A number of Simpsons episodes have been released on DVD since 2001 in different regions all over the world. This article attempts to list them all.
Box sets
These are box sets, featuring entire seasons, that have been released with Region 1 (North America), Region 2 (Europe) and Region 4 (Australia) encoding.
The Complete First Season
This is the first Simpsons box set, released on September 24, 2001 (UK) and September 25, 2001 (US). It contains all thirteen episodes from the first season, remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1. The video transfer is probably from an original film print of each episode, judging by the quality.
Episodes
Every episode contains an additional commentary audio track with Matt Groening and usually one or two writers and director of the episode. Season one is on three discs:
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
Disc 3:
Bonus features
- Bart the Genius
- Bart the General
- Moaning Lisa
- Some Enchanted Evening
Easter eggs
These can be played by finding "easter eggs", or hidden menu options in the DVD
- Bart T-shirt controversy clip from ABC News (accessed by highlighting Bart's T-shirt in the "Extra Features" menu)
- Still gallery of magazine covers printed during the 1989-1990 season (accessed by highlighting the comic book Bart is holding in the "Art of The Simpsons" menu)
Other region differences
- In the Region 4 release, the episode Moaning Lisa is on Disc 2 and the episodes The Crepes of Wrath and Krusty Gets Busted are on Disc 3.
The Complete Second Season
This box set was released on July 8, 2002 (UK) and August 6, 2002 (US). It was the second box set to be released, coming about a year after the first season.
Episodes
All episodes contain commentaries with Matt Groening, writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss, and various directors. Season two is on four discs:
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
Disc 3:
- Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
- Principal Charming
- Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Bart's Dog Gets An F
- Old Money
-
Brush with Greatness
Disc 4:
- Lisa's Substitute
- The War of the Simpsons
- Three Men and a Comic Book
- Blood Feud
Bonus features
- Do The Bartman
- Deep, Deep Trouble
- Bart Gets an F
- Bart vs. Thanksgiving
- Numerous drawings and sketches
Easter eggs
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- Thank you message to David Silverman for providing early sketches and drawings (accessed by highlighting Blinky in the "Language Selection" menu of Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish)
- Four bizarre drawings of Bart's head (accessed by highlighting the torn quilt that Santa's Little Helper is chewing on in the "Language Selection" menu of Bart's Dog Gets an F)
- Gag drawing of Grampa (accessed by highlighting Grampa's fez in the root menu of Old Money)
- Model design sheet for Mr. Burns (accessed by highlighting the picture frame in the "Language Selection" menu of Brush with Greatness)
- Odd drawing of Bart, Milhouse and Martin (accessed by highlighting the baseball card Comic Book Guy is holding in the "Language Selection" menu of Three Men and a Comic Book)
- Acting poses of Homer for the "Living in a World of Make Believe" sequence (accessed by highlighting the statue's eyes in the "Language Selection" menu of Blood Feud)
The Complete Third Season
This box set was released on August 26, 2003 (US) and October 6, 2003 (UK). It contains all 24 episodes from season three plus additional bonus material. This was the first box set to have a "Play All" feature, which enabled the viewer to watch all episodes on one disc sequentially, without having to browse through menus.
Episodes
Season three is on four discs:
Disc 1:
- Stark Raving Dad
- Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
- When Flanders Failed
Disc 2:
-
Treehouse of Horror II
- Lisa's Pony
- Saturdays of Thunder
- Flaming Moe's
- Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
- I Married Marge
Disc 3:
-
Radio Bart
- Lisa the Greek
- Homer Alone
- Bart the Lover
- Homer At The Bat
- Separate Vocations
Disc 4:
Bonus features
- Five Butterfinger commercial spots from 1992
- "The Pacifier"
- "The Last Butterfinger"
- "Bart's Karate Lesson"
- "Good vs. Evil"
- "Bart's Homework"
- Interactive scene specific sketches that can be seen while playing the episode
-
Pop-up trivia option in Colonel Homer .
-
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade clip from 1991 featuring a balloon of Bart on a skateboard.
- Promo clip for Colonel Homer with some footage not seen in the episode.
- Simpsons Jukebox feature.
- Four foreign language clips from Treehouse of Horror II
- Storyboards edited by Matt Groening that can either be synced with the episode's audio or viewed as a gallery
Easter Eggs
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
The following episodes contain a fifth audio track with an alternate single person commentary. It can be accessed by either entering "10" on the remote on the "Special Features" menu of each episode or by switching to audio track five with the DVD player's remote while playing the episode:
-
Stark Raving Dad with Mike Reiss
- Lisa's Pony with Mike Reiss
-
Bart the Lover with Al Jean
- Separate Vocations with Al Jean
Audio outtakes that can be accessed from the main menu of disc three by entering "84763" (the price that appears on the cash register during the opening sequence of The Simpsons) and waiting for the menu to reload after each number.
Thirteen random drawings by the animators can be seen by entering 7, 4, 2 and pressing enter after each number on the remote in the "Special Features" menu of disc four.
The Complete Fourth Season
This box set was released on June 15, 2004 (US) and August 2, 2004 (UK). It contains all 22 episodes from season four in addition to numerous bonus features. This set is noted to have an improved menu system over Seasons 1-3. All menus have a random animation that will play when a menu option is selected, but this animation can now be skipped by pressing the "next chapter" button on the DVD player's remote.
Episodes
Season four is on four discs:
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
Disc 3:
Disc 4:
Bonus features
- Audio intro spoken by Matt Groening
- Bush vs. Simpsons Controversy
- The Cajun Controversy
- Animation Showcases
- A Streetcar named Marge
- Homer's Triple Bypass
- Deleted scenes
- Homer's Triple Bypass
- The Front
Easter eggs
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
A bonus audio commentary with Conan O'Brien on Marge vs. the Monorail can be accessed by switching to the fifth audio track while playing the episode.
The Complete Fifth Season
This box set was released on December 21, 2004 (US) and March 21, 2005 (UK). It contains all 22 episodes from season five.
Episodes
Season Five is on four disks:
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
- Marge on the Lam
- Bart's Inner Child
- Boy Scoutz N the Hood
- The Last Temptation of Homer
- $pringfield
- Homer the Vigilante
Disc 3:
- Bart Gets Famous
- Homer and Apu
- Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
- Deep Space Homer
- Homer Loves Flanders
- Bart Gets an Elephant
Disc 4:
- Burns' Heir
- Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
- The Boy Who Knew Too Much
- Lady Bouvier's Lover
- Secrets of a Successful Marriage
The Complete Sixth Season
This box set is to be released in the summer of 2005 and will contain all 25 episodes from season six.
Individual
Region 1
These DVDs all have Dolby Digital 2.0 audio and are available with English, Spanish and French audio tracks.
The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror
This DVD was released on September 2, 2003 and contains four Halloween episodes. This features the episodes.
Christmas with the Simpsons
This DVD was released on October 14, 2003. It contains five Christmas or winter themed episodes from various seasons.
The Simpsons Gone Wild
This DVD was released on September 14, 2004. It contains four party themed episodes from different seasons.
The Simpsons Christmas 2
This DVD was released on November 2, 2004 and contains four Christmas themed episodes.
Bart Wars
This DVD will be released on May 17, 2005 to coincide with the theatrical debut of Star Wars Episode III.
Region 4
- The Simpsons Backstage Pass
- The Simpsons Film Festival
- The Simpsons Risky Business
- The Simpsons Gone Wild
- The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror
- Christmas with the Simpsons
- The Simpsons Christmas 2
- The Simpsons Classics:
- The Simpsons Against the World
- Bart Wars - The Simpsons Strike Back
- The Dark Secrets of the Simpsons
- Greatest Hits
- Heaven and Hell
- On Your Marks, Get Set, D'oh!
- Sex, Lies & The Simpsons
- The Simpsons Go to Hollywood
- The Simpsons.com
- Too Hot for TV
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