Making Faces

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Making Faces

Short information Airdate: September 22, 1987 Short season: 2 Short number: 8 Production code: MG09 Writer: Matt Groening Transcript

Making Faces is the eighth Simpsons short. It aired on The Tracey Ullman Show on September 22, 1987. It was the first short of season 2.

Plot

Marge tells the kids that if they keep making faces they will freeze that way. The kids keep making faces because they really want their faces to keep scary.

Marge discovers the kids are still making faces, so she enters the room with a really scary face.

Later, the kids still make faces, so Marge tells them their faces kept scary. They go to the mirror and, though their faces are normal, they think they are scary.

Futurama cameo

In the "Fly and the Slurm Factory" episode of Futurama, a segment from this short appeared in the video billboard in the opening sequence. It was later used again in "All the Presidents' Heads".

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Making Faces • The Funeral • Maggie's Brain • Football • House of Cards • Bart and Homer's Dinner • Space Patrol • Bart's Haircut • World War III • The Perfect Crime • Scary Stories • Grampa & the Kids • Gone Fishin' • Skateboarding • The Pagans • The Closet • The Aquarium • Family Portrait • Bart's Hiccups • The Money Jar • The Art Museum • Zoo Story