The NHC Top 100 Episodes

[Jims]

The results have been tabulated, and it is now time for the results. All this week, we'll be counting down the Top 100 Simpsons episodes of all time, as hand-picked by out NHC members. We had a total of 47 lists submitted, with each member submitting their own Top 50.

Methodology was done using a similar system as the Bottom 50 list, so stats nerds can check that out. We'll be releasing 10-20 episodes at a time up to this Sunday, so feel free to pick apart the list as we go and/or declare things over/under-rated.

And, without further ado, the list.

The NHC Top 100 Episodes 2012

100. Lisa's Rival
99. When Flanders Failed
98. I Married Marge
97. Bart the Murderer
96. Saturdays of Thunder
95. Bart Gets Hit By a Car
94. Moaning Lisa
93. Two Bad Neighbors
92. Brother From the Same Planet
91. Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind

90. Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
89. Bart the Daredevil
88. Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
87. Treehouse of Horror VI
86. Lisa the Greek
85. Homer vs Lisa and the 8th Commandment
84. Mountain of Madness
83. Black Widower
82. Brother From Another Series
81. A Star is Burns

80. Marge on the Lam
79. $pringfield
78. Kamp Krusty
77. Bart vs. Australia
76. Separate Vocations
75. Bart's Friend Falls in Love
74. Itchy and Scratchy and Marge
73. Homer Goes to College
72. Homer's Phobia
71. Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

70. Bart Gets an F
69. Lisa the Vegetarian
68. Bart's Girlfriend
67. Three Men and a Comic Book
66. A Streetcar Named Marge
65. Homer's Barbershop Quartet
64. A Fish Called Selma
63. Lisa on Ice
62. Selma's Choice
61. Bart the Lover

60. Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badassssss Song
59. Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk
58. Lisa's Sax
57. The Boy Who Knew Too Much
56. Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part 2)
55. Boy Scoutz N the Hood
54. Trilogy of Error
53. I Love Lisa
52. Homer the Smithers
51. The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show

50. Homer the Vigilante
49. Treehouse of Horror IV
48. The PTA Disbands
47. The Way We Was
46. Homie the Clown
45. The City of New York vs Homer Simpson
44. Itchy & Scratchy Land
43. Bart's Comet
42. Colonel Homer
41. One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish

40. Lisa the Iconoclast
39. El Viaje Misterioso de Nustro Jomer
38. Lisa's Wedding
37. Deep Space Homer
36. A Milhouse Divided
35. Radio Bart
34. Bart of Darkness
33. King-Size Homer
32. Secrets of a Successful Marriage
31. Homer's Triple Bypass

30. Mother Simpson
29. Marge Be Not Proud
28. The Last Temptation of Homer
27. Lisa's First Word
26. Mr. Plow
25. Summer of 4 Ft. 2
24. Bart on the Road
23. Sideshow Bob Roberts
22. Homer the Great
21. Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily

20. Duffless
19. Lemon of Troy
18. Homer's Enemy
17. Flaming Moe's
16. The Springfield Files
15. Homer the Heretic
14. Homer at the Bat
13. And Maggie Makes Three
12. You Only Move Twice
11. Rosebud

10. Treehouse of Horror V
9. Homer vs the Eighteenth Amendment
8. 22 Short Films About Springfield
7. Bart Sells His Soul
6. Lisa's Substitute
5. Marge vs the Monorail
4. Homer Badman
3. Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part 1)
2. Cape Feare
1. Last Exit to Springfield

And there you have it! Stats will come later with a listing of the final point totals.

[Jims]

Here is the compilation of the NHC Top 100 List from 2004, so I'm going to compile some stats comparing how our tastes have changed on certain episodes in the last 10 years.

(*Denotes item not previously on 2004 countdown, so is assumed to be #101st place for calculation purposes.)

Biggest Gainers in 8 Years

The PTA Disbands (+53*)
Homer the Smithers (+49*)
Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badassssss Song (+41*)
Selma's Choice (+39*)
A Fish Called Selma (+37*)
Three Men and a Comic Book (+34*)
Bart Gets an F (+31*)
The Boy Who Knew Too Much (+29)
Bart's Comet (+29)
Homer Goes to College (+28*)
Bart's Friend Falls in Love (+26*)
Colonel Homer (+24)
Homie the Clown (+23)
Marge on the Lam (+21*)
Brother From Another Series (+19*)
Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk (+19)
Black Widower (+18*)
Mountain of Madness (+17*)
$pringfield (+17)
Treehouse of Horror IV (+16)
Bart vs. Australia (+15)
Lisa the Greek (+15*)
Treehouse of Horror VI (+14*)
Bart's Girlfriend (+14)
Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy (+13*)
Bart the Daredevil (+12*)
Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part 2) (+11)
Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind (+10*)
Itchy & Scratchy Land (+10)
Brother From the Same Planet (+9*)
Trilogy of Error (+8)
Homer the Vigilante (+8)
Bart Gets Hit By a Car (+6*)
Lisa the Vegetarian (+5)
Lisa's Rival (+1*)
When Flanders Failed (+1)
Two Bad Neighbors (+1)

Biggest Losers in 8 Years

I Married Marge (-69)
Homer vs Lisa and the 8th Commandment (-59)
Bart the Murderer (-57)
A Streetcar Named Marge (-57)
Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish (-51)
Homer's Phobia (-45)
Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie (-45)
Homer's Barbershop Quartet (-37)
The Way We Was (-32)
Separate Vocations (-27)
Lisa's Sax (-27)
Bart the Lover (-20)
Itchy and Scratchy and Marge (-19)
Kamp Krusty (-19)
Saturdays of Thunder (-17)
Lisa on Ice (-16)
A Star is Burns (-13)
The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show (-13)
Moaning Lisa (-7)
Boy Scoutz N the Hood (-7)
One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish (-2)
I Love Lisa (-1)
The City of New York vs Homer Simpson (-1)

I will edit the Losers list with the episodes that used to be on the countdown (and now isn't) later when the full list is done.

Here's the full list of scores for those of you who are interested/have too much time on their hands. Yay for Excel Macros making this copy/paste surprisingly painless.

Ties were broken by the number of lists the episode appeared in, and I did not break any ties after the Top 100 (because I don't hate myself).

1. Last Exit to Springfield (1271)
2. Cape Feare (1231)
3. Who Shot Mr. Burns 1 (1063)
4. Homer Badman (1013)
5. Marge vs the Monorail (1005)
6. Lisa's Substitute (962)
7. Bart Sells His Soul (943)
8. 22 Short Films About Springfield (894)
9. Homer vs the Eighteenth Amendment (888)
10. Treehouse of Horror 5 (880)
11. Rosebud (851)
12. You Only Move Twice (834)
13. And Maggie Makes Three (802)
14. Homer at the Bat (801)
15. Homer the Heretic (798)
16. The Springfield Files (789)
17. Flaming Moe's (780)
18. Homer's Enemy (779)
19. Lemon of Troy (773)
20. Duffless (716)
21. Home Sweet Home Diddly-Dum-Doodly (693)
22. Homer the Great (692)
23. Sideshow Bob Roberts (680)
24. Bart on the Road (664)
25. Summer of 4 Ft. 2 (654)
26. Mr. Plow (630)
27. Lisa's First Word (619)
28. The Last Temptation of Homer (606)
29. Marge Be Not Proud (600)
30. Mother Simpson (599)
31. Homer's Triple Bypass (570)
32. Secrets of a Successful Marriage (556)
33. King-Size Homer (554)
34. Bart of Darkness (552)
35. Radio Bart (548)
36. A Milhouse Divided (542)
37. Deep Space Homer (516)
38. Lisa's Wedding (494)
39. El Viaje Misterioso de Nustro Jomer (494)
40. Lisa the Iconoclast (487)
41. One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish (483)
42. Colonel Homer (479)
43. Bart's Comet (459)
44. Itchy & Scratchy Land (456)
45. The City of New York vs Homer Simpson (454)
46. Homie the Clown (454)
47. The Way We Was (435)
48. The PTA Disbands (426)
49. Treehouse of Horror 4 (415)
50. Homer the Vigilante (412)
51. The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show (410)
52. Homer the Smithers (399)
53. I Love Lisa (385)
54. Trilogy of Error (378)
55. Boy Scoutz N the Hood (373)
56. Who Shot Mr. Burns 2 (367)
57. The Boy Who Knew Too Much (364)
58. Lisa's Sax (363)
59. Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk (356)
60. Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badassssss Song (356)
61. Bart the Lover (335)
62. Selma's Choice (332)
63. Lisa on Ice (330)
64. A Fish Called Selma (330)
65. Homer's Barbershop Quartet (330)
66. A Streetcar Named Marge (329)
67. Three Men and a Comic Book (316)
68. Bart's Girlfriend (313)
69. Lisa the Vegetarian (307)
70. Bart Gets an F (306)
71. Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish (306)
72. Homer's Phobia (303)
73. Homer Goes to College (297)
74. Itchy and Scratchy and Marge (297)
75. Bart's Friend Falls in Love (296)
76. Separate Vocations (291)
77. Bart vs Australia (291)
78. Kamp Krusty (285)
79. $pringfield (282)
80. Marge on the Lam (264)
81. A Star is Burns (262)
82. Brother From Another Series (260)
83. Black Widower (256)
84. Mountain of Madness (252)
85. Homer vs Lisa and the 8th Commandment (248)
86. Lisa the Greek (243)
87. Treehouse of Horror 6 (234)
88. Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy (222)
89. Bart the Daredevil (222)
90. Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie (213)
91. Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind (206)
92. Brother From the Same Planet (203)
93. Two Bad Neighbors (200)
94. Moaning Lisa (198)
95. Bart Gets Hit By a Car (196)
96. Saturdays of Thunder (195)
97. Bart the Murderer (193)
98. I Married Marge (193)
99. When Flanders Failed (192)
100. Lisa's Rival (191)
     
101. Simpson and Delilah (184)
102. The Joy of Sect (179)
103. Life on the Fast Lane (175)
104. Radioactive Man (173)
105. Dead Putting Society (171)
106. Simpson Tide (171)
107. Homer and Apu (167)
108. Lisa's Pony (167)
109. Much Apu About Nothing (163)
110. The Day the Violence Died (162)
111. Krusty Gets Busted (160)
112. Krusty Gets Kancelled (160)
113. Homer Alone (157)
114. Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo (157)
115. Grade School Confidential (154)
116. Homer Loves Flanders (152)
117. The Cartridge Family (146)
118. Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish" (141)
119. The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular (137)
120. Bart the General (136)
121. Das Bus (136)
122. Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington (132)
123. Burns' Heir (131)
124. Treehouse of Horror 3 (131)
125. New Kid on the Block (130)
126. Bart vs Thanksgiving (129)
127. Girly Edition (126)
128. Blood Feud (121)
129. Fear of Flying (121)
130. Homer Defined (118)
131. Lisa the Simpson (117)
132. The Springfield Connection (116)
133. The Way We Weren't (112)
134. Lisa the Skeptic (111)
135. Lisa's Date With Density (110)
136. Hurricane Neddy (109)
137. Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (109)
138. Bart Gets Famous (107)
139. Maximum Homerdrive (105)
140. HOMR (103)
141. Holidays of Future Passed (101)
142. Treehouse of Horror 7 (99)
143. The Computer Wore Menace Shoes (98)
144. Round Springfield (97)
145. Lisa the Beauty Queen (96)
146. Treehouse of Horror (96)
147. Grampa vs Sexual Inadequacy (93)
148. Team Homer (93)
149. Bart Gets an Elephant (92)
150. Bart's Inner Child (87)
151. Moe Baby Blues (82)
152. Stark Raving Dad (74)
153. Marge Gets a Job (72)
154. Marge Gamer (71)
155. The Simpsons Spinoff Showcase (69)
156. The Twisted World of Marge Simpson (69)
157. 24 Minutes (68)
158. Marge in Chains (68)
159. Bart's Dog Gets an F (66)
160. Simpsoncalifragisiticexpialad'ohcious (66)
161. The Dad Who Knew Too Little (63)
162. O Brother Where Art Thou? (63)
163. The Seemingly Never-Ending Story (62)
164. Blame it On Lisa (60)
165. Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes (60)
166. Treehouse of Horror 2 (59)
167. The Canine Mutiny (58)
168. Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (58)
169. Brush With Greatness (57)
170. The Homer They Fall (57)
171. The Bob Next Door (56)
172. Burns Baby Burns (56)
173. Two Dozen and One Greyhounds (56)
174. Weekend at Burnsies (55)
175. Bart After Dark (53)
176. Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge (53)
177. Dumbbell Indemnity (52)
178. The Secret War of Lisa Simpson (52)
179. Gone Maggie Gone (51)
180. Lisa Gets an A (51)
181. The Otto Show (51)
182. Bart the Genius (49)
183. Bart the Fink (48)
184. When You Dish Upon a Star (48)
185. Dog of Death (47)
186. Helter Shelter (47)
187. Natural Born Kissers (47)
188. Treehouse of Horror 9 (46)
189. D'oh-in in the Wind (45)
190. Half-Decent Proposal (45)
191. 500 Keys (44)
192. My Sister, My Sitter (44)
193. The Blunder Years (43)
194. Little Girl in the Big Ten (43)
195. Beyond Blunderdome (42)
196. I Am Furious Yellow (42)
197. In Marge We Trust (42)
198. Little Big Mom (42)
199. Saddlesore Galactica (42)
200. Lady Bouvier's Lover (41)
201. Mayored to the Mob (41)
202. Faith Off (39)
203. Scenes From the Class Struggle in Springfield (39)
204. Treehouse of Horror 8 (39)
205. The Trouble with Trillions (39)
206. Realty Bites (38)
207. A Tale of Two Springfields (37)
208. The Italian Bob (37)
209. Wild Barts Can't Be Broken (37)
210. Don't Fear the Roofer (36)
211. The Front (36)
212. Bart Star (35)
213. King of the Hill (35)
214. The Great Louse Detective (34)
215. Jaws Wired Shut (34)
216. Make Room For Lisa (34)
217. Grift of the Magi (31)
218. Whacking Day (31)
219. Homer the Father (30)
220. Like Father Like Clown (30)
221. Bart Carny (29)
222. The Debarted (29)
223. Lost Our Lisa (29)
224. There's No Disgrace Like Home (29)
225. Trash of the Titans (29)
226. Brother's Little Helper (28)
227. Homer to the Max (28)
228. Homer Scissorhands (28)
229. I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot (28)
230. Miracle on Evergreen Terrace (28)
231. The Food Wife (27)
232. The Old Man and the Key (27)
233. Simpsons Bible Stories (27)
234. Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life (26)
235. The Principal and the Pauper (26)
236. Treehouse of Horror 20 (26)
237. Behind the Laughter (25)
238. The Great Simpsina (25)
239. Mom and Pop Art (25)
240. The Crepes of Wrath (24)
241. E-I-E-I- (Annoyed Grunt) (24)
242. E Pluribus Wiggum (23)
243. The Last of the Red Hat Mamas (23)
244. They Saved Lisa's Brain (23)
245. The Haw-Hawed Couple (22)
246. Stealing First Base (22)
247. I'm Goin' to Praiseland (21)
248. I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can (21)
249. Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington (21)
250. C.E.D'oh (20)
251. There's Something About Marrying (20)
252. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star (19)
253. Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner? (19)
254. The Mansion Family (19)
255. Marge Simpson in "Screaming Yellow Honkers" (19)
256. The Great Money Caper (18)
257. 'Tis the Fifteenth Season (18)
258. Diatribe of a Mad Housewife (17)
259. Mona Leaves-a (17)
260. The President Wore Pearls (17)
261. The Old Man and the Lisa (16)
262. Skinner's Sense of Snow (15)
263. Little Big Girl (14)
264. Old Money (14)
265. The Wandering Juvie (13)
266. The Girl Who Slept Too Little (12)
267. Homer vs Patty and Selma (12)
268. Homerpalooza (11)
269. O Brother Where Bart Thou? (11)
270. Sleeping With the Enemy (11)
271. The Blue and the Grey (10)
272. The Call of the Simpsons (10)
273. Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore (10)
274. The Telltale Head (10)
275. Bonfire of the Manatees (9)
276. Dancin' Homer (9)
277. 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky (9)
278. Hungry, Hungry Homer (8)
279. Mobile Homer (8)
280. This Little Wiggy (8)
281. Boy Meets Curl (7)
282. The Falcon and the D'ohman (7)
283. Fat Man and Little Boy (7)
284. New Kids on the Blecch (7)
285. Eeny Teeny Maya Moe (6)
286. Kill Gil Volumes I & II (6)
287. The Regina Monologues (6)
288. Some Enchanted Evening (6)
289. Bart vs Lisa vs the Third Grade (5)
290. Girls Just Wanna Have Sums (5)
291. Lard of the Dance (5)
292. Smart and Smarter (5)
293. The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons (5)
294. The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace (4)
295. The Last Temptation of Krust (3)
296. Father Knows Worst (2)
297. A Midsummer's Nice Dream (1)
298. Midnight Rx (1)

[Financial Panther]

Cool. I like (or at least find adequate) all but one of those episodes.

[Jims]

I was kinda surprised that Mountain of Madness only finished #84 on the list. Even if the plot is kinda gimmicky sometimes, it is seriously one of the funniest episodes The Simpsons has ever done.

For shame, NHC, for shame!

[Old painty-can Ned]

Homer vs Lisa and the 8th Commandment at 85th is an injustice. Top 5 episode

[horatio huffnagel]

Lisa's Rival at 100 is not right IMO!!! That is in my top five, I think. Honestly I couldn't decide what my top 50 episodes were. Too dificult. Kudos to all of you that did it. I know where a few would go and I know Lisa's Rival would have been top 5. Can't wait for the rest

[Financial Panther]

Speaking of injustices: Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy is a top ten episode. Why is it all the way down here?

[ANdre1001]

I married Marge is way too low >=/

Otherwise seem fair the episode count so far, cant wait for the whole list

[Brad Lascelle]

Lisa's Rival would have missed the Top 100 completely had I not bumped it up late. I believe the only Scully-and-later episodes (non-holdover Season 9+) to make the cut are Eternal Moonshine and one other (probably obvious) episode that will show up somewhere around the 50-60 mark.

[Bleedin' Gums Murphy]

"Homer vs Lisa and the 8th Commandment at 85th is an injustice. Top 5 episode"

It's a fine episode but I think it even making the top 20 would have been an injustice.

"Speaking of injustices: Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy is a top ten episode. Why is it all the way down here?"

It's a good episode but I don't think it quite has the quality and memorable scenes to earn a top 10 place, all about opinions tho.

My own take is that it's ridiculous that 'Bart the Murderer' is as low down as #97 - honestly it's an incredible episode - and that an Al Jean episode (EMOTSM) managed to slither its way into the top 100 but except for that, good list thus far.

[Old painty-can Ned]

"Homer vs Lisa and the 8th Commandment at 85th is an injustice. Top 5 episode"

It's a fine episode but I think it even making the top 20 would have been an injustice.

What why? Also I agree Bart the Murderer is a bit too low. Two Bad Neighbours and A Star is Burns also both shouldn't be on this. But no real surprises at any of the episodes in these spots.

[Alex_Of_Darkness]

Great top but what Lisa vs malibu Staci and a star is burns are doing here ?

[Zombies Rise from the Sea]

Huh, only three of my choices are in the Top #100 to #81... I guess people liked episodes I didn't think of.

Surprised THOH VI is near the bottom of the list, I would of expected it to be higher.