One of the classic things about the Simpson's opening credits is that it changes every episode.
Here is a list of the different couch scenes, towards the end of the opening credits.
7G02*, 7G07* Bart is squeezed off and pops into the air;
during the shot of the TV, he is seen coming down
7G03*, 7G10* The couch falls apart when everybody is on it
7G04*, 7G13 Homer is squeezed off his side of the couch
7G06*, 7G12 Maggie is squeezed off and pops into the air; she
comes right down into Marge's arms
7G09, 7G01 Everybody fits on the couch
7F03, 7F12, 7F22, 9F06* The couch falls through the floor
7F02, 7F13, 7F23 The "Simpson Shuffle": everybody is in a line in
front of the couch; they do two "Egyptian struts" (right arm up, left
arm down, wrists at 90-degree angles) in one direction, then two in
the other, then sit on the couch with arms in a "ta-da" position.
7F01, 7F15 The couch unfolds into a bed
7F05*, 7F16* Maggie ends up in Marge's hair
7F08, 7F14* Everybody fits, including Santa's Little Helper and
Snowball II
7F07*, 7F17* Grampa is lying on the couch sleeping
7F06=, 7F18 Homer tips the couch over sideways; Maggie falls off,
but lands on a couch cushion which is on the floor
7F09, 7F19 The couch is gone; everyone looks around the empty
spot
7F10*, 7F20* Homer bumps the others off the couch
7F11, 7F21* The couch tips over backwards; Maggie pops up from
behind it
7F24*, 8F22 The couch tips over backwards, and everybody
crashes through the back wall
8F01, 8F12 They sit, then Homer pulls Santa's Little Helper out from
beneath him
8F03*, 8F14 Everybody forms a pyramid
8F04*, 8F16 A space alien hears them coming, pulls a cord, and
disappears through a trap door in the floor
8F05, 8F15* Bart lands on everyone's lap
8F06*, 8F17 Homer gets to the couch first and lies on it; the others
sit on him
8F07, 8F19 The seat cushions are missing; when they sit, they "fall
into" the couch
8F08, 8F20 Two burglars are holding the couch as everybody sits on
it; they are dumped off and the couch is carried away
8F09, 8F21 Santa's Little Helper is on the couch and keeps everyone
else off
8F10, 8F23 Everybody cartwheels to the couch (Maggie falls in her
attempt and hops there) and strikes a "Ta-Da" pose
8F11 Everybody bounces up and down on the couch; Homer
bounces from one side to the other
8F13* Everybody except Maggie bang their heads together and lie
unconscious on the floor
8F24 Everybody stops as the couch is occupied - by the Flintstones
8F18, 9F15* The couch swallows everybody as it transforms into a
monster
9F01*, 9F12 The couch rotates 180 degrees through a secret door
in the wall; an empty couch takes its place
9F02*, 9F14* As Maggie is already seated, Homer, Marge, and
Bart run "past the edge of the film" and scurry back to the couch
9F04 Simpson-sized skeletons sit on the couch
9F03 The couch deflates (as if filled with air)
9F05, 9F17 Everybody has somebody else's head, which they
remove and switch
9F07, 9F18* There's a wooden chair in place of the couch; the
adults share it, with the children on their laps
9F08*, 9F13*, 9F16*, 9F22*, 2F08, AABF17 Everybody forms a
chorus line, which turns into a large production number
9F09, 9F20 Everybody is "miniature" and must climb the "giant"
couch; Maggie has to be pulled up
9F10 Everybody sits, just before the room is filled with other regular
characters
9F11, 9F19 Everybody gets caught in a net that was spread on the
floor
9F21a, 1F08, 1F21 Everybody runs into each other and shatters on
the floor; Santa's Little Helper examines the damage
9F21b*, 1F11 Everybody runs into each other and end up on the
couch as a five-headed "blob"
9F21c*, 1F09*, 1F20 Everybody runs into each other and there's an
explosion; eventually, the pacifier lands and bounces away
1F02, 1F12, 2F33 Everybody, plus the couch, is crushed by a foot
that is reminiscent of how Monty Python's Flying Circus opens
1F01 Everybody stops as the couch is occupied - by an identical
Simpson family
1F04 A Zombie Simpson family crashes through the floor from below
and sits on the couch
1F03 The couch is painted on a wall, which everybody runs through
1F05, 1F13 A fat man takes up most of the couch; everybody
squeezes into the tiny spot remaining
1F06, 1F15, 2F02*, 2F04 The room is dark as five pairs of eyes go
to the couch; light reveals that it's only eyes, as eyeless bodies quickly
enter, sit down, and reattach to the eyes
1F07*, 1F19* Everybody sits, then notice they're on the set of Late
Show with David Letterman as "Dave" turns face forward
1F10 Everybody pokes their head up from behind the couch (Maggie
does it from behind a cushion on the couch)
1F14 Everybody sees two couches, then they each split into two
halves, each half sitting on a couch
1F16 Everybody is shaped like a ball and bounces around before
landing on the couch and returning to normal
1F18 Everybody sits, then Homer gets up, rips the FOX logo from
the screen corner, and they all stomp on it
1F22, 2F12 Everybody begins seated as if on an invisible couch; the
couch comes in in pieces and forms itself atop them, causing them to
fall to the floor
1F17, 2F13 The floor is well underwater, and only the tops of
everybody's heads are visible until they reach the couch (Bart is using
a snorkel)
2F01, 2F14* Everybody is "beamed aboard" the couch in original
"Star Trek" style (complete with sound effect)
2F03 Everybody enters with a mismatched head and limbs (for
example, one of Bart's legs is now Lisa's right arm, and Lisa's arms
are where her legs should be)
2F05, 2F15 Everybody bounces up off the couch and gets their
heads stuck in the ceiling
2F06, 2F18 Everybody chases the couch as it, along with the back
wall, moves backwards away from them
2F07, 2F16 Everybody runs by the same TV and couch again and
again, all except Maggie grinning the whole time
2F09, 2F19 Everybody runs to the couch from a different side
(Marge runs down the side of a wall) in an M.C. Escher-style house
2F10, 2F21 The "James Bond" film opening, only with Homer in front
of the couch firing the gun
2F11, 2F22 In black & white, everybody (wearing Mickey Mouse
gloves) waves their hands in circles
2F31, 2F32 A giant Maggie, a slightly smaller Lisa, and so on down
to a tiny Homer, sit on the couch
2F20 As the couch moves aside, everybody lines up in front of a
police lineup height chart
2F17, 3F12, 3F22 The couch acts like a FAX machine, and a sheet
with a picture of everybody (in couch-sitting position) comes up from
the back and slides beneath it
3F01, 3F13 Everybody, including SLH, Snowball II, and Grampa,
appear in eight squares "Brady Bunch" style (with the couch in the
middle); all but Grampa run to the couch
3F02, 3F14 Everybody is wearing fezzes and drives around in
minicars like Shriners
3F03, 3F16 Everybody runs to the couch, entirely gray; the colors
are then spray-painted on them
3F04 Everybody drops from above, hanging from their necks by
nooses; Maggie still manages to suck her pacifier
3F05, 3F15 Everybody is a wind-up doll
3F06, 3F17 Everybody is put on the couch by a pinsetter, after
Snowball II is scared off by the pin-clearing bar
3F08, 3F18 Everybody is a sea-monkey and swims to a couch made
of clam shells to stare at a treasure chest
3F31 A sequence of openings: 8F18, 9F02, 9F10, 9F09, 8F09,
1F02, 2F31, 2F09, 2F06, 1F17, 2F11, and 9F08
3F07, 3F19 Homer pulls a drain plug from the floor, and everybody
and everything is sucked down the drain
3F10 Everybody sits, then inside a mouse hole, a mouse family sits on
an identical couch
3F09, 3F20 A big game hunter sits on the couch, with a "Homer-skin
rug" on the floor and the others' heads on the wall
3F11, 3F21 Everybody sits, bathed in flourescent "black light", until
Homer turns on the lamp
4F02 As Death begins on the couch, everybody runs up to the couch
and falls over dead
3F23, 3F24 Everybody lands on the couch via parachute except
Homer, who lands on the floor with an unopened chute
4F03, 4F15 Everybody is in western gear as they sit on the couch,
when then gallops away into the desert
4F05, 4F09 Everybody is a clear balloon, which float onto the couch
and then pop
4F06, 4F12(1) A takeoff on the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band
4F04, 4F19(2) Bart is green; Homer changes TV channels, turning
Bart red; Homer slaps Bart on the head, turning him normal
4F01, 4F14,4F21 Everybody and everything is upside-down, until
everybody falls off the couch and onto the "ceiling"
4F07, 4F18 Homer puts a coin in the "Vend-A-Couch", then bangs
the back wall; the couch then falls on him
3G01 Everybody flies in on jet-packs; Maggie flies in last and lands
on Marge's lap
4F08, 4F17 Everybody is involved in a giant game of
Whack-A-Mole; Homer ends up getting whacked
4F10, 4F16 Grampa is sleeping in a convertible bed, which they
convert back to a sofa (with him in it) and sit on it
3G03 The couch remains empty while everybody waits outside as
Homer struggles to open the front door
4F11 The couch is in an "America Onlink" window, which takes its
time loading everybody before being interrupted
4F13 The couch is sliding on the deck of a ship; when everybody (in
raingear) sits on it, they are covered by a wave
4F22 To the tune of "Sweet Georgia Brown", everybody enters
dressed as Harlem Globetrotters
4F23 Everybody runs to the couch dressed in space suits; the couch
then "lifts off" into space
3G02 Homer stands in front of the couch; the top half then comes off
(and lands on the couch), revealing Marge, then Bart, Lisa, and
Maggie
5F02 Everybody sits on the couch, then metal helmets fall on their
heads and they are shackled in before being electrocuted
5F01, 5F10 Everybody has their rear ends on fire as they run to a
water-filled couch
5F03, 5F12, AABF05 Everybody sits on the couch and is crushed
into a rectangular block auto-crusher style
5F04, 5F13 Bart spray-paints everyone onto the couch, adding an
"El Barto" signature
5F05, 5F14 Three men in towels are on the couch, which is part of a
sauna
5F06, 5F15, AABF06 Everybody sits, then a human hand spins the
picture around
5F07, 5F16 The couch is inside a snow globe
5F24 The floor is a treadmill; Homer falls and says "Marge, stop this
crazy thing!" George Jetson-style
5F08, 5F17, 5F20 Nelson pulls the couch back, and everyone ends
up sitting on the floor
5F23 Everyone is miniature (like in 5F09), only this time Santa's Little
Helper takes Homer away in his mouth
5F11, 5F18, AABF04 Everyone is a frog (Maggie a tadpole)
jumping to a lily pad; Homer turns on the TV with his tongue
4F24 A vine grows in the middle of the room; everyone appears as a
fruit or vegetable
3G04 A takeoff on "Rocky & Bullwinkle" where everyone pops up
from out of the ground
5F09 Everyone except Bart runs into Bart's classroom, where he
writes "I Will Not Mess With The Opening Credits" on the
chalkboard
5F21, AABF16 A number of Springfieldians are sitting in chairs in
front of the couch, as if in a movie theater
5F22, AABF12 Two firemen carry the couch and catch everybody
falling from above - except Homer, who falls through the floor
AABF01 Freddy Kruger of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Jason of
Friday the 13th sit on the couch and wonder where everyone else is
5F19, AABF09 Marge carries in a laundry basket and hangs the
others on a clothesline
AABF02, AABF10 The couch turns into an amusement park ride
AABF03, AABF11 Everybody is put under a hair dryer and ends up
with someone else's hair; the weight of Marge's hair causes Maggie to
tip over
AABF07, AABF15 The floor opens and everybody falls while
"riding" it "Dr. Strangelove"-style
AABF08, AABF18 The couch, floating on water, hits an iceberg and
sinks; Maggie resurfaces on a cushion
AABF13 An adult Bart and Lisa and a young Homer (with a Maggie
doll) and Marge go to the couch; Homer takes the remote from Lisa,
but Lisa slaps his hand and he gives it back
AABF14 Everybody slips on banana peels, but end up on the couch
anyway (Maggie ends up in Marge's arms)
AABF20 The couch is a paper shredder; everybody ends up sucked
into the couch and comes out in strips
7G08 (the Christmas Special), 7F04, 8F02 (the first two Halloween
Specials), 7G05, 7G11, and 4F20 do not have couch openings
9F04, 1F04, 2F03, 3F04, 4F02, 5F02, and AABF01 are
Halloween Special couch openings.
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