Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
The Simpsons, season 9, episode 10. First aired December 21, 1997. 138 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
Up early on Christmas morning, Bart accidentally sets the tree and every present on fire with his new Inferno Buster 3000 toy fire engine, buries the remains in the snow, and blames a burglar. Kent Brockman's report moves Springfield to donate $15,000, which Homer spends on a car he soon wrecks. When the truth emerges, the angry town demands repayment, so Marge goes on Jeopardy! to win it back.
- Written by
- Ron Hauge
- Directed by
- Bob Anderson
- Guest stars
- Marcia Wallace as Mrs. Krabappel
- Alex Trebek
- Chalkboard gag
Rudolph's red nose is not alcohol-related
- Couch gag
- Snow Globe
- Production code
- 5F07
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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Bart Simpson is at the front of a classroom, writing on a blackboard that repeats 'RUDOLPH'S RED NOSE IS NOT…
“It seems so...”
0:00–0:12 -
Homer is first seen by a pink car in a sunny driveway next to a yellow garage, with Bart on a skateboard…
“Ooh!”
0:12–0:23 -
No regulars are clearly identifiable; a few tiny figures sit inside a pink convertible on a snowy suburban…
0:23–0:34 -
Marge Simpson sits in the passenger seat while Homer Simpson grips the steering wheel of a pink car parked…
“Stupid heater!”
0:34–0:44 -
Marge and Homer sit together in the cramped front seats of a pink car on a snowy street
“The crowds are just beastly. You know me, Marge.”
0:44–0:56 -
Homer and Marge arrive at the snowy Try-N-Save parking lot in a pink station wagon with two small figures…
0:56–1:06 -
Homer and Marge stand together by a Try-N-Save store's Employees Only door and a Sale board
“Oh, look at this mob.”
1:06–1:17 -
Homer Simpson stands at a store checkout marked Customer Service and speaks into a microphone, while a crowd…
“Attention shoppers, register nine is now open for your shopping convenience.”
1:17–1:28 -
Homer works register nine at a crowded supermarket checkout beside a woman in a tan coat, pointing…
“Out, but I just... Register nine is now closed.”
1:28–1:41 -
Marge holds a baking tray of cookies in the pink living room, then Lisa in her orange skirt and red-collared…
“Hey, kids, I made your favorite cookies.”
1:41–1:53 -
Lisa, Maggie and Bart stand in the pink living room beside a decorated Christmas tree with a gold star…
“This year's tree is just perfect. That old aluminum one was so fake.”
1:53–2:06 -
Lisa and Maggie stand and sit on the green carpet with Bart, in his orange shirt, as they hold small paper…
“Bart, did you hear that?”
2:06–2:16 -
Bart and Lisa stand side by side in a pink living room, watching a snowy street through a large bay window…
“Come on, kids, let's try the lights.”
2:16–2:27 -
Homer in a green jacket and red knit hat holds a black cord in a snowy yard, while Marge with her tall blue…
“It's craptacular.”
2:27–2:38 -
Homer, Lisa, Bart and Maggie are gathered on the pink living room floor beside a decorated Christmas tree…
2:38–2:42 -
Maggie sits on a teal floor in front of a pink cabinet, holding a red and orange wrapped gift and waving it…
“Hocus pocus, mucus pucus.”
2:42–2:51 -
A spiky-haired boy in a green sweater kneels by a decorated Christmas tree, lifting a wrapped…
“My powers of deduction tell me you're getting a handmade sweater.”
2:51–3:00 -
Marge walks from the left past a decorated Christmas tree to the window holding a purple-wrapped present…
“Bart, put down that yellow sweater.”
3:00–3:10 -
Marge stands in the pink living room beside a corner cabinet filled with dishes and a trophy…
“And you can't set your alarm clocks, because I got them.”
3:10–3:19 -
Homer stands beside a window in the pink living room, pointing a long pole at the blinds while a bearded man…
“Hello?”
3:19–3:30 -
A spiky-haired yellow-skinned boy in a green shirt and a girl with spiky hair in a teal dress stand…
“Twelve glasses of water.”
3:30–3:33 -
Bart and Lisa stand side by side at a counter with three empty drinking glasses in front of them
“That'll wake me up nice and early, and I'll have a big head start on opening presents.”
3:33–3:46 -
Bart Simpson kneels at the side of a bed with his hands pressed together and his eyes shut as he prays
“Dear Santa, if you bring me lots of good stuff,”
3:46–4:00 -
Bart is first seen in a snowy night scene where brown deer-like creatures leap across the roof, fence…
4:00–4:08 -
A spiky-haired yellow-skinned boy in a green shirt is in a bathroom, first seen in a blurred close-up…
4:08–4:16 -
Bart Simpson stands on a wooden raft floating on a blue river that flows out of a large white pipe…
4:16–4:25 -
A spiky-haired boy in green pajamas stands on a wooden raft on a blue river under a dark, stormy sky…
“Get her up there! Get her up there!”
4:25–4:35 -
A spiky-haired boy in green stands on a wooden raft drifting on blue water while a white-haired cheerleader…
“Get her up there!”
4:35–4:44 -
Bart Simpson lies in bed in his blue bedroom under a Krusty the Clown poster, first with only his face…
“P!”
4:44–4:54 -
Bart Simpson is in a hallway with teal carpet and red walls, at the doorway to a bathroom with a tiled wall…
“Oh, sweet it is.”
4:54–5:02 -
Bart Simpson first peeks around the edge of a doorway into a living room decorated for Christmas…
5:02–5:08 -
Bart Simpson stands before a brick fireplace decorated with stockings, a garland and a red bow…
“Oh, Aunt Selma. Always good for a fin.”
5:08–5:20 -
Bart Simpson kneels by the Christmas tree and tears open a purple gift tagged 'To Bart from Santa.'
“Whoa, here we go.”
5:20–5:33 -
Bart Simpson holds a remote control in the family living room beside a decorated Christmas tree and a window…
“Oh, yeah.”
5:33–5:45 -
Bart Simpson operates a small red toy fire truck with a remote control in the family living room…
“Uh-oh.”
5:45–5:55 -
Bart Simpson first crouches at the kitchen sink in a blue-walled kitchen, fiddling with the faucet sprayer…
“Who designed this house?”
5:55–6:05 -
Bart stands in a purple room watching a Christmas tree with presents beneath it burn, with flames climbing…
6:05–6:11 -
Marge and Homer lie in their bed in a blue bedroom with framed pictures of Bart and Lisa on the wall
“Homer!”
6:11–6:22 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson lie in a bed with a dark green blanket in a dimly lit blue bedroom…
“Homer, I think I heard a noise!”
6:22–6:34 -
Bart drags a large lumpy green Christmas tree decorated with ornaments, gifts and a star first through a pink…
6:34–6:43 -
Bart Simpson shovels heavy snow in a backyard beside a fence and a pink house, while Santa's Little Helper…
“Snow covers all. Pure white snow.”
6:43–6:54 -
Bart first pushes a wooden board through deep snow outside a purple house under a pink sky, then checks…
“I gotta get back to bed.”
6:54–7:06 -
Homer Simpson stands in the pink living room near a fireplace hung with Christmas stockings, a family…
“What the... Where's Christmas?”
7:06–7:17 -
Bart in a green turtleneck, Lisa in a teal collar and dress, Homer in a light blue shirt, and Marge…
“I don't know how to tell you this, but I came down a little early and...”
7:17–7:25 -
Bart Simpson stands in a pink room beside a red cabinet with a fruit bowl and a potted palm plant on top
“I saw a burglar and he was... He took...”
7:25–7:37 -
In the pink living room, Marge holds Maggie, the baby with a pacifier and blue bow, while looking worried…
“We were robbed?”
7:37–7:41 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are gathered on the floor of the pink-walled family room beside an orange…
“How could somebody... I know!”
7:41–7:52 -
The moment opens from black and fades in on a snowy suburban street with a two-story tan house, red front…
7:52–7:55 -
Chief Wiggum holds a flashlight while a Black police officer strings yellow POLICE LINE - DO NOT CROSS tape…
“Now, what did this Christmas thief look like?”
7:55–8:09 -
Bart Simpson stands on a teal carpet in a room with a pink wall and an orange cabinet with blue doors…
“Hooks for hands. Um, oh, he was wearing a striped convict shirt,”
8:09–8:15 -
Chief Wiggum stands beside a Black police officer with a notepad and pencil, in front of a pink wall…
“Pfft. Classic burglar.”
8:15–8:24 -
Homer, Marge holding baby Maggie, Lisa in her green dress and Bart in his orange-green shirt stand together…
“Well, there's no easy way to say it, kid.”
8:24–8:33 -
Bart stands in front of a pink wall beside a yellow-and-black striped barricade, gesturing with an open hand…
“Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of this day?”
8:33–8:40 -
Homer stands in a pink living room with Marge, her tall blue beehive towering above, holding baby Maggie…
“Bart's absolutely right. This is the one day that shouldn't be about material things.”
8:40–8:53 -
Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa stand bundled up in the snow outside the Simpsons' house, with a wreath…
“Looks like the Flanders are having a nice Christmas.”
8:53–9:00 -
Marge Simpson holds baby Maggie in a red bonnet and blue bow while Homer stands beside her in a snowy street…
“Looks like the Flanders are having a nice Christmas.”
9:00–9:10 -
Ned Flanders watches from a window with two curly-haired children and an orange-haired woman beside him…
“Merry Christmas, Simpson.”
9:10–9:20 -
In a snowy suburban street, Homer, Marge holding Maggie, Bart, and Selma stand in the snow watching a green…
“Merry Christmas, Simpson.”
9:20–9:34 -
Milhouse stands in a snowy yard in front of a red garage and purple house, grinning as he holds a Krusty…
“Tickle me crusty.”
9:34–9:44 -
Patty or Selma stands in the foreground pointing toward the doorway, where Marge with her tall blue beehive…
“Lisa, you promised they'd be miserable. What the hell's going on?”
9:44–9:47 -
Grampa stands in the foreground pointing upward and talking, while Marge with her tall blue beehive, Homer…
“Oh, the pharmaceutical man come by!”
9:47–10:00 -
No characters appear in any of the seven frames; the scene is an exterior view of Moe's bar, a tan two-story…
10:00–10:01 -
Homer Simpson and Moe stand at the bar of Moe's Tavern
“Ah, sounds like you're having a rough Christmas, Homer.”
10:01–10:14 -
Homer Simpson sits at the bar of Moe's Tavern beside Barney, a heavy man with messy brown hair in a pink…
“Yeah, you're right, Moe. You're always Moe.”
10:14–10:26 -
Homer and Barney sit at the bar in Moe's Tavern, with Moe the grey-haired bartender behind the counter…
“I'm here at the scene of the Christmas burglary,”
10:26–10:40 -
Homer Simpson stands at a bar with patterned red and green diamond wall panels, first grinning with his mouth…
“Oh, that's my girl. I love you, Marjorie.”
10:40–10:47 -
Marge stands holding Maggie, who wears a blue bow and sucks a pacifier, while Bart is partly visible…
“Oh, shut up. So, when you realized Christmas was ruined, how did you feel?”
10:47–10:57 -
An older grey-haired man in a red jacket and red ascot speaks into a microphone held in his grey glove…
“The words of a heartbroken mother.”
10:57–11:08 -
Mr. Burns wears a red jacket and red ascot and speaks into a microphone held in a grey glove, standing…
“So while you're home today eating your sweet, sweet holiday turkey,”
11:08–11:19 -
Homer arrives at the pink front door of the snowy house, stamping through snow past a Season's Greetings…
“Lousy dormit.”
11:19–11:33 -
Marge, Homer, baby Maggie with a pacifier, Lisa at a piano, Carl and a crowd of neighbors gather in a pink…
“People saw our story on the news and they've opened their hearts to us.”
11:33–11:43 -
Mr. Burns stands at a pink counter beside a tray of cash, with a bearded old man in a captain's hat and blue…
“Yar, we just gave what we could.”
11:43–11:54 -
Lisa Simpson plays a blue piano at the start, then the scene moves to a pink living room where Ned Flanders…
“Sorry, Daddy.”
11:54–12:05 -
Bart sits slumped on a purple-carpeted staircase with his chin resting on his hand, looking glum
“Bart, this is Patches. And what was your name?”
12:05–12:13 -
Lisa Simpson stands at the left edge beside two unfamiliar one-off characters: a brown-haired young man…
“Your story made everyone at the orphanage so sad.”
12:13–12:23 -
Mr. Burns stands in a pink room with an arched backdrop and green carpet, facing Homer, who is seen…
“Please, I don't deserve this. Hey, listen up, everybody.”
12:23–12:32 -
Apu sits at a desk counting cash while three men in suits stand behind and to the sides of him
“My goodness, there is over $15,000 here.”
12:32–12:39 -
Krusty the Clown stands in a pink room beside a TV cabinet, gesturing and then clasping his gloved hands…
“15,000 Missoulians. Holy shlamola.”
12:39–12:52 -
Mrs. Krabappel grins and gestures with her hands beside a neat-haired man in a blue suit and orange tie…
“Spend it on something fun. Go wild.”
12:52–13:02 -
Homer holds baby Maggie in the pink living room while Marge, Lisa and Bart look on, with a tray of cash…
“Marge, kids, let's go buy some happiness.”
13:02–13:09 -
Bart Simpson in an orange shirt and blue shorts first stands among uniformed officers, then faces two scruffy…
“God bless you, Bart Simpson.”
13:09–13:22 -
Homer leans out of the window of a red car while a salesman with orange hair, a dark green suit and a red tie…
“Is this car $15,000?”
13:22–13:34 -
Homer Simpson sits in a red car at a dealership holding out a wad of cash, while a grinning red-haired…
“What a deal.”
13:34–13:46 -
Homer in a red knit cap and green jacket drives while Marge with her tall blue beehive, Bart and Maggie…
“Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, right down Santa Claus Lane.”
13:46–13:58 -
Bart sits miserable in the passenger seat of a red car while Homer drives it through heavy snow on a snowy…
“Ugh, will this Christmas never end?”
13:58–14:07 -
Homer and Marge sit in the front of a red car with baby Maggie in an orange hood and holding a pacifier…
“Slow down, Homer!”
14:07–14:13 -
Marge, Bart, Patty or Selma, Maggie in her orange snowsuit and blue car seat, and Homer sit in a car…
“Tap the brakes! Tap the brakes! Turn into the skid!”
14:13–14:24 -
Marge and Homer ride in a red station wagon with the family, including Bart and Lisa, as it flies…
14:24–14:30 -
Marge holds a baby, while Bart in a red jacket and a heavy man in a green jacket and red cap stand…
“That was close.”
14:30–14:44 -
Marge Simpson holds baby Maggie wearing a pacifier and a blue bow, while Bart Simpson in an orange-red hooded…
“Well, at least the burglar's having a Merry Christmas.”
14:44–14:54 -
Homer, Marge and Lisa stand in a pink room with a lamp and a pink arched doorway as Homer and Lisa shift…
“What's wrong?”
14:54–15:03 -
Bart Simpson sits crouched on a teal floor in a corner of a pink room, with a yellow curtain at the right
“What have I done? I accidentally burned up the tree and the presents.”
15:03–15:10 -
Lisa Simpson in her teal dress and Bart Simpson in his green pajamas struggle in a pink room, with Lisa…
“You little...”
15:10–15:21 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are crammed together on the living room couch under a pink blanket…
“I'm gonna kill you! No, I'm killing him first!”
15:21–15:28 -
A grey-haired, pale-complexioned man in a red coat and red scarf, holding a microphone, is the news anchor…
“Kent Brockman here for a follow-up with Springfield's favorite hard-luck family,”
15:28–15:39 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson stand together in a pink-framed doorway while an older…
“Uh, yes, Kent.”
15:39–15:49 -
Homer, Marge, Maggie, Bart and Lisa stand together in a pink-framed doorway while an elderly white-haired man…
“You do exist.”
15:49–16:00 -
On a snowy suburban street, a thin dark-haired man in a brown jacket and tie watches as a man in a blue…
“Hey, look. It's Little Bart's fire truck.”
16:00–16:07 -
The Simpsons family stands in a snowy doorway while a grey-haired old man in a red coat and grey gloves holds…
“Little Lisa's sweater.”
16:07–16:20 -
Bart Simpson stands close to the viewer between a pink curtain or wall and a light blue figure at the right…
“He's just covering for me.”
16:20–16:26 -
An older man in a red coat and red turtleneck, with a swept-up white pompadour, speaks into a microphone he…
“And I acted alone. So the family never knew about any of this.”
16:26–16:34 -
Kent Brockman holds a microphone toward the Simpson family at a snowy arched doorway
“Well, the boy told us, but that was after we filed a phony police report.”
16:34–16:41 -
Moe and Barney sit at the bar of a tavern decorated with holiday garland
“So this was all a scam. And on Christmas.”
16:41–16:49 -
A frail, stooped old man in a red outfit, Mr. Burns, is outside the Springfield T.V. Store on a snowy…
“We gave them our vitamin money.”
16:49–16:57 -
A heavy, white-haired old man in a red jacket and red shirt speaks angrily into a handheld microphone…
“In my long career, I've seen some pretty shabby things.”
16:57–17:06 -
Kent Brockman stands in the snowy doorway of the Simpson house holding a microphone and first scowls…
“And cut.”
17:06–17:15 -
Homer, Marge holding Maggie, Lisa and Bart sit or stand in the Simpson living room, with Homer on the left…
“I think they're running out of tomatoes.”
17:15–17:28 -
Homer, Marge, and baby Maggie sit on a red couch in a pink living room with Lisa and Bart standing by a bay…
“I'm so ashamed.”
17:28–17:39 -
Homer and Marge sit on a red couch with Maggie, who sucks a pacifier, then Marge covers her face…
“Oh, no, look at the line. Oh, there they are.”
17:39–17:50 -
Homer in his red cap and green jacket, Marge with her tall blue beehive, Bart in his red hoodie, Lisa…
“Oh, no, look at the line. Oh, there they are.”
17:50–18:01 -
Homer in a green jacket and red cap, Marge with her tall blue beehive, Bart in a red jacket, and baby Maggie…
“A family could get used to being shunned.”
18:01–18:14 -
Lisa Simpson and Marge sit in a classroom while a brown-bobbed teacher in round glasses and a pink skirt…
“Um, Miss Hoover?”
18:14–18:24 -
In a classroom, Lisa sits at a desk beside a boy with dark skin and blue hair in an orange shirt…
“All the way.”
18:24–18:35 -
Homer Simpson stands at the left beside a green door marked EXIT, while Ned Flanders in a green sweater…
“Run for your lives, everyone! This is not a drill!”
18:35–18:48 -
Marge reads a letter in the kitchen beside a towering pile of envelopes, looking increasingly alarmed
“You'll all get yours in hell, you lying, thieving...”
18:48–19:00 -
Marge, Homer, Bart, Lisa and Maggie gather in the kitchen around a table piled high with letters and envelopes
“I know you're used to getting hate mail, but I'm not.”
19:00–19:10 -
Marge Simpson stands at a Jeopardy! podium with her tall blue beehive and red bead necklace, while Maggie…
“Unless...”
19:10–19:21 -
Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa stand together in a dim backstage hallway beside a star-marked door and a water…
“Aren't we forgetting something, Marge? You were down $5,200.”
19:21–19:34 -
Marge, Lisa and Bart come out of a doorway marked 7 at a snowy building, with Marge in a long green dress…
“She ain't getting the home vision.”
19:34–19:43 -
Homer drives the family car, with Marge in the front passenger seat and Lisa and Bart in the back, all belted…
“Uh, guess you better get used to being pariahs.”
19:43–19:53 -
Marge and Lisa ride in the family's red station wagon, Marge with her tall blue beehive and Lisa…
“Oh, no, there's that angry mob again.”
19:53–20:03 -
Marge, Homer, Lisa and Bart sit side by side in the back and front seats of a red car with a snow-covered…
“Welcome back. Oh, my.”
20:03–20:14 -
Outdoors in the snow, a bald man in a red sweater and a woman in earmuffs carry a framed picture and a green…
“They're taking our stuff.”
20:14–20:25 -
A heavy, brown-haired man in a blue shirt and red shorts searches cupboards in a purple-and-orange kitchen…
“Hmm.”
20:25–20:36 -
In a pink-walled hallway, Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart stand near Ned Flanders, who wears a green sweater…
“What the hell's going on? Well, we hated being mad at you, Homer,”
20:36–20:48 -
Inside the pink upstairs hallway with a staircase railing in the foreground and an orange arched door…
20:48–20:54 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie gather in a pink room with a green carpet and a staircase visible…
“Look, I know this has been a stressful holiday,”
20:54–21:01 -
Marge stands in a pink living room with a staircase behind her, while Homer sits on the green carpet…
“but in a way, having nothing reminds us how lucky we really are.”
21:01–21:09 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive, Lisa in her red dress and pearl necklace, and Bart in his orange shirt…
“And isn't that the best gift of all?”
21:09–21:20 -
Homer stands in a pink room by a yellow curtain and window, holding a white washcloth, while Bart…
“But there's one thing they forgot to take away from us.”
21:20–21:31 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart and baby Maggie stand in a living room with a pink wall, a yellow curtain…
“It's just a washcloth!”
21:31–21:35 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are seen through the bright yellow window of the snowy Simpson house…
“Hey, she's getting away with the washcloth!”
21:35–21:45 -
Silhouetted family members, including a tall figure with raised arms and two small figures, move…
“Hooray, hooray! Hooray! Oh, here's the merry sleigh!”
21:45–21:56 -
No regular characters appear; this is the opening credits sequence of a Simpsons episode, with a snowy…
“Santa's on his way! Oh, Santa! Be good, be good,”
21:56–22:06 -
This is a black title card sequence with no Simpsons characters visible
“Got a bike for Billy and a doll for Jane.”
22:06–22:17 -
No regular characters appear in this moment; it is a sequence of black end-credit title cards with no people…
“Oh, hear the merry sleigh.”
22:17–22:28 -
This is the end-credit roll of The Simpsons episode #5F07 on a plain black background
“The wind.”
22:28–22:38 -
Silhouetted audience members sit in rows of theater seats in a dark room, one with a tall spiky head at left…
“And shh.”
22:38–22:50
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Grampa Simpson, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Barney Gumble, Chief Wiggum, Krusty the Clown, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Mrs. Krabappel, Dr. Hibbert, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, Otto Mann, Jasper Beardsley, Ralph Wiggum, Reverend Lovejoy, Groundskeeper Willie, Santa's Little Helper, Lou, Jimbo Jones, Eddie, Miss Hoover, Todd Flanders, Maude Flanders, Snowball II, Rod Flanders, Mayor Quimby, Sideshow Mel, Kirk Van Houten, Hans Moleman, Luann Van Houten, Helen Lovejoy, Bernice Hibbert, Agnes Skinner, Horatio McCallister, Comic Book Guy, Superintendent Chalmers, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Old Jewish Man, Hester, Patches, Poor Violet, Alex Trebek, Jeopardy Contestant 1, Jeopardy Contestant 2, Kliff, Try-N-Save Customer, Waiter 2
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