It was six years ago, just after the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs bracket was complete that I thought it might be cool to do a The Simpsons Tapped Out bracket. Here we are six years later, and it’s time for our seventh TSTO Addicts Bracket Battle!
How much longer EA can keep Tapped Out going is up for debate. It is equally debatable how long The Simpsons will keep going. But what isn’t debatable is that there have been A LOT of incredible seasons of The Simpsons. 32 in fact. But which of the 32 seasons has truly been the best? With that in mind, we present to you TSTO Addicts’ The Best Season of The Simpsons Bracket Battle.
For rules and regulations, check out the Week 1 post here.
First, for the results from last week:
Season 5 (65.6%) defeated Season 7 (34.4%)
Season 9 (62.5%) defeated Season 11 (37.5%)
Season 21 (62.1%) defeated Season 23 (37.9%)
Season 25 (79.3%) defeated Season 27 (20.7%)
Here’s the updated Bracket unveiled (click on image to view enlarged version):
Be sure to come back tomorrow to see how you’re doing in the pick’em contest.
Time for Round 3 Quarter Final action.
Season 4 vs Season 5
Tale of the Tape:
| Season | 4 | 5 |
| Premiere | 24-Sep-92 | 30-Sep-93 |
| Finale | 13-May-93 | 19-May-94 |
| # of Episodes | 22 | 22 |
| Episodes | “Kamp Krusty”, “A Streetcar Named Marge”, “Homer the Heretic”, “Lisa the Beauty Queen”, “Treehouse of Horror III”, “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie”, “Marge Gets a Job”, “New Kid on the Block”, “Mr. Plow”, “Lisa’s First Word”, “Homer’s Triple Bypass”, “Marge vs the Monorail”, “Selma’s Choice”, “Brother from the Same Planet”, “I Love Lisa”, “Duffless”, “Last Exit to Springfield”, “So It’s Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show”, “The Front”, “Whacking Day”, “Marge in Chains”, “Krusty Gets Kancelled” | “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet”, “Cape Feare”, “Homer Goes to College”, “Rosebud”, “Treehouse of Horror IV”, “Marge on the Lam”, “Bart’s Inner Child”, “Boy-Scoutz ‘n the Hood”, “The Last Temptation of Homer”, “$pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)”, “Homer the Vigilante”, “Bart Gets Famous”, “Homer and Apu”, “Lisa vs Malibu Stacy”, “Deep Space Homer”, “Homer Loves Flanders”, “Bart Gets an Elephant”, “Burns’ Heir”, “Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baadasssss Song”, “The Boy Who Knew Too Much”, “Lady Bouvier’s Lover”, “Secrets of a Successful Marriage” |
| Average Viewers | 22.4 million | 18.9 million |
| Most Watched Episode | “Lisa’s First Word” (28.6 million) | “Treehouse of Horror IV” (24.0 million) |
| Safi’s Favourite | “Marge vs the Monorail” | “Cape Feare” |
| Guest Stars | Adam West, Barry White, Bette Midler, Bob Hope, Brooke Shields, David Crosby, Elizabeth Taylor, Gene Merlino, Hugh Hefner, Johnny Carson, Jon Lovitz, Joyce Brothers, Kipp Lennon, Leonard Nimoy, Linda Ronstadt, Lona Williams, Luke Perry, Marcia Wallace, Michael Carrington, Michele Pillar, Pamela Reed, Phil Hartman, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sara Gilbert, Tom Jones | Albert Brooks, Buzz Aldrin, Conan O’Brien, David Crosby, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Welker, George Fenneman, George Harrison, Gerry Cooner, James Brown, James Taylor, James Wood, Kathleen Turner, Kelsey Grammer, Kipp Lennon, Marcia Wallace, Michael Carrington, Michelle Pfeiffer, Pamela Reed, Phil Hartman, Ramones, Robert Goulet, Sam Neill, The Dapper Dans, Werner Klemperer |
Poll to follow all 4 Tale of the Tapes.
Season 9 vs Season 14
Tale of the Tape:
| Season | 9 | 14 |
| Premiere | 21-Sep-97 | 03-Nov-02 |
| Finale | 17-May-98 | 18-May-03 |
| # of Episodes | 25 | 22 |
| Episodes | “The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson”, “The Principal and the Pauper”, “Lisa’s Sax”, “Treehouse of Horror VIII”, “The Cartridge Family”, “Bart Star”, “The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons”, “Lisa the Skeptic”, “Realty Bites”, “Miracle on Evergreen Terrace”, “All Singing, All Dancing”, “Bart Carny”, “The Joy of Sect”, “Das Bus”, “The Last Temptation of Krust”, “Dumbbell Indemnity”, “Lisa the Simpson”, “This Little Wiggy”, “Simpson Tide”, “The Trouble with Trillions”, “Girly Edition”, “Trash of the Titans”, “King of the Hill”, “Lost Our Lisa”, “Natural Born Kissers” | “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”, “Bart vs Lisa vs the Third Grade”, “Large Marge”, “Helter Shelter”, “The Great Louse Detective”, “Special Edna”, “The Dad Who Knew Too Little”, “The Strong Arms of the Ma”, “Pray Anything”, “Barting Over”, “I’m Spelling as Fast as I Can”, “A Star Is Born Again”, “Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington”, “C.E.D’oh”, “‘Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky”, “Three Gays of the Condo”, “Dude, Where’s My Ranch?”, “Old Yeller-Belly”, “Brake My Wife, Please”, “The Bart of War”, “Moe Baby Blues” |
| Average Viewers | 15.3 million | 14.4 million |
| Most Watched Episode | “The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons” (19.8 million) | “I’m Spelling as Fast as I Can” (22.1 million) |
| Safi’s Favourite | “Das Bus” | “The Bart of War” |
| Guest Stars | Alex Trebek, Andrea Martin, Bob Denver, Bobcat Goldthwait, Brendan Fraser, Bruce Baum, Fyvush Finkel, Hank Williams Jr, Helen Hunt, Jack Ong, James Earl Jones, Jan Hooks, Janeane Garofalo, Jay Leno, Jim Varney, Joan Kenley, Joe Namath, Kipp Lennon, Marcia Wallace, Martin Sheen, Michael Carrington, Michael Dees, Mike Judge, Paul McGuinness, Paul Winfield, Phil Hartman, Rod Steiger, Roy Firestone, Stephen Jay Gould, Steve Martin, Steven Weber, Steven Wright, Susie Smith, U2 | Weird Al’ Yankovic, Adam West, Andy Serkis, Baha Men, Ben Schatz, Blink-182, Brian Setzer, Burt Ward, David Byrne, David Lander, Elliott Gould, Elvis Costello, Eric Idle, Gene Merlino, George Plimpton, Helen Fielding, Jackson Browne, James L Brooks, Jan Hooks, Jane Kaczmarek, Joe Mantegna, John Kassir, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Keith Richards, Kelsey Grammer, Ken Burns, Larry Holmes, Lenny Kravitz, Lisa Leslie, Little Richard, Marcia Wallace, Marisa Tomei, Mick Jagger, Pamela Reed, Sally Stevens, Scott Thompson, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Terry W Greene, Tom Petty, Tony Bennett, Tony Hawk |
Poll to follow all 4 Tale of the Tapes.
Season 17 vs Season 21
Tale of the Tape:
| Season | 17 | 21 |
| Premiere | 11-Sep-05 | 27-Sep-09 |
| Finale | 21-May-06 | 23-May-10 |
| # of Episodes | 22 | 23 |
| Episodes | The Bonfire of the Manatees, “The Girl Who Slept Too Little”, “Milhouse of Sand and Fog”, “Treehouse of Horror XVI”, “Marge’s Son Poisoning”, “See Homer Run”, “The Last of the Red Hat Mamas”, “The Italian Bob”, “Simpsons Christmas Stories”, “Homer’s Paternity Coot”, “We’re on the Road to D’ohwhere”, “My Fair Laddy”, “The Seemingly Never-Ending Story”, “Bart Has Two Mommies”, “Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife”, “Million Dollar Abie”, “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore”, “The Wettest Stories Ever Told”, “Girls Just Want to Have Sums”, “Regarding Margie”, “The Monkey Suit”, “Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play” | “Homer the Whopper”, “Bart Gets a ‘Z'”, “The Great Wife Hope”, “Treehouse of Horror XX”, “The Devil Wears Nada”, “Pranks and Greens”, “Rednecks and Broomsticks”, “O Brother, Where Bart Thou?”, “Thursdays with Abie”, “Once Upon a Time in Springfield”, “Million Dollar Maybe”, “Boy Meets Curl”, “The Color Yellow”, “Postcards from the Wedge”, “Stealing First Base”, “The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed”, “American History X-cellent”, “Chief of Hearts”, “The Squirt and the Whale”, “To Surveil with Love”, “Moe Letter Blues”, “The Bob Next Door”, “Judge Me Tender” |
| Average Viewers | 9.6 million | 7.1 million |
| Most Watched Episode | “Treehouse of Horror XVI” (11.7 million) | “Once Upon a Time in Springfield” (14.7 million) |
| Safi’s Favourite | “The Italian Bob” | “Chief of Hearts” |
| Guest Stars | Alec Baldwin, Amick Byram, Antonio Fargas, Bob Joyce, Dave Thomas, Dennis Rodman, Frances McDormand, Gene Tenace, Jim Gilstrap, Joe Frazier, Joe Mantegna, Kelsey Grammer, Larry Hagman, Lily Tomlin, Mandy Moore, Marcia Wallace, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Maurice LaMarche, Meher Tatna, Melanie Griffith, Michael Carrington, Michael Dees, Michael York, Oren Waters, Randy Johnson, Richard Dean Anderson, Ricky Gervais, Rob Reiner, Sal Bando, Sally Stevens, Stacy Keach, Susan Sarandon, Terry Bradshaw, Terry W Greene, William H Macy | Angela Bassett, Anne Hathaway, Bob Costas, Chris Martin, Chuck Liddell, Cooper Manning, Don Pardo, Eartha Kitt, Eddie Izzard, Eli Manning, Ellen DeGeneres, Gary Larson, Huell Howser, Jackie Mason, Jane Kaczmarek, Joe Mantegna, Jonah Hill, Jordan Nagai, Kara DioGuardi, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kim Cattrall, Marcia Wallace, Matt Groening, Maurice LaMarche, Mitch Albom, Neve Campbell, Peyton Manning, Randy Jackson, Rupert Murdoch, Ryan Seacrest, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen, Simon Cowell, Smothers Brothers, Wren T Brown, Yael Naim |
Poll to follow all 4 Tale of the Tapes.
Season 25 vs Season 30
Tale of the Tape:
| Season | 25 | 30 |
| Premiere | 29-Sep-13 | 30-Sep-18 |
| Finale | 18-May-14 | 12-May-19 |
| # of Episodes | 22 | 23 |
| Episodes | “Homerland”, “Treehouse of Horror XXIV”, “Four Regrettings and a Funeral”, “YOLO”, “Labor Pains”, “The Kid Is All Right”, “Yellow Subterfuge”, “White Christmas Blues”, “Steal This Episode”, “Married to the Blob”, “Specs and the City”, “Diggs”, “The Man Who Grew Too Much”, “The Winter of His Content”, “The War of Art”, “You Don’t Have to Live Like a Referee”, “Luca$”, “Days of Future Future”, “What to Expect When Bart’s Expecting”, “Brick Like Me”, “Pay Pal”, “The Yellow Badge of Cowardge” | “Bart’s Not Dead”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “My Way or the Highway to Heaven”, “Treehouse of Horror XXIX”, “Baby You Can’t Drive My Car”, “From Russia Without Love”, “Werking Mom”, “Krusty the Clown”, “Daddicus Finch”, “‘Tis the 30th Season”, “Mad About the Toy”, “The Girl on the Bus”, “I’m Dancing as Fat as I Can”, “The Clown Stays in the Picture”, “101 Mitigations”, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, “E My Sports”, “Bart vs Itchy & Scratchy”, “Girl’s in the Band”, “I’m Just a Girl Who Can’t Say D’oh”, “D’oh Canada”, “Woo-Hoo Dunnit?”, “Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion” |
| Average Viewers | 5.1 million | 3.1 million |
| Most Watched Episode | “Steal This Episode” (12.1 million) | “The Girl on the Bus” (8.2 million) |
| Safi’s Favourite | “Brick Like Me” | “Baby You Can’t Drive My Car” |
| Guest Stars | Amy Poehler, Anderson Cooper, Andrés Cantor, Carl Kasell, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Denise Donatelli, Edwin Moses, Elisabeth Moss, Eva Longoria, Glenn Close, Harlan Ellison, Joe Mantegna, Joe Namath, Joey Vieira, John Oliver, Jon Lovitz, Judd Apatow, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Mann, Marcia Wallace, Maurice LaMarche, Max von Sydow, Paul Rudd, Peter Sagal, Rachel Maddow, Renee Ridgeley, Rob Halford, Seth Rogen, Stan Lee, Tavi Gevinson, Will Arnett, Will Lyman, Zach Galifianakis | Awkwafina, Bill de Blasio, Billy Eichner, Bryan Batt, Chelsea Peretti, Dan Mintz, Dave Attell, Dave Matthews, David Turley, Emily Deschanel, Eugene Mirman, Gal Gadot, George Segal, Guillermo del Toro, H Jon Benjamin, Illeana Douglas, J. K. Simmons, Jackie Mason, Jane Lynch, Jenny Slate, Joe Clabby, John Lithgow, John Roberts, Jon Lovitz, Jonathan Groff, Josh Groban, Judy Blume, Ken Burns, Ken Jeong, Kristen Schaal, Ksenia Solo, Lawrence O’Donnell, Liev Schreiber, Lucas Meyer, Marc Maron, Natasha Lyonne, Nicole Byer, Okilly Dokilly, Patti LuPone, Pete Holmes, Peter Serafinowicz, Renee Ridgeley, Rhys Darby, RuPaul, Scott Thompson, Sutan Amrull, Ted Moock, Ted Sarandos, Terry Gross, Tracy Morgan, Wallace Shawn, Werner Herzog, Will Forte |
Poll to follow all 4 Tale of the Tapes.
Poll
Reminder, voting is open until noon EDT Thursday August 19th.
What are your thoughts on this weeks Round 3 matchups? Of the four matchups above, which was the easiest decision and which was the hardest? What do you think of last weeks results? Did you enter the pick’em contest? Sound off below, you know we love hearing from you.
Done and done.
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Hey I already feel like a winner 🏆
Have a nice weekend everybody 😊