119 | Sunday, April 25, 2010 | MABF14 | "The Squirt and the Whale" | The Squid and the Whale |
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20 - 2120 | Sunday, May 2, 2010 | MABF12 | "To Surveil, with Love" | To Sir, with Love |
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21 - 2121 | Sunday, May 9, 2010 | MABF13 | "Moe Letter Blues" | Mo' Better Blues |
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22 - 2122 | Sunday, May 16, 2010 | MABF11 | "The Bob Next Door" | The Boy Next Door |
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23 - 2123 | Sunday, May 23, 2010 | MABF15 | "Judge Me Tender" | Love Me Tender |
Trivia[]
- This is the first "full" season to use all episodes in the 16:9 widescreen ratio.
- This is the first "full" season to use all episodes in the standard 4:3 ratio for full-screen prints. This is also the first "full" season to use the proper non-cropped Gracie Films logo, which is properly shown in the standard 4:3 ratio.
- This season is also part of the 20th anniversary of "The Simpsons".
- This is the last season having its episodes produced in the 2000s as the second half of Season 21 would be produced in 2010, marking this also the first season to be produced in the 2010s.
- This is the first season to have Kevin Michael Richardson in the voice cast, even though he was a guest star in the show at the time before he became an official voice cast member in the 2010s.