On January 9th, 2016, The Simpsons featured an Outrun-style couch gag by guest animator Steve Cutts (shown below, right). Within six months, the video gained over 3.6 million views and 8,700 comments. The Simpsons Couch Gag is a recurring visual gag featured in the opening sequence of the American animated TV sitcom The Simpsons in which all members of the titular family rush to the living room in the house to watch television together, only to be offset by some kind of an anomaly with the couch, its occupants and/or its surroundings. On December 17th, YouTuber Lee Hardcastle uploaded a clay animation couch gag parody titled "You're Next," in which the Simpsons family is brutally murdered during a home invasion (shown below, left). On January 14th, 2015, IGN published a listicle of the "Top 25 Couch Gags." On October 27th, The Guardian published an article about the show's couch gags created by guest animators. On September 29th, 2014, the /r/couchgags subreddit was launched for discussions about the introductory sequences. 24,723 pages Explore Characters Locations Episodes Community in: Running gags, Gags Couch Gags Category page Sign in to edit Every couch gag in the series (also includes couch gags in gag pages). Within three years, the videos gained over 15 million and 26 million views respectively. On October 3rd, the Animation on FOX YouTuber channel posted the couch gag by director Guillermo del Toro from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" (shown below, right). Part of couch, Marges head, & part of lamp had to be super glued back. On May 14th, 2013, Animation on FOX posted a stop motion couch gag created by the show Robot Chicken (shown below, left). The Simpsons Couch Classic Couch Gag Sculpture Collection Read Description. Titled 'Homer's Family,' the couch gag sequence is illustrated by Bill Plympton and features Homer Simpson in the middle of a white background. The series is currently in its 32nd season and is the longest. The Simpsons has unveiled a significant part of their celebratory 700th episode with their trademark couch gag. On December 8th, 2012, a TV Tropes page was launched for The Simpsons couch gags. The Simpsons will make history this Sunday when it airs its 700th episode, titled 'Manger Things.' To celebrate, Fox has released the episode's couch gag by Bill Plympton. The Simpsons celebrates its upcoming 700th episode with a video releasing a creative couch gag, a special trademark identified with the show. On January 23rd, 2008, a page titled "Couch Gag" was created on the Simpsons Wiki. On June 30th, 2006, a list of Simpsons couch gags was created on Wikipedia. With each subsequent episode, the opening couch sequence was changed to include a new joke (shown below). The first couch gag was featured on January 14th, 1990 at the beginning of The Simpsons Season One Episode Two "Bart the Genius," in which Bart Simpson is squeezed off the couch and into the air.
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