Event Year: 1989

Lisa’s outrage over the gender stereotypes reinforced by a new talking doll prompts her to confront the dollmaker.

Lisa’s outrage over the gender stereotypes reinforced by a new talking doll prompts her to confront the dollmaker.

Homer accompanies Apu to the Kwik-E-Mart home office–in India–after Apu is fired.

Homer accompanies Apu to the Kwik-E-Mart home office–in India–after Apu is fired.

When an on-air remark catapults Bart to instant stardom, he finds that fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Homer leads a vigilante group to catch the Springfield Cat Burglar, who then robs the museum.

When the Simpsons discover a collection of keys to every door in Springfield, Lisa stumbles upon an eerie hidden classroom beneath Springfield Elementary School. When she shares her discovery with Principal Skinner, the secret room mysteriously disappears and he takes the only key away. A determined Lisa uses her detective skills to lead her back to the room to solve an old school mystery.

Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart’s casino for kids.

Homer struggles with his attraction to new coworker Mindy, a beautiful engineer whose love for doughnuts is equal to his own.