List of television advertisements

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This is a list of television advertisements in which The Simpsons have appeared in.

Butterfinger (1988-2007)

A total of 29 Butterfinger Simpsons commercials were made. All but Plastic underwear have Bart in them.

#	First Aired	Title	Length	Description	Screenshot
1	1988	No Teasing	30 seconds	Bart teases Lisa about having the last Butterfinger in the house.
2	1988	The Butterfinger Group	30 seconds	Bart and Milhouse argue about the existence of The Butterfinger Group.
3	1991	The Bully	30 seconds	Nelson tries to steal Bart's Butterfinger, but fails to.
4	1991	Butterfinger On A Stick		Bart attempts to eat his Butterfinger Ice Cream Bar, but Maggie decides to eat it.
5	1991	Therapy	30 seconds	Bart is in therapy with Dr. Marvin Monroe, who is showing Bart a few inkblot cards. Bart responds he only sees Butterfinger. Dr. Monroe tells Bart to give up his candy, that they can start by giving it to him. Monroe tries to take the candy bar by force, but Bart manages to escape from the office on his skateboard.
6	1991	The Shock	15 seconds	Homer tries to steal Bart's Butterfinger, not knowing it's wired to an electrical current.
7	1991	Butterfinger Ice Cream Bars	15 seconds	Bart has gotten to Apu's shipment of Butterfinger Ice Cream Bars before everyone else. Apu then throws him out for doing it.
8	1992	The Pacifier	15 seconds	Homer wants Bart to give him his Butterfinger, but instead he gets Maggie's pacifier.
9	1992	The Last Butterfinger	30 seconds	Homer and Bart race to get the last Butterfinger in the supermarket. Homer almost gets it, but trips on a cart, giving enough time for Bart to catch it.
10	1992	Bart's Karate Lesson	30 seconds	Akira tries to take Bart's Butterfinger, but Bart stops him by using his karate skills.
11	1992	Best Friend		Bart stops Milhouse from eating a Butterfinger Ice Cream Nugget.
12	1992	Good vs. Evil	15 seconds	Bart's conscience decides whether he should share or eat his Butterfinger BB's.
13	1992	Bart's Homework	15 seconds	Lisa tries to help Bart with his math homework.
14	1993	The Beach	15 seconds	Bart takes Homer's Butterfinger while he's buried under sand.
15	1993	Bart's Locker	30 seconds	At school, Seymour Skinner and Edna Krabappel try to get Bart's Butterfingers in his locker, but Bart locks them in there.
16	1993	I've Been Robbed	30 seconds	Someone steals Bart's Butterfingers. Note: The suspects were Otto, Lisa, Krusty, Nelson, Mr. Burns, and Homer.
17	1993	Crime of the Century	30 seconds	The thief is revealed to be Krusty the Clown.
18	1993	The Dog Biscuit	30 seconds	Bart tricks Homer into eating a dog biscuit during a power outage.
19	1994	The Raid	30 seconds	Bart has a nightmare in which the rest of the cast steals his Butterfinger BB's.
20	1992	Maggie's Party	15 seconds	Maggie is having a party while Bart eats his Butterfinger.
21	1997	Hit a Homer	15 seconds	Bart hits a "Homer" in baseball when Homer tries to steal his Butterfinger.
22	1998	Philosophy	16 seconds	Martin tells Bart to share his Butterfinger BBs with him.
23	1998	Carnival	30 seconds	Homer wants to trade Bart's Butterfinger for a stuffed poodle. Second time in the Butterfinger commercial series Homer says "Why you little!"
24	1998	Aliens	31 seconds	Bart has been abducted by Kang and Kodos, who are confused about his Butterfinger. Bart then takes them to his leader, Homer, who gets abducted while Bart is set free.
25	1999	Smell Your Breath	15 seconds	Bart once again won't let Homer have any of his Butterfingers.
26	1999	A to Z	30 seconds	Bart and Lisa tease Homer with Butterfinger BB's while he's trying to read to Maggie. Note 1 of 2 Butterfinger commercials where Homer says "Why you little!"
27	1999	Itchy & Scratchy's "500 Easy Pieces"	15 seconds	Bart watches an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon entitled "500 Easy Pieces" featuring a Butterfinger bar.
28	1999	Plastic Underwear	15 seconds	Grampa is woken by the crunching sound of a Butterfinger eaten by Lisa. Note: This is the only Butterfinger commercial Bart doesn't appear in.
29	2000	Butterfingeritis	15 seconds	Bart discovers that he has a disease called Butterfingeritis.
30	2001	Bart's Nightmare	15 seconds	Bart has a nightmare that the Kwik-E-Mart is out of Butterfingers.
31	2001 & 2002	Homer Holer	15 seconds	Homer digs a Butterfinger BB.	[1]
32	2007	No Teasing	30 seconds	Bart gets in trouble for taking his Butterfinger	[2]
33	2007	Itchy & Scrathy: Butterfinger Test	n/a	Itchy does a butterfinger test.	n/a
34	March 2007	Dinner Butterfinger	n/a	Bart orders a "Squid & Shark" with Butterfinger Special.	n/a
35	Unaired in UK	Doughnut Trail	n/a	n/a	n/a

Burger King

First Aired	Length	Description	Screenshot
1990	30 seconds	Lisa is playing by herself in the living room, when suddenly Bart shows up with his laser gun toy to bug Lisa. Lisa puts down Bart with her smart talk, so they booth end up arguing. Homer shows up to separate them. (Production code MC24, title "Burger King Toys")
October, 2001	30 seconds	Homer tries to steal Bart's float that turns tongues black.
October, 2002	30 seconds	Kang and Kodos come to the Simpsons house to steal Bart and Lisa's Freaky Floats.
February 1, 2003	30 seconds	Homer wins a burger-eating competition.
2007	30 seconds	Homer is watching TV, when strange forces start to drag him and slam him against the wall and ceiling.
July 22, 2007	1 minute	Kang and Kodos, dressed as Burger King employees, turn everyone in town into a Simpsons character that they resemble.
July, 2007	32 seconds	Krusty begs everyone to buy the Krusty Burger and not the Whopper.
July, 2007	29 seconds	Homer has trouble advertising the Ultimate Double Whopper.

CC's Chips (1998)

Only a total of 6 CC's chips ads were produced for The Simpsons. All of them have Bart and Homer.

Screenshot	Dare Number	Description
	2	Homer runs through the Power Plant naked, but he trips on a power chord and causes a town-wide blackout.
	9	Homer skydives from a plane and must land safely, but lands in a trampoline factory and bounces back up to the plane. Homer grabs Bart's chips, but Bart opens Homer's parachute, sending him flying backwards.
	14	Homer must escape from a water tank while straight-jacketed and chained.
	23	Homer has to jump off a cliff into the ocean. As soon as he emerges from the water, he sees his swimming trunks has come off.
	38	As part of the dare, Bart performs a magic trick by cutting Homer in three. However, Homer can't eat the chips while separated.
	65	Homer must walk across the burning coals, but Bart has not lit them yet.

C. C. Lemon (2000-2002)

#	First Aired	Title	Length	Description	Screenshot
1	2001	Watching TV	15 seconds	The Simpsons watching TV as a family, and enjoying CC Lemon.
2	2001	Homer and Bart Without Clothes	15 seconds	Homer and Bart are naked in the kitchen. The last shot shows the entire family wearing nothing but towels.
3	2001	The Forgetting Family	15 seconds	Bart, Lisa and Homer each forget something while drinking CC Lemon.
4	2001	Baseball Stadium	15 seconds	Homer orders a 500mL CC Lemon at a baseball game, but his family drinks it all before he can get any.
5	2001	Homer Surfing at the Beach	30 seconds	A sleeping Homer wins a surf competition.

Other advertisements

First Aired	Product	Length	Description	Screenshot
1991	The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants	20 seconds	Bart plays The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants on his NES past his bedtime, much to Homer's annoyance.
1991	Bart vs. the World and Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly	30 seconds	It starts with a reminder that previously Bart was playing Bart vs. the Space Mutants. Then he changes the cartridge to Bart vs. the World. Homer walks in and sends Bart to cut the grass. Bart goes there, and pulls out a Game Boy with the game Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly. Homer sees him, and takes it away. On the last shot Bart walks into his room, and finds Homer, Lisa, and Maggie playing video games.
1993	KFC: The Big Steal (aired in Canada)	30 seconds	Homer, getting a bucket and a free 2-liter 7-Up (as part of an actual promotion KFC offered) with it, thinks he's stealing it. (Later aired in Australia in 1998)
1993	KFC: Sneaking from Sector 7G (aired in Canada)	30 seconds	Homer sneaks from his control room in Sector 7G to the KFC across the street, only to find that Mr. Burns has gotten there ahead of him. Mr. Burns looks over his popcorn chicken meal, which much to his surprise includes a collector's cup with Homer's face on it. (Another actual promotion that KFC offered)
1993	T.G.I. Friday's	30 seconds	Homer sits on the couch, dreaming about T.G.I. Friday's Christmas appetizer.
1994	Ramada Inn	30 seconds	Bart and Lisa repeatedly bug Homer on a long car trip to said hotel. The ad also discusses a promotion which offered free Simpsons-themed products.
1995	Church's Chicken	30 seconds	Homer, at a picnic, runs away from Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney with a football stuck to his hand.
1995	Church's Chicken	30 seconds	Homer uses Bart's piggy bank to buy food at Church's Chicken. He flies through a local Church's Chicken (via a church's chicken truck) with a meal, which lands in Bart's hands, alongside his piggy bank.
1996	1-800-COLLECT	30 seconds	Homer visits the Grand Canyon and attempts to phone Bart. Unfortunately for Homer, Bart rejects the call and Homer inadvertently falls down the canyon.
1996	Vizir detergent: Supermarket	37 seconds	Marge has her family strip so she can do their laundry. (This ad, aired only in France, uses the voice actors who dub the show into French) Note: This is the only time that Lisa is naked on screen.
1997	Vizir detergent: Homer Stains	40 seconds	Marge cleans a stain on Homer's shirt. (Also aired only in France).
1997	Doritos	30 seconds	Homer is impatiently waiting for his snack break, so he can eat his Doritos. Unfortunately, his snack break isn't long enough to finish the bag. Aired only in the Netherlands.
1998	Intel Pentium II	30 seconds	Homer becomes a genius after a Pentium II processor is implanted in his brain.
	Teletoon	varies	Several scenes of Homer sitting on his couch watching TV, spoofing the Adidas ads, each ad ending with "Long Live Couches", followed by the Teletoon logo, with www.couchpotatoes.com at the bottom of the screen.	[3]
2002	Sabritas Lay's (Mexico)	30 seconds	The family are at a soccer game, where everybody is eating random chips produced by Lay's. Homer ask why none is doing anything, so he decides to go and ask the players. He slips and lands just next to them.
April, 2002	No Problemos	30 seconds	Bart uses Santa's Little Helper and a lasso to get back at Homer for stealing the milk for his No Problemos cereal (Only shown in the UK).	[4]
April, 2002	No Problemos Part Two	30 seconds	Bart turns the tables on Homer for stealing the milk for his No Problemos cereal (Only shown in the UK).	[5]
2003	Ritz Bits	30 Seconds	Comic Book Guy wants Bart's Ritz Bits. So, he trades Bart a chocolate Radioactive Man and Issue #1 of Radioactive Man. Bart then gives him the Ritz Bits box. Then Comic Book Guy sarcastically says, "Hello, this box is empty." Bart then replies "You said the box." Comic Book Guy then says "Worst trade ever!" and rips his pants.
February 1, 2004	MasterCard	30 seconds	Homer runs various errands, to the classic MasterCard scripting of "tangible item: price, tangible item: price, tangible item: price, intangible item/concept: priceless".
February 13, 2006	Domino's Pizza	30 seconds	A new "Ay carumba spicy fajita pizza" is delivered to the Simpsons door and as Homer lays it on the table everyone quickly grabs a slice.
2006	Sabritas Lay's (Mexico)	30 seconds	Bart removes a Pog (Tazo) from a Lay's bag, and starts to play by slamming it to a pile of Tazos. He is doing so great that it impresses all the children. Even Jessica Lovejoy kisses him.
February 14, 2007	Subway	30 seconds	Homer gets a subway sandwich, and Bart takes it away.	[6]
2007	Renault Kangoo	20 seconds	The Simpsons try out the new Renault Kangoo II. Only aired in various European countries, an English version of this commercial doesn't exist.
October, 2007	The Simpsons Game	n/a	Krusty gives info on the game and is furious that he isn't in it.
October, 2007	The Simpsons Game	n/a	Bart asks Homer if he can buy the video game and Homer is affected by video game laws of physics.	[7]
December, 2007	Mister Donut (Japan)	15 seconds	Some Springfield characters silhouettes are seen in a movie theater. On the screen a mini ad of Mr Donuts shows, where a donut falls and homer chases after it. The next is a zoom into the movie theater screen with an image advertising the Simpsons Movie. Then we see the Simpsons praying on the table on Christmas time. Homer interrupts saying how much he loves Christmas, specially donut ice cream. Bart wonders how they do it.
February 7, 2010	Coca-Cola: Hard Times	1 minute	Mr. Burns is affected by the recession, and is forced to sell his wealth. He goes to the park really sad, but he notices every one is happy while Apu offers to him a coke. It end with Milhouse hitting a Coke bottle, and then he apologizes.
2012	Wonderful Pistachios (Get Crackin')	18 seconds	Bart is slingshotting pistachios at Homer, who attempts to catch them in his mouth.
2012	Sabritas Lay's (Mexico)	22 seconds	A group of kids are playing Tazos (Pogs) right outside the Simpsons house. Bart comes out on his skateboard shooting pogs with his special pog gun. While doing stunts, Bast throws a big Tazo that bounces on many places, and lands knocking everybody's tazos, making Bart the winner.
2012	The Simpsons: Tapped Out	1 minute	A large shadow cast over Springfield while every person goes on their normal life. The large shadow turns to be a giant finger that lifts the Simpson's house as Homer is awaken by the rumbling noise. This Homer flees in terror, but falling buildings block his path. Scared, Homer looks up and ask: "Why are you doing this?". The screen zooms out of a tablet which another Homer is using. The large Homer replies that he just wants to tap in game Homer, to get free donuts.
2012	The Simpsons: Tapped Out Christmas 2012 Update	20 seconds	Santa Homer is giving tablet computers to a few kids who are on a snowy field. After a game update explanation by a narrator, Homer flies away on a sleigh that Bart smashed while playing on his tablet.
2013	The Simpsons: Tapped Out	1 minute	A man who has recently got a higher job promotion,starts to play Tapped Out. While making his in game Homer very happy, the man stops taking care of his looks, his job, and his family. At the end the man looses it all, and ends up living under a bridge still playing the game.
2013	The Simpsons: Tapped Out Halloween 2013 Update	15 seconds	Maude Flanders ghost appears to the Simpsons. After scaring them, she ask if they are ready.
2013	The Simpsons: Tapped Out Christmas 2013 Update	20 seconds	Homer, Krusty, Apu, Dr. Hibbert, and Rev. Lovejoy throw down presents to kids while riding Santa's sleigh.
2015	Wonderful Pistachios	15 seconds	Bart uses a slingshot to feed Pistachios to Homer.

Toyota

First Aired	Length	Description	Screenshot
1992	30 seconds	The Family walks next to the car at the end of the ad, as the announcer say the car is a welcome addition to the family...any family.
1993	30 seconds	Homer sees Ned Flanders throw a rag at Bart's face while washing the car. Bart gets mad, and Homer tells Ned about his car. Bart bends the hose, to hold the water, as a revenge with Homer. At the same time Flanders shows Homer about his new car too. At the end the hose splashes a lot of water on Homer's face, which makes him to chase after Bart.
1993	30 seconds	Homer goes to show Abe his new car, but Abe yells at Homer for not knowing how to spend his money. Homer tell him it is a Corola, and grandpa gets happy, driving away with Bart on the car.

On DVD

• The Complete Second Season
  • Butterfinger - No Teasing
  • Butterfinger - The Bully
  • Butterfinger - The Shock
• The Complete Third Season
  • Butterfinger - One Less Sister
  • Butterfinger - Good Bart, Bad Bart
  • Butterfinger - Akira, Best Friend
  • Butterfinger - Big Surprise
  • Butterfinger - The Last Butterfinger
• The Complete Fourth Season
  • Compulsion
  • Unforgettable Classics
  • Butterfinger - The Beach
  • KFC - The Big Steal
• The Complete Fifth Season
  • Butterfinger - I've Been Robbed
  • Butterfinger - Crime of the Century
  • T.G.I. Friday's
  • Ramada Inn
• The Complete Sixth Season
  • Church's Chicken - Picnic
  • Church's Chicken - Piggy Bank
  • 1-800-COLLECT
• The Complete Ninth Season
  • Butterfinger - Aliens
  • Butterfinger - Hit A Homer
  • Butterfinger - Philosophy
  • CC's Chips Australia - Parachutist
  • CC's Chips Australia - Homerdini
• The Complete Tenth Season
  • CC's Chips Australia - Hot Foot
  • CC's Chips Australia - Homer Saw
  • CC's Chips Australia - Cliff Diver
  • CC's Chips Australia - Streaker
  • Butterfinger - Carnival
  • Butterfinger - Two Of A Kind
  • Butterfinger - 500 Easy Pieces
  • Butterfinger - Bonecracking (Knee Popping/Osteoporosis/Plastic Underwear)
  • Butterfinger - ABC's
  • Intel Pentium II - Homer's Smarter Brain
• The Complete Twelfth Season
  • Butterfinger - Butterfingeritis
  • Butterfinger - Bart's Nightmare
  • Burger King - Spaced Homer
  • Red Rooster - Loungarama
• The Complete Thirteenth Season
  • Burger King - Lines Man
  • Burger King - Trick or Treat
  • Burger King - Springfield Hamburger
  • Burger King - Simpsons Watch
  • Sabritas Lay's (Mexico Only)
• The Complete Fifteenth Season
  • Ritz Bits - Smart Trade
  • MasterCard

Trivia

All Simpsons commercials from 1996 onwards used digital ink and paint instead of traditional cel animation, despite the main series not switching to this method until late 2002.