The Simpsons: Season 8, Episode 10

The Springfield Files (12 Jan. 1997)

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In yet another crazed crossover, Leonard Nimoy narrates another tale of the supernatural, reminiscent of his days with "In Search Of." Realizing that even he's too drunk to drive after a ... See full summary »

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Homer Simpson / Hans Moleman / Barney / Grampa / Groundskeeper Willie / Pyromaniac / Alf / Chewbaka (voice)
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Marge Simpson (voice)
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Bart Simpson (voice)
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Lisa Simpson (voice)
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Sarcastic worker / Moe / Red Tick Beer Man / Carl / Chief Wiggum / Alligator / Teenager / Coma patient / Dr. Nick Riviera (voice)
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Lenny / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Jasper / Dr. Hibbert / Alien / Marvin the Martian / Frogs / Kent Brockman / Ned / Reverend Lovejoy / T-Shirts Clerk (voice)
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Mrs. Glick (voice)
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Dana Scully (voice)
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Fox Mulder (voice)
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Leonard Nimoy (voice)
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In yet another crazed crossover, Leonard Nimoy narrates another tale of the supernatural, reminiscent of his days with "In Search Of." Realizing that even he's too drunk to drive after a night at Moe's Tavern, Homer stumbles through the woods and encounters a green glowing alien. Needless to say, nobody takes him seriously, except for "X-Files" FBI Agent Fox Mulder, who once again drags along his partner Dana Scully on another quest to prove the government is hiding the presence of UFO's from the public. However, even this mission may make a skeptic out of Mulder. Written by Daniel Timothy Dey

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alien | fbi | crossover | singing | whale | See more »


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When Mulder tells Scully that the gun and drug smuggling case she is investigating is not an FBI concern, he is right. Gun and drug smuggling investigations fall under ATF jurisdiction. See more »

Quotes

Homer: This Friday, we're going back to the woods and we're going to find that alien!
Bart Simpson: What if we don't?
Homer: We'll fake it, and sell it to the FOX network.
Bart Simpson: They'll buy anything.
Homer: Now, Bart, they do a lot of quality programming too.
[Both burst out laughing]
Homer: I kill me.
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References Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) See more »

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"Good Morning Starshine"
by Galt MacDermot, James Rado and Gerome Ragni
Performed by Harry Shearer, Leonard Nimoy, and cast
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My favourite episode
10 June 2010 | by (Ireland) – See all my reviews

The Springfields Files is my favourite Simpsons episode,its a laugh from start to finish and its a parody of The X Files.

It starts off with everyone in Springfield happy that its Friday and Homer goes to Moes and wants to try a different beer,but after all the alcohol Homer has to walk home and then gets lost in the forest and believes he saw an alien.

Then he tells Alien Believers and they help Homer to find the alien,but when they cant find any evidence they stop to believe him and neither does anyone around Springfield except Bart.

They then camp out in the same Forrest where Homer saw the alien and they discover the surprising truth.

10/10 *****


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